NEW
YORK, NY (03/14) Steppes Travel, the bespoke tour operator known for its pioneering adventures,
has linked with Hilary Bradt, the travel authority (with her husband) behind
the renowned Bradt Travel Guides, for a one-time-only tour entitled Peru
Revisited, Bradt’s final return to the country she fell in love with 45 years
ago, and which, she declares, changed her life.
Steppes’ Peru Revisited tour
encompasses the republic’s premier archaeological sites and the spectacular
Cordillera Blanca mountain range. Not only is Peru’s highest mountain, Huáscarán (22,204
feet),
located in this range, but so is Alpamayo (19,511 feet), proclaimed the "World's Most Beautiful
Mountain" by an international survey led by the late, award-winning
climber Toni Hiebeler.
The 14-day Peru Revisited tour, personally guided by Hilary Bradt,
takes place July 8 to 21, 2014. Rates
start at US$4195 per person sharing (excluding international airfare) and
include interior flights, accommodations, daily guided excursions and most meals.
Hilary Bradt
was so smitten by Peru when she first visited South America in 1969, that she
found the experience transformative. On the next trip, after walking the full
length of the Inca Trail, Hilary and her husband wrote their first guide book.
Hilary says, “Eight editions of that book followed, fuelled by my annual trips
to South America as a trekking and tour leader.
I want to return one last time.
Not to Cusco and Machu Picchu, but to my favorite mountain range, the
Cordillera Blanca, and to make my first visit to the ‘Machu Picchu of the
north’ – Kuelap in the Chachapoyas region.”
Travelers
will have the benefit of Steppes’ seamless travel arrangements as well as
Hilary Bradt’s superlative insider knowledge of the fascinating culture of
ancient Pre-Inca and Inca-dominated Peru. They will explore the Pre-Inca ruins
around Chiclayo in Northern Peru; wander through the largest ancient stone
structure in South America; take a lodge-based trek in the Cordillera Blanca
and Negra mountains in Central Peru; and listen to Hilary Bradt’s anecdotes of her
many explorations through territory that once was home to the Norte Chico
civilization, one of the world’s oldest. Along the way, there will be visits to
many historical and religious sites, the Royal Tombs Museum to see Moche
artefacts, as well as the ruins of Tucume, the pre-Hispanic city of adobe
pyramids.
For detailed
itinerary and more information: Email enquiry@steppestravel.com or call Toll-free: 1-855-352-7606
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