Traversing Peru from West to East: The Chesapeake Semester team has gone from the desert coast at Punta San Juan by bus to the Upper Andes in Cusco by plane, to the Cloud Forests of Machu Picchu by train and foot. Now they arrive by plane and boat to the Amazonian jungles of Tambopata National Reserve for a three night stay.
The Chesapeake Semester travelledd through Punta San Juan, a protected area in southern Peru that is a sanctuary for Humboldt penguins and other wildlife. There, students helped at a biological research station studying birds and mammals and learned about currents, fisheries and ecosystems.