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Committed to designing and promoting the best travel experiences in South America for the past 10 years,  Unique Destinations is a bespoke tour consultancy based in Santiago, Chile. 
​From within the region, we offer a vacation planning service that is focussed entirely on YOUR travel dreams, at great rates!  Let Unique Destinations give you a FREE no obligation quote now!
For "Last Minute" or "Early Bird" offers, see BELOW!

See TOUR REPORTS for past visits to special destinations! 
We revisit our destinations frequently to make sure that local conditions and detail are as featured in our website.
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For an overview of our TOP DESTINATIONS in South America for 2019, click HERE! 
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NEWS & DEALS!

As a specialist tour company in South America, we are often sent exclusive details from leading hotels and excursion operators  that offer fabulous experiences in our many destinations.  Some offer "early bird" or "last minute" booking opportunities that can save up to 25% or more!  Latest offers (August 2019) include:
  • The Austral Winter is HERE - and it is time to enjoy GREAT SKIING in Argentina and Chile!  From June to September in stunning San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, and in the mountains surrounding Chile's capital, Santiago, the slopes are now open and covered with fine snow, ready to welcome all lovers of winter sports.  Contact Unique Destinations HERE to see what winter sport deals can be enjoyed on the best Southern Hemisphere winter resorts, for all levels and ages.  ​​​​
  • "Early Bird" discount available on Antartica21 Cape Horn to Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Cruises in Sept/Oct 2020 - Up to US$ 1,000 Air Credit awarded for each booking made BEFORE 31 Aug 2019!   Enjoy 8 days aboard Antartica21's brand new Antarctic cruise ship, Magellan Explorer (launched Mar 2019; inaugural cruise Nov 2019) and see king penguins and more.  For MORE click HERE!
  • This October enjoy Spring in Patagonia with Explora and get 30% off your booking costs!  Enjoy an early break in Chile's legendary Torres del Paine National Park.   Book any time after 1 July for a visit in October 2019, and join the few discerning visitors who come to this magical spot to see the courtship begin!  Conditions apply.  For MORE click HERE!
  • Galapagos 2019 - Continuing to present new offers for a fabulous vacation on the Galapagos archipelago, Unique Destinations can offer big discounts on selected packages, subject to date and availability.  Packages include Island Hopping, Cruise, Liveaboard Diving excursions, Trekking, Sport-fishing and special packages for families and honeymoon vacations.  Contact us now for MORE detail.

For MORE detail contact Unique Destinations now!​

DESTINATION OF THE MONTH (DOM) - July 2019
Manu National Park, Peru!

Each month we focus on a "Destination of the Month" (DOM), either because it is a new location we have found, or we have just revisited to update the detail, or because NOW would be a good time to book a holiday there BEFORE the best hotels are taken or flight prices have rocketed.  
(For past Destinations of the Month check out TOUR REPORTS on the Main Menu above).

​This month, we feature possibly the most pristine and certainly the BEST national park that we have ever visited in South America, MANU National Park in Peru! ​
Accessed from CUSCO - perhaps combined with that "once-in-a-lifetime" visit to Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley - Manu is one of the largest parks in South America and in the Amazon, being recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the late 80s.  Exceptionally remote, needing two days of travel to get into its interior, this has preserved its pristine status, allowing a few discerning visitors to enjoy close sightings of VERY rare flora and fauna.  This includes jaguar, ocelot, giant river otter, critically endangered bird species, caiman, and so much more!   Even traces of "non-contact" tribes can be encountered here!
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Unique Destinations visited this amazing location in May 2017, early summer being an ideal time to see so many species, and so a good time to start considering for your 2020 diary NOW!  We would recommend an 8-day visit, to allow for the time needed to reach the interior (one day by vehicle; followed by one day in a small boat; repeated in reverse on leaving).  This gives you 4 full days in the interior to spot the "local residents", on gentle treks around several ox-bow lakes, or combing the riverbanks on board your personal boat.  Accommodation is spartan but comfortable; our tour operators would provide a team that includes your guide, chef and boat-boys.  ALL provisions are brought in with your boat, and subsequent waste brought out in the same manner. 
A truly pioneering experience, very GREEN, it is HUGELY worthwhile!
With prices typically starting at US$ 1,950 per person for the 8-day, all-inclusive, tour with taxes (deductible for overseas visitors), Unique Destinations can negotiate discounts on these rates on request and subject to availability.  Shorter tours available on request.