Our Grand Tour of South America
in 5 big bus journeys
With highlights,
best hotels and best meals
| Country | Places | No. | Date |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires - Hotel de la Paix, Victory hotel, Obelisco Centre Suites, La Estancia, Museo del Jamon, Grants buffet, Valerio black beer restaurant, Puerto Madero waterside restaurants, La Boca district, Evita's pink palace, street entertainers, tango show, Bolivian carnival | 1,2,3 | 2002, 2003, 2015 |
| Mar del Plata - Hermitage hotel, Trenque Lauquen restaurant, sea-lions | 2 | Oct 2003 | |
| Uruguay | Montevideo - Crystal Palace hotel, port market (restaurants) | 1 | Oct 2002 |
| Colonia - historic town, La Mission hotel, La Florida restaurant | 1 | Oct 2002 | |
| Fray Bentos - meat packing museum | 1 | Oct 2002 | |
| Argentina again | Posadas, abandoned steam trains | 1 | Oct 2002 |
| San Ignacio, Jesuit mission station | 1 | Oct 2002 | |
| Iguacu - Sheraton hotel, more of the waterfall | 1 | Oct 2002 | |
| Brazil | Foz d'Iguacu - San Rafael hotel, Iguacu waterfall (one of our 'seven wonders') | 1 | Oct 2002 |
| Paraguay | Asuncion, capital city | 1 | Oct 2002 |
| Argentina again | Salta - Colonial hotel, Hotel el Pasaje, Posada de los Nubes, Casa Moderna deli, José Balcarce restaurant, Café del Tiempo, old colonial houses, municipal market, day trips to canyons and vineyards with llamas and condors | 1,2,3 | 2002, 2003, 2015 |
| Cordoba | 1 | Oct 2002 | |
| Mendoza | 1 | Oct 2002 | |
| Chile | Santiago, capital city | 1 | Oct 2002 |
| San Pedro de Atacama, desert town | 2 | Oct 2003 | |
| Arica |
2 | Oct 2003 | |
| Bolivia | La Quiaca, Bolivia-Argentina border | 3 | Oct 2015 |
| Sucre - Capital Plaza hotel, Grand hotel, Joy Ride café, historic old town | 3 | Oct 2015 | |
| La Paz - Boutique el Consulado hotel, La Tranquera restaurant, English Pub, Rodriguez market | 3 | Oct 2015 | |
| Copacabana, Lake Titicaca | 3 | Oct 2003 | |
| Peru | Puno - Lake Titicaca, Yavari steam ship | 2, 3 | Oct 2003, Oct 2015 |
| Cusco - central square, stone walls | 2 | Oct 2003 | |
| Aguas Callientes, for Machu Picchu | 2 | Oct 2003 | |
| Machu Picchu, one of our 'seven wonders' and the climb up Huaynu Picchu | 2 | Oct 2003 | |
| Arequipa - colonial town | 2 | Oct 2003 | |
| Nazca - the lines | 2 | Oct 2003 | |
| Lima - Antigua Miraflores hotel, Rosa Nautica restaurant | 2, 3 | Oct 2003, Oct 2015 | |
| Trujillo, colonial town | 3 | Oct 2015 | |
| Ecuador | Cuenca - hotel Vieja Mansion, Novocentro restaurant, historic old town, zoo | 3 | Oct 2015 |
| Quito - La Boca restaurant, chocolate factory in the old town | 3 | Oct 2015 | |
| The equator | 3 | Oct 2015 | |
| Otavalo - indigenous people's market | 3 | Oct 2015 | |
| Colombia | Pasto, border town | 3 | Oct 2015 |
| Popayan - Camino Real hotel, La Cosecha Parilla restaurant, historic old town | 3 | Oct 2015 | |
| Silvia - indigenous people's market | 3 | Oct 2015 | |
| Bogota - Hotel Regina, Andres DC restaurant, San Isidro restaurant, Jiminez bar, Quinta de Bolivar, Zona Rosa shopping district | 3, 5 | Oct 2015, Jan 2018 | |
| Zipaquira - salt cathedral, picturesque square | 5 | Jan 2018 | |
| Tunja - Posada del Santa Elena | 5 | Jan 2018 | |
| Villa de Leyva - Casa Terra hotel, El Rincon Gourmet restaurant, historic old town, colourful balconies | 3, 5 | Oct 2015, Jan 2018 | |
| Barichara - Casa Oniri hotel, Don Juan restaurant, Shambala café, historic old town | 5 | Feb 2018 | |
| Guane - village 'frozen in time' | 5 | Feb 2018 | |
| Giron - Las Nieves hotel, historic town | 5 | Feb 2018 | |
| Medellin - Binn hotel, cable-car ride | 5 | Feb 2018 | |
| Cartagena - Casa Santa Ana hotel, Castellana restaurant, Marzola Parilla grill, Clandestino tapas bar, Mila bakery, Plaza Trinidad bars, historic old town, colourful balconies | 3, 5 | Oct 2015, Feb 2018 | |
| Venezuela | Caracas - Simon Bolivar's house | 2 | Oct 2003 |
| Guyana | Georgetown - Cara Lodge hotel | 4 | Oct 2016 |
| Suriname | Paramaribo - De Waag restaurant, Fort Zeelandia | 4 | Oct 2016 |
| French Guiana | Cayenne - pizza at Les Palmistes | 4 | Oct 2016 |
| St Laurent de Moroni | 4 | Oct 2016 |