Activities

HIKING

Hiking is a major part of our trips. Our Jaguar includes hiking around the Islands of Lake Titicaca, the Amazon jungle, the Sacred Valley of the Incas and an awesome four day hike on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Our Tucan includes a variety of stunning hikes through the Bellavista Cloud Forest and Cotopaxi National Park. Our Galapagos Islands tour takes you hiking to the summit of the grand Sierra Negra volcano on Isla Isabela and also the lush highlands of Isla Santa Cruz.
Our hikes are not easy touristy walks and can be challenging to some people, and therefore rewarding. We are here to encourage you, assist and interpret the environment and look after you!

BIKING

An ACTIVE SOUTH AMERICA adventure vacation wouldn't be the same without some biking though spectacular scenery so we provide the opportunity to do lots of cycling on our trips. On our Jaguar and Tucan trips there are opportunities to ride around the volcanoes, highlands and valleys of Peru, and Ecuador while on our Tortuga trip in the Galapagos you'll have the chance to cycle around the gorgeous volcanic surroundings of Santa Cruz Island .
We believe cycling in amazing scenery is a great part of an ideal outdoor vacation, not riding all day, every day. You can cycle when you feel like or not at all, it's up to you. We design all our activities to be as challenging as YOU want them to be, or not at all.

JUNGLE TREKKING AND EXPLORATION

We explore the Amazon jungle on two of our trips - the Jaguar and the Tucan. We like to get active while we are in the jungle, exploring all the possibilities. We hike through virgin jungle, look out for Giant Otters and other wildlife, paddle a dugout canoe on an Amazonian oxbow lake and look for caiman at night. We'll also visit local communities, tube down a tropical river and even go caving!

RAFTING

There's plenty of great rafting in South America! On our Tucan we raft a full day on the Napo River in the Ecuadorian jungle and an option to Raft the Rio Pastaza near Baños . There's also an opportunity to go rafting on the Urubamba River in Peru, which flows down, from the Andes in the Cuzco area. We can organize custom trips with great multi day rafting options like the mighty Apurimac River in Peru - one of the top ten rafting trips in the world.

SEA KAYAKING

We love to paddle, and we certainly know the most stunning and unique sea kayaking spots in South America to do it. Sea kayaking in the Galapagos Islands is a must do for any trip to this amazing place and we've found the most beautiful channels in the islands to explore while paddling. On our Jaguar trip in Peru you'll have the chance to sea kayak across to a local community on Lake Titicaca. This is one of the most amazing paddling trips you're ever likely to do - The scenery is incredible as you paddle across to Amantani Island on the highest Navigable lake in the world! ACTIVE SOUTH AMERICA is the only operator to sea kayak across Lake Titicaca and we'll continue to find the most off the beaten track places to paddle in South America!

REVERSE CANYONING

Reverse canyoning?? What's this?
We all know that canyoning involves jumping and rapelling down small waterfalls into deep pools. In our case while exploring the Amazon jungle in Ecuador, we climb UP the waterfalls!

CAVING

We explore some great caves while exploring the river systems on our Tucan trip. Our guides know these caves intricately and take us to places where no one else goes or even knows about.

SNORKELLING

You'll do some amazing snorkeling on our Tortuga trip in the Galapagos Islands. Our guides will take you to the best spots where you'll share the water with friendly sea lions, sting rays and thousands of other marine animals in crystal clear waters. You don't need to have any experience snorkeling to take part. Our guides will show you how it's done and point out the marine wonders of the Galapagos' best snorkeling spots.

DIVING

If you're SCUBA certified you'll love the diving in the Galapagos. You'll have the chance to dive the unforgettable Gordon Rocks and Devils Crown dive sites famous for their like Manta Rays, hammerhead sharks and beautiful walls of Galapagos Coral. All of our dive sites, some of the best in Galapagos, have been carefully selected and also double as excellent snorkeling and swimming areas, so you don't have to be a dive every spot we visit but there is more than enough (including night dives) to keep even the season dive veteran satisfied!

OTHER ACTIVITIES

South America is a fabulous playground for the adventurous at heart. We like to explore the off the beaten track places we visit in the most adventurous ways. Activities like River tubing in the Ecuadorian Amazon are nothing out of the ordinary for us!

There are also plenty of opportunities to explore the many commercial activities that towns like Cuzco and Baños have to offer. We can set you up with whatever you want to do; a rappelling trip, horse riding or a mountain biking adventure are among some of the activities you do. These commercial activities are not generally included in your trip fare, but we know how to get the best deals and we can make it happen for you. You will never feel like you should or must do any commercial activity- our itineraries are packed full of fun already!