How much does it cost to walk the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu?
$30
$50
$100
$200
The weight limit for a porter carrying tourists luggage on the Inca trail is...
20kg
25kg
30kg
There is a hotel at the site of Machu Picchu called the Belmond Lodge Hotel.
The Yanacocha Gold Mine is located where?
850km SSE of La Paz, Bolivia
850km NNW of Lima, Peru
300km E of Lima, Peru
Which of the following are positives of the Yanacocha Gold mine opening in the Andes
55% of Peru's economy is based on mining
Mercury polluted the local water supply
15,000 jobs were created
Lots of the jobs created were low paid
Money from the mine is being reinvested in the local community
Some Quechua people are adapted to have more haemoglobin in their blood to increase blood flow around the body at high altitude where oxygen is low. How high up do those people live?
4000 feet
9000 feet
13000 feet
Puna grass is one of the things used to build traditional Quechua people's homes?
The Quechua are mostly subsistence farmers who farm at high altitude on terraces, what are their main crops?
Potato and quinoa
Potato and carrots
Carrots and peas
Most of the water that supplies the Yuncan Dam comes from rainfall.
How much did the Yuncan Dam cost?
$152 million
$262 million
$362 million
