Itinierary for a 2 country trip - Peru & Argentina
Jul 10th, 2014, 08:22 AM
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Itinierary for a 2 country trip - Peru & Argentina
I could use a little help here with possible itinerary suggestions. My partner and I looking to go to Peru and Argentina in mid/late October.
The places we’d like to see are Cusco(Machu Picchu) and a couple days in Lima, I heard it’s a good place for foodies. Then we’d like to head down to Buenos Aries for a few more days and take a side trip to Iguazu Falls for another couple days.
We’re debating between us how many days….He says 20 and I say 15.
While I know there is plenty to do/see in Cusco that could easily eat up a week we both agree that we’d want to spend, at most, 3 full days there. About 3 days in Lima this would include the transfer time to and from Cusco. So that’s about 6-7 days.
Buenos Aries would cover about 5 days including the transfer time and then off to Iguazu Falls for another 3 days.
The last day would be spent flying from Iguazu Falls to BA to Lima before the flight back to Los Angeles.
Before you go off and tell me that I should spend more time in either place I need to say that we’re both very agile and tend to pick and choose the sites we want to see and absorb those. We eat our way through a trip too.
Ready…set….go!
The places we’d like to see are Cusco(Machu Picchu) and a couple days in Lima, I heard it’s a good place for foodies. Then we’d like to head down to Buenos Aries for a few more days and take a side trip to Iguazu Falls for another couple days.
We’re debating between us how many days….He says 20 and I say 15.
While I know there is plenty to do/see in Cusco that could easily eat up a week we both agree that we’d want to spend, at most, 3 full days there. About 3 days in Lima this would include the transfer time to and from Cusco. So that’s about 6-7 days.
Buenos Aries would cover about 5 days including the transfer time and then off to Iguazu Falls for another 3 days.
The last day would be spent flying from Iguazu Falls to BA to Lima before the flight back to Los Angeles.
Before you go off and tell me that I should spend more time in either place I need to say that we’re both very agile and tend to pick and choose the sites we want to see and absorb those. We eat our way through a trip too.
Ready…set….go!
Jul 10th, 2014, 10:30 AM
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I think you are underestimating travel time. Try to lay out actual flight itinerary (and add in the train schedule between Cusco and Machu Picchu).
Also don't forget that younger people tend to be more affected by the altitude so you may not be moving as quickly as you'd hoped.
Topping it off, October/November is start of rainy season in the Andes.
Also don't forget that younger people tend to be more affected by the altitude so you may not be moving as quickly as you'd hoped.
Topping it off, October/November is start of rainy season in the Andes.
Jul 10th, 2014, 10:45 AM
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@mlgb - you're right, we do need to get the logistics of the travel times for flights and trains. We'll be working on that this weekend.
As for the altitude, good thing we're not young!
Rain? I'm coming from Los Angeles...we don't know what that is. Actually we lived in London for 3 years. We always travel with our 'brolly.
As for the altitude, good thing we're not young!
Rain? I'm coming from Los Angeles...we don't know what that is. Actually we lived in London for 3 years. We always travel with our 'brolly.
Jul 10th, 2014, 12:11 PM
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I'm in Long Beach, Ret2Go.
If you like seafood, Lima is heaven. You might think it reminds you just a bit of LA. I always feel at home there.
This restaurant in Lima is getting a lot of good buzz and one of the recent Fodorites went there and liked it. It's on my list for next time
https://www.facebook.com/MaidoLima
If you like seafood, Lima is heaven. You might think it reminds you just a bit of LA. I always feel at home there.
This restaurant in Lima is getting a lot of good buzz and one of the recent Fodorites went there and liked it. It's on my list for next time
https://www.facebook.com/MaidoLima
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