With the difficulty of reaching Cusco, we caught a quick flight over the Andes mountain range and arrived at an altitude of 11,000 feet. When we got to our hotel we were given cocoa leaves to help acclimatise to the altitude. Although Katie had a slight sore head for an hour, thankfully we were fine and didn’t feel any of the major affects that some people suffer from. The cocoa leaves are the same leaves used to produce cocaine so maybe that was the reason for helping us not catch any of the symptoms!

That night, we wandered around the town and discovered that Cusco is very beautiful town with lots of history and we were a bit gutted we didn’t stay here longer. Cusco had bit of a drop in temperature though due to the altitude, so we ended up needing a hat and some extra layers to keep warm. The place becomes alive at night with lots of traditional singing and dancing going on which was fun to watch!