Packing List for Hiking the Amazing Inca Trail
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Planning to hike the Inca Trail. This is your comprehensive guide of what to pack for the trail, including weight limits for your packs.
Chauchilla Cemetery, Nasca
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If visiting Nasca include the Chaucillha Cemetery. It dates back to 200 AD with most burial happening in the 600 to 700 years following.
Santa Catalina Convent, Arequipa
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The Santa Catalina Convent, in Arequipa, Peru dates back to the early 1600’s. It is now a museum, but a small number of nuns still live there.
Ballestas Islands, Peru
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The islands have been called the “poor man’s Galapagos”. I love photographing wildlife it was a definite on our list for our trip to Peru.
Peru – Planning our Trip
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We had not travelled to South America when we decided to travel to Peru. So how did we plan on how to see the most of Peru that we could?