Essential Peru- What a trip, I would recommend to all This was a fantastic holiday.with a good balance of experiances, tastes and transport.
There were long bus journeys but the scenery was so amazing you will see the local wild life, Alpaca's, Condor's plus many others it was never boring, even an erupting volcano on our trip.
I booked on this with a coupl eof friends to celebrate my 50th birthday. It really was a trip of a lifetime and exceeded all my expectations. The Group leader was so knowledgable and funny and his side kick entertained us with his singing in the morning.
we had a really friendly lovely group of people that all survived the trip together, despite some of us suffering altitude porblems, we pulled together and helped each other through with lots of spirit and laughter.
The porters were fantastic - went out of their way to make the experience a good one and the cooks were amazing - the meals were superb and healthy - even cooked a birthday cake for one of the group during the trek!
Would definatley recommend this to anyone wanting an adventure
Highly recommended (but be prepared for the long journeys!) All of the reviews of this trip are consistent in one thing - you will spend a lot of time on the road, but Peru is huge country and there is a lot to see so this shouldn't come as a surprise! I loved this trip - its varied, with a great mix of town and country and plenty to see and do. I personally found the altitude to be challenging at times but due to the mix of going high and coming down lower found this became easier as the trip progressed. The coaches used were very comfortable and the hotels were clean, comfortable and when in the cities well appointed for the town centres. Those in more rural areas were beautifully appointed.