Our Continents: South America | ZDF Terra X

ZDF Terra X | Our Continents: South America

For episode six of ZDF's Terra X: Unsere Kontinente (Our Continents), presented by Jasmina Neudecker, the South America journey reached the Peruvian Andes. APU Productions hosted the German team in the Cusco region.

High in the Cordillera Vilcanota, the crew filmed on the Quelccaya ice cap, one of the largest tropical ice caps in the world, alongside the glacier scientists who monitor its retreat. The shoot meant planning around altitude, remote access on foot and weather windows above 5,000 m.

In the Sacred Valley, the team filmed Andean markets and spent time with Manuel Choqque, the Chinchero farmer known for rescuing and growing native potato varieties, a story about food, climate and tradition in the highlands.