Peru, land of the mighty Inca Empire that stretched from Northern Chile all the way to what is now Southern Columbia, an area of 2,000,000 sq. Km. They ruled for 500 years without a written Language using instead the Quipi, a series of knotted strings that serve as a memory aid for calculation and recording their history and culture. Quipi have been discovered and dated in Peru from 3,000 years BC. They did not have the use of the wheel or Horses (which were unknown to them) relying on manpower alone to complete their Massive Civil Works many of which which survive to this day.
The Inca's were experts in Water management and irrigation having aquaducts that run for hundreds of miles, paved roads across their Empire that ran for thousands of miles, Massive terracng for cultivation of their crops in the steep Andes regions. Their palaces and temples are built of blocks that were so closely fitted together it is impossible to slip a piece of paper between the huge blocks, Their Art and Culture was very advanced as you will see when you visit the Museums in Lima & Cuzco.
Main destinations in Peru:
- Inca Trail - One of the top ten hikes in the World which leads to Machu Picchu on an ancient Inca paved walkway, visits 11 additional major Inca sites on the Trail. - Typically 4 Days / 3 nights - camping
- Colca Canyon - the deepest canyon in the world, twice as deep as the Grand Canyon. Here you can see Condors in the wild, the largest Bird of Prey in World with wingspans to 15 feet (just imagine, thats bigger than your car!)
- Cuzco - a perfectly preserved 16th Century Spanish Colonial City at more than 10,000 feet in the Andes
- Lake Titicaca - where a civilization still lives on floating reed islands. their boats and houses are made entirely of reeds too, Titicaca is the highest navigable Lake in the World. Explore a 19th Century ship that was sailed to Peru, deconstructed and shipped in pieces on the back of Llama's 1000Km and up 11,000 feet before being rebuilt and used on Titicaca
- Lima - the Capital of Peru and the repository of many of the finest Inca and pre-Inca treasures
- Sacred Valley of the Inca's - the only place the Inca beat the Spanish in battle, achieved by diverting an entire River into the attacking Spanish! Fantastic Inca ruined Temples and Fortresses at Ollayantambo and Pisac in the Sacred Valley.
- Nazca Lines - Huge drawings in the desert over 1,000 years old. The culture that made them could not possibly have seen the resulting figures as they can only be viewed from the air. Widely used to justify the existence of UFO's and extraterestrial visitors, becuase who else can they have been made for? Beautiful in themselves, fascinating for their implications.
We also offer tours that combine the best of Peru with visiting
- Foz de Iguazu - the widest waterfalls on Earth and truly the most breathtaking.
- Galapagos Islands - where there are hunrdeds of species found nowhere else on Earth, including the famous Galapagos Giant Tortoise, and the Red and Blue footed Boobies.
We hope these brief highlights help stimulate and excite you, and we didn't even mention the friendly Peruvian people, their great cuisine and gusto for life that guarantees you a wonderful time.
Now please proceed on to our Home Page from where you can select Tours to some or all of these fantastic places.
