The small town of Rurrenabaque is the gateway to the Bolivian Amazon, acting as a popular base for trips into Madidi National Park. Today we’ll be explaining how to get to Rurrenabaque, what to do while you’re there, and how to choose between the selvas and pampas tours once you’re ready to venture into Madidi…
For the Incas, the fertile Urubamba River Valley constituted the center of the four corners of the earth. Its breathtaking landscape of abundant crops and surrounding Andean peaks make it obvious why this spot was considered blessed. If you are visiting Cuzco, you don´t want to miss the traditional Quechua communities where locals in traditional Andean dress brighten streets lined with adobe homes or the expansive landscape marked by farms, Inca ruins, and Inca agricultural terraces still in use today. Check out our list of our favorite spots below!
As a company with four hostels in Cusco, one hostel in Aguas Calientes, and a travel agency to boot, we field a lot of questions about how to organize a trip to Machu Picchu. The worst are the emails asking how to go directly from the Cusco airport to Machu Picchu- we can only cross our fingers and hope that the traveler in question has allotted more than half a day for the excursion. No, you can’t go directly from the airport to Machu Picchu in a taxi. The only town nearby the ruins is Aguas Calientes, officially known as Machu Picchu Pueblo. Here, we’ve compiled your options for getting to Machu Picchu in a detailed guide:
This year, Oruro will celebrate its carnival on Saturday, February 6th. On this day, more than 400,000 will gather in this former mining town to revel in non-stop folkloric dance parades and parties on a huge scale. See why this is the most popular annual festival in all of Bolivia, and one of South America’s most famous, by joining in on the fun as Lucifer and his devils show off their famous dance moves.
Seven years ago, Lima’s neglected Reserve Park was made over as the Magical Water Circuit, a spectacular park showcasing fountains by different designers. Thirteen fountains showcasing unexpected shapes, light shows, and interactive elements keep visitors well entertained. In 2009, it took the Guinness World Record as the world’s largest fountain complex in a public park. There’s a labyrinth fountain, a tunnel fountain, a pyramid fountain, and more.