Inca Trail Alternatives: How to Reach Machu Picchu Without the Permit Lottery
Inca Trail permits sold out? Salkantay, Lares and the train to Machu Picchu: comparison, prices, difficulty and how to prepare for each alternative.
Peru Itinerary: 7, 14 and 21-Day Plans with Logistics and Prices
This article contains affiliate links. If you book something through them, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend what I use myself. Peru is a country that doesn’t fit into a single trip. The Andes, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, the Amazon rainforest, a desert oasis and one of…
What to Pack for Peru: A Packing List for Four Different Climates
What to pack for Peru: a packing list for Lima, the Andes, the Amazon and the Huacachina desert — altitude sickness meds, layering and Inca Trail essentials.
Inca Trail Permits: Cost, Booking & the Route to Machu Picchu
If you sat down at the computer tomorrow to book the Inca Trail hike, the first shock wouldn’t be the price but the calendar. June–August permits sell out within minutes of the moment sales open. Not within a week, not within a day — within minutes. Only 500 people a day are allowed onto the…
Lake Titicaca & Puno: What to See and How to Get There
Lake Titicaca is one of those places where photos simply don’t tell the truth. You stand at 3,812 metres, looking at water that stretches so far you can’t see the other shore, and you think — this isn’t a lake, this is a sea. The highest navigable lake in the world. It’s also shared by…
The Peruvian Amazon: A Guide to Puerto Maldonado
Picture this: yesterday you were shivering with cold in the Andean highlands, and today you’re sitting in a boat, the air hot and humid like a sauna, while monkeys leap between the branches on the bank. That’s exactly the contrast the Peruvian Amazon offers — a place where biodiversity is so dense that in two…
How Much Does a Trip to Peru Cost? Budget Guide
The first question that comes up when thinking about Peru is almost never “where will I sleep.” It’s “how much will this cost me.” And rightly so — a Peru trip isn’t a weekend in Kraków you plan over a lunch break. Here you need an international flight across half the world, domestic flights between…
When to Travel to Peru? Best Time by Region
The question “when to travel to Peru” has one awkward feature: there’s no single right answer for the whole country. Peru can be a place where the sun shines in the Andes while lower down, in the Amazon jungle, it’s pouring like from a bucket at the same time. The climate here depends not on…
Rainbow Mountain Peru (Vinicunca): The Complete 2026 Guide
There’s one photo that makes you stop trusting your own eyes: a mountain slope painted red, yellow, green, violet and white, as if someone had dragged coloured brushes across the earth. This is Rainbow Mountain Peru — locals call it Vinicunca, or the Mountain of Seven Colours. It looks computer-generated, but it’s 100% natural, the…