We had amazing time. People were nice and helpful, travel was easy on our own. We covered a lot of ground from Pacific coast to high Andes. Good hiking and of course important insight into Peruvian and Inca culture. We plan to return one day to visit the North. Machu Picchu was in one of our first posts on our The Wandering Spot website inaugurated on March 22, 2017.
Itinerary
| May | 21 | Sat | Lima | MDW ➜(Delta) ➜ ATL ➜ LIM |
| 22 | Sun | Ollantaytambo | LIM ➜(Avianca) ➜ CUZ ➜(Taxidatum) ➜Chinchero ➜Moray ➜Maras salinas ➜Ollantaytambo [@ El Bosque] | |
| 23 | Mon | Ollantaytambo | Ollantaytambo fortres and palace, Intihuana, Granaries | |
| 24 | Tue | Machu Picchu Ollantaytambo | Ollantaytambo ➜(Inca Rail) ➜ Machu Picchu & Mountain ➜Ollantaytambo | |
| 25 | Wed | Pisac-Cusco | Ollantaytambo ➜ (colectivo) ➜ Urubamba ➜ (bus) ➜ Pisac ➜(colectivo) ➜ Cusco [@ Calle Saphi 578] | |
| 26 | Thu | Cusco | Plaza de Armas, Corpus Christi, chiriuchu at Plaza San Francisco, Qoricancha | |
| 27 | Fri | Cusco | Cusco ➜ (taxi) ➜Tambomachay ➜ Puca Pucara ➜ (bus) ➜ Quenqo ➜ Sacsaywaman ➜ Cusco | |
| 28 | Sat | Cusco | Cusco ➜(bus) ➜ Tipon ➜Andahuaylillas ➜Pikillacta ➜Cusco | |
| 29 | Sun | Cusco-Upis | Cusco ➜Tinki ➜trekking Ausangate circuit (with Nuestra Montana) ➜ Upis [@ camp] | |
| 30 | Mon | Ausangate cocha | Trekking ➜cAusangate cocha [@ camp] | |
| 31 | Tue | Savaycuchupampa | Trekking ➜ Savaycuchupampa [@ camp] | |
| Jun | 1 | Wed | Jampa | Trekking ➜ Jampa [@ camp] |
| 2 | Thu |
Pacchanta |
Trekking ➜ Pacchanta [@ Pacchanta house] | |
| 3 | Fri | Pacchanta-Cusco | Pacchanta ➜Rumiqullqa ➜Cusco, San Pedro Market [@ Calle Saphi 578] | |
| 4 | Sat | Cusco-Cabanaconde | Cusco ➜(4M bus) ➜ Chivai ➜ (bus) ➜ Cabanaconde [@ Hotel Arum Qurpawasi] | |
| 5 | Sun | Colca Canyon | Cabanaconde ➜Colca Canyon ➜Llahuar [@Llahuar Lodge] | |
| 6 | Mon | Llahuar-Arequipa | Llahuar ➜ Paclla ➜(car) ➜ Cabanaconde ➜ (bus) ➜Arequipa [@ Hostel Bubamara] | |
| 7 | Tue | Arequipa-Nazca | Santa Catalina Monastery ➜ (Cruz del Sur bus) ➜ Nazca [@ bus] | |
| 8 | Wed | Nazca | Nazca lines (Aero Nasca) and aqueducts ➜(private car) ➜ Chauchilla cemetary ➜Nazca [@ Hostel Nazca Travel One] | |
| 9 | Thu | Nazca-Paracas | Nazca➜(private car) ➜Cahuachi ➜(Oltursa bus) ➜Paracas [@ El Obelisco] | |
| 10 | Fri | Paracas-Lima | Ballestas Islands and Paracas Reserve ➜ (Oltursa bus) ➜ Lima [@ Casa Hualpa] | |
| 11 | Sat | Lima | Miraflores, Historic Center, Malecon, Keneddy Park ➜LIM ➜(Delta) ➜ATL ➜ | |
| 12 | Sun | Chicago | ➜MDW |
Highlights
Machu Picchu
