Peru: A Travel Survival Kit

by Rob Rachowiecki

Book Overview

Guide to Peru from the well-known travel publishers, Lonely Planet. This second edition has updated information on places to visit, accommodation, prices, health and safety. Includes a new map and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864420951
• ISBN13: 9780864420954
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Length: 385 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

The Best Guide for Peru

Whether you're traveling solo or with a group, the Lonely Planet Guide to Peru is by far the best travel book to pack in your suitcase (or backpack). I'll soon be returning to Peru and have read both the Lonely Planet and Insight Guides. Lonely Planet has the most interesting and useful travel information, and a generous helping of history as well. The guide is compact, and if I have any complaints at all, it's that the small print is a bit hard to read by the end of the day; however, it is easier to pack. There are a lot of great city maps, and they ARE big enough to read. Lonely Planet gives you information you won't find in other guides. They have a personal touch only possible when you've been to the place you're writing about. They helped me travel solo in India in 1988 and 1990 and they are as good as ever in 2001. Thanks Lonely Planet! Keep those great guides coming!

Just got back from Peru, and my LP guide was heavily used

My finger oil and dirt are all over the pages of my LP Peru book... I used it a lot, and it was accurate, informative, and reliable (or at least as much so as possible when accounting for the constant changes in the dynamic 3rd world). I stayed mostly in 2-star hostels or hotels, and all described in LP were accurate. I even managed to avoid getting sick from food while eating at many of LP's recommended eateries. (I would strongly recommend, however, to heed the warnings about altitude sickness.:) ) When they said a hotel or hostel was a good value, it was certainly accurate. I found LP Peru to be the best of the 3 LP's I used on the trip (Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil). Most maps are good, but sometimes street names are mentioned in the text and one has to search the maps street by street to find it (a minor complaint). Overall... its certainly a recommended book for Peru-bound travelers.

Great Guidebook!

This book is well organized, presenting important and useful information in an easy-to-read format. Facts about the country and guidance for travel within Peru are included in the first four chapters in the book. The next several chapters are neatly organized by area within Peru. The colored tabs are a great help in finding the different sections of the book. The map of Peru inside the front of the book is in color, giving instant information to the reader about the elevation of the area, along with a brief description of the highlights of the area. Great book!

Useful, informative, simple format

The Lonely Planet Guide to Peru was the most useful travel book I purchased before my visit to Cuzco and Lima. The cultural and more prosaic travel information in it was invaluable, and the excellent index made it possible for me to access all the facts that I needed easily and completely. If I were to take one travel guide with me to Peru, this is the one I'd want at hand.

Lonely Planet comes through again!

I used the Lonely Planet Peru guide extensively on my trip to Peru in August 1997 and an earlier edition when I traveled to Peru/Ecuador in 1994. Both times I found the information to be clear, concise and right on target. Lonely Planet is particularly good for "straight from the hip" information on lodging, restaurants and getting around a country. However, I prefer the Insights Peru guide for more detailed information on the countries culture and descriptions of certain sites. I also used the Rough Guide to Peru, but found that the information in Lonely Planet Peru was more complete for every area of Peru with the exception of Manu. When I returned from Peru I sent comments to each of the three guides I used and found the Lonely Planet was the only one that openly welcomed comments and made it easy to submit them. Rob Rachowiecki exhibited a clear understanding of the current conditions in Peru and his writing left me itching to leave on my adventure. I highly recommend this guide