Travel Review: Family Tour of Peru, Lima, Cusco, Uros, Puno, Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain, Lake Titicaca, Inca Trail Hike

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Anne-Marie D.

8.8.2018

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

Peru

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

First of all, we'd like to thank this travel planner for her great help of putting this trip together and providing us with best guides possible. We had very good guides in Lima and Puno. But the guide we had during our stay in the Sacred Valley, our one day Inka trail hike, Macchu Picchu, Cuzco, our journey to Vinicunca (Rainbow Mountain) and our daytravel to Puno and visit to Titicaca, our guide, exceeded our expectations!!! He was the best guide we could have imagined: patient, knowledgeable, flexible, punctual, practical and a great sense of humor!! He went out of his way to make our trip unforgettable!!! Also his companion driver was fantastic and very helpful!!!

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

Our hike and visit to Macchu Pichu was definitely one of the highlights of our trip. But most memorable was our partial horse hike / hike to Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca). Our driver took us there via an alternative route which suited our needs and we used horses with indefatigable guides to bring us halfway to our destination. From there we hiked up (there was still a lot of snow) to the summit of a mountain in front of Vinicunca to over 17000 feet altitude from where we had an amazing view!!!! Luckily most of the snow on Vinicunca had melted so we could see the colours. When we returned to "base camp" we were surprised with a four course lunch in a tent Our driver, guide and our cook had set up complete with fabric covered chairs, table with cotton table cloth & napkins, proper silverware and glasses. We just had expected something simple but this was truly amazing. The food was delicious and very welcome after the hike. Afterwards we also got some nice hot tea. Thank you so much for this!!
We also enjoyed our daytrip in Titicaca where we learned about the unique way the Uros people lived and the special way of living on Taquile island.

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

We would make sure that we had the right room configurations. We didn't specify what our needs were and as it happens we needed two queen/king rooms (one for my husband and me and one for one of our son and his girlfriend) and just one room with two beds for our other son and daughter). We got just one queen/king room in each hotel and two rooms with two single beds. Next time we might want to invest in 4 star hotels all the way, to give us just that little bit of extra comfort, especially after a long day or a hike (shortness of breath does make you really tired) and ensure a better nights sleep.

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Travel Review: Family Tour of Peru, Lima, Cusco, Uros, Puno, Machu Picchu, Rainbow Mountain, Lake Titicaca, Inca Trail Hike

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