Our story
Guides first. Tour operator second.
Quechua Explorer started in 2012 with three Cusqueño guides who were tired of watching foreign-owned agencies sell the Sacred Valley without paying local families a fair share. We built the opposite: an agency rooted in the communities we walk through, from the Choquequirao trail to the Apurímac Canyon.
Today we run trekking, river rafting, day tours and corporate travel across southern Peru — still guided, cooked and muled by people who call these valleys home.
Fourteen years on the trail
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2012
Three guides, one office in San Blas
Quechua Explorer opens with a single route: private Sacred Valley day tours for small groups.
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2015
First Choquequirao expeditions
We partner with muleteer families in Cachora to run the 4-day trek to Choquequirao year-round.
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2019
River rafting on the Apurímac
We add Kutuctay rafting, becoming one of the few operators certified to run one of the world's deepest canyons.
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2022
Corporate travel for Cotabambas
We begin running institutional visits and wellness weekends for mining-sector teams around Las Bambas.
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Today
6,200+ travelers and counting
A full slate of treks, day tours, rafting and B2B travel — still built with the same community partners we started with.
What guides every itinerary
Authenticity over spectacle
We'd rather show you a working weaving cooperative than a staged photo-op.
Fair pay, always
Porters, cooks and muleteers are paid above the regional trekking-association minimum.
Leave no trace
All waste is packed out of Choquequirao and the Apurímac canyon — no exceptions.
Meet a few of your guides
to be added
Wilber Quispe
Lead trekking guide, 12 years — Choquequirao specialist
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Yolanda Ccahuana
Community tourism coordinator, Colca & Sacred Valley
to be added
Renzo Huamán
Certified rafting guide, Apurímac Canyon & Kutuctay
Trusted by mining-sector teams in Cotabambas
We already run institutional visits, team-building and wellness travel for rotational and expatriate staff near Las Bambas — the same logistics rigor, extended to your crew.
See corporate services