Peru Travel Tips — Costs, Route & Practical Information
Peru travel tips: drinks and food, weather, accommodation, hygiene, altitude, safety, currency and transport — collected during the trip.
Peru travel tips: drinks and food, weather, accommodation, hygiene, altitude, safety, currency and transport — collected during the trip.
At the beginning of the year, an eight-hour bus ride to Puno and then a boat trip to the floating Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca.
Five-day Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu: starting at 4 a.m., 3,900 meters initial altitude, the toughest day of the tour, and jungle dorms.
18-hour bus ride to Cusco: San Pedro Market, Plaza de Armas, the salt terraces of Maras and Moray — and on to the Salkantay Trek.
From Lima to Paracas: the coast, the small town of ICA and a desert tour through the dunes of the Huacachina oasis.
Arrival in Peru's capital Lima: Water features in the Parque de la Reserva, the Parque del Amor on the coast and the Mercado Central.
Stopover in Paraguay: the bus ride from the airport to Asunción, vendors at every stop, and days in the capital.
São Paulo with hand luggage: first impressions of the megacity, the poverty, shopping and food, the people and a stroll through the city.
Ten impressive places in Spain: Serra del Montsec, Barcelona, Valencia, Costa Blanca, Marbella, Alhambra, Tarifa, Cádiz, Gijón.
France by campervan: Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Saint-Tropez, Hyères, Nîmes, Montpellier, Cassis and a creepy via ferrata.