Peru tour, tailor made

From

US $2095

US $2549

18 Days including domestic flights only

More info:Prices: incl. Cusco - Lima LAN flight, price pp based on 2 persons, all taxi transfers to/from hotels - bus stations included. With Inca trail incl. is 20 days program, 2549 USD pp with one extra porter included. Machu Picchu full package included.

Tailor made

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Departure information

This trip can be arranged at a time to suit you, and adapted to your requirements. We also check the Inca Trail permit availability for you

Accessible Tourism overview:

For us it is important to assist and help where we can with travelers that need special assistance. All our trips can be tailor made, allowing us to adjust the trips specifically to the individual. This is also dependant on the budget available.

Limited mobility:

We have already worked with several clients with limited mobility - we have organised for clients to travel via rental cars with private drivers for example. Before the trip we will contact the individual and find out what part of our trip needs to be adapted, this will also allow us to brief the local guides so they can focus on the particular needs of the traveler. Different day excursions can be provided when the activities do not suit the travelers' particular needs.

Wheelchair:

We have worked with several clients that have been wheelchair bound, this has previously involved sorting out suitable travel, such as private taxi transfers, drivers and guides. We can discuss with the traveler beforehand exactly how the trip needs to be adapted. Extra activities can be provided instead if a suggested one isn't suitable for example. Travelers with a wheelchair will need to be accompanied on the trip.

Blind or Limited vision:

Information in braille is not available in Latin American destinations which means all the information will be delivered verbally. We can provide a host to take care of the travelers depending of budget. We have already guided a person with limited vision, so we know how to deal with the challenges. Local guides are trained and can be briefed on the specific needs of each traveler. Programmes can also be adapted for ease of travel. Travelers with severe vision impairments should be accompanied.

Deaf or limited hearing:

All information before the trip starts will be provided in a written format. Lip reading will be essential for understanding the local guides explanations. The traveler will also have to be accompanied by someone who will be able to sign the translations. A special host can be provided, but this can in dependent on budget. While not all our guides are trained in sign language, they have access to computer tablets for communication if necessary. We have guided a deaf person before, so we know the challenges involved.

'Free from' food:

Diet requests are communicated to all local operators involved that are included in the program and it should not be a problem to accommodate most.

LGBT:

We have not encountered any issues directed towards the LGBT community on our trips and believe that the countries that we travel in are welcoming and open to all travelers.

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Responsible tourism

As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we screen every trip so you can travel knowing your vacation will help support conservation and local people.

All excursions and trekkings are guided by local guides with ecological knowledge and organized by local organizations, which are taking care of the environment with ecological awareness. A Tourguide in case of a grouptravel has extensive knowledge, is very well trained, professional, takes care of the environment and internationally certified. By making use of nature excursions during your travel on Peru, you stimulate the people to continue with taking care of their natural reserves. The Peruvian people are very aware that it is important to take care of their beautiful nature, as it is one of the main attractions for tourists, and tourism is an important income.

The Impacts of this Trip

As we work with all local suppliers your investment returns directly back in local society and you have the possibility to learn from the local culture and even to practice your spanish. Transport is always with local bus, and accommodations are usually (of course this also depends on your wishes), small scale, beautiful in ambiance and contributing to the local economic development. On your itinerary you may stay overnight several times in small indigenous communities with which you directly support the development of local communities.

This journey to South Peru is a cross cultural travel in which you can create a mutual benefit by acquiring locally produced goods & inspiring people by showing your interest in their traditional made handicrafts.

We also offer our Tourguide services to small organised groups, the itinery may include all elements your group is looking for, daywalks, cultural excursions, visits to archaeological sites, the Inca trail, other trails, rainforest extensions etc. You will be accompanied by an expert on Andean nature & culture. Your Tourmanager is internationally certified, lives and works in Latin America, is part of the Latin community, has guided 140 grouptrips, educated as a westerner in an Indian lineage & one of the most knowledgeable guides in Latin America.

This operator empowers a womens coffee cooperation and NGO in the Andes of Venezuela. Their vision is to provide solidarity to the entire coffee community in the area, striving to improve the quality of the life of children and families of the coffee communities. With this vacation and all our tailor made travels in Latin America you support local families on your destination of travel and you make it for us possible to support mothers and children in the Andes of Venezuela through this cooperation and NGO. Through their different programs the cooperative aspire to offer training technique in administration, management, accounting, among others and offer scholarships to students and subsidies to primary schools in rural coffee communities, as well as inspire to new forms of community economic organization.

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The Impacts of this Trip

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7 Reviews of Peru tour, tailor made

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Reviewed on 02 Nov 2018 by Ted Ing

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?

Trekking the 4 day Inca Trail.

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?

Be prepared for numerous stops along the way and not being able to stay in one place for any length of time. Ensure that an aggressive itinerary fits into your
needs and is what your group wants.

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?

Yes, our group was quite interactive with local people, contributed to the economy & was respective of environmental impacts/concerns.

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?

Great trip other then the day upon arrival in Machu Picchu which had wet/rainy weather conditions.

Read the operator's response here:

We are very happy to read that our travelers had a great journey and Inca trail. All our travels are tailor made so together with our clients we define their priorities and follow their travel wishes and guidelines within the time frame given. In case clients indicate they want to travel less and stay longer on several destinations we adapt an itinerary to their pace of travel always trying to find the right balance. Best regards, Marcel.

Reviewed on 30 May 2018 by Jonathan Ng

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?

We did a 12D11N in Puno, Colca Canyon, Arequipa and Nasca. Most memorable part of the tour was watching the condors flying so close to us at the Mirador in Colca Canyon.

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?

I think we could have cut down at least one night stay in the Colca Canyon.

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?

Yes, as all the guides and Drivers are local people.

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?

Overall, a great trip in Peru. The only negative was that all the hotel rooms we stayed, Internet connection is almost non existence. Need to go to the reception area for Internet.

Read the operator's response here:

We are happy that our travelers had a great journey through Peru. We like to share that they had a private guide and program in the Colca canyon with our guide from Arequipa who picked them up in Puno. They had the opportunity to watch the ascending condors in the morning and in the midday after a hike to Cabanaconde to pass again at Cruz del Condor. Sometimes there are still condors to see in the midday but then without any tourists, completely in silence together with the wind and mountains.

So far indeed many hotels have no good internet reception in the room itself, sometimes it works sometimes it does not, it depends on the location of the room in the hotel, in many cases you have to go to the reception or lounge room to connect. Peru is also advancing of course so this will improve. When it is very convenient for business or private use to have internet access on your own room, you can make a special request for a room with better reception of the wifi signal to us and when the booking is on time, we can make this request to the hotel.

Reviewed on 11 May 2015 by Igor Borisek

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?

Sunset and night view in Ica- Huacachinero desert, stay in Aguas Calientes and Machu Picchu, Colca Canyon with condors and Inca terraces, Cusco old city, Andahuaylilas Church and finally tracking the huge herd of peccary in amazon jungle.

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?

Finish your trip in Huacachinero oasis. Be prepared for really cold conditions at
Titicaca lake.

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?

Yes

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?

Very well organized travel, beautiful country with interesting contrasts (from desert to amazon jungle), kind people, good level of travel possibilities and accommodation. Recommend to people who like to be in the close touch with country life.

Reviewed on 07 Aug 2014 by Stuart Rieger

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?

Many great memories. Machu Pichu and the Amazon jungle would have to top the list. Viewing the Nazca lines and the sand dunes of Huacachina were also really special.

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?

We traveled the southern route of Peru. There is so much to see. Please travel beyond Cusco and Machu Pichu. Be warned that many of our activities began early in the morning. Marcel gave us excellent advice on which sites were the best to see. Bus travel in Peru is easy and very comfortable. Overall the country is very affordable.

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?

We did feel that our vacation benefited local people. We also felt the local people were very appreciative. The people of Peru are wonderful.

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?

This vacation was outstanding! We enjoyed all the places we visited, so much variety. We felt very safe, we encountered no problems. Marcel and his partner in Lima did an amazing job of planning and organizing our vacation. I would give them a VERY STRONG recommendation!

Reviewed on 01 Sep 2012 by Jane Lewis-Evans

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?

We did a tailor-made tour of Peru, and having invested time in reading up about what we wanted instead of just doing 'the usual' tourist attractions, I would not have changed a thing. Walking in Chivay region independently was one of the highlights, and a great starting point for the vacation. We also spent some time with a charity in Ollantaytambo and got to know some fantastic people working for the charity as well as local families.

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?

Just because places are popular tourist attractions, doesn't mean you have to do them! I don't think we paid much more tailoring our trip than if we'd just signed up to a tour. Our children (youngest is 11) did the Inca Trail and did not find it difficult, so would recommend it as a great experience for children. We spent 2.5 days in the Amazon rainforest and enjoyed that, and it showed a very different part of Peru.

Peru (and the operator organising our tour) were very organised and the whole trip ran smoothly, with drivers turning up at airports as expected, rooms always booked correctly at hotels, tour reps turning up on time to brief us on trips etc. This is one country where it is easy to travel independently, but with the luxury of having people waiting for you at key points!

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?

Yes. Recycling was encouraged, and filtered water was available in a few of the hotels to discourage plastic water bottle use.

We got in touch with a charity based in Ollantaytambo and took gifts out for special needs children. Hotel in Cusco (Hostal Marani) recycles clothes for local poor families, and many hotels have links to Peruvian charities supporting local communities.

Explorers Inn (Amazon Lodge) and I imagine most of the lodges along the Tambopota River supported conservation and employed local people as guides and staff (even if they struggled with languages, so not always best for tourists, but good for local communities).

There are some 'well known' restaurants in most of the cities, that people flock to due to Tripadvisor reviews. While some of these are excellent (we enjoyed eating in 3 of them) we generally chose to eat in the quieter restaurants run by local people. We didn't have a single bad meal in a restaurant, so would encourage the support of the smaller establishments too, as some of them appeared to be struggling against the popular tourist magnets!

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?

Excellent, varied, easy to travel, comfortable, delicious food, no hassle. We are a family of 4 (children aged 13 and 11) and this was the best vacation we have ever done. No hesitation in recommending Peru as a fantastic vacation destination for a family, and this oeprator for organising and setting up the perfect tailor made vacation, with plenty of consultation which lasted nearly a year!

Reviewed on 25 May 2012 by Samantha Lewis

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?

Seeing Machu Picchu through the mist in the early morning. Seeing dolphins and sea turtles alongside the cruise ship in the Galapagos. Hearing the grunts and feeling the vibrations of a stampede of over 50 peccaries in the Rainforest.

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?

Suspend your expectations and enjoy and immerse yourself in all that Peru and its people have to offer. Do try to communicate in Spanish as much as possible.

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?

Yes we believe that local people benefited and that the money we paid went towards supporting conservation.

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?

Excellent. A trip of a lifetime.

Reviewed on 27 Jul 2011 by Lorraine Anthony

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?

Machu Picchu & the Lares Trail.

2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?

Don't bother with Inca Express, use Cruz del Sur instead - much better service. Explorer's Inn is rather basic and facilities a bit run down and neglected - shame because the guides there are excellent. Need lots of warm clothes for Lares Trail - routes may vary from as described due to road closures and weather conditions. Make the most of down time at altitude to adjust.

3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?

To some extent.

4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?

Great experience, amazing sites - but very full on - little time to rest so don’t come for a relaxing break.

Read the operator's response here:

From Puno to Cusco (or visa versa) we always recommend to take the Inca Express bus above any other bus company or the tourist train, as this bus makes several stops at interesting archaeological & historical sites along the way which the other companies don’t and this would be a missed chance to see and experience more of the Andean culture. Sites visited are among others the village Pukara of the Tiwanaku culture and the Inca pilgrimage site at Raqchi with the Viracocha temple, residential quarters, a ritual bathing place, a colca storehouse area and an intact Inca trail running through the site up into the mountains, all really impressive.