Travel Solo, Travel Safe

Yampu Tours partners with ASTA to ensure solo travelers—especially women—have the knowledge and support to explore Peru with confidence.

Safety Built Into Every Journey

At Yampu Tours, we work overtime to ensure that our travelers are always safe, even in unforeseen situations. We partner with the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) to stay current on best practices for solo travelers, and we take their guidance seriously. The issues for traveling alone are different for women traveling alone than it is for men, which is why we've tailored our approach to address the specific concerns each traveler brings to the journey.

Four Pillars of Smart Travel

The essentials every solo traveler should know before arriving in Peru.

  • Learn local culture and customs ahead

  • Build relationships with hotel staff

  • Arrange transportation in advance

Safety Starts with Smart Choices

Four essential practices that let you travel with confidence, from your hotel room to the streets of Peru.
Safety Starts with Smart Choices

Secure Your Room

Choose a room away from the ground floor and construction sites. Get to know the hotel staff who monitor your floor. Always use the safe for your passport, wallet, and valuables. If the safe doesn't work, ask them to fix it before you settle in. Never let staff announce your room number loudly at check-in.

Plan Your Movement

Carry a card with your hotel's name, phone number, and address at all times—essential if your taxi driver doesn't speak English. Book your airport transfer and guides ahead of time with your tour operator. Ask the concierge which neighborhoods are safe to explore and which to avoid. Familiarity with local streets keeps you from looking like a lost tourist.

Travel Light, Travel Smart

Carry only what you don't mind losing. Leave large amounts of cash at home and keep just one credit card on you. Skip the fake designer bags—they attract thieves. Bring travel-specific jewelry and purses instead. Leave copies of your passport and credit cards at home or with your tour operator in case anything is lost.
Safety Starts with Smart Choices

Secure Your Room

Choose a room away from the ground floor and construction sites. Get to know the hotel staff who monitor your floor. Always use the safe for your passport, wallet, and valuables. If the safe doesn't work, ask them to fix it before you settle in. Never let staff announce your room number loudly at check-in.

Plan Your Movement

Carry a card with your hotel's name, phone number, and address at all times—essential if your taxi driver doesn't speak English. Book your airport transfer and guides ahead of time with your tour operator. Ask the concierge which neighborhoods are safe to explore and which to avoid. Familiarity with local streets keeps you from looking like a lost tourist.

Travel Light, Travel Smart

Carry only what you don't mind losing. Leave large amounts of cash at home and keep just one credit card on you. Skip the fake designer bags—they attract thieves. Bring travel-specific jewelry and purses instead. Leave copies of your passport and credit cards at home or with your tour operator in case anything is lost.

Freedom with a Safety Net

Traveling alone through Peru means the freedom to move at your own pace, to linger in a market in Cusco as long as you want, to follow a conversation into an unexpected neighborhood. Yampu's solo clients tell us they still have all that adventure—but with a tour operator as backup when they need it. We handle the details: finding the right guides, arranging your transfers with an English-speaking driver, booking your transportation ahead of time. You arrive ready to explore, not stressed about logistics. That's the difference between traveling alone and traveling smart.

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