Kuélap Fortress: The Chachapoyas Stone Citadel
The Mountain-Top Megalithic Fortress of the Cloud Warriors. Perched on a razor-thin limestone ridge high in northern Peru’s cloud forest, Kuélap is...
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Puno & Lake Titicaca
Amantaní Homestay and Pachatata Sunset
Sleeping in Family Stone Cottages Beneath Pre-Inca Mountain Temples. Amantaní is the largest and most authentic traditional island on Lake Titicaca. With...
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Puno & Lake Titicaca
Taquile Island’s Male Weavers Tradition
UNESCO World Heritage Textile Mastery on Lake Titicaca. On Taquile Island, 45 kilometers offshore in Lake Titicaca, knitting and textile production are...
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Puno & Lake Titicaca
Sillustani Chullpas: Funeral Towers of Umayo
Megalithic Basalt Tombs Overlooking a Tranquil Andean Lagoon. Perched on a windy peninsula jutting into the sapphire waters of Lake Umayo, Sillustani...
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Puno & Lake Titicaca
The Carved Sandstone Portal of Aramu Muru
The Mystical Gateway of Hayu Marca Near Lake Titicaca. Standing alone in an ancient red sandstone outcrop south of Ilave lies Aramu...
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Puno & Lake Titicaca
Anapia Island in Wiñaymarka Archipelago
The Unspoiled Southern Titicaca Where Motorboats Are Banned. While the northern islands near Puno receive daily boatloads of tourists, the southern Wiñaymarka...
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Amazon Rainforest & Wildlife
Bioluminescent Fungi in Puerto Maldonado
The Glowing Micro-World of the Primary Amazon Night. When the sun sets over the primary rainforest of Tambopata, turning off your headlamp...
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Amazon Rainforest & Wildlife
Manu Cloud Forest Cock-of-the-Rock Lek
Dawn Courtship Dances of Peru’s Scarlet National Bird. In the steep, mist-shrouded cloud forests of the Kosñipata Valley along the Manu Road...
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Amazon Rainforest & Wildlife
Searching for Black Caimans in Lake Sandoval
Night Boat Safaris on Madre de Dios’s Pristine Oxbow Lagoon. Tucked inside the Tambopata National Reserve, Lake Sandoval is a horseshoe-shaped oxbow...
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