South America Local culture Trips

This trip is a little more physically demanding than most other Trafalgar trips. Also, be sure to get a prescription for altitude sickness medication before you go. Walking sticks are helpful, and you can buy them cheaply after arriving.

Itinerary was very comprehensive. You're on the go alot and see many fascinating sights besides Machu Picchu. Coordination of planes, trains and busses were seamless and organized. Use of What'sApp was extremely helpful and would recommend for all trips. Tour director was amazing..very customer oriented, professional and caring.

Experience was wonderful! Trafalgar did an amazing job keeping everything on schedule, even with the unexpected delays. Very prompt and professional! was an awesome guide and very knowledgeable. He definitely has a passion for what he does.

The trip was very smooth. All the connections and handling of our luggage was taken care of. Five stars for the coordination that our guide, handled was perfect. We saw attractions that most tours would miss.

On paper, the itinerary doesn't seem to offer a whole lot of activities, however, once the trip started, I wondered hot it was possible for us to do and see so much in such a short time. This trip was one of my Bucket-list items, and it surpassed my expectations. For Anyone who is interested history and culture, this trip is a MUST. It was such a great experience to see the Inca Culture in real-time, eat their ethnic foods, mingle with them, see their dances, and mingle with them, that it was like walking back in time. The Machu Picchu site almost became a side-show to all off the other experiences that we had. People warned us about so many things to beware of, well, I can honestly say that Lima, Cusco, and Mach Picchu are among the safest places that we have been to. Yes, we were tourists, but that only meant so much to these people. They were genuinely polite, cultured, and accommodating. We love to travel. and there are still lots of places that we want to visit, but if I had to pick a place to re-visit, this certainly rank in the top-three.

Our tour guide, Manny, was great - professional and friendly - and ensured we all had the best time in Costa Rica. It was so nice being able to have so many incredible experiences without having to think about booking them or how I was going to travel between them, even when dinners/ lunches weren’t provided Manny showed us some great places. The activities were all pretty amazing too!