About Us

 Ruben Quispe – Owner & Explorer

My name is Ruben Quispe, the Founder and Managing Director of EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU® “I started the company as I was passionate about running high quality trips which focused on my guest’s safety, fun and lifetime experiences and learn about my ancestors. We utilize natural resources in a sustainable manner for the benefits of present and future generations. I wanted to start a professional company with itineraries, destinations and a service that amazed clients. Happy clients always put a smile on my face and are the corner stone of our business. I am super proud to be Quechua and passionate about my culture. I was born in the Andes and grew up in a small farm village where I learned a lot from my grandparents. I want to share the knowledge with you. come for an authentic experience with the Quechuas”. We hope your journey with us will delight and inspire you and look forward to sharing these experiences with you in Peru

     Life is a Collection of experiences... let us be your guide...!!!

Why Choose EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU?      

All our treks are strictly operated only by EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU very professional staff. Other agents claiming daily departures operate their treks together with other companies in service rotation without your knowledge. EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU offers quality service and has an excellent reputation that is only possible by ensuring that only EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU staff operates its treks.

• We treat our staff, including chefs, porters and wranglers with the utmost respect and fairness. EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU not only complies with the Porter Law and Regulation, but our wages are over the minimum requested by law and above the average pay by most tour operators. Furthermore, all our staff eats well and more than enough, and they are provided with all the required camping equipment needed for their duties during the trek. We also cover them with travelers insurance. We carefully choose the best professional guides for our clients, and our guides work exclusively for EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU. They are highly trained, have excellent language proficiency, communication skills, culturally aware and are regularly evaluated by the trip reports each guest fills in after each service. We have expert guides for special requests (ornithology, history and archaeology, flora and fauna and also generalist guides). All our guides have been trained in advanced first aid by certified doctors in Peru.  On all of our treks, not only on the Inca Trail, there will be a guide for every 8 guests. The head guide will ensure the utmost safety to our guests by providing them undivided attention.

• We use innovative equipment such as an igloo, waterproof, spacious tents, camping equipment specialized for high mountain treks, such as Vaude, Eureka and Doite tents. Each tent has a capacity for 3 people, but are used only for 2 people. To bring you more comfort, a synthetic mattress, a kitchen tent manned by professional cooking staff, a dining tent, camping chairs, and a camping table will also be provided.    

• We have one of the most outstanding meal services in the field: Our chefs have been highly trained by several institutes in Lima and Cusco. You should be prepared to not only have a superb trekking experience, but also a culinary one, including generous and delicious breakfasts, snacks, lunches, tea services and dinners. Our delectable menus include a variety of Peruvian and international food and also cater for vegetarian and other dietary needs at no extra cost. EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU is recognized for its buffet meals, the quantity and quality of food, and its freshness.   

• EXPLORE ADVENTURES  performs responsibly, making sure to cause minimal impact on the environment of the natural protected areas where it operates. We train all our staff on our environment policy and most importantly, all trash produced during the trek returns to Cusco.    

• We pay legal taxes (19% IGV or consumption tax) on all services contributing to the country’s growth and development. Further to this, we pay a 30% tax on all earnings. There are many tour operators who do not pay taxes and do not declare their sales nor most of their earnings, or they declare them with a lower value, giving them the possibility of lowering their prices causing unfair, illegal competition.   

• Our Group Services have a maximum group size of 8. Most tour operators work with a maximum of 16 on the Inca Trail, since this is authorized by law, or even higher on other trekking routes. We have established 8 as a maximum since this increases the quality of our service, as there are definitely spots along the treks where being 16 makes it impossible to provide a personalized service and explanation.   

• Our superb treatment of our staff is not reduced in the low season: porter and chef wages are maintained, same as guide fees. This is something highly appreciated by our staff, since some operators prefer to decrease their prices and wages as they know that they do not have as much demand for work as in the high season. In essence, we maintain salaries all year around as the work remains the same.   

• Finally, EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU strives to provide top quality service to its clientele and will continue to listen to their comments on how to improve our services and take it to a higher level. Our clients are extremely satisfied as our numerous testimonials prove. Please read their trip reports on the testimonials section of our website and also on Tripadvisor. We are aware that other operators may offer the Inca Trail or other programs at a lower price. This does not mean they are offering the same program at a lower price: the level of service will not be the same. We understand price is definitely a deciding factor but we kindly request our potential guests and clients to choose a responsible tour operator. Otherwise, you risk the chance of indirectly promoting the exploitation of rural communities and the growth of informal and illegal operators that do not build on the country’s development and growth.  Our goal is to guarantee your safety and to show you a fabulous, memorable time in Peru!!!  You are not just clients that we meet briefly, but our dear friends who come a long way to share our culture and history!!! 

Our Services:

EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU offers tours in SIC Group Service and Private Service keeping your budget in mind. We recommend Private service because you travel in comfort, at your pace, without being rushed and dealing with large groups. 

SIC Group Service – a group of 15 to 20 people in a comfortable bus. It includes a professional guide, entrance tickets to the archeological sites, and lunch (depending on the tour). 

Private Service – A tour on your own, with family and friends only. It includes a comfortable van/driver, a professional guide, a tour at your pace with stops along the way for pictures, lunch (depending on tour), and entrance tickets to archeological sites. Most importantly you are not rushed like cattle as with a large group.

Treks - We operate hikes with smaller groups from 2 to 8 passengers in order to give you special attention and to minimize the impact on both the physical and cultural environment. In addition, smaller groups make it easier to interact with the local people.  

Tours – We will custom make your vacation in Peru - Cusco, anywhere and anytime with no restrictions. We are waiting for you with open arms and a big smile. WELCOME TO PERU.

SOCIAL SUPPORT:  EXPLORE ADVENTURES PERU S.R.L prides itself in helping the underprivileged community schools in the highlands of Peru such as Patabamba, Qaqllapata, Huasao and Choquepata, where we have spent two years renovating the schools, garden care, building new facilities, supplying school materials, photo copy machines, and computers for the children. Every year, it is our mission to pick a different community school to help. Most of all, we share Christmas with these humble communities by bringing them a gift, panettone (sweet bread), hot chocolate and share joy and laughter with them. It feels gratifying to open up our hearts to these lovely people, especially to see the beautiful children smile. We have students that come from abroad to share their time with our communities in Peru.

The incredible people and nature of Peru are the twin pillars of our business. Without them we’d be nothing. And yet we exist in a world where modernity and development threaten vulnerable ecosystems and disrupt traditional cultures.

We believe that responsible travel is good for business, but we also believe that it’s just the right thing to do. We are dedicated to:

Properly Managed Tourism - Create value in cultural heritage and the environment. It creates awareness and incentives to protect the traditions and way of life that make this part of the world so fascinating and unique.
Community Involvement - Make conservation a key function of what we do and how our business works. While others pay lip service to sustainable travel, we do it transparently and wholeheartedly. Our Choquepata and patacancha project is a community-led trekking experience, the first of its kind in Peru.
Conservation - We are leading the conservation of some of Peru’s most important archeological heritage, as we explore the lost Inca sites , hidden Inca places, lost Inca trails .