Information about LTAE

Lama Tours & Education, The Peru Specialist

Welcome to the web-site of LTAE, The Peru Specialist. The dutch owned LTAE is founded on respect for and curiosity about the many different customs and cultures in Peru. For more then 7 years LTAE is successfully organizing tours through Peru. The last few years we have established a network of more than 500 contacts in Peru. LTAE has 4 own service points in Lima, Pisco, Arequipa and Cusco. From Lima the individual traveller is guided and the group tours are coordinated. We can be of service from the most northern town of Tumbes, to almost 2,600 km more south, in the town of Tacna. Would you like to go to Iquitos and take a boat to admire pink dolphins on the Amazon? Would you like a horseback riding vacation in the Sacred Valley of the Incas? A week to enjoy the nature in the Manu Biosphere Reserve? Or would you like to do our standard roundtrip with its diversity of optionals?

You can ask us anything, after all we are The Peru Specialist.

Who is The Peruspecialist

May I introduce myself. I am Peter Kuijt the man behind Llama Tours, The Peruspecialist. I was born in Den Haag and after ending my university degree I started working in construction and started to work out my own companies in Holland. At the age of 40 I went to Peru in the year 1998 and started a tourism agency over there.

Business grew up very quickly and now we are organizing round trips for different travel agencies al over the world. Main target of The Peruspecialist is not only show you the Peruvian sight seeing and culture but we want to let you taste it as well.

The Peruspecialist is well know by individual travellers and as tour operator the Peruspecialist is working for his contacts in Great Britain, Holland, Belgium Austria Italy Slovenia and the United States.

Issue of The Peru Specialist is to make travelling as easy and as save as possible.

Easy by organising al accommodations, excursions, necessary transport tickets and transfers in out. When the traveller have to do it himself he will loose a lot of valuable time during his vacation and probably he pays more money in total as well.

We make travelling more safe as well. With the head office in Lima the traveller is always assured of a 24 hour emergency service. English speaking employees will do as much they can to help or to find the best solution for an unexpected problem.

As The Peruspecialist we know from our 7 year experience in organizing trips what Peru can offer to you. We be sure that you will enjoy your tailor made program and we are sure that you will agree at the end of it that you used all the time you joined with us in a very effective way.

About Peru

Peru has developed a full-grown tourist industry. Who hasn't heard of the mysterious Nazca lines? Which explanation should you believe? Did the pre-Incas make the Nazca lines or were the lines made by aliens? Who has not heard of Machu Picchu, the sacred city of the Incas, hidden in the cloud forest of the Sacred Valley. Who hasn't heard about the pink dolphins near Iquitos or of the nature reserves of Manu and Puerto Maldonado? Who hasn't heard of the Colca Canyon and Cruz del Condor, where you can find plenty of the rare condors? We could continue mentioning more places worth visiting in Peru, but we would like to finish this paragraph with the words: All of which you have heard, we can show you.

The climate in Peru. Peru can be divided in three regions: the dry desert (10 mm of rain each year), the humid and hot Amazon and the cold Andes. Should you visit places at an altitude of more than 2,500 meters above sea level (like Chivay, Puno and Cusco), then you'd better take a warm sweater and warm socks to keep you warm on the cold nights. Furthermore there are to seasons: the rainy season and the dry season. The rainy season (the summer in Peru) is from January to March and the dry season is from June to September.

LTAE offers a maximum of individual freedom. In our roundtrips we have included some excursions and you can fill in your remaining free time; one person would prefer to visit another museum, another would like to visit a church or a cathedral an a third wants to visit the traditional native market again. You can also reserve one or more days of your vacation for other activities like the Inca Trial to Machu Picchu, a horseback riding tour in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, a few days of rafting or a visit to the jungle. Just fill in the form and from Arequipa you will be assisted to fulfil all of you wishes, if possible. After all, its your holiday.

LTAE can also provide you with a Spanish language course if you would like to learn some elemental Spanish. LTAE is working with several language institutes in Peru with professional teachers. These institutes are located in Lima and Cusco and classes can be given in Lima, Arequipa and Cusco. The teachers use modules consisting of 2 hours of classes in the morning and 2 hours of classes in the afternoon. These modules can easily be fitted in the roundtrip and are based on private classes. The classes with the language schools are based on group classes. As soon as you book a tour with LTAE, you will receive our introduction course Spanish. The material is developed by LTAE and is based on the standard roundtrip through Peru.

LTAE takes in mind the individual wishes of its clients. LTAE offers the possibility to change the standard programme at very low costs. If you would like to extend your holiday with a visit to the north of Peru to take a look in for example Iquitos, Tumbes, Chiclayo or Trujillo, we can arrange it. Just tell us how LTAE can make your holiday an unforgettable experience, and from Arequipa we will provide you with a personalised tour.

As an individual traveller, you are doing the roundtrip on your own. This means that all hotels are booked, bus, train and flight-tickets are provided and all standard excursions are booked for you. But our service goes further: In every city we have people available to help you. Should you need a doctor, we will call him and send him to your hotel. Should you have problems reclaiming your luggage, we will assist you. Should you encounter any kind of setback, there is always an organisation in Arequipa ready to help you.

Participating in the roundtrips of LTAE is not bound to a specific age. When travelling in Peru, you will have to be flexible to adjust to the different ways of thinking, other customs and other traditions, all part of the Peruvian culture. Furthermore you are travelling in a totally "different" country: Peru is an adventurous country where one day the train will leave on time but the next day the same train might not go at all. Be prepared that things can go wrong one day but don't let it get you down. After all Peru is an unforgettable experience.

Booking a tour with LTAE is easy: Just fill in the Booking Form or visit our Contact Page. To confirm your booking you will have to make a deposit of US$ 250.-. People who book early (more than 3 months in advance) will receive a discount of US$ 25.-.

LTAE advises its clients to get travel insurance for trips to Peru. Every participant will have to have insurance for medical, SOS, and transportation costs. More information is available with our office in Arequipa.

Upgrades

If you do the budget roundtrip with LTAE, you will travel through Peru with local transportation (bus, train and only Cusco - Lima by plane). This is an adventurous way of travelling and it will get you in contact with the Peruvian culture. The standard hotels are simple (1 star), but the service is excellent and all rooms are provided with a private bathroom.

LTAE offers the possibility to modify your trip according to your wishes. If you would like to travel with a luxurious bus, a tourist train or travel by plane, we can arrange it.

The options and prices you can find in Table UV

It is also possible to change your hotel selection and choose a 2, 3, 4 or a 5 star hotel.

The options and prices for the hotels you can find in Table UH.

* The train from Puno to Cusco only leaves on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

All prices are per person.

• * class of the hotel (number of stars);
• In Pisco, Ica, Nazca and Puno there are no 4 and 5 star hotels available;
• The prices are based on a double room. More information about single-room prices is available on our Route Description page.

Optionals

The number of optionals is too big to describe completely. Below you can find guidelines for the prices of the most popular optionals.

These are guidelines only. High season and low season can influence the price.