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

  • The exclusive “Butler’s Green + Blue Package” is the ultimate way to feel pampered in an exquisite yet relaxed setting. The perfect combination of clear blue waters and deep green jungles, our newest package helps you explore the best of Belize in the picture-perfect luxury.

  • Guyana rewards curiosity. It’s a country that has managed to keep its wild heart intact—an expanse of rainforest, rivers, and savannahs that remains more lived-in than overrun. This journey traces its contrasts: the creole pulse of Georgetown’s markets, the ancient calm of the interior, and the thundering solitude of Kaieteur Falls.

  • Belize is truly an adventure lover's paradise as there is so much to do and see throughout the country. Vacation packages in Belize allow you to relax and unwind and let the Caves Branch staff handle all the details so that you can focus on making the most of your time in the country.

  • Evening departure from Arequipa with a cocktail reception followed by dinner before you tuck into your sumptuous cabin where you let the scenery lull you to sleep. Awake to the sunrise at Lake Titicaca and an early breakfast. A full day at Lake Titicaca, the world's highest navigable lake, awaits.

  • Between two oceans, the land narrows into a spine of mountains and volcanoes where rivers spill through jungle and cloud forests brush the sky. This is Central America in its purest form — wild, restless, and alive with water and light. From the whitewater rivers of Costa Rica to the volcanic islands of Lake Nicaragua, this journey traces a route through shifting landscapes and small moments that stay with you long after you’ve left them behind.

  • Welcome to an adventure unlike any other, where time seems to slow down and the wonders of the natural world take center stage. This isn’t just a trip; it’s a journey into the heart of a living laboratory—the magnificent Galápagos Islands. Prepare to be captivated by a world where evolution is on full display and unique wildlife roams without fear.

Featured Hotels

  • The Crowne Plaza San Jose Corobici Hotel is located 15 minutes from the Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose, Costa Rica. It is five minutes from San José’s Downtown and within walking distance of Costa Rica’s National Stadium, home of the national soccer team and the biggest concerts and festivals of the country.

  • Wyndham Costa del Sol Lima Airport provides stellar hospitality just steps from the airport in Lima, Peru. Lima’s premier airport hotel, with free WiFi, free breakfast, and a connecting walkway to LIM Linked directly to Jorge Chavéz International Airport .

  • Located in the heart of El Chalten, Argentina, Hotel Destino Sur is close to the main attractions of town, and also close to many nearby hiking trails. Using Destina Sur as your base, you can explore the myriad of hiking trails that weave throughout the Fitzroy massif. Popular with outdoor enthusiasts worldwide, some of these trails are particularly recommended as a must-have experience.

  • Authentically Costa Rican, and authentically Guanacasteco. Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin is a unique eco-tourism destination in Liberia, Costa Rica. Families, couples, groups and day visitors find an amazing selection of fun activities and adventure tours to enjoy at Hacienda Guachipelin. The location is unparalleled at the foot of the towering, active Rincón de la Vieja Volcano in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

  • El Silencio Lodge & Spa is an inspired natural immersion retreat that celebrates Costa Rica’s charming cloud forest highlands. It features a 500 acre private cloud forest reserve and is flanked by the Juan Castro Blanco and Poas Volcano National Parks. This unique destination draws visitors who want to live an intense nature-immersion experience.

  • Tortuga Lodge & Gardens is rustic elegance in the Costa Rican jungle. Featured in National Geographic Tours of a Lifetime. Be sure to schedule time in the gardens while you're at Tortuga Lodge, or sign up for the free 6 am walk with a Tortuguero Naturalist Guide. Spacious and spread out, our gardens in Tortuguero are “plantation style,” mimicking the banana plantation big houses that dotted the Caribbean Coast of old, or of plantations in the American South.

  • Estancia Nibepo Aike is an estancia (ranch) in El Calafate, Argentina that retains the essence of the original Patagonian estancias. Imposing mountains, far from everything but close to the Perito Moreno Glacier in the Argentinean Patagonia, at Estancia Nibepo Aike rural life never stops.

  • Nayara Springs Hotel is an adults only, intimate, luxurious experience in Fortuna, Costa Rica. A cluster of secluded luxury villas immersed in the lush vegetation of Costa Rica’s pristine rainforest, are at the center Nayara Springs’s ultra-exclusive adults-only boutique resort. A place of breathtaking natural beauty, bounded by a creek and underground mineral thermal springs, the resort is located in the Arenal Volcano National Park, host to one of the world’s highest concentration of tropical plants and wildlife.

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