Veloso Tours Traveller Reviews

A combination of sight-seeing, culture, trekking and wild-life spotting. After a short visit to Lima where we spotted Paddington Bear we headed to Lake Titicaca for a 3-night stay, spending one night with a host family on Amanti Island. A day's drive took us from Puno to Cusco with several archeological sites on the way. 3 nights in Cusco to see the sights and a day trip to the Sacred Valley. Accliimatised to the altitude by this time, we then did a 2.5-day, 2-night hike on the 'Lares Treak', camping high in the Andes, seeing no-one other than a few local villagers, their llamas and potato crops - yes even at 4,500m! Then the Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes and another early morning start to catch the first buses up to Machu Picchu. We took the train back to Cusco that night and departed early the next day for Puerto Maldonado and a taste of the rain forest and the Amazon basin. Quite a shock to the system after the cool of the mountains. We saw caimans, howler monkeys, giant river otters, parakeets and macaws, butterflies and tarantulas, but sadly no jaguars - just the tracks. Wellies and waterproofs didn't spoil the adventure. After three nights we headed back to Lima for a final night - a stroll and paddle in the Pacific, followed by one more archeological site at Pachacamac, before heading for the airport and a very comfortable night on the plane! A delight for us that BA fly direct from Gatwick to Lima 3 times a week.

Veloso Tours were originally recommended to us by our travel agent when they organised a trip to Chile for us a couple of years ago. This time I contacted them directly. I had several long conversations discussing aspects of our holiday with members of staff specialising in Peru. They always had time to listen and chat. Wonderful to speak to someone who has personal knowledge of precisely what you want to do and who can make recommendations. If they didn't know the answer to a question, they found out and emailed straight back. Everything on the ground was organised perfectly. We'll certainly go back to Veloso for our next South American trip.

Veloso Tours arranged an amazing bespoke trip around Costa Rica - we had an idea of where we wanted to go, and how long we wanted to stay at each destination. Veloso tours also made some suggestions which we hadn't thought of which made our experience even better (e.g. White water rafting on the Pacuare River!). So, three nights in San Jose (visited coffee plantation, Poas volcano, La Paz waterfalls, river rafting), Tortuguero for three nights (boat trips, jungle tour, zip-lining, chilling out), three nights in Arenal (hanging bridges, volcano, chilling out), two nights in Monte Verde (Cloud Forest tour, night tour, sugar cane/cocoa plantation), and finally five nights of relaxation in Manual Antonio (gorgeous beaches, snorkeling, National Park tour, spa day). Absolutely fantastic - all the transfers went really smoothly, the hotels were gorgeous and the tour guides were friendly and knowledgeable. This was easily the best holiday we've ever had!

As above - not only did they take into account the kind of trip we wanted, but they made some brilliant suggestions which improved our trip. We only encountered one problem whilst we were away, and it was all sorted out satisfactorily by them (to do with luggage transfer). The travel documents they produced were excellent and gave us all the information we needed in one place - lots of additional info regarding food, places, what to expect etc. Theyalso kept us up to date with everything and were happy to answer all sorts of questions we had. Just superb.

Recent 10 day visit to Peru by couple over 58 from UK. Visited Puno, Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley.

From arrival in Lima to our departure 10 days later the Veloso Tour operation was professional and personal in every detail. Guides were superb and the itinerary and choice of hotels were outstanding. Everything ran like clockwork but without you feeling that you were on a schedule. Excellence in every way which made a great holiday absolutely wonderful.