Tailor-made

South America Tours

Six countries that work far better joined up than visited one at a time. Start with where you want to end up and how long you have; the route follows from there.

Itineraries

What we have written up so far

Four routes, each sold at two or three lengths so you can see what the extra days actually buy. None of them is a fixed package: they are the starting points we argue from.

By country

Where we go

Peru tours

3 itineraries

Built around Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley and the Amazon: the backbone of most first trips to South America, and the one country almost nobody regrets adding days to.

Bolivia tours

2 itineraries

Through Uyuni, La Paz and the altiplano: the natural continuation of a Peru itinerary, and the reason to add a week rather than a weekend.

Chile tours

2 itineraries

From the driest desert on earth to the wildest edge of Patagonia, at opposite ends of the same long country.

Argentina tours

2 itineraries

Built around Buenos Aires, Iguazu and the Patagonian south, in a country that rewards long trips and punishes rushed ones.

Colombia tours

Written up next

Across Bogota, the coffee region and the Caribbean coast: the newest of the classic routes, and still the least crowded.

Ecuador tours

1 itinerary

Through the Andes, the Amazon and the Galapagos, a few hours apart: the only country on the continent where three completely different trips fit inside ten days.