Nestled on the west coast of South America, Peru is home to some of the worlds most beautiful villages, towns and cities that you will fall in love with. You’ve no doubt heard of awesome Machu Picchu, but there is so much more to Peru than one destination. If you are planning an adventure to Peru, don’t … Continue Reading
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking you can just rock up to Machu Picchu and hope to ‘get in’, you can’t! The local government has imposed quotas on numbers of people allowed to enter, and they’re strict. Thankfully, if you follow these steps, you will be ensured a ticket to enjoy one of the … Continue Reading
We’re in Peru!!! As you can probably tell from our Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, we’ve been in Peru for just under a week now and have seen some pretty amazing sights across different parts of the country. We’d wanted to visit Peru last year and never quite made it so early this year, we locked … Continue Reading
Our travel to Peru is perhaps one of the longest I’ve ever done. It didn’t help that we started off in Amsterdam instead of London or that we had to transit for 8 hours in Lima without being able to get into the airport properly because our 3.30am flight to Cusco counted as a local … Continue Reading
Day 2 in Peru. We realise (thankfully, before we left the UK) that due to the fact that our Machu Picchu tickets were for 7am, there was no way we would make the 4 hour train journey on the same day and so we had to arrive a day earlier. You can also do a 4 day … Continue Reading
This is the big one! This is probably the moment I was looking forward to the most once we booked our trip to Peru and here it finally is! 🙂 THE VIDEO Click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel After arriving to Machupicchu village the day before heading up to Machu Picchu, we were … Continue Reading
As it turns out, packing for Peru is such a different kettle of fish! Given the amount of travelling we do, I kinda pride myself on being very good at packing. No shadow of a lie here, if you told me that a taxi would be arriving within 20 minutes to take me to the … Continue Reading
Cusco is one of the most popular cities to visit in Peru (in fact, it’s arguably the most popular) and with good reason too – its a gateway to many an adventure in this amazing country thanks to its cross-country connectivity and almost every trip to Peru should definitely include Cusco in its itinerary (even … Continue Reading
The idea of a floating villages was always going to be one which piqued anyone’s curiosity and we were certainly very intrigued by this long before we visited Peru. Suffice it to say, as soon as we booked our flights, this was one of the first places we made plans to visit. The floating villages … Continue Reading
Peru was one place we’d wanted to visit for the longest time and I’m so pleased to report that it totally lives up to its hype. It’s absolutely amazing, chock-filled with fascinating historical sights and some of the most stunning natural beauty in all of South America. If you’re looking to visit Peru soon, or … Continue Reading
Now although we flew into Puno from Cusco to see Lake Titicaca, we’d been told the train journey from Puno back to Cusco was one of the prettiest, not just in the country but in the world. *Sidebar – we actually flew into Juliaca and then took a long taxi ride to Puno. It’s a … Continue Reading
For starters – very hard! Not impossible (far from actually) but still hard. The trail itself is actually easy enough, it’s never so steep that you can’t handle it – what truly gets you is the fact that you’re in one of the highest altitudes in the world (even higher than Machu Picchu or Cusco) … Continue Reading
Truth be told, I tried to avoid this for as long as possible. From day one, we’d all decided we would have to try the Peruvian culinary delicacy that is Cuy; Roasted Guinea pig. Thing is, my only experiences with guinea pigs has been as fluffy, furry pets so the idea of eating them filled me … Continue Reading
Arriving into Peru, we were the tired-est I’ve ever been on our travels! First off we started in Amsterdam, then carried on to London (transiting for a few hours in London), followed by a 12 hour flight to Lima (Peru) followed by an 8 hour overnight transit at the airport overnight, of which we planned to … Continue Reading
