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Who We Are
SAM Travel is a 100% Peruvian tour operator based in Cusco – Peru
SAM TRAVEL PERU is an innovative adventure trekking company that offers unparalleled experiences to unknown and untouched wilderness areas. Our adventure treks are specific and carefully designed to cater to your needs. We love sharing our tours with you through the incredible landscapes the Andes has to offer! Our alternative treks to Machu Picchu and other locations as a remarkable and insightful ways to go off the Beaten Track and experience the authenticity of Peru. We have the HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICE, an OUTSTANDING REPUTATION because we can GUARANTEE the best quality service through our SAM TRAVEL PERU staff and guides to strictly operate our treks. We are a locally sustainable and responsible tour operator, that incorporates universal principles of tourism. With this in mind, we have trained all of our staff within these principles.
Prior to becoming the owner and founder of SAM Travel Peru, Saul Alvarez Montalvo worked as a porter for a couple years and then, over the next 4 years, he worked as a guide. He conducted more than 200 Inca Trail treks and other alternative treks throughout the Andes. He has also toured with groups throughout the country of Peru. His passion and enthusiasm for the Andes mountains, Incan culture and knowledge of plants was always highlighted and appreciated by tourists. He has accomplished his childhood dream to become the owner and founder of a tour and trekking agency. As a part of this, he wants to give back and improve the lives and living conditions of local communities through employing and supporting them with service projects.
Saul’s experience as a porter and guide has helped him gain an appreciation of what works and does not work on Tours & treks and within tourism. Now as the owner of SAM Travel Peru, he is involved in every aspect of making sure his business runs smoothly, which keeps him on his toes. Despite his impressive workload, he keeps everything in tip top shape and all with a smile on his face.
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Our Goals
- Provide informative tours of Machu Picchu
- Educate about Incan culture and history
- Offer memorable and entertaining trekking experience
- Maintain a 100 percent locally owned company
- Uphold the view of supporting our local communities by reinvesting back into them
- Raising awareness in being socially responsible by creating social projects to promote our cause
Our Vision
- Create unforgettable experiences
- Provide high quality personalized service
- Contribute as a company to the development of the tourism sector
- Offer high quality treks and tours with small groups while maintaining a reasonable price
- To use only our own professionally trained staff and guides and high quality camping equipment
- To create in our visitors an admiration toward the legacy of the Incan culture, heritage and history.
Our Values
- Honesty and integrity
- Create a stable client connection during their treks and tours
- Commitment to the culture and society of the Andean culture
- Work as a team by sharing knowledge, experience and dedication
- Creativity and innovation
- Promote Peruvian based business
Our Ambitions
We hope to build a sustainable company that provides top-quality service to our potential clients, while at the same time, develop methods to provide children and families within the Cusco region with opportunities for education and employment.
Our Team
Our team of guides are from the Cusco region and speak Spanish and English fluently with the majority of them also speaking Quechua (the native language of Peru). They hold degrees in tourism and have a minimum of experience of 2 years under their belts. They are passionate about teaching others of the local flora and fauna as well as their roots in their Andean/Inca history and heritage.
Our guides come highly recommended as they are dedicated to continued personal development, are extremely patient and love to do their jobs with passion and energy.
Our Guides
The team of guides are native to Cusco and speak fluent Spanish and English; the majority of them also speak Quechua (the native language of Peru). Our guides hold degrees in tourism and have a minimum experience of 2 years under their belts.
Our Chefs
Professional chefs create delicious, gourmet buffet style meals on our treks. They prepare Peruvian and International Cuisine and always use local produce to promote healthy nutrition apart from supporting the local farmers.
Our porters
We employ about 90 porters from local communities. They all are farmers by trade and are native Quechua speakers. They are mainly from the villages of Huacawasi, Calca and Patacancha. We refer to our super porters as the” Orange Machine”.
Our Awards & Accreditations
SAM Travel Peru is one of the top tour operators in the Cusco region, garnering numerous local awards for our unwavering commitment to providing high-quality services. We have also received international recognition, including the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Award in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Social Projects
Our company’s mission and goals are to lead by example by being a socially responsible tour operator. As we trek through the Andes day after day, we want to share our love, respect and commitment to our local communities and surrounding environment by holding events such as our annual clean up campaigns.
