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Machu Picchu, without the scramble
Entry slots, train times and a night in Aguas Calientes so you're at the gate for the first entry, not the fourth.
South America
South America
Long flights. Longer memories.
- Best time
- April – October for Peru, November – March for Patagonia
- Ideal length
- 14 – 21 nights
- Pace
- Two countries maximum, internal flights planned
- Altitude
- Cusco sits at 3,400m, acclimatisation is built in
Why South America
South America is the biggest commitment on our list and the one people talk about most afterwards. Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Chile each deserve their own trip, combining them badly means spending your holiday in airports. We build routes that respect the distances instead of pretending they aren't there.
“You don't do South America in ten days. You choose one thread and pull it properly.
What you'll actually do
The South America we'd plan for you
Not a list of sights, the specific things that make the difference between having been somewhere and having experienced it.
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The Sacred Valley first
Two nights lower down before Cusco. It's the single biggest thing you can do to avoid altitude sickness.
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Patagonia
Torres del Paine and El Chaltén, where the weather does four seasons before lunch and it's still worth every hour of flying.
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Iguazú from both sides
Argentina for the walkways, Brazil for the panorama. Doing one and skipping the other is the standard mistake.
A route that works
What a trip here can look like
A starting point, not a package. Every route we build gets reshaped around your dates, your pace and who's travelling.
- Days 1 – 3
Lima
Miraflores, Barranco, and the food scene that quietly became one of the best in the world.
- Days 4 – 7
Sacred Valley & Cusco
Ollantaytambo, Pisac and Moray, acclimatising while actually seeing something.
- Days 8 – 9
Machu Picchu
First train, first entry, and enough time on site that you aren't watching the clock.
- Days 10 – 16
Buenos Aires & Iguazú
Tango that isn't staged for tourists, a parrilla dinner, then the falls from both borders.
From our trips
South America, photographed
Every image here is from a trip we've planned or led ourselves.
South America
South America
South AmericaWays to travel
How people travel South America
The same destination works very differently depending on who's coming. These are the formats that suit it best.
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