South America


  • Cusco Part 4: The Ausangate Circuit

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    Saturday, October 25th – Thursday, October 30th World Tour Days: 358 – 363 Day 0: Rest Day & Hike Debrief After returning from Aguas Calientes the night before, we were happy to have a full day with no plans. It was tempting to fill it with other activities as there is so much to do

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  • Cusco Part 3: Salkantay and Inca Trail, Machu Picchu Mountain

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    Friday, October 17th – Friday, October 24th, 2025 World Tour Days: 350 – 357 The following chart includes approximate statistics for our 8 days of hiking. The distance includes all miles during the day, both distance to get to camp and distance covered for any day hikes from camp. The first 7 days are the

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  • Cusco Part 2: Rainbow Mountain, The Red Valley & Museums

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    Wednesday, October 15th – Thursday, October 16th, 2026 World Tour Days: 348 – 349 Day 1: Rainbow Mountain & Red Valley Hike Bright and early at 4:15am Nick and I were picked up for our Rainbow Mountain and Red Valley hiking tour. The rest of our group canceled the day before so we ended up

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  • Cusco Part 1: Climatizing in Cusco

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    Saturday, October 11th – Tuesday, October 14th, 2025 World Tour Days: 344 – 347 Day 0: Arrival DAy Our night bus from Nazca was 15.5 hours long, mostly on the windiest roads we’ve experienced. Besides the nausea, though, it went smoothly. Once we woke up, and by we I mean me since Nick didn’t really

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  • Flying Over the Nazca Lines

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    Wednesday, October 8th – Friday, October 10th, 2025 World Tour Days: 341 – 343 We weren’t done spending time in the desert, but made our way to a new location. Our bus journey was only about 3 hours long, which was something we knew we couldn’t get used to. Most of our busses in Peru

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