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	<title>Peru Bolivia Reizen &#124; Vakantie in Peru en in Bolivia&#124; Reis Bolivia Peru</title>
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		<title>De handigste plek om een rondreis te beginnen vanuit Nederland is Machu Picchu</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lima іѕ de hoofdstad van Peru. KLM vliegt rechtstreeks op Lima. Lеt op: Lima іѕ wel een drukke en gevaarlijke stad, maar ook een mooie stad. Kom je ‘s avonds laat aan, neem dan een taxi naar je hotel. Of beter nog: laat je ophalen door het hotel. Dan weet je zeker dat je op [...]]]></description>
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		</p><div id='nr_fo_top_of_post'></div><p><strong>Lima іѕ de hoofdstad van Peru. KLM vliegt rechtstreeks op Lima. Lеt op: Lima іѕ wel een drukke en gevaarlijke stad, maar ook een mooie stad. Kom je ‘s avonds laat aan, neem dan een taxi naar je hotel. Of beter nog: laat je ophalen door het hotel. Dan weet je zeker dat je op de juiste plaats aankomt.</strong></p>
<p>Neem even rustig de tijd om Lima te verkennen en reis dan vervolgens door naar Paracas. Je kunt gemakkelijk per bus reizen. De bussen zijn van alle gemakken voorzien. Bovendien іѕ het een goedkoop vervoermiddel.</p>
<h2>Ballestas Islands</h2>
<p>Vanuit Paracas kun je de Ballestas Islands bezoeken. Eilanden met duizenden zeeleeuwen, pelikanen, pinguins en als je geluk hebt ook dolfijnen. Niet voor niets worden deze eilanden ook wel Poor man”s Galapagos genoemd. Bijna elk hotel іn Paracas organiseert tours naar deze eilanden.</p>
<h2>Nazca lines</h2>
<p>Na Paracas reis je door naar Nazca om de Nazca lines te zien: immens lange lijnen, geometrische figuren en beesten. In 1939 werden deze figuren ontdekt en inmiddels іѕ bekend dat deze lijnen tot de oudste vondsten van de Peruaanse geschiedenis behoren. Om een goed beeld te krijgen van de Nazca lines dien je een vlucht van een half uur іn een klein vliegtuigje te doen. Deze kunnen ter plekke geboekt worden op het vliegveld van Nazca.</p>
<h2>Arequipa</h2>
<p>Vervolgens wordt het tijd voor het binnenland. Vanuit Nazca neem je de nachtbus naar Arequipa, de ””witte stad” van Peru. Arequipa іѕ een mooie stad en bovendien een ideale basis om de omgeving vol vulkanen, thermale bronnen en de Colca Canyon te bezoeken, de diepste canyon ter wereld. Bezoek zeker de Monastery de Santa Catalina, een groot netwerk van hofjes іn alle kleuren van de regenboog.</p>
<h2>Titicaca-meer</h2>
<p>Na Arequipa reis je door naar Puno aan het Titicaca-meer. Het Titicaca-meer ligt op 3820 meter boven zeeniveau en іѕ daarmee het hoogste en tevens grootste bevaarbare meer ter wereld boven de 2000 meter. Vanuit Puno kun je gemakkelijk de eilanden op het Titicaca-meer bezoeken. Probeer een trip te boeken waarbij je kunt overnachten op een eiland.</p>
<h2>Cuzco</h2>
<p>En dan іѕ het eindelijk tijd om Cuzco te bezoeken, het hart van het Inca-rijk en het belangrijkste toeristische centrum van Peru. Vanuit Cuzco kun je de Inca-trail naar Machu Picchu boeken, een vijfdaagse trektocht waarbij je de laatste dag іn Machu Picchu aankomt. Heb je geen zin іn een lange trektocht, dan kun je ook per trein Machu Picchu bezoeken.</p>
<h2>Machu Picchu</h2>
<p>Na Machu Picchu vlieg je terug naar Lima. Een bustocht іѕ geen aanrader іn dit geval. De bus doet er 20-22 uur over om Lima te bereiken.</p>
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		<title>Onze reis naar Salar de Uyuni</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Misschien het hoogtepunt van de reis, in ieder geval wel in letterlijke zin. Immers we zijn hier boven de 4000 meter. Ongelooflijke natuur. Er wordt ook echt zout gewonnen. Hier de jubilados met pet tegen de zon, midden op de Salar (zoutvlakte). Er worden ook blokken uit het zout gehakt, waarmee gebouwen worden gemaakt. Zoals [...]]]></description>
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		</p><div id='nr_fo_top_of_post'></div><div style="text-align: center">Misschien het hoogtepunt van de reis, in ieder geval wel in letterlijke zin. Immers we zijn hier boven de 4000 meter.<br />
Ongelooflijke natuur. Er wordt ook echt zout gewonnen.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center">Hier de jubilados met pet tegen de zon, midden op de Salar (zoutvlakte).</div>
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<div style="text-align: center">Er  worden ook blokken uit het zout gehakt, waarmee gebouwen worden  gemaakt. Zoals het zout-hotel, waarin we een nacht hebben gelogeerd!</div>
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		<title>Van La Paz naar het Titicaca meer in Bolivia en Peru</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Op weg naar onze overnachtingplaats in La Paz was het ons gelukt om het drukke verkeer van de stad te vermijden. We hadden gedacht dat ons dat ook weer zou lukken op weg naar Tiwanaku. Het had mogelijk moeten zijn maar door de nodige onduidelijk instructies van ons GPS maakte we helaas toch noch kennis [...]]]></description>
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		</p><div id='nr_fo_top_of_post'></div><p>Op weg naar onze overnachtingplaats in La Paz  was het ons gelukt om het drukke verkeer van de stad te vermijden. We  hadden gedacht dat ons dat ook weer zou lukken op weg naar Tiwanaku. Het  had mogelijk moeten zijn maar door de nodige onduidelijk instructies  van ons GPS maakte we helaas toch noch kennis met de beruchte  verkeerschaos in La Paz. Overigens  zijn we erg blij met de digitale kaarten die we op het internet  gevonden hebben. Deze kaarten zijn gemaakt door enthousiaste hobbyisten  die de kaarten gratis op het internet aanbieden. Er zijn namelijk nog  steeds geen officiële kaarten op de markt voor de meeste  Zuid-Amerikaanse landen.<br />
Typisch boerderijtje langs de weg van La Paz naar Tiwanaku</p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><strong>Typisch boerderijtje langs de weg van La Paz naar Tiwanaku</strong></p>
<p>De  Tiwanaku ruïnes zijn grotendeels onherkenbaar. Van de oorspronkelijke  stenen zijn alleen nog de zwaardere stukken van 25 ton en meer over. De  ondergrondse tempel is het enige nog vrijwel intacte deel van de ruïnes  omdat die nog niet zo lang geleden ontdekt is. De oorspronkelijke stenen  zijn o.a. gebruikt voor het bouwen van kerken, zoals de kerk in het  dorp Tiwanaku, en de aanleg van de spoorlijn.  De  bouw van het religieus centrum Tiwanaku moet begonnen zijn in ongeveer  700 B.C. en bij 1200 A.D. was het hoogontwikkelde Tiwanaku volk  (vergelijk baar met Egypte in die tijd) verdwenen. De constructie van  het centrum bestaat uit basalt en zandsteen. De dichtstbijzijnde basalt  locatie is 40 km weg en voor zandsteen 5 km. Niemand heeft enig idee hoe  men 2300 jaar geleden blokken van 25 ton en meer hebben kunnen  vervoeren over deze afstanden.</p>
<p>De Tiwanaku ruïnes.<br />
De  vrouwen in Bolivia hebben geen babysitter en dragen hun kind 24 uur met  zich mee. Het tanken lukte alleen als ik de benzinedop er af draaide.  Ze had ook graag dat je gepast betaalde want met één hand wisselgeld  teruggeven is ook niet eenvoudig.</p>
<p>Door  puur toeval stopte we op weg naar de veerboot in Tiquina, bij Paulino  Esteban. Hij had de leiding over het bouwen van de rieten boten voor  Thor Heyerdahl. De Noor Heyerdahl liet deze boten, begin zeventiger  jaren,  bouwen om zij theorie te testen dat er al lang geleden migratie was geweest tussen Noord Afrika en Zuid- en Noord-Amerika.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><strong>De eilanden komen in zicht.</strong></p>
<p>Als  je zonder Bolivia te verlaten naar de stad Copacabana aan het Titicaca  meer wil rijden moet je met de boot over “Estrecho de Tiquina” Als je  boten ziet dan heb je er eigenlijk geen vertrouwen heelhuids aan de  overkant te komen. Maar iedereen doet het, dus moet het ons ook lukken.</p>
<p>Het  dek bestaat uit losse planken van verschillende breedte en dikte. Af en  toe zal er best wel eens een auto doorzakken of een wiel tussen twee  planken terechtkomen.<br />
Het  Titicaca meer is het grootste hoog gelegen meer (3880 m.) ter wereld.  Het is ongeveer 190 km lang en op een paar plaatsen tot wel 80 km breed.  De grens van Bolivia en Peru loopt op een grillige manier door het  meer. Het is prachtig gelegen met sneeuwbedekte bergen van de Cordillera  Real op de achtergrond en mooie dorpjes langs de kust. De belangrijkste  attracties voor ons waren een bezoek aan Copacabana, een wandeling over  het eiland “Isla del Sol” en het bezoeken van de drijvende rieteilanden  van de Uros.<br />
Op weg naar Copacabana waren er een paar mooie uitzichten ver het Titicaca meer.<br />
Op  de Calvarie berg in Copacabana was een geocache verborgen. Toen we na  een pittige wandeling boven aankwamen bleek de cache onder een rots aan  de steile wand van de berg te liggen. Levensgevaarlijke toeren waren  nodig om de rots te bereiken.<br />
De trotse vinders met links de steile helling met de rotsen.<br />
De  meeste bezoekers van de Calvarie berg, zoals de naam al doet vermoeden,  hebben een religieus doel. Boven op de berg staan stalletjes die o.a.  speelgoedauto’s, miniatuur huizen en stapels (vals) geld verkopen. We  hebben gezien wat ze bv. met een speelgoed auto op de berg doen. Ze  zetten het autootje tegen betaling op een perkje neer, begieten het met  cola (meestal wordt bier gebruikt) en staan er dan plechtig bij stil.  Maar waarom doen mensen dit? Bidden ze om geld voor een nieuwe auto?  Vragen ze om bescherming zodat ze voor een ongeval bespaard blijven?<br />
De familie met het autootje op de Calvarie berg.<br />
Het  bezoeken van Isla del Sol is een “must” als je in Copacabana bent. De  overtocht duurt 2 uur. Op het eiland kan je in het noorden een paar  ruïnes en de Inca  offertafel bewonderen maar voor  ons was het meest interessante om een wandeling van een uur of 4 te  maken van het noorden naar het zuiden van het eiland. Je moet dan een  redelijk tempo aanhouden om in het zuiden de boot niet te missen terug  naar Copacabana. We waren op tijd bij de boot maar jammer genoeg was er  voor de enige geocache op het eiland geen tijd meer over.<br />
Met de boot naar Isla de Sol.<br />
Op Isla del Sol &#8211; 1<br />
Op Isla del Sol &#8211; 2<br />
De markt in Copacabana.<br />
Op  zaterdag en zondag worden op het plein voor de kathedraal voertuigen  door een priester gezegend. Eerst worden de auto’s versierd met bloemen,  slingers en een rieten bootje. Dan sproeit de hele familie, één voor  één de auto rondom met bier. Er wordt een groepsfoto gemaakt en zodra de  priester het voertuig gezegend heeft worden er rotjes afgestoken.<br />
Indrukken van de autozegening.<br />
De hele familie voor de auto op de foto.</p>
<p>Mooie cactusbloemen op het plein voor de kathedraal.<br />
Copacabana schonen, waarschijnlijk op weg naar dansvoorstelling in één van de hotels.<br />
Je  moet van Bolivia naar Peru om de drijvende eilanden van het Uros volk  te bezoeken. De meesten boten vertrekken in Puno. Een bezoek aan de  drijvende eilanden is een erg toeristische aangelegenheid maar het  blijft uniek. De eilanden zijn gemaakt van een soort riet dat groeit  langs de oevers van het meer. De Uros begonnen met het bouwen van de  eilanden, honderden jaren geleden, om te ontsnappen aan de Collas en de  Incas. Er leven nog steeds een paar honderd Uros op de eilanden en ze  verdienen de kost met visserij en toerisme.</p>
<p>Bij het zoeken naar een overnachtingplaats kom je nog al eens keer  verassingen tegen. Voor Puno hadden we in reisverslagen van  camperreizigers twee adressen gevonden. Cochera in Calle Titicaca en het  Sonesta Posada de Inca. We kwamen eerst voorbij Calle Titicaca en  besloten daar eerst te kijken. We hadden de straat al doorgereden zonder  Hotel Cochera te vinden. Berlinda vroeg het aan een aantal mensen maar  niemand kon ons helpen tot een dame ons foutje ontdekte en ons naar de  Cochera wees in Calle Titicaca. Het bleek een parkeerplaats te zijn in  dit deel van de wereld en wij maar zoeken naar een hotel!</p>
<p>Dit  was onze overnachtingplaats tijdens ons verblijf in Puno. Je snapt niet  dat luxe hotels bereid zijn om Campers voor hun hotel te laten staan  met gebruik van alle faciliteiten. Ria had nog een bijzondere ervaring  in het hotel. Ze stapte de toiletruimte in en zag een dame op het toilet  zitten met de deur wagenwijd open. Sorry zei de dame maar in dit soort  landen raak ik nooit de deuren etc. aan omdat dat niet hygiënisch is.  Even later zagen we haar het hotel verlaten met een rugzak. Het is toch  wel knap als je in Peru kan reizen met een rugzak zonder deuren etc. aan  te raken.<br />
Ria is dol op deze driewielers in Puno.<br />
In  Peru heeft men ook iets dergelijks als het “Pannenbier” in Nederland  als het hoogste punt van het huis bereikt is. In Peru zijn ze echter  slimmer, ze vieren een feestje bij het bereiken van elke verdieping.</p>
<p>Op weg naar Uros eilanden.<br />
De eilanden komen in zicht.</p>
<p>Deze dames (sirenes?) zongen van plezier toen de kapitein besloot hun eiland te bezoeken.<br />
De dames vertellen hoe een eiland gebouwd wordt.</p>
<p>Kinderen vermaken zich best op het eiland.</p>
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		<title>Besuche den Noel Kempff Mercado National Park</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Tour to Noel Kempff The Noel Kempff Mercado National Park is located 600 Km northeast from Santa Cruz city. It is one of the largest ( 1.523.000 ha ) and most intact parks in the Amazon Basin. This park is wonderful, has a unique beauty and is one of the most protected and bio [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center">A Tour to Noel Kempff</h1>
<p>The <strong>Noel Kempff</strong> Mercado  National Park is located 600 Km northeast from Santa Cruz city. It is  one of the largest ( 1.523.000 ha ) and most intact parks in the Amazon  Basin. This park is wonderful, has a unique beauty and is one of the  most protected and bio diverse places on earth. This is why it has been  declared ¨Natural Patrimony of the Humanity¨ by UNESCO in 2000.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.rutaverdebolivia.com/caparu%20plateau.JPG" border="3" alt="Impressive Caparu or Huanchaca Plateau." /></p>
<p>The date of its foundation was June 28  1979. Its original name was Parque Nacional Huanchaca, but was then  changed to Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado in honor of the late Dr.  Noel Kempff Mercado, for his research and discoveries in the Park. In  1986 Dr. Noel Kempff Mercado, and two men with him had flown into the  Park inadvertently landed at a clandestine cocaine laboratory, where  they were killed by drug traffickers.</p>
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<p>NKMNP includes a large section of the  Huanchaca Plateau and surrrounding lowlands. The plateau is 150 km long  and 50 km wide, and covers a total area of 6.800 square kilometers. The  largest river in the area is the Iténez River which marks the border  with Brazil, to the north of the park. It meets with the Mamoré River  which, at the same time, meets with the Madera River, one of the main  tributaries of the Amazon River. The park is part of the drainage system  of the Iténez River Basin which includes the sub-basins of the Verde,  Paucerna and Paraguá rivers. The Verde and Paucerna rivers have their  origins on the plateau and their watercourses form beautiful falls such  as the Fawcett, Federico Ahlfeld and Arco Iris. The Paraguá River  dominates the lowlands to the west. This river flows into the Iténez and  in the rainy season it overflows large extensions of flooded forests  and savannah wetlands. To the west of the plateau, and in the lowlands,  there are three great fields that become flooded at varying levels  during the rainy season, and several lagoons of different size.</p>
<p>For visitors, there are 2  entrances with tourism facilities: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rutaverdebolivia.com/noel-kempff-flor-de-oro.php">Flor de Oro</a> on the North side and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.rutaverdebolivia.com/noel-kempff-los-fierros.php">Los Fierros</a> on the South side.</p>
<p>The story says that hundreds of years  ago, a group of natives called Guarasug´we –originally from Paraguay-  populated these Bolivian lands. On the north side of the Noel Kempff  Mercado Park, several stones are found that show human facial  characteristics, but have not been rigorously studied (yet).</p>
<p>With an altitudinal range of 200 m to nearly 1,000 m, <strong>Noel Kempff</strong> is a site of a rich mosaic of habitat types including evergreen amazon  rainforests, palm forests, cerrado, swamps, savannahs, gallery forests,  and semi-deciduous dry forests. The cerrado habitats found on the Caparú  Meseta have been isolated for millions of years providing an ideal  living laboratory for the study of the evolution of these ecosystems. An  estimated 4,000 species of flora as well as over 621 bird species (21%  of the total for South America), 74 species of reptiles, 62 species of  amphibians and fish, 347 species of insects and viable populations of  many globally endangered or threatened species live in Park Noel Kempff  Mercado.</p>
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<p>Park Noel Kempff is blessed  with such convergence of different biogeographic characteristics that it  houses a diverse array of plants and animals, which in some cases are  unique to Bolivia and due to the isolation of the Caparú Plateau some  are still waiting to be discovered!!</p>
<p>The frequent sighting of  large mammals during hikes into the park&#8217;s savannas and forests or while  traveling along the extensive river and lagoon systems indicates the  incredibly rich fauna. For botanists and plant lovers a trip to Noel  Kempff will surely satisfy their interest.</p>
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<p>The Caparú plateau (980m),  discovered by the English adventurer Percy Fawcet and later inspired Sir  Arthur Conan Doyle to write his famous novel ¨The lost world¨, is an  imposing and isolated table mountain of Precambrian origin (over a  billion years ago), formed by sandy rocks and cuarcits and laced by  crystal clear creeks and numerous waterfalls on a landscape  characterized by open grasslands and forest islands.</p>
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		<title>Meine einzigartige Reise nach Tiwanaku</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ruins of Tiwanaku Visit the pre-Incan archaeological site of Tiwanaku, which is said to be the cradle of the Andean civilization! It is believed that this society spanned from 1600 B.C and collapsed by 1200 A.D, the site was declared as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center">The Ruins of Tiwanaku</h1>
<div>Visit the pre-Incan archaeological site of Tiwanaku, which is said  to be the cradle of the Andean civilization!<br />
It is believed that  this society spanned from 1600 B.C and collapsed by 1200 A.D, the site  was declared as a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational,  Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in December 2000. Some of  the most impressive monuments and temples in Tiwanaku are: the  Kalasasaya Temple, the Semi-underground Temple, the Pyramid of Akapana,  the Ponce Monolith, the Gate of the Sun and many others.</div>
<h3>Itinerary</h3>
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<li>7:00: Pick up from your hotel.</li>
<li>7:30: Transportation to  Tiwanaku. On the route you will have a great view of the Royal Range of  the Andes, going through the high plateau.</li>
<li>9:00: Once in  Tiwanaku, you will visit the Stone and Ceramic Museums, where guests  will get an initial understanding of the Andean culture.</li>
<li>10:00:  Walk through the ruins, where you will find The Akapana Pyramid, the  Semi-underground Temple, the Kalasasaya Temple where the famous Ponce,  Fraile and the Gate of the Sun are displayed. You will also see the new  archaeological excavations, which started in back in 2005.</li>
<li>11:30:  Back to La Paz.</li>
<li>13:00: Light lunch at Hotel Rosario´s Tambo  Colonial restaurant</li>
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		<title>Die mystischen Nazca Linien von Peru</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Unbelievable Wonder The Nazca Lines are located on the south of the city of Ica, the Pan Americana highway cuts through the desert of sand dunes to km 422, before of Nazca city. There are lines were made by removing the iron oxide coated pebbles which cover the surface of the Nazca desert. When [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center">An Unbelievable Wonder</h1>
<p style="text-align: justify">The Nazca Lines are located on the south of the city of Ica, the Pan  Americana highway cuts through the desert of sand dunes to km 422,  before of Nazca city. There are lines were made by removing the iron  oxide coated pebbles which cover the surface of the Nazca desert. When  the gravel is removed, they contrast with the light-colored earth  underneath. There are several hundred simple lines and geometric  patterns on the Nazca plateau, as well as over seventy curvilinear  animal, insect, and human figures. The area encompassing the lines is  nearly 200 square miles, and the largest figures can be nearly 900 feet  long. The lines persist due to the extremely dry, windless, and constant  climate of the Nazca region: the Nazca desert is one of the driest on  Earth and maintains a temperature around 25ºC (77°F) year round, and the  lack of wind has helped keep the lines uncovered to the present day.<br />
The Nazca Lines are gigantic geoglyphs located between Palpa and  Nazca desert, there were created by the Nazca culture between 200 BC  and 600 AD. There are hundreds of individual figures, ranging in  complexity from simple lines to stylized  hummingbirds, spiders,  monkeys, and lizards. The Nazca lines cannot be recognized as coherent  figures except from the air.<br />
Since their discovery, various theories have been proposed regarding the  methods and motivations behind the lines&#8217; construction.</p>
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<h3>OVERFLIGHT NASCA LINES ITINERARY</h3>
<p style="text-align: justify">At 7am transfer to the aerodrome Maria Reiche. Am. Informative  video about the Nasca civilization = 45 min.<br />
Fly over the Nasca lines by light Cessna plane (35min): The Nasca  lines are located in the desert, a high arid plateau that  stretches  between Nasca and Palpa on the pampa (a large flat area of southern  Peru). The Nasca lines are geoglyphs and  geometric line clearings in  the Peruvian desert.<br />
The Nasca lines are an enigma. Since their discovery, the Nasca  lines have inspired fantastic explanations from ancient gods, a landing  strip for returning aliens, a celestial calendar created by the ancient  civilization, used for rituals probably related to astronomy, or clans  who made up the population and to determine through ritual their  economic functions held up by reciprocity and redistribution, or a map  of underground water supplies. Flying over the area you can marvel  looking at the perfect shape of Animal’s, flowers, plants, objects, and  anthropomorphic figures of colossal proportions made with well-defined  lines.<br />
After flight transfer to the hotel or to the bus station and end  service.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><img class="aligncenter" longdesc="Figure on the surface of Pampas de  Nazca" src="https://www.peruadventurestours.com/Images/monkey_nazca_lines.jpg" alt="Monkey - Nazca Lines" width="525" height="300" /></p>
<h3>OVERFLIGHT NASCA LINES TOUR INCLUDES</h3>
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<li>Welcoming reception at the bus station and transfer to the  hotel or our local office (we need the name, from where and arrival time  of your bus). If you don&#8217;t want spend a night in Nasca we have place to  storage your luggage</li>
<li>English-speaking tour guide in the aircraft (Private VIP  Service only)</li>
<li>Transfer from Hotel/Airport/Hotel</li>
<li>Airport tax</li>
<li>Entrance to the Nasca Lines &#8211; New regulations (INC)</li>
<li>Light plane (Cessna 172 &#8211; 182 &#8211; 206)</li>
<li>35min of fly over Nasca lines</li>
<li>Tour price includes government sales tax (19% as known IGV)</li>
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<td>OVERFLIGHT NASCA LINES &#8211; DAILY AIRCRAFT FLIGHTS $105 USD  Per Person</p>
<p>Incredible and Enigmatic Past &#8211; World  Heritage Site Unesco</td>
<td><strong>Backpacker Service </strong>(Shared aircraft)<br />
1 to more participants $130 USD each one</p>
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2 participants $220 USD each one<br />
3-4 participants $200 USD each one<br />
5 to more participants $180 USD each one</td>
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<td colspan="3" valign="top"><strong>Discount 5%:</strong> South American Explorers Club Members<br />
<strong>Discount 10%:</strong> Tour Operators or Travel  Agencies Only<br />
<strong>Students: </strong>$5 USD discount only with valid  green ISIC card</td>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lima City Tour The best excursion to get to know Lima.   This excursion provides a perfect combination (pre-Hispanic era, colonial period and Modern Lima), that enables the visitor to get acquainted with Lima&#8217;s complete history. ITINERARY We will pick you from your hotel to start the most complete City tour. We will start with a [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center">Lima City Tour</h1>
<h3>The best excursion to get to know Lima.   This excursion provides a perfect combination (pre-Hispanic era, colonial period and Modern Lima), that enables the visitor to get acquainted with Lima&#8217;s complete history.</h3>
<h4>ITINERARY</h4>
<p>We will pick you from your hotel to start the most complete City tour. We will start with a panoramic view from the Huaca Pucllana, a magnificent ceremonial and administrative center of Lima Culture, built in the 4th century AD, and considered by the Incas as ñaupallaqta, a &#8220;sacred village&#8221;.   Then, we will show you the Historical Center. During this tour you will visit many points of interest such as the Main Square (Plaza Mayor) founded in 1535 by Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru, the Government Palace, the City Hall, the Cathedral and the House of El Oidor. You will see other colonial architectural jewels, such as Torre Tagle Palace, a beautiful mansion dating back to the 18th century. We continue the tour with a visit to San Francisco Convent and its catacombs. The construction of San Francisco church was consecrated in 1673. It has stood up to numerous earthquakes, and has a majestic stone facade and an interior with admirably carved choir seats in Nicaraguan cedar, vaults and columns decorated with plastered Moorish style reliefs. The arcades in the convent&#8217;s cloister (16th century) are decorated with Seville tiles. In the beautiful chapter house there is a collection of paintings of the apostles. The underground galleries and catacombs were discovered in 1951 and are gloomy and impressive, containing the bones and skulls of some 70,000 people buried there when it was the town cemetery during the time of the Viceroys.  The tour continues through the more traditional Residential Areas: El Olivar in San Isidro, with olive trees brought from Spain in the 17th century; Miraflores&#8217; Central Park, and Larco Mar, a spot of international thematic attractions which offers a spectacular panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean &#8211; Larco Mar has become a distinctive symbol of modern Lima.</p>
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		<title>Sucre Dinosaurierspuren</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Tour To Sucre&#8217;s Dino Track The dinosaur tracks in Sucre, Bolivia is a definite must see attraction. Located about 6 km outside of Sucre, the small mountain of Cal Orck&#8217;o is home to the world&#8217;s largest collection of dinosaur tracks. There are about 5,000 impressions of dinosaur footprints from at least 250 different dinosaurs [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center">A Tour To Sucre&#8217;s Dino Track</h1>
<p>The  dinosaur tracks in <strong>Sucre, Bolivia</strong> is a definite must see  attraction. Located about 6 km outside of Sucre, the small mountain of  Cal Orck&#8217;o is home to the world&#8217;s largest collection of dinosaur tracks.  There are about 5,000 impressions of dinosaur footprints from at least  250 different dinosaurs that are embedded on a gigantic, near-vertical  limestone rock.</p>
<p>The dinosaur footprints were first discovered in  1994 by workers from the local Sucre cement factory. When the cement  workers were clearing the grounds, they uncovered a nearly vertical  limestone face bearing thousands of dinosaur footprints.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.travel-bolivia.com/images/sucre-dinosaur-footprints.jpg" alt="Sucre, Bolivia dinosaur footprints - dino tracks" width="150" height="200" align="left" /> The footprints are scattered across a gigantic, greyish rock covering  about 25,000 square meters (about the size of several soccer fields) and  are about 100 meters high. At first the prints just look like holes in  the rock. But, after you study them for a while, you&#8217;ll see the clear  footprints of many different sizes running in long lines across the  surface of the rock. For, example, some of the dinosaur footprints  you&#8217;ll see are of Tyrannosaurus (T-Rex), Brontosaurus, and Triceratops.</p>
<p>It  is neat just to gaze upon the tracks for a while and envision which  dinosaurs were doing what when they walked through this area millions of  years ago. Some of the sets of footprints may have been the scene of a  chase and kill by predators.</p>
<p>Experts believe the footprints  in the rocks date back some 60 million years, which is before the Andes  were formed. Supposedly, there was a lake here surrounded by a forest  and dinosaurs would have trudged through the mud in the forest toward  the lake in search of water. Before the tracks had a chance to  disappear, the  tracks would have been covered by sediment, which  settled over the mud and preserved the footprints.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.travel-bolivia.com/images/sucre-bolivia-dino-park.jpg" alt="Sucre, Bolivia Dinosaur tracks - Dinosaur footprints- Dino Park" width="165" height="124" align="right" /> The dinosaur tracks have become a huge attraction and have been made  into a park known as Parque Cretácico. Along with the dinosaur tracks,  the park also features many scary life-size models of dinosaurs, as well  as an audiovisual display and a restaurant.</p>
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		<title>Entdecke den Amboro National Park von Bolivien</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amboro National Park Amboró National Park is an ecological masterpiece of almost half a million hectares, located approximately 150 km north west of the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Park Amboro lies in a unique geographical position at the confluence of 3 distinct ecosystems: the Amazon basin, the northern Chaco and the Andes [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center">Amboro National Park</h1>
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<p><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="BODY" -->Amboró National Park is an ecological masterpiece of almost half a  million hectares, located approximately 150 km north west of the city  of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Park <strong>Amboro</strong> lies in a unique  geographical position at the confluence of 3 distinct ecosystems: the  Amazon basin, the northern Chaco and the Andes (nowhere else in the  world do three such vast environments converge). Amboró National Park  contains over 800 bird species, more than the USA and Canada together!</p>
<p><strong> </strong> In the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, the region of what today is  called <strong>National Park Amboró</strong>, was not a protected area yet. There  were many big industrial companies working in the forest, doing lodging  and mining activities. In 1973, the park was initially established as a  natural reserve called the Reserva de Vida Silvestre German Bush. In  1984 the area officially became a national park, protecting 180.000 HA.  This was extended to 637.600 HA in 1991.</p>
<p>Because of its unique  geographical location Amboró National Park hosts an incredible variety  of flora and fauna. Both highland and lowland animal and plant species  can be found in the park. The park also hosts many trees valued for  their fine wood such as Mara and various species of palm trees. A huge  variety of bromeliads, orchids and forests of giant ferns makes this  park very special. Amboró Park is also the home of the jaguar, the rare  spectacled bear and other mammal species native to the Amazon.</p>
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<td align="left" valign="top"><strong>Amboró: more than  2.659 registered plant species, 127 mammals, 105 reptiles, 73 amphibians  and 842 species of birds.</strong></td>
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<p>Perhaps most  impressive is the huge number of birds that inhabit the area, one of the  the greatest concentrations of bird species per km 2 in the world.</p>
<p>The conservation  of <strong>Amboró</strong> National Park is of scientific interest and vital to  humanity, considering that it is one of the richest and most diverse  regions in the world with unique flora and fauna. The North side of the  park is the most humid area and can be described as tropical rain forest  or jungle. In this part, beautiful waterfalls and natural swimming  holes with crystalline water can be found.</p>
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<td width="195" height="100">Over 840 species of birds have been  discovered already. <strong><br />
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<div><strong>REFERENCE PROGRAM</strong></div>
<p>The tour starts in  Santa Cruz at 6.30 am in the morning, when a vehicle will bring you to  Buena Vista town. In Buena Vista our guide will be waiting for you in  the Centre of Interpretation of the <strong>Amboro National Park</strong>.  In this Centre our guide will tell you some interesting facts about the  park and show you the trail you are about to walk.</p>
<p>After this visit, a  vehicle will take you in about 1.5 hours near the entrance to the Park,  at this point your hike through this tropical paradise will begin.  During this initial walk -while crossing various rivers and streams- you  can already see monkeys, toucans, squirrels and other wild.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.rutaverdebolivia.com/toucan.jpg" border="3" alt="toucan in Amboro  National Park" width="224" height="169" /></p>
<p>During  the hike through the park, the guide will explain you all about the  footprints and the surrounding flora and fauna. You will see beautiful  waterfalls and pristine natural swimming pools, plants &amp; trees and  animals. As the park lies on the edge of the Andes, the Chaco and the  Amazon, you will find species of these three ecosystems in the park.</p>
<p>The longer you stay in the park, the  further you can enter which will increase your chances of meeting more  Amazonian wildlife, visiting more different waterfalls and a lookout  point with a fantastic view of the park.</p>
<p><strong>Tour includes:</strong><br />
-	Experienced local guide<br />
-	Porter who assists the guide and helps you carrying gear (3 days or  more)<br />
-	Transport hotel &#8211; Amboro Park – hotel<br />
-	All camping material<br />
-	Meals<br />
-	Entrance fees</p>
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		<title>Urlaub auf der Inka Festung von Samaipata</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fort of Samaipata, Bolivia El Fuerte (meaning “The Fort”), near the picturesque town of Samaipata in Santa Cruz, Bolivia is an ancient pre-Colombian ritual site and is the largest carved stone in the world. It was declared a Heritage of Humanity site by UNESCO. Mystery and legends surround this fortress, as no one isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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<h1 style="text-align: center">The Fort of Samaipata, Bolivia</h1>
<p>El Fuerte (meaning “The Fort”), near the picturesque town of  Samaipata in Santa Cruz,  Bolivia is an ancient pre-Colombian ritual  site and is the largest carved stone in the world. It was declared a  Heritage of Humanity site by UNESCO. Mystery and legends surround this  fortress, as no one isn&#8217;t quite sure who carved it. It is the largest  single rock carving in the world.</p>
<p>Located about 2 hours West of the city of Santa Cruz, the site was first  discovered by Spanish colonists who had settled in the area in the 16th  century, and established the town of Samaipata.  They called it &#8220;El  Fuerte&#8221; (the Fort) because of its shape.  But they abandoned Samaipata  and left the area soon after, and the town and ruins were covered with  vegetation until scholars took notice of it again in the late 1700&#8242;s.   Excavation began in the early 1900&#8242;s.</p>
<p>This archeological site is  believed to be originally of Mojocoyan origin, a culture that began  sculpting the rock around 300 AD, although many attribute it to the  Incas.  The rock contains carvings of jaguars, cats, snakes and other  animals as well as several deep pits and long grooves and channels  presumably used to circulate and store water. At the top of the stone  there is a circle of 12 seats with a set of 3 seats in the middle.   Locals call this the &#8220;Coro de los Sacerdotes&#8221; or &#8220;Choir of Priests&#8221;.</p>
<p>El  Fuerte de Samaipata is located a few miles prior to arriving to the  town of Samaipata. You can either stop there on your way to town or take  a tour from town once you&#8217;ve settled in to a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.boliviabella.com/samaipata-hotels.html" target="0&quot;">hotel or hostel</a>. Vehicles will take you up to a  flat area at the base of the carved rock and you have to hike a little  from there. You&#8217;ll be able to see how small huts were built around the  base of the stone, and view excavated portions of an adjoining village  nearby. You&#8217;ll pay a small entrance fee and this helps with upkeep of El  Fuerte and its associated museum. As this is a UNESCO site, and has  suffered damage from tourism already, it&#8217;s important to take good care  of it. Climbing onto the fuerte is not allowed.</p>
<p>The Incas occupied  the site during the 1300&#8242;s as well, adding several buildings, and  carving out the hillsides with their traditional land terracing system  of agriculture. There is also a series of niches they cut into the  entire length of the right side of the rock.  These would have had roofs  at one time, as would the remains of several houses found about a  hundred meters further on.  These are all very similar to temple niches  and houses found at Machu Picchu, the great Incan Ruins in Peru.</p>
<p>You  can walk all the way around the rock, but do not cross the rope  barriers.  In the past visitors climbed up onto the rock but this was  causing damage.  To the right of the rock is a short path that leads to  what appears to have been a small village with ruins of several small  houses and huts. You’ll also see some very, very deep holes here which  may have been wells long ago.  Today they are so deep, that if you throw  a stone inside them, you will never hear it hit the bottom.</p>
<p>El  Fuerte at Samaipata is located high atop a hill in the “sierra” (Andes  foothills) and from here the view is spectacular.  The highway to the  fort is completely paved and offers visitors a fantastic panorama,  making the <a rel="nofollow" title="Drive to Samaipata, Bolivia" href="http://www.boliviabella.com/drive-to-samaipata.html" target="_new">Drive to Samaipata</a> a colorful adventure in itself.</p>
<p>About 10 miles prior to arriving  in the town of  <a rel="nofollow" title="Samaipata,  Santa Cruz, Bolivia" href="http://www.boliviabella.com/samaipata.html" target="_new">Samaipata</a> you must take a dirt road that veers off to the left.  It is very steep  and you will have to drive in low gear.  Once you reach the top, there  is ample parking and a small visitor’s center where you pay your  admission to the site.</p>
<p>The Samaipata Fort is the main tourist  attraction in the Samaipata area, but there are many other sites to see  during <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.boliviabella.com/samaipata-tours.html" target="0&quot;">Samaipata Tours</a>. See our <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.boliviabella.com/samaipata-travel.html" target="0&quot;">Tourist Info</a> page for more details on getting  there, when to go, what to take, and where to stay. Use the links above  and below to learn more about El Fuerte de Samaipata and Contact Ruta  Verde Bolivia for more information on this and many other amazing  ecotours and  <a rel="nofollow" title="Tours in Bolivia.  Ruta Verde Bolivia Tours and Ecotours, Santa  Cruz, Bolivia" href="http://www.boliviabella.com/ruta-verde-bolivia.html" target="_new">tours in Bolivia.</a></p>
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