After morning field sessions at Explorama Lodge, we board boats to Iquitos where we are transferred to the airport. Our afternoon flight takes us to Lima where we are met on arrival and transferred to our hotel. Dinner is on your own. We leave the coastal city of Lima for Cusco, nestled in a valley more than 11,000 feet above sea level and surrounded by some of the most majestic peaks in the Andes. Dress and weaving design distinguish the Quechua of Chinchero.
Many women still wear the multiple braids and handmade clothes.
In addition, language, technology, folklore, and ritual life characterize the region. Over 3,000 people live clustered around the church, marketplace, and ruins in Chinchero. The majority of the 18,000 residents in the Chinchero political district, however, live in small villages in the surrounding hills. The scenery in this province is spectacular. Precision terraces spiral the hillsides.