TRAVEL CONFIDENTLY WITH ALPACA EXPEDITIONS, The Only Peru Tour Operator With Over 32,190 Excellent Reviews On Trip Advisor

Eine der schönsten, beeindruckendsten und gleichzeitig herausforderndsten Wanderungen, die ich bisher gemacht habe!

Ich habe die 7-tägige Salkantay & Inka Trail Tour mit Alpaca Expeditions gemacht und bin absolut begeistert!

Mein persönliches Highlight war definitiv der Salkantay-Trail. Unglaubliche Landschaften, beeindruckende Weiten und teilweise das Gefühl, mitten in der Natur sogut wie alleine unterwegs zu sein. Der Inka-Trail ist deutlich stärker besucht, aber natürlich ebenfalls ein einmaliges Erlebnis. Vor allem der Moment, durch das Sun Gate zu laufen und Machu Picchu zum ersten Mal zu sehen, war einfach unvergesslich!

Ein großes Dankeschön geht an meinen Guide Benjamin. Er war super freundlich, hatte ein gutes Fachwissen und mit seiner humorvollen Art haben wir unglaublich viel gelacht. Auch die Organisation und Betreuung waren top. Da wir etwas schneller unterwegs waren, hat er mit uns sogar noch einen zusätzlichen Abschnitt des Inka-Trails gemacht (erster Teil), der bei dieser Tour eigentlich gar nicht vorgesehen war.

Ein riesiges Lob auch an unseren Koch Juan und das gesamte Team! Juan hat uns jeden Tag mit unglaublich leckerem und vielseitigem Essen überrascht.

Man sollte allerdings nicht unterschätzen, wie anspruchsvoll diese Tour ist. Über 80 Kilometer, einige ordentliche Höhenmeter und die Höhe bringen einen an manchen Tagen definitiv an seine Grenzen. Eine gute Grundkondition und Wandererfahrung sind aus meiner Sicht empfehlenswert. Aber jede Anstrengung lohnt sich!

Ich kann Alpaca Expeditions und diese Tour absolut weiterempfehlen. Eine unvergessliche Erfahrung, die ich jederzeit wieder machen würde!

Wow I have so many amazing things to say about this company. As someone who works a lot in operations, it's an incredible (green) machine they've built. So punctual, incredibly high quality staff, vans and services.

We've been blown away by the guides, the drivers, the chefs and the office staff. My friend and I booked a 10 day tour stitching together the Sacred Valley, Inca Trail, Vinucunca and Lake Titicaca. We had a lot of questions and changes which Arcemia in the office handled with so much patience.

We got really sick on our first day in Peru and could no longer do the 4 day Inca Trail and David in the office was so kind and helped me find a solution and we managed to do the two day and continue the rest of our journey giving us some viral rest time without missing what we came all the way from Australia for. He promptly helped us with documentation for our insurance company too.

We had a great tour with Saul in the Sacred Valley, an incredibly hard but beautiful walk to Rainbow Mountain where Elix was my personal cheerleader and were so honoured to have cheeky Herlin guide us through the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. All of the guides are passionate locals who have done so many of the roles across the tourism here, you're in the safest hands. They don't just summarise something offline, they tell you their stories, their families stories and share the culture in a really authentic way. The hotels we've been put in have been good quality with staff who have helped us and been flexible.

We head off to their partner who now takes us to Lake Titicaca and will genuinely miss them.

Merveilleux séjour !
Sam et Abraham au top, ainsi que toute l'équipe

I booked the 4 day/3 night group tour by train with Alpaca for the second week of November. I think it speaks volumes that the company honored my booking even when I ended up by myself (I don't know if the other participants cancelled or no one else signed up) but they still gave me the full experience. You do have to wait until two weeks before your tour to get any new information from the company about your tour, that is their process but once I was there everything was flawless. My guide, Luis, was amazing. His communication was great (he speaks 3 languages and is working on a 4th!), he was a natural storyteller, answered all my questions, linked the different sites we visited together so I could try to understand the bigger picture, and he seemed to tailor the day to make the most of the traffic, the weather, and what I wanted to see the most. In short, he always seemed on top of everything so I could just trust he had everything under control. This company does primarily focus on trekking but I would recommend Alpaca to anyone looking for a non-trekking tour!

We did the 4 day/ 3 night Machu Picchu hike with Bernabé (Bernie) and David. The experience blew us all away, the logistics support on the hike was an experience of its own. We went in expecting basic fare and enjoyed beautiful and delicious multi-course meals at every sitting, not sure if you can request a cook but ask for Sergio! Two nights of rain had no leaky tents (besides the guides’) and dawn brought beautiful hiking weather. We couldn’t be happier with the professionalism, entertainment, and knowledge shown by the guides. Alpaca is known for being an ethical choice and the relationship with the Porters showed it (Jean-Franco was a hoot).

The hiking is tough and you should be capable of 8 miles and 4,000 ft of elevation over the course of the day BUT the guides walk at your pace and take frequent breaks- you don’t need to be an athlete to complete it.

To our surprise, there are functional bathrooms along the way and our portable toilet was clean. Some of the camp bathrooms aren’t great but the fact that they exist was impressive.

Highly recommend using Alpaca if you’re interested in an honest, Peruvian-owned tour company for any of their trips. We would book again in a heartbeat.

P.S. If you want to hike the Inca Trail do the 4-day.