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Our Travel Experts

Our Travel Experts are friendly, articulate, educated and experienced destination specialists. We have all lived or travelled extensively across the continent, meaning that you will receive unrivalled advice based on unique personal experiences.

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Travel Experts

Ben Line

Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Head of Sales.

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Ben Line Travel Expert
Carrie Gallagher

A former JLA tour leader, Carrie brings a wealth of on-the-ground experience to our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours department.

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Carrie Gallagher Travel Expert
Charlotte in Bolivia

Charlotte's fascination with Latin America began with a family holiday to Belize. She went on to study Spanish in school and at university before spending a year living in Santiago, Chile.

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Charlotte Daubeney Travel Expert
Chris Rendell Dunn

Anglo-Peruvian Chris grew up in Lima and spent much of his adult life in between London and Cusco as a tour leader, before settling permanently in our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours sales team.

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Chris Rendell-Dunn Travel Expert
Hannah Donaldson

Having spent part of her childhood in Colombia and worked in Brazil and Costa Rica, Hannah's ties to Latin America run deep. Hannah is a much valued Travel Expert in our Tailor-made Holidays and Group Tours sales team.

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Hannah Donaldson Travel Expert
Hannah Waterhouse

Hannah had an early introduction to Latin America when her family moved to Ecuador and she returned to study in Buenos Aires for a year before backpacking across the continent.

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Hannah Waterhouse Travel Expert
Heloise Buxton

Heloise started her Latin American journey as an exchange student in Santiago, Chile. With extended summer holidays this was the perfect opportunity to backpack through Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

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Heloise Buxton Travel Expert
Juliet Ellwood

After graduating with a degree in Anthropology and History and having been fascinated by Latin America since childhood by the book featuring photos of Nazca, Juliet first visited the region in 2003. Since then, Juliet has visited the majority of countries in Latin America but has particularly extensive experience with Peru, a country she loves for many reasons but not least, its incredible archaeological richness and delicious food!

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Juliet Ellwood Travel Expert
Kathryn Rhodes

Kathryn backpacked across Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru before joining us. She has a degree in Philosophy and French and is a keen netball player.

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Kathryn Rhodes Travel Expert
Lina Fuller

Lina's passion for the continent where she was born really took off when she moved to Córdoba (Argentina) to study, spending the holidays travelling between Argentina and her native Colombia.

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Lina Fuller Travel Expert
Mary Anne Nelson

Born in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, Mary’s insider knowledge and dry sense of humour make her a highly valued member of the Tailor-made Holidays and Group Tour sales team.

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Mary Anne Nelson Travel Expert
Millie Davies

Having caught the travel bug as a child, Millie has travelled all over Latin America before making her home in Buenos Aires for 3 years.

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Millie Davies Travel Expert
Paul Winrow Giffen

After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.

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Paul Winrow-Giffin Travel Expert
Sally Dodge

A former Journey Latin America tour leader, Sally spent 7 years working, travelling and living throughout Latin America before returning to the UK to help people arrange their own adventures to this wonderful destination.

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Sally Dodge Travel Expert
Sophie Barber

Sophie lived in Chile before joining us and has travelled extensively across Latin America, from Mexico to the furthest tip of Patagonia and beyond to Antarctica.

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Sophie Barber Travel Expert

Tour Leaders

AdrianGallop

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Adrian Gallop Tour Leader
Berner Torres

Berner Torres has been tour leading with Journey Latin America for 18 years, during which he has become an expert tour leader in all respects.

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Berner Torres Tour Leader
Carla-Ottone-Lapostol

Carla is a Chilean who is very proud of her heritage and culture. She has worked in Latin American tourism for a number of years gathering experience with overseas tour operators and leading groups in her own continent

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Carla Ottone Lapostol Tour Leader
Cesar

Born and raised in Guatemala, César’s passion for travel inspired his journeys across the globe and eventually a career in tour leading.

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César Pineda Tour Leader
Daniele Binaghi

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Daniele Binaghi Tour Leader
Delia Pocon

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Delia Pocon Tour Leader
Duncan Griffin

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Duncan Griffin Tour Leader
Elizabeth Luck

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Elizabeth Luck Tour Leader
Etienne Frans

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Etienne Frans Tour Leader
Tour Leader Jessice de Grier

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Jessica de Gier Tour Leader
Jo Lunn (2)

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Jo Lunn Tour Leader
Lucho

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Lucho Diaz Tour Leader
Max-Wood

Our qualified tour leaders are Latin American specialists all of whom have travelled widely in the region. Book with Journey Latin America.

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Maxwell Wood Tour Leader

Product and Marketing

David Nichols

With an affinity for the wild, wide open spaces of South America's far reaches, David has been with us since the early 90s and bolsters our Product department with his exceptional ground knowledge.

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David Nichols Product & Marketing
Gary in Manchu Pichu, Peru

Having travelled extensively across the rest of the world in his twenties, it wasn’t until he was nearly 30 that Gary finally discovered what he had been missing with his first foray into the wilds of Latin America. He has been addicted ever since and, in his role as Product Manager, now combines this personal obsession with many years of industry experience to help ensure that other travellers will fall for the region every bit as much as he has.

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Gary Tombs Product & Marketing
Jamie Swan

Jamie backpacked across Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil before joining us; he has a degree in politics and is also a keen sportsman..

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Jamie Swan Product & Marketing
Jenny Powles Cuba

Jenny first visited Latin America as a student, setting off a longstanding love of Latin culture, vibrancy and musicality that would soon see her return to backpack across South America.

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Jenny Powles Product & Marketing
JimAshworth

Jim first caught the Latin American travel bug in 2001 when he decided at the last minute to join a friend travelling around Central America – he hasn't looked back since.

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Jim Ashworth Product & Marketing
Laura Rendell Dunn

With her Brazilian mother and Anglo-Peruvian husband, trilingual Laura has an insight into Latin America of rare depth and passion, making her the ideal spokesperson for all the region has to offer.

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Laura Rendell-Dunn Product & Marketing
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Shaun Edmond Product & Marketing
Stuart Whittington

Stuart was a tour leader in South America before taking on senior positions at several tour operators. He has a deep love for Latin America and Antarctica.

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Stuart Whittington Product & Marketing

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