South America Tours in Fall

If you are considering a trip to Patagonia then just do it! This is a truly amazing adventure that has it all - stunning scenery, magnificant walks and wonderful wildlife. You need to be prepared for anything, however, as the weather on our trip ranged between beautiful sunshine to torrential rain and gale-force winds. This meant that the guides had to alter our itinery on a couple of days to ensure our safety. Also do not underestimate the physical and mental demands of this trip. The hike to Base Torres is hard, both physically and in terms of the tricky weather and the exposure and condition of the path in the final ascent. We had snow and ice underfoot on the day we did this. Our guide, Iara, was truly amazing. She enthused us all with her love for Patagonia, attempted to teach us Spanish and kept our spririts up when the weather, and the going, got tough. We definitely recommend this trip - just don't undertake it lightly!

This was my first trip to South America and won't be my last. I've now taken 6 Exodus tours and this was my favourite. There were numerous and various places to visit, even the long drives through the Andes was full of amazing scenary and things to see. There were highlights every day. Your health is well looked after, with testing twice a day whilst at altitude.

I did this add-on as a pre tour, from Lima, before my Essential Peru tour. I was the only person from Exodus on this add-on but was never alone as the groups from other companies allowed me to join them. That gave me the best of both worlds, I was not only guided by guides from these other groups but had the extra priviledge of my own Exodus guide pointing out anything they missed!

Our tour guide Iara Musumeci was amazing, she was customer focused and guided us with local assistance to some amazing places, whilst always ensuring we were safe and able to complete the hikes. The holiday format was very good apart from one night of camping in a tent after a wet hike. Overall it was a great holiday of a lifetime and I would thoroughly recommend Explore as a default holiday company.

Great trip, very full on. It could be described as the trip of a lifetime. Any issues were dealt with by our attentive tour leaders promptly. Local guides were knowledgeable. The only advice I would offer future travellers is if possible get to Cusco a few days prior to acclimatise yourself to the altitude.

From the day I met Claudio in San Pedro to my last day in Salta. I have seen so many different landscapes, cycling on so many different roads. Was great to cycle on a salt lake, in narrow canyons, in a the devils’s throat on a road above 4000m in the middle of the puna among lamas and vicunias, in a forest along lakes or in the middle of vineyards and cactus !