Too ambitious: Peru in a week??
Apr 9th, 2003, 03:19 PM
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Too ambitious: Peru in a week??
Hi there,<BR>Was landing Sun eve in Lima Aug 24th and (I think) leaving on Monday Sept 1. Was planning on doing the 4 day Inca Trail trek which only leaves 3 days to see the rest. Was thinking of something like this: Sunday evening in Lima, Monday Cuzco, Tues-Fri Inca Trail, Saturday see the condors in Colca Canyon and somehow get back to Lima to leave on Monday. Is this possible??<BR>Any opinion is greatly appreciated...<BR>Thanks in advance, Jean
Apr 11th, 2003, 06:04 AM
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Well, Jean, I suppose it's possible, but you're going to severly test your body's limits. I don't know if you already live at a high altitude, but I don't, and I certainly would not have been ready to hit the Inca Trail the day after arriving in Cuzco. I found the 11,000 foot altitude left me pretty tired and out-of-breath for the first 24 hours. In fact my wife and I moved down into the lower Sacred Valley to acclimatise before doing the Inca Trail. And even though I'm a reasonably fit 44-year-old, I was pretty wiped after doing the Inca Trail and needed a fairly slow day after that. Let's say you return from the Inca Trail on Friday. I'm fairly certain you won't get a flight to Arequipa until the next morning. And most tours to the Colca Canyon are overnighters that leave in the morning and return the following evening. There are one-day trips to the Canyon but you're going to spend over 8 hours in a van over some very rough roads for (if you're lucky) a half-hour of condor-sighting. My humble advice to you is forget the Colca Canyon. Fly to Cuzco, acclimatise for a day, preferably two, then, if you've still got a day before you need to fly back to Lima, take a local bus to Pisac or Ollantaytambo; both are wondrous Inca sites. Have a great time!
Apr 14th, 2003, 08:45 AM
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I was in Peru backpacking some years ago and I agree with sirius. <BR>If you can only go for only one week then I would forget Colca Canyon and I would suggest spending the entire time in and around Cuzco.We spent 3 weeks throughout Peru and I wished we'd had more time in Cuzco.<BR>The culture, history, archeology etc is all fascinating. There are lots of great towns around Cuzco and with the markets, ruins Macchu Pichu and the Inca trail there's your week! <BR>I didn't do the Inca trail but I saw my brother's pictures and I was at Machu Pichu at the time of year you're thinking of going...there was alot of rain and the hikers looked soaked!<BR>Personally I don't think you need much time in Lima. I enjoyed the city because of the wonderful museums but you could hit the highlights quickly or just stay one night passing through.<BR>Hope this helps!<BR>
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