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
Start with two nights in Antigua and a day to wander the streets or explore on a guided tour. In addition to our recommended Antigua excursions you can tour the Antigua Valley on foot or mountain bike, visit local artisan workshops or climb the Pacaya Volcano. Then, transfer by private car to Lake Atitlan where you will spend two nights. On your full day you can kayak, mountain bike, visit lakefront villages and local markets.
First visit the Nazca Lines. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Scholars believe the Nazca Lines were created by the Nazca culture between 400 and 650 AD. The hundreds of individual figures range in complexity from simple lines to stylized hummingbirds, spiders, monkeys, fish, sharks, orcas, llamas, and lizards.
On this 10-day journey you will visit Cusco, the Capital of the Inca Empire, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, culminating your trip deep in the Amazon rainforest on a luxury riverboat cruise. Explore the markets and ruins of Cusco and the Sacred Valley, journey by train to the "Lost City of Machu Picchu", journey deep into the Amazon rain forest aboard the Zafiro.
Awana Kancha (Quechua name that means “The palace of the Weaver”) is located just off the highway and makes a nice stop for this interested in an outdoor museum for the four American Camelidaes (llama, vicuña, alpaca and guanaco), which are all found here. (Please let us know in advance if you would like to include this, free of charge).
Along with your private guides you will walk the streets of colonial Antigua, explore the villages of Lake Atitlan, visit the markets of Comalapa and Chichicastenango and tour the Mayan ruin sites of Iximche, Yaxha and Tikal. In addition to our recommended Antigua excursions you can tour the Antigua Valley on foot or mountain bike, visit local artisan workshops or climb the Pacaya Volcano.
Composed of large, white, sweeping dunes, the place looks like an archetypal desert, lying just outside the Amazon basin, the region is subject to a regular rain season during the beginning of the year. Located in eastern Maranhão, 3-4 hours from São Luis, it is a vast expanse of sand dunes separating land and sea.
Featured Hotels
Chic and contemporary, buzzing with urban energy, refinement and culture, the Recoleta Grand has infused the Buenos Aires, Argentina hotel scene with its own sense of style. Located in the exclusive and energetic neighborhood of Recoleta, the Recoleta Grand Hotel (formerly the Buenos Aires Grand Hotel) is one of the more modern and luxurious hotels in the area.
The Stannum Boutique Hotel and Spa is located in the entertainment center of La Paz, Bolivia with easy access to cinema, restaurants, shops, banks, and ATMs. The hotel is just a few steps from the historic and business center in the heart of the city and relatively close to many tourist attractions.
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.
The Atemporal Hotel mixes an eclectic sense of modern urban cool with an old school service ethic that anticipates guests’ every need. Atemporal Hotel is the perfect refuge for discerning travelers interested in exploring contemporary Lima, Peru. Housed in a revamped 1940s mansion in the chic Miraflores district, this hotel comes from the same award-winning design team behind Hotel B.
Surrounded by lush tropical Costa Rican rainforest in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, each one of the 44 spacious casitas at Arenal Nayara Spa and Gardens provide an exclusive, ultra-luxurious retreat. Escape in luxury, enjoying personalized service and signature “pura vida” hospitality, whether from a private outdoor deck overlooking the volcano, the serene interiors of a plush villa or the hot springs mineral waters of an outdoor Jacuzzi.
Inspired by old school tropical destinations of eras that appreciated low key glamour and total escape, The Harmony Hotel in Nosara, Costa Rica opened in 2004. From the beginning, it has been a passion project for the owners—a couple who met surfing in Nosara—and all those involved in creating the lush, sustainable property where guests now mingle with hummingbirds and howler monkeys.
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