Our latest tour feature is on the new journey from Mountain Lodges of Peru, their Lares Adventure through the mountains around the Sacred Valley.

There have long been many Lares Trek options, including some run by some very good upscale tour companies. The challenge, however, has been finding good places for guests to stay that didn't involve driving for an hour or two to a city like Urubamba. There are now two Mountain Lodges right by some of the best walking trails, in the town of Lamay and the village of Huacahuasi. (A third is coming later.) Because of this there's less time in a van and more consistency in the service experience.

There's also a sense of exclusivity: these lodges are the only game in town in these spots and they delight guests with high quality, high-service experience. At the end of a day of adventures, you sleep on a quality mattress with good linens, have a very hot shower, and eat gourmet meals presented with flair.

You can see two videos of the first two days of the tour on today's blog post or check out the full feature story here: Adventures Along the Lares Route of Peru.

In July we'll be posting our adventure travel story from the Baja Sur state of Mexico, with a wildlife-jammed itinerary from the bottom of the peninsula to San Ignacio Lagoon. We'll follow that with a tour story from Costa Rica and a review of Playa Cativo on the Gulfo Dulce.

We'll be continuing to update hotel reviews for Guatemala and a few in Mexico. Later this summer we plan to cover the new Inkaterra in the Sacred Valley of Peru, W Bogota, and the new Vik resort in Uruguay. We've also got a couple tour stories on the way from the Southern Cone.

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Hasta Luego,
Timothy Scott, Editor