Central America discovery Traveller Reviews

We travelled overland from Panama, through Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala - an exceptional insight into each of the countries (unfortunately we had to fly over Nicaragua as the security situation there meant a change to our original schedule). We spent three weeks meeting the locals, staying in excellent local hotels and enjoying excursions to experieince the wildlife, scenery, culture and history of each of the places we visited.

This is the third time we've travelled with Journey Latin America and I have no hesitation in highly recomending them. They really know the countries we've visited, have excellent local contacts and know how to get the best for their customers. I should also mention our tour leaders who have been exceptional On this trip Cesar became a friend - there really wasn't more he could have done for us.

There were too many highlights to list here, but from the beautiful waters of the Caribbean at Bocas del Toro (Panama) to the Mayan ruins at Copan (Honduras), the whole holiday exceeded our expectations.

We have done several holidays with JLA, and once again they provided a memorable experience. The tour leader Cesar Pineda was superb, always managing to anticipate the group's needs.

Fast paced tour, generally very interesting.

Well organised trip overall, and good individual service from operator in arranging a tour extension.

We visited Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatamala in a small guided group.

Journey Latin America are the specialists in this area - we have made 4 trips with them. Very knowledgeable and helpful - expensive holidays but good value for money. Nice interesting hotels and tours.

I organised 2 back to back trips with JLA, one a tailor made trip to columbia, the second a small group tour (alcion) through panama, costa rica, nicaragua, el salvador, honduras and guatemala.

From the query stage to the return home JLA were simply oustanding. Their patience and professionalism were exceptional. The standard of both trips was simply excellent and their tour guides were far beyond expectations. The guides dealt superbly with significant problems including a couple of significant medical emergencies, a strike at a border crossing and dealing with a very diverse group of tourists. The proof of a good holiday company is how they deal in a crisis and JLA were wonderful in all aspects. All were exceptionsl at their job, interesting, interested, safety concious, fun and responsible. Without doubt, JLA are the company that exceeded my expectations on group tours and where possible i will use them and recommend them to others. The private tour was equally exceptional. In short, we felt exceptionally happy with everything about 7 week trip that JLA had organised

Well organised, comprehensive, sensitive to local cultures, with an excellent guide

helpful, dealt with queries quickly and efficiently

Well organised, comprehensive, sensitive to local cultures, with an excellent guide

helpful, dealt with queries quickly and efficiently

We recently travelled with JLA on a trip across six countries of Central America covering 3000kms in 24 days in 11 hotels using various forms of transport but with one superb and very experienced, professional and yet warm and fun tour leader - without whom we would never have made it past our first stop of Panama City!

First rate in every respect - if only more operators got it so right.

It was 3 weeks tour of Central America. It was classed as a Discovery tour which essentially was a 'no frills' tour. An excellent experience .

Journey Latin America obviously has a wealth of experience in this region.

Very flexible travel arrangements..able to fly from Manchester via Amsterdam and avoid going through the US. Very varied scenery and places to stay..Panama Canal ,coffee farm tour, an island off the Caribbean coast of Panama, Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua, cloud forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica, lots of volcanoes and Spanish Colonial towns. Many border crossings, different buses and changes of currency..all made easy by our superb indefatigable guide who could not have been more organised or helpful. Would highly recommend both this trip and Journey Latin America.

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