Amazing people, great food, a lot of fun.

I would recommend Karikuy Tours to anyone wanting to do the 4 day inca trail hike. They provide professional services, tours are well organized. The porters they provide are just super special carried out duffel bags without any hassles. the chef cooked some amazing Peruvian food. Leo our guide was amazing. Ensured that we were all taken care of , checking on us constantly. Adolfo was also amazing. Julio owner of Karikuy Tours was in constant touch with us. Answered all our questions before our trip was easily available to help us with good guidance and advice.

Enjoyed Inca Trail hike and Rainbow mountain hike . Karikuy Travels had made most of the arrangements during our stay at Cusco and during the hike. Love their guides, Willie at Cusco , Leo and Adolpho at Inca trail hike. The food served during our hike was delicious. We had amazing porters. But there are few concerns also: 1)Some of the communications were not clear ( for ex: we were told one porter can carry 23kg) but never mentioned that our rented sleeping bags were also included in that ) 2) The guide Emmanuel ( during rainbow mountain hike, he rarely checked on us and was asking the horse riders to jack up the price.( when we asked for a ride after hiking almost half way to the mountain) 3)The working conditions of the porters need to improve . Saw many porters carrying heavy luggage’s and had no hiking shoes. They were wearing some slippers.

We had wonderful time there. We had zip lining, rafting, hiking and…that all were great

The Inca trail is in the top three hikes I’ve ever done and that’s saying a lot as I’m a very avid hiker. Our guide (Filipe) was super knowledgeable, friendly and responsible. He took care of us very well and managed a rather diverse group of hikers with very little to a lot of experience. The porters were amazing and went above and beyond, carrying massive loads and preparing amazing meals each day. The only recommendation I can make is that the camping gear is not the best so bring a sleeping mat and warm sleeping bag as it gets very cold at night. If you are wanting to see Manchu Pichhu then this is the best way as the journey is more than the destination.

Karikuy Tours hizo que nuestra experiencia sea “stress-free”. Cada guía fue muy amable y pudimos disfrutar de Cusco y Machu Picchu sin preocupaciones! Además, crearon un tour personalizado para acomodar los pocos días que estábamos allí! Gracias!

Great Communication and helpful with any unforeseen circumstances! They made our trip easier and stress-free

Did the 5 day salkantay trek with them in 2022. Great guide, super fun tour. They provided everything needed and were really responsive to any questions we had before leaving.

We planned the Salkantay trail for 4 days from 14-17 july, only 3 weeks in advance. Although the permission tickets for Machu Picchu were limited by then, they gave us very good advice on how to best plan the trek. Very fast responses, kind people. The Salkantay trek itself was amazing!! The guide Alex Samanez was great, had good energy and took good care of the whole group. The camps we stayed were good and on very beautiful spots, the food was very good. The vegetarian food also. Would definitely recommend this agency!

I used this tour group 3 years ago. They were very efficient for what I needed. I travelled alone and my Spanish speaking is mediocre at best. They communicated well with me and the arrangements were perfect. Best trip I ever took in my life.

I brought a group of students to Cusco for study abroad and Karikuy provided all our tour services. Oscar does a beautiful job of coordinating each outing, providing prompt and accurate information. Guides and buses are punctual. When a misunderstanding occurred regarding our tickets to Machu Picchu, Oscar stayed up late, securing a satisfactory last-minute change so that we were able to see the site as we had originally planned. He takes his job seriously and wants everything to be right. As for the guides, we had two different styles. For Sacred Valley and our City Tour, Guillermo went beyond what was required to gives us a full experience. We never felt rushed for time. He answered all our questions with the greatest enthusiasm, and his passion for the sites was infectious and endearing. Julio Cesar, our Machu Picchu guide, was as knowledgeable and eloquent as any university professor. His deep study of the history and architecture of Machu Picchu provided the best tour I'd been given in my eight separate visits to the Inca city. He is unusual in the breadth and analysis he offers, bringing alive the ruins with his account. Our Inti Raymi guide was more offhand, a bit less invested. But the trip to Sacsayhuaman was nonetheless marvelous and the food and bus provided both excellent. I plan to return to Peru next year to do another long hike and without a doubt, I will contract the services of Karikuy, because I know they can be counted on.

I brought a group of students to Cusco for study abroad and Karikuy provided all our tour services. Oscar does a beautiful job of coordinating each outing, providing prompt and accurate information. Guides and buses are punctual. When a misunderstanding occurred regarding our tickets to Machu Picchu, Oscar stayed up late, securing a satisfactory last-minute change so that we were able to see the site as we had originally planned. He takes his job seriously and wants everything to be right. As for the guides, we had two different styles. For Sacred Valley and our City Tour, Guillermo went beyond what was required to gives us a full experience. We never felt rushed for time. He answered all our questions with the greatest enthusiasm, and his passion for the sites was infectious and endearing. Julio Cesar, our Machu Picchu guide, was as knowledgeable and eloquent as any university professor. His deep study of the history and architecture of Machu Picchu provided the best tour I'd been given in my eight separate visits to the Inca city. He is unusual in the breadth and analysis he offers, bringing alive the ruins with his account. Our Inti Raymi guide was more offhand, a bit less invested. But the trip to Sacsayhuaman was nonetheless marvelous and the food and bus provided both excellent. I plan to return to Peru next year to do another long hike and without a doubt, I will contract the services of Karikuy, because I know they can be counted on. Johnny Payne

Karikuy organized a perfect tour from Cusco through the Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu and back, was extremely available and clear in communication both on their website chat and in WhatsApp, and staff and tour guides were friendly and went above and beyond to personally escort me to each check in point or give clear instructions to get there. I felt like I was being taken care of by family.

We booked a 4 day trekking and camping on the Inca Trail through Karikuy Tours. Karikuy Tours was excellent from the very beginning to the very end. Julio, who organized the trip for us, was very responsive to all our needs and was able to answer every question and concern we had. He provided us with all the information and details for our trek. He even organized a driver to pick and drop us off to and from the airport. The driver was very polite and professional. The Inca trail was an incredible experience with stunning views. We were fortunate to have the best tour guide, Hector. Hector has expansive and in-depth knowledge of the Inca's, Peruvian culture and plants. I learned so much from him in those 4 days. He's very excited to share his culture and on top of that he was so much fun! I highly recommend everyone to request Hector as a guide, you will NOT be disappointed! Our porters were very polite and cooked delicious food for us. It was such a treat getting to know them. Thank you Karikuy Tours, Julio and Hector for an experience of a lifetime!

I have been on adventure guided trips/hunts from the Arctic Circle to Argentina for the past forty+ years. Trips too numerous to count. Trips that promise the moon but eventually fall way short. My most recent trip with Karikuy Tours, Lima, Peru was the most efficient, well organized and pleasant trips I have ever experienced from an outfitter. From the moment I inquired about the Inca Trail, they were constantly in contact with me. Once, I pulled the trigger and paid for the trip, the communication remained constant and accessible. The simplest of questions were answered just as swiftly as the major concerns. Questions that concerned my traveling from the US to Peru, really not Karikuy’s problem, they helped me every step of the way including Covid-19 testing. Julio Tello was literally accessible 24 hours a day and I never felt I was a burden. A trip of this nature involved several different types of transportation; and the transition between each was seamless. All Hotel accommodations in two different Peru cities were accommodated without the slightest hitch. Believe me, when in a foreign country with limited language ability, this is huge. One of our party’s luggage was lost on the airlines and Julio jumped right in to resolve the situation. My trip, the Four Day Inca Trail hike, was led by a most capable and knowledgeable guide, Hector Cconochuillca (not sure of spelling), accompanied by a team of porters who treated us as royalty. The food was exceptional. Never did I want for anything. Hector balanced everything between obtaining our objective, but not making us uncomfortable. It was a perfect combination to experience this beautiful part of the world. His knowledge and passion were amazing. I highly recommend him. As an experienced adventure tour person, one who has led and outfitted my own in the US, I, without reservation, highly recommend Karikuy Tours.

A very pleasant trip, all very well organized, enjoy beautiful landscapes and excellent gastronomy. I was always accompanied by a guide. The guides showed a wide knowledge of the places, the best was Betty very professional.

Our trek was planned for last year, but due to covid it was delayed. The office was closed for a while but once they finally opened they were very helpful in allowing us to decide to rebook or get a refund (either partial or full). We decided to rebook and went a year after the original date and it was amazing! Our guide was very knowledgeable and was able to encourage each and every one of us to finish the hike and ended with a beautiful coca leaf ceremony outside the entrance of Machu Picchu. It was frustrating the few months we went without answers on this trip, but we understood that they were operating under unprecedented circumstances. Would 100% book a tour with them again.

We had a fabulous time on our 5 day Lares Trek. Our guide, Hector, was extremely knowledgeable and helpful throughout, the wonderful food by Picasso was fresh and delicious. The campsites were well done, hike challenging but beautiful, the visit to Ollantaytambo perfect and the hotel at Aguas Calientes was excellent. Since it was off season Karikuy Tours allowed us to adjust the trek to our personal desires at a reasonable cost. They arranged all train connections, bus shuttles, and vans to and from Cuzco. We are fit seniors (69-73) so we upgraded hostels to hotels, added another horse for our gear and a second day without guide at Machu Picchu to allow us to climb Machu Picchu Mountain at our leisure. This was an extraordinary trip, I highly recommend Karikuy Tours to all.

It was awesome. The people I met. The things I never thought I would see. The animals. The only part I didn't like was the food. My mom was born and raised in Cusco. So I was used to really delicious Peruvian food. The food on the treck was really bland and borning. The aji wasn't even yummy. Im almost positive they reused greace for the popcorn. So please just be aware of that. Other than that it was amazing.

Thank you so much for your speedy and brilliant service! You have been wonderful to deal with right from my initial inquiry and I can’t thank you enough for your help with this. If only all of the other companies I am trying to deal with had been as great as you! We will be in touch as soon as we have an idea of when we will be traveling and I will be recommending you to anyone that wants to travel where you operate! Thanks again and best wishes for you during this awful time.