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SALARS OF THE ANDES

There are more than 50 major dry to seasonally wet salt lakes, or salars, in the Andes that begin to

Machu Picchu is clearly Peru’s leading archaeological site in many terms for its spectacular setting, scale of the ruins,

The five largest measured earthquakes in South America also happen to be some of the world’s largest. These

Seco de Res is a mainstay dish in the Peruvian comida criolla, which is from the black culture along coastal

Termas de Cacheuta Our January featured hot spring Termas de Cacheuta is located southwest of Mendoza in deep gorge

Active volcanoes in South America run along the continental divide defined by the Andes, and group into the northern, central,

Huaraz is the international mountaineering capital in Peru, situated in the Rio Santa Valley that is bound by two major

Peru is rich in minerals and mining history dating back to the Incas and hundreds of years mining by the

South America is a major producer of the World’s Metals. Chile is renowned for the abundance of copper, providing one