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Jul, Aug, Sep

Choquequirao trail

Dry season & trekking season

This is the best time for trekking in the mountains, as you are almost guaranteed weeks on end of blue sky and dry trails.

• 10 July Anniversary of Puerto Maldonado

• 16 July Mamacha Carmen de Paucartambo

• 20 July Anniversary of Huaraz

• 25 July Fiesta de Quillabamba

• 27-29 Fiestas Patrias: All of Peru celebrates the independence from Spain on these days.

• 1 August Día de La Pachamama in Cusco is similar to New Year in the Inca calendar. It’s the day that Quechua people celebrate and thank the earth.

• 24 August Yaku Raymi in Ayacucho is a celebration of water

• 30 August Santa Rosa de Lima in Lima is the biggest Limeñian religious festival

• 7 September Festival Sine Do End Dari (Fiesta de Mi Tierra) in Puerto Maldonado celebrates indigenous peoples of the Amazon

• 14 September Peregrinación del Señor de Huanca in Cusco is an important local pilgrimage to the town of Huanca

Paucartambo Virgin of Carmen Festival

Four days of dance & drink (Jul)

Text © Heather Jasper

Image by Heather Jasper