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Urubamba Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Urubamba, Peru
Inca Trail
This is a top pick! Machu Picchu is a 15th Century Inca City, located in the Urubamba Valley. Its currently one of the 7th wonders and World Heritage Site. MC and I chose to discover Machu Picchu by hiking the Inca Trail and entering through the famous sun gate. We began our ...
Along the Sacred Valley back to Cusco
... goodbyes to them, and we then sought out accommodation to stay in for the night. We found a place overlooking the Rio Urubamba, and promptly hibernated through the sheer exhaustion we felt for the remainder of that afternoon. We'd chosen to stay in Aguas ...
Guinea pigs and spiders
We got up early this day and took a bus to Urubamba. Took a taxi to our ecolodge which was VERY deep in the valley toward the mountains. Very pretty. Surrounded by trees, a stream, mountains. They have pet guinea pigs, geese, a ...
The very serious perro problem
I´m not sure if I´ve mentioned the degree to which stray dogs have the run of most cities we´ve been to, but Urubamba is decidedly the worst as far as wild packs of family dogs are concerned. I would regret not having gotten a rabies vaccination ...
The Sacred Valley of the Incas
... , Bethany xxxxx Hola otra vez, hoy fuimos a la Valle Segrada de los Incas y fue increíble. Fuimos a Pisac, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero y finalmente a Cusco otra vez. ¡Un día lleno de actividades! Las ruinas en Pisac y Ollantaytambo son ...
Biking with the big llamas in the sky
... the pleasure of stopping whenever we saw a good picture. Sure they offered a private bus, but we opted for the joys of Peru’s public bus system and multiple transfers. (Public? Well let’s call it "commoners" bus system – see picture.) ...
Cuzco - Sacred Valley
... Valley tour. Great to have a decent hot shower in the morning as well! Our tour bus arrives and its fairly plush - Peru definitely seems to be a lot better set up than Bolivia. Its also great to be on a tour where I know everything is ...
A very unique anniversary indeed
We set of on our three night Lares trek through the aptly named Lares Valley -- an Inca Trail, but not The Inca Trail. We opted for fewer hikers in exchange for not actually ending the journey at Machu Picchu (but we got there anyway - see next entry). ...
Inca Trail!
Moray en Salineras de Maras
... we opgewacht door onze chauffeur die ons de afgelopen paar dagen in Cusco ook gereden had. Onderweg zijn we eerst gestopt in Urubamba om te lunchen en daarna doorgereden naar Moray. Dat is een landbouwlaboratorium van de Inca's. Er zijn drie verschillende ...
Lost in the Andes
June 21, 2006--Urubamba, Peru Urubamba is a nice town that seems to be a base for other adventures. We had an adventure of our own yesterday. Melanie had read in her book that you could ride Paso horses, which are unique because they kick their feet ...
Dead on my feet but made it!
... , and they let him market bike tours and keep the bikes there. We made plans to meet a little later and I headed out to see Urubamba. That took about 10 minutes, because there is nothing here to see! But I knew that when I decided to come here. It´s ...
Inca Jungle - Day 2
Up early for a really nice pancakes & banana breakfast. Should prepare us for our first day of treking. We are driven (standing on the back of the ute) the 15 minutes to the start of the trail. We start walking up hill amid the sound of very ...
The rest of the Sacred Valley
... incans. We hiked up to the top of the ruins and learned how they carved and moved the rocks from the mountain across the Urubamba River. We also saw how the incans carved another mountain to look like the profile of one of the gods (I took a ...
Lares Trek Day 2
LARES TREK DAY 2 - We were woken up with hot water to wash our hands and face, and were each brought `tea in tent'. After breakfast we continued to walk up hill through mist and drizzle. We had a significant amount of walking to do as we wanted to ...
Friday adventure through the Sacred Valley...
... of Urubamba is nestled quietly at one of the lowest points in the Sacred Valley and is right next to the famous Rio (River) Urubamba. We ate our lunch with a beautiful vista of the mountains and then got back on the bus again for another hour long ...
Inca Jungle - Day 1
... the raft so am kept under water. There´s a few fleeting images in my head of me dying here in the rapids in Peru but thankfully I just keep holding my breath and don´t swallow water or anything. After a few seconds the current pulls my out ...
Inca Trail - Day 3
Wasnt such an early start as we only had four hours walking to do because we did so much yesterday but we still got up around 6 and were soon back on the trail. Sal's calves werent in the best state and Tony had twisted his knee the day before (but ...
Lares Trek Day 1
... our alarm went off at 4.15. We then waited for our pick up, which was to take us to the start of the Lares Trek near Urubamba. Unfortunately the bus broke down even before it had managed to pick us up and so after a short taxi ride we found ourself in a ...
The Motorcycle diaries - Day 4
... , and I decided to play it safe and hole up for the night in another crappy cold-watered Hospidaje in a place called Urubamba. Not before getting chased by some dogs though (nothing new there) and actually getting bitten by one this time! Luckily he ...
The Sacred Valley
... old temples, military fortresses, as well as honeycombs that at one time were used as a cemetary. After that we took a cab to the city of Urubamba. Hopefully tomorrow we will go horseback riding and maybe paragliding. We will keep everyone ...
Urubamba is the place to be
... sacred valley (thats what they tell me, anyway.) We took an early bus from Cuzco (big city, lots of tourists) to Urubamba (little place, but "town" to many surrounding smaller places) yesterday morning. Took about 2 hours and had a nice time playing ...
The Alternative Trek
The Lares Trek was about the only thing we planned for this trip aside from our flights in and out of S America. Its an alternative to doing the Inka Trek and is more scenic and the less traveled route. We met our group in Cuzco, which was quite diverse ...
Inca Trail - Day 3
Two long days of hard slog, but the best was yet to come. We were promised that day 3 would be the most picturesque, which it was, but also that it would be easier than day 2, which it wasn´t! The route was cetainly not quite as strenuous as yesterday, ...
Back to work!
... on top of mountains with no machinery or proper tools is unbelievable. However apart from this excursion I have been staying in Urubamba and settling into my new surroundings. I am staying in a volunteer house that is just outisde the centre and a ...
white water rafting on the Urubamba
... water rafting trip. Along the way we picked up 3 travelers from Oklahoma and 3 from Sweden. We rafted down the urubamba River. It was pretty calm for the most part, but at least the scenary was spectacular. The river cut through ...
urubambatal inka trail
inka trail as paar fotina :-)))) höchsti punkt 4200 meter luft luft... isch streng xsi total abseits vur zivilisation a guati erfahrig hät miar sehr guat kfalla super ...
Inca Trail - Day 1
... were stamped ! Everyone started walking at a steady pace chatting to their new neighbours. The path was relatively flat all the way along the Urubamba river. We stopped for lunch and had a banquet - the porters had run on ahead of us, set up a tent and ...
Inca Trail - Day 2
We were woken up before dawn by the porters offering us coca tea in bed. We rushed to pack, ate our gruel and began the toughest day of the trail. We assended 1000m in 4 1/2 hours, uphill the whole way with lots of high steps to Dead Woman's ...