TESTIMONIALS

Umi Abdul - Malasya

Hello Marita,

Thank you for organizing the trip. Overall, I had a good trip. I enjoyed the day tour in Rio. If I were to do it again, probably I’ll skip Petropolis. The guide for the trip is very good though.

Port Iguassu and the 2 trips to the falls were wonderful. If I live close to your part of the world, I would visit and revisit the falls quite a number of times….

I enjoyed the dinner and the tango show in Buenos Aires. More the show than the dinner, I guess.

I find that your Argentinean teams were more organized.

But as I said I did have good time. The drivers, the guides and your representatives, they were generally good, some better than the others.

I would suggest that transfer to Buenos Aires airport more than 4 hours of the flight departure time. I took 2 hours and 15 minutes to reach the airport. Traffic can be really bad especiallly in bad weather.

That all that I can think of.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Umi.

 

Danesh & Kanchana Dissayanake - USA

Hi Susana,

Hope you are doing good 🙂

In a summary, we had a great time in Ecuador 🙂 From Wheels up to Wheels Down, on point. Guides are excellent. Punctual, patient, non rushed.

My only complaint: Our Guide Effiran Needs a crash course on Photography ( just kidding ) 😀

Btw it was a good idea to leave Papallacta and stay in Quito for the night flight ( last day ) As we left at 12PM, it was very foggy cant see the road ahead for 10 kilo meter stretch. Hats off for the advise.

Another excellent trip with Peru Trip Advisors  🙂 You delivered what I wanted. Nothing more nothing less.

Cheers to the service.

Catch you soon.

Rgds

Danesh

 


DAVID TRAN - USA

Hi Susana,

We loved the tour and it exceeded our expectation.  My kids even thanked me for taking them there.  What a beautiful country you have.

I have been telling my friends and co-workers about our trip and everyone is so jealous!  😊

Thank you so much!

David

David Tran

David Tran and family

 

ANDREW HAZEN - CANADA

Hi Susana,

I just wanted to give you some feedback on the terrific trip you put together for us.  We had a great time, and really appreciated the service and flexibility you provided during the trip.

The guides were all excellent and really knew their stuff.

Tierra Viva hotels in Urubamba and Aguas Callientes were terrific.

The Huchuy Quosco hike was outstanding.  It was great to be on the mountains and the Inca Trail essentially by ourselves rather than in a crowd as would have been the case on the standard treks. Camping up on Huchay Quosco was a real treat and the guides took great care of us.  The trail chef was awesome – all the food was great, and he even baked a birthday cake for Naomi in the morning on the mountain.

Our one complaint the next day was that the timing of things was just too tight. By the time we got to Pisac, we didn’t have time for the longer hike back down to the town and we didn’t really have time in Pisac market either.  This was partly because we waited a long time at the van near Lamay for the guys with the horses to make their way down, but even without that delay I think it would have been too tight.  The guys were also very concerned with the timing of getting us to the lunch buffet back in Urubamba.  In retrospect, we could have skipped that as well and done something different for lunch, but I understand it was pre-arranged and pre-paid, but something to bear in mind for the future.

Ollaytantambo was described as a hike to the ruins, but really it’s just a bit of a climb up the ruins right from the town market, so again we thought we were getting a hike but not really. Though the ruins were very impressive.

Machu Picchu was absolutely amazing, and we are so glad we were able to get the tickets to climb Hayna Picchu and the smaller peak. We climbed through the mists and then they cleared when we got to the top and it was magnificent.  Our guide for Machu Picchu itself was terrific, with great explanations and stories.

Cusco itself was a surprising delight. We were expecting a typical city and it was anything but.  It was also very cool that every night there were crowds of young people out in the squares practicing solstice dances etc.  Only downside for me in Cusco was that I tried the purple corn drink in the evening and was really sick the next day.  Spent the airport waittime curled up on a bench recuperating LOL.

The Amak Lodge was very nice and the staff were great. All of the meals were excellent. However, they seemed to be getting re-started under new management and there were only one or two groups there.  I think they need to work on their excursions however.  Visits to monkey island and the little local conservation/rescue centre were positioned as separate trips even though they are very close along the river together and could easily be done together in one half-day (which is what we had them do for us).  There seemed to be a lot of down-time in between things.

Following that we talked at length with the local head guide and came up with a better plan. They took us fishing, and although we didn’t really catch anything it was fun.  Then the next day we did a full day jungle hike. We had the lead guide, his good friend, and Daniel from the conservation centre.  We all hiked 2-3 hours into the jungle, and they picked wild yucca on the way and gathered worms for fishing.  We got to a spot with a stream where we spent an hour or so fishing (successfully!) while the guys made a fire, gutted the fish, roasted the yuccas and we all had a great lunch before hiking back again. It was a fast hike because they were concerned about timing, but was definitely more what we were looking for.  I think they would do well to build a selection of such activities so that there are choices between short-and-leisurely excursions and more involved treks.

We then spent a day wandering around Iquitos, which as also very interesting.  Went to a couple of museums including the River Boat museum which was very interesting.

All in all, it was a fantastic trip and well worth the time and money.  Thanks again for arranging everything for us.

Here is a VLOG that our kids made of the trip:  My Trip to Peru

 


TAO CHEN - USA

Hi Susana,

We are back to San Diego and working on going back to our daily routine.

Thank you so much for arranging this amazing trip for us. We really really enjoyed everything. If you want us to post our most positive review on any website, please let me know. I will definitely refer my friends and family members to you. Actually my sister is already considering visiting Machu Picchu soon.

Thank you again, and it was nice to also meet your lovely family. Your daughter is adorable.😃

Chen family in Peru

Chen family in Peru

 

JAMES SCHWANKE - USA

Second trip with Peru Trip Advisors.

Hi Marita,

Overall my trip was very good except for missed Bogota airport pickup. I think greeter was at different portal on same floor. Apparently there are two exit doors from immigration/customs and I took less formal one.

Highlight of trip was probably Isla Grande with good snorkeling and relaxed hotel with good food.

Cartagena was much busier with tourists on the street than I had expected but Bantu Hotel was nice.

Last day in Bogota really just layover between flights.

Perhaps I should have considered flying out of Cartagena to USA but not sure about connecting flights to San Francisco.

Overall this was a good trip.

Tatiana was especially good guide for Medellin—her English very strong.

Museo de Oro in Bogota excellent.

Muchas Gracias.

James Schwanke.

 


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