The splendor of the Andes and its people

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In Cafayate in Salta province, Argentina Luca Zanetti

Between Huancapallac and Chavinillo, the path crosses the Corona del Inca crater in Huánuco, Peru Luca Zanetti

From the hotel terrace in Coroico, in Nor Yungas province, Bolivia Luca Zanetti

Farmers and their herd in Patagonia, Argentina Luca Zanetti

A plant is used to dry clothes in Nariño, Colombia Luca Zanetti

At the Quebrada de las Conchas in Salta province, Argentina Luca Zanetti

Huánuco, Perú. Luca Zanetti

Houses that belong to a social project in Humahuaca, in Jujuy province, Argentina Luca Zanetti

Photo taken from Paso Punta Olimpica (4,800m). In the background is the snowy Huascarán (6,768m), the tallest mountain in Peru Luca Zanetti

Juan Carlos Rivero (53) raises cows and horses. He lives with his seven children in a village called Matagusano in La Rioja, in Argentina. His nearest neighbours, who he doesn’t know, live 25km away Luca Zanetti

A Virgin Mary statue in the branches of a saman tree in Huila, Colombia Luca Zanetti

Participants at a horse festival in Mendoza, Argentina Luca Zanetti

The Tatacoa desert is actually a dry tropical forest. It is the second biggest arid area in Colombia after the Peninsula de la Guajira, in Huila Province Luca Zanetti

Huaypo Lake (3,345m), in Cusco, Peru Luca Zanetti

On June 24, 2016, the Colombian government and the FARC rebels signed a ceasefire agreement. I hoped to capture a symbolic image of this historic moment. But all I could find was this cow. Border region between the Cauca and Huila departments in Colombia Luca Zanetti

Cusco, Peru Luca Zanetti

The train from Cusco to Puno passing the La Raya mountain range (4,313m) in Puno, Peru Luca Zanetti

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Swiss photographer Luca Zanetti travelled with friends and colleagues through Latin America on electric bicycles from mid-December 2015 to August 2016, taking him from Chile up to Colombia.

(All photos: Luca Zanetti)