Journey Latin America / Journeyscape Traveller Reviews

I did the Lapwing tour with Journey Latin America, with an extension to the Iguazu falls, in Jan-Feb 2016. It was a fantastic trip! Saw so much. First in Chile: Santiago, Valparaiso, Punto Arenas, then did some walking in the Torres del Paine National Park, which was beautiful. Moving on into El Calafate in Argentina, the first trip was to the Perito Moreno glacier - where I did the 'mini-ice trekking', a great experience! That was followed by a couple of days in Ushuaia in the Tierra del Fuego region - the southernmost city in the world. The highlight was a boat trip on the Beagle Channel to see sealions, imperial cormorants, and more... Flying back up to Buenos Aires, a beautiful city; I only wish I'd had more time there. Then on to Iguazu, which was amazing. I'd highly recommend seeing both the Argentine and Brazilian sides of the falls. My first trip to south America, but definitely not my last!

Journey Latin America were excellent from the outset. They recommended various tour options to me from my initial vague ideas about places I'd like to visit. After I'd chosen my tour and extension (which suited me perfectly!), they took care of all the arrangements and bookings with no problems at all. The guide on the tour was great. He was very knowledgeable and organized. He made the whole tour run smoothly for everyone in the group. I can't find fault with JLA, and would book with them again.

Excellent organisation, guides, transport (mostly) and great success for us. Partially group tour and partially extensions. Enjoyed it greatly.

JLA did a good job working with other companies to provide extensions.

We had a pre-booked private tour, which we carried out with the help of local guides and reps from JLA. All the hotels and transport (vouchers) worked and turned up on time. We felt the Cuban people were friendly and we never felt unsafe or 'ripped-off'. Cuba is beautiful and not over-crowded as some Asian countries tend to be. There was plenty to do and see. A lovely country.

JLA listened to what we wanted, booked it early and made recommendations where helpful. Any queries we had were answered quickly. Great to deal with.

We spent three nights in Mexico City and Seven in Mérida. For a city of 25 million people Mexico City works remarkably well. So much to see and do. We had a guide for some of the time and I think that without her we'd have missed a lot. The size of the place is quite daunting and she took us to places we'd never have seen otherwise. Mérida was totally different - a colonial town, very laid back. Locals were extremely friendly and helpful. Seven days was about two days too long bu that was our choice. Journey Latin America suggested we spend a couple of days by the beeach but we declined.

Responsive. Friendly, knowledgeable, Helpful

It is the people,the colour,the music and the countryside that we loved . We would go back but would stay away from some of the tourist "hot spots" . We worry what will happen when direct flights from USA start up . Get there quick .

A bit overwhelmed by the scale of visitors to Cuba . A bit short on practical detail and a bit too much marketing information .

This was our first guided small group tour with JLA, having done five similar tours in the Far East, and JLA and, in particular, our tour guide rate at the very top. A wonderful holiday.

JLA organised a first rate trip round Mexico and included a huge variety of experiences. We had an "add on " on the Copper Canyon railway, which JLA subcontracted to Condor Verde, and this was well organised too. We have be been home for a couple of days and already recommended both operators to a number of friends.

My wife and I had an 18 day holiday in Cuba including a 10 day self drive tour of the west of the Island. Cuba is a country where it seems that the clocks stopped. It has a wealth of colonial style buildings and is a must for lovers of 1950s American cars (and you will learn to love them even if you don't now!). Every city has its own character and atmosphere with old Havana and Trinidad of particular note for fine buildings and lively music. To the west of Havana, Vinales and Las Terrazas are in lovely countryside with lots of birds and other wild life. After 10 days travelling, we had 3 nights of all-inclusive luxury at Varadero, a great place for a rest. If you speak Spanish, self drive is good but you are likely to need to ask people for directions. All accommodation and a range of local guides were arranged for us.

The itinerary put together by the tour operator was good and tweaked to fit our requirements.

A group tour of 6 countries in Central America - Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. A fantastic taste of the 6 countries with inevitably lots of travelling from place to place. We had a rich variety of forms of transport - private bus, public bus, chicken bus, small water taxis, ferries, tuc tuc, horses and zip-wires! Walked in forests and saw amazing vegetation, birds and animals. We marvelled at volcanoes. We ate in many different style restaurants and sampled street food. Visited ruins, museums and saw lots of Spanish colonial architecture.

Thoroughly friendly, knowledgeable and professional at all points of contact from the initial contact with Alexandra at JLA, through the booking process to being looked after by a world class tour leader - Daniele Binaghi. JLA have an in-depth knowledge of South America and put together really interesting and good value tours.

Patagonia must be one of the most beautiful places in the world. This tour ensures you see the best.

I cannot fault JLA. I was travelling for the 4 months before the tour which means contacting me was difficult but this was dealt with patiently. The leader of the tour was excellent.

Chile is a wonderful country with a great variety of landscapes and wildlife from the Atacama Desert to Punta Arenas. It's very unspoiled and the food is fantastic!

A slight mis-hap on the booking of one of the hotels, otherwise JLA - Penguin's tour of Chile is fantastic.