"Frommer's Peru" offers expert advice on the best jungle cruises, trekking, mountain biking, and surfing. Tips on exploring Lima, the Central Coast and Highlands, Cusco, the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Lake Titicaca, and Amazonia are also included. Original.
Traveling with Cortes and Pizarro
by Stuart Handler, Hugh Thomson, and Joanne Stuhr
A Pre-Columbian art lover and noted curator journey into a fine art collection, describing the rich cultural context and artistic merits of each work. Along with 150 full-colour glossy illustrations of the terracotta, earthenware, stone, silver and copper objects, the acclaimed author, explorer and filmmaker Hugh Thomson gives a detailed, exciting narrative, based upon extensive research, of the role art played in the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés and of Peru by Francisco Pizarro. It is r...
Eddy Ancinas and her friends set out on on a seven-day horseback trip that takes them over Peru's rugged terrain to 20,574-foot-high Mt. Salcantay, along an ancient Inca route, and then down into the jungle. During this journey, these fifty-something travelers are challenged by events they never imagined possible: a fall from a horse that results in serious injuries, a train strike that leaves them stranded in a remote village, an eight-hour trek on railroad tracks along the Urubamba River, and...
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Peru will lead you straight to the best attractions this breathtaking country has to offer. Explore this stunning and geographically diverse country, from the museums and churches of Lima and Cuzco to the iconic ancient ruins of Machu Picchu to treks in the rain forests. This guide will help you discover everything region by region; from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to the best hotels, restaurants,...
Touching the Void (Vintage Voyages) (New Windmills KS4)
by Joe Simpson
This book is an illustrated account of the ascent of the west face of the 21,000ft peak, Siula Grande, in the Peruvian Andes. The author and his climbing partner, Simon Yates, achieved the summit in June 1985 before disaster struck. A few days later, Yates staggered into base camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell their non-climbing companion that Joe was dead. For three days Simon Yates, believing that he had caused his friend's death, suffered torment and guilt. However, a cry in the night l...
Peru's Cordilleras Blanc & Huayhuash - The Hiking & Biking Guide
by Neil Pike
Frommer's Easyguide to Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu (Easyguide)
by Gill Nicholas
Easy-to-carry, entertainingly written, beautifully illustrated--you will want to have this book as constant companion on your journey.
