Back through the Incas' land.. Peru

... The real travelers are those who just start to leave, light hearts, similar to the balloon, they will never separate from their fate ', and without knowing why', always say "Let's go", their desires are the shapes of clouds ...
Charles Baudelaire

I had already been in Peru in 2000. At first, when I was asked to organize a trip to those places, I thought that maybe it was better to choose new destinations, visit the countries not yet known. Then, reflecting on the ideas of Baudelaire, I replied: "Let's go!"
When you return to a country already seen it always has the fear of being disappointed by the changes that are inexorably, from the western lifestyle that little by little invaded even the most remote places. Certainly, especially in the most tourist visitors have increased and, consequently, the accommodation facilities. Is not changed but the charm of the Cordillera, the barren desert and the Pacific coast, the highlands and the Amazon jungle. The first thing that jumps the eye is the price increase in these six years have increased a lot. An example: the entrance ticket to Machu Picchu, which in 2000 cost $ 10, now is $ 40.

 

Atlanta

On August 2 of 2006, with a long flight from Malpensa, with a stopover in Paris, will arrive in Atlanta at 20 local time (2 am in Italy). The flight to Lima will start only at 16 the next day. The free morning allows us to quickly visit Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, whose majority of inhabitants are the descendants of black cotton pickers imported as slaves from Africa in 1700. We visit the headquarters of CNN, the largest television network in the United States and perhaps the world, and the Museum of Coca Cola. Also go up on the "Sun Dial", a skyscraper with a circular base, where the 72nd and last floor, there is a bar-restaurant where you can photograph the city.

Through Huaraz

At 9.30 the morning of August 4 leave Lima with a bus that takes us to Lima, the Andes of Courmayeur. Leaving the city, across the huge shantytowns that characterize its periphery, these slums are formed by houses constructed of brick or wood with the roof of reeds. Released from Lima along for about two hours the Pacific, the landscape looks like a vast sandy desert, with huge high dunes hundreds of meters, with no sign of life. Turning inland, the desert, from sandy, rocky and is mountainous with numerous prickly pear cactus and India. Going to share the desert gives way to vegetation, agave plants and eucalyptus accompany us to beyond 3500 meters, higher pastures predominate. After a step to 4100 meters, the road descends gently towards Huaraz where we reach the 17th

Trekking across "Cordillera Blanca"

At 8, August 5 will load your luggage on the roof of a minibus and we start for trekking in the Cordillera Blanca. A stop in Carazo to make the final purchases of fruits, vegetables and water, then on a narrow dirt road until you reach Cashapampa (2900 m), place of departure. At 12 you start to walk a path that immediately begins to climb a valley where many eucalyptus trees. The relentless sun of midday ago seem even harder to climb that, fortunately, arrived at 14 the proportion of 3500 meters, are alleviated. Now the trail climbs gradually, the vegetation thins out, you see only small shrubs and thorny cactus. At 17 you reach Llamacarral (3760 m), where to place the first field. The sun starts setting a little at a time and the hot muggy becomes cold. Mounted tents, with a hot "Mate de Coca" we heated the bones.
I wake up at 5. Last night we were withdrawn to 21 in tents, on the other hand out there was much to do, not even a bar to drink a beer! I am still an hour to warm in a sleeping bag, then the general alarm 6. Abundant breakfast and we start to 7.30 for the second stage. It will be because the trail goes into a slight slope and the cold wind that blows continually makes us not suffer the heat as yesterday, but today I seem to feel less fatigue. In the first part of the stage was practically in walking plan continuing to run up the valley yesterday. In the distance, behind some mountains to the bottom of the valley, sprout snowy peaks of almost 6000 meters. Even the landscape around us is very beautiful, certainly more attractive than yesterday and maybe today will be partly because I feel less tired but I appreciate much more the natural beauty surrounding us. It is along two lakes. The first, very small, it is little more than a swamp invaded by reeds and other aquatic plants, and the second, much larger, has a water color of a deep blue. A few cows grazing on its banks and accept the little grass that grows between the shrubs. After the lakes the trail continues with a steep climb that exceeded a height difference of about 300 meters, it reaches a collar. Suddenly there appears, in all its majesty, the Alpemayo (5947 m) which is considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world. Here there is a crossroads: turn right, about an hour, we reach the place where to place the field, going left, again in an hour, we arrive at base camp dell'Alpemayo. The temptation is so strong that, despite the fatigue, in five decided to make this detour and reach the base camp at around 4400 meters while the others remain to expect. The area of the camp is wonderful, the Alpemayo stands above us, surrounded by smaller peaks and glaciers beautiful and scary. We admire the field to this show for about 30 minutes, our two companions await us, and then at 13.30, with regret to leave so much grandeur, we return on our steps to achieve them. Ricompattato the group, in an hour of trail in almost all downhill, we reach a place called Taullipampa at 4260 meters, where assemble the tents. Before us can be seen up to 4750 meters and tomorrow we should overcome. Not pensiamoci now, think about mounting the field and to relax with a warm "Mate de Coca" prepared by our guides. Tomorrow is another day and you will see.
Third stage of the trek. It starts at 7:30 and immediately begins the ascent up the pace. The trail climbs gradually, then becomes steeper with many bends. The scenery around us is breathtaking with snowy peaks that exceed 5,000 meters and beautiful glaciers. In the bottom you can see many glacial lakes with the mountains that are reflected in their waters. The path slowly, we are almost at 5000 meters. These shares oxygen is scarce and it is essential to continue with steps slow and short, if you try to lengthen the step, the heart begins to beat fast. Despite the difficulty in 2 hours and a half we reach the pass of Punta Union at 4750 meters. Long pause to admire and photograph the mountains and valleys that surround us and then, with an interminable descent, around 15 to reach Cachin Pampa 3750 square meters where the field. Not visible from the path but must be near a village. The proof of his existence are the many children who suddenly appear, curious about our arrival. Admire the sunset for the last time the snow-capped peaks still lit by the sun. Tomorrow down to the valley and mountains do not see anymore.
Last stop short and nearly all downhill. Going to meet share many villages with houses built of mud and straw. In our passage we are surrounded by children hoping to receive some gift, especially sweets and chocolate. In these places, the toothpaste is almost completely unknown, so we are reluctant to offer sweets. We prefer to give notebooks and ballpoint pens, which are accepted with a little 'disappointed.
At 10.30, after a steep climb, we arrive at where we find Vaquero to expect that the minibus back to Huaraz, but not directly after a trip to visit the area. A steep dirt road goes up a step to 4750 meters from where the eye sweeps over the mountains that surround us. In front of us rise dell'Huascaran the two peaks, one of which, with its 6768 meters is the highest peak of Peru. At his views are taken by emotion and memories: six years before we had attempted the climb. The company was not successful because, surprised by a sudden snowfall, we remain stuck to the camp 1 on the glacier at 5200 meters, for three days. But that's another story already told.
With a steep descent on the opposite side of the step you exit the park and is located dell'Huascaran asphalt. 16 to arrive in Huaraz. It closed the day with a dinner in the company of our guide Victor accompanied by his wife and two daughters.

Chavin de Huantar

Today, August 9, start of the tourist trip with a visit to the site of Chavin de Huantar, one of the most important Pre-Inca settlements stable which is 3200 meters high on the Cordillera Blanca. Here lie the remains of a civilization which flourished between 1300 and 400 BC. This civilization does not leave written documents, so you can only make assumptions based on the results of excavations at the site that includes a temple, some squares and a myriad of engravings on stone. The walls, constructed without the use of lime, testify to the technical level achieved. The decorations of the temples is the predominant element consists of anthropomorphic figures by cats that we see characters engraved on the columns, on the parietal plates on lintels and stelae.
Work in progress, resulting in temporary closure of the road, on top of a step to 4516 meters, forcing us to a forced stop. At 10 the road is opened to traffic at 11 and we come to the site of Chavin. After the visit, which lasts until 14.30, you can stroll along the lanes of the village by buying some memory and at 17.30 we depart for Lima.

Pisco and Ballestas islands

Returning to Lima we devote the morning of 11 August to visit her. At 12 saw a changing of the guard. Deployed at attention, with the red and blue uniform, standing guard passes outgoing deliveries to the incoming-call at a ceremony that is repeated every day at the same time, attracting a crowd of spectators.
At 13 for Pisco with a stop to visit the Museum of Nacion, at the National Institute of Culture in Lima, where you can see evidence of dozens of civilizations developed in Peru.
Today, August 12, will be very intense. At 8 we start with the boat to visit the Bay of Paracas and the Ballestas Islands, known as the "Galapagos of the poor." Here you can admire many marine mammals and various types of birds: cormorants, pelicans and others. While browsing along the desert coastline where, engraved in the wall of a rocky cliff, is the famous candelabrum which recalls the most famous figures of Nazca. Many are the pictures taken with thousands of birds that nest on these islands and the sea lions that nap lazily on rocks and on beaches.

Nazca and Chauchilla cemetery

At 11, after the visit, we start to Nazca. In flight you can admire the famous Nazca Lines, "is still shrouded in mystery that gave rise to many hypotheses more or less reliable. For some thirty kilometers from Nazca is the less known but very interesting, "Chauchilla Cemetery", a great plain full of bones, skulls, fragments of vases and mummies from the period between 1000 and 1300 AD The mummies, which until a few years ago were scattered in a disordered way in the desert plains, have been looted by tombaroli. Only lately have been collected in 12 graves, but the surrounding land is still covered with fragments of bones.
To conclude the day the fault is not lacking in minibus returning from Nazca Cemetery Chauchilla breaks a water hose. Fortunately, another mode of transit has a tank of water that fill the radiator. Stop at each spring to stock up on water we can get to where you make the repair.

Arequipa

On 13 August, at 7.40 we leave for Arequipa where we arrive to the 18th For a few hours along the barren but fascinating ocean coast, then turn inland and cross a vast desert plateau. Joints around Arequipa you can see the profile of Misti (5822 m), a huge volcano that dominates the city. The Misti volcano is an enormous cone formed by volcanic rock and sand that lies isolated in the middle of a desert hill, on its slopes are not found nor a drop of water, nor a blade of shadow, only rare shrubs are present the shares lower. His view reminds me when, six years after the first failure to rise all'Huascaran, we reached the summit.
We dedicate the first part of the morning of August 14 to visit the convent of Santa Catalina, one of the most interesting places of the city, which in 1970, after four hundred years of isolation, was opened to the public. Although it has been, and still has, a convent of nuns, the vow of poverty and silence was not much respected by the first nuns. In the peak period of the cells were in fact similar to the luxurious rooms. Visiting Santa Catalina, three blocks from the central Plaza de Armas, is how to dive into the world of the sixteenth century, the streets, the porches and gardens still bear the original names. The convent, where once lived up to five hundred monks, today it accounts for only about fifty.
Walking through the city of Arequipa, one can not help but notice the huge amount of Misti volcano that dominates and is visible from every position.

Chivay and Canyon de Colca

To 10.30 for Chivay, a base for visiting the Canyon de Colca, one of the deepest in the world. Immediately climb to 4000 meters of a plateau full of llamas, alpacas and a lagoon with water birds. We are on the highest point of the trail, the pace of Patapampa to 4910 meters, and fortunately we are all good, nobody seems to feel the altitude, not for nothing that we are all members of the CAI! We arrive at Chivay at 15.30 where we give a relaxing bath in the springs that rise at 4 Km from the town.
Levataccia at 5 am to go to the "Cruz del Condor to see the condor, which, at 8.30, punctual, gets up in the air in the canyon. Many pictures taken of the landscape and many condor that twirl on our heads. After about an hour and the flight ends condors do not do more to see. A walk on top of the canyon and at 12.30, we start to Puno where we arrive at 18:30. It crosses an immense plateau at about 4500 meters where there are several lagoons. The weather gets worse: it rains and at the snow falls.

Puno, Sillustani and Titicaca Lake

Free morning to visit the town of Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca, on the border with Bolivia. The city, located at 3840 meters, is the capital dell'aspra mountain region that contains the lake and is the ideal habitat for llamas and alpacas. The Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world, being situated at 3840 meters altitude. The inhabitants of the region they live, as well as tourism, fishing in its icy waters, growing potatoes and raising the blade. This is the area of Peru where traditions have remained intact, where neither the Spaniards nor the invaders current modernity and tourism, have managed to prevail on the Inca culture. According to the legend is here on the shores of the lake, which originated the civilization of the Incas: it is said that the Sun God, with his children, emerged from the waters of the lake to give rise to the Inca dynasty.
We dedicate the afternoon of August 16 to examine the ruins of Sillustani, about 35 km from Puno. The ruins consist of chullpa (funeral towers), where the nobles were buried. These round towers, which reach a height of 12 meters, are shrouded in mystery, do not know the exact time of their construction. Are formed by huge boulders placed on top of each square, with a small entrance door from where you can not enter the body, which is why we think that the body of the deceased had fallen from above, before the construction of the cover. Even the technique of lifting the huge, heavy blocks of stone is a mystery, could be the same used by the Egyptians in the construction of the pyramids: huge inclined planes formed by the earth removed at the end of the work.
Interesting day shipping on the lake to visit some of over thirty islands that rise from its waters. The islands most famous are the Titicaca Uros, floating islands of reed about an hour by boat from Puno, who are called by the Indians that live there. This small archipelago, consisting of about half a dozen islets, is the first stage of our visit to the lake. These islands, consisting of reeds that grow on the banks of the lake, are artificial. Due to the poverty of the area, most of the Uros have moved to Puno. The few remaining are selling products of their crafts to tourists, engage in fishing and hunting of the many birds that inhabit the lake, their survival is based on the lake shore vegetation, especially the reeds used to build houses, boats and even the same islands. Since the bottom of these artificial islands deteriorates rapidly in water, the people must continually add layers of reeds on the top and this makes the spongy texture of the surface and causes a strange feeling of instability when walking above. Second and last goal of our visit to the lake is the island of Taquile, home of skilful weavers, two hours sailing from the islands Uros. The village is located on the top of the island, about 4,000 meters, and to reach it you must travel a path that puts up a tough test, the many tourists. Taquile is home of the traditional Peruvian textiles and is frequently meet on the streets and the square root of the country, people intent on packing the wonderful woolen coverings that are worn by the inhabitants of the island. The colors and decorative motifs of garments provide information about the wearer: marital status, family position, and so on. For example, the bachelors wear a knitted hat with a white forelock, and the headgear of married men are decorated with red dots. You can buy fine woolen garments, with colorful designs, at affordable prices.

La Paz

Today, August 18, we moved to La Paz, Bolivia. With a minibus starting at 8 am and, along the Lake Titicaca, we arrived at the border. Go through the customs, with another minibus to reach the 11 Copacabana in a beautiful bay on the Bolivian side of Titicaca. The bus to La Paz will depart at 13:30, and still the time to visit the town and particularly its white cathedral. Built between 1605 and 1820, the Moorish-style cathedral, with its domes and its bright blue ceramic tiles, overlooking Copacabana.
At 17 you arrive in La Paz, the capital of the world's highest, perched on the bottom and on the slopes of a canyon 5 km wide and dominated by two massive dell'Illimani and dell'Huayana Potosì. After accommodation in hotel we contacted an agency for the trip tomorrow to Chacaltaya.

Chacaltaya

Alle 8.30 del 19 agosto si parte con un pulmino per raggiungere la base del Chacaltaya (5395 m). Si esce da La Paz attraversando i molti mercatini caratteristici in un caos pazzesco: pedoni e auto che sbucano da tutte le direzioni tra un continuo suono di clacson. La strada diviene presto sterrata ed incomincia a salire. Alle 10.45, a circa 4700 metri di quota la neve fresca caduta nei giorni precedenti rende la strada non più percorribile; speravamo di raggiungere col pulmino il rifugio situato a circa 5200 metri, invece siamo costretti a camminare partendo da una quota inferiore. La vetta si trova 700 metri più in alto. Il dislivello non è molto ma a queste quote la salita risulta più faticosa. Poco dopo le 12 raggiungiamo il rifugio, piccola sosta ed in altri 15 minuti si arriva sull’anticima a 5300 metri. Dopo una leggera discesa si riprende a salire ed alle 12.45 raggiungiamo la vetta. Il panorama è stupendo e ricompensa della non difficile ma faticosa salita. In lontananza si scorge la vetta innevata dell’Illimani (6450 m) mentre sotto di noi vi sono diverse cime minori. La neve non ricopre totalmente il terreno e il suo alternarsi con il grigio delle rocce rende il paesaggio che ci circonda ancora più affascinante.
Ripida discesa sull’altro versante per raggiungere, alle 14.30, il luogo dove il pulmino verrà a recuperarci per riportarci a La Paz.

Coroico

We conclude our stay in Bolivia with a thrilling downhill mountain biking. With a van, carrying the bikes, we arrive at La Cumbre, a step to almost 4700 meters and cross the Cordillera. From here, with a distance of 70 km of which only the first 20 asphalted, and reach the village of Coroico at about 1200 meters, then descending to about 3,500 meters. The road that connects La Paz to Coroico is officially named "The most dangerous of the world" for the large number of fatal accidents that occur. Despite all this, the descent by bike from La Cumbre to Coroico is one of the most popular in Bolivia, as it allows to combine the pleasure of a long downhill with the arrival in a wonderful location. The view "vertical" that is observed from the road down to Coroico is a true delight for those who are traveling by bike, here you can sit without pedaling and let gravity do the rest! Along the route you can admire an incredibly varied landscape as it makes a spectacular drop in a completely different scenario from that seen on the other side of the Cordillera. The fascinating but bare plateaus are replaced by almost vertical walls, where lush vegetation grows.

Tiahuanaco

Today, August 21, will return to Puno in Peru, but not directly, stopping to visit the archaeological site of Tiahuanaco, on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca. The construction site was started around 700 AD by a much older civilization, built around 600 BC Unfortunately all the treasures of Tiahuanaco were looted over the centuries, many buildings are still buried
from the ground and there are ongoing excavations to bring to light.

Cuzco

With a bus line, August 22, we transfer to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital. The journey is quite long, from 8 to 15:30, but not monotonous. It crosses a vast plain surrounded by mountains.
We work on the morning of August 23 to visit the area around Cuzco, and in particular the four archaeological sites called "the 4 ruins. The most famous is the massive fortress of Sacsayhuaman, a clear example of the architectural skills of the Incas. Built using stone weighing over 100 tons, the huge military complex that dominates the city of Cuzco has walls zig-zag that, according to some, imitates the teeth of the puma whose head was represented by strong same.
At about 7 km from Sacsayhuaman is the site of "Qenko", whose name means "maze" that includes several channels dug into the rock and an underground room.
Another archaeological site is the fortress of Puca Pucara, which are considered to have been the place to watch the road to Cuzco. The last site is that of "Tambo Machay, the seat of sacred baths. Here the system of pipes carries water still clear to showers, where the Inca practiced the ritual ablutions.
Oziamo In the afternoon wandering the streets of Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital.

Trekking across the jungle

On August 24 we begin the trek in the Amazon jungle. With a bus pass to go up to the Abra Malaga 4100 meters. The landscape on the opposite side is reminiscent of the descent made to Coroico in Bolivia, we approach the Amazon area and the sides of the mountains are covered by vegetation. Reach around 16 Santa Maria, a small village on the banks of the Urubamba River and point of our trek. The vegetation is lush and varied, filled with tropical plants and beautiful flowers. Unfortunately abounds also a variety of invasive and voracious midges, which "leave a sign" for the following days.
The next day, August 25, starting for the first leg of the trek of 25 km from Santa Maria to Santa Teresa. Proceed to the margins of the Amazon forest, following the course of the Urubamba river, among trees and tropical flowers. Meet plants of banana, mango, pineapple and papaya as well as crops of coffee and coca plants inevitable. The journey, a continuous rise, is made more interesting dall'attraversamento of the river to be through a cable car carrying two people at a time.
A short but steep climb, we reach to 16.30 Santa Teresa.
The stage today, from Santa Teresa to Agua Calientes to 15 kilometers, has proved disappointing and monotonous, less attractive than yesterday. After riattraversamento dell'Urubamba on a cable car, follow for about 6 km dirt road where a passing vehicle to raise their passage Nuvoloni dust. After a hydroelectric plant begins rail leading to Agua Calientes and Cuzco. We expect to go 9 kilometers of rails on sleepers, a real nightmare for everyone!

Machu Picchu

Before returning to Cuzco on a characteristic and shaky train that goes in the upper valley dell'Urubamba, we devote the morning to visit Machu Picchu, the most ancient ruins of the Inca period.
In 1536 the Inca rebelled against the Spanish and took refuge in Vilcabamba, in the forest northeast of Cuzco, which endured for thirty years before being finally defeated. The city was quickly swallowed by the jungle and fell into oblivion. When, in the eighteenth century, there was the race in search of the "lost city" where it should have been finding all the gold to the Spaniards escaped, the name of the Vilcabamba was associated with and returned to the chronicles. Muisc the Indians, who inhabited the present Colombia, provided a track for those who were obsessed by the search report to the Spaniards of a tribal leader that every year, during a ceremony, after having sprinkled his body with gold dust, you dipped in the waters of a lake. This episode helped to associate the city lost the name of "El Dorado", the Man of Gold. In 1911 when Hiram Bingham discovered Machu Picchu, was actually looking for the remains of Vilcabamba. Bingham was convinced he had found the last refuge of the Incas, Vilcabamba in reality is a hundred kilometers to the west of Machu Picchu. The error of Bingham is understandable: He could not imagine that in the forest north of Cuzco there were two cities lost. It is clear today that the remains found by Bingham are not those of Vilcabamba, but the discovery raises a conundrum: if Machu Picchu was Vilcabamba, then what? The ruins were named by the mountain that dominates (Machu Picchu means Old Peak), while the other just off the top is called Huayna Picchu (Young Peak).
Certainly the Spaniards were unaware of the existence of Machu Picchu, and since had many informants among the Inca, the only plausible explanation is that even the Incas, during the Spanish conquest, the know. The city and the region were probably abandoned before the Spanish conquest, disappearing from the memory of the People of the Sun, this total ignorance about the existence of the ruins can be explained by the fact that the quipucamayocs, historians that has been handed down orally of stories' empire, are now known to modern historians for the habit censors to delete from memory facts or people whose memory had, for several reasons, uncomfortable. Perhaps this was the fate of Machu Picchu, a rebellious province punished in a manner so cruel that its existence was not even passed into history.

Sagrada valley

Today, August 28, will visit the Sacred Valley, near Cuzco. The first goal is to Pisac, a lovely village known for its Sunday market and the ruins that are found in its surroundings. The latter can be reached by climbing on the terraces which are on the side of the mountain. The steep terraces are still cultivated, and the solemn architecture of the ruins are the most important elements of what was once a fortified town. The stones of these ruins, though smaller than those seen at Sacsayhuaman, are cut with amazing skill.
Second stop is the village of Urubamba to the ancient fortress of Ollantaytambo, at 72 kilometers from Cuzco. Inside the walls of the fortress are granite monoliths of considerable size, exceeding those of Sacsayhuaman, which form the "Temple of the Sun", a building remained unfinished.
Tornado in Cuzco is a must stop to visit the village of Chinchero with its square on one side is closed by a massive wall built by the Inca. Inside the square building on the foundations of the Inca, the Spanish have built a white colonial church. It is amazing the contrast of the white church that is based on the dark rocks that date from the Inca period.

Again at Cuzco

The trip comes to an end. The last day of our stay in Peru is dedicated to the visit of Cuzco, the ancient capital of the Inca. Cuzco, 350,000 inhabitants, is a city where past and present coexist and almost 500 years after the entry of the Spaniards, the city remains a crossroads between the Inca culture and the European Union. The visit of Cuzco have to start dall'affascinante Plaza de Armas, tourist and commercial heart of the city. At the time of the Incas this square covered an area corresponding to twice the present and represented the exact center of the Tahuantinsuyu. The Plaza was the place where he held the military and religious ceremonies the most important and where there was a stone covered in gold leaf which is dedicated quotations before undertaking any military action. In the days of Spanish rule, the square was the scene of bloody scenes, such as the execution of Tupac Amaru II, the head of the rebellion of the Indians that captured while trying to flee, he was sentenced to be quartered. Today people gather in the Plaza de Armas especially during the holidays. The Square is particularly spectacular after sunset, thanks to that demonstrates the most solemn.

Conclusions

Today begins the long journey back to Italy. We expect to spend two nights in flight.
Having to write an opinion can say that it was a beautiful journey, never a day equal to the previous year and always with interesting itineraries for everyone in the group. The forced stop in Atlanta on the outward journey has had its positive side because it has given us the opportunity to move closer to a way of life totally different from what we see in the following weeks.
Particularly engaging was the four days of trekking in the Cordillera Blanca that has led us to base camp dell'Alpamayo, allowing us to observe more closely the peaks of Peru: the Huascarán (6768 m), Santa Cruz (6259 m) el 'same Alpamayo (5947 m), considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world.