An Invitation to Travel and Explore South America...

.Lets go to South America.

Travel to South America to see the highlights of this beautiful country. Stop in Quito, "the Queen of the Andes", starting point for scenic tours to the Indian markets of Ecuador, including the Otavalo Indian Fair which has been operating for over 500 years within its community. The onto the colonial city of Cuenca or Banos in Ecuador (the gateway to the Amazon Rainforest) as well as Guayaquil (the Gateway to the Galapagos Islands).

Or take your travel to South America to Lima, Peru and travel to the Incan Lands of Cuzco, Pisac, the Sacred Valley of the Incas and the "Lost City of Machu Picchu". Stay at the Machu Picchu Sanctuary Lodge or at a local hotel in the city of Aguas Calientes. Continue your tour by sail or take a hydrofoil cruise over Lake Titicaca among the highest lakes in the world. Continue your travel to Puerto Maldonado, Manu National Park and the Tambopat Reserve, amidst the lush Amazon rain forest where you can stay at a local jungle lodge. Travel and Explore Iquitos, Peru, in the heart of the Amazon jungle. Take an Amazon cruise on the M/V Arca, Marcelita, or M/V Rio Amazonas. If you prefer adventure, take a river cruise by canoe or charter expedition river boats.

Travel South America to Chile, tour the Atacama Desert and stay at the first class, high-end Explora Hotel Atacama. Vacation in Arica, Santiago, Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas or in the Chilean lake district. Take a private wine tour of the fulfilling country. Travel further south to Patagonia, Punta Arenas, Puerto Natales and Torres del Paine Park. Stay at Paine Park in the deluxe Explora Lodge. Cruise the Chilean Fjords and Chile's Patagonia, all the way to spectacular Laguna San Rafael or San Rafael Lagoon, on the ships Skorpios I, Skorpios II and Skorpios III. Visit Mendoza, with its great wineries or San Rafael and its luxury estancias, which are like great ranches in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Marvel at Iguazu Falls and stay at the deluxe Sheraton Internacional Hotel or at the first class Hotel das Cataratas, in the Brazilian side of the great falls. Fly to Trelew in Patagonia, to see the open air zoo at Peninsula Valdes. Continue to Rio Gallegos then to El Calafate, on the shores of Lago Argentino, site of the Perito Moreno Glacier.

Continue your South America travel adventure to Iguassu Falls, Brazil, on to Sao Paulo then the huge Pantanal nature reserve and then on to Rio de Janeiro, home of Carnival, samba and the girl from Ipanema, take a nature break in the Brazilian Pantanal, which borders Paraguay and Bolivia, visit Belo Horizonte and colonial Ouro Preto, Salvador, Bahia, Brasilia, Manaus, stay at the upscale Tropical Hotel Manaus or the Ariau Treetop Lodge and Amazon Jungle Tower, on the Amazon River, cruise on the Rio Amazonas on the M/V Desafio, the M/V Tucano or the Clipper.

We at Platinum Travel Systems, Inc. Look forward to assist you with your private travel excursions throughout South America, Please click here to request a private tour.