Travel Review: Luxury Peru Vacation Package, Limo, Ilo, Arequipa, Puno, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Puero Maldonado,...

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Helen S.

10.28.2011

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Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

Peru

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

The travel company was excellent. They were there at every transfer and extremely helpful. They made changes when illness struck and we needed to rest a day. This was important as we would have missed our Machu Picchu day if they hadn't arranged for us to go the next day. We were very happy to have someone on our side at that point.. Another of the photos shows how resourceful our driver and guide had to be just to get us to our lodging one afternoon when the road was basically "out."

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

I really enjoyed going back to my old stomping grounds in Ilo, Peru. We found two very interesting things to do there even though it is off the beaten path...the Chiribaya Museum and Punta Coles. Posada Amazonas in the jungle was incredible as well. We saw even more than promised or hinted at in the literature. We enjoy being on our own;so, I would have spent less time on guided tours and more exploring by ourselves. The plaza in Tanque taking photos with the Andean eagles was also a highlight..we loved all the times we saw animals.....the condors at Cruz del Condor were spectacular.

The food was also a real treat...we tried lots of interesting things..a photo is included of cuy chactadocon cabeza, which is a must while in Arequipa.

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

I would not do the home stay on Amantani....we are at an age...60 and 70 where having a restroom close by is important in the middle of the night. The stone stairs on Taquile were a little much for my husband...we did it but it wasn't fun. Our information told us there would be "some" stairs...later we learned there would be many...turned out to be 530..straight down, no rail....very hard on the old knees.

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