We did a 3-day trek in the mountains behind Cocora….It felt great to leave the relative crowds of Cocora behind and keep heading up up up into the clouds and then above them.

The Paramo is a special place and the people that live up there and offer accommodation were among the nicest I’ve met – so open and generous.

Mornings brought clear views to ice-capped volcanoes, and we walked through some of the most verdant cloud forest I’ve seen.

The Uyuni tour – even though we weren’t able to visit the National Park due to snow, it surpassed our expectations with its amazing, spectacular landscapes. We had a great guide (having an English-speaking guide was well worth the extra cost – thanks for the steer).

Everywhere was friendly, welcoming and well-located, and in fairness did have hot water which was very welcome! We loved the lodge at Chalalan. Other than the cold rooms, the Tayka Salt Flats tour lodges were spectacular.

The guides were top notch. Informative, personable, organised and punctual, and clearly put in the effort to give us an outstanding experience, including the revised itinerary in Uyuni where we felt that our guide, Alvaro, really stepped up to minimise the impact of the National Park closure and give us a great time.

Chalalan explained how they are benefitting the local community and it was gratifying to see the contribution it makes.

The arrangement by which Tayka hotels transfer into community hands also seemed like a good model.

Generally, we were told often that Bolivia feels a bit off the tourist map and that the country would benefit by visitors spreading the word.

Bolivia is a lovely, diverse and, in places, spectacular country. It’s also one of the rougher countries we’ve visited, given the altitude, extremes of temperatures, road conditions, limitations of accommodation and general level of development, and this reflects in some of our comments above. Our trip itself was really enjoyable and fascinating and we’d like to thank you for your help in putting in together.

Communication through email was excellent. Questions were always answered right away. Great service! Wonderful tour and excellent tour guide. Lots of highlights, Uyuni and trek were probably our favourite.

Just did the 5-day luxury tour with 5 other guys. Best trip of our lives.

Great food. Great guide. Great accommodations in Cusco and Aguas Calientes. Great service. Wouldn’t change a single thing.

I just can’t reiterate enough how incredible the trip was. Thank you for everything.

I had the most amazing time, it far exceeded what I was expecting.

The camp really does sell itself short, it’s an amazing camp. Food was out of this world and all staff were great, free bar at camp and each tent/hut had its own member of staff allocated to you for the whole trip, so coffee served in bed every morning.

There were yoga classes every morning to help get ready for the day in the raft and two hot tubs.

I’m going to go again next year!

We had an AMAZING time. What a brilliant country. The range, quality and distinctiveness of what we found in Peru was amazing. With regards to our guides/organisation, everything – pretty much without exception – ran like clockwork: we were picked up in every place, never had to wait or were left wondering what to do (even though having travelled independently a lot before we occasionally fretted needlessly). Thanks very much again, and who knows? We might be in touch again regarding another South American trip in the future.