“The raw beauty and majesty of the mountains are always an inspiration to me. I never cease to be amazed whenever I walk up one. Sometimes sitting and immersing myself in their presence is enough. I live for these opportunities.”
Dates of Land Tour:
4 - 18 Sep 2020
Dates away from Singapore (inclusion of flight days):
Thu 3 Sep - Sun 20 Sep (Also possible to arrive on 19 Sep)
The total number of days away is 18 days (or 17 days if arrive on 19 Sep)
Possible Airlines for Outbound/Inbound Singapore :
Air France, British Airways, KLM, Emirates
We will provide you with the recommended airline and flight to book in due time
Estimated cost of flight: SGD 2,300 - 2,800
Recommended Flight:
The recommended flight will be chosen to fit the program in the itinerary with primary consideration for a low priced flight. Other considerations will be total duration of flight travel, number of connections, duration of layovers, and airline.
Once the recommended flight is chosen, the pick-up time for arrival and the drop-off time for departure will be based on the recommended flight, and so arranged transfers will be based on those times.
Cost of Tour Package Per Person:
SGD 4,831 - based on 6pax group
Get $200 off Early Bird and DBS Credit Card discount!
7pax group: SGD 4,535
8pax group: SGD 4,343
9pax group: SGD 4,168
10pax group: SGD 3,991
Your deposit will be refunded if tour cannot proceed due to insufficient group numbers. Minimum pax numbers required for tour to proceed is 6 pax.
Cost of flights-on-tour:
We did not add on this cost to the package as airfares cost fluctuates and it will not be fair to you if we pinned down the cost of these flights on the high side and then add it to the package. This way you only pay for the actual cost of the airfare for the 4 flights plus a 5% booking fee. This fee will come to about SGD 12 to 32 (based on the total cost of the 4 flights SGD 250 - 650)
The four flights-on-tour are one-way flights for:
Lima - Cusco, Cusco - La Paz, La Paz - Uyuni, Calama - Santiago.
The flights are estimated to cost between SGD 250 - 650 in total.
Once we have a confirmed tour (i.e. we have 6pax deposits) we will look at the bookings for these flights and informed you of the actual cost of these flights. You will then make a separate payment for these flights via online banking transfer to the bank account of 3Playgrounds. As soon as all payments for the four flights have been received, we will proceed to book the flights.
Full Payment:
3 Aug 2020
This picture was taken in August 2018, my second visit to this beautiful, historical, and cultural site of the Inca empire. The first time, almost 20 years ago, we did a 4-days Inca Trail trek to this ancient ruin, camping out in the beautiful Andes. On this August 2018 tour, with a group of six, we did a simple 1-day trek to this ruin with an experienced local guide, and a cook that did us a freshly prepared and sumptuous lunch at noon. A truly, amazing and rewarding experience!
This is the amazing six that made it on the 1-day trek to Machu Picchu. (Not that it's such a herculean task to get here, but that the group has such amazing spirit, and it's fun when you have that energy in the group!) This is the spot on Sun Gate where you will first catch sight of Machu Picchu after a long trek through the beautiful valley cut by the Urubamba River. We had to fight people away to take this picture (just kidding!) From here, it's all the way down - an awesome feeling descending into the open arms of Machu Picchu.
This is Winay Wayna. It is along the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, before Sun Gate. Winay Wayna means "Forever Young". Can't help but have that Alphaville's song, running in my head as we walked up this ruin and getting to this spot. Why forever young? - come on this tour and ask the guide. I will never remember the story (if there is) as climbing the steps of those terraces really always makes me want to sing "Forever young, I wanna be, forever young, do you really want to live forever... "
Salar De Uyuni - the Uyuni Salt Flats. This was after a great afternoon taking silly pictures (see next highlight) and visiting a huge cactus island filled with hundreds of cactus. Our guide drove us to this spot where there is just that little bit of water skimming the surface of the salt flats where we took brilliant mirror shots of ourselves and the setting sun. We were tired after all that jump shots and posing. This is us heading back to our jeeps with that remnant radiant light of the sun, now gone. Click the video below to see my other group that also came to this spot to capture that brilliant mirrored reflection!
That's what we, they and everyone else does on this clear and white expanse that lay before us - take silly illusory shots like this!
And we made a silly video too!
Incahuasi means Inca House - doesn't mean "thousand cactus". lol. Trust me, if you actually count, it will reach at least a thousand. This island lies in the middle of the salt flats. This is a group that did the 3-day Salt Flats tour in Sept 2019, You really want to spend at least 3 days on the salt flats in Bolivia. Awesome place to be! The next few pics will show you why.
Árbol de Piedra is an isolated rock formation in the Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve of Sur Lípez Province, Bolivia. If you google it, you'll see lots of pictures of this one solitary rock. This rock is apparently well photographed and its everywhere on the internet - if you google it. But I was not impressed with that rock. I prefer this picture I took, which is a stone's throw away from that rock :)
We took a lunch break on our 2nd day of our 3-Day Salt Flats Tour. All jeeps seems to converge on this empty concrete little house (off-picture) to prepare lunch for their passengers. No different for us. Took this shot cause I'm forever awed by the expansive scene in Uyuni through the salt falts, the deserts, lagoons, and national reserves. Here, we are returning to our jeeps after lunch.
So glad I captured this shot. Third time here, but first for me, to see motorcycles on the Salt Flats. Too bad the jeep in the distance photo-bombed my picture. :)
Came out to capture the sunset after we arrived at our second night's lodging on our Salt Flats tour. Not too impressed with the weak attempt of the sun on this September evening, but definitely emotive of the desolate, expanse before me.
Evening of Day 1 on the Salt Flats
Laguna Colorada is a shallow salt lake that we simply call the Red Lagoon, Part of the many stops we make during our time in the Bolivian altiplano, this lake is simply gorgeous!
The Green Lagoon. Although this may not compare as well with the Red Lagoon, it's more the surreal expanse of the surroundings that drew me in.
This area of the National Reserve during our Salt Flats tour is known as the Salvador Dali Desert. Those of you who has seen Dali's paintings would not hesitate to concur that this dreamy, surrealistic, and minimalistic scene bears a strong resemblance to the artist's work. I can only imagine that this place got it's name after many made this comparison and the name somehow got stuck.
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