Galapagos and Peru 2025

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edited April 10 in Peru and the Galápagos Islands

Dear Fellow Travelers, if you have gone on this trip, would you recommend or is it necessary to bring hiking boots?
I am contemplating with just wearing my well broken in canvas shoes that my feet can tolerate all day as well as packing water shoes as recommended.
Thank you in advance and happy travels.

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  • AlanSAlanS

    Hiking boots are not needed but Keens or Merrills with good soles are essential for walking on stones and stone paths at Machu-Picchu and lava flows on the islands. I don't believe the soles on canvas shoes (boat shoes?) are adequately non-slip. On the islands many wore water shoes or bare feet for wet landings- got out of the pangas, waded ashore, then sat down on a nearby rock to dry their feet and remove sand before putting on socks and good soled sports shoes. For so-called dry landings they started in shoes so were ready to walk on the sharp lava.

  • MikeHendersonMikeHenderson

    I have some comments and pictures on my blog - https://www.mikeandjudytravel.com/2021-1Galapagos-01.htm

    I just wore regular sports shoes, with water shoes when we had to wade through water to get to shore.

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