Family adventure vacation, destination wedding or custom tour, etc

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Trip reviews of ACTIVE SA

Average: 4.44 Average consumer review of ACTIVE SOUTH AMERICA is 4.44 stars

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Latest trip review on Feb 3 '12
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH:

Photo gallery of pictures from our ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND adventure vacation

Jaguar Mar 2011

Pot of gold around the next corner...

MEET OUR GUIDES:

ACTIVE NEW ZEALAND adventure travel guide

Sebastian Hansen

"Your guides are the most professional and knowledgable I've encounted. Sebastian rolled with the unexpected and helped the entire group of strangers work like a team. We had a host of crazy circumstances... one backpack didn't make it from Santiago, severly people got stomach problems, one guest left his camera in a restaurant that closed for New Years, there were dietary restrictions I'd never even heard of, we had marathon runners and mortals. Sebastian handled each and every event and guest with professionalism and kept us all together as a unit. This is my TENTH active group trip and I have to say... Sebastian Rocks!!"

Cynthia Chamberlin (Orlando, Florida, USA) Dec 2009 Condor

News Clips and Reviews

South American Wedding Bells

By Rebecca Garvoille

Mike and I got married during our vacation in Peru. It was a complete but wonderful surprise for me. Before our trip, Mike arranged with our travel company, ACTIVE SOUTH AMERICA, for us to get married on Amantani Island on Lake Titicaca in the islanders' local tradition. Mike also managed to buy my ring and have it delivered to a friend's house unbeknowst to me before we departed. The first I learned of any of this was as Mike proposed to me at one of the Incan ruins outside of Cuzco during our trip! Read more...

"The trip was wonderful...well-organized, proceeded like clockwork, and Cynthia was very attentive to our needs. I'd go again in a heartbeat."

Maureen McLaughlin (New Jersey, USA) Dec 2006 Jaguar

Custom Tour & Special Interest Travel

We can help whether you're planning a destination wedding, a custom tour for a group, a family adventure vacation, or want to explore a special interest abroad

We run all of our own trips in South America – you’re not talking to the middle man – so our expertise and local contacts mean that we can tailor any of our trips to suit you or create a custom tour from scratch. Even on the regular trips you’d be surprised how flexible it can be travelling with a small group. You’re welcome to join in on the activities on the itinerary or your guide can provide plenty of other options. If you have a special interest you’d like to explore abroad – whether it’s fly fishing, basket weaving or lepidoptery – just let us know and we’ll find a way to make it happen.

Get more custom trip ideas in our latest brochure.

Family travel: Where you'll work up a sweat without sweating the small stuff

Want to share the outdoors with your kids but a family adventure vacation doesn't sound like much of a vacation for the grown ups? We hear you. Travel is an adventure with kids, full stop - it's very different to travelling on your own or with other adults. So we've created our family adventure vacations a bit different to our regular adventure trips to make it fun for the whole family, including mum.

We take the hard work out of family vacations - whipping up healthy meals, booking family-friendly accommodation, organising fun outdoor activities that everyone can enjoy, getting from A to B, etc. That just leaves you to relax, enjoy family time and have an adventure with your kids.

As with all of our trips, we're all about a genuine experience that isn't your typical touristy stuff and send you home with memories both you and your children will talk about for years to come. Your only worry will be how to top this family vacation next year!

Destination Weddings and Honeymoons

A few years ago, Jeremy and Sandy challenged us to plan a destination wedding as unique as they are. We arranged a shaman to marry them at Machu Picchu during their Jaguar trip - a moment they, or anyone on their trip, will never forget!

"ACTIVE SOUTH AMERICA's Jaguar trip vastly exceeded our expectations. The trip was wild, varied and challenging. We saw a significant portion of Peru and were able to do some things we had only been dreaming about before the trip. Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca are definitely fantastic highlights that bookend this trip, but the cycling, dancing, ruins and jungle touring cannot be forgotten. Top to bottom, this trip was fantastic and we could not be more pleased that we opted to make this trip
our wedding and honeymoon."

Sandy and Jeremy Reed (Michigan, USA) Mar 2004 Jaguar

Single Travel

Travelling solo? No problem - you won't be alone. We don't run 'singles trips' per se, but lots of our clients travel alone. In fact, about a quarter might otherwise be too intimidated to venture into the outdoors on a solo vacation or would be stuck on one of those singles cruises. Instead they're hanging out with like-minded travellers, enjoying the camaraderie of a small group, getting as much or as little alone time as they like, and have the safety of an experienced guide working out all those pesky logistical details that can be tricky when you're travelling alone in a foreign country.

Unlike many other tour operators, we don't believe in charging you extra for travelling alone. So there's no forced single supplement if you don't mind sharing a room or you might even get a room to yourself sometimes.