Detailed Vacation Plans for Various Destinations
Hawaii
13 Days in Paradise ~ Hawaii Itinerary
Hawaii Trip ~ Day One – The Adventure Begins
Lava Rock Beaches on the Big Island
Flying High ~ An Aerial View of Kilauea
The Ollantaytambo Ruins were built in the 15th century as part of the Incan empire. They are located at the northern end of the Sacred Valley.
Temple Hill, also called the Fortress, was used primarily as a religious site. It consists of farming terraces, crop storage buildings and the Temple of the Sun (which was never completed).
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The Casa Andina Premium Valle Sagrado Hotel is located in Urubamba, nestled in the mountains of the Sacred Valley in Peru.
The rooms are very comfortable and clean.
The bathroom has plenty of space. I found the window in the shower odd,
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We started our morning in the Amazon Jungle and ended our day in the Andes Mountains. Our fifth day in Peru had us sight seeing and shopping in the Sacred Valley.
Upon arriving at the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco,
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Our final expedition on our trip in the Amazon Rainforest was hiking to a mammal clay lick deep in the jungle.
On this trip we hiked 45 minutes into the jungle. Again, I was pretty sure that we were walking along the same paths as the jaguar from the web-cams we watched at the lodge.
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On this hike we went deeper into the rainforest. Our final destination was a section of the jungle with giant Strangler Fig trees.
They were so tall that we could not get the entire tree in one picture. I was really excited because I knew the inside of the tree was hollow and I was hoping that we would be able to go inside the tree.
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Our second full day in the Amazon began with a hour hike through the rainforest to an oxbow lake, a 45 minute canoe ride, and a 20 minute hike deeper into the rainforest.
We were to start our hike after our 6 am breakfast. We needlessly set our alarm clocks,
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Refugio Amazonas offers several activities to choose from each evening. On our first night, we chose the night hike. On our second night, we chose to get drinks at the bar and then meandered upstairs to see if we were too late to join in that night’s lecture.
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Climbing a hundred foot tower in order to view the rainforest from a bird’s eye view can be intimidating, especially if one is afraid of heights. The Canopy Tower Tour was our third rainforest excursion into the jungle.
We began our thirty minute trek through the jungle to the tower in the late afternoon.
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Visiting the Chunco Macaw Clay Lick in the Tambopata National Reserve is nothing short of spectacular. It is one of the highest rated and most popular expedition offered by Refugio Amazonas.
The trip begins before sunrise. After a 15 minute jungle trek to the boat dock,
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