Peru Travel Tips

With our travels through Peru now behind us and Bolivia now underway we thought it would be fun to share some tips we learned along the way. Enjoy!

Tip #1:

“If a waiter offers you a free drink to entice you to eat at his restaurant, ask to see the size of the drink first as your beer or wine may be the size of a shot glass.” (Lima)

Tip #2:

“Make sure to use crosswalks as traffic is notoriously busy and dangerous.” (Lima)

Tip #3:

“When you ask a question in Spanish be prepared for a lengthy response in Spanish. If unsure how to respond just nod your head and say si.”(Lima)

Tip #4:

“When taking money out of an ATM make sure to take your card out of the machine and finish your transaction before walking away.” (Huacachina)

Tip #5:

“Dramamine and Gravol are essential travel aids for small planes and mountainous bus rides.” (Nazca)

Tip #6:

“Drinking cocoa leaf tea or chewing cocoa candies aides in altitude sickness”. (Cusco)

Tip #7:

“When traveling with a juice box in your backpack make sure that the lid is secure or be prepared to clean up a mess.” (Cusco)

Tip #8:

“When booking a hotel make sure that your check-out time is later than 9:00am”. (Cusco)

Tip #9:

“When paying $15 US per person for a hotel room be prepared to have a cold shower and cold room.” (Aguas Calientes)

Tip #10:

“When paying to use a public bathroom don’t except to find a toilet seat or any toilet paper.” (Machu Picchu)

Tip #11:

“When driving through a protest be prepared to drive over and around massive rocks that have been thrown onto the highway.” (Puno)

Tip #12:

“When trying to communicate your drink order to a Spanish speaking waiter, Pictionary and Charades doesn’t always work as intended.” (Puno)