Cusco
SOUTH AMERICA · SIESTA · INCA CAPITAL
The Inca capital at 3,400 meters — acclimatize with coca tea, then earn Machu Picchu.
The plan
Machu Picchu at gate one
First buses from Aguas Calientes — mist burning off the terraces is the reward.
Sacred Valley loop
Pisac's market and terraces, Ollantaytambo's living Inca town.
San Pedro market
Juice ladies, cheese aisles and menú lunches — Cusco's real center.
Sacsayhuamán at dusk
The zigzag megalith walls above town — stones the size of trucks.
Rainbow Mountain, weighed
3am start, 5,000m altitude — spectacular, but acclimatize first.
The full episode drops on our socials — follow along: