a journey of photographic discovery

PERU

COLTUR Peru and Adam L. Weintraub are pleased to present PERU: a photographic discovery, a program specially designed for travelers interested in seeing Peru from a photographic perspective: how to work with the locals, how to feel a part of a place that is at first-glance foreign, and how to consider light and composition while creating your images. This is an immersion course on adventure travel as well as a truly authentic glimpse into a Peru few tourists see.

Well tour Perus most fascinating cultural sites like Machu Picchu as well as take an insiders look at some remote weaving villages, and of course Cusco, itself inspiration for legendary photographers like Irving Penn and Martin Chambi.

Photographer Adam L. Weintraub, now living in Peru after traveling there for many years, brings humor, spirit and insight to this excursion.

From the very first glimpse the look of the inhabitants (Cuzco) enchanted meCuzco is the center of the ancient Inca civilization.

Irving Penn

"The word that most perfectly describes the city of Cuzco is evocative. Intangible dust of another era settles on its streets, rising like the disturbed sediment of a muddy lake when you touch its bottom."

Ernesto Che Guevara

All photographs included in this document are Adam L. Weintraub

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LIMA is the capital and largest city of Peru. With a

population fast approaching 9 million, Lima is the fifth largest city in Latin America. Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro founded Lima in 1535, as "The City of Kings." It became the capital and most important Spanish city in colonial South America.

This visit will allow passengers an understanding of Pre- Inca Peru and permit them some perspective to what they will see in Cuzco and Machu Picchu. The museums curator will guide the visit.

Our first stop visit will be to the Larco Herrera Museum, which, founded in 1926, showcases remarkable chronological galleries providing an excellent overview on 3,000 years of development of Peruvian pre-Columbian history.

The group will then go to Barranco, Limas trendy bohemian district. Once a mecca for beach-goers, Barranco now flourishes in its idyllic atmosphere. Its stately Colonial mansions have regained the splendor of years past, creating wonderful opportunities for photography.

To cap-off the night, we will follow Adams culinary instincts for a kick-off group dinner.

The URUBAMBA SACRED VALLEY is a laid back valley near Cusco with a very pleasant climate perfectly suited for farming; ruins, gentle mountain slopes and scattered farming towns frame this special place.

We will also visit Pisac, renowned for its indigenous market and for its ruins, which date to the same time as Machu Picchu, and, according to some, are equally as spectacular.

We will visit Moray, an Incan agricultural experimentation center; Maras, salt mines in the form of thousands of small ponds; and our base for these days, Ollantaytambo, a quaint town whose beauty lies not only in the many archaeological vestiges that can be found there, but also in that it is one of the very few towns that still maintain the urban planning and layout since Inca times (above). 4

On our third day we will explore the Patacancha and Willoq weaving villages, two small Andean communities that for many centuries have lived in relative isolation from the outside world.

The visit to these two communities will allow guests to see how life is if the Andean highlands, and how, in certain aspects, it has not changed for the inhabitants of these areas.

Although 16th century Spanish chroniclers do mention its existence and locals were there before 1911, it is undeniable that it was Yale archaeologist and Professor Hiram Bingham that brought Machu Picchu to the worlds attention that year in a National Geographicsponsored expedition.

MACHU PICCHU

Two thousand feet above the rumbling Urubamba River, the cloud shrouded ruins have palaces, baths, temples, storage rooms and some 150 houses, all in a remarkable state of preservation. These structures, carved from the gray granite of the mountaintop are wonders of both architectural and aesthetic genius. 5

Bingham theorized that the complex was the birthplace of the Incan "Virgins of the Suns", although more recent scholarly research has convinced most archaeologists that Machu Picchu was an estate. In addition, there is evidence that the site was selected because of its position relative to sacred landscape features such as its mountains, which are purported to be in alignment with key astronomical events important to the Incas.

Apart from a privately guided tour of the archaeological complex, participants will have the opportunity to enter the site twice, so as to take advantage of late afternoon and early morning light.

According to Inca legend, CUZCO was built by Inca Pachacuti, the man who transformed it from a sleepy city- state into a vast empire.

Today, Cuzco offers one of the finest mixes of pre- Columbian, colonial and modern mestizo culture of any South American city. A quick walk through the city allows visitors to see the influence of different periods of history with the naked eye. Inca ruins such as the Temple of the Sun contrast with Spanish churches and mansions, underscoring Cuzcos various phases of development.
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In the early morning we will visit the famed Korikancha. After walking around the city to photograph local Cuzqueos in their everyday life, we will stop at the principle Cathedral in the main plaza. After photographing Cuzcos nearby ruins in afternoon sunlight, we will have a Martin Chambi evening:

Chambi's magic pulses through his photographs, the unmistakable magic that distinguishes him from all the photographers with whom critics have wanted to compare him, from August Sander to Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Irving Penn.. Mario Vargas Llosa

DETAILED ITINERARY
DAY 01: USA - LIMA Greet upon arrival and transfer to hotel Overnight in Lima DAY 02: LIMA Buffet breakfast AM at leisure Lunch at the CAF DEL MUSEO PM Larco Herrera Museum (guided by the curator) Early evening walk around Barranco Group dinner at own expense Overnight in Lima B, L DAY 03: LIMA CUZCO URUBAMBA SACRED VALLEY Buffet breakfast Transfer to the airport and flight to Cuzco Transfer to Urubamba Sacred Valley En route visit Moray and the Maras Salt Terraces Gourmet picnic lunch with Andean religious ceremony Evening stroll in Ollantaytambo with Joaquin Randall Overnight in Ollantaytambo B, L DAY 04: URUBAMBA SACRED VALLEY Buffet breakfast Full-day Pisac (ruins and market) Evening photographic presentation by Adam Overnight in Ollantaytambo B DAY 05: URUBAMBA SACRED VALLEY Buffet breakfast Full-day Patacancha and Willoq Andean villages Box lunch included Overnight in Ollantaytambo B, Box L
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DAY 06: URUBAMBA SACRED VALLEY MACHU PICCHU Buffet breakfast VISTADOME train to Machu Picchu 2-Hour private guided tour of Machu Picchu Lunch included Overnight and dinner in Aguas Calientes B, L, D DAY 07: MACHU PICCHU - CUZCO Buffet breakfast Early morning 5:30am bus back up to Machu Picchu VISTADOME train to Cuzco Free afternoon and evening Overnight in Cuzco B DAY 08: CUZCO Buffet breakfast AM Cuzco Walking City Tour Lunch at Quinta Eulalia, a typical Cusquean eatery PM Archaeological Tour: Martin Chambi evening Group farewell dinner included Overnight in Cuzco B, L, D DAY 09: CUZCO LIMA - USA Buffet breakfast Transfer to the airport and assistance with flight Flight to Lima Greet and assistance with connection Flight to the US B

THE ONES TO BLAME

Adam L. Weintraub is a freelance professional photographer formerly based in Seattle, WA. In 2010, he and Xiomara his Cusquenan wife moved to Cusco. Adam is a former threeterm President of Blue Earth Alliance; founder of PhotoExperience.net photographic workshops with a cultural and culinary accent; a member of the American Society of Media Photographers; and he serves on the Advisory Board for the Photographic Center Northwest. Adam assists in efforts to create a permanent archive in Cusco of the famed Peruvian photographer Martin Chambi. His recently published book, Vista Andina, offers a contemporary photographic perspective on the Andean region of Cusco. As Teo Allain Chambi, grandson of the great Martin Chambi, says in the introduction to Adams book: Adam takes us into the magical world of the XXI century Cuzco, transporting us to improbable areas which breathe authentic atmospheres full of color, light, contrasts and composition.

COLTUR Peru is a 54 year old Peruvian DMC, family owned and run since inception and now in its third generation of management. At COLTUR Peru we believe that the cornerstone of our differentiation vis--vis the rest of the marketplace is the amount of time we are willing to spend with customers to really understand what they are looking for. This, paired with the passengers background, past travel experiences, and expectations, is crucial to be able to deliver a life- experience.