Latin America Tour Companies

Our guide, Aquilino was great. Besides being knowledgeable and friendly, he obviously loved his culture. The basic trip was not too strenuous. Tikal was my favorite. The extra excursions were amazing but strenuous though we are glad we did them. We did ATM caves, which was amazing but strenuous and a bit scary….the water was deeper than normal so that added to complexity.We enjoyed the snorkeling in Caye Caulker.

I really enjoyed my guide. She was pleasant and sweet. She knew recommendations for us to eat and tours to attend. Accommodating. When I arrived at the first hotel I was told the water was complementary. But when I checked out I had to pay for the one water bottle I drank. Second hotel.. was ok. Third hotel was the worst. If I had any physical limitations I would not have gotten up the hill. I think the accommodations of the third hotel put restrictions with people with disabilities. In conclusion, they only gave me one towel (No toiletries or face towels). I would not recommend this trip for individuals that are not moderately fit or have some disabilities. Overall I had a Great Guide that earn 5 stars

OneSeed was beyond my expectations! All the teammates - Shelby, Chris - were very helpful and supportive from the pre-trip until the end. My favorite part of the trip was getting to know all the details and history behind Sacred Valley in Peru, and having Wilbert as our guide. His knowledge makes the difference for sure. It was so special having his presence during the tours. This expedition has changed my perspective of trips. It was my first time traveling to a such historic location, and I'll keep my mind open for that kind of trip. I'm already excited to have a new expedition with them.

Great extraordinary experiance.

Megan was very resourceful and knowledgeable! She helped booked my flight, accommodation, tours, and navigated the visa requirements, language translation just to name a few. I am very satisfied with their services and will definitely use Across Caribbean Excursions again.

Very responsive and ponctual feom the beginning to the end. Everything was planned and scheduled following my demand. Very professional I would highly recommend this agency.

Overall, the organization provided me with a wonderful W circuit experience! Overall good responsiveness prior to the trek. The guides were wonderful, especially Edgar (Lalo), as he cooked wonderful meals and explained things about the park’s history, as well as the flora and fauna. Despite booking Refugios, I ended up having to stay in tents each night but the provided sleeping bags and tents were great quality. I have many amazing memories to look back to for years to come :)

First, I want to separate the actual trek experience from the experience with the tour operator. The trek itself was great, and both our guide Camilo and our cook/porter Lalo were highly experienced and very friendly, took good care of us, and also shared a lot of local knowledge and their life experiences with us. Lalo's cooking was also something to look forward to at the start and end of each day. That said, there were many points along the trek where the tour operator failed to live up to expectations. These were a few: 1) We ended up not doing a portion of the W trek (between Central and Frances) due to supposed "non-availability" of accommodation at Frances/Cuernos. The tour operator claimed that it was high season and they were unable to secure reservations at those sites. 2) Despite planning (and paying) for Premium Camping for 3 nights and a refugio for 1 night, we ended up with regular camping for 1 night and at a refugio for 3; again, probably a function of the operator not being able to secure accommodation. Granted, the refugios were more comfortable, but we were looking forward to experiencing the elevated camping arrangements. 3) This also meant that we ended up paying for an additional ferry journey due to the itinerary changes, to take us from Pudeto to Paine Grande. 4) None of this was communicated to us prior to the trip, and we only found out a week before, when the guide informed us of this directly. If, as the operator claimed, that the bookings were not able to be secured (esp with the window opening in Aug/Sep), it should have been made known earlier. When we enquired, the operator made it seem as if we were unreasonable and inflexible for expecting the itinerary that was agreed on, and suggested that this would only happen "in a perfect world". 5) Similarly, we asked the operator to arrange for a day trip to an estancia on our final day. This was replaced, again due to "non-availability", by a half-day horse riding experience that was very far from what we had originally expected. Again, when asked, the operator claimed this was due to high season and suggested it could not have been done. Worse, we found out that the actual booking had been made only TWO days before our actual visit day. At that point, we lost trust in the operator and felt that there were integrity issues at hand. It also felt as if they had only scrambled to book our trek at the last minute, either because they ignored or forgot it. Lastly, price-wise, we know from checks that the full-day visit is about USD233 pp (which we thought was catered for in the price we paid), while the horse-riding they booked for us was only USD83 pp. We first made this booking with Unu Raymi in APRIL 2024, for a trek in NOV 2024. This was plenty of time to communicate any scheduling challenges or accommodation non-availability to us. There was also no reason why the estancia visit could not have been booked early, especially when this was something we could have done ourselves directly with the estancia. We trusted this process to the operator, and they let us down. It was a long flight for us to get to Patagonia for this trek, and even though we went with the flow of things and overall enjoyed ourselves, there were also many small disappointments. So unless you specifically enjoy being surprised by changes at the last minute to your planned trip, I would not recommend this tour operator. While the operator has also said that they would look into a refund of unbooked elements, esp for the non-estancia visit, thus far there also has been no further communication. We are still waiting to see if there is going to be any service recovery done.

The trip with Tierra del Volcan was awesome. We had the best guide in Santiago Garzon as he was very knowledgeable of the area and gave us great history. He was super friendly and accommodating. Our stay at Hacienda El Porvenir was amazing. It really was like "mi casa es tu casa"! The staff was amazing and went out of their way to make sure everything was perfect. It was fun to try so many of their local foods. The food was delicious! We enjoyed our stay VERY much!

Thank you for sharing this beautiful place, your culture, family history! What an amazing place!

All went smooth no troubles

To see Antarctica was an unbelievable experience and being taken to experiences that weren’t planned and extra was really special. The crew were all mostly very nice and the service on board very good. The cabin was great and what I saw I will never forget. The military operation of the landings left a somewhat negative impression but I don’t know how you could do it differently. Maybe not so direct and aggressive. At times there was a mismatch between the crew and the passengers. I witnessed a passenger struggling to board a zodiac and the crew member not helping until told and responding with ‚well you should be fit‘ for such a trip. Really. The landings fitted the military aspect where a more hands on guided approach would be more informative. Also the party aspect of the ship doesn’t really match my idea of an Antarctica expedition but I guess that’s life. But I got more than I wanted out of the trip and you can’t say more than that. Thank you.

Volcan Masaya, Granada & Leon, Suchitoto, Atitlan, Antigua

We loved our group tour with Explore. There were only 14 on the tour which is very manageable and everyone was very fun and sociable. Marcello, our guide, was a prince of a man. He was very engaged with each of us, very protective, and always made us feel welcome and that we belonged. He spoke English, Spanish and Portuguese, which made it very easy to travel with him. Our day guides, for our Buenas Aires walking city tour, was very knowledgeable as well as our guide for the Igazu Falls on both the Argentina and Brazil sides. All the places we stopped in Brazil were perfect... small town, island, and of course Rio! Personally would always prefer staying in higher end hotels, but what we had was fine. Fortunately I was able to stay 3 days before and 3 days after in hotels that were really nice and gave time to integrate other places into our adventure. I know it is challenging to have a big group eat together at a restaurant, would just want to make sure that all the options we had were good ones. I highly recommend this trip and would do it all over again!

Perfect itinerary. Our guide, Karla was bubbling with enthusiasm. Hotels were great.

On the whole, the trip was good, mostly because of Valentina, our tour guide. She took good care of every tour member and made the tour enjoyable for everybody. Thanks a lot, Val 👍

Excellent service, great communication and friendly staff. Thank you!

Trip was well organized from the day first to last day. All drivers and tour guides arrived on time and were very professional and polite. I travelled alone and felt extremely safe. Country is stunningly beautiful. I enjoyed exploring nature and saw a lot of wildlife. I would recommend this tour anyone who enjoys nature and looking for some peace and quiet time. Thank you for this great adventure.

Flexible and very helpful in last minute changes when we had to postpone the trip. Everything was organised smoothly during the tour, with knowledgeable local guides at every location.

My husband and I booked this trip to celebrate our anniversary and we had such an amazing time! Diego, our travel coordinator was very friendly and helpful, always keeping us on track and there to answer any questions we had. The Ilatoa Lodge is a hidden gem. Marcello and family were so welcoming and kind, and happy to help coordinate anything we needed. Enjoy your morning coffee enjoying the magical landscape and beautiful humming birds that frequent the garden. Bring a lot of cash with you. Almost everywhere in Santa Cruz takes credit cards, but vendors will typically upcharge for usage. When you get to Isabela - everywhere is CASH ONLY - we could not find a single place that took cards. There are ATMs, but they are not reliable so don't depend on being able to use them. Make sure you bring more sunscreen than you think you will need. You can buy more at any of the pharmacies once you get to the Galapagos, but it will be much more expensive so come prepared. Hats and sunglasses are a must. I also highly recommend a wetsuit or a rash guard shirt for snorkeling as the water can be chilly! Wet suits can typically be rented on town. Some other helpful tip: - On Day 2 (when you arrive to the Galapagos) - if you get the chance to drop your bags off at the hotel prior to going to the Darwin Center - DO IT. You will have to walk about a mile each way, so you don't want anything heavy with you. - Eat at the Santa Cruz Brewery and 1835 on Santa Cruz. The food was amazing. - For the beach day -- the hike to the beach is a HIKE. It is about 45 mins over an uneven so wear comfortable shoes. cobblestone path

Everything was very well organized and according to the tour planning. Moreover, our tour guide, Gionia, was excellent, very knowledgeable and attentive! Thank you and look forward for our next tours with tourradar!

Costa Rica tour saver was really good! Make sure you get the transfer from airport San Jose, as I didn't get it and had to pay a stupid taxi fare to get to hotel. Otherwise hotels were all good, itinerary was good and varied, lots of animals to see. I did the beach extension and relaxed. Food was all great too. I'd recommend.

The tours were good, had some issues finding the location of the starting place on morning and ended up missing the bus because the instructions weren’t very explicit, but the tour company rescheduled my missed tour with another which was nice of them. My only complaint would be that instructions for the pickup should be more clear, I had to walk a couple of KMs to get to the place and when I couldn’t find it I got very frustrated. Also it would’ve been nice to have been given the accommodation details when they were promised instead of a couple days in advance.

Itinerary was good, special rafting and kayaking was wonderful, The service has problem: 1) 7 day before departure, I was told the tour cancelled for unknown reason 2) ask me to add $2000 for same tour, I didn't agree 3) route changed to adjust to same price 4) 4 night in La Ceiba accommodation was hostel style, I had to rebook myself, final get $100 partial reimbursement The driver Erik and Emilio are very helpful and nice and professional , the hiking guide and rafting guide are good too

Everything went very smoothly. Questions were answered quickly in advance. The sailing trip was fantastically beautiful and exactly what I had imagined. The route was determined by the crew and everyone was able to contribute their wishes. For me, it was a successful trip that was a lot of fun and relaxing. All in all, a clear recommendation!

I loved this tour. It’s not a luxury cruise, you live aboard the boat and cook together. It’s managed by a German company, being non-German speaking I had no issues, the skipper and other crew members could speak English well. This is the best way to see the remote islands of St Lucia/St Vincent and learn the basics of sailing.

I have been with Tour Radar over 5 years with exceptional service until recently on a 7 day trip to Cabo San Lucas. The company handling our trip was BAMBA Travel. I was put up in a hotel 18 miles away from Cabo San Lucas for two nights. The hotel was supposed to be a 3 star, however, at best is was a 1 star. No hot water for 2 days, no ice, no pool as sated, no breakfast as stated. We spent approx. $200 in transportation cost to get back and forth from our vacation destination. Surprisingly, we NEVER saw a tour guide from the first day and until we departed Mexico. Our last excursion was change at the last minute to an alternate tour agency and consolidated us with a group that only spoke Spanish and neglected our personal safety as we had no instruction about boat safety or sea lions proximity, and rock formation safety. We simply got hand gestures and yelled at because they did not speak English. Vacation are supposed to be fun and memorable and we understand glitches can occur, however, a travel agency should be their to resolve, fix, or suggest other opportunities to tourist. We were never afforded anything until after the fact of our issues. My wife is infuriated with the service given by Bamba travel that we may find a better travel agency other than Tour radar. Any suggestions, please send info Thanks. Dr. Oksana & Alonzo Marroquin

Our holiday was great. We experienced so many wonderful animals, food and people. The accommodation was okay. The casa de Nelly was incredible as was the red booby hotel but the blue house was loud, smelled an awful lot like sewage, was uncomfortable and overall, unprepared. Our drivers were knowledgeable but often late picking us up. We did enjoy the freedom to roam and explore untied to a group.

Be warned this is a bare bones tour where Oasis provides transportation, a way to group prepare food and money for that food when not in town (but no refrigeration and a tight budget), and minimal accomodations. You will normally stay in dorm rooms, often with people not traveling with you, or stay in gas station parking lots in provided tents, some that leaked. While included activities are included, they are few. Optional and other activities are the responsibility of the passengers to locate and book themselves. Accomodations aren't always in town. An example is where the description talks about Devil's Island and the European Spaceport, the only Oasis affordable accommodation in Kourou was a campground 20 km out of town in a town famous for few taxis. So it was next to impossible to visit both of them without 'leaving the truck' for several days and finding our own transportation and own more expensive accomodations. Which some of us did. We lucked out on Kaieteur Falls because we just happened to have the right number of passengers who wanted to go in order to charter a flight and one of the passengers was willing to organize it. But don't count on seeing the falls unless you 'leave the truck' for many days to catch a scheduled flight with enough passengers. In the future I will likely take busses and book my own accomodations to save money and see more. Or go on all inclusive tours. Some people really like the forced social interaction on a budget and some liked they didn't have to think about the transportation or accomodations, only the rest for a bit more cost than self travel. This trip is for them.

Was awesome!!! Ricardo was the best guide ever, always there when you need him, and helped us to organise stuff when we went off on our own. Highly recommend this tour