Activities in Cuzco
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Reserv Cusco Ltda
Offers cheap Sacred Valley mountain-biking trips and Inka Jungle Trail tours, which start with mountain biking downhill from the Abra de Malaga, then trekking to Aguas Calientes to reach Machu Picchu.
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Amigos
- Cuzco, Peru
- Activities › Other
A long-established non-profit school with an admirable public-service record.
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Samana Spa
- Cuzco, Peru
- Activities › Other
For some pampering or a post-trekking splurge, a blossoming number of spas offer massage services, one of them being the luxurious Samana Spa. Beware of cheap massages touted in the street; there are reports of massages getting much more, er, intimate than expected.
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Amauta Spanish School
Big, professional and popular. Also offers Spanish programs in the Sacred Valley and the Amazon jungle.
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Birding in Peru
Englishman Barry Walker, owner of the Cross Keys Pub, is a self-confessed 'birding bum' and the best resident ornithologist to give serious birders plenty of enthusiastic advice. He has also written a field guide, The Birds of Machu Picchu, and runs a tour agency, Birding in Peru, for bird-watching trips all around Peru, as well as into Bolivia and Chile.
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Amazonas Explorer
This professional international operator with top-quality equipment and guides offers rafting trips on the Ríos Apurímac and Tambopata. Private trips on even more remote rivers, such as Río Cotahuasi near Arequipa, can also be arranged. Also offers excellent two- to 10-day mountain-biking adventures.
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Llama Path
Friendly, small trekking company that has received good reports from some travelers.
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Enigma
Specializes in tailor-made treks for small groups, and in alternative tourism.
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River Explorers
- Cuzco, Peru
- Activities › Other
Runs all sorts of sections, including trips of up to six days on Río Apurímac.
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Sacred Valley via Ferrata
- Cuzco, Peru
- Activities › Other
The via ferrata – ‘Iron Way’ in Italian – is a series of ladders, holds and bridges built into a sheer rockface. First developed in the Italian Alps in WWII, it’s a great way for reasonably fit people with no previous experience to experience rock climbing. The Sacred Valley Via Ferrata, located amid stunning scenery in the Sacred Valley, was constructed and operated by rock-climbing and high-mountain professionals. It features a 300m vertical ascent, a heart-hammering hanging bridge 200m above the valley floor, and a 100m rappel. Active, adrenaline-pumping fun. The price includes pickup and drop-off in Cuzco or Urubamba, rock climbing and lunch.
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Action Valley
Action Valley is an adventure park with paintball (US$20), a 300m-long zipline ride (US$15), a giant tower swing (US$20), a 122m bungee jump (US$64) and a bungee slingshot (US$64) at the ready. The park is 11km outside Cuzco on the road to Poroy (taxi S12 or Pachacutec combi S0.60 each way). It’s closed between January 15 and February 15.
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Cusco Spanish School
Prices include 20 hours of Spanish-language instruction per week, three meals per day, a city tour and salsa-dancing lessons. The intensive program doubles the amount of class time.The school can also arrange classes in Peruvian cookery, the Quechua language, Andean musical instruments and ceramics.
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Andean Treks
Andean Treks is your best source for information and guides for scaling any of the high peaks in the Cuzco area. There are no commercial skiing areas, but adventurous and expert mountain skiers have been known to carry their skis to an Andean summit and ski back down - quite an adventure!
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Fairplay
A unique non-profit NGO, Fairplay trains Peruvian single mothers to provide Spanish lessons and homestays. Students pay two-thirds of their class fees directly to their teachers. Individual classes only, priced according to the teacher’s level of experience.
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Academia Latinoamericana de Español
Tuition fees include a family homestay, three meals per day, laundry service, airport pickup, luggage storage, mail service, wi-fi access and weekly social activities.
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Aventours
This agency is expensive, but it has top-of-the-line guides, equipment, food and services. Its llama treks and private Inca Trail entrance camp at Km 82 are unique.
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Loreto Tours
Runs half-day trips to the ruins around Cuzco, full day and overnight trips in the Sacred Valley, and four-day rides down into the Amazon jungle. Rentals available.
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Gravity Peru
- Cuzco, Peru
- Activities › Other
Allied with well-known Gravity Bolivia, this professionally run operator is the only one offering double-suspension bikes for day trips. Highly recommended.
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Apumayo
This professional outfitter takes advance international bookings for Río Tambopata trips. It’s also equipped to take travelers with disabilities.
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Peru Treks
Locally owned, ecoconscious company with experienced guides; it also invests in the ethical treatment of porters. Highly recommended.
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Turismo Caith
- Cuzco, Peru
- Activities › Other
Offers community visits and the opportunity to participate in educational projects, as well as standard single and multiday trips.
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Cervantes Spanish School
- Cuzco, Peru
- Activities › Other
People rave about lovely Rocsana and her colleagues. Learn to speak Spanish fast from serious, experienced teachers.
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San Blas Spanish School
Students enjoy the informal teaching here, appropriate to the school’s location in the heart of bohemian San Blas.
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Peru Discovery
This outfit runs recommended mountain-bike tours around the Sacred Valley and downhill into the Manu area.
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SAS
A mammoth operator that takes huge groups along the Inca Trail; however, it has many detractors.
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