Guides and practical advice for the Cajamarca valley and the sites around it.
Travel PlanningCajamarca has two seasons, dry and wet, and one week that ignores both. Here is how to pick your dates, and what each month actually feels like at 2,750 metres.
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Getting HereNinety minutes in the air or roughly fourteen hours overland. The trade-off is not only time and money, and the arrival experience is very different.
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Travel TipsCajamarca is high, but it is not Cusco. Here is what the first day realistically feels like, which excursions climb higher, and what to do if it hits you.
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Food & DrinkCajamarca is Peru's dairy capital, and that is only the opening argument. A guide to the dishes, the markets, and the meals worth planning your day around.
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ItinerariesMost visitors get three days here, and most try to fit four days into them. This is the version that works, sequenced around altitude and road conditions.
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Responsible TravelTourism is new money in a region that has had a complicated relationship with outside investment. Practical choices that put more of your spending into Cajamarquino hands.
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