Travel to the Galapagos Islands is more popular than ever, but limited to space available on Galapagos Island yachts. Plan your ideal Galapagos trip well in advance, particularly during the holidays, or risk missing the boat.
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Check out our new boats: Monserrat, Queen of Galapagos, and Seaman II.
Contact us for your 2008 Galapagos cruise options.
Patagonia travel is at its prime! Our small group adventures are quickly filling, so please call us soon if you’re interested in joining any of our Patagonia tours and trips for this 2007–2008 season.
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Experience our active adventures in Patagonia!
Join the most popular of our active Peru Travel and Trips. Confirm your space on the Inca Trail hike for the 2008 travel season before permits sell out. With only about 175 passes available to travelers per day, securing your active Machu Picchu tour now is crucial!
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We have added even more exciting Peru trips to our classic Peru travel and tours. Our new Peru trips range from ten to eighteen days, exploring the Colca Canyon and Peru’s other fabulous sites:
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Adventure Peru
Best of Peru
Inca Trail and Colca Canyon
Machu Picchu and Colca Canyon
Contact us to create your perfect Peru vacation!
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"Ecotour company, Southern Explorations, announced the addition of Brazil to their travel destinations earlier this week. The small, Seattle-based company now offers three distinct tours to Florianopolis, island paradise off the southern coast renowned for its subtropical climate, beautiful beaches, and festive nightlife. The weeklong tours, appropriately named Brazil Adventure, Brazil MultiSport, and Brazil Surf & Yoga, offer a variety of activities and all stay at a tranquil ecolodge near the ocean. The trips offer unique combinations of hiking, snorkeling, surf instruction, horseback riding, and other active pursuits along with free time to relax. A distinctive aspect of these small group trips is the addition of a nightlife guide to ensure travelers truly experience the best of the area. The company also creates private and custom trips to the island. . ."
Southern Explorations offers small group tours and cruises to the Galapagos Islands, Patagonia, Peru, Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Panama and the Amazon Rainforest.
GALAPAGOS ISLAND CRUISES
The Galapagos Islands contain their own ecosystem and support some of the most exotic creatures on earth. On our Galapagos Island cruises you will see incredible wildlife, including the 300lbs tortoise.
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PERU TOURS
Our Peru tours take you through some of the most historically rich areas of South America, along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, to the Amazon rainforest and the heights of Andes Mountains!
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GALAPAGOS ISLAND TOURS (Land Based)
SE has evolved its Galapagos travel programs of traditional boat tours & diving tours, to include the best available selection of land (hotel) based adventure tours in the Galapagos Islands.
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CHILE TOURS
Home to Torres del Paine National Park, Chile arguably offers the most dramatic mountain ranges on earth. Join a tour to Chilean Patagonia and experience one of the last true wild places on the planet.
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PATAGONIA TOURS
Argentina and Chile are lands of contrast offering an incredible array of natural sights and wonders. In the south, raw nature and wildlife abound in the pristine expanses of Patagonia.
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ARGENTINA TOURS
Enjoy the sophisticated pleasures of South America's Paris, Buenos Aires, on your way to the ends of the earth to experience the vast wilderness of Patagonia and one of the continent's top three sights, the blue Perito Moreno Glacier.
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ECUADOR TOURS
Our tours of Ecuador take you through the Andes to active volcanoes, legendary hot springs, cloud forests, colorful markets, historic haciendas, and the Amazon among other natural wonders.
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BRAZIL TOURS
Travel to Brazil: Our trips to Brazil tour you to some of the country's top sights, to experience natural wonders, spectacular beaches, surfing and adventure sports, along with dazzling cuisine and nightlife.
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COSTA RICA ECOTOURS
Our Costa Rica Ecotours take you swimming at white beaches, canoeing through canals, kayaking in the Pacific, flying through the rainforest on zip-lines, and rafting the famous Pacuare River.
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PANAMA ECOTOURS
Our Panama tours take you to Central America's next important adventure travel destination, with its unspoiled beaches, its indigenous cultures and unexplored wilderness.
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NEW ZEALAND EXPLORATIONS
Few places on earth rival the natural splendor of New Zealand, aquamarine waters, pristine beaches, fiords, glaciers and fairytale wilderness landscapes.
Join us on our New Zealand Explorations
Southern Explorations is committed to providing world class travel experiences based on sustainable eco-tourism. Backed by our support team of local experts, we use our in-depth knowledge of adventure travel destinations to create once-in-a lifetime vacations for our clients. Journey with us to explore the many worlds of South and Central America:
The legendary wildlife of the Galapagos Islands;
The scenic and archeological wonders of Peru, including Machu Picchu and the Inca Trail;
The end of the earth in the Patagonian Torres Del Paine and Tierra del Fuego regions of Chile and Argentina;
The beaches of Brazil where adventure, relaxation and nightlife combine in perfect balance;
The unspoiled wilds of the Amazon;
The majestic Andes and fascinating artisan markets of Ecuador;
The pristine beaches and exotic rainforests of Costa Rica; and
Our newest destination, the undiscovered paradise of Panama.
While promoting unique tours filled with cultural, historical, and environmental awareness, we support local, sustainable tourism and maintain small tour groups with knowledgeable, experienced local guides. Our tours are tailored to the unique desires of each individual traveler.
Whether you seek to relax and unwind on a beautiful beach, to experience the tastes and thrills of an entirely different culture, to surround yourself in the earth's natural wonders, or to adventure through mountains, jungle and sea, Southern Explorations has the perfect tour for you. Let us take you on the trip of a lifetime!