Peru Travel Testimonials

Hello Jennie,

The trip was awesome and I had a really great time. I am very happy with the hotel in Cusco, and its service. The Salkantay trek was awesome and I really liked the tour guide. He was very informative with respect to culture, land, and history. The food was awesome!! Great scenic views! Machu Picchu was majestic. I personally think it is better than the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Giza, as I have been to both. I now truly understand why it is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Truly spectular.

The other tours around Cusco were interesting too, but the Sacred Valley and Sacsayhuaman were the most interesting. Lima was ok. The hotel was very nice and I walked to the shopping mall that was on the cliffs overlooking the beach and it was very beautiful. Lovers' Park just north of the shopping mall was a nice walk too.

Overall, the Peruvian Experience was an excellent one and I can't wait to come back with my family and share with them the wonders of Peru.

Thanks again for the help and I look forward to using your company next time I travel to Peru.

Jeff (Chicago, USA)
Traveled to: Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Salkantay Trek & Machu Picchu

Hi Dana,

We used Peru for Less to help us put together a customized 9-day honeymoon in Peru where we traveled to Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu. Their Travel Advisors were extremely helpful and provided great suggestions and advice on how to put together our trip and maximize our time in the country. We traveled in South America for over a month, and thanks to Peru for Less this was the most relaxing part of our trip because it ran so smoothly and they thought of ever last detail.

Because it was our honeymoon they arranged for upgrades at all of our hotels and the accommodations were spectacular and very unique. They also arranged for transfers from the airports and train stations back to our hotels. On one occasion on our way back from Machu Picchu our train was delayed 8 hours due to a landslide, and even with the delay there was still a driver to pick us up when we arrived. At each new location they also had a tour guide meet us at the airport and give us an overview of our itinerary, activities and tips about our location. In addition to having a great vacation, we were able to stick to our budget thanks to the great deals through Peru for Less. We would definitely recommend using Peru for Less as your travel agency for your trip to Peru.

Marianne (Canada)
Traveled to : Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu

Hi Jennie,

Thank you for your email - we had a fabulous time away in South America. Met lovely people and visited some amazing places. Our trip home was smooth and we arrived home safely, but tired.

Rio was fantastic along with the Carnival. Rio is a very exciting place to be visiting around Carnival time.

Our guide, Suzanna was really nice and full of information. Our tour was great.

The best part of the whole tour was being met and greeted at the airport, and taken to the hotel. It made traveling so much easier and a happier experience. Then being met at the hotel and taken to the airport was also great.

Iguazu Falls was a wonderful place. The hotel was absolutely fantastic and the people very friendly and helpful. The tour to the falls was really good too. Carlos was a great guide.

Buenos Aires hotel was fabulous too. Diana, our tour guide, was really nice and very informative. We had a great night at the Tango show, even though it was very commercial. I personally would have preferred a little cafe somewhere where they had someone dancing the Tango - but the show we went to was good all the same. We were met by Juna, who was wonderful and very helpful.

Cusco was amazing and the hotel was fantastic, again the staff was very friendly and helpful. We were met by Brynna at Cusco airport and she was lovely and very helpful. We had a half day tour of Cusco which our guide was lovely and very good.

Our second day tour was to the Sacred Valley, which was fabulous. Clara our guide was very good, full of information, and very helpful. Lunch wasn't included, but we decided to participate and it was great and the atmosphere/restaurant was beautiful.

Our hotel in Ollantaytambo was fantastic and very comfortable (especially with the upgrade). The hotel being right in the railway station was great and very handy in the morning!

All breakfasts at each hotel were fantastic! We didn't have a favourite part of our trip - it was all so good!

Thank you for everything,

Tina & Markus (Australia)
Traveled to: Buenos Aires, Iguazu, Rio de Janeiro, Cusco & Machu Picchu

Hi Silvana,

Thanks for organizing a seamless and hassle-free trip for me. I had an unforgettable trip to South America. Everything worked like clock-work. All the transfers were great and the guides were all very experienced and gave very good insights into the history of the places that we were visiting. Machu Picchu was truly a magical experience and it still stumps me that the Incas built it with their bare hands in the 14th century. It is truly a real marvel. The trip ended on a high note with Machu Picchu and the excellent accommodation I had at the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel. Everything about it was just perfect.

I was also very fortunate to be able to catch the final championships at Carnaval 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. The Sambadrome was full of energy that night. I also enjoyed the Tango show in Buenos Aires. They were great shows not to be missed.

I would highly recommend Latin America For Less to friends and family who want to visit the continent. Overall, I think the highlight of this trip is definitely Peru. I loved the whole experience there and the charming people made all the difference! They were all so friendly and helpful. Thanks for the well-executed trip it was really a trip of a lifetime. Thanks for the memories.

Warm regards,

Deborah (Malaysia) Traveled to: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu (Peru)

Hello Jennie,

I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful arrangements you made for us. Everything was better than I could have expected.

My traveling companions and I were all amazed at the beauty and hospitality of Peru. The Inca Trail was the highlight of our trip and will never be forgotten. Our guide, chef, and porters did an outstanding job making our hiking experience enjoyable and comfortable.

Once again thank you!

Joel (Wisconsin, USA)
Traveled to: Cusco, Inca Trail & Machu Picchu

Hi Dana,

I want to extend my appreciation and thanks for making our trip to Machu Picchu absolutely enjoyable and hassle-free. Your guides welcomed us at every step of the way, from Kathleen in Cusco to the drivers and the wonderful guide at Machu Picchu. We were very impressed with the quality of the accommodations and absence of problems. Having both sons with me made this trip extra special.

We all enjoyed meeting you in Miraflores and once again thank you.

Regards,

Ron Sr., Ron Jr., and Randy (Nevada & California, USA)
Traveled to: Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley, & Machu Picchu

Hi Dana,

Richard and I had a very serious reason for this trip to South America. Our daughter was getting married in Santiago, Chile in March. We thought it would be nice to go for their wedding and then afterwards to explore the mysteries of Machu Picchu and Cusco while our newlyweds went on their honeymoon!

Organizing the Peru adventure was made easy by your website and the emails back and forth. Getting all the relevant information made us feel quite secure.

Being met at airports by your representatives to be taken to our first class hotels and meeting our wonderful guides all made for an enjoyable and very memorable trip. Whenever we had questions or doubts they were answered and at all times we felt welcomed and in safe hands!

Peru has so much to offer and we have only seen a small, but impressive, part so we hope to return one day and see more!

Thank you again to all who helped plan our trip.

Tracy (Victoria, Australia)
Traveled to: Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu

Hello Silvana,

First of all thank you so much, Silvana, for being the perfect travel advisor for my 2-day Inca Trail adventure! Everyone that was associated with your company has been really nice and welcoming.

When I first arrived in my hotel in Cusco there was an envelope waiting for me that contained info about my hike and things to do around the city, which was really a nice surprise. There was a representative that came to my hotel for a pre-departure briefing and told me about all that I should expect on the trip. He was very professional and the next day took me from my hotel to the train station to start my journey. Further, when I got back to the train station the same person picked me up and took me back to my hotel. It was nice because the majority of other travelers was looking for a sign with their name on it or was going to take a taxi, but I knew how my representative looked liked and left the train station way before everyone else.

The guide for my Inca Trail was awesome. It was just the two of us and he felt more like a friend than some random guide. We even made plans to meet up for lunch during his time off. He knew everything about the Inca culture as he answered every single one of my questions. I had the best guide.

The hotel was fairly nice. The breakfast was good and opened early enough so I could make the first bus of the day to Machu Picchu. The hotel also stored my bag for free while I was at Machu Picchu.

The hike was amazing and it was terrific getting to see ruins along the way, something that other people going straight to Machu Picchu would not see. Machu Picchu is simply breathtaking. I am glad I booked through Peru For Less and will definitely recommend it. If my travels take me to South America again I'll book through your company once more.

Thanks again Silvana,

Shawn (Texas, USA)
Traveled to: Inca Trail, Cusco, & Machu Picchu

Hi Kate,

We could not have had a better experience than the one we enjoyed in Peru!

Your planning was excellent. Our movements between sites were seamless. The guides and the drivers were professional, prompt and courteous. Nobody dropped the ball anywhere. It added to the trip that we had our own guides and private tours. Every hotel was a wonderful surprise - clean, modern, and comfortable. Every staff member of every hotel took wonderful care of us. There was nothing for us to do but enjoy every minute of every day.

This was our golden wedding anniversary gift to each other, and it was simply perfect. Machu Picchu was, of course, the highlight of our trip, and worth every effort of getting there. I had wanted to stand on that mountain since I was in junior high school, and I am 70 years old this year. So, it was literally a dream come true for me. The other days spent touring Cusco and Lima were just frosting on our cake.

Neither of us knew how much there is to learn of Peruvian and Inca history. The guides gave us so much information, and with such pride in their places. The food was another surprise. I had thought I might take peanut butter with me, just in case the food was awful. I soon learned that peanut butter would have been just so much dead weight. Everything served to us was delicious, and we learned about quinoa. My husband ate a guinea pig in the Sacred Valley and alpaca at one hotel.

Thank you so much for the planning. We will never forget it. We would certainly recommend Peru For Less to anyone who might be planning a trip to Peru.

Sincerely,

Del & Barbara (Arizona, USA)
Traveled to: Cusco, Sacred Valley, & Machu Picchu

Hi Kelly,

We knew we would have an unforgettable time at Peru, but I shall say this country truly surprised me. There are so many things to see and with Peru For Less we saved a lot of trouble along the way.

We did not spend much time in Lima, but the start with Arequipa to Colca Canyon to Puno was amazing. We liked the landscape, the lovely alpacas, and the simple people. We met with a boy with a baby alpaca along the way. We must say the tour guide we had for this part was amazing - very engaging and knowledgeable.

Cusco is a blessed city. We tried the Inka Spa and visited every place of interest. Culturally overwhelming.

The tour to Machu Picchu did not start well; we were stuck in the train because of the landslide for a couple of hours, but it did not reduce any of the beauty and sacredness we saw in this valley. Walking on the ruins, listening to the ancient stories, and looking at the beautiful wonders, we felt lucky that we could make it.

Last but not least, I want to thank you personally for all the assistance along the way. I cannot imagine that you have been so patient with my detailed requests and questions (we had 50+ emails back and forth). After the trip, I felt even more confident to say we made the right choice with you. Hope one day you could bring the service worldwide to benefit more travelers along the road.

Sincerely,

Stella (Pennsylvania, USA)
Traveled to: Lima, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Puno, Cusco, & Machu Picchu