Travel Review: Luxury South America Vacation, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Lago Mascardi Kayaking

This South American travel agency did an outstanding job planning and booking our trip to Argerntina, Chile and Uruguay.

I did a lot of research on my own before scheduling this trip, so my wife and I had a good idea of where we wanted to go and what we wanted to do.  However, our agent made many great suggestions that proved to be better than what we had in mind, and we soon realized that his knowledge of the country made the trip far more enjoyable.  All of the hotels that he booked for us were very nice, especially the Ayres Recoleta Hotel in Buenos Aires.  We loved the location, and the staff there was very helpful and very understanding of our limited Spanish-speaking skills. 

Our agency hired all of the drivers and tour guides we used, and all of them were warm, friendly people who were very knowledgeable about their particular city or part of the country.  Our only complaint was that the driver who was supposed to pick us up & take us to the airport in Santiago on the last day of our trip didn't show up.  He may have been delayed by traffic, but we eventually took a taxi to the airport because we didn't want to risk missing our flight.  Other than the one mishap, all of the travel arrangements that our agency made for us between each city and to and from each airport ran like clockwork, and we appreciated the fact that we didn't have to worry about any of the travel arrangements.

The kayaking tour of Lago Mascardi (near Bariloche) and the winery tour by bicycle (near Mendoza) that our agent suggested turned out to be some of the highlights of the trip.