Central & South America Blog Posts
How it Rolls in Peru: The April Update
After severe flooding in January washed out the tracks, train service to Machu Picchu was interrupted and the sanctuary closed. Many families scheduled to travel in February and March had to scramble, shifting their vacations to other destinations and putting their Peru plans on hold. Let us promise you none of this was fun, but…
April 2, 2010
School of Thought: 8 Things Costa Rica Taught Me
Thomson Family Adventures partners with many educational institutions on the family travel programs they offer to their members. Thanks to Elissa Leibowitz Poma from the World Wildlife Fund Travel Program for sharing her blog post from her recent trip to Costa Rica: 8. Monteverde was founded by Quakers. Back in the 1950s, a group of…
January 28, 2010
Heading to Peru soon? Here is what we are thinking…
I am writing to you to provide you an update on a weather situation in Peru that is currently impacting the Cuzco and Machu Picchu areas. Earlier this week the region had three days of non-stop heavy rain. It is normal to get rains in the January and February period but these rains were beyond…