Photography with passion photographer and tour guide Gunnar Lentz – Photo tour Peru
Possible around the Day of the Dead – November
Possible around the Carnival in February – March
Photo tours with passion – Hiking photo tours – Workshop tours – Individual – Group tours
Time: October/November – February/March/April each year in combination with Lima – Arequipa flight and visit of Cusco – Macchu Picchu
Hike: Salkantaytrail near Cusco
Total: 7 days on site
Number of participants: 6 to 10
Hotels: 3-star standard or camping on the trails
Highlights:
- Discover Lima and its nightlife with street photography
- Arequipa and its rich colonial past with reportage photography with the tufa quarrymen
(Carnival in Puno with the best opportunities for portrait and reportage photography at the stadium and on the streets of Puno)
- Cusco and its rich archaeological treasures from the Inca and colonial periods
- Architecture and street photography, including at the carnival in Calca
- Visit to Macchu Picchu – landscape and nature photography
- Regular post-processing of photos and creation of a photo book at the end of the trip
- Photo discussion in the evening – historical facts and details about the country – people
Day 1 Arrival in Lima
Pick up at the airport
We visit the Larco Museum and learn a lot about the Preinka cultures and also about the Inca culture itself – evening photo walk around the Plaza de Armas
Hotel: 3-star standard in Miraflores or Barranco
Highlights:
– Discover Lima and its nightlife with street photography
– Image review in the evening – historical facts and details about the country – people
Lunch and dinner together – not included
Day 2 Flight to Puno and Lake Titicaca – Trip to the Uros Islands and the Capachica Peninsula in Puno
Today we will flight to Puno and the Titicaca Lake and will be able to take some great photos of the surrounding nature and landscape. Take a boat to the famous Uros islands on the Titicacalake and later to the Capachica community outside of Puno where we will spend the night
Hotel: staying with families in the Capachica community
Highlights:
– Nature and landscape photography on the way to Puno
– Tour around Uros Islands and the Condor viewpoint on Lake Titicaca in the late afternoon
– Historical facts and details about the region – people
Lunch and dinner together – included
Day 3 Trip to Cusco
Early departure to Cusco – on the way visit Sillustani and its tombstones and the archaeological site of Raqchi
Hotel: 3-star standard in the center of Cusco
Highlights:
– Discover the tomb towers of Sillustani
– Discover the archaeological site of Raqchi
– Landscape photography along the way and nightlife in Cusco
Lunch and dinner together – not included
Day 4 Cusco and surroundings
Morning walk through the narrow streets of San Blas and San Cristobal followed by a short tour of the archaeological sites of Saqsaywaman, Qenqo and Tambomachay
Hotel: 3-star standard in Spa – Astro – Lodge
Highlights:
– Discover Cusco and its narrow streets and the archaeological sites of the Incas in the surrounding area
– Photo briefing in the evening – historical facts and details about the region – people
Lunch and dinner together – included
Day 5 Moray – Salt mines of Maras – Ollantaytambo – Sacred valley
Photography in the morning at the archaeological sites of Moray and visits to the sites of Moray, Maras and Ollantaytambo (Sacred Valley) – short walk to the Salt mines of Maras (1 hour)
Hotel: 3 star standard in a Hotel in Aguas Calientes
Highlights:
– Discover the magical circles of Moray in the morning
– Discover the salt mines of Maras in the surrounding area (walk of about 1 hour) and visit to Ollantaytambo
– historical facts and details about the region – people
– Photo briefing in the evening – historical facts and details about the region – people
Lunch and dinner together – not included
Day 6 Visit to Macchu Picchu
We try to be the first in the morning, as there are still few visitors here until 10 a.m. and we can benefit from the light and the few people on site.
Return to Maras in the afternoon
Hotel: 3 star Standard in Spa – Astro – Lodge
Highlights:
– Landscape photography at Macchu Picchu
– Image review in the evening
Lunch and dinner together – included
Day 7 Return journey to Lima and journey home
Escort to the airport and help with check-in
– Transportation to the airport