To maximise our experience of the Galápagos Islands we chose to do a mixture of sea based and land based activities. For the first four days we were on the MV Legend run by Go …
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Kuélap, Chachapoyas and Northern Peru
Kuelap and Northern Peru
Continue readingSouthern Peru – Nazca, Huacachina and Paracas
After re-visiting La Paz, Copacabana and Arequipa, our journey continued on to Nazca in the South of Peru. Our bus was late arriving into Arequipa, as there was a major snowstorm in the highlands of …
Continue readingLake Titicaca – Holy Lake
Journey to both the Peruvian and Bolivian sides of Lake Titicaca.
Continue readingCusco – Colonial and Inca City
Cusco is at the heart of Peru’s burgeoning tourist industry and in its own right is an architectural gem of colonial architecture, much of which has been built on top of the original Inca architecture. …
Continue readingCamino Inka and Machu Picchu
Geography & ClimateThe Classic Inca Trail covers a 43-kilometre (26-mile) trek through the dramatic Andean mountain range, starting at Piscacucho (Km82) and culminating at Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The trail spans altitudes …
Continue readingArequipa and Colca Canyon
We took the short flight to Arequipa in the South of Peru, a city which many of the travellers we have met rate as their favourite city in Peru. Arequipa is full of colonial architecture …
Continue readingLima – City Tour
We bounced back through Lima on our way down to South Peru. Lima, like the rest of Peru, is obsessed by the World Cup. It is the first time that Peru has qualified since 1982, …
Continue readingBogotá – Botero and Street Art
The second half of our journey started with a 24 hour stop over in Bogotá, this time accompanied by the younger members of the family. Our flight from London was on one of Avianca’s modern …
Continue readingQuito – Colonial and Inca Capital
Our final destination on our overland journey was Quito, Ecuador’s capital city, set high in the Andes. We last visited Quito many years ago back in 1989 when it was quite a poor city gently decaying …
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