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You have been dreaming of making this trip for a while. Your adventure vacation is finally here. Get out your sleeping bag and backpack, toss out the shaving kit, you are going to South America.

For a vacation packed with lots of outdoor activities, South America is a perfect destination. The flights may not be cheap but you can easily pick places such as Peru that will be low cost once you arrive there. You can find a really tasty meal for pennies, for example.

In Peru you can hike, kayak, white water raft, horseback ride, mountain bike and more. You can even head to the coast and go surfing if you are so inclined. It is a great location for backpacking from place to place. Consult your trusty leather watch and head to the bus station when you are ready to change towns.

Even the cities are fairly casual in Peru. People will dress up more in Lima but no one will look at you too strangely for heading into a fancy restaurant in hiking clothes. Keep your brown boots off the coffee tables and you will be fine. You can pack nice and light as it is easy to get laundry done cheaply.

You may not have been planning on a trip to the beach but do not forget to pack your swimsuit. Many hot springs are scattered throughout the country. Thermal baths are a great way to let your muscles relax after working them so hard.

Clothing is good to layer for this excursion. The country is large and there are several climates represented. If you are trekking, at least around Cusco, you are likely to be cold at night and in the morning. But as you hike you will warm up fast so it is best to be able to take off outer layers.

If you like your gadgets, a men’s sport watch with altimeter is a very cool thing to have when trekking. You can watch how the altitude changes as you hike to Machu Picchu. The trails tend to go up and down quite a bit.

For outdoors adventures, it is hard to beat a trip to Peru. Make sure your passport is valid, pull out the guidebook and start planning. The only real concern that you need to have is that you will not want to leave.

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