The 4-day Inca trail hike to Machu Picchu forms part of many people’s motivation to visit Peru. The ancient city and unique and ingenious architecture is worth the walk! The Sacred Valley and Cusco are a great base camp to acclimatise in before you start!
The Amazon river begins in Peru and a safari along the river will have you deep in the raonforest scouting for monkeys, caiman, piranhas and pink river dolphins
Visit the manatee refuge in Iquitos on the banks of the Amazon. Often taken in temporarily as pets the manatees struggle to survive when they are released back into the wild. The Manatee refuge gets them slowly equipped to fend for themselves again.
Iquitos the capital of the Peruvian Amazon is the largest city in the world not reachable by road.
Travelling in Peru
Awake 4am for a 5am departure. It is dark, cold and still. Today we reach Machu Picchu on the final day of the Inca Trail. Packing up camp Allison decides...
Inca trail beckoned after a 2 day acclimitisation in the quaint town of Cusco. A relatively civilised wake up time of 6am for a 7am departure. We meet our Inca...
Get a sleep in before a taxi arrives to take us back to Cusco. Let the acclimitisation begin! Our base camp being Torre Dorada Hotel which we arrive at after...
Early start. Note to self, LAN domestic flights require a check in 2 hours prior to take off! Seems like we are last to check in and get bundled up...
Forgive me if I start this article with Inca Cola. Sure, you are expecting to read about the majestic Amazon jungle but first you must learn about Inca Cola. It's...
You know you're travelling when you wake up not knowing where you are, what time it is and what you're supposed to be doing next. It's 5:30am, in Buenos Aires...