PeruNorth's musings on events & destinations in Northern Peru, Amazonia ... and beyond. Detailed tour reviews.
It is said that ‘he who goes to Iquitos alone, returns a father’. The veracity of this saying has yet to be confirmed, but PeruNorth can verify that five days in the largest city in the world not connected to ‘civilization’ by road was nowhere near enough.
Lima - Huancayo train line is 2nd highest in the world.
A remarkable engineering feat: begun in 1870 - finished in 1907.
Only runs intermittently, for benefit of tourists.
A must for rail enthusiasts.
I had been interested in the historic Lima to Huancayo train for some time, and can finally give a first-hand account of the journey.
