 Peru,
like Ecuador, is home to wonders too numerous to count. Peru's
most famous attraction is Machu Picchu, "the lost city of
the Incas", discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham, the American
archeologist and adventurer upon whom the film legend Indiana
Jones is based. Actually, Machu Picchu was probably not a city
at all. Some believe that it was a royal estate or religious retreat
for the Inca elite - nobody knows for sure, since the Inca kept
no written records and the Spanish never captured a member of
the Inca historian guild. Machu Picchu's remote location, on a
secondary road in nearly impassable terrain high in the cloud
forest, has caused much speculation over the years and has encouraged
many legends about why the city remained secret from mankind for
over 400 years.
In addition to Machu Picchu, traveler's should visit: Lima, the
capital of modern day Peru and the capital of all Spanish colonies
in the colonial era; Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Inca empire;
and Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake on Earth.
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Lima
- Cuzco - Machu Picchu- Puno (Lake Titicaca)
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EQUATORINFORMATION takes
you to all of these places, as well as to several small artisan
towns and indigenous communities along the way. EQUATORINFORMATION
brings you the best of Peru, on and off the beaten path.Our tours
in the Peru Trips include:
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