Cusco is a beautiful city, and the people here are generally great. This is is a fantastic place to explore Peru’s intricately layered history, culture, and recreational opportunities. It is also, however, a city whose residents’ primary way of making a living is tourism – not only in the direct sale of tours and treks […]
Ok, so you’re looking at your 15-day itinerary hitting all the highlights of Peru: you’ll be dune surfing and flying over the mysterious massive carvings in Nazca, heading to Cusco and the Sacred Valley with a visit to Machu Picchu included, and spending a few days exploring the lush cloud forest and wildlife in Manu […]
In an earlier post I listed ideas for a free day in Cusco. Having acknowledged that there are great ways to learn about the city’s history and culture on your own, I’d like to make a quick case for actually taking a guided city tour. Most likely this will be your first, and perhaps only, […]
I’ll be honest, it actually is quite rainy in February – the supposed peak of the rainy season in the Peruvian Andes. In December we had a string of rainy days, and January was really pretty docile weather-wise, but February’s been full on soggy, aside from a few brilliantly sunny days thrown in for good […]
Last Saturday I took the one day tour of the Sacred Valley, and it was truly, truly amazing. I was a little cynical at first; it’s a bus tour that’s popular with tourists and those are the kind of trips I generally avoid when trying to absorb the nature and culture in a place like […]