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Inca Trail Packing List

Charlie Marchant — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:14:24 +0000

Warm days; chilly nights. Rain downpours; blazing sunshine. The Inca Trail has six different microclimates making the weather changeable and unpredictable. Packing for the Inca Trail is a challenge even for the most experienced travel packers due to changing weather and walking conditions. This Inca Trail Packing list is your comprehensive list of everything you […]

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Is Lima Worth Visiting?

Luke Nicholson — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:36:03 +0000

Lima, Peru’s coastal capital, is worth visiting for its unique gastronomy, fascinating history, and vibrant neighbourhoods. Most travellers will find enough to do to occupy at least a long weekend, but we think a short weekend is enough time for Lima. If you have a specific interest in seafood and surfing, you could spend longer […]

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Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

Charlie Marchant — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:15:45 +0000

Hiking the Inca Trail is a dream come true for many an intrepid traveller. This wanderlust-inducing trail through the Peruvian Andes takes you along ancient stone paths, high into the mountains and down through cloud forests. The Inca Trail trek ends at the magnificent Machu Picchu, one of the seven new wonders of the world. […]

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Galapagos Islands Itinerary

Luke Nicholson — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:00:23 +0000

“Dolphins!” shouted the captain, as he banged on the side of the boat. Everyone, including the crew, rushed to the front of the boat in time to see an enormous pod of dolphins launch themselves out of the water. We were grinning from ear to ear as we watched these beautiful animals flying out of […]

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Cuenca, Ecuador Travel Guide

Luke Nicholson — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:58:39 +0000

Cuenca is the prettiest city in Ecuador. Expect curved, narrow streets dotted with cute cafes, more patisseries than you’ve seen in the rest of Ecuador put together, and historic churches and squares. In the Cuenca travel guide, we share all our list of the top things to do in Cuenca and the hidden gems we […]

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Quito Travel Guide

Luke Nicholson — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 14:20:01 +0000

Quito’s UNESCO-listed old town is a sight like none other. Distinctive green and gold domes, grey-faced churches with glittering baroque interiors, indigenous street sellers with stacks of avocados, cherries, mangoes and blueberries and endless buses spewing petrol fumes combine to make a heady cocktail. And that’s just the old town. The new town sprawls out […]

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Quito Food Guide

Luke Nicholson — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 12:00:03 +0000

Eating out in Ecuador can either be dirt cheap or surprisingly expensive, as restaurants seem either to be holes-in-the-wall or high-end. Our favourite local dishes were quinoa soup and llapingacho (a potato, cheese and egg concoction), as well as arepas often prepared in hole-in-the-wall joints owned and run by the Venezuelan community. Best Restaurants in […]

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How To Explore the Amazon in Ecuador

Charlie Marchant — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 12:00:52 +0000

The Amazon rainforest in Ecuador is an adventure you’ll never forget. Take the spiralling mountain road from Quito into the deep, lush Amazon rainforest for a weekend or longer. Lace up your walking boots and find yourself immersed in dense vegetation, kapok leaves fringing the clouded sky. Find yourself surrounded by rainforest, abuzz with the […]

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Colombia Travel Costs

Charlie Marchant — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:00:24 +0000

Is Colombia expensive to travel? We backpacked Colombia for under $40 a day. Colombia isn’t the cheapest country to travel in South America, but it’s very reasonable for a backpacker. We consider ourselves mid-range backpackers these days — you’ll still see us on public buses with our backpacks strapped to us, but we don’t stay […]

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Quilotoa Loop Hike in Ecuador

Charlie Marchant — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:00:52 +0000

Hike your way through the Andes mountains, around the Quilotoa Loop in Ecuador. This 36km winding track takes you through green valleys as clouds descend on the mountain tops, past fluffy alpacas (though more sheep and cows than alpacas) and through traditional mountain villages. In this Quilotoa Loop hiking guide, we share our experience trekking […]

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