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The Desert Speaks
Peru's Canyon of the Condor
Season 14
Episode 1408
Travel through Peru’s Colca Canyon in search of Andean Condors. Examine the terraced farming that is a result of pre-Incan engineering sophistication. See how the native people still live as they did before the arrival of the Incans. Finally, admire a colorful field of ripening quinoa and visit a pair of women winnowing the essential Andean crop.
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