Published on May, 2024
This was a total upside surprise! While we expected some stops on our way to Cusco,
the quality of the tour was way above what we expected from the Expedia website. Our
guide had a solid command of English and was absolutely faithful in giving equally
complete English explanations even though the majority of guests were Spanish
speaking. The small museum at the beginning of the tour included a number a high-
quality exhibits, and our guide’s discussion brought a lot of perspective to what we were
seeing. We stopped at what might be considered as a cloister for the “chosen” Inca girls
who were taken from their villages to serve the interests of the Inca; it was a different
perspective than we gained from other parts of our visit to Peru. Again, the guide
thoroughly enriched the visit. Lunch was great. Later, we visited a small church which
had wall-to-wall murals that showed how the church tried to reach out to the indigenous
population; it was quite different from other churches that we saw in Peru. Again, the
guide made the difference. And he kept everything on time!