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PERU TRAVEL PLANNER
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Information and maps
Peru has no official tourist offices abroad, but you can get
a range of information from its embassies in Britain, Europe, North America and
Australia and New Zealand. However, you'll probably find that most tour
companies can supply better, more up-to-date information.
In Peru you'll find some sort of tourist office in most towns of any size, which
can help with information and sometimes free local maps. Quite often, though,
these are simply fronts for tour operators, and are only really worth bothering
with if you have a specific question - about fiesta dates or local bus
timetables, for example. The South American Explorers' Club is probably your
best bet for getting relevant and up-to-date information both before you leave
home and when you arrive in Lima. It is a non-profit-making organization founded
in 1977 to support scientific and adventure expeditions and to provide services
to travellers. In return for membership (from $40 a year, depending on the type
of membership), you get four copies of the magazine South American Explorer a
year, and you can use the club's facilities, which include an excellent library,
access to the map collection, trip reports, listings, a postal address, storage
space, discounts on maps, guidebooks, information on visas, doctors and
dentists, a network of experts with specialist information, and an "emergency
crash pad". They have clubhouses in Lima, Cusco, and their main office is in the
US, at 126 Indian Creek Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 (tel 607/277-0488, fax 277-6122,
www.samexplo.org, explore@ samexplo.org), plus there's a clubhouse in Ecuador at
Jorge Washington 311, Quito (tel 02/225228); postal address, Apartado 21-431,
Eloy Alfaro, Quito, Ecuador.
Cusco Peru travel
A Peru Guide booklet is available free from hotels and travel agencies in most
major cities; it has a few good city maps and gives recommendations for hotels
and restaurants plus other useful information for Lima, Arequipa, Cusco, Huaraz,
Chiclayo, Ica/Nasca/Paracas and Iquitos.
Peru Maps
Maps of Peru fall into three basic categories. A standard road map should be
available from good map sellers just about anywhere in the world or in Peru
itself from street vendors or librerķas; the Touring Y Automovil Club de...
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Published articles and reviews about us
2009
Testimonials
Ajay
Parikh
Date:
Thu,16 Jul 2009
Hello all the folks at Peru Gateway Travel,
We had a fantastic time in Peru. We thank you all for making
our trip a success.
The only concern is that the accommodation in Cusco was below
average and we would not recommend the Emparada Plaza (?) to
anyone. Even though the staff was good, the room/bathroom,
breakfast was very bad.
Once again, thanks a lot for making our trip to your country a
memorable one. All the guides, especially Guillarmo in Lima
and Erica in Cusco, were excellent.
Kazuaki Kubo
Date:
Thu,16 Jul 2009
I want to thank
you and all of the staff of Peru Gateway Travel for the perfect
arrangement of my trip in June.
Everything was so fantastic and I was made to think about another
trip to Peru.
Sincerely, Denise Pratico
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
I am writing to let you know that we
enjoyed Peru very much. The city tour led by Marco was fantastic. We
will be happy to recommend your agency to other Americans
Jane
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
We have
completed our trip to Peru and are now back in New York City.
I want to thank you for all the arrangements you made. The
trip was wonderful and all our accommodations excellent. Thank
you for making our trip a success.
Best regards, Marcy
Date:
Mon, 6 Jul 2009
We arrived home at 4 o'clock in the
morning, very tired (we had a long lay-over in Amsterdam) but very
very happy. I am so pleased to tell you that our Peru vacation that
you planned for us was excellent! Everything was just as the
itinerary said it would be. We were very pleased with the hotels,
and the transfer people and guides were always there and everybody
was so nice and knowledgeable. We learned a lot about your very
exciting country and its history, particularly about the Quechua
culture. We will always remember the Inti Raymi festival in Cusco. I
am so glad we were able to see that. Of course Machu Picchu was also
a great highlight. And, Michael and I also very much liked Arequipa.
We didn't know much about that city, but we had a very great time
there on our free day and visited the cathedral, spent a lot of time
going through the Santa Catalina monastario and, of course, went to
the museum to see "Juanita". Beautiful architecture there too.
Really, every day was wonderful, and we would like to thank you so
much for all your efforts. Also please extend our thanks to Maria
Carmen who was so helpful on the phone and to Julia, who came to the
hotel our first night to explain many things to us and give us all
our tickets and vouchers. And perhaps you also had something to do
with our last night in Lima at the Libertador. We got a suite -- a
very big beautiful room! Thank you so much.
We wish you and your family all the best, and for sure we will be
recommending Peru Gateway Travel to our friends.
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