Top Culture Trip Itineraries For A South American Adventure

Click book and brush up on your Spanish – our Culture Trip excursions through South America are magnifico.

The Andes and the Amazon. The Galápagos. Machu Picchu. South America is home to some of the most amazing landscapes, rivaled only by the vibrant cultures filling each country on the continent. From the lesser-visited shorelines of Colombia to the rich biodiversity found on Ecuador’s coasts, any journey into South America is guaranteed to amplify your wanderlust. These top Culture Trip tours will show you the best adventures in South America.

Aerial photo of a waterfall falling into a round lake amid cliffs in the middle of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador

Adventurous Ecuador

On this eight-day South American adventure, you don’t have to choose between a visit to the Andes or the Amazon. See them both as you navigate the country’s volcanic landscape. Fall in love with every aspect of Ecuador as you nibble on sensational chocolate and cycle to majestic waterfalls. This loop-tour starts and ends in Quito, but these immersive eight days could only amount to part one of your South American adventure.

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Next available from 9th Mar 2024

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Trip highlights and details

STARTS AT

Quito, Ecuador

ENDS AT

Quito, Ecuador

DURATION

8

GROUP SIZE

16

PHYSICAL RATING

Moderate

STYLE

Discovery

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Espanola Island with many sea-lions sleeping on a beach on the Galapagos

Go Wild in the Galápagos Islands

Looking to reconnect with nature? There are few destinations as remote and wild as the Galápagos, and you can experience this unusual archipelago on a five-day journey over land and sea. You’ll be following in the wake of Charles Darwin, as you see first-hand the endemic species that inspired the Theory of Evolution. This is one for the budding naturalists and adventurers out there – as you snorkel with sea lions and penguins, plod alongside giant tortoises and spot Darwin’s finches swooping overhead.

From US$2499

Next available from 13th Jan 2024

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Trip highlights and details

STARTS AT

Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island

ENDS AT

Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal Island

DURATION

5

GROUP SIZE

14

PHYSICAL RATING

Light

STYLE

Discovery

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Gethin Morgan, Maja Proescholdt, Nick Dauk, Lucie Gracie, Richard Collett, Grace Beard and Louis Rabinowitz contributed to this article.

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Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

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