Lima Hostel
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
12 days, planned by Condor Overland
Twelve days and almost all of it above 3,000 m. Lima at sea level is the last easy night.
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| Miraflores |
| Barranco |
| Larco Museum |
Cusco is higher than Leh and people arrive from sea level and try to sightsee. That is why day two is empty.
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| Plaza de Armas |
| Qorikancha |
| San Blas |
The valley floor is six hundred metres below Cusco, which is why the acclimatisation plan puts you here on night three.
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| Pisac |
| Maras |
| Moray |
| Ollantaytambo |
Entry is by timed circuit now and the ticket names the route. Huayna Picchu is a separate capped ticket.
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| Machu Picchu |
| Intihuatana |
| Sun Gate |
| Huayna Picchu |
Sacsayhuaman has stones over a hundred tonnes cut to fit each other without mortar, and nobody is entirely sure how.
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| Sacsayhuaman |
| Qorikancha |
| Twelve-angled stone |
The road crosses La Raya at 4,335 m, which is the highest point of the whole trip so far.
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| Raqchi |
| La Raya pass |
| Puno |
| Titicaca |
The Uros islands are built and rebuilt from totora reed, and the families on them have lived that way for centuries.
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| Uros |
| Taquile |
| Copacabana |
| Kasani border |
La Paz commutes by cable car because the city is built on the sides of a canyon between 3,200 and 4,100 m.
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| Mi Teleferico |
| El Alto |
| Witches' Market |
| Valle de la Luna |
The altiplano at night is well below freezing and the bus is cold. Take everything warm you have.
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| Altiplano |
| Uyuni |
The flattest place on earth — under a metre of variation across ten thousand square kilometres.
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| Train cemetery |
| Salar de Uyuni |
| Incahuasi |
| Salt hotel |
Laguna Colorada is red from algae and holds three flamingo species at 4,278 m.
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| Laguna Colorada |
| Arbol de Piedra |
| Andean flamingos |
Uyuni flies to La Paz daily, which saves the overnight bus in the other direction.
Day 1 · Fri, 18 Sept, 2026
Most of these can be added to your booking later — the operator confirms within a day.
Published by the operator. Nights on the ground can move with weather and permissions.
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
Hostel, homestay or tent, shared
11 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 4 dinners across 12 days, at camp. It opens with dinner on day 1 and closes with breakfast on day 12.
17 meal services named in the itinerary. Vegetarian and vegan covered everywhere; Jain and gluten-free on notice at booking
“Latin America by public bus, the way most people actually do it”
Overland routes on scheduled buses and public ferries. Slower, cheaper, and closer to how the continent moves.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Crew were professional without being stiff about it. Good value for what's included.
Thank you for travelling with us — glad the route worked out.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Dorms were tidy and the common areas were where the group actually gelled. The lead was calm and knew when to slow the group down. Recommended.
Hotels were a step below what I expected for the price.
Glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you on another trip.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Would book with them again.
Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.
Good mix of the obvious things and a few places we'd never have found. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. Whoever planned the days knew what they were doing. No hesitation recommending them.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it.
Thank you. We've taken the point about the transfer and are reviewing it.
Everything was arranged properly — transfers, entries, all of it. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. Would send friends their way.
Andes done well. The itinerary had room to breathe. Nothing fancy about the beds, and nothing wrong with them either. Recommended.
Appreciate the honest feedback; we're looking at the pacing on that section.
Very. Cusco is 3,399 m, Puno 3,812 m, La Paz 3,640 m and the lagoon circuit reaches 4,900 m. The itinerary flies to Cusco and then goes DOWN to the Sacred Valley to sleep, which is deliberate. Anyone who skips that is asking for trouble.
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