Hiking from Ausangate to Rainbow Mountain, Peru

I was reasonably hesitant about hiking to Rainbow Mountain. The second most advertised ‘tour’ in Cusco was a day hike to Rainbow Mountain – cue overly saturated photos on posters everywhere throughout the city. Was it just a tourist trap? After contemplating whether to do another hike in Peru after our hike from Choquequirao to…

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Trip report: hiking from Choquequirao to Machu Picchu independently

Click here for my personal reflection of the hike. Additional resources: Stingy Nomads and Travel Outlandish‘s report on the hike. We also found this Reddit post super helpful. We hiked from Choquequirao to Machu Picchu (25 April 2018 to 1 May 2018), but arrived the night before (24 April 2018) at the starting point of…

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