Only an hour flight from Santiago, La Serena is an attractive town which still manifests Spanish colonial architecture in the historic streets and buildings in the town center. Founded in 1544, it is the second oldest city in Chile. La Serena, boasts sunny pleasant year around climate, white sand beaches, great scenery and superb seafood.

Hotel Remota treats you to the best local food, caring guides, and 30 thrilling excursions throughout a region that is the meeting point of sprawling glaciers, crystal-clear lakes, cascading waterfalls, dense forests, towering mountains and abundant wildlife. With its unique architecture and remote location, Hotel Remota will show you a whole different side of Patagonia.

Yampu takes you to the famous wineries near Santiago and the Colchagua Valley. We will first spend a few nights in Santiago and visit Vińa del Mar (a tourist and beach destination, plus a casino and a yearly music festival) and Valparaiso, and the Cousińo Macul and Concha y Toro wineries. We then head off for an overnight excursion to the Colchagua Valley, spending a night at the famous Hotel Santa Cruz Plaza, noted for its Chilean colonial architecture. Its surroundings exemplify the region’s varied geography—lakes, rivers and beaches.

We will tour Santiago and then visit the seaside cities of Vińa del Mar and Valparaiso, and the famous wineries of Cousińo Macul and Concha y Toro. We will then board the famous wine train, taking us back in time to a century in which steam machine was used as a means of locomotion. On board, we will have a delicious cocktail and taste the best wines of the area while enjoying the beautiful landscape and folklore of the Colchagua Valley. Yampu travelers continue with a visit to a vineyard, lunch and a stop at the spectacular Colchagua Museum.

Your trip starts in Chile’s bustling capital, Santiago. We will take you on a city tour culminating in a panoramic view of Santiago and the Andes Mountain Range. Near Santiago, we may visit Vińa del Mar and Valparaiso, Valle Nevado, Isla Negra and the Pablo Neruda Museum or the wineries Cousińo Macul and Concha y Toro. Then it’s on to the Hotel de Larache in San Pedro de Atacama, set in the midst of a desert oasis, offering a great opportunity for daily treks to volcanoes, salt flats and hot springs.

Your trip will start with three days in magical Rio de Janeiro. Take a full-day tour around Rio to see Sugar Loaf, Corcovado Mountain and Tijuca rainforest as well as Christ the Redeemer. Enjoy dinner and a samba show before traveling to Ponta dos Ganchos Resort near Florianópolis. The resort is located on a private peninsula on Brazil’s south coast. It features idyllic landscapes of emerald sea and forest, and contemporary rooms in 20 beautiful bungalows.

Yampu’s Buenos Aires and Wine Region of Mendoza Tour will take you around the capital city of Buenos Aires, home to nearly 3 million porteńos (as residents of Buenos Aires are known) and many museums, historical buildings and shopping centers. The main tourist attractions in the downtown area include Plaza de Mayo, Florida Street, San Telmo and Puerto Madero. We will also visit Mendoza, a friendly city with some of the most important wineries in Argentina and home to America’s highest mountain, the Aconcagua (22,841 feet in elevation).

Spend 7 amazing days in Argentina, enjoying the excellent wine and food that two amazing cities such as Buenos Aires and Mendoza can offer. Stay at luxurious estancias and vineyards and experience the supreme wine and culinary culture of this country.

Yampu’s Buenos Aires, Colonial Salta and Northwest Wine Region tour will first take us to Buenos Aires. From there, we go to Salta (founded by the Spanish in 1582 as an outpost between Buenos Aires and Lima). This region, which is known for its wineries, but that’s not all as Indian folklore, traditions and art mix with Spanish cultural heritage.

Explora’s Hotel Salto Chico in Patagonia, strategically set on the shore of Lake Pehoe, was conceived as an exploration base site. With unusually shaped granite peaks, glaciers, lakes and waterfalls, plus unique flora and fauna, Patagonia is one of the most beautiful places on earth. In Santiago, you will take a tour of the city, visiting the Moneda Palace (seat of Chilean government), the Plaza de Armas and the bohemian area of Bellavista.

This exciting trip starts in Santiago, one of South America’s most sophisticated metropolitan areas. In Santiago, we will take a complete city tour and then have the chance to visit the famous beach towns of Valparaiso and Vińa del Mar. We then go to Easter Island, or Rapa Nui. Easter Island has retained an aura of mystery and fascination ever since its discovery by a Dutch explorer in 1722. A stay at the unique Posada de Mike Rapu will be the perfect base for discovering the breathtaking stone statues, or Moais, thought to be the tombs of ancient kings.

You will have the chance to dine in a museum like you never have before; learn to cook with a famous chef in the Sacred Valley; learn to shop for food and vegetables in the Lima street markets; learn to make Ceviche (raw fish dish) and Pisco Sour (typical cocktail of Peru); and visit a real Andean Village where you will appreciate how the potatoes are harvested and cooked.

Visit the famous wineries in the Mendoza region of Argentina and the Colchagua Valley near Santiago in Chile. Yampu will take you across the border from Mendoza to Santiago in a scenic bus or private car, with unforgettable views of the Aconcagua and the Andes Mountains. You will also spend 3 days in Buenos Aires with a visit to a typical estancia, and dinner with tango show; and one day touring the Chilean capital of Santiago.

Visit the famous wineries in Argentina’s Mendoza region, and the Colchagua Valley near Santiago in Chile. Yampu will take you across the border from Mendoza (popular with those who favor mountaineering, hiking, horseback riding, rafting and skiing) to Santiago in a scenic bus or private car, with unforgettable views of the Aconcagua and the Andes Mountains. You will also spend 3 days in the cosmopolitan city of Buenos Aires with a visit to a typical estancia and a dinner with tango show. One day is planned for touring Santiago, one of South America’s most sophisticated metropolitan areas.

Yampu’s Deluxe Buenos Aires and Glaciers National Park tour includes the Alvear Palace (located in the center of the upscale Recoleta district of Buenos Aires, is the most exclusive hotel in Buenos Aires and one of the best in the world), the stunningly situated Hosteria Los Notros in Glaciers National Park near Calafate and the Llao Llao Hotel and Resort in Bariloche in the Lake District. All tours and transfers in Buenos Aires and Bariloche are private, and most meals are included. Tips and airport taxes are also included.

This trip includes Santiago (Chile’s vibrant capital), sandy beaches and famed wineries. We will then go to San Pedro de Atacama and Hotel de Larache, an oasis located in the middle of the driest desert in the world. Treat yourself to gourmet food and local hospitality after an exhilarating day of excursions. Then fly south and stay in extraordinary surroundings in Patagonia, a vast region at the southernmost tip of South America. Explora’s Hotel Salto Chico, set among lakes and peaks, is the perfect base for exploring the vast, magical landscape of Patagonia.

Travel to San Pedro de Atacama and the Explora Hotel, an oasis located in the driest desert in the world. Take excursions to volcanoes, hot springs and salt flats, and then savor gourmet cuisine and superb service. Easter Island is home to the Moais, thought to be the tombs of ancient kings. Posada de Mike Rapu was beautifully constructed from the island’s volcanic rock, offering a unique experience to those who explore this mystifying island. We will also spend two days in Santiago, one of South America’s most modern metro areas.

Patagonia Explora offers exciting excursions amid unique granite peaks, glaciers, lakes and waterfalls. The hotel is ideally set overlooking Lake Pehoe and the Cordillera del Paine, created with comfort in mind. Then visit the Moais of Easter Island and be surprised by the striking beauty of the island’s many landscapes while relaxing at the Posada de Mike Rapu. In Santiago, you will be able to walk the busy streets of the city, visiting museums, parks and cathedrals.

This highlight will take us to the capital city of Argentina, Buenos Aires to learn Tango at its purest. We will also have the chance to see the deep flowing waters of the Iguazu River that fall from a height of 30 feet through 275 falls over one and a half mile forming the Iguazu Falls. We will taste good Argentinean wine in Mendoza before we get trapped by the Gaucho tradition at Estancia El Ombu de Areco where no stay will pass without at least one asado, the typical Argentinean barbeque of the world's finest beef raised free-range on this place.

Stay at all three Explora hotels, in Atacama, Easter Island and Patagonia, and create the ultimate vacation in Chile. San Pedro de Atacama is an oasis set in the driest desert on earth. Staying at the Explora Hotel with the Andes Mountains as a backdrop, we will see volcanoes, salt flats and hot springs. Next, visit the famed Moais of Easter Island. The Oceanside Posada de Mike Rapu was created with comfort in mind. Lastly, stay four nights at the Explora Hotel in Patagonia.