With over 40 years experience, no-one knows Latin America like we do

Our journey

As our name suggests, we are single-minded about Latin America. This is what sets us apart from other travel companies – and what allows us to offer you not just a holiday but the opportunity to experience something extraordinary on inspiring journeys throughout Mexico, Central and South America.

Having exclusively dedicated ourselves to the region since 1980, we’re still the UK’s leading specialist in travel to Latin America. 

When you travel with us, you gain access to over 40 years of experience and expertise, knowledge and know-how, not to mention a friendly team of travel experts who all have extensive first-hand knowledge of Latin America and great enthusiasm for sharing it.

where did it all start

Over 40 years ago two British visionaries, Brian Williams and Chris Parrott, met while teaching in Rio de Janeiro. During their time there they travelled all over South and Central America. This was the 1970s, when only a few hardy backpackers set foot there.

Once back in London, capitalising on this experience, they founded Journey Latin America in 1980. As the name implies, it was to be a travel company dedicated to helping others explore this most fascinating of continents. The two-man one-telephone operation quickly grew. Flight sales and escorted group tours were supplemented in the 90s by our greatest innovation in the region: tailor-made holidays, where a growing team of Latin America travel experts create private itineraries to fulfil individual dreams.

journey latin america now

Now, with some 50 staff in our UK office, a dozen or so roving tour leaders and a network of trusted partners across the continent, we have assembled a truly dedicated team. All our staff have lived, worked or travelled extensively throughout Latin America and some have been with us for over 30 years.

But we don’t rest on our laurels: our knowledge is refreshed with frequent trips to inspect what we know and seek out new places to visit, places to stay, and things to do. We’ve always shared one ambition, to be the most insightful group of professionals anywhere in the world in travel to and within Latin America.

To that end, over four decades, we have consistently chosen to focus solely on Latin America. Other travel companies offering trips there come and go, but few can offer our wealth of first-hand experience and such a broad portfolio of experiences and adventures. As we grow and progress, our ever increasing bank of knowledge and expertise shines through.

Our founders have earned their retirement; we have new partners now, but our close-knit team continues to operate with the freedom and independence which has always sparked our imagination and defined our brand.