Peru Tours for Seniors

We had an absolutely wonderful time in Peru this February. We are so thankful for our travel agent for making a perfect itinerary for our family of four. She was great to work with. Having read variety of things about Peru on the internet, we were extremely anxious especially for a February trip. We called our agent many times prior to the trip and she reassured us. She was always there to answer all of our questions.  Her itinerary was perfect as we were gradually acclimatized to the high elevations of Cusco.

In Peru, we were very well taken care of, right from the moment we stepped out at Lima airport. At both Lima and Cusco airports, we were greeted by happy and welcoming people. In Lima, our guide was accommodating, friendly and funny. In Cusco, our guide and our driver made us feel very comfortable. They accommodated all of our requests. At  no point of time were we rushed to do things. The Cusco guide is well informed and sincere in her tasks. She is clearly passionate about her country and its rich culture and heritage. She gave us detailed accounts of Incan history, artifacts and ruins. She got very friendly with our two kids. We had wonderful time hiking to Sungate and Inca bridge. We felt like we had travelled in the past. The ruins are spectacular and the travel team made a life time experience. The hotels chosen were excellent. Our agent also booked our lunches in wonderful restaurants with ethnic Peruvian ambiance. Our family had special time interacting with weaver family  in Chincheros. Overall Cusco, Ollantaytambo, Urubamba are wonderful places to visit. It does take you to different time period. We were told by many to avoid the month of February due to rainy season but ended up having a lovely weather the entire week. The highlight of our Machu Picchu trip was seeing a rainbow over the ruins. This has been an unforgettable experience for us!

We were extremely happy with every aspect of our trip to Peru and the outstanding assistance and support by Stuart, Satish and others at our Peru travel agency. We flew directly to Cusco and spent two nights there seeing the various sites in and around the city with a private guide, then a private guided tour to the Sacred Valley by van spending the night in Ollantaytambo. The next morning we took the train to Machu Picchu and had a private tour of the ruins followed by a stay in the wonderful Inkaterra MP Pueblo. The following day we took the train from Aguas Caliente to Cusco - a very pleasant and comfortable way to travel. The next morning we were off to the airport traveling to Puerto Maldonado for a three night stay in the Inkaterra Amazonica Reserva. We had wonderful guides with a special hats off to Jorge in Cusco and SV. Our MP guide was also excellent. We had terrific support getting around in all the locations and would highly recommend this travel company to not only our friends but to all who consider traveling to and about Peru!

We just returned from a 10 day trip to Peru with 15 family members. Our agent worked with me to plan every detail of the trip.   Everything went according to schedule and without a single hitch!  Our agent lined up a trip to satisfy every single member in our group ages 71 to 10.  We will never forget this trip of a lifetime!  The trip was planned so that we could adjust to the elevation appropriately.  We started with 3 days, 2 nights in the Amazon jungle.  The resort we stayed at and the activities planned were awesome!  The food was good too.  The kids, ages 10-18 loved that part of the trip the best.  We moved on to the Sacred Valley for 4 days, day 1 full day touring at Pisac ruins, Ollantaytambo ruins, day 2 full day touring included Chincero weaving demonstration, Moray ruins & Mara salt mines, day 3 was horseback riding for 11 in our group and the other 4 went whitewater rafting on the Urubamba river, and day 4 was our trip to Machu Picchu.  We moved on to Cusco for 2 nights.  Our first full day in Cusco, we did a 1/2 day tour, and a late afternoon chocolate making event for 1 hour at the Choco Museo.  The next morning we left for Lima, spent 1 night in Lima and did a 1/2 day city tour.  We had the afternoon free and headed to the airport by 7:00 pm for our flights back to the U.S.  We were met by representatives at every location at the times stated.  All our tours were private for our group and the guides were awesome.  The food was so tasty throughout our trip.  Our agent made reservations in advance for our dinners.  Be flexible.  We are used to eating lunches around noon, but while touring, most lunches were around 2-3 pm in the afternoon.  We did have protein bars that we packed in our backpack.  Bonus item working with this agent....my husband had requested a surprise birthday cake for me at the restaurant in our Sacred Valley hotel. Our agent personally ordered a cake from a known bakery in Cusco and drove 1.5-2 hours to our hotel to personally deliver it with a nice birthday present!  That is going way above and beyond!  It was a pleasure meeting him in person!  I would not hesitate to recommend this agent and his company for any travel in South America!  

Our contact with this travel agency put together a fantastic tour for us.  He was very attentive to our needs and was quick to respond to our queries.  We had an action-packed 14-day itinerary; not much down-time, which is how we like it.

Everything was laid out for us and basically our only responsibility was to be in the lobby of the hotel at the preassigned time for pickup for our next adventure!  Everything went without a hitch; drivers/guides were there waiting for us at the arranged time or even earlier, and hotel/flight check-ins went smoothly.

Even when we arrived at the hotel in Puno and they could not find our reservation, our guide made a quick call to the travel company office, and we were immediately taken a five-minute drive to a 5-star hotel with immediate check-in.

Overall the hotels were fantastic.  We especially loved the hotels in Urubamba, Cusco, and the Colca hotel.  The fireplace in our room at the Colca hotel was a real treat!

The meals included in our tour were excellent, and our travel agent's restaurant recommendation (for one of our very few meals on our own) in Puno was spot-on.

Our tour guides were very knowledgeable and spoke English very well.  We would like to especially acknowledge our tour guide during our six days in the Cusco area.  We couldn't have asked for a nicer, more passionate, and more interesting guide.  He has a deep knowledge of the Inca life and history, and additionally as a biologist, was able also to provide a lot of insight into the plant and animal life of the region.  He always had our best interests at heart and was very patient with us for the more rigorous parts of our tour (one-day Inca Trail trek and trek to Rainbow Mountain).