6 days in Peru travel vlog. What we did, our tours, Machu Picchu, Cusco, Lima & more. What to pack video here- https://youtu.be/fdQ8j6-vEpE //// OPEN ME FOR MORE //// ✖Susbcribe HERE✖ http://bit.ly/1VFGear FOLLOW ME on Insta if you wanna see more pics (stories are saved under Peru highlights) ♥INSTAGRAM➜ http://www.instagram.com/filosophyy ♥SHOP MY CLOSET- https://ebay.to/2LRjpjB ♥SHOP MY FAV THINGS FROM AMAZON- https://shopstyle.it/l/3B1p ---------------------------------------- ★ MY RECOMMENDATIONS ★ • A guided tour is a must in my opinion if this is your first time going to Cusco. We used "ECO TOURS" and it was about $500/person. This included 4 days, 3 nights stay in the hotel, 2 buffet style lunches, transportation, train ride, entrances to all attractions including Machu Picchu. • We flew Latam airlines from Lima to Cusco. 10/10 would recommend this airline. It was extremely efficient and about $70 roundtrip. They charge extra for checked luggage and if your carry-on is big they will make you check it. • We took the 360 Inca Rail train. We got an upgrade for the inconvenience so they ended up serving lunch + drinks! • We stayed at the Prisma hotel- didn't love the location, the beds were SO uncomfortable, the breakfast was meh and we had to eat dinner there once and it was AWFUL. We found a metal piece inside our pasta. If I were to do it all over again I would book our hotel separately. Our friends recommended this hotel: Antigua Casona de San Blas. But you can do your own research. • We barely had time to eat out, we were only able to do it on our last day in Cusco. We ate lunch at Uchu and it was incredible. Highly recommend!!! • Go to Machu Picchu at 2-3pm if you are able to!!! I thought our tour was going to be rushed and we were barely going to have enough time before the sunset. The park closes at 5:30pm. There were only 4 or 5 groups at 3pm. We basically had it to ourselves. It was awesome. Doing the full path ended up taking 2hrs. WHAT TO BRING • Mosquito repellent!!! for Machu Picchu, even though we went in the Peru fall, actual Machu Picchu was pretty warm and there were mosquitos EVERYWHERE. My legs are still suffering lol • Water backpack- I can't believe we didn't bring one. It's the most convenient way of staying hydrated while being hands-free. We did bring an insulated water bottle which was still great. • Wet Wipes / hand sanitizer- this is a must, must restrooms didn't have soap or toilet paper. • A fanny pack or belt-bag - HANDS DOWN THE BEST DECISION I MADE. Specially for Lima. • Sunscreen!! • Dog food/treats- if you love doggies like me, it'll break your heart to see how many stray dogs there are all over Cusco. I brought with me from the US a few bags of dog treats. • Snacks/protein bars- we would have a very early breakfast (5-6am) since most of the time our tours started pretty early and wouldn't have lunch until 1pm or later and dinner wouldn't be until 8pm or later, most days we had to skip dinner!! so keep this in mind. SOME MORE TIPS- ALTITUDE SICKNESS MED: it’s called “Sorojchi pills” and we got them in Lima. Take one BEFORE the flight to Cusco • Wear layers of clothing!! This will depend on what time of year you go, but in early June it would be in the high 30s in the morning/night but would go up to high 60s in the middle of the day. We would end up taking off all our jackets/coats. • Comfortable shoes!! This may sound obvious, but honestly there was no point for me to bring more than 1 pair of sneakers. I never wore anything else. • For currency exchange- do it at legit places in la Avenida del Sol in Cusco (or ask your tour guide/hotel) you'll see a lot of people with cash in the streets and it might be fake/damaged bills. • I honestly overpacked and packed badly for this trip. As a blogger (lol) I wanted to take all these pictures with fun outfits but it was unrealistic. Comfortable clothes are the way to go specially if you're planning on doing a lot of hikes. I know this may seem obvious for some people, but cute clothes ended up being a waste of space. • 4 days and 3 nights was not enough. It was all the time we had, but if I were to do it all over I would do at least 7 days. We didn't see as much as we wanted to. • If you want to take pictures with or of the llamas/alpacas definitely keep some change on you. The ladies will ask you for money after. They say at the beginning it's whatever you want to tip but then they end up asking for a specific amount. You will see them all over the city of Cusco and some of the towns, but I didn't see any in Machu Picchu!!! The llamas there were roaming free so it was harder to get a good pic with them. ---------------------------------------- →CONTACT ME: filomenagdc@gmail.com