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Our family trip to Peru was truly amazing! After 40 years, I finally returned to show my family my mother's roots, and the experience did not disappoint.

We spent most of our time in Cusco, where we met our wonderful guide, Guido. He walked with us, talked with us, laughed with us, and showed us the sites, the streets, and the community. We truly learned so much about the people and culture of Cusco ad Peru. We visited Moray and the Las Salinas de Maras - impressive, natural sites.

We visited Machu Picchu twice, completing both Circuit One and Two, and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. Aguas Calientes was phenomenal. Our hotel, literally right on the river, had a balcony that allowed me to fall asleep to the most beautiful sounds of the water.

We also got to see Rainbow Mountain at Palcoyo which was absolutely breathtaking. The unexpected beauty of that area felt untouched, yet there were still plenty of comforts. The cuisine throughout our trip was amazing, and the transportation was phenomenal. Our guide, Guido, truly made the trip spectacular.

Later, we visited Lima and had the opportunity to go on a food tour with David, who was absolutely charming and phenomenal. Not only was the food delicious and plentiful, but he also walked us through Barranco and showed us some beautiful sites. The people of Peru are kind, friendly and hard working. It was the perfect trip!

Hotel Reviews

Hatun Inti Boutique Machupicchu

Machu Picchu

Loved!

Authenticity & Character

Right o the river -

Location

Center of town

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Very clean and we received welcome pastries!!

Innside Lima Miraflores by Melia Hotels International

Miraflores

Hotel was in a great location Had a pool, restaurant and rooftop bar.

Authenticity & Character

Modern Hotel

Location

Miraflores -

Staff

Very friendly

Cleanliness & Comfort

squeaky clean and it smell so so good

La Casona de Yucay

Cusco

Very pretty - rooms where nice size. Restaurant on site was not great. Limited menu and quality not great.

Authenticity & Character

very pretty and mountain views were phenomenal

Location

It was in a quiet area but not much around to see or do - taki was needed to town or to other restaurants

Staff

Attentive

Cleanliness & Comfort

Abittare Hotels

Cusco

The rooms were on the smaller size. No ventilation in bathroom and no sound proofing - you could hear every sound and every conversation.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Great location

Staff

Responsive but not very friendly at the front desk -

Cleanliness & Comfort

very clean

Activity Reviews

Lunch at Unu

Sacred Valley

Location was beautiful! Restaurant was nice and staff super friendly. Food was ok - cold and nothing to write about.

Quality of Experience

Food

Not great -

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Guide - Guido was awesome.

Transport

Driver was amazing! Irlin

Walking Food Tour in Barranco (Group tour)

Lima

David made the tour memorable and he made sure we were all comfortable

Quality of Experience

Love it

Food

So, so good and so much of it!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Guide - David was amazing

Transport

Walking tour

Afternoon Exploration of Machu Picchu

Aguas Calientes/ Machu Picchu

This was amazing! We had perfect weather. Llamas walking around- it is amazing and so well maintained.

Quality of Experience

AMAZING

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Guide - Guido was so knowledgeable

Transport

It was easy to take the train and bus -

Moray circular terraces and soft hike to Maras salt mines

Peru

Lovely sites - natural

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

GUIDO was amazing - our guide and the driver Irlin was frindly and so helpful

Transport

The driver, Irlin, was on time and always friendly.

Hike to Palcoyo Rainbow Mountain (Private tour)

Cusco

Amazing - we had the perfect day and great weather

Quality of Experience

Breath taking

Food

We had a picnic - food and location were great !

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Guide -Guido was so fun! and patient

Transport

Irlin was a rock start! Hard drive but he made it easy

Chinchero Village & its archaeological park

Peru

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Sacsayhuaman & Cusco Guided

Cusco

We loved the walk and nature -

Quality of Experience

Perfect

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Guido is so knowledgeable and friendly

Transport

Perfect! Irlin was always available and on time

Morning visit of Ollantaytambo

Peru

Lots of walking but worth it!

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Second visit to Machu Picchu and Hike to its viewpoints

Aguas Calientes/ Machu Picchu

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Visiting Lima Historic Centre

Lima

This tour was ok. We spend lots of times in and out of restaurants looking at the architecture - which was redundant and very weird Twice the restaurant told us to be quiet and we could not talk. It felt intrusive and unwelcome. We did not see many of the sites we were told we were going to see.

Quality of Experience

Make sure to ask what sites will be visited and get confirmation.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The guide was nice but off topic and it was hard to follow -

Transport

Driver was punctual

Guide Oscar palomino was amazing. You can’t find a better guide

South America Journey 2025

We are back in California after our two month journey in South America. Kimkim and Marcela assisted us during our first segment of the trip, Patagonia, and during our last segment of the trip, Peru. In between Patagonia and Peru, my wife and I completed a 30-day self drive trip from Puerto Natales to Santiago ..... 5,000 km. The entire experience was stunning, our weather was fantastic and we have returned with a lifetime of memories.

Marcella organized great adventures and accommodations for us during the 14-day Patagonia segment. We collaborated with her easily prior to this trip so that our plan was suited to our travel standards. She was most patient, knowledgeable and available during the planning process. There were no glitzes in this self-drive Patagonia excursion which included Torres de Paine, the El Calafate area and the El Chalten region. The glaciers, trekking, boat excursions and accommodations were wonderful. Marcela made it happen!

Our 30-day driving trip through Argentina and Chile was exciting. Though we planned and executed this part of our journey independently, Marcela was available to provide ideas for our "Carratera Austral" road trip. Additionally, we had the pleasure of having a rendezvous with Marcela in Puerto Varas and enjoyed a coffee together before we continued our journey to Constitucion and Santiago. She was very nice to meet after soooooo many planning communications.

Janice and I added Peru to our South American trip rather late during the planning stages. Marcela stepped up and did an awesome job at organizing our trip. The Cusco experience was epic and our guide, Mega, during those days was most wonderful. Her knowledge, organization, patience and grasp of Inca / Quechua history was so very impressive. We also just fell in love with her care for us as we traveled around Cusco, Machu Picchu and Sacred Valley. Our guide at Machu Picchu was Darcy and he really took care of us on that trip and had a wealth of knowledge regarding the site.

Iquitos and our stay at Pacaya Samiria Lodge was a once-in-a-lifetime experience for us. Again the weather was beautiful ... we were very fortunate for our 2-months of good weather! We were picked up in Iquitos by Josiah and he was our guide for three memorable days at the lodge and on the water. We felt very fortunate to have such a scholar of wildlife as our guide. Josiah knows the birds and and environment ... and we felt very comfortable with him. The lodge was beautiful.

Our last segment in Peru was in Lima and again we had a very complete city tour with Lily (sp). Our free day in Lima was filled with many sights and again .... food.

The entire Peru experience assisted with great communications from Manuel, Ximena and Jennifer. Manuel Gordillo was particularly helpful with communicating our daily activities, planning for the next day and confirming our transportation.

Another big thank you to Marcela for helping us while we explored Argentina, Chile and Peru!

THANK YOU KIMKIM!

Bill and Janice Rolfing
South America 2025 Trip

Hotel Reviews

Sueños del Inka Hotel

Cusco

Hatun Inti Classic Machupicchu

Machu Picchu

Ava Spot Sacred Valley

Urubamba

Ikonik Miraflores

Lima

Casa Morey

Pacaya Samiria Lodge

Activity Reviews

Cultural City Tour in Lima

Lima

City Tour

Cusco

Iquitos Adventure Day 2

Iquitos

Sacred Valley Tour: Cusco - Chinchero - Ollantaytambo

Peru

Machu Picchu Excursion: Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu

Peru

Iquitos Adventure Day 3

Peru

Pisac Market & Surrounding Ruins

Peru

Iquitos Adventure Day 4

Peru

Iquitos Adventure Day 1

Iquitos

One of the best trip of my life. Everything was perfectly planned. In 10 days we were able to explore the amazon, climb the andes, and even sandsurf in the desert. Lima is such a vibrant city. Peruvians are extremely nice, and their culture is very fascinating. A special mention for the food, which was simply amazing.
Highly recommended!

We really enjoyed the trip. Excited about what we saw, and in general, the amount of time that was allotted to each place.

I'd say a couple of adjustments that we might have made would be to make better use of the full day that we had in Lima. It was good that the kids were able to kind of chill out in the afternoon while I walked around, but it feels like there were some key things that we maybe could've seen or done while we were there. I didn't realize about the Lima catacombs and that was something that was spectacular until we had left. Should've done more research on that.

Also, for the Cusco leg of the trip, we spent probably too much time traversing substantial sections of the Sacred Valley. It seems like we spent 1.5-2 hours on that road four times, and that there probably was some other way that that could've been reduced if the planning were to be adjusted.

Lastly, I think we would've preferred to have another day in Arequipa, perhaps reducing one of the days in the middle on the Cusco leg as necessary. Perhaps visiting the Salt Lake or taking a rafting trip down the river would have ben nice, given the effort to reach Arequipa by air travel.

These are really just nitpicks as we did have a wonderful time, but just wanted to mention a few things it could be improved if you were planning a similar trip for another family in the future. Thank thank you again for your planning efforts!