Reisverslag Perú - Travelreport Perú
Holidays in Southern Perú
Here you find the pictures and stories of my holiday that started in Huaraz on the 14th of July and ended in Cusco in the beginning of August. Again, click on thumbnail picture to enlarge and go back to this screen with the upper left backward key Ü
Huaraz - 14-18 July, 2003
Huaraz (Ancash) is the centre for adventure sports, alpinism and trekking in Peru. Here, I made a few daytrips in the spectacular mountains of the Cordillera Blanca and Negra (the White and Black Mountains). For more fotos of this spectacular area I refer to my Semana Santa section on the Main page.
Huaraz from the Cordillera
View from the Road to Chavin
Negra
at 4500m
An overall view on the Cordillera Blanca
Summit of a peak in
the
Mother Maria Auxiliadora in the
Cordillera Negra with
a
Callejon de Huaylas, with in the
view on the Cordillera
Blanca
back Huascarán, 6768 m the highest
in Peru
San Vicente de Cañete and Imperial - 22-23 July
Cerro Azul:
Friends, Imperial, near S. vicente de Cañete: Here 2 years ago
among which Stef
a group of students, of which I formed part,
(middle) and
participated in a volunteer proyect
his wife
Rosa
to build a clinic in a popular and poor district.
Today the results are still visible (left you see ´our´
clinic. Also we painted the local church (to the right).
Ica & Nazca -24 July
Huancachina
Huachilla, me with Rosa and her sister Ana, near the
rather peculiar Nazca culture cementary in the
Nazca desert. More than twenty mummies in
open
air smiling at you, with all their original clothes, hairs
and bones all over.
Arequipa -25-31 July
Plaza de Armas with the famous in
volcanic Sillar
stone built Cathedral, totally restored after
the 2001 earthquake. This square is one of
the finest colonial ones in Peru. The whole city
centre actionally is. Unique. A must see.
Monasterio de Santa Catalina
Me and the ESCAPE group of the Junior
Chamber of Peru on their visit to the beautiful
colonially painted Saint Catherina Monastery. In the middle Ronnie Llontop and
me.
To the right the mirador viewpoint with in the back the Chachani volcano (6075 m)
Diverse pictures
Rafting on Rio Chile with the group. Later that day we concluded the fast and furious two days with a nice lunch in a garden restaurant. I am not the only dutch guy in this picture. Quiz: Find the other one.
Colca Canyon and surroundings - 24-27 July
Colca Canyon, one of the deepest in the
world. From the mirador 1200m deeper runs the Colca
river. The Cruz del Condor guarantees daily a morning view on a flock of
majestically floating condors.
There are said to be about 60 left in the area. The sight on these giant birds
is breathtaking.
Wild horses on a day hike from Pichollo
to the
local geyser at about 4200 m.
Cusco and Machu Picchu - 31 July - 5 August
Cusco main square with first the 17th
century Cathedral, then a view on the city from the
Sacsayhuaman inca fortress remains. On the right, children on a staircase in San
Blas district
The giant sometimes 80 tons stones of Sacsayhuaman fortress.
Around Cusco
A must see is the Inca fortress and andénes in Ollantaytambo. Also good canotaje (rafting) is possible on the rivers Vilcanota and Urubamba near Cusco.
Las Salineras is a surrealist experience.
Over 2000
saltpans filled with naturally salted water that through
evaporation leaves tons of salt left.
Machu Picchu
And then the ultimate experience: Machu
Picchu. This Inca temple and city complex in the green
covered mountainpeaks is breathtaking. The first picture on the left is taken
from Huaynu Picchu, a nearby mountain peak, to be reached in 35 minutes from the
site. In the middle the all over the world famous picture of the complex, with
the industrial complex to the right, and the temple on top. To the right, the
temple, the highest point, with the intihuatana sacred stone and solar clock.
Said to be magnetic and positively loaded with energy. I didn´t notice, neither
did my compass. However it is impressive how the inca´s cut out these forms of
the red granite stones.
Overall view on Machu Picchu
from
Other views, this one from the
Huaynu Picchu, with to the left
the
Hut of the Caretaker
bus roads leading to the site, and
in,
moreover on the right one of the tame
the back the Machu Picchu mountain
lamas strolling around all the site.
Willing to take position totally
From the site to the upper left
corner
still in front
ofmy camera.
you can see a thin line, which is the
famous last part of the Camino Inca.