Review: Luxury Tour of Peru, Cusco, Lima, Sacred Valley, Larco Museum

I might have added a bit more time in Cusco and I wish I could have had more time in the Larco Museum in Lima. I mentioned to them that the weavers I visited in Chinchero were not forthcoming about selling stuff that was industrially made rather than handmade, even though the guide explained to them that I only wanted to buy items handmade locally. I suggested to them that they recommend tourists purchase items at the Awana Kancha alpaca and llama museum, where they sell fairly priced merchandise made by 14 local communities. The quality is higher and the money goes to support the communities. I upgraded the hotels in a couple instances and am really glad I did. I didn't change the hotel recommended for the Sacred Valley, though wish I'd had a better room as the shower was terrible - it may not have bothered me as much if I hadn't just come from the jungle where there was only a cold shower available for 4 days. (There should have been a hot shower, but something was wrong.) But I was really cold in the Sacred Valley and was looking forward to a "real" hot shower and disappointed it was only a hot or cold trickle. (The rest of the hotel, including the room, was lovely.)