Last Frontiers' articles for Peru (all categories)
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Winter Newsletter December 2015
Welcome to our regular round-up of Latin America news and staff travel reports. In this issue: Office news Last Frontiers' Top Three Gardens Claire and Fran in north-east Brazil Ali in Uruguay Last Frontiers in the press Office News Since our last newsletter we have launched our new websi... Read more»
Peru recommended reading
Here is a selection of books we recommend relating to Peru: The true story of a British-built steamship, the Yavarí, carried by mule in thousands of parts from the Pacific to the highest navigable lake in the world - Lake Titicaca. Rediscovered by the author in 1962 as a rotting hulk, she was restor... Read more»
Jonny tests the Mountain Lodges of Peru 'Lares Adventure'
In early December I was lucky enough to be invited onto the brand new Mountain Lodges of Peru (MLP) 'Lares Adventure' to Machu Picchu. After the success of MLP's Lodge to Lodge Salkantay Trek (which follows the classic Salkantay trail through the mountains to Machu Picchu - staying in comfortable lo... Read more»
Fran in Peru
At the top of many travellers' hit lists of Latin America, Peru has much to recommend itself - yet I had never made it there. Thankfully, I was able to rectify this in November when I was offered the opportunity to spend a week visiting Peru's highlights. To my delight, I found it to be everything I... Read more»
BBC - The Inca: Masters of the Clouds
Follow Dr Jago Cooper, curator of the Americas section in the British museum, on his travels through Ecuador and Peru to reassess the origins, accomplishments and nature of one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. In the first episode, Jago begins in Peru and reassesses the achievemen... Read more»
New Lares Adventure
Mountain Lodges of Peru have created a brand new five day flexible walking itinerary, based on the classic Lares Trek in the Urubamba Valley, in the Sacred Valley of the Incas. The trek can be adapted to suit your fitness level and can be extended to include extra hikes or more leisurely days if req... Read more»
Peru Family Adventure - The Times 20 best half-term adventures
On 21 September Julia Brookes of the Saturday Times picked the 20 best family holidays from around the world and Last Frontiers' Peru Family Adventure was featured. Peru is a real country of highlights - from ancient Inca sites to colonial cities, lush Amazon rainforest to the high Andes - it is ric... Read more»
Peru in a week - Sunday Times article mentions Last Frontiers
On 26 June Jeremy Lazell, writing in the Sunday Times, set a challenge: which tour operator would you choose to discover the soul of a country in just seven days. Twelve countries were listed, and for Peru (the only chosen country in Latin America) a custom itinerary we had created was chosen as the... Read more»