(USA)
My wife, five friends, and I just spent three weeks trekking and touring in the Cuzco area of Peru, including a visit to Machu Picchu. We took an eight-day trek followed by a five-day one, and Aventura Quechua provided everything starting with our arrival in Lima. The service was excellent, and the scenery was spectacular. As requested, we had the same cook (Victor) as for our previous visits, and the food was again outstanding. For the second trek, in Cordillera Huayhuash we slept at around 13,500\' and some of us had difficulty with the altitude; also, we were mostly confined to our tents since it was pretty cold. But overall we had a wonderful time. Over a period of many months I worked out the trip itinerary with Carlos Ames, continually coming back to him with requested changes, and he was very helpful in accommodating our desires. (He also kindly helped to arrange our \"pre-trip\" to the Galapagos Islands, through a local company there.)