Arequipa Travel Forum

I´m planning a trip from Argentina to Peru.
Will fly Bs As-Lima, and then Lima-Cuzco, to go to Machu Picchu.
After that, taking the PeruRail, will go to Puno and titicaca lake.
The question is: to return from Puno to Lima, what route should I take? again the same train, or I should take a Bus (I´ve been said that train between Puno Arequipa are not available) to Arequipa traveling a new route, and there fly to Lima?

thanks

If you want to return quickly and easily you go from Puno to Juliaca (it is only about an hour away) and fly to Lima. Surprizingly the price for one way is only half the round trip and is usually less than $70 or so.
If you have time and want to see more, take a bus to visit Arequipa (I recall about 6 hours.) This is a beautiful city with beautiful weather. If you have time you take a tour to Colca canyon and then either fly to Lima from Arequipa or continue to Nasca, Ica or Pisco by bus and finally going back to Lima. The total road time from Arequipa to Lima is about 19 hours. Have a great trip. Bob

The route Melosh suggests over Arequipa, Pisco, Ica and Nazca is really wonderful.
I traveled this route in the opposite direction, spending some time in each location. If time allows, that's the option I would go for.

Hello, I went flew from Lima to Cuzco and then took the train to Puno and then flew back to Lima (our plane landed in Arequipa but we did not exit). I regreted Puno. I feel my trip would be much more enjoyable if i did not visit Puno and Titicaca. I would go to Lima, Cuzco, Arequipa, and the Canyon. forget about Puno. The lake is dirty and the town is depressing. The train ride between Cuzco and Puno is ricetty and with the altitude causes you to have a headache the whole day which is not solved by popping a pill.

gl