Posted May 11, 2018 by travelaroundthegalaxy south america

Wildlife of Peru and Bolivia

We spent 6-weeks traveling across South America last fall and traveled along a route with some very different terrain and climates. We traveled from coast to coast, from Lima (Peru) on the Pacific all the way to Montevideo (Uruguay) on the Atlantic. Along the way we crossed coastal deserts, the towering peaks of the Andes Mountains, the high plains of the Altiplano, and eventually arriving back at sea level 4 countries later in Argentina.

Some of the best wildlife we got to see was in Peru and Bolivia – in the Andes mountains and on the Altiplano. We wanted to showcase our best photos from this part of our trip in one place. We were lucky, we saw everything that we wanted to see; seals and penguins on the Ballestas Islands, Condors in Colca Canyon and Flamingos in southern Bolivia.

We absolutely loved our time in Peru and Bolivia and would definitely go back to explore more next time. There was so much we didn’t do that it would be a shame if we unable to finish the job. We made some ambitious plans and wanted to cover a lot of distance in a short time. But we made sure that we got to see some of the best wildlife in the region and are excited to share these photos with the world.

The things we saw along the way were amazing. From Lima, we traveled south through the Sechura Desert along the coast to Paracas and Huacachina before heading up into the mountains in Arequipa. From here we traveled into the Andes Mountains – visiting Cusco, hiking the Salkantay Trail and visited Machu Pichu – before heading into the Altiplano of Bolivia via Lake Titicaca. From La Paz, we traveled south through the Salar de Uyuni, across the Siloli Desert and finishing in the Eduardo Avaroa National Reserve of Andean Fauna. We finished our trip on the Atlantic Ocean, leaving from Montevideo, Uruguay. It was an epic couple of weeks.