LOST WORLD ADVENTURES

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With over 30 years helping adventurers just like you – whoever you are – Lost World Adventures will work with you to create the perfect custom travel experience.

Custom Luxury Tours to Central and South America

Looking for adventure on your travels, but also a bit of pampering at each day’s end? Hoping to get away from the guidebooks and gain a local’s insight into your destinations?

Most of all, are you wanting to travel at your own pace, with no lockstep herding by tour guides, and with the right amount of “you time” thrown in?

Relax. Lost World Adventures has got you covered.

Maybe you’re looking to stay in rustic eco-camps… or a historic boutique hotel. Maybe you’re drawn by the wildness of scaling a live volcano… or the sophistication of a gastronomic wine tour. Maybe you’re planning a crazy trip for the extended family… or a quiet honeymoon in a secluded paradise.

Whatever your interests, Lost World Adventures is here to turn imagination into reality.

Our local advisors are history experts who’ve trekked through Mayan ruins and Inca temples. They’re naturalists who’ve studied exotic flora and fauna in the heart of the Amazon. They’re foodies who’ve tracked down the best eateries in their city, from mom-and-pop home cooking to five-star fusion.

They’re here to listen as you plan your odyssey with us. And hey, the consultation’s free.

So whether you’re an outdoorsy explorer or a budding birdwatcher, an archaeology buff or just looking to soak up rays on the most beautiful beaches on the planet, you’ll find here the authentic, environmentally sustainable experience you’re looking for.

Why hesitate? The great world – your world – awaits.

Lost World Adventures provides custom luxury travel and tours to Central and South America – and beyond – for active and discerning travelers. All trips include expertly customized and personalized travel itineraries.

Featured Adventures

  • This active Ecuador trip combines the Andean highlands and cloudforest with the Amazon rainforest. From Quito you will visit the Pasochoa Forest Reserve for the day in the Andean Highlands. There are several trails to choose from easy half-hour to 2-hour hikes.

  • On this amazing and complete Peruvian tour, we take you to every one of our favorite destinations within the country. From Lima you will fly to Cusco and transfer to the Sacred Valley. From here, you will not only acclimate to the high altitude, but you will also experience the mystifying beauty that is the Inca region.

  • Start in the colonial town of Antigua. A suggested Fair Trade Coffee tour will introduce you the small independent coffee growers and the local families who own and operate them. Along with a local guide you will learn all about the complete process. Other optional tours from Antigua include a private walking tour of the city, hiking or mountain biking through the Antigua Valley, visits to the workshops of local artisans.

  • For the first week you will experience the highland jungle from two locations: one eco-lodge on the Macal River adjacent to the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve; the other on the banks of Caves Branch River next to Blue Hole National Park. The two locations compliment each other with excursions and activities from different ecosystems.

  • Experience the cultural side of Colombia in the country's three major cities. Discover Bogota by day and by night - history and culture, museums and theaters, markets and restaurants.

  • Trekking from high mountains to lush rainforests. This trekking tour begins in Costa Rica’s southern mountains, part of The Talamanca Range and La Amistad National Park, a World Heritage Site.

Featured Hotels

  • Located near Bariloche, Argentina in one of the most beautiful spots in Patagonia, on the shores of Lake Nahuel Huapi, El Casco Art Hotel is integrated into the landscape with its architectural style and comfort, making it a unique experience. The modern version of El Casco Art Hotel was conceived as an Art Hotel, and has a collection of more than 500 paintings and sculptures of Argentine art.

  • Casa Conde Beach Front Hotel is a beach front all inclusive boutique resort of 50 rooms located within a twenty two acre tropical dry forest in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Casa Conde Beach Front Hotel offers comfort and relaxation in a welcoming environment located in an area with one of the most pristine beaches in Costa Rica, Playa Panamá. The hotel is only 30 minutes from the Liberia International Airport in Guanacaste.

  • Nayara Tented Camp in Fortuna, Costa Rica is luxurious yet eco-friendly with tents that merge with the surrounding nature affirming the majesty of the rainforest. Nayara Tented Camp features 18 luxury tents; 12 of them will be mirror image tents linked together to create a spectacular two bedroom unit that can accommodate two couples or a couple and four children.

  • Casa Turire is a charming hotel located in the green agricultural region of Turrialba, Costa Rica. Hotel Casa Turire is located only a few minutes outside of the rural town of Turrialba just minutes from the majestic Turrialba volcano as well as lush rainforest and pristine rivers found only in this unique area of Costa Rica.

  • Caiman House Field Station is located in Guyana where, in high-water years, the Amazon, Essequibo, and certain of their tributaries overflow and mix, and many aquatic species meet, in the floodplain of the Rupununi River.

  • El Albergue Ollantaytambo in Ollantaytambo, Peru offers rooms with impeccable rustic style décor and garden views. The inn just 19 miles from Machu Picchu and features red tiled terraced Spanish galleries and views of the surrounding scenery.

  • Sanctuary Lodge, a Belmond Hotel, Machu Picchu in Machu Picchu, Peru is the only hotel located adjacent to the mystifying ancient Inca citadel. As the only Machu Picchu hotel, the Belmond Sanctuary Lodge offers its guests exceptionally easy access from early morning to late afternoon. This is an ideal time to explore when most of the day visitors and buses have left.

  • At Tabulia Tree Hotel & Villas in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica, we are conscious about our sensitive natural environment and how we interact with nature. The hotel has been designed to blend in with the stunning rainforest of Manuel Antonio and with this awareness in mind, electric powered transportation on property is always available to guests.

Not sure where to begin? Get in touch now and one of our expert trip consultants will be happy to help.

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