Exciting Machu Picchu Galapagos Packages

By Dominique Martin


Combining the most interesting tourist attractions into one tour is always very nice solution. Taking one of very popular Machu Picchu Galapagos packages you can combine two of the most interesting destinations in South America into one incredible journey. Most tours take maybe two weeks or so, and are designed to show you the best of these two worlds, the mysterious beauty of Machu Picchu and the unique ecosystem of Galapagos Islands.

Once you come to Peru, you can explore Cusco, the center of Inca's empire. From there, you can proceed to the legendary Sacred Valley. On your way, you can stop in a small town of Ollantaytambo, to see really interesting Inca's fortress. Once there, you could take a train. The train follows the Urumba River, on the way to a famous Inca's city.

Machu Picchu was built in the fifteenth century, most probably during the reign of Pachacuti. This masterpiece of Inca's architecture is really incredible. Precisely shaped stones form walls resistant to earthquakes, and this was really important in this area, with so high seismic activity. There was no need for mortar here, the stones were so precisely adjusted. Some reconstructing works were done here, but most parts are saved as they were.

The city was deserted after only one century, and there are numerous theories about the reason for this. Some believe there was an epidemic of chickenpox, brought by conquistadors. Sacred stones are all preserved, thanks to the fact that Spanish didn't know about this place. Anyway, it was buried deep in the jungle until discovered by Hiram Bingham, in 1911.

Sacred land is all around the city. Maybe it was built here to honor this sacred land, although some scientists have different theories about it. Some believe it was built here to serve as a temple, or a royal retreat. Once, some people believed it was the Lost city of the Inca's. Well, the real city was actually discovered, and this theory was deserted. The reason for building this place is now irrelevant, the important thing is that you can enjoy exploring it.

Incredible beauty of Galapagos Islands will give you entirely different experience, but equally stunning. This whole area is one unique marine ecosystem, and you won't find anything similar anywhere else. Specific, isolated location and constant seismic and volcanic activities shaped this amazing place. The diversity of plant and animal life here is simply fascinating. Don't miss this amazing experience.

These unique ecosystems are so incredible that inspired Charles Darwin to write his Evolution Theory. He was here in 1834. There are so many specific life forms here, including different animal and bird species such as flightless cormorant, for example, or unique marine iguanas. Various endemic plants and incredible variety of bird species make this place a true Eden.

The archipelago's geology is equally unique. Three major tectonic plates meet here, and you will find very young and very old islands in the same archipelago. Underwater spectacle offers such a diversity of different marine life forms, that this cannot be found anywhere in the world. Amazing corals, marine mammals, sharks and other underwater life forms offer simply stunning diving experience.




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