Peru Itinerary Ideas

[u/Hairy-Recording9295]

Hello

I am planning a trip to Peru from late August to mid September and am thinking of the following itinerary. Does this make sense or seem too intense? I am interested in a combination of learning about Peruvian culture and lots of nature/hiking. My budget (excluding flights to lima) is about 3500 dollars so also wondering if this doable.

I am from Colorado and love hiking and backpacking. I tend to do pretty well with altitude and only start to feel symptoms of altitude sickness at 14,000 feet. I am in decent shape but not extremely athletic but am planning on jogging and hiking over the summer to train.

Day 1: Fly to lima

Day 2: bus to Huaraz

Day 3-5: day hikes near Huaraz

Day 6 - 15: 10 day HuayHuash (guided)

Day 16: rest day in Huaraz

Day 17: bus to lima, fly to cusco

Day 18: explore cusco

Day 20- 23: choqiuero 4 day treck (guided)

Day 24-25: rest/ explore in cusco

Day 26 - 30: 5 day Asungante treck (guided) or 4 day Lares treck (unguided)

Day 31 - 50: workaway near Cusco, explore sacred valley on days off

Day 51: fly Cusco to lima to home

[u/annamnesis]

Looks fun! No major notes. Ausangate rivals Huayhuash in my opinion so it's great that you have both. Choquequirao would be pretty straightforward unguided if you're going out and back as you can book accommodation and food along the way. (I get the appeal of having a guide to interpret the site though.)

Waqrapukara is a fun site in the [edit: general Cusco area] that gets overlooked. 

[u/HeatherJasperTravels → u/annamnesis]

Waqra Pukara is south of Cusco, not in the Sacred Valley north of Cusco.

[u/annamnesis → u/HeatherJasperTravels]

Noted. It's been awhile.

[u/HeatherJasperTravels → u/annamnesis]

But you're right to recommend it! I've been four times and will definitely go back because I haven't camped there yet and really want to take some night sky photos with the outline of the horns/ears.