Journey Latin America Traveller Reviews

We booked a group tour to South America (Rio, Iguazu, Asuncion, La Paz, Lake Titicaca, Puno, Cusco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Lima). Local guides were generally good and the tours were mainly well run with good transportation. Hotels were generally good in reasonable locations.

We paid our deposit in Feb and were later assured even if the trip didn't fill up beyond the 3 people booked at that point, then it would still go ahead with a guide. After we paid full balance in May, unknown person #3 dropped out and Journey cancelled the group tour and offered a private tour for 2 instead. Took quite a bit of time and emails to get the full itinerary with included trips reinstated. Lack of full time guide was big disadvantage for us as local operators only knew their part of our itinerary. Most weren't interested in checking our onward arrangements. We didn't get picked up by the guide at a bus station in Paraguay and this was stressful to hang around. Another operator changed our hotel but didn't notify Journey about this. We relied on hotel receptionists to check with local companies as we didn't speak Spanish.

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We have just had the most tremendous holiday in Peru. Thank you to Journey Latin America for your extraordinary efficiency, attention to detail and continued care both during the booking process and when we were travelling. We loved Peru. Highly recommend the Inca Trail - arriving in Machu Picchu having walked and camped was awesome. We loved the challenge. Arequippa is stunning, Cusco a must, Colca lodge and Condors extraordinary. Best hotel for us was El Tambo del Inka. Peruvian people are lovely, their food simply delicious and their history fascinating. Peru just kept impressing and delighting us. We cannot recommend this holiday more highly. It worked for us and we can't wait to return.

They were Stella. Simply splendid. JLA and Natalie in particular made our summer holiday perfect. We received brilliant service from the first phone call we made to JLA. Their attention to detail was superb. Excellent in every way. Thank you Natalie and JLA

A well organised & planned trip to Machu Picchu & other inca sites followed by 4 days in the Galápagos Islands.

JLA are clearly very experienced in organising tours to Peru & the Galápagos. They use excellent well informed tour leaders & guides throughout & ensured we visited many major sights. The standard of accommodation and transport throughout was generally excellent.

Visiting South America was a long held dream of mine, fuelled in no small measure by the fact that my sons had both been there and spoken about the continent in raptures. My tour did not disappoint. From the hot, wet and humid Amazon jungle to the views over Rio, from the mighty power of Iguazu Falls to the European like boulevards of Buenos Aires, from the colonial charms of Sucre to the bustle of La Paz, from the friendly bars and restaurants of Cusco to the wonder of the world that is Machu Picchu. Happy, happy memories.

The service I received from Journey Latin America was outstanding from my first tentative enquiry to saying farewell to our tour guide after a truly memorable tour.

Choro trek in Bolivia is amazing, trekking from 5000 m to rainforest. Crossing rivers and waterfalls without bridges Only saw local people, animals, amazing flowers. Macchu Picchu stunning architecture but too many tourists!

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We traveled to Peru and Bolivia. JLA organised everything superbly - every transfer, every tour, every guide was excellent.

From organizing our itinerary to covering every detail, JLA were immaculate.

Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Some good highlights. Lots of miles travelled ; Jungle to the sub-antartic.

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Tour of Argentina, Chile And Brazil, visiting highlights of Fitzroy range, Perito Moreno glacier, Torres del Paine and Iguazu Falls, with time for independent trekking in National Parks.

Very knowledgeable with good advice on viable options. Flexible in allowing us to build own independent section into itinerary. Their selection of reliable local agents certainly took the strain out of airport transfers. We omitted most of the typical excursions as we prefer to do it ourselves and not feel rushed and JLA were happy to accommodate our preferences.

We travelled to Patagonia on the Nandu tour with Journey Latin America in March 2018. After much research JLA's itinerary ticked all the boxes for where we wished to visit and 3 weeks was a perfect amount of time to visit.The trip was spot on with the amount amount of trekking involved with inclusive options. The optional choices on offer gave everyone a good choice depending on their level of fitness and wishes - rafting, climbing volcanoes, glacier walking.The level of knowledge of the local guides was excellent and their passion shown through. The standard of hotels was good - all had comfy beds and good showers! We spent most of our money on food and wine - Patagonia has the best lamb, beef, seafood and fish. All washed down with Pisco Sours and wine.

Journey Latin America were easy and helpful to work with when planning our holiday. Sadly, we had to cancel our original booking but when we were ready to re book we gave them only 5 weeks notice. They worked very quickly and efficiently to ensure we could get on the last trip of the season - we couldn't have asked for more.