Machu Picchu Tours

Specialties

Provides City, Plantation, Swamp, Airboat Tours, Airport Transfers and Cruise Ship Parking with free shuttles to the terminal. We are a multilingual company with over 33 years of business experience.

This spirit is embodied in our core values of focusing on the client, professionalism, integrity, and teamwork. Our clients’ interests always come first. Our experience of more than 34 years shows that if we serve our clients well, our own success will follow.

Our main asset is our people, capital, associates, knowledge and reputation. We know that without the best people, we cannot be the best firm. Therefore, our efforts lean towards identifying and recruiting the very best for every job. We comply with the laws, rules and ethical principles that govern us within the tourism industry and our community. Our continued success depends upon unswerving adherence to this standard.

These are qualities that set our company apart from other firms. We want to contribute to the economic development of New Orleans, international understanding, intercultural awareness, and personal friendships fostered through tourism.

We always choose to be the best rather than the biggest.

History

Established in 1980.

What’s in a name? Plenty, when it is a name like Machu Picchu. High up in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu is the lost City of the Incas. Shrouded in the mists of the mountains, Machu Picchu and its origins and demise lay hidden from the eyes of Western Civilization for centuries. But when this magnificent City was rediscovered, the genius of its builders was acknowledged and the vast and complicated artistry of the City was labeled as «One of the Seven Wonders of the World.» Today Machu Picchu is one of the prime historic attractions of South America. But the name lives on in North America, too. Specifically in New Orleans, La. We are regularly asked, «Why the name Machu Picchu?» Because the owner of Machu Picchu Travel Services, Inc. — Angel R. Hurtado — is originally Peruvian. The company opened its doors-​and put the first vehicle on the road — in 1980, as Machu Picchu Tours. Starting as a sightseeing company operating with passenger vans, a sedan, a limousine, and minibus

Meet the Business Owner

Angel H.

Business Owner

Angel R. Hurtado was borne in Cerro De Pasco, Peru and came to study to the United States in 1963. Lived in Chicago, Illinois; Canyon, Texas and now lives New Orleans, La. Attained degrees in business and later a Masters in Business Administration from West Texas State University.