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TERRALBA — PERU & THE ANDES — BOUTIQUE DMC
Peru, beyond the expected.
Private journeys designed for travel advisors. Deep local access, thoughtful design and seamless on-the-ground delivery — from iconic Peru done exceptionally well to territories few travelers ever reach.
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- Peru-based
- Private FIT
- SERNANP — Machu Picchu, 2012 & 2020
- Dedicated trip designer
- 24/7 in-country support
- Advisor-friendly commissionable pricing
Positioning
The Peru your clients won’t find online
Most travelers know the Peru they expect to see. We design the Peru they will remember.
TERRALBA combines the iconic places your clients expect with the people, territories and experiences that only open up through local relationships, field knowledge, trust and time.
Four ways to travel Peru
01
Iconic Peru — exceptionally done
Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, Cusco, Lima, Arequipa and Titicaca handled with exceptional guides, intelligent timing, precise logistics and private access wherever it is genuinely possible.
02
Deep Peru
Northern Peru, lesser-known archaeological areas, traditional communities, hidden valleys and places that sit well outside the conventional circuit.
03
Wild Peru
The high Andes, the Amazon, nature-led journeys, remote lodges, trekking and private expeditions.
04
Transformative Peru
Journeys built around nature, silence, indigenous knowledge, conservation, culture and meaningful human encounters — well beyond monument-ticking travel.
For travel advisors
Why travel advisors work with TERRALBA
One senior point of contact
The person who understands your client brief stays involved through design and through operations.
Direct supplier access
Direct relationships with Peru’s leading hotels, lodges and Amazon vessels, with commissionable advisor pricing.
Made from scratch
We do not recycle generic itineraries with your client’s name pasted on top.
Fast, intelligent proposals
We design around interests, pace, comfort level, personality, previous travel experience and budget.
Your client remains your client
No competing marketing. No solicitation. No circumvention.
White-label capability
Where appropriate, we can work discreetly behind the advisor’s own brand.
24/7 in-country support
During the journey, client and advisor can reach someone who knows the actual itinerary.
Remote without reckless
Specialists in difficult logistics and remote territory, with professional operating standards and realistic risk management.
Our favourite kind of enquiry
Give us the difficult brief.
- 01A family where the grandparents want culture while the children want adventure.
- 02A second-time Peru traveler who does not want another conventional circuit.
- 03A honeymoon couple looking for wilderness without sacrificing comfort.
- 04A traveler fascinated by indigenous knowledge rather than staged cultural tourism.
- 05A private group wanting to access remote Andean territory beyond conventional logistics.
Those are the briefs we like.
Journey ideas
Peru, designed around them
These are not packages. They are conversation starters.
Every journey is redesigned around your client — their dates, pace, interests and level of comfort.
Where they sleep matters
Places worth staying for
Sometimes the right place has five stars. Sometimes it has twelve rooms, no television and the Andes outside the window. What matters is whether it belongs in the journey.
Iconic luxury
When an exceptional, internationally recognised property genuinely belongs in the journey.
Boutique & design
Independent properties, restored historic buildings, intimate hotels and owner-run places.
Remote & remarkable
Conservation lodges, properties set in nature, extraordinary locations and small-scale stays.
Direct supplier relationships across Peru
We work directly with Peru’s leading luxury properties and Amazon vessels.
Amazon River Journeys
Aqua Expeditions and Delfin Amazon Cruises are part of our direct supplier network. We integrate their luxury river journeys in the Peruvian Amazon into tailor-made private itineraries — never as a standalone product.
Direct access. Thoughtfully integrated.
Direct operator access and confidential rates with Peru’s top-tier properties. For travel advisors, that means direct availability checks, commissionable advisor pricing and coordinated planning — from landmark luxury hotels to the Amazon’s finest river vessels.
Experience behind the brand
A new-generation DMC built on decades in the field
TERRALBA is a new brand, not a new presence in Peru. Its operating knowledge comes from years of itinerary design, public-sector tourism advisory and complex work in the field.
In 2012, as part of the international multidisciplinary team behind the Machu Picchu Master Plan, we contributed to the Tourism and Recreational Use Plan for the Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary. In 2020, we were commissioned to evaluate the implementation of the 2015–2019 Master Plan, including conservation recommendations.
Responsible practice
Specific choices, not broad claims.
Professional rates set locally
Local freelance guides set their own rates. TERRALBA pays the rates requested rather than negotiating them down.
Deliberate low-volume choices
We do not operate Vinicunca, the mass-tourism Uros complex or Taquile. We favour alternatives such as Palcoyo and Pallay Poncho, and territories where community relationships make careful, low-volume operations possible.
Conservation-led suppliers
Where they suit the client brief, we work with suppliers whose work includes conservation, including Rainforest Expeditions in Tambopata and Inkaterra.
Your people in Peru
Small enough to know every journey. Experienced enough to know what can go wrong.
The person who understands the brief stays involved through design and operations.
Credentials
Institutional references
The references below document work carried out with Peruvian public institutions and programmes in protected-area management, tourism policy and community-based tourism.
SERNANP — Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary
In 2012, as part of the international multidisciplinary team behind the Machu Picchu Master Plan, we contributed to the Tourism and Recreational Use Plan for the Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary. In 2020, we were commissioned to evaluate the implementation of the 2015–2019 Master Plan, including conservation recommendations.
MINCETUR — Turismo Emprende / Amantaní Island, Lake Titicaca
We supported a family we have worked with for more than ten years in securing non-reimbursable funding through the Turismo Emprende programme. We also contributed to the study and presentation of a business plan helping tourism-hosting families on Amantaní Island calculate costs and set fair rates, together with the municipality and local organisations.
Sustainable and regenerative tourism advisory
Advisory work for regional and national tourism authorities across different regions of Peru.
Production & field logistics
Remote operations, proven in the field.
Featured operational credential
International film production — Manu National Park
Full field logistics for a six-figure international film production on the conservation of the world's last primary forests, led by an Academy Award–winning director — coordinating a 40-person team and 35 filmmakers over several months, across Lima, Cusco, the Kosñipata valley and the interior of Manu National Park.
- 40
- person team on the ground
- 35
- filmmakers coordinated
- Months
- of continuous operation
- 4
- operating zones, incl. Manu NP
Why it matters
Manu National Park is one of Peru's most complex territories to access: protected-area permits, river transport, days of travel from the departure point, and no infrastructure or communications. Sustaining a 40-person team and heavy technical equipment there for months, on production deadlines, is operational capability under extreme conditions.
For a travel advisor entrusting a high-value client to a DMC, this answers the question that really matters: can they operate where it is difficult, without improvising? It is the tangible proof of “remote without reckless”.
Al Jazeera
Field production and logistics coordination in Peru.
History Channel
Field production and logistics coordination in Peru.
Ecologistica
Field production and logistics coordination in Peru.
Your next journey begins with a conversation.
Acknowledgement within 1 business day. Initial proposal normally within 48–72 hours depending on complexity.