Our amazing family trip to Machu Picchu - Everything we expected and more. There is a reason it is on every top ten list of places to see in the world before you die.
Welcoming Arms in Mira Flores (notice the grey sky) (Robert Sterling)''Give your children experiences, not things.'' Someone told us those words of wisdom years ago, and as a family, we have tried to do this. Two years ago, when our oldest son graduated from the University of Tennessee, we booked a house in Tortola, BVI for his graduation trip. FIVE DAYS OF MONSOON RAINS. One afternoon, sitting under the porch watching the water continue to poor down, we each sat down and wrote down the top places we would like to go in the world, and all four of us mentioned Machu Picchu.
Two years later, as we were thinking about a trip for our younger son's graduation, Peru seemed to be the most appealing of all our destinations, so it was decided.
We have traveled as a family to places such as England, Scotland, St. John, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Canada. However, the thought of going unassisted to this part of the world was going to take much more planning and time than we had, as we decided to go only 2 months before the actual travel date. I knew that Peru was becoming a popular world destination, and looked at some tours online. However, in the back of my mind, I kept remembering some advertisements in the back pages of Outside Magazine, as sitting my two college age sons on the back of a bus with 20 people just didn't seem to be where I wanted to go.
I called Adventure Life, and from the first conversation I had on the phone, until arriving back in Knoxville a week later, I was affirmed that I made the right call.
Adventure Life does a great job of finding a booking excellent hotels, excursions and support for all your travel needs. The excursions were outstanding. We were able to see all of the places we dreamed about with great guides to enhance the visits.
Keith Hobson
1 hour ago
Frannie was great and very helpful. Far to many forms and instructions and were confusing, contradictory and not clear at all.
Pat Coyle
1 day ago
Great communication and deep understanding of the kind a trip we had in mind. Took everything we ask for to heart and help make really information choices. Top notch!
Katlin Petrow
1 day ago
Adventure Life handled all the planning and any unexpected changes quickly and with our satisfaction in mind. Costa Rica is a fantastic place with many opportunities for adventure, depending on what an individual requests. Adventure Life helped our adventurous group discover and enjoy everything that we wanted.
Denise
2 days ago
Adventure Life (with partner Adventure Journey) got us the real experience that we were hoping for. The food was definitely above what we expected, as were the accomodations. Gabriel S. (our Galapagos guide) was so very personable and tuned in that we felt we had the premium of experiences (food, activities, people to meet and interact with). Our experience in the Cloud Forest was an impressive "birding" experience with great accomodations and wonderful food.
Richard Mark Styczynski
6 days ago
Adventure Life does a great job of finding a booking excellent hotels, excursions and support for all your travel needs. The excursions were outstanding. We were able to see all of the places we dreamed about with great guides to enhance the visits.
Keith Hobson
1 hour ago
Frannie was great and very helpful. Far to many forms and instructions and were confusing, contradictory and not clear at all.
Pat Coyle
1 day ago
Great communication and deep understanding of the kind a trip we had in mind. Took everything we ask for to heart and help make really information choices. Top notch!
Katlin Petrow
1 day ago
Adventure Life handled all the planning and any unexpected changes quickly and with our satisfaction in mind. Costa Rica is a fantastic place with many opportunities for adventure, depending on what an individual requests. Adventure Life helped our adventurous group discover and enjoy everything that we wanted.
Denise
2 days ago
Adventure Life (with partner Adventure Journey) got us the real experience that we were hoping for. The food was definitely above what we expected, as were the accomodations. Gabriel S. (our Galapagos guide) was so very personable and tuned in that we felt we had the premium of experiences (food, activities, people to meet and interact with). Our experience in the Cloud Forest was an impressive "birding" experience with great accomodations and wonderful food.
Richard Mark Styczynski
6 days ago
Adventure Life does a great job of finding a booking excellent hotels, excursions and support for all your travel needs. The excursions were outstanding. We were able to see all of the places we dreamed about with great guides to enhance the visits.
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