Update: Guest posts on this blog are welcome. If you're
going to an eclipse and want to write about the experience
and / or your travels to the eclipse get
in touch. Sadly, the economy prevent me from going
on this Journeys
Worldwide tour.
For the 2010 Solar Eclipse, we will be, once again, travelling
with Journeys
Worldwide to Easter Island. We will be arriving from Zürich in
Lima for two nights. We will spend one day sightseeing in
Lima. We will then head to Cuzco for a four-night stay. From
Cuzco we will visit Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley and the
Pisac markets. We will visit Puno and the shores of Lake
Titicaca. From Puno we will then travel the Floating Islands
and Copacabana, where we will spend one night. In Copacabana
we will take a cruise on Lake Titicaca before travelling
to La Paz for two nights. We will spend a day sightseeing
in La Paz and the Moon Valley. After La Paz, we will head
to Santiago and onto Easter Island. We will establish the
exact vantage point to view the eclipse on Saturday 10th
July. We will see the eclipse on Sunday 11th July. On the
12th we will head back to Santiago.
Our exact itinerary before joining Journeys
Worldwide and after returning to Santiago have yet
to be determined.
Seeing the eclipse
Given the location
of this eclipse, i.e. the Pacific Ocean for the most
part, the centre line mainly over islands and atolls. As
a result, getting there by air on an international flight
almost always involves a change onto a domestic flight
for which you will need to leave some time. Similarly,
accomodation, already in short supply, is finding itself
in unusually high demand over the eclipse period. Reports
that some places have sold out accomodation are not wide
of the mark - especially as some tour firms started touting
their wares during 2007.
Eclipse tour operators
I've received some information from tour operators about
their intentions for 2010 - which i've published
here.
2010 Total Solar Eclipse - Easter Island
Update: Guest posts on this blog are welcome. If you're going to an eclipse and want to write about the experience and / or your travels to the eclipse get in touch. Sadly, the economy prevent me from going on this Journeys Worldwide tour.
For the 2010 Solar Eclipse, we will be, once again, travelling with Journeys Worldwide to Easter Island. We will be arriving from Zürich in Lima for two nights. We will spend one day sightseeing in Lima. We will then head to Cuzco for a four-night stay. From Cuzco we will visit Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley and the Pisac markets. We will visit Puno and the shores of Lake Titicaca. From Puno we will then travel the Floating Islands and Copacabana, where we will spend one night. In Copacabana we will take a cruise on Lake Titicaca before travelling to La Paz for two nights. We will spend a day sightseeing in La Paz and the Moon Valley. After La Paz, we will head to Santiago and onto Easter Island. We will establish the exact vantage point to view the eclipse on Saturday 10th July. We will see the eclipse on Sunday 11th July. On the 12th we will head back to Santiago.
Our exact itinerary before joining Journeys Worldwide and after returning to Santiago have yet to be determined.
Seeing the eclipse
Given the location of this eclipse, i.e. the Pacific Ocean for the most part, the centre line mainly over islands and atolls. As a result, getting there by air on an international flight almost always involves a change onto a domestic flight for which you will need to leave some time. Similarly, accomodation, already in short supply, is finding itself in unusually high demand over the eclipse period. Reports that some places have sold out accomodation are not wide of the mark - especially as some tour firms started touting their wares during 2007.
Eclipse tour operators
I've received some information from tour operators about their intentions for 2010 - which i've published here.
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