Photography with passion photographer – 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: 13 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 and hike along the Salkantay Trail – 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 Lima
Tour of the government district and the old city center. We visit the Franciscan monastery
Street photography around the Plaza de Armas and the old city center
Hotel: 3-star standard in Miraflores or Barranco
Highlights:
– Discover Lima and its daily life with street photography
– Image review in the evening
Lunch and dinner together – not included
Day 3 Flight to Arequipa
Flight to Arequipa in the morning and check-in at the local hotel
Visit to the local market and street photography around the market and the city center
Late afternoon visit to the St. Catalina Monastery
Hotel: 3-star standard near the Plaza de Armas
Highlights:
– Discover Arequipa – its main market and nightlife with street photography
– Image review in the evening – historical facts and details about the region – people
Lunch and dinner together – not included
Day 4 Arequipa
Visit to the Juanita Museum and possibly the Mario Vargas Llosas Museum
Afternoon visit to the tufa quarry – reportage photography and landscape photography
Hotel: 3 star standard hotel near the Plaza de Armas
Highlights:
– Discover Arequipa and the mining areas for the famous tufa stone
– Image review in the evening
Lunch and dinner together – not included
Day 5 Drive to Puno and Lake Titicaca
Today we will drive through the Aguas Blancas National Park and will be able to take some nature and landscape photography along the way.
Hotel: 3 star standard in Puno
Highlights:
– Nature and landscape photography on the way to Puno
– Tour around the main square of Puno and the Condor viewpoint on Lake Titicaca in the evening
– Historical facts and details about the region – people
Lunch and dinner together – not included
Day 6 Trip to the Uro Islands and the Capachica Peninsula in Puno
Today we will 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:
– Reportage and portrait photography
– Image review in the evening
Lunch and dinner together – included
Day 7 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 8 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 9 Salkantaytrail
Early departure to reach the starting point of the Salkantay Trail – landscape photography at Laguna Humantay
Hotel: Camping on the trail
Highlights:
– Discover the Laguna Humantay
– Landscape and nature photography
Lunch and dinner together – incl.
Day 10 Salkantaytrail
Second day of the trail with the ascent to the highest point of the hike
Hotel: Camping on the trail
Highlights:
– Discover the glacier mountain Salkantay – reach the highest point on the trail
– Landscape and nature photography
Lunch and dinner together – incl.
Day 11 Salkantaytrail
Last day of the Salkantaytrail – descent and later 8 km along the railroad tracks to Aquas Calientes
Hotel: 3 star standard in Aguas Calientes
Highlights:
– Landscape and nature photography on the Salkantaytrail
– Image review in the evening
Lunch and dinner together – incl.
Day 12 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 13 Return journey to Lima and journey home
Departure to Lima and onwards and Travel home
Escort to the airport and help with check-in