PERU AND ECUADOR Amazing landscapes of Latin America

A sea of ​​salt in the mountains - Peru.

In the province of Urubamba, Peru, a mountain is cut by thousands of white terraces overlooking Downhill from the top, and as the light at different times of day, make surprising textures and tones. Are the Maras Maras Located northwest of a small village 40 kilometers from Cusco, the Maras are just one of the amazing sites of Andean South America.


The salt mines are actually about 3,000 wells a few square meters where allowed to evaporate salt water emanating from a subterranean stream in the mountains to solidify salt.








Cotopaxi, a crater in the sky - Ecuador


Cotopaxi is the name of one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, in Ecuador. The crater of the volcano, 5897 meters high, is usually above a blanket of clouds, as if touching the sky, providing a stunning panorama:

According to the source, the word means Gorge fire Cotopaxi. The crater of the volcano has an oval shape and its width varies between 800 and 600 meters, with a depth of 200 meters:

Huacachina, the oasis of Peru

There is an oasis in a sea of ​​sand, but this time, away from the Sahara. The oasis of Huacachina is unique in the Americas, and is located five kilometers west of the city of Ica in Peru.