South America

In the Colca Valley (Caňon del Río Colca), you will discover traditional Peru with breathtaking landscape, see llamas, alpacas and condors and you can visit the second deepest canyon in the world. I spent fabulous 2 days in Colca Valley and in this post, I would like to give you an idea…

As a part of our trip to Copacabana lying on the Bolivian shore of the Lake Titicaca in November 2015, we spent one day on the sacred Isla del Sol and I recently wrote a post about our hike on the island for Ecophiles ecotravel webzine (platform for sustainable tourism). You can read it…

The city of Arequipa in the south of Peru was on our list because the second largest city of Peru is a stunning colonial city, also called la Ciudad Blanca (White City), surrounded by an active volcano El Misti. Arequipa is also as a starting point for the trip to Colca Valley and so if you…

If you plan to spend one day around Ica, this is a unique experience if you are a wine lover or you wish to discover more of Peruvian wine and Pisco (Apart from dune buggy in Huacachina of course!). Pisco is the Peruvian brandy and national drink. The best way to discover…

Islas Ballestas, also called as ‘The Poor Man’s Galapagos’ is a group of small islands near the Paracas town, on the southern coast of Peru. Those are rock formations occupied by seals and many species of birds such as guanay cormorants bird, Humboldt penguins, Peruvian pelicans, Incan terns or blue-footed booby. You can…

On the southern coast of Perú, not far from the town of Pisco, lies a wast Paracas National Reserve which is one of the most interesting areas in the country. A place where desert landscape meats the ocean is about 45 mil. years old. In the past, Paracas was home to one…

You haven’t probably heard a lot of recommendations for Lima, as it is just the entry gate to Perú. But if you can afford to spend 1-2 days in the capital, you will not regret. Here is how we spent 1 day and 1 night in Lima.   Peruvian gastronomy on the…