The trip to the airport in Lima to catch our flight to Cusco is insane! Loads of traffic, noise, and many of the traffic police wear masks over their noses. We do NOT travel with the windows down here.
Arrived in Cusco and know that we are at 10,000 plus feet when we get off the plane! The city is in a valley high in the mountains and there are houses perched high up the sides around the city. We are taken to our hotel, which is near the central area, and it is inviting and wonderful. We get our first taste of coca tea and it really does help with the altitude thing. We meet our guide Boris and he takes us on a tour of Cusco. Another fascinating city. We visit a monastery built on the stone foundations of the Incans, and the history around us is palpable. We stand amazed at the engineering of the Incans as we look straight through 5 perfectly aligned windows in a series of 5 walls. I think that they would be laser level perfect! The examples of stonework are truly hard to believe. They basically cut tubes and 90 degree angles through the middle of the rocks, and by aligning them perfectly, created pipes through the rocks! Boris is invaluable as he points out how the Christians used many of the Incan symbols in the churches and paintings to help incorporate the people into the Church.
Kevin got right on our request and had us booked within the week
Linda Cummings
1 day ago
The info on the website was laid out very well. I did some comparisons with other tours and found Adventure Life met a lot of what I wanted in an Antarctica trip at the cheapest price. Requested a quote on Claudia contacted me right away. She answered a lot of questions the I had via email even though she offered to discuss via phone call. I’m more of an email person so appreciated how she accommodated that and answered all my questions. And when I was ready to book, she quickly got the ball rolling with getting our spots reserved on the trip my friend and I wanted. Thanks again, Claudia!
Hazel Araza
1 day ago
(1) great information on the website and throughout all the "materials." (2) Jane Packer is great: knowledgeable, responsive, takes a personal interest and tone, seems to care about the customer as a person not a sale.
Larry Bethune
1 day ago
great people doing a wonderful job to make our voyages happen.
trudy
2 days ago
For our first trip to Costa Rica, Adventure Life designed a tour that meets the interests, ecological and adventure, of our party; but also takes into account our physical limitations sine we are all septuagenarian. We are looking forward to the trip.