Organized Tours
There are hundreds of travel agents and tour operators in Peru, and reps hunt out customers at bus terminals, train stations and in city centres. While they can be expensive, organized excursions can be a quick and relatively effortless way to see some of the popular attractions and the more remote sites, while a prearranged trek, like the Inca Trail, can take much of the worry out of camping preparations and ensure that you get decent campsites, a sound meal and help with carrying your equipment in what can be difficult walking conditions (mainly due to the high altitude). Many adventure tour companies offer excellent and increasingly exciting packages and itineraries - ranging from mountain biking, whitewater rafting, jungle photo-safaris, mountain trekking and climbing, to more comfortable and gentler city and countryside tours. Tours cost $25-60 a day and, in Cusco and Huaraz in particular, there's an enormous selection of operators to choose from. Cusco is a pretty good base for hiking, whitewater rafting, canoeing, horse-riding or going on an expedition into the Amazonian jungle with an adventure tour company; Arequipa offers superb hiking and the surrounding area boasts two of the deepest canyons on the planet, all serviced by tour companies; Huaraz is a good base for trekking and mountaineering; Iquitos , on the Amazon river, is one of the best places for adventure trips into the jungle and has a reasonable range of tour operators. Several of these companies have branches in Lima, if you want to book a tour in advance. For up-to-the-minute information and recommendations, contact the Asociacion Peruana de Operadores de Turismo, Bajada Balta 169, Dpto 203, Miraflores (tel 01/446-0422, apotur@amauta.rcp.net.pe) or the Asociacion Peruana de Tursimo de Aventura y Ecoturismo, Santander 170, Miraflores (tel 01/221-4283).
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