Legacy of the Incas
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Machu Picchu - Lake Titicaca
(11 days/10 nights)
Sacred Sites of the Incas
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Machu Picchu - Lake Titicaca
(12 days/11 nights)
Empire of the Sun
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Machu Picchu - Lake Titicaca
(14 days/13 nights)
Ancient Civilizations of Peru
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Colca Canyon - Machu Picchu
Lake Titicaca
(16 days/15 nights)
Archaeological & Ecological
Treasures
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
Lake Titicaca (or Amazon)
(18 days/17 nights)
Grand Tour of the Inca Empire
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Colca Canyon - Amazon
Machu Picchu - Lake Titicaca
(22 days/21 nights)
Ancient & Colonial Capitals
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Machu Picchu
(10 days/9 nights)
Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Machu Picchu
(13 days/12 nights)
Machu Picchu & Galapagos
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Machu Picchu - Galapagos
(15 days/14 nights)
Galapagos & Machu Picchu
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Galapagos - Machu Picchu
(18 days/17 nights)
Amazon Bio-Trip
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Manu National Park
(8 days/7 nights)
Enchanted Isles of the Galapagos
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Galapagos
(11 days/10 nights)
Galapagos & the Kingdom of Quito
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Galapagos - Andes
(16 days/15 nights)
Galapagos & the Amazon
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Galapagos - Amazon
(16 days/15 nights)
Historic Haciendas of the Andes
Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Cotopaxi - Antisana - Otavalo
(7 days/6 nights)
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Luxury Chile Tours & Travel
Cuernos Mountains and Lake Pehoe, Torres del Paine, Patagonia.
Photo: Radek Tezaur. Luxury Chile Tours & Travel.
5-Star Luxury Tours
Sustainable Nature Tours
New! Sustainable Nature & Cultural Tours
Our Sustainable Nature and Cultural Tours of Chile are based on the guidelines of the Tour Operators' Initiative for Sustainable Tourism Development, a prestigious organization supported by the the World Tourism Organization, United Nations Environment Programme and UNESCO. In association with our local partner, Andes Nativa, we are committed to developing, operating and marketing tourism in a sustainable manner; that is, all forms of tourism which make a positive contribution to the natural and cultural environment, which generate benefits for the host communities and which do not put at risk the future livelihood of local people.
Select your favorite itineraries from our Sustainable Nature Tours or from our Sustainable Cultural Tours, and we will create a unique journey just for you.
Our Classic 5-Star Luxury Tours
Since our tours are private, you may depart on any day you wish, and any tour can be modified to meet your needs. Our chosen hotels embody luxury and history. You will stay in the finest establishment at each destination, enjoying a deluxe room in our De Luxe category or a suite in our Imperial category (there are exceptions -- see the itinerary for the exact accommodations). Excursions are private, except for the Explora's and Alto Atacama's explorations with other hotel guests. All prices are per person based on two people sharing a guest room. For a detailed description of our services, see Opulent Itineraries. Intra-tour air fares are additional.
Chile Explorer (12 days/11 nights) focuses on Chile's most popular regions: the Atacama Desert and Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park. Atacama, Lakes & Torres del Paine (14 days/13 nights) adds the Lake District, while The Grandeur of Chile (19 days/18 nights) further adds Easter Island (5 days/4 nights). Augment these tours with our two-night extensions to the Colchagua Valley; Isla Negra, Valparaíso & Viña del Mar and Chiloé Island.
Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile.
Photo: Radek Tezaur. Luxury Chile Tours & Travel.
Atacama Desert - Torres del Paine
Land price (12 days/11 nights)
De Luxe US$ 7,530 Imperial US$ 8,605 per person
Untamed landscapes...
-- Kimberly Fay, LuxuryLink.com
A forerunner in combining luxury with culturally and ecologically responsible travel, Inka's Empire Tours presents thoughtfully crafted, private excursions that reveal the history and landscapes of South America. Beginning and ending in Santiago, the Chile Explorer tour is a study of natural beauty in extreme environments. It comprises memorable sojourns at exquisite hotels -- one in the Atacama Desert and the other in the Torres del Paine National Park of Chile's Patagonia region.
Atacama may be the driest desert on earth, but it is dappled with rare forms of water. El Tatio Geysers and the lagoons of the ancient Atacama Salt Lake provide glittering counterpoints to the arid landscape of the Valley of the Moon. In the south, Torres del Paine, lush and yet equally dramatic, is home to Grey Glacier and the great waterfall of Salto Grande. In both locales, the luxury of the hotels is a stunning contrast to the untamed landscapes around them. Five-star accommodations in Santiago's The Aubrey are equally posh.
Discover the majesty of Chile on this remarkable 11-night encounter.
Atacama Desert.
Photo: Miranda Loh. Luxury Chile Tours & Travel.
Atacama, Lakes & Torres del Paine
Atacama Desert - Lake District - Torres del Paine
Land Price (12 days/11 nights)
De Luxe US$ 9,315 Imperial US$ 10,530 per person
This journey reveals three distinct faces of nature...
-- Ellen Douglas, LuxuryLink.com
A gracious, knowledgeable host and a curious, discriminating guest -- it's the perfect combination. Take this mix, add a magical location, and you have an expedition from Inka's Empire Tours. Thoughtfully crafted and fully guided, its sumptuous itineraries include the Atacama, Lakes & Torres del Paine adventure through the ecological wonders of Chile. Beginning and ending in Santiago, this private journey reveals three distinct faces of nature -- the Atacama Desert, the Lake District and Patagonia. At the same time, indulge in creature comforts, such as stays in the The Aubrey and La Casona at Matetic Vineyards.
Atacama, the driest desert on earth, is a paradox of unusual manifestations of water, from the small but exquisite salt ponds in the Valley of the Moon to the lagoons of the Atacama Salt Lake, the oasis of San Pedro and the geysers of El Tatio. In the Lake District, volcanoes shimmer beneath the water as you cross Lake Todos los Santos. Further south, in Patagonia, the pampas steppes of the Magellan province are home to distinctive fauna, the Milodon Cave preserves the remains of a giant sloth that lived there around 12,000 years ago and icebergs crash into Lago Grey from the massive glaciers beneath the spires of the Torres del Paine.
Greet Mother Nature at her finest on this exclusive 13-night adventure.
Cuernos Mountains and Lake Pehoe, Torres del Paine, Patagonia.
Photo: Radek Tezaur. Luxury Chile Tours & Travel.
Atacama Desert - Lake District - Torres del Paine - Easter Island
Land price (19 days/18 nights)
De Luxe US$ 11,810 Imperial US$ 13,115 per person
Revel in the pleasures of this exquisite journey of discovery...
-- Kimberly Fay, LuxuryLink.com
When it comes to exclusive, privately escorted expeditions, Inka's Empire Tours has always offered its guests the very best in guided luxury travel. The superlatives don't end with the attractions themselves, which include such marvels as the earth's driest desert and the world's most remote island. These and other amazing destinations are included in the wide ranging Grandeur of Chile exploration. Arriving in and departing from Santiago, your encounter with the beauty of nature in extreme environments begins amid the moonlike landscapes of the Atacama Desert and finishes among the stone idols of legendary Easter Island.
In Atacama, experience such natural wonders as the eerily silent Valley of the Moon, four-million-year-old Atacama Salt Lake and breathtaking El Tatio Geysers. Cruise in the scenic Lake District, where the Osorno, Puntiagudo and Tronador volcanoes crown Lake Todos los Santos. A visit to the penguin colony at Otway Sound precedes a ramble through Torres del Paine National Park. After four days of exploring the enigmatic archaeological sites of Easter Island, return to the mainland for an exclusive stay in La Casona at the Matetic Vineyards.
Explore the grand natural beauty of Chile on this 18-night ecological excursion.
Moai at Rano Raraku, Easter Island.
Photo: Cliff Wassmann. Luxury Chile Tours & Travel.
Easter Island
Land Price (5 days/4 nights)
De Luxe US$ 2,595 per person
The Dream at the End of the World...
-- Edward Albee, The New York Times, April 30, 2006
Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is an open-air, archaeological museum of a fascinating but vanished culture, a stark lesson in what can happen when humans fail to live in harmony with nature. We still do not know for sure how or why the first inhabitants carved, transported and raised their monolithic stone statues, or why the "moai" gaze inland instead of out to sea. But, as you walk with your private guide, you can contemplate the enigma of almost 900 mysterious idols created over a period of five centuries by a civilization that later tried to destroy them. Inka's Empire Tours, long recognized for its handcrafted itineraries to uncommon destinations, invites you to The Idols of Easter Island. Beginning and ending in Santiago, Chile, a flight takes you to the Pacific Ocean island known to its natives as "the navel of the world".
Hike to the quarries at the Rano Raraku Volcano, where the stone statues were carved, to view about 300 of the moai in different states of completion. See standing moai at Ahu Tongariki, Te Pito Kura and Anakena Beach. Next, drive to the village of Orongo, once home of the birdman cult, immortalized in more than one-thousand artistically carved petroglyphs. Among the adventures is a walk to Ahu Vinapu, where the unique quality of the stonework may evidence a legendary Inca voyage from South America, twenty-four hundred miles away. Another adventure is a horse ride from the ceremonial place of Tahai through hills and meadows to the famous seven moai of Ahu Akivi. Before returning to Santiago, go to the highest point on the island for a panorama of an endless sea.
Ponder ancient idols and a lost civilization on this 4-night cultural expedition.
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