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»» 33 meals—daily breakfast, 11 lunches, and 8 dinners

»» 9 small group activities

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Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. What This Trip is Like Pacing Terrain & Transportation »» 6 locations in 14 days; several early »» Travel over city streets, unpaved roads, mornings and rugged paths

»» International flights to Peru arrive late in »» We take some 2-hour hikes on uneven the evening or very early in the morning, terrain, including steep and slippery and internal flights are scheduled early trails without handrails, at high elevations that make physical activity »» International flights from Bolivia depart more difficult early in the morning »» Travel by 16-24 passenger minibus and Physical requirements small excursion boat »» Not appropriate for travelers who have »» Several drives of 2-6 hours; 1 long bus difficulty at high altitudes or who use ride of 6-8 hours; three internal flight of wheelchairs, walkers, or other mobility about 1.5 hours; boat excursion of 1.5-2 aids hours »» You must be able to walk 3 miles unassisted and participate in 6-8 hours Accommodations & Facilities of physical activities each day, including »» Hotel rooms are smaller than in the U.S. hikes that are made more difficult by and offer simple amenities high elevation »» All accommodations feature private baths »» This trip takes you to remote areas with no medical facilities nearby

»» We reserve the right for Trip Leaders to restrict participation, or in some circumstances send travelers home, if their limitations impact the group’s experience

Elevation »» 12 full days at elevations of up to 13,000 feet, and some mountain passes above 15,000 feet

Climate »» Lima is warmest between December and March, with daily highs of 80°F

»» Day and evening temperatures in the Andes range between 35-70°F

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Pre-Trip The Amazon Rain Forest of Peru

Post-Trip Coastal Peru: Paracas, Nazca & the Ballestas Islands

Sweeping across southern Peru and western Bolivia, the Andean plateau is a landscape of stunning vistas, a place where ancient societies thrived in the shadow of volcanoes and on the shore of the world’s highest navigable lake. From colonial-era cobblestone streets to plunging canyons where condors fly, you’ll experience the history and beauty of southernmost Peru, then uncover centuries of culture in Bolivia, as you stroll traditional markets and explore pre-Incan ruins at Tiwanaku. Witnessing weavers at work, visiting islanders on Lake Titicaca, and meeting Peruvian farmers along the way, you’ll discover the spirit of the region up close on this inspiring adventure.

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Our Southern Peru & Bolivia trip is designed for people who want a different kind of travel expe- rience. We seek out unusual experiences, in out-of-the-way places where ordinary tours don’t go. Peru and Bolivia are developing countries, and the overall quality of travel services may not be what you would find in the United States or Europe. We respond to changing circumstances on the spot, and we may not follow this itinerary exactly. To enjoy this trip, you need an open curiosity, an adventurous spirit, and a healthy sense of humor about the unpredictable nature of travel in South America.

DAY 1 Fly to Lima, Peru You’ll get lunch on your own, and then Today, you’ll fly from the U.S. to Lima. An we explore Lima together. Founded by the O.A.T. representative will meet you when conquistadors in 1535, Lima became Spain’s you arrive to assist with your transfer to largest and wealthiest city in the New World. your hotel. The city has a proud history, including the founding of one of the first universities in South America, the Universidad de San DAY 2 Explore Lima Marcos, in the middle of the 16th century. After breakfast, we meet our expert resident Today, Lima’s historic city center is a Trip Leader, who will give us a late-morning UNESCO World Heritage Site. We begin with briefing. We will also be introduced to a guided visit to Lima’s Larco Museum, our fellow travelers—including those who which specializes in treasures from ancient took the Amazon Rain Forest of Peru pre-trip Peru. The Larco is home to one of the extension. world’s most outstanding collections of

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. pre-Columbian gold and silver, as well as a some of the countless halls and interior fascinating collection of erotic archaeological lanes of this 65,000-square-foot city within artifacts. Then, we explore Lima’s Colonial the city, where vivid paint brightens walls streets and architecture, evidence of the made of sillar and ashlar, the local volcanic city’s Spanish heritage, including the iconic stone. Spanish-Moorish architectural details San Francisco Church. This evening, our like flowing fountains, orange trees, and small group gets better acquainted as we arched colonnades make this a setting as enjoy a Welcome Dinner together. romantic as it is meditative.

Breakfast, Dinner Then we’ll visit the Sanctuary Museum to learn about some Inca mummies that were discovered frozen high in the Andes in 1995. DAY 3 Fly from Lima to Arequipa The best known is Juanita, nicknamed the After breakfast, we transfer to the airport for Ice Maid of Ampato, believed to have been our flight to Arequipa, where the elevation is a teenager sacrificed by Inca priests. Her 7,600 feet above sea level. When we arrive, discovery electrified the scientific commu- we’ll have lunch in the elegant Yanahuara nity and caught the attention of the world. neighborhood, where we’ll savor examples In this tucked-away museum, her mummy of traditional dishes from the region. After is maintained in a state-of-the-art freezing lunch, we’ll check into our hotel. Then our chamber and scientific teams work on ana- Trip Leader leads an informative orientation lyzing her DNA. Please note: Juanita is removed walk to familiarize us with our setting. from public display between January and April for preservation and study, but other mummies Arequipa is a thriving metropolis where an- from the site, and artifacts found with them such cient and modern touches coalesce. Under El as cloth and footwear, can still be viewed here Misti Volcano’s watchful eye, Peru’s second- during those months. largest city is also the center of legal affairs. Much of Arequipa is built using the pale We’ll stroll through the bustling San Camillo volcanic stones sillar and ashlar, which gives Market, a hub of local life in Arequipa, and Arequipa the nickname “the White City.” on to the city’s main square, the Plaza de Dinner is on your own this evening. The food Armas. We’ll see La Compañía Church, of Arequipa is considered by many to be the whose elaborate stone carvings are fine best in Peru. Perhaps you’ll try chicharron, examples of the architecural style known as deep fried pork, or rocoto relleno, stuffed chili La Escuela Arequipeña (Arequipa School)—a peppers. blend of indigenous Peruvian influences with Spanish and European models. After our Breakfast, Lunch tour, we’ll have lunch at a local restaurant, then return to our hotel. The rest of your afternoon is free, and dinner is on your own DAY 4 Discover Arequipa this evening. This morning, we enjoy a walking tour of Arequipa’s historic center, a UNESCO World Breakfast, Lunch Heritage Site. We begin at one of the world’s most unique religious sites, the 15th-century Santa Catalina Monastery. We’ll explore

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. DAY 5 Arequipa • 40 islands are man-made, fashioned by the After breakfast this morning, we travel from local tortora reeds, and overland to Puno, pausing en route at farms anchored with ropes attached to stakes in where we may meet a trio of Peru’s most the lake bottom. Each island floor is only beloved animals. Vicuña may only be shorn six to eight feet thick, so that every step every three years but, as a result, yield the “squishes” a bit. The local people must softest fibers—so prized that Incas declared constantly maintain not only the underlayer only royalty could wear garments of this and anchor, but replenish the top layer, material. Unlike the vicuña, llamas were which means that they are constantly work- bred for the common man: strong enough to ing on preserving the islands. Tortora reeds carry a load equal to 30% of their weight for are also used to build houses and boats, miles and smart enough to be easily trained, and even eaten, with their roots considered they were perfect pack animals (and accept- medicinal. able, if less ideal, as meat). Alpacas were After this fascinating look into a truly unique bred specifically for their soft hair, which way of life, we return to Puno and have comes in 52 shades, yielding fiber valued an included lunch. In the afternoon, you around the world. Though they are cousins can join our optional tour to the Sillustani to camels, their long, thick-growing hair Tombs, a pre-Incan archaeological site, or makes them look more like sheepdogs by the enjoy free time for exploring on your own. time they are ready to shear. This evening, we enjoy dinner at a local We’ll enjoy a boxed lunch en route to Puno, restaurant. established in the 17th century on the Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner slender strip of land between the Andes and Lake Titicaca. The elevation in this area is 12,500 feet. For some Andeans, Puno is their DAY 7 Puno • A Day in the Life only point of contact with the rest of Peru, of an community as they prefer to maintain their distinct • Copacabana, Bolivia cultures. Puno makes a point of including This morning, we ride from Puno to the traditional arts of these peoples in the Copamaya, and then experience A Day in vibrant local music and dance programming, the Life of the village of Iskapataza. This which has earned the city the name Capital Altiplano community is known for its Folklorica del Peru. We’ll get a taste of the textiles and agriculture. We’ll visit a local city’s flavor during an afternoon at leisure school, and then the villagers will show us here. We’ll enjoy dinner together at our hotel some traditional dancing and demonstrate this evening. their weaving techniques. We’ll have the Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner opportunity to speak with them about their crops, their culture, and what daily life is like here. We’ll also enjoy a meal of typical DAY 6 Puno • Boat ride to Uros Islands regional fare during a community lunch. • Optional Sillustani Tombs tour In the afternoon, we cross the border into This morning, we head down to the Port of Bolivia and continue to Copacabana, located Puno to board a small boat for an excursion at an elevation of 12,600 feet. When we on Lake Titicaca to the Uros Islands. These

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. arrive, we settle into our hotel, where we thing ever left the church, disaster would enjoy dinner this evening. Copacabana is the befall the entire nation. Discover the flavors largest Bolivian community on Lake Titicaca of local cuisine of your choosing during and the departure point for boat rides to dinner on your own this evening. Isla del Sol, an island in the lake where the Breakfast, Lunch Incas believed the universe began. The city is also home to the Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana, one of Bolivia’s best-known DAY 9 Explore La Paz, Bolivia Catholic sanctuaries, which was built on the site of an earlier temple to an indigenous Today, we’ll depart for La Paz, Bolivia’s fertility goddess. second-largest city and with the highest elevation in the country, at 12,000 feet. We’ll Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner begin our walking explorations of downtown La Paz on a guided tour, starting out with the neighborhood of El Prado Avenue and DAY 8 Copacabana Murillo Plaza, home to the President of We board a boat this morning to see where Bolivia. We’ll learn more about the city’s it all began according to Bolivian lore. In current status as the nation’s de facto (but their telling, Isla del Sol (Island of the Sun) unofficial) capital, and get an introduction is where the creator of the universe rose up to its history as we stroll its streets. And from the waters and threw the sun into the we’ll also take in some of the city’s striking sky. We explore Isla del Sol’s beauty by boat settings as we walk, catching glimpses of and on foot, going ashore on the southern the surrounding Andes Mountains, including part of the island to hike its dramatic con- the three snowcapped peaks of towering tours, viewing the ruins of an Incan palace Illimani, whose name comes from the indig- later used by Spanish priests as a retreat, enous who lived here before and stopping at the Fountain of the Incas, the Incas, and whose descendants still dwell which the local people still depend on, and in Bolivia. which the first Spanish convinced them- Our group will then discover the National selves was the mythic Fountain of Youth. Museum of Ethnography and Folklore, After lunch on the island, we return to where we’ll learn about Bolivia’s rich history Copacabana, which we explore on a guided and many cultures. After, we’ll see some walking tour. With whitewashed buildings of the local mercados (markets), which are and stone plazas, Copacabana reflects wonderful places to meet the people of La the Bolivian-Spanish tradition. Its gem Paz—from well-dressed professionals to is the gleaming Basilica of the Virgin of itinerant street vendors and Andean women Copacabana, a 16th-century Spanish Colonial in their traditional garments of brightly church that houses the dark gold-laminated colored multi-layered skirts and bowler wooden sculpture of the Virgin. Dressed in hats. In particular, we’ll visit the Witches’ a blend of Inca robes and European-style Market, where indigenous people sell plants, finery, the Virgin is a subject of adoration potions, and talismans used in ancient with her own festival, during which an Aymara curandero (healing) rituals, and yatiri exact likeness is paraded through the streets (witch doctors) offer their fortune-telling because superstition dictates that if the real services.

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. Dinner this evening is at a local restaurant. 10,000 feet, at points it is only a narrow shelf carved into cliffs. Historically, North Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Yungas was known as the “Death Road” from the days when it was the only route to the Bolivian Amazon from La Paz; today’s DAY 10 La Paz • Tiwanaku travelers can safely marvel at its stunning After breakfast, we’ll drive to the site of views thanks to a newer alternate road. Bolivia’s most important archaeological site: Tiwanaku, a ceremonial location on As we descend into a subtropical environ- the southern shore of Lake Titicaca used ment, we’ll stop to admire some of the by a pre-Inca civilization reaching back to many waterfalls that line the route, and to 600 BC. The people of this ancient city were enjoy the views from the town of Yolosa at excellent artisans and left behind a series of 4,500 feet. We continue to Coroico and have mysterious monoliths, as well as a pyramid, lunch at a local restaurant. Then we visit temple, and aqueducts. This was a well- a farm in the area, where we’ll learn planned city, seat of one of the Americas’ firsthand about the role the coca plant plays most powerful and organized civilizations, in Bolivian culture, with the chance to chew and today it is designated a UNESCO World coca leaves as the locals do. Afterwards, we Heritage Site. We’ll explore the site’s monu- return to La Paz, where dinner is on your mental ruins, then pause for an included own this evening. lunch. Breakfast, Lunch In the afternoon, we continue our discover- ies at the Pumapunku temple complex, the massive stone slabs of which provide a DAY 12 La Paz • Uyuni vantage point for looking out over the sur- After breakfast this morning, we’ll depart rounding plains. We’ll also stop at the site’s our hotel for our flight to Uyuni. Settled as Lytic Museum—which houses several large a trading outpost in the late 19th century, stone objects, including a monolith repre- the city of Uyuni remains a transportation senting Pachamama, or Mother Earth. Later hub for railroads, but is best known as the this afternoon, we return to La Paz. Dinner gateway to the Uyuni Salt Flats. Sprawling is on your own this evening. across more than 4,000 square miles, these are the world’s largest salt flats, and a Breakfast, Lunch critical breeding ground for South American . After time to get settled in, we enjoy dinner together at our hotel, which is DAY 11 La Paz • La Cumbre Pass, North made entirely of salt. Yungas Road & coca farm visit Today we head north from La Paz to La Cumbre Pass, a 15,000-foot-high passage through the Andes, where we’ll pause to take Breakfast, Dinner in outstanding mountain vistas. Continuing northward from the pass, we travel along the dramatic North Yungas Road. As the road makes a winding descent of more than

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. DAY 13 Uyuni Salt Flats After breakfast, we get a glimpse of ancient tradition as we visit the Viluyo Mummies. Then we learn about this fascinating region in depth at the Salt Flats Museum (Playa Blanca), before we get our first daylight perspective on the flats in a late-morning visit and lunch on-site. This afternoon we tour the Colchani Salt Factories, wrapping up in time to visit a salt mine for one last perspective on the flats, this time at sunset.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 14 Valley of the Moon After breakfast, we’ll fly from Uyuni back to La Paz for our final day. After landing, we stop for lunch in the South Valley of La Paz. After lunch, we’ll visit the Valley of the Moon, a landscape of stone spires and unusual rock formations, then continue to La Paz and check in to our hotel. Tonight our group will enjoy a Farewell Dinner together.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 15 Depart for U.S. or begin post-trip extension Very early this morning, transfer to the airport for your flight home. If you are tak- ing the post-trip extension to Coastal Peru: Paracas, Nazca Lines & the Ballestas Islands, you will depart for Paracas later in the morning.

Breakfast

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»» Roundtrip airfare between Lima and »» Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and Iquitos luggage porters

»» Accommodations for 2 nights in Lima »» All transfers and 4 nights in Amazon lodges

»» 16 meals—6 breakfasts, 6 lunches, and 4 dinners

»» 10 small group activities

»» Services of a local O.A.T. Trip Leader

Itinerary, Pre-Trip Extension

Simply hearing the name of the Amazon River brings up images of tremendous biological diversity: tropical birds in the rain forest … bromeliads blooming on ancient trees … and villagers gliding along in dugout canoes. Explore this region on foot and by boat to discover its astonishing beauty and diversity.

DAY 1 Fly to Lima, Peru hotel. Your afternoon is free; your Trip Today, you’ll fly from the U.S. to Lima. An Leader can offer suggestions for making O.A.T. representative will meet you when your own discoveries in Lima. Dinner tonight you arrive to assist with your transfer to is on your own. your hotel. Breakfast, Lunch

DAY 2 Lima Your morning is at leisure. We’ll get acquainted with our local guide and fellow travelers over lunch at a local restaurant, and enjoy an orientation walk through the fashionable Miraflores district around our

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. DAY 3 Fly to Iquitos • Boat to edge. Along the way we’ll also see ribereño lodge • Afternoon & evening houses—thatched-roof cottages built on rain forest excursions stilts—and local people going about their daily lives. After our morning flight to Iquitos—a lively port city in the northern part of Peru—we We enjoy another included dinner this board our boat and cruise on the legendary evening. Amazon. The river is two miles wide here, 2,300 miles from the Atlantic, and we travel Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner along it for about 25 miles, into a forested area with a few riverfront farms and homes. DAY 5 Rain forest canopy walk • We arrive at our rain forest lodge, where Explore medicinal gardens we’ll have lunch, receive a briefing to get After breakfast we hike about an hour to the oriented, and take an initial nature walk on Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies the local Lake Trail. This evening, kerosene (ACTS) and learn about ongoing scientific torches and lamps light our way along the projects taking place there. Then, we ascend covered pathways to the dining room for our to the tops of the giant trees, to the center’s first dinner in the rain forest. We’ll make canopy walkway, a unique system of aerial an open-boat excursion on a small stream platforms and cableways more than 1,500 to hear night sounds, and see the many feet long, the longest treetop walkway in stars and constellations of the Southern the world. From high above the forest floor, Hemisphere if the skies are clear. we’ll observe complex layers of tropical Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner vegetation, and enjoy a rare panoramic view of the Amazon. We may also spot scarlet and blue macaws or the paradise tanager, DAY 4 Walk Bushmaster Trail • Visit and saki and titi monkeys may join us as we village • Explore by boat walk through their domain.

After breakfast, we’ll take a walk along the After lunch, we visit a well-organized Bushmaster Trail, through some of the most botanical garden that preserves more than biologically diverse forest on Earth. Then our 240 species of medicinal plants, and learn guide will talk to us about the local Yagua from a local practitioner about their use in culture, including the effects of the arrival traditional remedies. This afternoon, we may of Europeans to South America and the also elect to join a boat excursion to fish for encroachment of the modern world. We then piranha, observe the giant Victoria Regina have the opportunity to visit the Yaguas, water lily (in season), spot more sloths, or who will share insight into their way of life, canoe on a blackwater lake. We dine at our and show us how to use their traditional lodge again this evening. blowgun. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner We have lunch at the lodge, and then spend much of the afternoon on a boat excursion where we may see freshwater dolphins swimming through the river, or sloths hanging in cecropia trees along the water’s

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. DAY 6 Visit Yanamono Clinic lunch at our lodge, we travel by boat back to • Discover Ceiba tree Iquitos. Later, we fly to Lima to begin our Southern Peru & Bolivia adventure. After breakfast, we head to our next lodge by boat, stopping to visit the Yanamono Breakfast, Lunch Clinic, an Amazon medical center supported by Grand Circle Foundation. We arrive at our lodge in the late morning, leaving us some time to enjoy the lodge’s gardens, swimming pool, and hammock house before lunch.

In the afternoon, we walk to the immense Ceiba tree for which the lodge is named. The Ceiba tree is a beautiful sight to behold; it can grow up to 150 feet in height and be hundreds of years old. Its base is thick and spreads out in woody folds that are known to house bats and their young. Its trunk is long and straight, and its branches reach almost horizontally, giving the tree an unusual appearance. Indigenous to Mesoamerica, the Ceiba was worshipped in ancient times by the Mayan people as a representation of the connection between earth and the heavens. Even today, you may come across a lone Ceiba tree standing in a cleared field, untouched by the farmer’s axe in homage to its mythological status.

This afternoon, we also make a boat excur- sion to the large river village of Indiana, where we’ll keep our eyes peeled for the dolphins known to thrive in this area. Then, after our day’s adventures, we return to our lodge for dinner this evening.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 7 Visit Monkey Island • Boat to Iquitos • Fly to Lima • Begin main trip Following breakfast this morning, we visit Monkey Island, a private nature reserve where several species of tropical primates are protected, including small tamarins, saki, titi, and large woolly monkeys. After

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. Post-trip Coastal Peru: Paracas, Nazca & the Ballestas Islands

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»» Airfare from La Paz to Lima and an »» Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and overflight in Nazca luggage porters

»» Accommodations for 3 nights in Paracas »» All transfers

»» 9 meals—4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 1 dinner

»» 3 small group activities

»» Services of a local O.A.T. Trip Leader

Itinerary, Post-Trip Extension

Cradled between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, Peru’s Southern coast is a narrow strip of desert dotted with towering dunes and tropical-looking oases. Fishing villages and resort towns give way to the wildlife-dense Ballestas Islands and ancient pre-Inca cultures have left their literal mark on the region with the famed Nazca Lines. We’ll explore the diversity of both the cultures and landscapes that makes coastal Peru unique.

DAY 1 Fly to Lima • Paracas surroundings. Dinner tonight is on your Today, we’ll board an early-morning own, with several waterfront restaurants to flight to Lima, where we will then transfer select from. overland to Paracas. Our home base for the Breakfast, Lunch remainder of our trip, Paracas (also referred to as El Chaco) is a beachfront resort town and home to the Paracas National Reserve. DAY 2 Nazca Lines We arrive at our hotel in the afternoon and After breakfast this morning, we’ll head to have time at leisure to relax or explore our the Nazca Airport, where we’ll board a plane for an overflight tour of the Nazca Lines in the Nazca Desert. A bird’s-eye view is the only real way to appreciate these mysterious

Itinerary subject to change. For information or reservations, call toll-free 1-800-955-1925. ancient geoglyphs, which were etched into DAY 4 Paracas Dunes • Return to U.S. the desert ground sometime between 200 After breakfast this morning, we set out for B.C. and 600 A.D. More than a thousand of the desert, where we’ll take a tour of the these etchings—including geometric shapes sand dunes. We’ll navigate the dunes on 4x4 and animals, such as monkeys, dogs, fish, dune buggy vehicles, allowing for maximum birds, and spiders—can be seen over a span exploration and discovery of this other- of over 170 square miles. worldly environment so close to the coast. After we land, we’ll have lunch at a local We’ll have lunch at the dunes, and return restaurant and then tour the Nazca Museum to our hotel before transferring overland to to learn about some of the ancient ar- Lima this evening. From Lima we’ll transfer chaeological discoveries we made during our to the airport for our overnight flight home. flight. This evening, we’ll enjoy an included Breakfast, Lunch dinner with our group back in Paracas.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

DAY 3 Ballestas Islands This morning, we’ll depart our hotel to head for the Ballestas Islands. Located off the coast of Paracas, the Ballestas are locally known as the “poor man’s Galapagos”— mainly due to the small, craggy archipela- go’s dense wildlife population—but don’t let the nickname fool you. While visitors are not permitted to step on the islands themselves, touring by boat will allow us to take in the impressive natural wonders found here. Made up of eroded caves, arches, and rock formations, the Ballestas Islands is home to over 150 species of bird, including Humboldt penguins, boobies, pelicans, and cormorants. Feisty sea lions, red starfish, and other marine fauna dot the shores.

After lunch, we have the afternoon at leisure to explore. Dinner is on our own tonight.

Breakfast, Lunch

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