The short version
Placeholder — a two-week route that balances cities, altitude and one proper trek without a 4am bus every morning.
Day by day
- Days 1–2 — Lima: food, coast, adjust.
- Days 3–5 — Huaraz: day hikes and acclimatising.
- Days 6–8 — Cusco and the Sacred Valley.
- Days 9–13 — Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu.
- Days 14–16 — Puno and Lake Titicaca.
What I'd change
- More time in Huaraz before any altitude.
- Book Machu Picchu entry much earlier.
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