Our escorted tours are operated by Journey Latin America (JLA). JLA have a wide selection of luxury classic tour packages across South America, including: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Escorted
Tours Our Escorted Tour programme is
operated by Journey Latin America (JLA)
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the Experience...
When Journey Latin America ran its first
escorted group trip in 1981, they were
trail-blazing across a largely unexplored
continent.Most roads were unpaved - land
journeys were long, bumpy and precarious
and the local transport available consisted
of antiquated rickety buses and trucks.The
hotel infrastructure was rudimentary -
sometimes we found ourselves staying in
places run by religious communities or
at the other end of the spectrum, houses
of lesser repute.You couldn’t find
a Mars bar or a Heineken in those days
- meals frequently consisted of a piece
of unidentifiable meat squatting on a
bed of soggy rice.
Now all that has changed - transport,
hotels and restaurants are much more comfortable
and sophisticated, and the choice is staggering.
JLA have many imitators, but their long-standing
relationship with local suppliers, the
presence of their innovative staff on
the ground and their experienced Tour
Leaders, ensure that they are still the
best.
JLA
is still an independent company managed
by its founding directors. They have a
close relationship with their reliable
network of local contacts, many of whom
they have worked with for over 20 years.
This combination aims to offer you the
best possible service, security and value
for money on the ground.
Congratulations! You may be taking the
first step on the road to Latin America,
or planning to revisit this wildly exotic
and irresistible continent: and you are
considering travelling in a small group
with JLA, taking advantage of the vast
pool of knowledge, experience and inspiration
which has flourished and developed over
the 25 years that they have been leading
the field.
Their style of travel is friendly, informal
and relaxed. They know they can rely on
their stable of well-travelled, enthusiastic
and communicative Tour Leaders to deal
with the practicalities and to enhance
your experience with their knowledge and
anecdotes.
But the continent really does sell itself
- cloaked in a mantle of glorious scenery,
from icy peaks and translucent glaciers
through the extremes of sun-scorched deserts
and dripping jungles, some twenty countries
are peppered with the evocative vestiges
of empires gone by - while the markets,
music and melodramas of daily life provide
endless fascination for the visitor.
Group
size
Group sizes vary. The maximum is normally
twenty but some trips operate with a maximum
of sixteen. If the actual size of the
group is important, please let us know.
We have the experience to tell you which
departures generally go full, and which
do not. If you’d prefer to travel
with 9 others rather than 19, we’ll
try to point you towards the right departure.
Who else will be in the group?
The short answer to 'Who travels with
Journey Latin America?' is 'Everyone'!
It can depend on a number of factors,
but as a general rule about half the people
on any one trip come as singles, the rest
as couples or friends. Since we all travel
together, friendships form quickly. There
are no age restrictions other than common
sense would impose, so long as you are
prepared to take the rough with the smooth.
Classic
Tours
A range of superior fully-escorted small
group trips. Diverse itineraries, luxury
accommodation and private transport allow
you to enjoy the best that the continent
has to offer, in style and comfort. Read
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There is a range of 8 tours , ranging
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Journeys
These Small Group Journeys are adventurous
in spirit - they make use of public transport
where appropriate and, where possible,
stay in small family-run hotels to get
to know the local people;they seek out
new trails, local fiestas, quirky bars
or museums - but always guaranteeing a
decent level of comfort. All of the Journeys
are lead by Journey Latin America Tour
Leaders.
There is a range of , ranging from 12
to 22 nights. >
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Active Trips
These trips offer exhilarating hike, bike,
raft and kayak adventures through some
remote and beautiful scenery. Offering
you more than just the view from a bus
window, our trips are aimed at all from
the weekend hiker to the fanatic mountain
biker. All our trips are graded so you
can select the one that suits you best.
Choose from our huge range of 15 trips.
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