The Yungas road, or more widely known as Death Road, was built to connect the Yungas area to La Paz. Approximately 55km long, the road descends from crazy highs of 4650m to tropical lows of… View Post
Located in Southern Bolivia, Potosí and Sucre are two cities that will crop up in most travel guidebooks as places to visit when in Bolivia. Potosí, one of the world’s highest cities at 4090m, is… View Post
At 10,582 square kilometres, Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat and one of Bolivia’s top highlights. Imagine an endless plain of white salt crystals, rocky desert landscapes and flamingo dotted lagoons… View Post
On a walking tour in Peru’s Arequipa, our guide firmly believed that going over 6000m once in your life was a must-do bucket list experience. Located in the Cordillera Real near La Paz and with a… View Post
La Paz is Bolivia’s administrative capital (aka where the seat of government is) and is the highest one in the world. You could say La Paz is a bit like marmite – you either like… View Post
Split between Peru and Bolivia, vast Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world and said to be the birthplace of the Incas. Our trip to Lake Titicaca marked both the end of… View Post
Rainbow Mountain, also known as Vinicunca or La Montaña de Siete Colores, is located in the Cusco region. The colours are completely natural, deriving from a variety of minerals in the earth: copper (green), yellow (sulphur),… View Post
The gateway to Machu Picchu and the former capital of the Inca empire, Cusco welcomes millions of visitors each year. We spent three days, before our Salkantay trek, exploring the ancient capital of the Inca… View Post
