At midnight tonight you will be able to begin participating in our 2010 Free Trip to Cusco and Machu Picchu. The grand prize of course is a 6 day trip to Machu Picchu.

Stay tuned at www.karikuy.org/contest for contest rules. This is not a sweepstakes so you are firmly in control of whether you win or not. The contest will differ in rules then last year and will use twitter exclusively.

Best of luck to all who participate!

If you were thinking about traveling to Peru this year or next you probably were planning on making the trip during the summer months of May through September. This is when generally the whole world descends upon Peru, the high season of Tourism in the country. This can mean inflated prices, crowded sites such as Machu Picchu and overbooked hotels. What you may not know is that for the majority of the country those are the winter months. November through March, the so-called low season, is most widely known as summer in Peru, and you can take advantage of the gorgeous coastal weather, low prices and festivities that occur during this time. Here is the Karikuy Top 10 Reasons to Visit Peru this Winter (November – March):
10. Freedom – During [Continue reading...]

We figured it was about time we put a contest out there to get more travelers to visit Peru, so here it is, our 6D/5N tour of Machu Picchu and Cusco, all for the taking! Now this isn’t your ordinary contest where we pick a name out of a hat, nope, we put the results in your hands, with some work and effort you can soon see yourself standing on top one of the new wonders of the world!

All you have to do is have your friends, family or even strangers join the Karikuy social networks. We give you a special Alias that they must send to us via message through Facebook, Twitter, youTube, Myspace and our mailing list , we then chalk up a point to your name in [Continue reading...]

For the last two months I have been experimenting with ways to save Karikuy travelers cash. The result has been the creation of the Karikuy Low Price for Merchandise Program. This new program allows the traveler to save an average of $250 off their trip to Peru. So how does the system work? Below I will summarize the program, you can read more about the Low Price for Merchandise program on the main Karikuy website; www.karikuy.org/savecash

The Low Price for Merchandise program has been running privately since January of 2009, and is now available to all Karikuy customers as an optional service. This program is possible due to the high demand of electronics in Peru and their high cost of importation. Customs allows you to import several personal electronics into Peru [Continue reading...]