Museo Santuarios Andinos (Museum of Andean Sanctuaries) Arequipa

Santa Catalina 210, Arequipa , Peru - Phone: 054/200-345
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  • Juanita

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    heatherebekah 7 contributions United States Oct 23, 2011

    Go to this museum to check out the Inca princess preserved in a frozen volcano for 500 years.

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  • 1

    Nice place to spend my birthday :)

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    Well after a rather uneventful 10 hours on a bus from Nazca we arrived in Arequipa.

    Confusing thought of the day:
    Is it certain nationalities that are particularly rude or just insensitive to other people?
    It appears to be a specific type of tourist that pretty much think the world revolves around them. Two women on our bus had …

  • 2

    More goodbyes

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    During the 3 day trek I had become good friends with my trekking companions and we enjoyed our last evening together in Arequipa by going out for a meal and a drink. The first to leave the group were the English couple, they left early the next morning.

    The next evening the Swiss girls too would be catching a bus to their next destination …

  • 3

    Juanita You Look So Good For Being 500

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    After successfully crossing into Peru we caught a bus to the second biggest city in Peru. We met a band from Holland on the bus and crammed into a Taxi to find a hostel. The manager serenaded us with marginal guitar playing as we drove through the city and the bass player
    communicated through Napoleon Dynamite quotes. It was an entertaining …

  • 4

    Day 31 - Arequipa, the white city

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    This morning, we awoke on a moving vehicle. We slept through most of the night on the night bus, but at 6am the lights came on. Breakfast was on its way: a small sampling of hot dogs. Looking around, we probably slept the best out of everyone. Thanks mom and dad for the eye mask. Thanks AltaGas for the custom earplugs!! Before we knew it, we were …

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  • 1

    Colonial city

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    ... , who looks somewhat disappointed with the 10 Soles (GBP1.60) that I give her. In the afternoon we go to Museo Santuarios Andinos (entry 20 soles or GBP3.40), which houses the remains of the Inca princess Juanita whose frozen mummy was found on top of ...

  • 2

    Peruvian flava.

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    ... background we could see the 3 volcanoes that surrounded the city. We did some sightseeing the next day and went to the Museo Santuarios Andinos where we learnt about the inca culture and saw the mummmy of a young inca girl who had been sacrificed to the ...

  • 3

    Arequipa & the world's second deepest canyon trek

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    ... beautiful cobble stone streets and Plaza de Armas (each town in Peru has a Plaza de Armas). Whilst in Arequipa we visited the Museo Santuarios Andinos. Here we were able to see Juanita 'the ice princess', the frozen Inca princess that was sacrificed ...

  • 4

    Juanita & Ceviche!

    ... tomorrow afternoon ($10)! That is really something to look forward to!   At 11:30 am I headed to the Museo Santuarios Andinos. This is a little museum that houses the frozen body of "Juanita", a 13-year old female mummy that was sacrified by ...

  • 5

    Arequipa and American friends!

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    ... fine to take pictures. While in Arequipa, we did some city touring that led us to a FANTASTIC museum called the Museo Santuarios Andinos that allowed us to learn more about the fascinating Incan culture. The visit included a short video and a stroll ...

  • 6

    Arequipa

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    ... couple of excellent tourist attractions in town. By far the best museum experience we have had in South America is at the Museo Santuarios Andinos, run by the Universidad Católica de Santa Maria: http://www.ucsm.edu.pe/santury/ We visited in the ...

  • 7

    Arequipa

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    ... Lektuere.Zum Mittagessen geht es dann in die Stadt, wir essen Empanadas. Weiter geht es in das Museum "Museo Santuarios Andinos". Hier zu sehen ist eine Ausstellung ueber Inkafunde aus der naeheren Umgebung. Das Highlight ist eine komplett erhaltene, ...

  • 8

    Soleil, ciel bleu et sinusite

    ... . Cela donne un effet très reposant et régulier. Malheureusement la place est infestée de pigeons. Je suis allée au Museo Santuarios Andinos pour aller voir la fameuse Juanita, une "momie" découverte dans les Andes en 1995. Elle est conservée dans ...

  • 9

    Cold as Ice!

    ... not worth the 8 quid entrance fee. That night we sampled some of the bars and nightclubs in Arequipa. The next day we went to the Museo Santuarios Andinos, home of Juanita the Ice Princess, the frozen Inca maiden sacrificed on the summit of Mt Amputo ...

  • 10

    Arequipa

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    ... , the jewel of which was its Plaza de Armas and Cathedral. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to the Museo Santuarios Andinos which houses the Ice Mummy, Juanita. She was discovered on the top of Mount Ampato near Arequipa, Peru, in 1995 by ...