Andean Trails: South America Tours Specialist

Deb O. and Lisa B., USA, Self-guided Tailormade Patagonia, Feb 2025 There were so many highlights! The summits and glacier excursions were magnificent. We were blessed with great weather most of the time. Having our own guide in Chalten was great and our guide was fantastic!    There were a lot of details to this trip and they all came together nicely. The accommodations were very good. Very clean -no complaints.  Guides were wonderful. Food was amazing -everything homemade.   I think we benefited the local people. We acknowledged their services with appropriate tips and we patronized many local establishments while there.    I can’t think of anything right now that I would do differently!    Patagonia has been a “bucket list” trip for me. I will turn 60 and retire this year so it was my treat to myself. It was everything I hoped it would be. I hope it doesn’t change with the ever increasing tourism. It’s such a special place. They are very proud of their heritage and it deserves to be preserved.    We found Andean Trails online and the e reviews were good and prices reasonable. It was a leap of faith that paid off. Thank you so much for bringing this experience to me.      

C. Valentine, USA, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Mindo, Feb 2025 A highlight was staying at the Reserva Ecologica Santa Rita and hiking the valley between all the volcanoes. It was a smart custom trip plan that felt off-the-beaten trails and was very intimate in the valley of Cotopaxi. This trip pattern framed the Cotopaxi summit nicely as the ultimate trip goal. I was surprised by how lovely the trout was in Ecuador too! I really liked our guide Pablo and I think our group did too. We learned so much from him. After we left Pablo behind, my learning of the Ecuadorian culture and people tapered. Overall 10/10 on the food! Oh my gosh, Mindo was so cool. Loved El Monte lodge. I will return!