Overview & Highlights
A forty day holiday to celebrate the forty years of Journey Latin America, devised by one of our most senior sales consultants. Featuring the top highlights, hidden corners, and experiences conceived to offer you a unique perspective.
- Rio de Janeiro: Sugar Loaf Mountain
- Rio de Janeiro: Corcovado Mountain
- Iguazú Falls: Brazilian and Argentina sides with helicopter ride and boat tour
- Pantanal: excursions from the lodge
- Buenos Aires: night excursion with milonga show
- Buenos Aires: walking city tour
- El Calafate Patagonia: Excursion to Estancia Nibepo Aike
- El Calafate Patagonia: Boat trip to the glaciers
- Torres del Paine Patagonia: choice of activities at the lodge
- Atacama desert: Tocanao village and Atacama salt flats
- Uyuni salt flats: excursions en route
- Cusco: city tour and San Pedro market
- Sacred Valley: tour of valley with Pisac and Ollantaytambo Inca sites
- Machu Picchu: guided tour
- Lake Titicaca: choice of activities from the lodge
- Mexico City: cycle, tacos and beer tour
- Mexico City: lucho libre wrestling match
- Oaxaca: Night time excursion (on 31 October only) for Day of the Dead
- Oaxaca: Day of the Dead (Nov 1 only) Night time excursion
- Oaxaca: Cookery class
- Huatulco: some activities at the hotel
For senior sales consultant Sophie Barber, it’s the mixture of exotic wildlife and natural landscapes combined with living culture and historic heritage which continue to draw her back to Latin America. To celebrate our 40th anniversary, she has devised an awe-inspiring 40-day holiday celebrating her favourite places and experiences. We are delighted to share it with you, and invite you to include some of her suggestions in your own holiday – or book the whole thing as it is, if you dare!
It isn’t, of course, fully comprehensive – there are a multitude of other places and activities which she could happily have included had there been time. But in this personal choice she has highlighted the most stupendous cities, a few of the best wildlife spotting destinations, some of the most dramatic natural scenery and staggering human achievements. She’s referred to her huge bank of knowledge to suggest innovative and sometimes quirky ways to enhance your experiences.
With judicious timing, you’ll catch colourful indigenous markets and historic religious festivals. After all the excitement of exploration, relaxing on a sunlit beach is the perfect way to end the holiday.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Rio de Janeiro.
Day 2
Sugar Loaf and Corcovado Mountain.
Day 3
At leisure in Rio.
Day 4
Fly to the Pantanal wetlands.
Day 5
Explorations from the lodge.
Day 6
Optional activities from the lodge.
Day 7
By road to Cuiabá, overnight.
Day 8
Fly south to Iguazú Falls.
Day 9
Take to the Iguazú river in a boat.
Day 10
Fly to Buenos Aires.
Day 11
Visit the underground tunnels in San Telmo.
Day 12
Fly to El Calafate in Patagonia.
Day 13
Excursion to Perito Moreno Glacier.
Day 14
On to Chilean Patagonia – Torres del Paine.
Days 15-16
Exploring the national park
Day 17
Fly to Santiago.
Day 18
Fly north to the Atacama Desert.
Day 19
Guided excursion to Tocanao and the salt flats.
Day 20
On through the salt flats to Bolivia.
Day 21
Discovering the Uyuni salt flats.
Day 22
Fly to Cusco in Peru.
Day 23
Guided tour of the city, its environs and San Pedro market.
Day 24
By road into the Sacred valley of the Incas.
Day 25
Explore the Sacred Valley and Pisac ruins.
Day 26
Visit Machu Picchu by train.
Day 27
Revisit the citadel, return to Cusco by train.
Day 28
By rail to Lake Titicaca.
Day 29
From your hotel, explore the lake's shores and hinterland.
Day 30
Fly to Lima, Peruvian capital.
Day 31
Fly north to Mexico City.
Day 32
Visit the ruined temples of Teotihuacán.
Day 33
Day at leisure in Mexico City.
Day 34
Fly to Oaxaca in the mountainous interior.
Day 35
Day of the Dead – or explore at leisure.
Day 36
Cooking class in Oaxaca.
Days 37-39
Fly to Huatulco on the Pacific coast.
Day 40
Fly to Mexico City and connect with your homeward international flight.
Things to do
We proudly offer the widest range of activities, excursions and one-of-a-kind experiences across all our destinations, tried and tested personally by our travel experts.
See the views from Sugar Loaf mountain
Visit Rio’s statue of Christ the Redeemer
Discover Rio’s fascinating reinvented docklands
Go wildlife spotting in the Pantanal
Visit the Brazilian Side of Iguazu Falls
Visit the Argentine side of Iguazu Falls
Exploring Buenos Aires
Authentic Buenos Aires by night
Visit the Perito Moreno glacier
Patagonian asado at Estancia Nibepo Aike
Day walks in Torres del Paine National Park
Atacama Star Gazing
Take a hot air balloon flight over the Atacama Desert
See flamingos in the salt flats
Explore the Valley of the Moon
Cross the Uyuni salt flats, Bolivia
Walking tour of Cusco
Visit Sacsayhuaman Inca fortress
Titicaca train in the Peruvian Andes
Guided tour of Machu Picchu
Travel by train to Machu Picchu
Walking tour of Mexico City
Attend a Lucha Libre match
Oaxaca walking tour and market
Take a Mexican cooking course
Accommodation
Browse our unrivalled portfolio of accommodation . Every option has been carefully chosen by our team of travel experts, so you can rest assured that you’ll relax in utter comfort.
Brazil / Rio de Janeiro
Windsor Miramar
Brazil / The Pantanal
Pousada do Rio Mutum
Argentina / Iguazu Falls – Argentinian side / Iguazu Falls
Melia Iguazu Resort and Spa
Argentina / El Calafate and Los Glaciares National Park
Estancia Nibepo Aike
Chile / Torres del Paine National Park
Tierra Patagonia
Chile / Santiago and the vineyards
Le Reve Santiago
Bolivia / Uyuni salt flats
Luna Salada
Peru / Cusco
Inkaterra la Casona
Peru / Sacred Valley of the Incas
Hotel Sol y Luna
Peru / Machu Picchu
Inkaterra Machu Picchu
Peru / Lake Titicaca – Peruvian side / Lake Titicaca
Titilaka
Peru / Lima
Belmond Miraflores Park
Mexico / Mexico City
Las Alcobas
Mexico / Oaxaca
Casa Oaxaca
What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
Everything went smoothly, the flights were good as were the transfer vehicles. The bus to Puerto Natales was fine as were the minibuses for longer trips. I enjoyed the boat trips and the I really liked the zodiac trip on the Rio Serrano.
PM, Wirral
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.
Paul Winrow-Giffin - Travel Expert
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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Ben Line - Travel Expert
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.
Evie Oswald - Travel Expert
It's hard to believe that Evie has had time to cram so much in to her life so far. Having lived as a child in the Americas and Europe she found herself immediately attracted to Latin America.
Carrie Gallagher - Travel Expert
A former JLA tour leader, Carrie brings a wealth of on-the-ground experience to our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours department.
Chris Rendell-Dunn - Travel Expert
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.
Lina Fuller - Travel Expert
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.
Paul Winrow-Giffin - Travel Expert
After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.
