South America Budget Culture Trips & Packages Tours & Trips

Highlights

• Surrounded by breathtaking volcanoes in the highland town of Otavalo, experience its famed textile market
• Deep in the Amazon, view brightly colored parrots as they make their morning pilgrimage to the clay lick at Yasuni National Park
• Encounter the exotic animals that made the Galápagos famous including Blue-footed Boobies, Darwin finches and marine iguanas

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• Live like a native Ecuadorian as you move into your own apartment and explore local cafes, museums and more
• Improve your Spanish during daily language classes and opportunities to practice your new skills as you maneuver through daily life in the city
• Join your Group Leader and fellow participants for weekly field trips and a three-day excursion in the Galápagos Islands to cap your adventure

Highlights

• Explore the highlights of Rio de Janeiro and take in the awesome splendor of Iguazu Falls from both the Argentine and Brazilian vantage points
• Walk among the remains of the ancient Inca civilization in the Sacred Valley and at Machu Picchu, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites
• Discover Argentine culture in Buenos Aires, the “Paris of the South,” with a tango lesson and the colorful neighborhood of Recoleta

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• Explore the world-famous Gold Museum and learn about the gold on display, its shamanic significance and how the collection was formed
• Discover the amazing underground construction and architecture of the Salt Cathedral
• Learn about Colombian coffee from production on the plantation to the delicious cup sold in the café

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• Get immersed in the history, culture, scenery and wildlife of Peru, starting and finishing in the culinary and historic capital, Lima.
• This itinerary is well paced so that it includes many amazing sights and cities but with enough time to explore.
• You will discover the main sights of Lima - the ‘City of Kings’ and Cusco, the ancient capital of the Incas.

Highlights

• An experience in Lake Titicaca, the worlds highest navigable lake.
• Uyuni Salt Flats in a luxury dome experience.
• Experience La Paz for all its rustic charm, its famous Witches markets, quaint street markets, Cocoa museum and infamous San Pedro prison, which is very much its own city.