Hello,
I'm planning a 6-7 week trip through South America in around 20 june – 3 august. Im going alone, its been a while since i traveled alone, and I never went to LATAM.
I would like to start in peru, spend most time in bolivia, and then visit chile before being in Buenos aires for a while. I thought it would be simplest to start from above(hoping Cusco has a big airport) and taking buses or trains around (to save money and to also see environment) making my way through bolivia, chile and to Argentina.
My preliminary plan is about
- 1 week in Peru (Cusco, sacsayhuaman, macchu picchu)
- 1 week in Bolivia, La paz
- 1 week going to Bolivia, cochabamba, villa tunari
- 10 days in Bolivia, sucre, samaipata, potosi
- 5 days in Bolivia(uyuni) and Chile, San pedro de Atacama.
- 10 days, flying to Buenos aires.
I made a map of what im intersted in seeing (https://www.mapcustomizer.com/map/wowprimita), but I am interested in also just relaxing and "breathing the air".
I want to see a lot of stuff and therefore I made the map with some "sightseeing"plans, but I also want to see the wild/jungle.
I am open for suggestions.
Im wondering if this is realistic, timewise, economically, and energywise, since i dont have experience of this. Do i have too much planned? Flight/trip planning recomendations is appreciated.
Any tips or recommendations on is appreciated, gracias.
by SheDoesLovesMikeHawk
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Peru – I would consider adding Ollantaytambo. We were going to use Bolivia hop/Peru hop to get from Puno, Peru to La Paz via bus. Unfortunately the Bolivians were having a moment of political upheaval and roads were blocked, and we had to cancel. We were literally on the bus getting ready to leave when we found out. Peru Hop (https://bushop.com/peru/how-it-works/) is a trustworthy company that clearly communicated the risks with continuing and refunded our money when we decided not to. It ended up being fortunate because I had reached my altitude limit at that point in the trip and started developing HAPE. Make sure you can handle the altitude and have a plan to both acclimatize and get to a lower elevation quickly if you start having problems. For me getting back to Cusco and getting oxygen made a huge difference. Altitude can kill. Overall we loved Peru.