Advice for the Visitor

• Do not hire any tourism services on the street but only in an authorized travel agency.
• Make copies of your passport, travel tickets and credit card numbers, and consider leaving your personal documents at your hotel and taking copies with you.
• Ask where the insecure areas are in each city you visit and try to avoid them, especially at night. Also ask about the best hours to visit tourist attractions.
• Bring warm clothing for highland and mountainous areas, light clothing for the jungle, and a combination for the coastal deserts and inter-Andean valleys, where there is a significant diurnal temperature range.
• When you visit archaeological sites that are distant from the city, don’t stray beyond the authorized trails and respect visiting hours. .
• Take care when changing money – stick to bureaus de change or banks, and be sure to ask for your receipt.
• Never accept requests to carry baggage or packages from strangers – it is better to be impolite than to expose yourself to situations with potentially drastic consequences. Also do not leave your baggage in the care of strangers – if necessary, ask security personnel for assistance.
• Check timetables in advance and avoid hassles and extra costs. Be aware of check in / check out times, departure and return times for excursions, the first and last services for public transport, and the closing times for offices, shops, etc.