Kimkim Trip Reviews for Peru

Exactly the trip I wanted. I appreciated getting to know the country in a variety of ways, particularly in terms of the history, culture and nature. I also really enjoyed getting off the beaten path for several days of more aggressive hiking, and away from the crowds. I had great guides all around - Guido, Hugo + Team, Juan Carlos and Dennys. Many thanks to Jimena for creating a great itinerary.

Hotel Reviews

Casa San Blas Boutique

Cusco

Great location, beautiful hotel. A little loud. Great staff.

Location

Staff

Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay

Urubamba

Beautiful and relaxing. An extra special place

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Activities-a-la-carte at Tambopata Research Center

Tambopata

Beautiful lodges. Very interesting set of activities and opportunities to engage with the research.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Choquequirao Trek 1/6

Peru

A challenging hike, and totally worth it. Great to get away and get in to Choquequirao.

Quality of Experience

Food

Amazing food in very remote locations.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Amazing team. Hugo, Martin, Fortunato, Juan Carlos y Jose

Transport

Moray circular terraces and soft hike to Maras salt mines

Peru

Sacsayhuaman, Temple of the Moon and Koricancha

Cusco

A great base of knowledge for the entire trip.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

The guide and ariquipa
And Erica was exallent

Hotel Reviews

Tierra Viva Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu

Good location

Authenticity & Character

Nothing special

Location

Center

Staff

Ok

Cleanliness & Comfort

Ok

San Agustin Urubamba

Urubamba

Nice garden and atmosphere at night with fire pits

Authenticity & Character

Nice atmosphere

Location

We need taxi

Staff

Ok

Jose Antonio Cusco Hotel

Cusco

Nothing unique

Authenticity & Character

Style

Location

Could be better

Staff

Ok

Cleanliness & Comfort

Maintenance

Taypikala Lago

Puno

Far away from center every time we needed a tax time and money.

Authenticity & Character

Nothing

Location

Far from city

Staff

Nice

Cleanliness & Comfort

Ok

Killawasi Lodge

Yanque

Nice ,empty

Authenticity & Character

Nothing unique

Location

Far a way from hot springs

Staff

Nice

Cleanliness & Comfort

Nothing to do there

Casona Plaza Hotel AQP

Arequipa

Amazing ,style,atmosphere

Authenticity & Character

Amazing,bring you back to history

Location

Middle of town

Staff

Perfect

Cleanliness & Comfort

Unique

Casa Andina Select Paracas

Paracas

Nothing to do

Authenticity & Character

Like a club

Location

Nothing around

Staff

Ok

Cleanliness & Comfort

Gim room

Las Dunas

Ica

Amazing,pools ,gardens,horses,perfect breakfast

Authenticity & Character

Gardens,style

Location

After dunas a cool 🏊

Staff

Helpful

Cleanliness & Comfort

Vacation atmosphere

Del Pilar Miraflores Hotel

Lima

Simple, I prefer to take hotel in the old town

Authenticity & Character

Not a botic ik very simple

Location

I prefer the old town

Staff

Poor ebpnhkush

Cleanliness & Comfort

Location,style

Activity Reviews

Arequipa City Tour & Santa Catalina Monastery

Arequipa

Very good interesting

Quality of Experience

Quality of Experience

Quality of Experience

Food

Ok

Food

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Transport

Transport

Arequipa City Tour & Santa Catalina Monastery

Arequipa

Very good interesting

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Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

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From Paracas to Lima - Afternoon at leisure

Peru

Nothing special

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Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

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Ica to Nazca: Scenic Flight over the Nazca Lines - Return to Paracas

Peru

To long drive for the experience

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Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Lima – Paracas – Ica

Peru

Very nice

Quality of Experience

Amazing

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The dunes experience

Transport

Long

Lima City Tour; The Colonial & The Modern

Lima

Not proffecinal

Eduardo was amazing!

We are a family of five and so we had a lot of opinions and needs...which kept changing. Eduardo responded kindly and quickly to each of our last minute requests. Everything Eduardo planned for us was seam-less. I really appreciate that he was available by WhatApp throughout our trip...that really helped.

Thank you for a wonderful trip Eduardo!

Activity Review

Machu Picchu Excursion: Aguas Calientes - Only Guidance + Consetur Bus

Peru

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

All the drivers were fine, only one was less than amazing.

Transport

We had an amazing time! Thanks Nancy for showing us Lima and talking archaeology. Thanks Julio for sharing your stories we had a great time in Cuzco and Sacred Valley. And Jimena we had a great time appreciate all the planning you did to ensure a great trip.

All guides were wonderful.

Hotel Reviews

Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica

Puerto Maldonado

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Casa Andina Premium Cusco

Cusco

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Intiqa

Puno

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Colca Lodge

Cercado, Yanque

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Innside Lima Miraflores by Melia Hotels International

Miraflores

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Machu Picchu Excursion: from Sacred Valley - Machu Picchu - Cusco

Peru

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Chimu Floating Island and Luquina Community Homestay

Peru

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Liz Karen was fantastic and thorough in planning out my itinerary, and all the guides and drivers were wonderful! They were reliable and helped me with every stage of my trip. Peru is truly beautiful and I loved my time in Cusco and Machu Picchu! I enjoyed seeing Pisac and Ollantaytambo -- the views and the history! I felt the altitude and breathlessness, so I highly recommend hiking preparation for all the steps, drinking lots of filtered water and coca tea, and taking altitude meds. I didn't have much time to acclimate so those helped. Javier was my guide for my circuit at Machu Picchu and provided a lot of interesting info about Incan culture. If you plan to hike Huayna Picchu, I suggest taking the 8 am slot because I took the 10 am slot and it was hotter and I got dehydrated from the intense climb. The guards also close the HP trail at 1 pm so you'll have more time to summit and not feel rushed if you take the first entrance. Pablo was our terrific guide at Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain and helped us with nose spray and trekking poles to adjust to the altitude. It was worth the views! I would've needed more time to acclimate so I'm glad I chose Palccoyo and not Vinicunca (but I'd love to visit there as well). Lastly, driver Dionicio was fantastic and took me around Cusco to the Inca Museum, Cristo Blanco, and an alpaca textile shop, as well as a restaurant where they served cuy and had a great view of the city. The hotel staff at Tika Wasi were very helpful and friendly and assisted me with ordering food delivery when I was tired after my day tours. Watch out for unauthorized taxi drivers at Lima Airport and only use the free shuttle to the hotel! From start to finish, Peru was magnificent and I'd love to return! Thank you to kimkim and Andean Travel for a great experience!

Overall, the planning and execution of the trip was excellent. Eduardo was a fantastic coordinator and was always ready to help. Gerbreth in Lima and Andres in Cuzco were also excellent coordinators and very helpful, always on time and polite. The itinerary was great, but we would have done some things differently if we had known. The initial stay in Lima was too long and we could have skipped the Danza show (which was very nice but not essential) and the gastronomic tour (also very nice but not essential). Instead, we would have preferred to stay an extra day in Cuzco which is more interesting to us. Rolando in the Amazon jungle tour was great and very knowledgeable. In Cuzco we enjoyed the visits to the various ruins and Machu Picchu. Julio was a good guide but his English was hard to understand at times and he always seemed in a rush. The city tour of Cuzco was not really a city tour as much as a tour of the cathedral and a convent that contained some Inca temple ruins. The Cathedral and convent tours were far too long and very boring to us. The guide, Emil, was enthusiastic and polite, but his English was very hard to understand. He also seemed in a rush all the time and we did not have time to stop to buy snacks or drinks. The latter part of the tour to the ruins on the outskirts of the city were interesting but were quite rushed and again hard to follow Emil's English. We were hungry most of the time and there was no chance to get a snack along the way. Overall we'd prefer a bit slower pace with a bit more free time to visit markets and try food on our own.

Hotel Reviews

Holiday Inn Lima Airport

Lima

Good airport hotel.

Authenticity & Character

Inside the hotel it is clean and safe, all modern and up to date.

Location

Good for next day air travel. However, even being so close to the airport we needed 20-30 minutes to get to the terminal due to traffic and construction. The surrounding area is unpleasant and not walkable.

Staff

They were all friendly and helpful.

Cleanliness & Comfort

No issues at all.

Sonesta Hotel Cusco

Cusco

Excellent hotel and location. Excellent breakfast. Staff were all great.

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Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Corto Maltes Amazon Lodge

Puerto Maldonado

Excellent lodge in a primitive setting. Staff are friendly and helpful. Food is simple but good.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

There was no hot water for showers in our cabin and overall it was a bit too rustic for our taste.

Dazzler Miraflores by Wyndham

Lima

Very nice hotel but a bit out of the way for walking around Lima.

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Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Cusco city tour & nearby Archeological Sites (Small Group)

Cusco

Need to allow more time and have better a English speaking guide.

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Exquisito Peru - Gastronomic tour and local market visit. - Private

Lima

Not very interesting to us but should appeal to many others.

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Lima: Colonial city tour & Larco Museum

Lima

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Corto Maltés 3D/2N (day 2)

Puerto Maldonado

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Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

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Full day Machu Picchu (Group)

Peru

Need to allow more time and have better a English speaking guide.

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Transport

Sacred Valley Tour - Shared Services

Peru

Need to allow more time and have better a English speaking guide.

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Transport

Everything was amazing! We loved the trip

Hotel Reviews

Inkaterra Hacienda Concepción

Puerto Maldonado

Perfect hotel

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay

Urubamba

I love this hotel, beautiful en everything was good

Authenticity & Character

Beautiful

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Pullman Lima Miraflores

Miraflores, Lima

Nice hotel, breakfast was perfect

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Cusco Walking City Tour

Cusco

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Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Lunch at a local restaurant

Sacred Valley

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Pisac Archaeological Site & Village Tour

Peru

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Transport

A Final Evening with Peru’s History and Flavors

Peru

We had a lunch/ no dine! We are at 19:30 on the airport, but the flight was 00:55 yet. We have to wait very long

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First afternoon at Hacienda Concepcion

Peru

Everything was perfect

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Machu Picchu Exploration

Aguas Calientes/ Machu Picchu

Amazing so beautiful

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Maras Salt Ponds

Peru

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

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Welcome to Cusco & The Sacred Valley!

Peru

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Time to depart from Hacienda Concepcion

Tambopata

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Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Third day at Hacienda Concepcion: Botanical Garden & Inland Collpa

Tambopata

Amazing

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Second day at Hacienda Concepción: Sandoval Lake & Canopy Walkway

Tambopata

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Misminay Community, lunch and hike to Moray

Sacred Valley

Very nice

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Morning Visit to Ollantaytambo

Peru

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Transfer to Cusco Airport

Cusco

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Inca Megalithic stonework in Cusco and surroundings

Cusco

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Transfer to Lima Airport

Lima

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Lima: History, Culture & Local Gastronomy

Lima

Quality of Experience

Food

Perfect

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Transport

I appreciated the very personalized trip planned by Io. She is exceptionally responsive and understood the kind of trip we wanted....deeper immersion, fewer hotel stays and long car rides, some independent time to explore, great food and stellar accomodations. We absolutely loved every hotel: gorgeous Sol Y Luna, Belmond Sanctuary where we had the best food of our lives, and the warmth and location of Antigua Casona. Highly recommend all three. We loved the cultural immersion trips: Llama trekking and the Potato experience were standouts. Machu Picchu was of course stunning. I appreciated the recommendations for our free days and restaurants. Jimy, our guide was fantastic,knowledgeable, fun and flexible. I also appreciated Lisbeth's efforts to retrieve and return a hat I left in MP.

Overall it was a great trip, however, we had some really basic logistical missteps that caused hassles that should have been avoided on a high end trip such as this. I shared that feedback and frustration directly and felt that they did their best to address it, and treated us to a dinner to offset some of the hassle. This is the second time we've booked with kimkim and the first time we have encountered logistical difficulty on the ground.

Hotel Reviews

Antigua Casona San Blas

Cusco

Beautiful, well located, exceptional service and food.

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Belmond Sanctuary Lodge

Machu Picchu

Absolutely beautiful, loved the ease of going the MP, exceptional service and among the best food we have every had, anywhere.

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Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Sol y Luna Hotel (Relais & Chateaux)

Urubamba

Exceptional, gorgeous and wonderful food.

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Activity Reviews

Flight to Cusco & Direct private transfer to the Sacred Valley w/assistance

Peru

Flight from CUSCO to LIMA I had to ask repeatedly for the boarding passes. We never received them until around 6 pm before our departure at 4 am. As a result of the late check in, we were in a very late boarding group requiring us to check luggage (we always do carry on and always plan for that) and weren't seated together. I shouldn't have had to ask repeatedly for the boarding passes. It would have been easier to handle this myself.

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

The drivers were fine on both airport transfers. The driver on the transfer from Ollantaytambo to CUsco never said a single word to us, even through a terrible drive over roads that made us nearly sick to our stomachs.

Transport

The route taken between Ollayntambo to CUsco after our MP visit should not be allowed by your company. It was deeply unsettling and extremely uncomfortable.

Explore Machu Picchu & Return to Cusco (Private Guided tour in Machu Picchu) SV

Peru

The Belmond Sanctuary is well worth the price. We had two circuits on one day. Worth it, but it is alot so rest up!

Quality of Experience

Food

Best food of our lives.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Extremely bad transport experience. We were booked for a private driver up to MP. Turns out that is not even possible, and we missed the last bus up trying to scramble to get bus tickets. Eventually made it. Big hassle. The next day it then took us 6 hours to get to Cusco: bus ride down, late train and an absolutely harrowing drive from the train to Cusco via extremely deserted roads, many with previous rock slides causing the road to become one lane and very, very rough dirt roads. I know there must have been a different route through the mountains. It was a terrible drive. I don't know why we couldn't have gone directly from MP to Cusco and had our luggage delivered. A six hour, extremely uncomfortable journey was competely unacceptable on a trip like this. We loved MP, but the travel hassle in both directions really impacted our impression of what was to be a highlight.

Potato Experience in the Sacred Valley

Sacred Valley

This was one of our top experiences. We learned so much and the warmth of the family and stunning scenery on the drive made it so memorable.

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Private tour to The Salt Flats of Maras, Llama Trek, Shared Pachamanca Lunch & Self guided tour to Ollantaytambo town

Sacred Valley

Loved this, especially the Llama Trek. We learned so much and our guide Jimy was fabulous. It is a very, very long day and the road to Ollantaytambo was really rough. The Pachamance lunch was delicious, but it was a long drive and we ended up there very late due to the road so we missed some of it. The food was excellent, though.

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My small group thoroughly enjoyed Alfredo’s deep knowledge of the history of Lima and Peru, and learned so much from him. We also really loved our time with Alvaro exploring Paracas Natural Reserve. His passion and knowledge of the park was incredible. Both these guides were personable, easy to chat with and made our full days with them very memorable!

Hotel Review

Innside Lima Miraflores by Melia Hotels International

Miraflores

Excellent. Great location and spacious rooms.

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Activity Reviews

Drive to Paracas

Lima

This day trip was incredible. Exploring so many parts of Paracas Natural Reserve was beautiful and awe-inspiring. Our guide Alvaro was knowledgeable and passionate, which added to our enjoyment. He also instilled confidence that he knew the park so well, that you’d be safe and comfortable.

Quality of Experience

Our guide Alvaro was incredible!

Food

Lunch at Inti Mar was breathtakingly beautiful and delicious and so fresh!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Alvaro was passionate about Paracas and also very easy to spend the whole day with - funny, interesting and very knowledgeable. He was also an excellent and confident driver.

Transport

Alvaro is an excellent and confident driver, with a vehicle that is in tip top shape.

Art and Local Cuisine in Bohemian Barranco

Lima

The bartending and cooking class at Hotel B were both fun and it’s a great venue! We went right from this to lunch - at a wonderful restaurant (owned by husband-wife team in their former house!) and it would have been much better if there was a bit of time between the cooking class and lunch…

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Must Sees Lima: Casa Aliaga & Larco Museum with Lunch

Lima

Quality of Experience

Our guide Alfredo was excellent. He was incredibly knowledgeable and very easy to spend the day with. We learned a lot and had a great time.

Food

Lunch was great at the Museum

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Alfredo and Alverdo were amazing. So knowledgeable and passionate about their country. Alverdo went above and beyond !

Hotel Review

Innside Lima Miraflores by Melia Hotels International

Miraflores

Great hotel, centrally located

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Activity Reviews

Drive to Paracas

Lima

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Art and Local Cuisine in Bohemian Barranco

Lima

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Food

Lunch was right after the ceviche making class.

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Must Sees Lima: Casa Aliaga & Larco Museum with Lunch

Lima

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Liz and Lisbeth provided a great experience for our Peruvian trip.

Planning a bucket list trip is hard enough, but when you have someone who sees your vision and goes above and beyond to make it comes to life, you know you have made the right decision. From the second we connected with Liz Karen, we knew it was going to be great. Despite how many times, I changed my mind, tweaked our trip, Liz was amazing and handled it promptly. The trip was everything we had hoped for and more. Everything was seamless. A few days before we left, LatAm cancelled one of our local flights. Liz and her team sprung into action and had it resolved in 24 hours. They even checked us in for the local flights and even send us our boarding passes. Communication while in Peru was amazing and they were responsive if we had any questions, or if something had changed. Thank you Liz and your team for planning and make this trip unforgettable.

Our trip to Machu Picchu was spectacular. As was our visits to Lima, Paracas and the Sacred Valley.

Our Tour Guide in Lima, Nancy, was very knowledgeable about the City's history. Her joy for cuisine was also memorable. We had a great time with Nancy.

Paracas was a huge surprise, as we did not know how expansive the Desert was and the Paracas Reserve was fabulous. Alvaro was the consummate Tour Guide, as the Desert is his life. The adventures he took us on will forever be etched in our memories.

Our days with EJ and Willie (our driver) were filled with wonderful and epic sites. EJ is a plethora of knowledge concerning the Inca people and culture. We learned so much from him. The side excursions like Stargazing alongside the road was awesome. And our coffee stops were filled with great conversation. We will forever remember EJ, as a Friend and Family.

Io was so wonderful to work with throughout the entire planning process. I could not have planned this trip myself. There were many pieces and the trip was perfect!
Lisbeth was our wonderful contact while in Peru and she kept us well informed and was always available to answer all of our questions on WhatsApp.
Our tour guides, Natali and Nataly were excellent, very knowledgeable, and so friendly. We loved spending our days with them! Our drivers were always ready and waiting for us and got us to our destinations safely. Our goal was to see Machu Picchu but we were treated to so much more of Perú. We are so very happy to have gone through KimKim and can’t wait to plan our next adventure!!

Hotel Reviews

Sonesta Posada del Inca

Urubamba

Beautiful hotel, and landscaping , friendly and accommodating staff, wonderful breakfast and many places outside to relax and unwind. The pizza and ice cream were delicious too!

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Hilton Garden Inn Cusco

Cusco

We really enjoyed the Hilton. The staff was so helpful, friendly, and accommodating. We had an afternoon pickup for the airport and they allowed a late checkout and let us stay on property to relax until our driver arrived. The restaurant served excellent breakfast and dinner and everyone was so very welcoming.

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El Mapi by Inkaterra

Cusco

This was a fun hotel right in Aguas Calientes, excellent dinner and breakfast, located right in the middle of everything, The staff was so friendly, helpful, and efficient.

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Casa Andina Premium Miraflores

Lima

Wonderful and friendly staff, great location in Miraflores, excellent breakfast!

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Activity Reviews

Sacred Valley’s Hummingbirds

Sacred Valley

Beautiful and unique little garden with many different hummingbirds! Very quiet and peaceful.

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Private Half-Day Cusco Walking Tour: Sacsayhuamán, Qoricancha & San Pedro Market

Cusco

Nataly walked us around Cusco beginning at Sacsayhuamán, then continuing down through the San Pedro market and a couple of other shops. We did a chocolate tasting and finished up at Qoricancha. She even walked us back up the hill to our hotel. She was so sweet! It was wonderful getting to spend 2 days of tours with her!

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Explore Machu Picchu & Return to Cusco (Private Guided tour in Machu Picchu) SV

Peru

Visiting Machu Picchu has been on my bucket list for many years. It was unreal, spiritual, fascinating, and just perfect! We were on circuit 1 to see the top view, then circuit 3 with our tour guide, Javier, to walk through the ruins. He was so knowledgeable and fun!! So very happy we were able to take this trip.

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Ollantaytambo Self-Guided Exploration with Pachamanca Farm Lunch & Scenic Observatory Train to Machu Picchu

Peru

We did not do the self guided Ollantaytambo piece. We chose to relax that morning. But we did go to the Pachamanca lunch which was a demonstration of how our lunch was prepared on hot stones buried underground, along with a brief tour of their coffee production and distillery. We had a tasting too!! Loved that! When lunch was ready, it was family style and so delicious! After lunch, we headed right down the path to catch the train to Aguas Calientes. So easy! Seating on the train was a bit tight but overall was a comfortable ride.

Quality of Experience

Pachamanca food and experience was outstanding and the train ride was so cool.

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Private tour to Ollantaytambo, Moray, Maras & Chinchero

Sacred Valley

Nataly took us on this tour and she was awesome! We climbed and shopped and she was so knowledgeable. We later grabbed a very nice lunch at a restaurant she recommended. We then were able you tour a hummingbird sanctuary which was very cool! So many different hummingbirds all around us!

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Flight & transfer to The {{end_location}}: Private tour & Hacienda

Peru

Such a wonderful day. The tours were so much fun, our guide, Natali, was excellent, and lunch was delicious!

Quality of Experience

Food

Our lunch was amazing! We had a room to ourselves with an awesome view, excellent service, and delicious food!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

We shared some Spanish conversations!

Transport

Everything was excellent from start to finish. Jimena and the rest of the team planned our trip down to every small detail. From airport pickups, arranging breakfast/lunch boxes while travelling and taking us to the excursions. The guides and drivers were punctual, knowledgeable and willing to adapt pace to the day. They even helped us dealing with the altitude sickness in Cusco. We would recommend without hesitation.

Trip of a life time

Natalie, William and Javier were each terrific guides.

Hotel Reviews

Inti Punku MachuPicchu Hotel & Suites

Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes

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Sueños del Inka Hotel

Cusco

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Activity Reviews

Shared Cooking Classes Ivanna Lescano (18:00 - 19:30)

Cusco

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Machu Picchu Tour (Private Guided Tour) AM

Aguas Calientes/ Machu Picchu

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Shared tour to Pisac, Ollantaytambo & Train to Machu Picchu town

Peru

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Private Half-Day Cusco Walking Tour: Sacsayhuamán, Qoricancha & San Pedro Market

Cusco

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Transport

I felt like our local guide Liz really understood the sorts of travel experiences we wanted and she planned an excellent trip for us understanding what we wanted. The trip had a lot of moving parts and everything worked smoothly. The guides were great too, the drivers especially to cusco and the sacred valley were wonderful.

Hotel Reviews

Casa Andina Premium Villas

Urubamba

Lovely location- awesome restaurant...HIGHLY recommend the inka astronomy experience the hotel offers

Authenticity & Character

Reminded me of some very lovely hotels in the American southwest

Location

Lovely quiet location

Staff

Polite and nice

Cleanliness & Comfort

All good except for the rooster who wanted to wake everyone at 4 :)

Casa San Blas Boutique

Cusco

The hotel is set very well...near a plaza. The decor is lovely too..lots of lovely textiles. The noise level though was really hard to sleep through. Every other guest coming up or down the stairs was so audible. Made sleeping hard.

Authenticity & Character

Lovely decor ...appreciated the textiles!

Location

Very close to all the main attractions

Staff

Everyone was very kind and helpful

Cleanliness & Comfort

Cleanliness was outstanding- noise though was a serious problem and made sleeping hard.

Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel

Machu Picchu

This hotel is just aesthetically gorgeous. Each cottage is decorated beautifully. The hotel sits in the most lovely gardens. We saw many many orchid species. If you bird this is heaven - saw the cock of the rock, Andean motmot, a brilliant barbet...the list goes on and on. And the restaurant is extremely fine! Definitely our favorite day in Peru!

Authenticity & Character

Lovely decorations

Location

Corner of town...tucked away in lovely gardens

Staff

It was pouring on the morning we had signed up for a birding tour and the guide did it anyway with us for an hour and a half...extremely kind!!!

Cleanliness & Comfort

Nothing to improve here

Tambopata Research Center

Tambopata

We chosea standard room which comes with no fan! I highly recommend upgrading to a comfort room - we got lucky 2 of 3 nights with the weather but it could be miserable if we were off by one night even. This is a very unique hotel in that the entire room is exposed to the jungle...no nets even. So cicadas moths and everything else can be in your room. That took a bit of getting used to...but it also means macaws wander in to the breakfast area to steal banana bread.

Authenticity & Character

You are camping in the amazon

Location

You are absolutely in the Amazon- no question about it

Staff

Dino the guide was super nice

Cleanliness & Comfort

Very clean but no fan in the Amazon or charging for it seemed a bit silly.

Dazzler Miraflores by Wyndham

Lima

Solid hotel very nice location in miraflores.

Authenticity & Character

Its the usual brand hotel

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Flight to Puerto Maldonado & Tambopata Research Center 1/4

Peru

Just a really long day ...and you get in just after dark. Keep headlamps handy!

Private Full-Day Excursion: Chonta Condor Viewpoint

Cusco

Fair warning - the ride there and back was rough rough roads and its long. The upside is that there is a family of condors that lives up at the cliffs and we were lucky enough to get a fly by at eye level! Very special.

Quality of Experience

The birds

Food

The hotel packed a sumptuous lunch for at least 2 people's appetite...very nice.

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Driver managed that mess of a road...James is a very good guide.

Transport

Excursions at Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel

Aguas Calientes/ Machu Picchu

Our birding tour was affected by bad weather but the guide gave us plenty of good pointers so we went back after the rain and saw a ton of stuff...

Observatory Train to Machu Picchu OW, Lunch at Tinkuy & Machu Picchu Tour

Peru

Loved MP but the guide was a bit of a story teller and spun some tales about what MP was built for. Train ride in was absolutely lovely - highly recommend the observatory. MP is well just exceptional..

Quality of Experience

Food

Didn't think that restaurant was very good - a lunch at inkaterra which we did the following day was far better!

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Get guides who stick to facts?

Transport

Private Sacred Valley Tour: Hummingbirds, Ollantaytambo, Moray & Maras

Sacred Valley

Loved the ruins and Moray and Maras..very educational.

Quality of Experience

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

James was excellent

Transport

Tambopata Research Center 3/4

Puerto Maldonado

LOVED the canopy tours and the tour of the bamboo forests...and the sunset cruise

Tambopata Research Center 2/4

Puerto Maldonado

Guide Dino was great - worked tirelessly with us from 4:45 until a night hike even!

Quality of Experience

Nice food too for being in the jungle

Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Dino the guide was great!

Tambopata Research Center 4/4 & Transfer to The Sacred Valley

Peru

Loved this day seeing Ollantaytambo Moray and Maras...appreciate James very much for taking us salt and chocolate shopping!!!

Quality of Experience

Food

James suggested this place that was absolutely wonderful

Guides, Drivers and Staff

See above

Transport

Very nice driver tough roads!

In general, the communication during planning and booking was less thorough than other KimKim trips we've done in the past to other destinations. Details were sometimes confusing, requiring a back-and-forth, and the initial itemized booking confirmations were missing details we had to ask for. That said, the plans themselves were wonderful, and we had a great trip! Our guides were thorough and patient with moving at the speed of our kids. The accommodations were great (even though we did not get our original first choice of jungle lodgings). There was a last-minute change and some confusion regarding our guide at Machu Picchu. It worked out fine, but there was no proactive phone communication from our specialist or guide, so we were confused for a little while during a moment of transfer with long lines.

Again, though, it was an excellent trip. Highlights: river rafting, La Casona de Yucay, Tambopata National Reserve.

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La Casona de Yucay

Cusco

An amazing spot in the Sacred Valley. Idyllic pool and very comfortable room for traveling with kids.

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Activity Reviews

Vilcanota River Rafting

Sacred Valley

From Bean to Bar Chocolate Experience

Cusco