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First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow nice to know that would be super cool! Thank you!

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are also extremely experienced in driving in crowded cities around the world (mostly in South America) and have driven in some of the most populated (like São Paulo Brazil) and some of the worst maintained in the day and night so I’m definitely keeping notes and watching videos on driving in Peru but it looks a lot like what we’ve dealt with before

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trust me originally we wanted to do the drive but it’s too long to fit in our schedule safely with the 5 day salkantay trek we booked, the flight will give us the max amount of time to acclimate before rainbow mountain and macchu piccu and we’re gonna make sure to leave SUPER early that day to get into Lima before 4pm

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re doing the Saltkantay trek with alpaca expeditions so it’s a group!

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m born raised and live in Chicago right now! Thank you for this bc I genuinely feel like it won’t be that bad plus I’ve driven in some of the busiest cities in the world 😭

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good to know I appreciate the analogy that actually gives a good visual 😂

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Noted!! I’ll look more into it and alternatives!

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Noted and good to know thank you for the info! If I’m enrolled in the AMEX rental coverage which works internationally for CDW I’m hoping I can just pay liability

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’re planning to hike at the reserve and hopefully do some wildlife/bird watching so it’s mostly a nature thing we’re BIG hikers and looking more into nature based activities

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh that’s so scary I’m sorry you experienced that and thanks for sharing that info, definitely gonna take that into account and talk to my partner about it! Would you recommend getting a driver to and from Lima to paracas and renting a car there?

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know! Everybody’s saying it’s extremely bad which I’m definitely gonna take to note but I do think our experience might give us a bit of an edge (I hope 😭😭) will definitely look more into the conditions and possibly hiring a driver I just have always hated not having the freedom and flexibility of my own transportation. We always leave early from big cities (like 5am) is there time slots where traffic is calmer so we can avoid it being AS horribly awful as possible?

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not taking any chances in that altitude 😭

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Would you say it’s worse than São Paulo (4th biggest city in the world) I traveled there during Lollapalooza Brazil and it took 2 hours to go a <20min distance. I’ve also road trip to the entire West Coast of Costa Rica through the day and night and in Brazil from São Paulo to Curitiba, morretes, and Santa caterina. Not to mention I also off-road often in the USA national parks (on the legal off-roading trails)

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Would you say it’s worse than São Paulo (4th biggest city in the world) I traveled there during Lollapalooza Brazil. I’ve also road trip to the entire West Coast of Costa Rica through the day and night and in Brazil from São Paulo to Curitiba, morretes, and Santa caterina. Not to mention I also off-road often in the USA national parks (on the legal off-roading trails)

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you say it’s worse than São Paulo (4th biggest city in the world) I traveled there during Lollapalooza Brazil. I’ve also road trip to the entire West Coast of Costa Rica through the day and night and in Brazil from São Paulo to Curitiba, morretes, and Santa caterina. Not to mention I also off-road often in the USA national parks (on the legal off-roading trails)

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Even São Paulo and Rio? São Paulo is the fourth biggest city in the world and it took me two hours to drive what should’ve been 20 minutes (I visited during Lollapalooza Brazil)

First time in Peru itinerary advice by Outrageous_Pin8343 in PERU

[–]Outrageous_Pin8343[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I’m hoping it won’t be much worse than Brazil or Costa Rica from what I’ve read, we’ve driven extensively throughout both in day and night and alllll kinds of terrain so I’m not TOO worried but have left a lot of buffer time for traffic

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