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It must be the first itinerary that I actually want to follow. Because it’s so sought-after as a tourist destination, Peru tends to be slightly pricier than its neighbours. Find the best 3 week tours to Peru with TourRadar.

If you want to do the Inca trail, count with 2 to 4 days. The northern half of the country turns warmer but never hot.

Visit it before the erosion takes it!

When you’re done, it’s time to take the night bus ride back to Lima…. You might have to take a guide with you now, but camping should be allowed anyway. It’s Chan Chan which, long before being a Buena Vista Social Club song, was the largest city on the continent. It is so very helpful, and can make a travel on your own probably a few times more enjoyable than it would be if you had a difficulty communicating. Money and Costs in Peru. Machu Picchu is of course one of them.

Taking a stroll around the city for 3 days was a really pleasant experience. We can’t blame them though.

Book a 1-day tour or 2 days self-guided to visit and be mesmerised by its fauna, including the elusive condors. It’s important that you don’t run around on your 1st day in Huaraz. Way too many people travelling to Peru concentrate on the famous sites of the south and completely overlook the north. Real travelers, real expenses.

Oh, one last thing before we head out.

If you click one of them and decide to purchase, it’ll be at no extra cost to you; and we’ll get a trifle that’ll help us bring you more awesome travel guides. If you want less adventurous activities, head over to the peaceful Laguna Azul and nearby natural hot pools in Sauce. One of the many trips you can book form Cusco is Rainbow mountain (Vinicunca Mountain) which is fairly cheap if booked there. Spent 3 weeks in Peru. Please note that you’re at high altitude here, so give your body a day to acclimatise. So you’ve got 2 weeks in Peru? The rainbow mountain looks amazing, wondering if it is in fact a tourist trap? Si encuentran alguna noticia interesante, algo que les joda o simplemente quieren saber que ruta de … Press J to jump to the feed.

Additionally, we’re adding a description of what to see in the Sacred Valley around Cusco; that’s if you want to screw the rest and spend your time there.

var s = d.createElement(sc), p = d.getElementsByTagName(sc)[0]; Start planning with this complete guide to hiking Colca Canyon, on Brainy Backpackers. Best lift-accessed bike parks in Slovenia, Visiting Lima for a day, but staying close to the airport, in the less developed part, Flying Arequipa to Lima and staying in Miraflores, the expensive and very first-world neighborhood. It is so very helpful, and can make a travel on your own probably a few times more enjoyable than it would be if you had a difficulty communicating. Amazing place! So two weeks is already good to discover one region in Peru, and that’s the mindset we want you to have. I would visit regardless I think. By now you certainly agree: Peru surprises, intrigues, and fascinates. It was a travel packed with hiking, good food, and exploring ancient Inca ruins. Discover the civilisations that taught them what they knew: explore Wari, Kuélap, Chavin and Chan Chan.

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The capital was the flamboyant city of Cusco, the “navel of the world”, built in the shape of a puma. If that’s not for you, it’s well worth a day trip anyway. Just imagine how these people might be living in their floating home, and you’re out to another world!

Either way, we’re giving at least 2 days in every location, for a bit of rest. Anyway, let’s get to our itinerary. Green Mochila uses cookies to help you on your journey through our blog. It’s also less touristy but equally beautiful and wild.

If you feel this is too high a pace for you, feel free to skip 1 or 2 places to enjoy one atmosphere in particular. For our 3 weeks in Peru itinerary including all of the above, count with an estimate budget of: 1,500 soles ($ 450 USD / 400 €) These amounts don’t include food, drinks, city transportation or any souvenir that might find their way to your backpack. As art lovers, we really enjoyed the MALI, Lima’s fine arts museum. If that wasn’t enough –but maybe it is for you?– nature lovers will get their kick there too. Don’t miss Vinicunca, the rainbow mountain, the multicoloured hill that is getting much attention lately.

It’s a land of wonders for whoever is interested in lost civilisations, or simply daydreams at old stones scattered across the landscape. Read more about the most energising sites in the Sacred Valley. We’re afraid any 2-week itinerary for Peru will involve a substantial amount of time spent on transportation. One of the important hints is: practice your Spanish prior going to Peru. But actually, the real attraction of Trujillo lies a few kilometres away. Peru and Peruvians are proud of their Inca ancestors; when you admire the precise architecture of mountain-top fortresses and the cleverness of centuries-old farming methods, you will too. That’s beautiful, but it also has an uncomfortable effect on the body, that ranges from headache and nausea to coma. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Puno is a city on very high altitude, near the highest navigable lake, called Titicaca. We mention them here because they’re more than a way: they’re an attraction per se.

Are you looking for other types of destinations?Contact us for a personalised Peru itinerary! It’s still standing impressively by the ocean, but the wind and the occasional rain endangers its walls. If that’s too hard on you, you can of course travel by day, but wasting precious time on the bus.

It’s also one of Peru’s only large towns to be directly on the coast, together with Chimbote; but that’s one town you want to avoid.

Well that’s the same for a country. Are you planning a trip to Peru?

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s.async = true; In fact, we’ve created 3 Peru itineraries: one in the north for 2 weeks in Peru with beach; one in the south for a 2 week Peru itinerary with Inca trail; one for 3 weeks mixing the two. It also feels very touristy and safe, even though we heard of the case of a girl being pushed and robbed on one of the busy streets. We’ll tell you though: both are equally deserving.

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Save up to 50% on tours! When everything is no more than a night away, you save money on accommodation, and time on sleeping. And your eyes are filled to the brim with the colours of Peru. Because it’s so close to the Equator line, Peru has only 2 seasons. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies.

Cusco is more than 3000 m above the sea level and a center for many walks.

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Boasting all the most famous Peru highlights such as Machu Picchu; the Sacred Valley dotted with Inca ruins; the mystical Lake Titicaca and the intriguing Nazca lines; there’s enough to fill your 2-week holiday with countless adventures. It’s the land of an extinct civilisation that kept llamas and built its villages on top of mountains. 38. And yet, imagine paying to enter the Louvre to only see the Mona Lisa. Your email address will not be published. Avoid June and August, that’s the high tourist season. Arequipa was built by Spanish and did not grow from and Incan city. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website.

This operator allows you to rebook your dates or tours with them for free, waiving change fees.

We’re throwing everything together here, feel free to sort out what you like the most. Matic also loves to travel, often has to because of work, and even more often because he wants to . Bunch of Backpackers noted all expenses on a recent 3-week trip in order to give an idea of how much money we spend. The city is built with white stone and has a very beautiful architecture. The best time to travel to Peru is either one of the shoulder seasons: September-November or between March and May. We booked with an agency which was obviously also on TripAdvisor and well rated, but the price was less than a half of what you would pay for the same trip if booking via TripAdvisor.