Peru tour, tailor made

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.

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.

Many real tailor made options are possible at least with us. Whoever thought for instance of hiking from the Colca canyon to Cusco, an impressive expedition, or hiking off the beaten path trails in the Colca canyon with our GPS information and/or a private guide, or traveling with a private guide for 2 weeks through Peru off the beaten paths? The issue is that most travelers have little time and wish to see all the main highlights giving that their priority above exploring into the unknown. We can offer hiking off the beaten path trails in the Colca canyon with our GPS information or a private guide for instance visiting an amazing pre-colombian village hardly visited and hidden out of sight higher in the canyon. My personal experience on the islands of both Taqule and Amantani is very positive. I have met so many beautiful and authentic people with whom I have shared wonderful conversations and volley- and football games playing up into full moon lit nights! They love to meet travelers and do games together, and this breaks certainly the ice and leads to heart opening experiences. But you need to speak of course Spanish, integrate with their way of being, be able to make fun and be respectful at the same time. The National park of Paracas is impressive, and this is not only a personal experience as I have been many times with clients over here; you need to step out at Lagunillas and walk along the cliffs to for instance the beach of Minas, climb a hill, and afterwards have some delicious tapas at the tiny fisher village. It is amazing and beautiful, but you should not stay in the car and explore walking, to enjoy the steep cliffs, wind and shouting of the sea gulls. The cemetery was a looted place, one big chaos of bones & cotton that you can still see on old pictures in guidebooks. Afterwards archaeologists tried to make the best out of this completely destroyed graveyard, created some order by putting mummies, bones and ceramics together and offering the public a view of a few funeral chambers. Cusco is loved by most travelers! It is such a special location and you could say thanks to all the travelers there are so many facilities for immersing in city life, shopping, Nova Andean cuisine and enjoying culture all at the same time in this the former capital of the Incas, it is a wonderful combination. All local agencies we work with are Peruvian and so all the income flows back to the Peruvian society.