A tailor made journey to the Andes awaits you
Although the Incas were very advanced and did in fact know about the concept of the wheel, they never developed it in practice, This was, quite simply put, because their empire spanned the world’s second highest mountain range.
The Inca’s last stronghold was at Vilcabamba. This refuge was founded by Manco Inca and it is here that the last remnants of the Inca Empire evaded and resisted the Spanish conquest until final defeat in 1572, some 40 years after the conquistadores first embarked on their campaign under Francisco Pizarro.
Summer is upon us here in Lima and the Aracari team has been sampling a few excursions that are ideal in Peru’s capital during the hot weather. In this spirit, one of our Travel Planners Carlos recently headed down to the Costa Verde seafront to try his hand at some surfing lessons.
