Hva som skjer i Cusco (Cuzco), Peru gjennom året

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned, Summer / year-end holidays i Peru

• Regel

  Machu Picchu circuits and time slots

  1. jan – 31. desBestill tidlig

  Entry is a numbered circuit at a fixed hour, capped daily and sold online well ahead; Huayna Picchu and the mountain add-ons go first. There is no ticket office at the gate worth queueing at. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Andean rainy season (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — Summer / year-end holidays i Peru, skoleferie i 3 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Stengt

  Inca Trail closed

  1.–28. feb

  The Ministry of Culture shuts the whole route for February every year for maintenance of the steps, bridges and campsites. Machu Picchu itself stays open, and the Salkantay and Lares treks run. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des), Andean rainy season (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Señor de los Temblores

• Åpning

  Inca Trail reopens

  1. marStisesong

  The trail opens again on 1 March, into the greenest and least crowded weeks of the year. The rain has not quite finished, which is the trade. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Señor de los Temblores

  16. mar – 19. apr · vanligvisPåske og stillehelgMye folk

  On Holy Monday, the day that opens Holy Week, the blackened Christ is carried around the Plaza de Armas under showers of red ñucchu petals, the one procession in Cusco that is entirely for the city itself. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des), Andean rainy season (1. des – 31. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Señor de los Temblores

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des), Señor de los Temblores (16. mar – 19. apr (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, Andean dry season

• Sesong

  Andean dry season

  1. mai – 30. sep · vanligvisStøvsesongMye folk

  Bright still days, hard frost at night at 3,400 metres, and dust on the trails by August. It is the reliable half of the year and everybody knows it.

• Festival

  Qoyllur Rit'i

  30. mai – 4. junReligiøs høytid

  Tens of thousands walk up to a glacier sanctuary above 4,600 metres for three days and nights of dancing in the cold, in the week before Corpus Christi. A pilgrimage rather than a spectacle, and altitude no visitor should take lightly. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Corpus Christi

  3.–11. junReligiøs høytidMye folk

  Fifteen saints and virgins are carried in from the parish churches to the cathedral square and stay for a week, and the city eats chiriuchu on the steps. It opens Cusco's month of festivals. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Andean dry season

• Festival

  Inti Raymi

  24. junStor festivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  The Inca festival of the sun re-enacted at Sacsayhuamán above the city on the winter solstice, in front of a paying grandstand and a hillside of everyone else. The city is full and priced for it. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des), Andean dry season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Qoyllur Rit'i (30. mai – 4. jun), Corpus Christi (3.–11. jun)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Andean dry season

• Regel

  Inca Trail permits sell out

  1. jul – 31. augStisesongBestill tidlig

  Only 500 people a day may start the trail, guides and porters included, and the June to August dates go five or six months ahead. Machu Picchu's own timed circuits sell out in the same window. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Fiestas Patrias

  25. jul – 2. augNasjonaldagMye folkBestill tidlig

  Peru's national holidays fall inside the driest, busiest weeks and put domestic travellers on top of the foreign ones. Lima-Cusco flights and Machu Picchu slots both go early. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des), Andean dry season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Andean dry season

Ingenting nytt starter i august.

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des), Andean dry season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis)), Inca Trail permits sell out (1. jul – 31. aug), Fiestas Patrias (25. jul – 2. aug)

Travelt — mellom toppene, Andean dry season

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des), Andean dry season (1. mai – 30. sep (vanligvis))

Travelt — mellom toppene, October break i Peru

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des)

Rolig — redaksjonens rolige måned

Ingenting nytt starter i november.

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des)

Toppsesong — redaksjonens toppmåned, Santurantikuy

• Sesong

  Andean rainy season

  1. des – 31. mar · vanligvisMonsunRisiko

  Heavy afternoon rain and low cloud over the ruins, with the mountains greener than at any other point and the trails close to empty. Landslides close the rail line to Machu Picchu occasionally, usually for a day or two.

• Festival

  Santurantikuy

  24. desJul og nyttårMye folk

  On Christmas Eve the Plaza de Armas becomes a market of hand-carved nativity figures brought down from the villages, and it runs from dawn until the small hours. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Machu Picchu circuits and time slots (1. jan – 31. des)