Get ready for spring break, because we’re giving huge discounts on all of our travel packages if you travel between April-May 2012! Yes, we know, it seems a little early to be talking about springtime specials. But we’re just thinking ahead – and so should you. April-May is a great time to travel to South America, because [...]
2011
Take a South America tour of the most famous indigenous markets in South America. In South America’s indigenous markets, you can find medicinal herbs that will promise to improve your health, fortunes, or fate. There are aphrodisiacs, llama foetuses, and meat cuts lying out on tarps in the sun. There are hand-made ponchos and chuspas, [...]
Just last month, the Peruvian Minister of Culture, Susana Baca, announced that yet another aspect of Peruvian culture had caught the attention of UNESCO, bringing Peru even more to the forefront as an internationally-recognized travel destination. The annual pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Lord of Qoyllurit’i, a religious event that takes place in the [...]
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The Amazon River is the mightiest in the world, and it stretches from the highlands of southern Peru across northern Brazil along 4225 miles (6800 km) until it spills into the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon River basin covers even more territory, nearly 2.72 million acres, with dozens of channels and tributaries. Throughout this vast territory [...]









