Travelogues Peru

If you take the usual route from Lima through the south to Arequipa and finally back north to Cusco, Peru can probably be compared to the structure of an essay: the weakest...

From Arequipa we drove via Nasca to Cusco. The drive from Nasca to Cusco was supposed to take about 14 hours. In reality, it took almost 18 hours because the bus broke down....

Catarata Gocta

Machu Picchu In the morning at 7:00 am, we were waiting at Plaza de Armas. Apparently, the departure was at 7:00 am, so anyone who arrived late was out of luck. There were many...

10.08. today I am leaving late. last night on one of the busy streets of Nazca made it clear that the people of Nazca have a problem with silence. taxis honk twice when...

After deciding on a day tour to the Colca Canyon, we could calmly explore the rest of the city. Our agency - Cuy Arts Arequipa is an extremely beautiful city - also known...

On Saturday at 5 o'clock, it finally started. A young British couple and us sat in a van with Patcha (our guide) & a group of Peruvian men and drove 2 hours towards the...

Puno, Lake Titicaca, Uros Islands, Taquile

We are now in the last hours in Cusco before we continue to Puno tonight and then to Bolivia, to Copacabana on Lake Titicaca. The past few days here in Cusco, the archaeological...

After a last dinner in Nazca, we took the night bus to Arequipa with a nasty cold in my bag. In the early morning, we were still in the middle of the desert, just before our...

After the party beach of Máncora, we definitely wanted to quickly go to a less touristy part of the country, so we decided on Chachapoyas, a totally charming town in northern...

Our cargo ship

The time in Nazca until sunset, also for the departure of our bus, was limited. My driver suggested visiting the Necropolis of Chauchilla and the aqueducts of Cant

In the morning, we booked a last-minute quad tour in the desert for the morning. This quad tour turned out to be “driving around on a pie

I really like Cusco - a lot. The narrow streets, the food, the people, the atmosphere... everything. After 4 months of 30°+ heat, it was really cold for me at first, even though...

First view of Machu Picchu at Intipunku

Climbing to Warmiwañuska

Woke up on the night bus, the clock says 4:30 a.m., it's pitch black outside. We were supposed to arrive in Arequipa at 5 a.m., but a truck overturned on the main road, causing...

Day 15 Hello you in cold Germany :) We hope that you are doing well even because of the snow masses :) it's a strenuous 30 degrees here. Sometimes more sometimes less. On the...

That's it - now it's time to close the Central and South America chapter and get ready for the next chapter. A feeling that cannot be put into words. But before I try, here's a...

When it came to crossing the Chilean-Peruvian border, we had done a lot of googling beforehand, but didn't find much up-to-date information. In the end, it was as simple as...

Hello guys and girls! To prepare ourselves for the four-day hike to Machu Picchu on the Salkantay Trek and acclimate to the altitude, like most other tourists, we stationed...

Here we go again :) After a wonderful wedding in Stiftschmiede, during which we looked back on our experiences with the people who have accompanied us on our journey so far and...

13th-18th Nov Manu National Park At 3 o'clock in the morning Michel picks us up, along with the cook Herman and the driver, Morgaaahh! We have about an 8-hour drive ahead of us....

Back in a country without toilet paper and traffic rules, but with lots of honking, Pisco Sour, Cusqueña Negra, Papá a la Huancaina, Chifas and Plazas de Armas until you can't...

Now it was Johannes' most wanted destination in South America's turn: Machu Picchu! After reaching Cusco via Lima, we wanted to set off right away to go to Machu Picchu via the...

For a few days, we are drawn back to the Andes and we start on the Salkantay Trail, which is supposed to lead us from a small village near Cusco to Machu Picchu in a few days....

November 25, 2018 Arequipa, the always warm and very dry city, welcomes us early in the morning on the bus. Once again, we were able to split up on the bus so that each person...

Visiting the Floating Islands in Lake Titicaca

Finally he had come: the long-awaited day on which we would go to Machu Picchu, one of the absolute top highlights of the entire continent. Since Jörg had been here before, his...