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Alpacas and llama graze below majestic Volcán Sajama

RUTAHSA's SOUTH AMERICAN TRIPS for 2009:

  • Feb. 2009--BOLIVIA CARNIVAL EXCURSION:

    • For the fifth year in a row, we will offer an exciting Bolivia trip highlighting the Carnaval de Oruro--perhaps the most authentic folkloric carnival in all South America-- and featuring the eye-popping Salar de Uyuni, Lake Titikaka, beautiful colonial Sucre, an adventure in a Potosi mine, and much more. Here's our itinerary: 2009 Bolivia trip. Take a look and e-mail us if you want us to send you an application.

    Our 2006 Bolivia trip was recommended by Frommer's, and our 2007 excursion also got Frommer's seal of approval.

  • June 2009--PERU KESHWA CHACA EXCURSION:

    The keshwa chaca (last Inka suspension bridge) has been featured several times in National Geographic; it has been the subject of a NOVA special; it was part of a BBC special; recently the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor ran articles on it. But who will take you there? ONLY RUTAHSA! We will be offering our annual Peru Keshwa Chaca trip, which includes the Nasca Lines, Colca Canyon, Lake Titikaka, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu, as well as the wonderful keshwa chaca experience. After several years of experimenting, we came up with the unbeatable perfect southern Peru itinerary in 2008, and we will run this same trip in June 2009. Here's the itinerary: Keshwa Chaca 2009.

    Look what our travelers wrote Frommers about our 2006 Keshwa Chaca trip: travelers' praise. And more praise for our 2007 trip.

  • NORTHERN PERU EXCURSION:

    Although everyone has heard of Machu Picchu and Lake Titikaka in southern Peru, Peru's north has every bit as much to offer as the south, and even more in some ways. There are stunning archeological sites --Caral, Chavín de Huántar, Sechín, Huaca de la Luna, Chan Chan, Sipán, Sicán, Kuelap-- representing a far greater variety of pre-Columbian cultures than found in the Inka-dominated south. There are sweeping Andean vistas, massive ice-capped peaks and turquoise glacial lakes. There are cloud forest covered sierras and coastal deserts. There is Peru's world-class Museum of the Royal Tombs, with mind-boggling treasures that rival those of King Tut. Northern Peru has so much to offer!

    For 2009, Rutahsa Adventures will offer its Northern Peru excursion as a trip for independent travelers: let us know when you want to travel and how many will be traveling with you, and we will set the trip up just for YOU! Take a look at the spectacular Northern Peru itinerary.

    Frommer's declares Rutahsa's 2008 Northern Peru trip "Deal of the Week"!

    And here are some of our travelers' comments to Frommers about our Northern Peru trip: travelers' praise

    Travelers wanting a really thorough Peru experience can sign up for both trips in sequence!

    To contact us about these trips, e-mail us at: rfinch@tntech.edu

  • Don't just take our word that these trips are great, look at what the experts at Frommer's say: Frommer's on Rutahsa's Bolivia trip.

  • Better yet, our travelers who keep coming back for more trips are our best recommendations:
    "Your trips are a great deal, money-wise, but that is not their best point. Best is that the travelers are all interesting folks, and Ric and Janie plan such interesting trips with lots of local color. And you take such good care of us!" --Stella Elakovich, two-time Rutahsa Adventures traveler, July 2005.


    • Elderly Quechua woman in Cusco

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