Southern Peru-Bolivia
Southern Peru-Bolivia
Day 1
Day 1 –Sunday, October 26, 2014 – Depart Denver, CO to Miami, FL to Lima, Peru
Overseas Adventure Travel
Southern Peru & Bolivia: Inca Landscapes & Lake Titicaca
Jose (Pepé) Campoy
We are on the road again..... We are in the air again! It has been awhile since our last...
Day 2
Day 02 - Monday, October 27, 2014 - Arrive in Lima Early Morning; Check In to Hotel, Morning On Our Own, Introductory Meeting; Explore Lima; Welcome Dinner
It was a little after 4:00 AM when the plane landed in Lima after a very turbulent ride south of the Equator. In...
Day 3
Day 03 - Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - Fly from Lima to Arequipa - The White City; Explore Yanahuara Area; Traditional Dishes Lunch; El Misti Volcano; Dinner on Our Own
Lima Altitude - Sea Level / Arequipa Altitude -- 2328 - 7638
By 6:30 AM we were up and ready...
Day 4
Day 04 - Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - Walking Tour of Arequipa; Santa Catalina Monastery; San Camilo Market; Plaza de Armas; Dinner on Our Own
Arequipa Altitude: 2,335 m (7,661 ft)
We had a leisurely breakfast and then met our group at 9:00 to join Beatriz, our local guide for...
Day 5
Day 05 - Thursday, October 30, 2014 - Depart Arequipa; Climb to 16,000 ft; Lunch at Chivay; Arrive at Colca Canyon; Afternoon at Leisure; Soak in Hot Springs
Another beautiful dry day, the temperature was 55 degrees and the humidity was 25%. We had an early morning wake up call...
Day 6
Day 06 - Friday, October 31, 2014 - Explore the Colca Canyon; View & Study the Andean Condor; Hike to the Cruz de Cura; Traditional Clothing Workshop
We were up before the sun today. Our wake up call came at 5:00 AM and we were on the bus by 6:00....
Day 7
Day 07 - Saturday, November 1, 2014 - Depart the Colca Canyon; Introduction to the Vicuña, Llama, & Alpaca; Introduction to the Culture of Puno
We were able to sleep in this morning - our alarm went off at 7:00 AM. There was not a cloud in the sky, the...
Day 8
Day 08 - Sunday, November 2, 2014 - Excursion on Lake Titicaca; Boat Ride to Uros Islands; OPTIONAL TOUR: Sillustani Tombs Tour
We joined our group at 9:00 AM and with our local guide, Broz, we boarded a Kon Tiki Tours boat that docked right across the street from our...
Day 9
Day 09 - Monday, November 3, 2014 - Depart Puno; A Day in the Life of an Altiplano Community – Iska Pataza; Visit Local School; Meet Local People on their Culture and Food; Cross the Border; Copacabana, Bolivia
Today was a travel day; we were up early with the 5:05...
Day 10
Day 10 - Tuesday, November 4, 2014 - Board Boat for Isla del Sol; Explore the Island; Guided Walking Tour of Copacabana; Tour the Basilica of the Virgin of Copacabana
It was cool on the lake this morning. The temperature was 50 degrees and the humidity was 47%. The sun...
Day 11
Day 11 - Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - Depart Copacabana for the Capital of La Paz; Visit Killi Killi viewpoint; Check Into Hotel
Vic went out to get a weather reading; the temperature was 49 degrees and 77% humidity. The skies over the lake were cloud covered - perhaps Copacabana...
Day 12
Day 12 - Thursday, November 6, 2014 - Tiwanaku Archeological Site; Pumapunku Temple Complex; Lytic Museum
After breakfast Vic reset the GPS and took the weather reading. The temperature was 41 degrees with 87% humidity. The hot sun and thin air made it feel so much warmer.
At 8:30 we...
Day 13
Day 13 - Friday, November 7, 2014 - Explore La Paz; Jaen Street; Visit MUSEF & Murillo Plaza; Food, Clothing and Witches' Market; Afternoon at Leisure; Farewell Dinner
Our day in La Paz began at 6:30 AM; we organized for the day and then had breakfast at the hotel as...
Day 14
Day 14 - Saturday, November 8, 2014 - Fly to Sucre, Bolivia; Visit ASUR Anthropology Museum; San Felipe de Neri Monastery
POST TRIP
Bolivia: Sucre, Potosi & the Uyuni Salt Flats
This morning we began our Post Trip to the Salt Flats of Bolivia. The wake up call came at...
Day 15
Day 15 - Sunday, November 9, 2014 - Tour of the City; Lunch at Local Restaurant; Salon de Independencia; Simón Bolivar Park; Parque Cretacico
We were able to sleep in this Sunday morning until 8:00 AM, as our activities did not begin until 9:30. The skies were overcast and gray,...
Day 16
Day 16 - Monday, November 10, 2014 - Overland to Potosi; High Altitude Views; Silver Mining; Cory Mayu Mine
The temperature was 62 degrees with 72% humidity on our last morning in Sucre. Although, the bags were to be out at 8:30, the porter knocked on the door at 8:00...
Day 17
Day 17 - Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - Museo de la Casa Nacional de Moneda; Overland to Uyuni; Sunset Look of Uyuni Salt Flats
After breakfast we left our bags in the room and met Juan Carlos to walk to the Casa de la Moneda de Bolivia, the Bolivian Mint....
Day 18
Day 18 - Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - Chaca Mummies; Salt Flats Museum; Uyuni Salt Flats; Colchani Salt Factories; Farewell Dinner
Our day began at 7:30 AM and then we had a light breakfast at the hotel. The breeze was cool, with a temperature of 51 degrees and 33% humidity....
Day 19
Day 19 - Thursday, November 13, 2014 - Fly to La Paz; Evening at Leisure
Pepé knocked on the door for our wake up call at 5:00 this morning. We had a little breakfast and then jumped back into the SUVs for one last ride to Uyuni to go to...
Day 20
Day 20 - Friday, November 14, 2014 - Flight from La Paz, Bolivia to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, to Miami, FL to Denver, CO
The wake up call came at 5:00 AM and the hotel provided a light breakfast snack for us before we left for the airport. Another OAT tour...
Day 21
Southern Peru & Bolivia: Inca Landscapes & Lake Titicaca
José (Pepé) Campoy
Unlike most Overseas Adventure Travel (OAT) trips this one was quite positively different. In our past 20 OAT trips when we traveled we expected to see two or three different geographical areas.
This one was different in that...
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