Press Digest 15th January 2007

Trips Worldwide is the tailor-made Latin America specialist, designing holidays from scratch to offer travellers exactly what they want. The new 2007/08 Latin America brochure showcases intriguing examples of possible tours but final arrangements are ultimately unique to each client.

This season particular emphasis has been placed on ‘unpackaged’ tours with new suggested fly-drives in Venezuela and Patagonia. Southern Belize is another new addition, here an emerging destination offers adventurous travel combined with luxurious accommodation. In Central America La Ruta Maya, 28-nights encompassing Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize is an epic tailor-made tour just right for those inspired to travel by Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto. Elsewhere, Colombia is showcased as an entirely new destination, a beautiful country combining mountains, sea, jungle, colonial cities and the big C - coffee!
Examples of tours on offer include:-

Discover the Lakes Fly Drive - Chile – 18-nights

This is a great way to get off-the-beaten-track and discover Chile’s lakes and volcanoes independently.
The tour costs from £3,145p/p including international flights, 18-nights hotel accommodation with breakfast, 9-days car rental, one domestic flight, sightseeing and tours.

This month-long odyssey of the Mayan world takes in ancient archaeological sites, stunning scenery, colonial cities and magical beaches.
The tour costs from £4,095p/p including international flights, domestic and regional flights, ground transfers, 28-nights hotel accommodation with many meals, together with tours and entrance fees.

Luxury hideaways off-the-beaten-track characterise this tour combining the lagoon-side lodges, stilted jungle camps and remotes cayes in the Port of Honduras Marine Reserve.
The tour costs from £2,895p/p including international flights, 12-nights hotel and lodge accommodation with most meals, guided tours and sightseeing.

Colombia certainly has its problems but large parts of the country are trouble-free and offer rewarding exploration. This tour combines the theatres, excellent restaurants and gold of high-altitude capital, Bogota (2,650m) with the famous Armenia coffee region and the historic and colourful colonial city of Cartagena.
The tour costs from £2,495p/p including international flights, domestic flights, 11-nights hotel accommodation with breakfast, tours, entrance fees and sightseeing.