Day 35,36. We have a long day driving down the coast before turning inland to reach San Pedro de Atacama, a relaxed and interesting tourist town of adobe buildings. On the rest day it is possible to drive to the nearby salt flats, to visit salt water lakes with three species of flamingo, to take …
La Gira Andina 2012 — Days 17 to 34
Day 17,18. After the border crossing into Peru the route heads for Piura, where we rest, before making our way to the coast and on to the large city of Chiclayo. Near this city archaeologists discovered the only royal burial in Peru to escape the tomb robbers. The Lord of Sipan, ruler of the Mochica …
La Gira Andina 2012 — Days 1 to 16
Cars will be shipped to Cartagena on the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Founded in 1533, this city became Spain’s main port in the Caribbean. With its walled city and imposing fortress, built to deter pirates, it has now become a fashionable resort. Our hotel inside the old city wall is a carefully converted seventeenth century …