• Michael Reikersdorfer
  • Michael Reikersdorfer

Südamerika

Oktober - Dezember 2019 Read more
  • Quito

    November 25, 2019 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    The capital of Ecuador lies 2.800 meter above sea level and has 3 mio inhabitants. It has many churches and we visited the Basilica del Voto Nacional where you can climb to the top of the towers. Nothing is really seen from the riots couple of weeks ago. The hostels provides an amazing view over the Old Town of Quito.Read more

  • Cumbre Ruco Volcano

    November 26, 2019 in Ecuador ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    From Quito we took a cable car that brings you to almost 4.000m and then the 2-3 hours hike up to the Volcano brings you to 4.696m. Its a very nice hike with amazing view over Quito and you feel the thin air. Sometimes we had to climb a bit but it was very safe and at the top kind of cold.Read more

  • Mindo

    November 28, 2019 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Mindo and the he cloud forrests. Its very nice but it was raining heavily in the afternoon. We explored thr area on bikes and hiking and got completely wet 😅

  • Baños

    November 30, 2019 in Ecuador ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

    Baños is a very nice town with a lot of activities you can do around. We went Rafting within an amazing landscape and took the bike tour to the Pailón the Diablo where you can stand next to this huge waterfall. This was just stunning.Read more

  • Tungurahua

    December 2, 2019 in Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

    We did a two days hike to the Tungurahua Volcano. It's an active Volcano with 5.023m. The first day we went to the Refugio which is located at 3.800m. The Refugio didn't had any electricity so it was a very cold night but with playing UNO and drinking Aguardiente we warmed ourselves a little bit. The next day we got up at 4 am and started the tour up to tue Volcano during the night with flashlights. We saw an amazing sunrise and had stunning views the more up we came. Its very steep and difficult to walk on the volcanic ground. After 4.700 I had to turn as it felt a bit too dangerous for me. Anyway it was an amazing adventure again.Read more

  • Isla Santa Cruz

    December 9, 2019 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Arrived on the first Island of Galapagos. Already on the first day you see so many animals you have never seen before. 75% of the animals are not living outside of those Islands. The Islands are famous of course because of Charles Darwin who arrived here in 1835. Therefore we also visited the Charles Darwin Center.Read more

  • Cuenca

    December 16, 2019 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Cuenca is the third biggest city in Ecuador and suppost to be the most beautiful. Can confirm that ;) walked through the city and found Café Austria and got Schnitzel since a long time.

  • Mancora

    December 21, 2019 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Spent the days over Christmas in Mancora withsome friends I met during travelling. It was great Christmas :)

  • Trujillo

    December 28, 2019 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Came from Mancora by a very comfortable nightbus after 10 hours to Trujillo. Next to it there is Huanchaco where we stayed. A little Surf town next to the beach. We visited both cities and also Chan Chan. This was in 1300 the biggest city of Sout America from the Chimu with at his peak between 60.000 to 100.000 people living there. The Inkan military couldn't take it so they moved a river that ran through the city and basically dried them out and the Inkas could take the city.Read more

  • Lima

    December 31, 2019 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Spent new year in the capital of Peru in Lima. Lima with its 9 million peoe feels like a very western or north american city.

  • Huaraz

    January 3, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Arrived with the Nightbus in Huaraz. Huaraz lies on 3.000 m and is a great spot for hikes.

  • Laguna Churup

    January 4, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

    Today I had my first hike to Laguna Churup. Had an amazing weather and went up to 4.450 m. From Huaraz it's a 45 min drive to the entrance. Whole hike took me about 3,5 hours.

  • Laguna 69

    January 6, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    Today I went to Laguna 69. After 3,5 hours busride we started the hike with amazing weather and view. This was just incredible. We got up to 3.600 meter.

  • Iquitos

    January 8, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    Today we arrived in Iquitos with a plane from Lima. Iquitos ist the biggest city in the world that is only reachable by boat or plane. After the arrival we checked some agencies to book a 3 days, 2 night Amazonas tour.Read more

  • Amazonas Tour Day 1

    January 9, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    On the first day we started our Tour from Iquitos and drove 1,5 hours to Nauta. From Nauta we took a boat and after 2 hours we reached our Amazonas Lodge where we would stay the next 3 days. The lodge was quite comfortable and the food was good once you get used to all the animals and noises around you.

    After dinner we went to a boat tour to explore the rivers. We fed monkeys, saw pink and grey dolphins and when the night with the sunset came we found a baby caiman. Also after the sunset the attack of the mosquitos started.
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  • Amazonas Tour day 2

    January 10, 2020 in Peru ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

    On the second day we woke up at 5 to see the sunrise but it was cloudy. After that we saw huge lily pads. Then we had breakfast and afterwards we had a walk through the Jungle. We got attacked by so many mosquitos this was insane. During walking we had the water till our hips that was quite fun and adventorous.

    Then in the Lodge we found two tarantulas and the guide placed one on my hand. In the afternoon we went fishing and I caught two piranias and one catfish. Then we got catched by a heavy amazonas rain. For dinner we had our catch of the day and it was delicious.

    After the dinner we had a short nightwalk in the where we saw some huge frogs.
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  • Amazonas Tour Day 3

    January 11, 2020 in Peru ⋅ 🌧 25 °C

    On the last day of the tour we went with the boat to see some more monkeys, ant-eater and sloths. Also we went to a tree we could climb that have many branches and looked like in the movie Avatar. We also wanted to go swimming but it started again to rain heavily. After we came back we has lunch and headed back to Iquitos.

    The experience was very nice altough the mosquitos bites were the hardes part for me 😅
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  • Huacachina

    January 15, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    Arrived in Huacachina after a 5 hour bus from Lima to Ica. Huacachina is an oasis in the desert. Not much to do except a traditional Pisco tasting and a buggy ride trough the sanddunes and riding down the dunes with board. Amazing fun.Read more

  • Arequipa

    January 17, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Arrived in Arequipa after a 13 hours bus ride from Ica. Arequipa is the second biggest city in Peru also known as the white city because it was built with white blocks. They came from the white stone due to the volcans around it that made the stone white. Arequipa is surrounded by three volcanos where one is still acitve. It's a very nice and silent city. I also visited Routa de Sillar where you can see the white stones.Read more

  • Cusco

    January 20, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Went from Arequipa to Cusco with another 11 hours busride. Cusco was the Inka Capital and lies on 3.400 meter above sea level. Walked around the city a lot and had amazing food. We also went to the Sun Temple and now starting the 5 day Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu.Read more

  • Salkantay Trek Day 1

    January 23, 2020 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Our 5 days hike started frok Cusco with the bus at 5am to Soryapampa where we had our tent accomodation. There we walked up to Lake Huamantay. Total walk distance 7km, 1:16 h, 630hm.