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The Pongo de Mainique is a pongo (canyon) in Peru, being 45 metres wide and 3 kilometres long, with 900 m to 300 m high cliffs. A pongo (corruption of the Kichwa punku and the Aymara punku, meaning a door is a type of Canyon or narrow gorge along Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand It is considered the most dangerous whitewater pass on the Urubamba River, which it divides between Upper and Lower Urubamba. The Urubamba River ( Rio Urumamba) is a river in Peru. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the south-east It is crossed by the Inca Bridge, ancient secret entrance to the Machu Picchu. The Inca Bridge or Inka Bridge seems to be the name or nickname of two places related to accesses of Machu Picchu, in Peru. Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu "Old Peak" 'mɑtʃu 'piktʃu is a Pre-Columbian Inca site located 2400 meters (7875 ft above sea level It is a global biodiversity hotspot. A biodiversity hotspot is a Biogeographic region with a significant reservoir of biodiversity that is threatened with destruction Its rapids were used for key scenes of Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo. RAPID is an acronym for Rural Address Property IDentification a scheme instituted in New Zealand to assist emergency services in identifying and locating rural properties Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character

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The Pongo de Mainique is a pongo (canyon) in Peru, being 45 metres (50 yd) wide and 3 kilometres (2 mi) long, with 900 metres (3,000 ft) to 300 metres (1,000 ft) high cliffs[1][2]. A pongo (corruption of the Kichwa punku and the Aymara punku, meaning a door is a type of Canyon or narrow gorge along Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America. It is the only break in the entire Cordillera Vilcabamba Mountain Range. It also divides the Urubamba River (a headwater of the Amazon River) between Upper Urubamba and Lower Urubamba. The Urubamba River ( Rio Urumamba) is a river in Peru. A partially navigable headwater of the Amazon River, it rises in the Andes to the south-east The Amazon River (Rio Amazonas Río Amazonas of South America is the largest river in the world by volume with a total river flow greater than the next top ten largest rivers It is considered the most dangerous whitewater pass on the Urubamba; however, many boats traverse it, depending on seasonal river conditions. Whitewater is formed in a Rapid, when a River 's gradient drops enough to disturb its Laminar flow and create Turbulence, i It is crossed by the Inca Bridge, ancient secret entrance to the Machu Picchu. The Inca Bridge or Inka Bridge seems to be the name or nickname of two places related to accesses of Machu Picchu, in Peru. Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu "Old Peak" 'mɑtʃu 'piktʃu is a Pre-Columbian Inca site located 2400 meters (7875 ft above sea level

It is a global biodiversity hotspot; six square miles of rainforest around the canyon contains more species of life than any other similar-sized area on Earth. A biodiversity hotspot is a Biogeographic region with a significant reservoir of biodiversity that is threatened with destruction [3]

The rapids of the Pongo de Mainique were used as a filming location for key scenes of Werner Herzog's 1982 film Fitzcarraldo starring Klaus Kinski. RAPID is an acronym for Rural Address Property IDentification a scheme instituted in New Zealand to assist emergency services in identifying and locating rural properties Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character Klaus Kinski ( October 18, 1926 &ndash November 23, 1991) was a German Actor, famous for his ability to project onscreen [4] In a 2006 survey of "15 of the world's top travel writers" by The Observer, Monty Python actor and BBC travel documentarist Michael Palin named it his "favourite place in the world". The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) is the collective name of the six creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British Television Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943 is an English Comedian, actor writer and Television presenter best known for being one of the members [5]


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  1. ^ Stromquist, Tamara (2000). "Paititi (ARA Winter 2000)". Macaw Landing Foundation's Ecotourism. Retrieved on 2007-08-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.  “Onward we went to Pongo de Mainique, a 50-yard-wide, two-mile-long canyon through which flows the Urubamba River on its way from Cusco. This canyon is the only break in the entire Vilcabamba Mountain Range. The canyon has 3,000-foot-high walls, 30 veil-like waterfalls and is extraordinarily beautiful. ”
  2. ^ Llama Travel. "Cusco Tourist Information". Peru Tourist Information. Retrieved on 2008-07-18. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls,  “The Pongo de Mainique, a long, but beautiful, bus ride from Cusco, is a narrow gorge, with 300m-high cliffs on either side of the Urubamba River, with waterfalls pouring down into the river. ”
  3. ^ Wildlife Conservation Society (2001). The Wildlife Conservation Society ( WCS) endeavors to save Wildlife and wild lands though careful use of science conservation around the world education "Surveys and protection of endangered wildlife in the Pongo". Macaw Landing Foundation's Field Projects. Retrieved on 2007-08-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.  “WCS wishes to protect the Pongo because the lowland rainforests and mid-montane cloud forests within a radius of five miles of the Pongo possibly comprise the single most biologically-diverse site on the face of the Earth. ”
  4. ^ Source requiring two languages:
    • Herzog, Werner (1999). Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director "Spanish captions of documentary My Best Fiend from 27:58 to 28:37". My Best Fiend (German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski). My Best Fiend ( German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski, literally My Dearest Enemy - Klaus Kinski) is a 1999 Documentary Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli  “[Spanish captions keep "Mainique"] A unos días de viaje del Machu Picchu más abajo del río Urubamba. Aquí en el estrecho de las cataratas del Pongo de Mainique rodamos partes de la película "Fitzcarraldo". En la temporada seca, con agua baja no hay ningún peligro por aquí. ”
    • Herzog, Werner (1999). Werner Herzog (born Werner H Stipetić; September 5 1942 is a German Film director, Screenwriter, actor and Opera director "English captions of documentary My Best Fiend from 27:47 to 28:25". My Best Fiend (German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski). My Best Fiend ( German: Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski, literally My Dearest Enemy - Klaus Kinski) is a 1999 Documentary Archived from the original on 2007-08-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli  “[English captions omit "Mainique"] A few days journey from Machu Picchu, down the Urubamba river. Here, at the rapids of the Pongo, we shot parts of "Fitzcarraldo". During the dry season, with the water at its lowest level this is quite harmless. ”
  5. ^ Wilkinson, Carl, ed. (2006-01-08). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army "My favourite place in the world". The Observer. The Observer is a British Newspaper published on Sundays In about the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Retrieved on 2007-08-18. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica.

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Vanackeren, Guy (2003). "Kiteni et le Pongo de Mainique" (French). French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Aventura Latino Americana. – Pictures of the Pongo de Mainique (4th to 8th)

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