Peru travel guides
Facts, prices and practical advice from a local operator based in Nazca since 1998. No sales copy: what you need to decide and plan.
Private trips from Canada
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How to organize a private tour to Peru from Canada
Plan a private Peru tour from Canada: booking steps, sample 7, 10 and 12 day itineraries with CAD prices, flights from Toronto and Montreal, best months.
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How to Travel to Peru from Canada: the Practical Checklist
Travel to Peru from Canada: nonstop flights from Toronto and Montreal, visa and passport rules, health, time difference, money and what to pack.
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Peru in January, February and March: a Guide for Canadians
Peru from January to March: summer on the coast, rainy season in the Andes, the February Inca Trail closure and a winter itinerary that works.
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Private or group tour in Peru: how to choose
Private or group tour in Peru? Compare pace, start times, guiding, flexibility, comfort after 50 and cost per person to choose the right style of trip.
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What a private trip to Peru really costs, line by line
What a private Peru tour costs from Canada: package prices by trip length in USD and CAD, Machu Picchu and Nazca fees, what is included and how to adjust.
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How to see Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines in 12 days
A 12-day Peru itinerary from Lima to Paracas, Nazca, Arequipa, Titicaca, Cusco and Machu Picchu, with altitude pacing, logistics and CAD prices.
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Nazca Lines
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The Nazca Lines: 800 straight lines, 300 shapes and 70 animal figures drawn in Peru's desert 2,000 years ago. What they are, how big and how to see them.
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Theories about the Nazca Lines
Why did the Nazca draw giant figures they could not see? The main theories, from an astronomical calendar to water rituals, and why the alien idea fails.
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The figures of the Nazca Lines
The Hummingbird, the Monkey, the Astronaut, the Spider, the Condor: every figure you see on a Nazca Lines flight, with size, meaning and viewing order.
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Pisco, Ica or Nazca: where should you fly over the Nazca Lines?
Four airports offer Nazca Lines flights. Distance from Lima, flight time, price, motion sickness and how to get there, to pick the right one for your trip.
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Private flights and tailor-made trips
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Private Nazca Lines flights: options, prices and what to expect
Private Nazca Lines flight from US$150 per person: a Cessna just for your group of 2 to 5, hotel pickup in Nazca and 35 minutes over the figures.
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Tailor-made Peru tours: private trips designed around you
Tailor-made Peru tours by a local operator in Nazca: private trips to Paracas, Ica and Nazca, Cusco and Machu Picchu or all of Peru. Packages from US$1,490.
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Cusco and Machu Picchu
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Nazca to Cusco by night bus (14 hours), via Arequipa or flying from Lima: times, prices.
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Machu Picchu in one day from Cusco
Machu Picchu can be done in a day from Cusco: 4:30 departure, train from Ollantaytambo, citadel by late morning, back by 20:00. Trains, tickets.
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Altitude sickness in Cusco: how to prevent it
Cusco sits at 3,400 m and most visitors feel it on day one. Symptoms, how long it lasts.
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