Overview & Highlights
This adventurous Andean group journey crosses traverses South America’s wilderness landscapes from Argentina through Chile and Bolivia to Peru. Explore the Atacama Desert, travel across the Uyuni salt flats and on to Lake Titicaca, Cusco and Machu Picchu.
- Buenos Aires: guided city tour
- Salta countryside excursion
- San Pedro de Atacama: Moon Valley
- Uyuni Salt Flats: Laguna Colorada and other excursions
- La Paz: city tour
- Uros Islands on Lake Titicaca
- Cusco: guided city tour with Sacsayhuamán
- Sacred Valley of the Incas
- Guided tour of Machu Picchu
- Lima: walking tour
A true wilderness adventure, this journey explores one of the world’s most dramatic and ethereally beautiful mountain ranges: the Andes. Setting off from cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, you head northwest to the cultured colonial city of Salta below the foothills of the Andes. Ascend a lonely, precipitous and sinuous cactus-dotted road which crosses the icy range into Chile. Traverse the Atacama desert, the driest on earth, past snow-capped volcanoes and across shimmering salt flats into Bolivia.
Skirting the sapphire waters of Lake Titicaca, you cross the chilly plains of the altiplano before descending into the fertile valleys surrounding the ancient Inca capital of Cusco, visiting traditional adobe villages and open air markets. The climax to this epic journey is the sight of the spectacular Inca ruins of Machu Picchu, crouching on an Andean mountain saddle.
Outline itinerary
Day 0
UK clients depart arriving in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the following morning.
Day 1
At leisure in the capital.
Day 2
Guided tour of the city’s highlights.
Day 3
Fly to Salta.
Day 4
Excursion to nearby canyons and vineyards.
Day 5
Cross the Andes into Chile and the Atacama Desert.
Day 6
Excursion to the Moon Valley.
Day 7-9
Cross the Salt Flats.
Day 10
Guided city tour of La Paz
Day 11
Optional excursions around the capital.
Day 12
Drive to Lake Titicaca.
Day 13
Boat trip to the Uros floating reed Islands.
Day 14
Travel to Cusco by bus.
Day 15
Cusco city tour with Sacsayhuaman.
Day 16
Guided excursion to the Sacred Valley; overnight there.
Day 17
Train to the Lost City of Machu Picchu. Guided tour of the ruins.
Day 18
Optional re-entry to the ruins. Return to Cusco by train.
Day 19
Fly to Lima; guided walking tour of the capital.
Day 20
Depart for your international flight or extension.
Day 21
UK clients arrive home the following day.
What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
A well thought out tour with a good balance of culture, scenery and larger towns. The tour leader was excellent and the local guides were friendly and knowledgeable with great enthusiasm for their subjects. Good value for money and would have no problem with recommending JLA and will almost certainly use the company again.
SW, Broxbourne
Tailor made holiday
Our specialists have been expertly crafting award-winning tailor-made holidays to Latin America for 40 years. We would be delighted to create a truly personalised trip which perfectly matches your wishes and requirements.
Chris Rendell-Dunn - Travel Consultant
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 Sales team.
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