Travel Review: Tour of Peru, Cusco & Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu was going to be incredible, regardless, but our travel agency made the whole experience truly memorable.  Their tour guides were exceptional, passionate about their culture, history, & peoples, showing that even today they believe in living in harmony with the earth & nature, and teaching the science & technology the Incas utilized.  We requested "tourist" level accommodations and had beautiful, modern hotels with good service, a different experience in each city.  Breakfasts that were included at the hotels were very good with fresh food.  The buffet lunches had a nice variety of local dishes, and the dinners that were included were excellent.  We had 12 people in our group & always had nice, clean, modern vans to travel in.  Their drivers were excellent driving over poor roads, some very narrow on cliffs where only 1 vehicle could pass requiring some backing up.  Our train ride back to Cusco from Machu Picchu was cut short mid-trip, unexpectedly dropping us off at Ollantaytambo at night due to protests in Cusco.  Our travel agency had a van there waiting to meet us & drive us back to Cusco 2 hours away.   Other than a couple of minor issues with food allergies & 1 missed breakfast our travel agency took excellent care of us.