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.
Atacama Star Gazing
Attend a Lucha Libre match
Authentic Buenos Aires by night
Cross the Uyuni salt flats, Bolivia
Day walks in Torres del Paine National Park
Discover Rio’s fascinating reinvented docklands
Explore the Valley of the Moon
Exploring Buenos Aires
Go wildlife spotting in the Pantanal
Guided tour of Machu Picchu
Oaxaca walking tour and market
Patagonian asado at Estancia Nibepo Aike
See flamingos in the salt flats
See the views from Sugar Loaf mountain
Take a Mexican cooking course
Titicaca train in the Peruvian Andes
Travel by train to Machu Picchu
Visit Rio’s statue of Christ the Redeemer
Visit Sacsayhuaman Inca fortress
Visit the Argentine side of Iguazu Falls
Visit the Brazilian Side of Iguazu Falls
Visit the Perito Moreno glacier
Walking tour of Cusco
Walking tour of Mexico City
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.
Peru / Lima
Belmond Miraflores Park
Mexico / Oaxaca
Casa Oaxaca
Argentina / El Calafate and Los Glaciares National Park
Estancia Nibepo Aike
Peru / Sacred Valley of the Incas
Hotel Sol y Luna
Peru / Cusco
Inkaterra la Casona
Peru / Machu Picchu
Inkaterra Machu Picchu
Mexico / Mexico City
Las Alcobas
Chile / Santiago and the vineyards
Le Reve Santiago
Bolivia / Uyuni salt flats
Luna Salada
Argentina / Iguazu Falls – Argentinian side / Iguazu Falls
Melia Iguazu Resort and Spa
Brazil / The Pantanal
Pousada do Rio Mutum
Chile / Torres del Paine National Park
Tierra Patagonia
Peru / Lake Titicaca – Peruvian side / Lake Titicaca
Titilaka
Brazil / Rio de Janeiro
Windsor Miramar
What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
Very efficient with the booking process and very helpful with his service throughout. Adam was always prompt and helpful in answering all our questions prior to departure.
IR, London
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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.
Ben Line - Travel Consultant
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 Manager of the Tailor-made Department.
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