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Roadtrip South America

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  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Canyon on the way to Chilecito
    Zoom in to see Koen on top of the rockMe, hiking in the canyonOld minestation, interesting to visit!And fun 😎Nice lunch with empanadas afterwardsQuite normal to see lamas in someones yardThe union of rivers, the blue one from the mountains. Both have too many salts giving them colour4x4 route, where did the road go?The orange/red/brown colour comes from (probably) ironsalts

    Chilecito

    Mar 1–3, 2025 in Argentina ⋅ 🌙 22 °C

    Mine region with a lot of history and a great setting in the mountains. We tried a supposedly good 4x4 route, but the road was washed away by all the rain

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    White lava
    What a campsite!!Very pretty lakes on the 4x4 route. Many flamingos, vicuñas and lamasZoom in for the birdsHigh pass on the route. No problem for our car 😎The biggest volcanic lake in the world (apparently)With great reflectionSome thermal activityZoom in for thousands of flamingos

    Campo de Piedras Pomes & 4x4 route

    Mar 8–9, 2025 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C

    One of the most special things we have seen, big white lavastreams (petrified) in a dessert. Horrible road leading there, so almost no-one there (we also almost got stuck 😂). Beautiful wildcamp at the lavarocks, followed by a great 4x4 route around the tiny village of Antofogasta de la Sierra. Again, nobody there, just us, and quite a lot of vicuñas.Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Our first tasting at excellent winebar Chato
    Beautiful rockformations just outside CafayateGreat rideNice canyons and so called amphitheatersSome climbing involved as wellThe castle'sLast tasting at the best winebar 🍷🍷

    Cafayate

    Mar 10–12, 2025 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Cafayate is all about wine and rocks. Great wineries and wine bars, all with high altitude wines (we love tannat and torrontés) and surrounding the town beautiful rocks for great hikes. We had 2 wonderful days here! Oh.. great food also, we splurged a little here, bad for our budget, but sometimes you just have to do it ❤️.Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Yihaaaaa!!!
    Working on the blog at our cheapest campsite ever! 80 eurocents per person 😎. Hot shower included

    Tucuman

    March 16, 2025 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    We did a little detour to Tucuman to meet with Maria Martha whom we know from Aruba. She brought Koens drivers licence. This was stolen in Chile in our first week and he has been driving through Chile, Argentina and Brazil for 5 months without a (valid) driver's license, so you can imagine how happy we were when we had it again.
    Thanks again Maria!!    Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Old church of adobe (mud)
    Very old algarrobo tree (over 500 years)Coloured mountains walk7 coloured mountain.The village had several pretty buildings built of mud

    Purmamarca

    Mar 16–17, 2025 in Argentina ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    This town is famous for its coloured mountain (7 colours). It is a very known and touristy thing, but we have already seen so many coloured mountains in Argentina that it was not that special. Still pretty though and a nice village to stay for a nightRead more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Portal of the devil
    Beautiful formationsNice climbingWe tried this cactus fruitWatch your step!Climbing wall

    Tupiza

    Mar 18–20, 2025 in Bolivia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Bolivia!!!
    We did a great guided trekking through different canyons. Very adventurous climbing and descending through waterfalls and so.
    Our guide explained a lot about geography, history and plants, very interesting!Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Temple of the moon, on this island only woman livedMoon calendarAmayra ritualIsland of the sunTemple of the sun, for the menFountain of the youthHere animals and sometimes humans (Inca) were sacrificedFootsteps of the sunLady washing clothes in the lakeGetting the cars to the other side (our car went as well)Bolivian cereal

    Lake Titikaka, Copacabana

    Mar 22–25, 2025 in Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Bolivian side of lake Titikaka. A sort of pretty village, quite touristy with lots of places to have a drink and enjoy the lake. We took a tour with Vidal who is an Aymara guide, but also a priest (Aymara), he took us to the islands of the moon and the sun and explained to us a lot about Aymara and Inca culture.Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Beautiful rocks in lake Titicaca landscape
    Great to climb onPuno, a big city at the lakeThe small village where we stayedLookout in the villageBoattrip to the Uros islandsFloating island made of strong plantmaterial.Cooking on plantmaterial, sometimes they use gas nowGrandma, lives here with son, 4 daughters and number of grandchildrenTraditional boat with puma head, now in use for tourismThe school, also floatingEnding the day with some great chickensoup 😂

    Puno (lake Titicaca), Peru

    Mar 26–27, 2025 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    We crossed the border from Bolivia to Peru and within an hour came across beautifull rock formations where we did a nice hike. We stayed overnight at the lake, in a tiny village with pretty old buildings and of course some pre-Columbian ruins (they are everywhere 😂). Next day off to the highlight of this side of the lake, the Uros islands, manmade floating islands. Very interesting to see, generations of families have been living on these islands, at first to escape other, more violent folks and now more in a way of tourism hoping to get some income.Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Our best pisco sours so far (also most expensive ones 😂)
    Another classic drink here, Inca Cola. Not really good in my opinionThe famous cloister of Arequipa, very very big and beautiful.Beautiful square in ArequipaWe met with Arjan and Selene from Aruba, what a nice coincidence!!

    Arequipa

    Mar 28–31, 2025 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    It's nice to arrive in Arequipa with an altitude of 'only' 2300 meters above sea level. We can finally walk up hills again without getting exhausted immediately 😎. Our lungs are definitely not used to heights, not even after all that time in Argentina and Bolivia.
    Arequipa is a very pretty city with lots of well preserved old buildings. We stay on a campground right in the middle of the city. We enjoy the buildings and mostly the good food and nice pisco sours.    Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Morning coffee at the lake
    Alpacas at the lakeThis friendly lady is the shepherd of the alpacasOld church, seemed no longer in useVolcano (I think the Misti) peeping out of the clouds

    Reserva national de Salinas

    March 28, 2025 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

    From lake Titicaca to Arequipa we took the 'scenic road' which was not a very comfortable road and the first day/afternoon we couldn't enjoy much scene because of rain, mist and even snow. After a high altitude wildcamp in the rain at the side of the road we woke up the next day with sun and all was great!! We drove through a national reserve with lots of flamingos and alpacas. Thankfully it did turn out scenic.Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Hole to oxygenate the underground water
    Multiple holes oxygenating the underground aquaduct waterOther part of the aquaduct systemZoom in to see the cat (Nazca lines)Tree, Nazca linesFrog, Nazca linesOrca, Palpa lines (culture similar to Nazca, lines probably a little older, around year 200)

    Nazca

    April 2, 2025 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    The famous Nazca lines. We didn't take a plane since we didn't think too much of them, so saw them from the road and from a platform. Also from the Nazca culture (+/- 100 BC - 800), the aquaducts that have been watering the grounds of this area for over 1500 years. I thought that was pretty impressive. Lots of olive and avocado trees in this area profiting from thisRead more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Witch park in Ica, there was a whole witch community here who did good things for the village
    Pisco tastingBuggy ride in the dunesThe oasis of HuancachinaSandboarding down a high dineKoens turn

    Ica & Huacachina

    Apr 3–4, 2025 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    This area is a desert with surprising green valleys and oasis. Several vineyards here where they focus mainly on Pisco, bit also make some red and white wines, so we did a few tastings. Not as good as Argentina and Chile unfortunately, but the Piscotasting was fun!
    The dunes of Ica are very pretty, the oasis of Huacachina is one big tourist thing, but great for some buggydriving and sandboarding, which we did and that was FUN!!    Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Islas BallestasZoom in for the cute pinguinsRed beach in NP ParacasParagliding (not us) in the NP

    Paracas

    Apr 4–7, 2025 in Peru ⋅ 🌬 23 °C

    Paracas is one of Peru's best known kitespots so we were really looking forward to this one. Unfortunately we didn't find it that good, there is a spot in the national park that supposedly has lots of flamingos and should be fantastic to ride on, but maybe it wasn't our day, hardly any flamingo, lots of seeweed and several aggressive dogs 🥺. No other humans around though, so at least we had the place to ourselves... The spot in the town itself was also not fantastic so we left after a couple of days. I guess we have been spoiled with great spots in Brazil and of course Aruba☀️☀️.
    A very nice part of Paracas were the Ballestas Islands, also called the poor mans Galapagos. Nicely formed islands with many arches and tons of birds among them tiny Humboldt pinguins.    Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    Amuse
    Causa, a mix of two famous Peruan foods, potato and fish (ceviche style)Love park at the oceansideCyclingPlaza de armas (I think)

    Lima

    Apr 8–10, 2025 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    So we only went to Lima because of the food 😂😂. In between the meals of course we did do something, like petting the cats of Kennedy park, cycling along the boulevard or walking through the historic centre. All nice, but wow, the food was GOOD!!Read more

  • Jacomien AlemanRoadtrip South AmericaTraveler
    One of the templesOldest sundial of the Americas

    Caral ruins

    April 10, 2025 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    The Caral civilisation is the second oldest civilization known (after Mesopotamia) and around 5000 years old.
    Here are 6 temples and a village. In the near surroundings are several other villages.
    There was nobody around but us and the guide, probably because it was quite hard to get there.    Read more

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