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Inca Trail : Machu Pichu

🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 This is probably the most famous trek in South America and rated by many as one of the top 5 treks in the world. Total length of the trek is about 50 Km. It combines beautiful mountain scenery, lush green cloud-forest, subtropical jungle and, of course, a stunning mix of Inca paving stones, ruins and tunnels. The final destination of the trail just cannot be beaten: Machu Picchu, the mysterious “Lost City of the Incas”.This is a controlled trek. Only a certain number of people are allowed to trek each day.…

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Amazon : Along the Madre de Dios River

 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 🇵🇪 Manu was established as national park in 1973. With 800+ bird species, 5000 plant varieties, 1000 vertebrate species , 13 types of primates; covering an area of 17000 Sq Km; it is probably the most bio-diverse place in our planet. An arduous bus journey from  Cusco took us to the reserve area and then we entered  the mysterious cloud forest. Humidity and altitude in the cloud forest makes it an ideal place for a variety of flora and fauna. I spotted one pair of Cock on Rocks , Peruvian national bird. Slowly we descended and reached…

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Petra

🇯🇴 🇯🇴 🇯🇴 We arrived Petra by car from Wadi-Rum. It was less than 2 hrs journey . We checked - in to our hotel and our first stop was "Petra - By - night". Every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week entire Siq to the Treasury was lit with over 1,500 candles. It is a magical way to see part of the rock city by candlelight and explore the old city. This was our Day 2 in Petra. We planned to spend the entire day walking in Petra. This is one of the most…

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