Four or more companies
Peru and the Amazon, Twelve Nights
Four companies, four cancellation schedules and three places where one late arrival takes the next thing with it. This is the tier this agency exists for, and the page says exactly where the risk sits.
| The company | What it owes you | Its own rule if you cancel | What happens if it fails |
|---|---|---|---|
| The international airline | Seats and bags to Lima and home | Fare rules, quoted verbatim | Rebooking under their conditions, which releases nothing downstream |
| The internal air operator | The flights between Lima, the highlands and the river, which are the joins that decide the whole itinerary | Its own schedule, and changes here are frequently rebookings rather than amendments | Worth marking. Weather and altitude move these flights. A morning lost costs a night at the far end, and who absorbs that is agreed in writing before you go |
| The highland operator | Seven nights, guides, the road transport, entries at the sites that cap numbers and must be held months ahead, and two acclimatization days built into the route because the altitude decides that | Deposit hard early, then stepped. Site entries are often non transferable once issued | Guides and vehicles are theirs; substitution is normal |
| The river lodge | Four nights, all meals, the boat transfers from the river town, and its own guided excursions | Its own schedule, usually the most forgiving of the four | The lodge carries its guides as staff, so illness is their problem rather than a gap in your week |
Where this trip actually breaks
Not at the destination. At the two internal flights, and at the site entries that were bought months ago for a fixed date.
That is why this tier is quoted with a spare half day either side of each internal leg, which makes the trip a day longer and considerably less likely to fail. An itinerary that removes those half days is less costly and worse, and we will show you both.
from$3,480per person, two sharing, land only
Split across +four companies. What each of them charges, and what none of them charges, is on prices. The figure is confirmed in writing before anything is placed.
The acclimatization days are not padding
They are the part travelers try to cut and the part that cannot be cut. Altitude does not negotiate, and a day and a half at the front of this route is the difference between a trip and an illness.