Developed for those who are interested in the historical and cultural aspects of the cities and their surrounding districts or more remote locations, these trips are intended to give you the chance to enjoy a unique escape. You are given flexibility in creating your individual itinerary, thus allowing you to explore on your own schedule.

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WHAT IS INDEPENDENT TRAVEL?

Independent Travel is for travelers who want the flexibility and freedom to design their own individual itinerary. This style of travel gives you flexibility to explore the various regions at a pace that suits you with the added benefit of having pre-booked arrangements. Independent Travel is a great idea if you have spare time with your international flight arrangements and wish to have a stopover for a few days prior to or on completion of one of our organized tours. Options available include single, twin or triple hotel accommodation, airport transfers, city tours and local excursions. All excursions mentioned in the itinerary are included in the price unless otherwise indicated.

Transport

A variety of safe, comfortable and reliable transport is used including: minivans, taxis, coach, economy class flights and trains. Some of the transport used will be a private service, however, on some excursions, a pooled service is used. If you have pre-paid for an arrival transfer or if an arrival transfer is included in your tour, please look for your name to be displayed on a welcome board held by our local driver once you are past customs at the airport.

Accommodation

Independent Travel gives you the option to choose from a wide range of hotels offering various standards of comfort. To assist you with your hotel selection and to enable you to judge the various accommodations by western criteria, we have classed our hotels as Pleasant, Comfort and Superior.

The prices shown on each Independent Travel tour page are per person and include local taxes and breakfast. Hotel check-in time is generally 14:00 with check-out at 10:00. When booking, please advise us what type of room you require. Two single beds are classed as a twin and one double bed is sometimes referred to as a matrimonial room. At peak season or during local festivals many hotels in Latin America increase their prices. We will endeavor to keep prices as advertised. However, if these prices change we will inform you when you request the trip. Should our advertised hotels not be available, an alternative hotel of the same star rating and similar price will be used and you will be notified of any changes.

Excursions

All excursions are guaranteed with departures based on a minimum of one person booking. To offer more competitive prices, many excursions operate on a pooled service. This means clients are collected from several hotels around the city and travel as one group for the duration of the excursion. These groups will vary in size and can sometimes have mixed nationalities, so it may be possible that your guide will commentate in more than one language. These group excursions are an ideal opportunity for individual travelers to meet new friends.

Local Guides & Local Reps

English-speaking local guides and local representatives will assist you during your stay with things like sightseeing and restaurant recommendations, etc. It must be remembered that local representatives are not personal tour leaders and usually visit the hotel receptions in the mornings and evenings. On included excursions, you will receive detailed commentaries from English speaking local guides. They are dedicated professionals who have extensive local knowledge that will allow you to learn and understand more about the fascinating regions visited.