Santiago Tours in Winter

Wonderful tour from Chile to the Andes to IguazAº and beyond. Lots of amazing natural beauty and interesting history. This was my third G Adventures trip and I have several more planned!

The entire trip was a wonderful experience. White water rafting was the most fun, followed by the breathtaking hike across the volcanic area with views of the lake. Pucon and Bariloche were the stars of the itinerary. The gaucho experience was also a high-point, surpassing expectations. One general practice recommendation for G - when people on the trip fall sick, they should be recommended to get Covid-tested, and/or their rooming partners be offered a separate room (understandably subject to availability and additional cost). Reason for this recommendation is personal since my roomie was sick for most of the duration, and while I seemed to survive the proximity unscathed for the week, it caught up with me immediately thereafter.

Loved the entire experience. Our CEO Jesus was a stand-out in terms of his excellence. We will look to book with GAdventures again. We would likely upgrade for travel through more challenging spots like India or SE Asia.

This trip was a great way to see the top highlights while leaving you wanting to explore more! Perfect 'Discovery' trip! There are a lot of flights and the airline can move around the timings so you have to be flexible and open to late nights/early starts. There really is no other way to cover so much distance in just 2 weeks. Its well worth the travel as you get to see 2 completely different sides of Chile, the Desert and Salt flats of the North and the Lakes and Mountains of the South, both equally beautiful but very different. The food wasn't as expensive as I thought, similar pricing to London restaurants so by no means cheap but not unaffordable and if you take some snacks with you its easy to skip lunches as dinner portions in every restaurant we went to are very generous. The hotels were clean, spacious and comfortable. The only pool in use (we were early in the season) was in San Pedro. Both optional excursions are well worth doing but I would recommend doing a little research into star constellations before going to help things make more sense as its a lot of information to take in. Our guide Miguel was very knowledgeable and clearly loves his country and the outdoors we were in good hands especially in the National parks as he knows the area well. He is also a keen photographer so we were going to great photo locations and he was always willing to stop the bus whenever wildlife or a good photo angle was spotted! There are long drives, but the scenery was so beautiful that the drives were just as special as the walks and plenty of stops to stretch our legs or take a photo or toilet stop.

An excellent introduction to Chile, it was very interesting to see the different climate regions, desert, Santiagio, Lakes and Patagonia. The group blended particularly well together. There were plenty of great photography moments. Felipe (our guide) was excellent.

This was my first time solo traveling and it was the best week of my life! Bookmundi made every very accessible and they were extremely accommodating. I only had a few questions throughout the course of my 10 day itinerary, but the team was quick to respond and help me trouble shoot. I will think of this trip for the rest of my life. I will definitely be booking with them again and I recommend you do the same! :) Their itinerary provided a wide range of activities (city exploration, nature hikes, natural landmark excursions, etc)