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#1 of 8 general tips & advice in Cusco
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swade1980 says:
When we were purchasing our Inca Trail package we checked all the travel books and picked one of the top 5 rated companies: S.A.S. Travel. Rated in the top 5 companies for cost, guides, food and experience. They met and exceeded our expectataions and I would strongly recommend this company to any ...
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#2 of 8 general tips & advice in Cusco
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lrecht says:
Hey Phylarch - don't have the time to write up a proper review as my wife and I are back in India but headed home shortly. We were in Peru for a month in June 2006 and used a company called Wayki Trek at www.waykitrek.net and they were great. We had a professionally run trek with only one other co...
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#3 of 8 general tips & advice in Cusco
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Daniel says:
Check out tika tours - tikagroup.com.pe - for great tours throughout Peru! I went with them, and I really loved every aspect of my week-long trip, minus the extensive time with tour guides in some museums.
Probably one of the best in Peru.
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#4 of 8 general tips & advice in Cusco
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dmfairbairn says:
1 1/2 years ago my brother bought me a 4 day hike on the Inca trail for my b-day/xmas present (best present ever BTW). The tour company was SAS travel. Let me just say, well worth the extra pesos to get a reputable company to guide you on this magnificent hike through the Andes. The guide, Oz, wa...
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#5 of 8 general tips & advice in Cusco
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aswold says:
It occurred to me that sometimes we are not warned about simple things concerning travel. Be aware that you can't expect to simply snap shots of all the interesting looking people of Peru. Most times, you will be expected to pay for the picture you took of the lady holding the cute lamb, etc. Many o...
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#6 of 8 general tips & advice in Cusco
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aswold says:
It's nice to walk in Cusco, Peru. Cusco is a great place to experience. The thing about it is that you must go back up-hill at some point. If you get the urge to become lazy, take a taxi cab. The rates are ultra cheap. I paid something like 1 sol from a restaurant to my hotel. 1 sol is about 1/3 of ...
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#7 of 8 general tips & advice in Cusco
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Daniel says:
If you don´t want carbonated water, be sure to specify ¨sin gas¨. I didn´t, and I had a very unpleasant experience.
Don´t mistake ¨con gas?¨ with a poorly pronounced ¨in a glass?¨...
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#8 of 8 general tips & advice in Cusco
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johngorman says:
I had a fantastic experience trekking the Inca Trail in July/August last year, the guides and porters were peerless. The food that was prepared on the trek was unbelieveable, 2 and 3 course meals for lunch and dinner. The porters work superhumanly hard, they made me feel inadequate, the lack of oxyg...
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