Travelogues Peru

On my first full day in the South American desert oasis, which was also my first day off, I spent my time sandboarding with three Israeli guests from the hostel. Sandboarding...

Upon arriving in Cusco, we wanted to acclimatize ourselves before our multi-day trek in the mountains, so we decided to do a lesser-known day hike to Huchuy Qosqo. After extensive...

Our second and last day in Ica was all about nature and animal observations. We had booked a day trip to Paracas National Park, which is located on the coast. After getting up...

Our flight from Havana to Lima went smoothly, there were only some turbulence over the rainforest, but we survived. At the airport, we had three tasks: to get our luggage as...

Shortly after arriving in Arequipa, we met Iris and Matthias from Austria during a city tour of the "white city" in Peru. Like us, they wanted to do the tour through the Colca...

Before and after the Inca Trail, we stayed in Cusco and visited the Rainbow Mountain on a day trip.

Thursday, December 6, 2018 Our flight from Sydney to Santiago de Chile went smoothly. Our Qantas Airline jumbo jet safely brought us to Chile. As always, Gianna had numerous...

Lima - the Urban

It was a bit to be expected, but when we started our first exploration of the 'most beautiful city in South America', we already felt a bit of alien feeling. It had started...

It is a long way from Chachapoyas to Ica, which is why we divided the journey into 3 stages. So there was a stopover in Chiclayo and Lima. What we experienced there, I have...

With the bus from Paracas to Lima we made a stop at the Slave Tunnels. In Lima we spent two nights and then drove to Huaraz during the day. Santa Cruz Trek - 4 days of hiking -...

We took a night bus from Huaraz to the capital of Peru - Lima. But we didn't plan to stay here for long, as our flight to Iquitos was scheduled to depart around noon. However,...

Condors

Floating Islands, Knitting Men and Spinning Women!

From 27.12. to 30.12. I spent four days traveling in the Ica region south of Lima. After arriving at a hotel in Ica city on the first day, we went straight to the nearby...

From Cusco, we start the classic Inca Trail and hike to Machu Picchu in 4 days.

After countless bus rides on gravel roads in sometimes not very comfortable buses with dirty toilets, we are already excited on our way to the train station: we are taking a...

After a bumpy night drive with little sleep, we arrive in Cusco at 7am. We get into the next taxi, drive to the hostel and are surprised: In a small side street above the city...

cusco zeigt sich bei meinem letzten frühstück von seiner besten seite. der frühstücksraum ist sonnendurchflutet. die berge sind klarer zu sehen, als in den letzten tagen. das...

ich stehe erst um halb 10:00 uhr auf. in einem nahe gelegenen restaurant bekomme ich eine sehr leckere tortilla mit tomaten, paprika, schnittlauch und zwiebeln. ich lasse mir...

15.10. In the evening before, I had rice with chicken schnitzel, crispy fried, and a salad. Double portion. Exactly as I wanted. The polished clay floor was so smooth that it...

heute also soll es nach ima gehen. küstenstraße, keine berge, wind von der seite und etwas von vorne, später soll sogar aus der panamericana eine richtige autobahn mit jeweils...

On Peru's coast there was a first. It was somewhat calm and Kai could bring himself to play a round of speed badminton with Silke. Although our technique is not yet fully...

In Lima hatten wir ein prima airbnb, nicht ganz im Zentrum aber trotzdem mit recht guter Lage. Und Peru ist ja auch nicht so teuer, so dass wir mit dem Taxi oder Uber für 2-4€...

27.06.: wake up, pack, take a shower, have breakfast, change the scooter, pack up and go. And yet it's already 12:00 o'clock when I finally sit on the Vespa. My host mother said...

The Peruvians are convinced that this canyon is supposed to be the deepest canyon in the world, with almost 3200 m. Unfortunately, that's not quite true, because from the...

The upcoming tough week couldn't start any 'worse' - night bus from Arequipa to Cusco. Even though 'Cruz del Sur' is extremely comfortable, it can't be compared to a bed....

After leaving Cusco, we continued by bus to Puno, a city in the middle of Lake Titicaca. The city reminds me a bit of an Italian coastal town, but with typical Peruvian charm,...

We have been in Lima for a week now and time is flying by! A small orange house above a garage is our new home. The family next door lets us stay here for free and treats us...

Farewell to newly made friends and breathtaking landscapes in Huaraz.