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Great Peruvian Amazon trip on the M/V Zafiro with International Expeditions and their partner boat operator, Jungle Experiences. The expedition leader and naturalists were talented, entertaining, and real professionals. The individual members of the boat crew were, without exception, kind, attentive, and skilled. The trip went off without a hitch and the attention of the entire M/V Zafiro service team to every small detail along the way made this a perfect and memorable adventure from start to finish. This is a top-notch operation and the unwavering commitment of everyone involved to ensuring a safe, luxurious, and personalized experience made this week on the Amazon a journey that my family and I will not soon forget.

Incredible experience in the Amazon. This trip will be one of the highlights of our travel memories! Everything ran perfectly and flawlessly. Guides were some of the best I’ve had anywhere in the world. Cannot day enough good things about the IE staff! Thank you!

The guides, who are usually locals, have always been wonderful--knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful. I particularly like that the company works to help the lives of the local people, like the water treatment plants in the Amazon. We toured with IE to Belize, Tanzania/Kenya, and the Peruvian Amazon.

I've taken 4 trips with International Expeditions, starting with Belize in 1992, followed by Costa Rica, Peruvian Amazon, and Indonesia. Every trip was outstanding from contacts with the office; the quality of pre-trip information; the careful, complete and dependable travel/transfer/lodging arrangements; and the outstandingly knowledgeable guides to the safety-minded and skilled drivers. Experiences on the trips were always high quality: birding walks, game drives, visits to local communities, exciting excursions like fishing for piranha (and then having the chef prepare them for our lunch). I could not be more pleased with my experiences with this company!

I first traveled with International Expeditions many years ago, to the Amazon. Since marrying, my husband and I have traveled with IE to Machu Picchu, the Galapagos, the Amazon & Africa. We don't care who else is out there. It will always be IE. They excel in keeping track of all details, political happenings, situations like the mud slides near Machu Picchu (lining up Plan B if we could not get there) & passenger safety. On a pre-excursion we were the only ones going to the tree top walkway in the Amazon and they still ran it for us, with our own guide. Last fall we were the only ones who signed up for that time period on a Kenya & Tanzania safari and the trip went on anyway. We had our own guides and our vehicles! Who else does that? It was an amazing trip, with a perfect range of places to stay and to visit. And, most importantly, the guides are always wonderful - knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and talented. We are always telling people our stories about the guides and the different ways they have impressed us. We've been so happy with the planning as well, giving us different types of accommodations with a range of experiences. We were lucky to meet Van Perry, at the time the new President, and some of his staff, on our Amazon trip. They had been researching places to visit during the low water season. They were gracious, friendly and so much fun to be with. We know there are cheaper tours out there. But it doesn't matter. Why risk it? If you are taking such amazing trips shouldn't they be perfect?

I have traveled with IE to Kenya, Tanzania, Panama, Galapagos, Cuba, the Bahamas and Ecuador. Always carefully planned, excellent transportation, SMALL groups, 4-star+ accommodations, expert guides. Food far exceeded expectations. Never struggled with luggage nor visas, tipping, etc. Real pros. Focus has been nature oriented travel.

I have traveled with IE to Peru and Botswana and each trip was fantastic. The group leaders, staff, and everyone from the start was courteous and very knowledgeable about the county. Of course the destinations were fantastic, but the attention to detail that made every aspect of the trip special was such an added bonus. I am already planning another trip with them and would totally enjoy taking the trips I had again. Totally recommend for all ages and ability levels

We have gone on several trips with them and each one was a new adventure to places untouched.