Testimonials

Deirdre and Frank Santesso Peru Tour - CANADA

I am hoping that the following message makes its way to your head office wherever that may be. Frank and I have just returned from Peru and our tour with your company. I want to tell you how delighted we were with absolutely everything. Your company is most aptly named: Peru really IS amazing! It is a spectacular country with a proud heritage and a rich culture that has left us full of awe and admiration. I don't need to comment on the beauty and mystery of Macchu Pichu and the Sacred Valley, nor the magnificent Lake Titicaca and Colca Canyon, since they have all been so well described by many others before me. What I would like to mention here is the extraordinary efforts of many of your personnel to make our visit memorable and worry-free. Not only were they incredibly well-informed and professional, they were also kind and caring and went out of their way to make sure our every need was met. In particular I want to mention Fernando Temoche who showed outstanding leadership and organizational skills and accompanied us from Cusco to Macchu Pichu and Lake Titicaca. His concern for the welfare of each person in our group was truly heart-warming. Neither will we ever forget the extraordinary Hamilton who combines personal charm and good humour with an amazing store of knowledge and information. He is an outstanding guide and teacher. I would also like to commend Ximena and Barbara in Arequipa who were so thoughtful and gracious during our stay in their beautiful city. Miguel did a superb job of leading our tour of the fascinating and beautiful city of Lima, and Vanessa Flores was our charming and highly knowledgeable guide when we visited the archaeological site of Pachacaman. Her excellent English was another "bonus"! Last, but certainly not least, I would like to mention Antonio Gutierrez (I hope I have managed to spell his name correctly) who really touched our hearts by ensuring that our last day in Lima, and in Peru, was so special and memorable. He went to extraordinary lengths on our behalf and left us with a strong impression of the kindness and sincerity of Peruvians People. We feel truly blessed to have had the privilege of seeing Peru and we are very grateful to your staff for the spectacular job they did in organizing and leading our tour. We have already begun to recommend your company to family and friends, and we hope one day to return ourselves. My one suggestion is that you consider offering a Spanish course as an adjunct to the tours. I think that many travellers would welcome the opportunity to learn the language as part of their cultural experience. Even one week with four hours of instruction per day would be most beneficial, and Arequipa might be the perfect place to offer it. Again, much appreciation and many thanks,

Don, Sheryl, Libby and Chelsey Wood USA – Peru Christmas Tour 2007

We have been home for a month now and there hasn't been a day gone by that I haven't thought about our outstanding 2007 Peruvian Christmas vacation! I just had to write and commend your company on truly being absolutely "Amazing" in its level of professionalism, knowledge, and efficiency! We had a family of 7 traveling together (including one disabled and 2 gluten-free vegetarians) and we all agreed our vacation EXCEEDED of expectations!! Our guide, Silvana Rebaza, was exceptional. She was extremely attentive to our needs, efficient in every aspect, and such a delight to be with, just a dear of a young lady. By the end of our tour we wanted to take her home with us! The tour guides that we had in Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, and the Tambopata Jungle were all so knowledgeable, proud and enthusiastic about their country it was a pleasure to share it with them. We would not hesitate to recommend others to travel with "Amazing Peru"--it was a trip of a lifetime! Thank you! And please tell Silvana she's the BEST!!!

Santo Rivera - USA Peru Christmas Tour 2007.

Hello Mariela! We met in the Travel Expo today (Saturday) in New York. I do not know if you have access to your email….but.... I would like to thank you a thousand times to everybody of Amazing Peru for a super super trip that I had in Peru! Victor is very hard working and I do not know how he does every day to do all he does with so many travellers!!! Our guides Coco, Selgio in Cusco, Maricel, Sylvana, Barbara from Arequipa .... Everybody! Every day there was always something incredible!!! I loved your beautiful country and my adventures with Amazing Peru. Thank you very much!!! If you have nothing to do tonight there are several places for salsa... but remember that here in New York Salsa is something totally different than in Peru, here people dance a very Caribbean New Yorker style! An experience that you will never forget! Well, I hope you have a great time here in New York City. Best regards,

Dan McElvany - USA Peru & Machu Picchu Tour Group.

Dear Christian, Having returned to the States, I just wanted to send you a note on behalf of our group, thanking you and the whole Amazing Peru team for our excellent trip. It was truly one of those "once in a lifetime" experiences. The ruins and the trail are of course incredible, but having seen some of the other, larger, more rigid tour groups, we know that the success of the trip was mostly a function of the people at Amazing Peru. Thank you (and Shaun!) for arranging this very special trip for us! Best regards,

Don Winsor - USA Tailor-made Peru Tour & Travel

Hi Charlotte, thanks for arranging our great vacation! My son and I had a wonderful time. Everything you put together was the best - I would not have change anything - guides, transportation, hotels, tours, activities were great, I could go on. You put together a 1st class trip. I highly recommend your you and company. Next time I go to Peru I will getting in touch with you - maybe next Oct-Dec I would like to hike the Inca Trail. Thanks again....

Linda Irwin COMBINED PERU & CHILE TOUR

Good morning, Claire. We have just returned from our trip after delays last night in Miami. We are still jet-lagged but my husband and I had a wonderful time and we owe it all to Amazing Peru. Everything was so smooth and easy. If you would like a testimonial I will be happy to provide one at any time (when the travel brain clears!). Amazing Peru is truly amazing! Thank you, Chad, Ben, Alphonso, Jonathan, Odelia, Ruben, and all the people who helped this be one of the best vacations ever! You can count on us telling our friends about our great experience! Thank you so much.

DANIEL FAZIO, PERU LUXURY TOUR

Dear Claire, Wow! We would like to say THANK YOU for arranging a wonderful trip. We were impressed by your tour company and, even more so, by your country. We had such an amazing time and were so sad to leave. Everything from your end went perfectly. You arranged a seamless tour with amazing guides and pinpoint accuracy. We would like to specifically thank Hamilton, whom we spent four days with in Cusco and Machu Picchu. He is a true star. In terms of feedback, we have very few suggestions for improvement. All of the hotels were great, except for the one in Aguas Calientes, which you warned us about. Reserva Amazonica is an amazing resort. Thanks again for everything and hopefully we'll interact again in the future. I will definately be referring friends or family to your company in the future. Take care, Daniel Fazio

Pat & Robert Maxim Tailor made Peru Tour

We are home from our wonderful trip thanks to Amazing Peru. I will send two messages, one about the trip itself and another on the hotels. the trip started off fantastic, TACA is a great airline. They upgraded us leaving LAX because we joked with the man who checked us in and when we boarded there was only us and cabin crew in first class!!! A day flight is easy and arriving in Lima at about 5pm is great. We were always greated by your staff and brought to our hotel by friendly, informative staff. I am so glad we added an extra day in each city. Lima, although cool and grey is a fun city. Hotel choice excellent, more later. Tour of Pachacamac was all Robert could wish for, guide, Miguel, excellent. We had great time walking Mirflores area and felt prefectly safe. Next day city tour was prerfect-Victor, our guide, great. Robert is very informed about Inka civilization and history, and he and guides always had an ongoing conversation full of info.I was alittle lost!!! Thank you for the x-tra, lunch at the Rose Nautica. We were going to go on own but weather told us not to go, but we were wrong , it was superb.... Thank you. Next we went ot Arequipa. Hotel review later. Loved the city. Walked, ate, toured, good guides, not quite up to those in Lima, but satisfactory.LOVED Sta Catalina Convent. Then we went to Colca Canyon. The Condor look-out was brilllant. We saw 11 birds, in all their glory.... Then onto the the ultimate treat....Cusco and MP. LOVED Cusco, we are so glad we had xtra days there.. Had perfect weather for entire trip, which of course helped. Trip to Sacred valley with Edith was superb, she is just wonderful. We are now traveling with two others from Amazing Peru, Ron and Marisse Ovira, Lovely couple that we clicked with in spite of age difference. Onto MP via train which we loved. Thank you for insisting we stay in sacred vallley instead of Cusco, much better times for train etc. etc...... There is nothing more you could do for our trip to MP, it exceeded our fantasy, and Robert has beeen dreaming of this trip since he was 10 yrs old!!!! The train ride back, we had seats 1 and 2 in front car, was a real treat. A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT OFF AT FIRST cUSCO STOP DUE TO TIME, but please advise people to stay on train, the ride into Cusco with the switchbacks and wonderful view is outstanding, a wonderful memory. Had a lovely last day to just putz in Cusco and then home to LAX on another great TACA flight. We willl definately recommend your group to others. We did come to your offices in Lima to meet you but you were on atrip with your parents. I will send you an additonal message with hotel info and reviews so future clients will have a perfect trip rather than just a good one. Regards,

George F. USA Peru Tour

Dear Claire, Of course, I received the customer survey sheets to fill out during our Peru adventure. Maybe we filled out one near the end of the trip. I’m not sure. For business and/or pleasure I’ve traveled outside the U.S. borders rather consistently for over 40 years. With family or friends I’ve visited—as a tourist—from Petra to Patagonia and most everything in between including Saudi Arabia and a few other “you can’t go there” destinations. I have never traveled with any group as good as Amazing Peru. Accommodations, transportation, information and Amazing Peru supervision was perfect. During the trip I scribbled down names of travel personnel that I felt were many notches above the norm, but upon reviewing the list I find it includes everyone you and your company assigned to our journey. And all of this leads up to what are we going to do next? I visited the Galapagos about 15 years ago, but other members of my adventurous family have not. ( I don’t think they would enjoy the cramped cabin in the small wobbly boat I was in.) We are thinking about a trip to the Galapagos sometime around the second week of January 2008. Our group may be larger, possibly 6 to 8 adults. Ideas? Regards,

Best wishes and Kim Humphreys Galapagos Islands Tour

Hello Shaun, Just wanted to send a quick e-mail to thank all at Amazing Peru for an amazing time in South America. The trip was a dream of a lifetime to see machu picchu and the sacred valley to diving in the galapagos and seeing hammerheads by the dozen. In particular I would like to thank the team in ecuador who helped me extend my stay. The trip has given me a real kick for South America and next time I will want to do the Inca Trail, the Colca canyon, Lake Titicaca and onto Bolivia for Potosi and Atacama and the salt flats. It goes without saying that I will contact you when I do this and obviously I will recommend Amazing Peru to anyone who asks.

Tony Tran and family. Great trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands tour.

Hello Shaun, Our family just returned last night from our trip to Quito and the Galapagos Islands. We all enjoyed this fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime experience. Everything went very well. The only difficulty we had was with the rough seas during the cruise, but of course, nothing could be done about that, since this is normal for this time of year there. The seasick medicine helped. Thank you for your great help and advice in arranging this wonderful tour for us. Next time we consider a trip to South America, we will call on you again. I will also recommend you and your company to others who may be interested in this destination. Best regards, Tony Tran

Mary Ann Buchan ADVENTURE PERU TOUR

Dear Robert, I recently returned to the United States after a vacation in Peru with your company, and I would like to commend to you several of your staff members who made my family’s trip to Peru very special. Claire Kos arranged our trip with finesse and flexibility, allowing us to spend our twelve days in a very personalized manner. We were fortunate to be able to meet her, along with Sean, our final night in Lima, and her energy and passion about Peru make it obvious why she is such an accomplished travel consultant. Jose Medina was our guide in Cuzco and while on our Salkantay trek, and he was a highlight of our trip. His knowledge of the history of Peru was fascinating, and he was the consummate guide in every way. We feel very fortunate to have been assigned such an experienced guide, one that knew the trail inside and out, and his integrity, personality and team attitude were outstanding. Our cook, Ascensio, was amazing! To think we were served such delicious, beautifully presented meals while working out of a movable tent and horseback-provided supplies was mind boggling. His gracious personality along with his obvious culinary talent made us all look forward to our daily meals. He was assisted ably by Angel, the cook’s assistant, who also was such a humble and friendly staff person. Daniel, the person in charge of the wranglers and provider of the horses, was a delight. He was so kind and considerate of us, and seemed to be a true leader of his staff, providing a role model of hard work and attention to detail. The wranglers, too, were very hard-working, friendly, and they all worked as a cohesive team. Our trip to Peru was one we will always remember with fondness and vivid memories. Whether it was climbing Huayna Pichu or seeing the glacial ice caps by moonlight, our time in Peru was una viaje llena de experiencias fantasticas. Sincerely, Mary Ann Buchan

Ms. D Conway. Private Peru Tour

Dear Shaun, I just thought I'd let you know what a fantastic time I had on my Peru trip. I hope that you will be able to pass on my thanks to your team over there for making my holiday so special. I would especially like to mention Marco, who was not only an excellent driver for the journey to & from Nazca/Paracas but also made a great stand-in guide in spite of the language barrier and the Hotel San Blas in Cusco, which is not only one of the nicest hotels I have stayed in but also has the most helpful & friendly staff. The entire trip was incredible: the scenery was breath-taking; the weather and the hotels were wonderful and I was made to feel extremely welcome. I not only have some amazing photo's of my trip to Peru, but some wonderful memories that I'm sure will stay with me for a very long time. Many Thanks,

Yasmeen UK Peru Tour

Hi Shaun I would like to thank you for organising a great itinerary. I really enjoyed South America and my favourite was Cusco esp the hotel Casa San Blas. Thank you for recommending the latter hotel. The Amazing Peru staff were friendly and well organised and in particular please thank David and Barbara as they were great. I would definitely come back to South America and also recommend Amazing Peru to anyone wanting to travel in South America. Once again thank you for a great holiday

Doug Side - USA Mari Anne Galápagos Cruise and Tour Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil

Claire I would be remiss if I did not let you know how much fun we had on the trip that you arranged for us. The Mary Anne was first rate and we enjoyed the company of her captain and crew, our naturalist guide, Carlos, and most of the other guests. Everything went off without a hitch or glitch. Thanks for all. Doug.