Stampede Trail leads you to the famous Bus 142 also known as Magic Bus. Everyone who knows the book or the movie Into the Wild is aware of the story about Christopher McCandless. As he tried to survive in the Alaskan wilderness the Bus is up to today not easy […]
Places
Top of the World Highway
Driving on Top of the World Highway is a really great experience. Starting on the Canadian side means that you have to catch a ferry before you can reach the Highway. Starting on the American side means, of course, you can’t leave it without using a ferry. Scenic views will […]
Huascaran National Park
Huascaran National Park is located in the Cordillera Blanca and includes several mountains. For example, Artesonraju, which is supposed to be the mountain in the Paramount Pictures logo. To get a good view of Artesonraju one can, for example, visit Laguna Parón. From there it is also possible to visit Laguna Artesoncocha […]
Colca Canyon
Colca Canyon is located about 160 kilometres northwest of Arequipa and is a canyon of the Colca River. It is one of the deepest in the world and well known for being home to the Andean condor. This reasons would already make it worth a visit. However, the landscape around […]
Laguna Churup
Laguna Churup is located right in front of Nevada Churup next to the Peruvian town Huaraz. To face it you have to hike there. You can start doing so in Pitec. Even if the road there is quite bumpy this place is served by collectivos. To hike up to this magnificent lake you […]
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu means as much as old peak and is an Inca site located in the Sacred Valley next to Cusco 2.430 metres above sea level. It was built around 1450, which is so amazing. Even with today’s technology, it’s hard to imagine how to build such magnificent buildings in […]
Lake Titicaca
Lake Titicaca is located in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Peru. Till today it’s not really known where the lake has its name from. However, Lake Titicaca has several islands and is the largest in South America. With a surface elevation of 3.812 metres it’s located higher […]
Valle de la Luna
Valle de la Luna means Valley of the Moon and is located in Chile next to the village San Pedro the Atacama. Carved by wind and water the landscape is similar to the lunar landscape what the reason for its name is. Stunning rock formations and colours make the scenery unique and […]
Laguna Verde
Laguna Verde is Spanish and means Green Lake. It is located not far from Laguna Colorada in the southwestern Altiplano of Bolivia. However, you will never know which colours Laguna Verde will show you because the colours of the lake area depending on sun and wind.