Why travel with us
Visit South America is a tour operator and destination management company founded in 2015. In Peru, Bolivia and Chile we plan and operate your trip with our own local teams — based in Cusco and Lima, La Paz and Uyuni, and San Pedro de Atacama. In Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador we work through partners we have personally traveled with, and we tell you which one before you book.
| Booking through a reseller | Booking with Visit South America | |
|---|---|---|
| Who plans your trip | A sales agent who has read about the destination | Our team, who has driven the routes |
| Who runs it on the ground | A third-party operator you never chose and can't vet | Our own local teams in Peru, Bolivia and Chile |
| When a road closes | A message telling you the supplier cancelled | A rerouted itinerary, usually the same day |
| Price structure | The reseller's margin on top of the operator's | One margin. Ours. |
| Changing your itinerary | A change request passed down a chain | A conversation with the person who wrote it |
One honest caveat. Even inside Peru, Bolivia and Chile there are specific destinations we don't run ourselves, and in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador we don't operate directly at all. In every one of those cases we work with a small number of certified partners — each one tested against our own standards, with our own team, before a single traveler goes near them. And when a partner runs part of your trip, we tell you which company and why, before you book, not after.
Roads close. Flights get cancelled. Altitude affects people who have never had a problem with it before. This is what we do when it happens — and it is worth asking any operator you are considering the same question.
Peru and Bolivia both see road blockades during protests. Our teams live where you are travelling and monitor conditions daily. If a blockade affects your route, we present the alternatives and reroute — you hear it from us, with a plan attached, not from a cancellation notice.
La Paz sits at 3,600 m and parts of our routes go higher. We build acclimatization into the itineraries themselves — you can see it in the day-by-day plan of our high-altitude tours — rather than selling around it. Our guides are local, know the symptoms, and adjust the pace when someone needs it.
You have a single point of contact, and we adjust the ground itinerary around your new arrival. You are told what changes — and what it costs, if anything — before we confirm it.
Support runs for the entire time you are travelling with us — 24/7 customer service is part of what every tour includes, from a Uyuni crossing to a Machu Picchu trek.
Private and small-group travel only. Five people is the ceiling, not the average.
Cusco and Lima, La Paz and Uyuni, San Pedro de Atacama. Local guides and local drivers, trained to international standards.
24/7 customer service for the whole trip — it is listed in what every tour includes, not sold as an extra.
In Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador we work with partners we have personally traveled with. We tell you which company runs your trip before you book.
“From the time we arrived in Peru until the last minute that we stayed there, we were taken good care of by the VSA team! Loved how tailor-made their services are, custom-made to the time we had in Peru and the places we most wanted to experience. I look forward to visiting South America again and knowing VSA will be there to take care of absolutely everything makes us more at ease to travel there.”
Janel HM — Australia
“Honestly, Visit South America is one of the best companies I’ve ever booked a tour through. Awesome driver and guide, they were tons of fun very informative, and oh-so-helpful! The Bolivia trip was incredible... Thank you guys!”
Suzane B — United States
“5 stars all around! Great company, service, and transportation. They really take the anxiety and stress out of traveling as they run extremely smoothly including meals, transportation, translation, etc. Just about everything to make your trip to Cusco special. Highly Recommend!!!”
Renato S — Canada
Read all 700+ reviews on Tripadvisor — or see our listings for Uyuni and La Paz, and our profile on Trustpilot.
A call or a message — no automated quote engine. You talk to a person who has been where you are going.
Written for your trip, not pulled from a catalogue.
You approve a written itinerary and a final price before any payment.
Our team on the ground for the full trip, with a single point of contact.
We are the operator in Peru, Bolivia and Chile, with our own teams in Cusco, Lima, La Paz, Uyuni and San Pedro de Atacama. A few specific destinations inside those countries, and all of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Ecuador, are run by certified partners we have tested against our own standards — and in every case we tell you which company before you book.
Our local teams monitor conditions daily and reroute affected itineraries, usually the same day. You hear about it from us with an alternative attached, not from a cancellation notice.
Acclimatization is built into the itineraries of our high-altitude tours — you can see it in the day-by-day plan before you book. Our guides are local and adjust the pace when someone needs it.
You approve a written itinerary and a final price before any payment, we offer a 100% money-back guarantee under our booking conditions, and you can pay by card or PayPal. The company is Visit South America LLC, registered in the United States.
Five people. We only run private and small-group tours.
Talk to the person who wrote it. Changes are a conversation with our team, not a request passed down a chain — see our booking conditions for how changes and cancellations work.
We recommend it for every trip, and some activities require it. What is included and excluded in each tour is listed on its page, and the full terms live in our booking conditions.
Company registration, founders and history are on the about page.
Send us your dates and your doubts. You will get answers from the team that will actually run your trip — not from a call center.
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