Latin America

With the world’s greatest river, longest mountain range, highest active volcano and tallest waterfall, the natural landscapes of Latin America is hugely diverse. With tours and adventurous itineraries taking in steamy rainforests, salt flats & deserts, mountains & glaciers and tropical beaches as well as European-style capitals and indigenous villages, a holiday to Latin America has it all.

Wildlife holidays here are like no where else on the planet. Exotic and unique creatures abound. The Galapagos Islands are a unique and pre historic environment, a birthplace of evolution. The Pantanal of Brazil is a wetland haven for wildlife that covers a huge area and home to the Jaguar. The tip of the continent is the jumping off point for Antarctica and the coastal areas of Chile, Argentina and Patagonia are also teeming with wildlife.

Covering a vast area, the Amazon river and surrounding rainforest runs from the Andes down to the Atlantic Ocean in northern Brazil. It covers territory from nine nations: Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname. One in 10 of every natural species in the world is found is here. Much of the region is wilderness, home only to remote villages. There are virtually no roads, few airstrips and only a handful of large river ports. Elsewhere, human society clings to the banks of rivers and streams, surviving on subsistence agriculture, stock-rearing and fishing.

Latin American culture is steeped in history with Mayan and Incan temples and monuments. Machu Picchu in Peru is a must see and the archaeological sites in Guatemala and Belize are all to be wondered at. In the vibrant cities you will experience modern Latin influences from Europe infused with West African heritage.