Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(11
days/10 nights)
Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(12 days/11 nights)
Machu Picchu - Lake
Titicaca
(14 days/13 nights)
Colca Canyon - Machu
Picchu
Lake Titicaca
(16 days/15 nights)
Archaeological & Ecological
Treasures
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
Lake Titicaca (or Amazon)
(18 days/17
nights)
Colca Canyon - Amazon
Machu Picchu - Lake Titicaca
(22 days/21 nights)
Machu Picchu
(10
days/9 nights)
Machu Picchu
(13 days/12 nights)
Machu Picchu - Galapagos
(15 days/14 nights)
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
(18 days/17 nights)
Manu National Park
(8 days/7 nights)
Enchanted Isles of the Galapagos
Galapagos
(11
days/10 nights)
Galapagos & the Kingdom of Quito
Galapagos - Andes
(16 days/15 nights)
Galapagos - Amazon
(16 days/15 nights)
Historic Haciendas of the Andes
Cotopaxi - Antisana
- Otavalo
(7 days/6 nights)
© 2010
Inka's Empire Corporation.
All rights reserved.
The story of Inka's Empire Tours
156 Fifth Avenue (left of center) and the Empire State Building.
Moises Loayza led many a trek on the Inca Trail before arriving on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue to guide his company's tour operations. More than a decade of "trail-blazing" in Peru and other South American countries gave him insight into places and experiences that aren't in any guidebook. That lets him personalize his tours to accentuate a client's particular passion -- trekking, biking, rafting or horseback for one, the entire day at Lima's Gold Museum for another. He also got to know the locals and works directly with the best.
Moises Loayza, tour director.
The Manhattan location is no accident. In 1990, entrepreneur Martin Haggland of that metropolis, now Inka's promotion director, arrived in Peru with no travel plans and nary a hotel reservation. Luckily, he soon met up with Moises, who arranged his tour of the country. So impressed was Martin that he agreed to set up a tour office in Cuzco and have the talented, young Peruvian run it -- in 1991, Inka's was born. After successfully operating in the Inca capital for seven years, Moises arrived in New York, in 1997, to open the company's headquarters and create a tour "boutique" that offers an array of archaeological and ecological tours of the Inca Empire.
Martin Haggland, promotion director.
Added to this mix is tour consultant Lola Salas, who has a long history of promoting Peru and its culture, both as a consultant to the U.N. and as director of the tourist desk at the Consulate General of Peru in New York. An expert on Peruvian folk art and textiles, her agenda is to enrich Inka's tours with the living heritage of thousands of years of Andean culture. This includes everything from enjoying folkloric music and dance to visiting colorful native markets; from witnessing a traditional healer's ceremony to savoring typical cuisine; from viewing ancient ceramics, gold and textiles to just relaxing in Inca hot springs or in the garden of a Spanish colonial hacienda.
Lola Salas, tour consultant.
Airline ticketing director Renato Prada began his administrative career with the Peruvian government's Banco Internacional del Peru, in Lima, where he spent 16 years in successively more responsible positions, including manager of the loan division. After the bank was privatized in 1998, Renato served as financial manager for Langrow, a language institute for executives. In 2000, he came to New York, where he is combining his management skills with a life-long interest in the travel industry.
Renato Prada, airline ticketing director.
Since the above was written, Inka's Empire Tours was merged into Inka's Empire Corporation, Moises Loayza has become a consultant to the company, Martin Haggland was named president, Lola Salas was named tour director and Renato Prada was named vice president. After September 11th, Inka's refunded all payments without penalty to clients who decided not to travel, whether covered by travel insurance or not. To maintain its debt-free, financial strength, the company moved out of its Fifth Avenue office and, currently, its staff works via Internet from their residences.
Portico of 156 Fifth Avenue.
© 2010 Inka's Empire Corporation, Luxury Peru Tours & Travel. All rights reserved.
