La Paz is the administrative capital of Bolivia and sits at 3,600 metres above sea level — one of the highest capital cities in the world. I only had one night there before heading home, but I made the most of it. Time of Year I Visited I went in June. It was warm —…
From Puno, I crossed into Bolivia with Bolivia Hop. The border crossing is at Kasani — everyone gets off the bus, walks through Peruvian immigration, then crosses a few hundred metres on foot into Bolivia and goes through Bolivian immigration. Bolivia Hop guides you through every step, helps with the paperwork, and makes the whole…
Puno sits on the shores of Lake Titicaca — the highest navigable lake in the world, at 3,812 metres above sea level. I want to say this clearly: Puno surprised me. It’s so much more beautiful than it looks in photos. And the Uros floating islands were one of the most extraordinary things I’ve seen…
Arequipa is known as La Ciudad Blanca — the White City — for its stunning white volcanic stone architecture. I thought it was gorgeous. A beautiful city, worth visiting on its own, and also the base for one of the most impressive natural wonders in Peru: the Cañón del Colca. Time of Year I Visited…
Machu Picchu was everything. One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, an Inca citadel perched in the clouds at 2,430 metres above sea level — and it lives up to every expectation. One of the things I loved most about doing this solo: on the mountain, on the trails, you naturally end up…
Cusco is one of those cities that hits differently. The former capital of the Inca Empire, sitting at over 3,400 metres above sea level, with colonial Spanish architecture built on top of ancient Inca foundations. It’s beautiful, it’s intense, and it will take your breath away — literally. Time of Year I Visited I went…
Huacachina was the reason this whole trip started. I had seen a photo on Instagram — an oasis in the middle of massive sand dunes, surrounded by a small town — and I said to myself: I’m going there. That one photo sent me to Peru. And honestly? One of the best stops of the…
Paracas was my first stop after Lima on the Peru Hop route. I chose the longer itinerary, so they picked me up at 7am in Lima and we arrived around 1pm — the afternoon was free to explore, eat, and take it all in. I spent that first afternoon wandering around, eating causa, drinking Cusqueña…
I visited Lima twice — once when my flight was delayed and I had an unexpected layover, which I used to explore the historic centre, and once intentionally, arriving two days early before starting my Peru Hop itinerary. I wasn’t about to risk missing my first departure because of a late flight. Lima has one…
This trip was one of the best of my life — and Peru was the star of it. Ancient civilizations, impossible landscapes, an oasis in the middle of a desert, floating islands, and mountains that make you question everything your lungs are capable of. Bolivia was part of the route, and it has its own…