Benham x 2 - Hidden Chachapoyas & Santa Cruz Trek Review
Australian couple, Carmel & Daryl Benham, from Cheltenham, Victoria, booked two tours with PeruNorth as part of a longer trip around Northern Peru in June / July 2025. Here are their comments, along with some photos they took:
‘We had Julio for the Hidden Chachapoyas Tour and Virgilio for the Santa Cruz Trek. Both were excellent guides. They were very knowledgeable, interesting to talk to and looked after us very well.
Hatchett x 10 Testimonial - South American Epic
Jon Hatchett first contacted PeruNorth way back in March 2022, with a plan for his family to visit his brother, David - who was born in England, but lives in Lima - and then explore the rest of Peru.
As time went by, the trip expanded to be a 6-week highlights of South America itinerary, that finally took place in July and August of 2025.
Boulay x 2 Testimonial - Santa Cruz 5D Trek
In August 2025, a Dutch-Canadian couple in their early 30s, booked to do the five-day Santa Cruz trek, which included a visit to Lake 69. Here are their comments
Peruvian Restaurants in UK
Timmons x 2 Testimonial - Huayhuash Trek, Amazon Fishing, Paracas & Ica
Bruce and Martha, an adventurous couple in their 60s from Tennessee, put together an ambitious itinerary with PeruNorth, eschewing Machu Picchu to take in lesser-visited parts of Peru that encompassed a full range of the country’s contrasting geography: coast, desert, mountains and jungle.
Brownrigg & Dallas - Arequipa & Colca Canyon Testimonial
Daniella & Liam, two twenty-somethings from London, Ontario booked PeruNorth’s 4-day Arequipa & Colca Canyon itinerary for April 2024.
The hotels used were Tierra Viva Arequipa Plaza & Casa Andina Standard Colca.
They had a private half-day tour of central Arequipa on foot and then a shared two-day visit to Colca.
Kaiser x 2 Testimonial | Peru's Northern Coast - Lima to Mancora | Arequipa & Colca Canyon
Melissa & George Kaiser of Bend, Oregon made a five-week trip to Peru in February / March, 2024
Melissa had been to school in Lima in the late ‘60s, and was keen to reconnect with the country of her youth!
PeruNorth organised the middle three weeks:
first an epic two-week overland trip from Lima to Mancora, taking in many of the coastal archaeological highlights along the way
then a week spent in Arequipa and Colca Canyon.
Here are their thoughts on the experience:
Morrison & Partee - Lima, Cusco, Tambopata & Zafiro Amazon Cruise Testimonial
Elaine from Los Altos Hills, CA originally planned a solo Galapagos & Peru trip for March 2022, but had to postpone on medical grounds. She was finally able to make the trip, in the company of Morriss, in February 2024
Their itinerary included Lima, Cusco and - quite unusually - time at both an Amazon lodge in Southern Peru and on an Amazon cruise in Northern Peru.
Their original visit to Machu Picchu was cancelled, but luckily they had extra time in their itinerary and were able to rearrange.
Here are her thoughts on the experience.
James & Danielle Bastian - Cusco & Machu Picchu Review
Northern Peru Archaeology & Low Amazon Lodge Testimonial
Roberto and Paola from Turin, Italy got in touch with PeruNorth in February 2023 looking for a 24-day itinerary to take in the archaeological and natural highlights of Northern Peru, along with some time in or around an Amazonian reserve, such as Pacaya-Samiria.
Here are their comments about the trip, along with a selection of photos they took:
Belen Market
Belen Market (Mercado de Belén) is a famous and bustling market located in the Peruvian Amazon city of Iquitos.









