Peru’s diverse and vast terrain makes it one of the World’s best and varied adventure playgrounds. Often seen purely as a gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage site of Machu Picchu, few take the additional time to explore the…
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It’s most certainly the most famous hike in South America and probably one of the most famous hikes in the World. The Inca Trail is a bucket list must. Hiking your way through the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu…
Travelling around Peru, what strikes you is the sheer unbounded variety that this country has to offer. Â Peru has it all. From its Western edge, the country rises out of the Pacific with golden, wave-battered beaches. Going East you…
Tourism is growing faster in Peru than any other country in South America. The catalyst is undeniably Machu Picchu, one of the UNESCO New 7 Wonders of the World which has made the Cusco region the most visited region…
Having spent the past 10 days  3,500 meters above sea level and having just about recovered from the nail-biting trip up and through the Andes we felt just about brave enough to hop back on the bus and descend…
A four-hour bus south from Lima along the Carr Panamericana (Pan American Highway) brings you to Ica, a bustling city where both wine and pisco are a serious business. We chose to stay in nearby Huacachina, an oasis in the…
ACTIVITY & ADVENTURE CITY BREAKS PERU
Exploring the Dizzying Heights Of Huaraz & The Huáscarán National Park
We were never meant to visit Huaraz. Failure to book the Inca Trail in line with when we landed in Peru at the start of our Inca to Inuit adventure left us with three weeks to explore Peru’s dizzy…
Landing in Lima in the middle of the night as our first stop on our year-long Inca to Inuit adventure was an assault to the senses. After haggling a taxi in our best broken Spanglish, we arrived an hour…
After the assault on the senses that is Lima, a ten-hour bus ride gets you to Huanchaco. A sleepy fishing town that doubles as a World surfing mecca. Only just over a week into our year-long Inca to Inuit…
If you google Huanchaco your screen will be awash with cigar-shaped tutora boats or caballitos (Little horses). This traditional reed crafted fishing boat is one of the earliest forms of a fishing boat in civilization. Huanchaco fishermen have been…