Hi everybody I'm looking for information and suggestions about Peru, paticular Machu Picchu. Wanting to go next year around April or May. Is there any tour companies here in Vancouver I could talk to or get info from.
Thanks.

PeruHop is a fantastic tour/bus line company. They can even help with hostel/hotel bookings.

Dont forget the medication for elevation sickness. And the lotion for those sandwart bugs.

Oh those pesky biting bugs!

What is best to use to repel those bugs?

I would suggest to bring any repellant lotion, I did not bring it and find out only when it happen to me, itchiness and round red dots wont go away until 6 weeks after. And I didn't even hike there but took the train to MP, yet still happen to me. Good luck..

G adventures was fabulous

Yes G Adventures were terrific!

We just came back from the 3-week G Adventures Absolute Peru trip, Cusco stay option. Everything was great! Acclimatized to altitude. Half day and guided tour of Machu Picchu, plus lots of other Inca sites like Pisac and Ollantaytambo. Nice to have a jungle experience to finish the trip.

I did Peru a few years ago. Only booke dfirst nights accomodation. And flights to Cuzco the day after !
There are an insane amount of companies in the main square in Cuzco you can book! We did the 3 day tour that included the sacred valley, entrance into machine pichu and accomodation!
Honestly. Save your money and book when you get there. Everyone speaks English there. Super easy to navigate around

I have also used g adventures for China and going to Africa and they have been awesome !

You didn't have any issues with permits to get there? I thought there's only so many they give at a given time?

Luigi we had 6 days in Cuzco so we just booked whenever the company did. Never had an issue. We went in April as well;)

Luigi to hike the Inca Trail there’s 500/day including all the porters, cooks and Guides. So about 160ish tourists. If you just want to get herded up to Machu Picchu on a bus there’s no limits that I’ve heard of. Be sure to research a trekking company well if you’re wanting to do the hike. The cheaper companies did not treat their porters as well as others did.

Ok thanks. I do want to hike it so that's good to know.

Luigi check out the trek to Rainbow Mountain if you can. We went with Flashpacker connect. Just a one day trip. About 23km round trip at even higher elevation, but simply stunning.

Heather They are now restricting the number to Machu Pucchu. Morning ticket holders can only stay until I think around 12:30pm. Afternoon tickets start around that time. We went in Nov 2017 and we were told this was starting sometime in 2018.

Theresa interesting. Could be hard to enforce getting people out though since it’s so spread out.

You have to pre-book the Inca trail.

I was there in October and new rules are in place. I recommend going super early. We hiked up from Aguascalientes at about 4:30am. The bus line ups were already populated. If you go in the morning you can stay all day. But bring food and water as you can only re-enter once.

You will save time and money by booking everything through a travel agent or tour operator such G Adventure or Goway Travel

We booked through Llamapath. No issues.

Wonderful trip booked through Intense travel in Cusco. Check out their website.

G adventure is amazing went last year in May perfect weather

I too went with G Adventure. Very organized. Was also lucky to have a great group. I went in October. Perfect weather.