Perù: in the Inca footsteps

Type of journey: historical and cultural

Things to remember: Magic and mystery at Machu Picchu – The reflections and horizons of the Titicaca lake – Colours and corners in the Monasterio de S.Catalina in Arequipa – The Inca walls and ruins at Cuzco and in the Inca sacred valley – Traditions and customs of Aymara and Quechua people

Plan of the journey: Italy – Lima – Ballestas Islands – Ica – Nazca – Arequipa – Puno – Titicaca lake – Sillustani – Cuzco ... (more)

View of Cuzco
Cuzco seen from the ruins of Sacsayhuaman

Machu Picchu: view from the top
A wondeful view of the mysterious Inca site

Fishermen harbour
A group of fishermen boats, at the jetty for Ballestas Islands

The valley of Arequipa
Chachani and Pichu Pichu watch over the green valley of Arequipa

Arequipa: monasterio de S.Catalina
An end of the colourful monasterio, wonderful example of colonial architecture

Flying over Nazca
Top view coming back from the Nazca lines on a small plane

Quiet sunset
Evening reflections on the Titicaca lake, in the Uros islands

Evening lights in Puno
The city lights reflect on the Titicaca lake surface

Before sunrise
Calm before the dawn on the Titicaca lake

Reflections
The Tifticaca lake after the sunrise, near the Bolivian border

Chullpas in Sillustani
The ancient ruins of the Colla tribe, near the Umayo lake

The walls of Sacsayhuaman
The zig-zag walls of the ancient Inca fortress, over Cuzco

Inca wall in Cuzco
The great Inca stones used in Cuzco building

Cuzco:evening before Virgin Mary fiesta
People gathering near the cathedral in Cuzco and looking at the trials, the...

Cuzco by night
A detail of Plaza des Armas and the church of La Compania

Inca ruins near Pisac
Old terraces in the group of Inca ruins in the mountain over Pisac

Relax
The great spirituality of Machu Picchu invites you to reflect and have a rest

Tropical landscape
Machu Picchu is almost near the tropical area of Perù and you can see it...

Machu Picchu in the mist
Heavy clouds watched by the Inca walls: a strange atmosphere at Machu Picchu

article published 10/21/2002

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Fantastic captures!! I particularly like the "The walls of Sacsayhuaman". Seems like we took similiar route, but I am trully jealous of your pics. Very Nice.
— RandyK, October 28, 2002

Your photos are fantastic! A friend and I are going to Cuzco and Machu Picchu in March 2003, and the pix are certainly helping to get me pumped!
— John Zavaski, October 25, 2002

You've done it again, Andrea!
Just as you did in your Bolivian story, in your "Cruising towards Uyuni" shot, you make use foreground, middleground, and background to make "Relax" -- the shot of the man resting at Machu Picchu -- tell a story. He fills the foreground, at ease, looking at the Inca ruins below him that make Machu Picchu so unique. Meanwhile the background is filled with the towering mountains that gives this place it's very identity. Good job, Andrea.
— Phil Douglis, October 21, 2002

WOW!
This is definitely a place I must visit. My brother was there for the start of the new millennium and took pics, but LOST the film! I'm glad yours turned out nicely.
— Lex Xavier, October 21, 2002