Posts in Category: Peru
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Aguas Calientes – Gateway to Machu Picchu
In the last post from my February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour with Adventures Abroad we left the Incan capital city of Cusco and entered the Sacred Valley making our way to the amazing town of Ollantaytambo. The excitement was growing among our group as we came nearer and nearer to what for most […]
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Ollantaytambo & the Sacred Valley
In the last two posts from the February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour by Adventures Abroad we explored the Incan capital of Cusco and then the surrounding area including the amazing site of Saqsaywaman. In this post we’ll begin our journey to the Sacred Valley of the Incas which will eventually lead us to […]
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Around Cusco – Alpacas and Inca Ruins
In the last post on this Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour we visited the fabled Incan capital city of Cusco where we toured the Plaza Mayor and ran into a carnival parade. It was a real unexpected treat, but there’s a lot more to see in the area so please join Diego, Carlos […]
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Cusco – Capital of the Inca Empire
This is my sixth post from the February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour with Adventures Abroad. For the first week of the tour we have been exploring the capital city of Lima and the coastal area below it including flying over the fabled Nazca Lines. In this post we’ll leave the lowlands behind and […]
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Lima – Peru’s City of Kings
This is my sixth post from a February 2026 Kingdoms of the Andes tour to Peru and Bolivia with Adventures Abroad. I had opted for this particular tour because it included the Nazca lines and the Ballestas Islands, two places not found on most Peruvian itineraries. The city of Ica with its famous winery, great […]
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Ica Peru – Wine, Mummies & Mystery
This is my fifth post from the February 2026 trip to Peru and Bolivia with Adventures Abroad. In the first post I gave an overview of the entire tour and in the next three extolled the virtues of Lima’s Miraflores district, overflew the mysterious Nazca lines and then added life listers to my birding atlas […]
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Ballestas Islands – Peru’s Offshore Birding Paradise
In the last post we got the Adventures Abroad Kingdoms of the Andes tour off to a great start with a fly over of the mysterious Nazca Lines. In this post we’ll stay in the Paracas area, but take a boat rather than a plane to explore the birding haven of the Ballestas Islands where […]
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Nazca Lines – See Them to Believe Them
In my last post I gave my many reasons for visiting Peru and Bolivia with Adventures Abroad and one near the very top was a flyover of the mysterious Nazca Lines. In this post I’ll give the details of that flyover and why, for me, it was not the anticlimax that others, including some close […]
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Peru & Bolivia with Adventures Abroad
I have just completed a 17 day tour of Peru and Bolivia with Adventures Abroad, in my opinion Canada’s leading tour operator for 50+ travellers. In this post I’ll explain why Peru and Bolivia should be on every ardent traveller’s bucket list, why Adventures Abroad is the company to travel with and the things you […]