Even the arrival by minibus, for hours on gravel and through countless streams, gives you the feeling of a time travel. Once in the Torotoro NP, one should also have the feeling that here is still a lot as it was millions of years ago. Let's say 150 million years. The impressions of at least six different dinosaur species I have, just ...
Once you have frozen for a few weeks, you are happy to finally come to San Pedro de Atacama. The city is at "only" 2400 meters, so deep was not since Arequipa. It is located at the north end of the Atacama Basin, also a damn dead, salty, dry place, though not as huge as the Salar de Uyuni. Wonderful you can see ...
Who wants to look like from an airplane, from far above, almost vertically, to seemingly tiny villages ... He can a. either get on a plane or b. drive into the Colca Valley! The Colca Canyon is the second deepest gorge in the world and due to its steepness offers just such sights. Of course you do not live at the top of the mountain, but "only" on ...