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I remember that first morning in Arequipa. I stood on my hotel roof with a cup of coffee in hand, and in front of me — the Misti volcano, lit by the first sun, and the whole city below me — white, white, white. In that moment I thought: “This really needs more than one…

Colca Canyon (Cañón del Colca, or simply Colca Canyon as you’ll often find it in English) is one of the deepest canyons in the world. The numbers speak for themselves: about 3,270 m deep — twice as much as the US Grand Canyon (1,857 m). And yet several times fewer people know about it. That’s…

Lima was the city where I only planned to spend the night. Fly in, sleep, catch a plane to Cusco in the morning. The classic “transit city” plan. But after the first portion of ceviche at the Miraflores market and the first sunset from the cliffs above the ocean, I realised I’d made a mistake.…

I’m standing on a terrace, an Inca city drowned in clouds below, and my heart is pounding not just from the altitude. Machu Picchu is one of those places that looks too beautiful to be real. But it is real. And reaching it on your own is entirely possible, if you know a few important…

Cusco is the city where you plan to spend two days and end up staying a week. Here every little street leads to something unexpected: an Inca stone wall beneath a Spanish building, a small café with the best ceviche you’ve ever eaten, or a viewpoint that opens onto a sea of orange roofs all…