Thank you for your email and for the recipes. These were some of our favorite dishes on the trip. I have already got two Peruvian Recipe Books from the library!
I also wanted to thank you for putting together such a wonderful itinerary for us. Everything went really well (except when the Cusco airport ATM machine ate our card – but we had backup so it wasn’t a big deal) – we loved all our guides and drivers, the hotels and restaurants were all superb, and the we were very fortunate with the weather. Thank you very much for the upgrades, especially in Sol y Luna – the superior casita was just amazing. The hotel was probably my favorite hotel I’ve ever stayed at – the location and the gardens were out of this world! Inkaterra was also wonderful – but I felt we didn’t have enough time to enjoy it as we were only there for 12 hours. The only thing I would have changed about our itinerary would be to add one day in Machu Picchu to enjoy the hotel and one day in Puno to rest before we went sight-seeing (I got a little altitude sickness and couldn’t do the hike in Taquile Island) – but that was hard to do with the time constraints. The train ride was also wonderful. I usually organize the trips myself and it was really wonderful to get such personalized service and have everything planned out and taken care for me (I now understand what my husband experiences on our travels – ha ha ha). Edwin – our guide in Cusco etc. did a really exceptional job – he planned everything so that we were able to avoid the large tour groups and had the sites almost to ourselves. I also got to see a movie star Henry Golding (from Crazy Rich Asians) on our day in Maras and Moray. My husband and Edwin didn’t believe me – but he posted on Instagram the same day so I was right – lol! We also appreciated Mery’s visit and gifts – it was very nice of her to stop by to say hello.
A quick note for anyone who wants to go to the Palomino Islands – they asked for our passport numbers (I had it on my phone so it wasn’t a problem) but we left our passports in the hotel since we were going swimming. The Refugio Amazonas was a really wonderful experience – the itinerary made it seem that there was a set plan for the excursions – but actually we could pick and choose what we wanted to do every day.
Thanks again! Happy New Year.
We wouldn’t have changed anything
We arrived safe & were thrilled with our whole tour!!! All of our guides were excellent! Thank you for the hats!!!! That was really nice! We wouldn’t have changed anything. We loved that hotel close to the airport we hung out at too by the way called Eurobuilding Hotel I think! It was first class & soooo nice with great food! We loved all of our accommodations too and the food at each of them was excellent and great locations!
We thank you so much for all the hard work arranging things for us! Also, thank you for making Victor’s birthday special with the cake delivered via candle and song to our hotel room!!!! That was perfect and made his Birthday extra special!!
Thanks again! We will highly recommend your tour company to everyone!
We were so impressed with the experience…
Good afternoon Marina and thanks for your note. Our family thoroughly enjoyed our journey to Peru thanks in large part to the outstanding planning and service provided by your team. Every guide, driver and coordinator insured that each day’s activities were executed flawlessly. We are especially appreciative of Santiago’s warm and helpful guidance during our time in Cusco and Machu Picchu. In addition, your accommodation and dining recommendations were outstanding. We were so impressed with the experience that we have passed your name along to friends who are planning a trip to Peru next Christmas. Please extend our thanks to the Kouda team for facilitating this memorable experience. Alan
The trip was amazing
I wanted to thank you again for everything. The trip was amazing, and I’m still recovering as I’m exhausted. But totally worth it!
Anyway, I would love to keep in touch with you, Jeremy, and the guys. I’m on Facebook if you want to look me up. And we’ll let you know next time when we’re in Cusco as we like to travel there when we can.
I wanted to ask you, do you guys travel to Lima much? Have a wonderful day and have a Merry Christmas!
All our guides were excellent.
Sorry for the very late reply. All went well except for the exit from Cusco. My daughter wanted to go to a really upscale restaurant in Lima, and because we missed the right plane and the next plane arrived too late we could not do that.
Next day she had made plans to go to the sand dunes further south and dinner that day was out of question.
Over all the trip was good. We both enjoyed it and quite possible will visit Peru in a year or two. All our guides were excellent. I have plans to take my son to Manchu possibly in Early summer after the rains. Just need to see when he would be free.
Thanks,