Exploring Central & South America

Brazil’s varied cultural mix has resulted in a wealth of exciting cuisine, and its rich gourmet history has been influenced by the flavors and cooking styles of Africa, Portugal and Japan. From street food, local Botecos and traditional BBQs, to up-scale champagne and sushi bars, Rio has a place to suit every palette. It’s not […]

Today Tallita from the CAT Travel Brazil office tells us about her favorite places to travel in Brazil. Salvador de Bahia in the north takes her number one spot.

Next up in our series of blog posts from the CAT Travel team we have Ariel, a true Porteño (the name used for a person who was born and raised in Buenos Aires) telling us about why his home town is the best place to travel to in Latin America, and sharing some tips on […]

Next up in our series of blogs from the CAT Travel team we have Agostina from our Buenos Aires office. Another patriotic vote from Agos,  as she tells us about her favorite place for moonlight whale watching in Argentine Patagonia – Puerto Madryn.

To celebrate 15 years of CAT Travel we’ve asked members of our team across the continent to tell us about their favorite places to travel to in South America, and also to share some of their travel stories, photos and inspiration with us. First up we have Cynthia from our Lima, Peru office with a […]

Fifteen years ago this month, in April 1997, Class Adventure Travel ‘s company founders, and present day directors, Bart and Karin, opened our first office in Lima, Peru. Arriving in Lima from Holland, Bart and Karin were armed with just a few borrowed bucks and big ideas of building a successful Latin America travel company, […]

With over a thousand festivals held around the country each year, Peru certainly loves celebration, ritual and dressing up! The months of June and July are a particularly great time to visit Peru if you want to join in some of the parades and parties, with the colorful traditional Peruvian festivals of Inti Raymi, Qoyllur […]

We recently started a new section on our blog where we share with you some of the stories and photos from the people who travel with us in South America. Claire and her friends just got back from traveling around Argentina, visiting Iguazu Falls, Salta and the vineyards of Mendoza. Here she shares with us […]

Stretched along the equator, west of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands’ 18 volcanic islands bask under blue skies for the majority of the year, making them a great place to travel to anytime. The islands were formed some 3-10 million years ago by volcanic activity that burst through the earth’s crust, creating this fascinating archipelago. Their […]