Travel to South America and see Quito, "the Queen of the Andes", starting point for scenic tours to the Indian markets of Ecuador, including the Otavalo Indian Fair, colonial Cuenca, Banos (the gateway to the Amazon Rainforest) and Guayaquil, the stopping point of the TAME Airlines flights to Baltra and San Cristobal islands, where the Galapagos Islands cruises begin and end. Then travel south to Lima, Peru, on the way to the Incan Lands of Cuzco, Pisac, the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the "Lost City of Machu Picchu". Stay at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge or the Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel in Aguas Calientes and trek on the Royal Inca trail from Cuzco to Machu Picchu. Then explore Peru and sail or take a hydrofoil cruise over Lake Titicaca.

Continue to Puerto Maldonado, Manu National Park and the Tambopata Reserve, amidst the lush Amazon rain forest where you can stay at jungle lodges such as the Tambopata Lodge. Explore Iquitos, Peru, in the heart of the Amazon jungle. Take an Amazon River cruise on the M/V Arca, Marcelita, M/V Rio Amazonas, Amazon Explorer, La Amatista, La Turmalina, La Esmeralda or La Aquamarina. If you prefer adventure, take a river cruise by canoe or charter expedition river boats. Explore Lima, Paracas, Ica and Nazca Plains where you can fly over the mysterious lines and markings on the Peruvian desert sands. Explore Juliaca and Puno, on the shores of Lake Titicaca,in Peru. Board a hydrofoil and cruise Lake Titicaca via Sun and Moon islands to Huatajata and stay at the Inca Utama Hotel, before continuing to La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, South America. Fly south to Chile, tour the Atacama Desert and stay at the first class, high-end Explora Hotel Atacama. Vacation in Arica, Santiago, Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas or in the Chilean lake district.

Travel further south to Patagonia, Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine Park. Stay at Paine Park in the deluxe Hotel Explora. Cruise the Chilean Fjords and Chile’s Patagonia, all the way to spectacular Laguna San Rafael or San Rafael Lagoon, on the ships Skorpios I, Skorpios II and Skorpios III or take an adventure cruise in Tierra del Fuego or Fireland on the ship M/V Mar Australis, before traveling to San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, on the Argentinian lake district.

Visit Mendoza, with its great wineries or San Rafael and its luxury estancias, which are like great ranches in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Marvel at Iguazu Falls and stay at the deluxe Sheraton Internacional Hotel or at the first class Hotel das Cataratas, in the Brazilian side of the great falls. Fly to Trelew in Patagonia, to see the open air zoo at Peninsula Valdes. Continue to Rio Gallegos then to El Calafate, on the shores of Lago Argentino, site of the Perito Moreno Glacier. Hike the glacier country, take an adventure cruise on Lago Argentino, in the heart of Argentina’s Patagonian country. Fly south to Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Fireland, by the Strait of Magellan and cruise around the horn of South America, before going north to Buenos Aires, Montevideo and fashionable Punta del Este, Uruguay, for a luxury vacation on the beautiful sunny beaches.

Continue the travel adventure to Iguassu Falls, Brazil, on to Sao Paulo then the huge Pantanal nature reserve and then on to Rio de Janeiro, home of Carnival, samba and the girl from Ipanema, take a nature break in the Brazilian Pantanal, which borders Paraguay and Bolivia, visit Belo Horizonte and colonial Ouro Preto, Salvador, Bahia, Brasilia, Manaus, stay at the upscale Tropical Hotel Manaus or the Ariau Treetop Lodge and Amazon Jungle Tower, on the Amazon River, cruise on the Rio Amazonas on the M/V Desafio, the M/V Tucano or the Selly Clipper, before visiting Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, at the top of the Continent of South America, with tours to areas such as the Llanos, the Orinoco River Basin, Canaima, Merida, Angel Falls, Margarita Island, and with us, you can also travel on an upscale, custom-designed vacation in Africa, Egypt, Greece, Turkey and other exotic parts of the world.