Journey Latin America

With all the fuss surrounding the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador’s mainland is so often ignored. If you are traveling all this way to see the Galapagos, it is more than worth spending a week exploring the incredible Andean landscapes and rich, Quichua culture before jetting west for an island cruise. This Ecuador highlands tour and Galapagos cruise combines both seamlessly, as part of a guided, small group tour. Ecuador is one of South America’s smallest countries, surrounded by veritable giants, but its biodiversity is astonishing, and makes a delightful snow-capped contrast to the Galapagos’s dark volcanoes. Your journey begins in the UNESCO-rated capital of Quito, brimming with beautifully ...Read more >

This 18-day, Peru, Bolivia and Chile vacation is an adventure through some of the most dramatic landscapes these three countries have to offer. Using a mixture of comfortable, private and public transport, plus three internal flights to cover the mountainous heartland of the Andes, we cover a lot of ground on this trip. Your adventure starts in Lima. After a guided tour and a night in this magnificent capital, we take a domestic flight to Cusco. Cusco was capital of the Inca Empire and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, not only for its rich Quechua culture but because it is also gateway to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Taking the famous train journey up to Machu Picchu from Cusco is a ...Read more >

On this escorted group vacation, visit the superb museums and teeming plazas of the megapolis Mexico City, wander the cobbled streets and soak up the Spanish colonial features of Oaxaca, Campeche and Mérida. Explore the glorious ancient Aztec and Mayan monuments which lay hidden, smothered and silent for centuries amid the deep valleys and jungles of the south, before ending your trip in the lush Yucatán Peninsula, fringed by white sand beaches. From here you’re well positioned to extend your trip to Mexico’s Caribbean coast, to Cuba, or across the border to Guatemala. Read more >

This journey brings together some of the cultural, architectural and geographical highlights of Central America including Granada, León, Suchitoto and Antigua – among the most beautiful colonial cities in the New World. Travel to the little explored country of El Salvador and onto the Guatemalan highlands where, encircled by a ring of giant volcanoes, is Lake Atitlán, with indigenous market villages clustered along its shore. Finish your trip deep in the jungle at the abandoned Mayan city of Tikal. It’s an awesome archaeological site, the temples of which penetrate the wooded canopy, and further explore this magical rainforest from a lodge in the heart of Belize. You can expect to get the ...Read more >

The Inca heartland of southern Peru is an atmospheric blend of rugged Andean landscapes, pretty towns, ancient fortresses and vibrant Quechua markets, bursting with colour and chatter. This small group tour of southern Peru reveals the region’s cultural and natural highlights, from the gleaming white city of Arequipa, with its volcanic stone walls, to the condors that glide overhead at Colca Canyon. Voyage to the immense Lake Titicaca, which straddles the Bolivian border, and sail to the floating reed islands inhabited by Aymara communities. Continue on to Cusco, the imperial city of the Incas, where intricate stonework combines with colonial charm. From here, you can take the train to ...Read more >