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Category Archives: Travel Photography

Llama-supported treks coming soon to Peru’s Chaparrí Reserve

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: May 7, 2013

☼ Peru Nature Tours and Travel Adventures ☼ Chaparrí, the private reserve in Northern Peru created and run by the local community, will soon offer visitors llama-supported treks, according to the reserve Director Heinz Plenge. “We are talking about hikes of about eight hours along marked routes,” Plenge told state-run news agency Andina. Chaparrí is one of [...]

Also posted in Destinations, Family Travel, Lambayeque, News, Prominent Peruvians, Wildlife | Tagged Heinz Plenge, horse and llama supported hikes, llama treks, wildlife reserve | Leave a comment

Lima’s legendary leaping monk saves drowning man

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: April 2, 2013

For 26 years, Fernando Canchari, a professional diver, has reenacted the legendary lovelorn leap of Friar Francisco, who jumped to a watery death rather than be separated from the love of his life, the beautiful Clara. But early on Easter Sunday, when Canchari dove into the torrid Pacific waters, it was not for the usual [...]

Also posted in History, Lima, News | Leave a comment

As close to heaven as it gets for train enthusiasts for 2013

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: January 24, 2013

One of the world’s great railway journeys is the trip from Lima to Huancayo over the central Andes. The rail line is considered one of history’s most amazing feats of railway engineering, with the world’s steepest gradient, reaching 4,781 m.a.s.l. at its highest point in the Galera Tunnel. Experience the thrill of this astonishing ride, [...]

Also posted in Art & Culture, Books on Peru, Central Highlands, Destinations, Family Travel, Huancayo, Lima, Nostalgia | Tagged Galera Tunnel, Lima-Huancayo 2013 Passenger Train Schedule, train travel | 1 Comment

Highest resolution photo ever taken of Machu Picchu

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: November 13, 2012

Click on this image to experience an amazing Machu Picchu photo in its full depth and breadth In September, photographer Jeff Cremer used a Canon 7D and a 400mm lens to take 1,920 individual pictures of Machu Picchu. The photos took only 1 hour and 44 minutes to record, with the help of a small [...]

Also posted in Cusco, Machu Picchu, News | Tagged MacPro Hexacore, megapixel photography, smarter every day | Leave a comment

The ancient Salterns of Maras – Cuzco

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: September 7, 2012

☼ Inca Tours and Travel Adventures ☼ About 25 miles (40 kms) northwest of Cusco — about halfway to Machu Picchu — an ancient patchwork of terraced pools filled with mineral-rich water cascades down the side of the Qaqawiñay mountain. Since before the advent of the Inca Empire, local inhabitants have tended the Maras salterns, [...]

Also posted in Cusco, Destinations | Tagged Andean salt mines, Maras - Moray - Salineras | Leave a comment

Podcast: Wildlife photography in Peru’s Amazon

By Rick Vecchio | Published: July 30, 2012

Interview with Jeff Cremer For six years, photographer Jeff Cremer has practiced his craft in Peru, documenting the people, wildlife and natural beauty of high mountain plateaus, remote coastal desert and mega-diverse Amazon rain forests. Click this link for details about booking Jeff’s Tambopata Wildlife Photography Tour Jeff also offers full-day photo instructional tours in [...]

Also posted in Podcast, Tambopata, Tips, Wildlife | Tagged Jeff Cremer, Peru photo safari, Rainforest Expeditions | 1 Comment