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Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog will offer a masterclass at the Mario Vargas Llosa Auditorium, National Library of Peru (Av. De La Poesía 160 –San Borja, Lima). The conference will be held on Monday, April 30 at 9:30 a.m.
Organized by Black Factory Cinema in alliance with Inkaterra, PromPeru, the Ministry of Culture and Assist Card, the event will discuss Herzog’s personal odyssey through the iconic films he made in Peru – from the groundbreaking Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) and Fitzcarraldo (1982), to Kinski: My Best Fiend (1999) and Wings of Hope (2000), which stand among his most celebrated documentaries. A unique opportunity to learn from Herzog’s vast experience in filmmaking, from screenwriting to editing, as well as his relationship with actors and his pursuit of an ecstatic truth.
Werner Herzog’s masterclass will be celebrated one day before his new adventure in the Amazon – a practical workshop at Inkaterra Guides Field Station, where he will guide the creative process of 48 young filmmakers. “My soul belongs to Peru,” the director stated in a recent interview with El Comercio.
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MTV UK EXPLORES THE PERUVIAN AMAZON WITH INKATERRA
Matt Risley from MTV took his finest jungle-ware to venture himself into the depths of the Peruvian Amazon. Exploring the Inkaterra collection, he found mega treehouses, exotic wildlife and much more. “Not only will you properly connect with nature, but it’s all the more reason to fully enjoy your gloriously cozy cabana (which comes with hammocks as standard), the main hub (replete with pisco-serving bar, books and card games aplenty), and spend your days and evenings soaking up your surroundings – being in the moment, watching the sun set over the Amazon, listening to the constant chatter of the nature around you… it’s the very reason why you left home in the first place,” Risley wrote.
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BIRD OF THE MONTH: HOATZIN
The only member of the Opisthocomidae family, the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is native to the Amazon and Orinoco Basin. Its habitat is always near water, where it lives in large groups and can be found due to its loud call and its torpid moves over tree branches. Hoatzin chicks can jump from the nest to the water and swim if threatened, then climb back to the nest with the help of the claws in their wings, which they lose along with their swimming skills when growing.
If you spot this bird at Inkaterra, we’d love to see! Snap and share your photos & videos with us. Don’t forget to tag us and hashtag #BirdofMouth #BirdYourWorld.
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NEW RESEARCH ON ROCK ART FOUND AT
INKATERRA MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO HOTEL
A scientific study by Grupo IBeA-Química Analítica and the Ministry of Culture is analyzing the geometric shapes and colors of rock art found at the Inkaterra property in the Machu Picchu cloud forest, as confirmed by the following article. The pictograms seen in hotel grounds would represent the traditions of ancestral civilizations, carved in a rock with a religious meaning – a place where sacred ceremonies were held and offers were made.
Studies on bio-decay (environmental analysis of historic patrimony) and spectroscopy to learn molecular and elementary aspects of rock composition, as well as the various pigments used in drawing the pictograms, have been held. Hence, black, red and orange colors respond to vegetable charcoal, hematite and beta-carotene.
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TRAVEL + LEISURE PLANS
THE ULTIMATE TRIP TO PERU
The T+L editors have tailored a nine-day bookable vacation to Peru as part of their Great Adventure trip series with luxury outfitter Butterfield & Robinson. The chronicle focuses in all archaeological and natural wonders Cusco has to offer, and all Inkaterra properties are enthusiastically suggested.
“Your base for the next two nights is the Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba, a T+L It List Winner in 2016,” encourages writer Jacquelin Gifford when visiting Urubamba. “Set on 100 acres, with majestic green mountains for a backdrop, it is a relaxing oasis in the heart of the Sacred Valley.”
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S VISIT TO
CABO BLANCO
The Herald Standard featured a photo of writer and Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway with a welcoming committee of hostesses on his arrival at Talara on April 20, 1956. The writer would stay in Northern Peru for about a month, fishing marlin onboard the Miss Texas – restored by Inkaterra in 2013.
“Cabo Blanco, a world famous deep sea fishing resort, was where Hemingway would supervise the location crew in filming fishing scenes for The Old Man and The Sea,” the article says. “Cabo Blanco was chosen for the scenes after desperate attempts were made to land a sizeable Marlin off the coast of Cuba. 1000-pound Marlins are not an unusual size at Cabo Blanco.”
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