14 Apr 2022
We had an amazing time on the 7 day tour seeing the beautiful ruins, nature, and culture Peru has to offer. I adored our guides and really loved the first 3 days with Franco (tour guide) and afortunado (driver). Franco was super informative and truly a joy to have as our guide. Our other tour guides, Lenney, Miguel and Marciel were nice too. The places you will see on this tour are remarkable and breathtaking. My biggest concern is how UNSAFE the drivers were (besides Fortinado and Miguel’s driver). They would pass other cars on the mountain side (with no guard rails), and did this most of the day for the 6 hour journey. I have never been more terrified for my life in a vehicle than on three days is this your (and I live in Miami where the driving is wild!) Luckily, my husband and I have no problem speaking up. We told our tour guides how unsafe we felt and to talk tot he driver. One improved their driving, the others barely did. The driving was so dangerous that it honestly has left a terrible taste in my mouth about Chullos. It’s one thing to drive like a maniac on your own, but when you are responsible for 20 lives and driving them safety on mountain roads- this is not ok. The other passengers felt the same way and thanked my husband for speaking up. If you decide to go with Chullos, you will love the tours, but you may be traumatized by the wreck less drivers. Speak up and tell them you feel unsafe! Don’t get into the minivan if you don’t have a seatbelt. I am not joint when I say we also got into multiple head on collisions. Aside from this, there was poor communication in planning the next day’s excursion. One night we didn’t find out our next day’s agenda until 10pm and had to be up at 4am. This happened a few times were it was very last minute or poorly planned. All in all- we loved the tour guides and sites but hated the way the drivers drove and I would never get in a car with them again. I hope Chullos fixes this and I hope that passengers speak up- your life is not worth being polite and not saying anything to the driver- speak up and tell them it’s not ok if you go on this excursion.