We decided to take the Vitivinicola bus wine tour in Mendoza Argentina as prices of upwards of $150 per person for other wine tours is expensive. The reviews were quite divergent ... some good some bad ... but we decided to take the chance that our tour would be good.

There are many diverse places to visit in Peru, so instead of flying - and seeing nothing of the country - we decided to take the PeruHop bus through southern Peru from Lima to La Paz in Bolivia. To experience more of the Peru landscape and tourist attractions.

Arequipa Peru, also known as the “White City”, is the second largest city in Peru and full of interesting history. Situated in the central area at an altitude of 2 400 metres it has pleasant year round weather, beautiful old buildings and is a central hub between the ocean desert and the tropical Amazon.

We arrived in Uyuni the day before setting out with Perla da Bolivia - our choice of the many Salar de Uyuni tours.  

Uyuni is a desolate town – a far cry from the glory mining days many years ago. Added to the dust and desolation there was a biting cold wind!

We transferred from Peru Hop to Bolivia Hop  after clearing the border on the way to the first of our Bolivia tourist attractions ... the lakeside town of Copacabana.

As we went through the border from Puno in Peru to Copacabana in Bolivia we changed from Peru Hop to Bolivia Hop.

Instead of flying (and seeing nothing of the country) we decided to take the PeruHop bus through southern Peru from Lima into La Paz Bolivia.

After making all the pickups we left Lima on a mild and misty morning. As we drove through areas of Miraflores and Barranco our Peru Hop guide for this trip, Walter, told us stories of some of the history of Peru.

With our second visit to Peru we decided to enjoy some of the Peru tourist attractions in southern Peru. A month earlier we’d done the trip to Machu Picchu via Cusco and Lima and realised that Peru had many other places to visit.