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A shepherdess in the highlands of Sacred Valley in Peru

A shepherdess watches over her herd of alpacas in the Peruvian Andes in the Sacred Valley as a fog, which is a common occurrence during the wet season, engulfs part of the mountains. We encountered the shepherdess on our high-elevation hike of Cinco Lagunas.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2019
Date Uploaded: 09.2019
Photo Location: Peru
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Gautam Jain