For travellers looking to leave a positive footprint, these experiences go beyond observation.
Whether helping protect endangered wildlife, supporting indigenous communities, or contributing to grassroots social projects, these journeys offer a rare opportunity to connect more deeply with the people and places that make Latin America so remarkable.
Alongside every trip we design, we support a local charity, conservation project or community initiative connected to the destination.
Since 2006, Plan South America has been creating extraordinary journeys to the wildest corners of Latin America and Antarctica. Alongside every trip we design, we support a local charity, conservation project or community initiative connected to the destination.
Guatemala: A Splash of Colour
Lake Atitlan‘s Mayan communities are enchanting. Santa Catarina Palopó, a lakeside town facing a lack of economic opportunity, experienced an inspiring transformation when the community came together to use art as a tool for social change. Adopt and paint a house to help create a sustainable community.
Colombia: Monkey Mission
3 hours due south of the colourful colonial port city of Cartagena, venture into the primary rainforest to help reintegrate Colombia’s highest concentration of endangered cotton-top tamarin monkeys into the wild.
Peru: Incas & Weavers
Amidst Inca ruins & archaeological sites, communities live as their ancestors did, growing corn, raising alpacas & weaving textiles. Sol y Luna Foundation educates underprivileged children in the Sacred Valley, inviting guests to share skills in language, art & sustainability.
Ecuador: Ride & Deliver
Horseback ride through Ecuador’s sierras to the backdrop of snow-capped Andes, delivering humanitarian relief to remote communities. Help set up a camp in the Amazon providing dentistry, obstetrics & first aid training, & learning traditional forest medicine from the indigenous Sapara tribe, the ‘healers’ of the jungle.
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