Luxury Latin America Blog » Peru travel http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog Luxury travel news and reviews for Mexico, Central America, and South America. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:26:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Sol y Luna Lodge in the Sacred Valley of Peru http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/11/20/sol-y-luna-lodge-in-the-sacred-valley-of-peru/ http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/11/20/sol-y-luna-lodge-in-the-sacred-valley-of-peru/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:48:24 +0000 Timothy http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/?p=2614 Long before all the flashy new hotels opened up in the Sacred Valley of Peru, Sol y  Luna (Sun and Moon) had staked out a spot in Urubamba. Over the years the orginal small lodge mirrored Peru’s tourism industry, expanding and going more upscale as the number of visitors increased. Now Sol y Luna has [...]

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]]> http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/10/09/perus-inti-raymi-festival-with-southwind-adventures/feed/ 0 A Riot of Color in Chivay, Peru http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/09/11/a-riot-of-color-in-chivay-peru/ http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/09/11/a-riot-of-color-in-chivay-peru/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:38:45 +0000 Timothy http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/?p=2494 The Colca Canyon is a brown place. In rainy season the flowers bloom and there’s plenty of green, but the overall color is brown, punctuated by pretty white churches in the village centers. When I left the Orient-Express Casitas del Colca hotel and the driver began the journey back to Arequipa, however, I had a [...]

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]]> http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/09/11/a-riot-of-color-in-chivay-peru/feed/ 1 Staying in the Amazon Jungle in Style http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/08/03/staying-in-the-amazon-jungle-in-style/ http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/08/03/staying-in-the-amazon-jungle-in-style/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:19:17 +0000 Timothy http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/?p=2434 We’ve run a couple luxury travel in Peru tour stories about upscale, small-ship cruises in the Peruvian Amazon, but we haven’t been able to get anyone out to Inkaterra’s Reserva Amazonica lodge there, the best jungle lodge in Peru, if not the whole Amazon region. I’m happy to say we’ve rectified that. Contributor Ellen Barone, [...]

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]]> http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/08/03/staying-in-the-amazon-jungle-in-style/feed/ 0 A Luxury Peru Walking Tour http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/06/12/a-luxury-peru-walking-tour/ http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/2012/06/12/a-luxury-peru-walking-tour/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:56:33 +0000 Timothy http://luxurylatinamerica.com/blog/?p=2350 There’s no shortage of tour companies in Peru who can lead you across the Andes to Inca monuments and Sacred Valley villages. One of our writers just went out with one of the best though: the tour company Butterfield and Robinson, best known for their upscale “slow travel” walking and biking tours. Our correspondent got [...]

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