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This service is designed specifically for travellers planning longer, multi-country South America trips.
Custom South America Trip Planning
Get a Free Custom Itinerary Outline in Under 48h
Are you looking to do an extended, multi-country trip to South America? Skip the overwhelm and get the entire trip planned for you by an expert, someone who’s actually been there. Land on day 1 and travel with complete confidence.
Tell me your dates, trip length and the countries you want to visit and I’ll send you a custom itinerary outline showing you what’s achievable:
Join 100+ successful trips
100+ extended trips planned
4.7 rating from 30+ reviews
7 years travelling South America
Lived in Buenos Aires, Lima and Medellín
You can't wing it
South America Isn't Like Europe
Brazil alone is bigger than most of Europe, and a “quick hop” between countries is often a full day of travel, sometimes two. Get the order wrong on a 6-week, multi-country trip and you end up spending more time and money on planes, and less time enjoying your trip.
So most people end up choosing between two bad options:
"Brazil alone is bigger than most of Europe"
Your options
Three Ways To Plan A Long Trip
Who designs the route
Built for
Your time
Hotels
Flexibility
Local knowledge
Support while you're away
Cost
Travel agent
Who designs the route
A sales team, from a brochure
Built for
10-day packages and group tours
Your time
A few calls
Hotels
Their preferred list, take it or leave it
Flexibility
Locked in once paid
Local knowledge
Head office
Support while you're away
A call centre
Cost
Built into the package
Do it yourself
Who designs the route
You, from forty open tabs
Built for
Whatever you can piece together
Your time
20 to 30 hours
Hotels
Whatever you find first
Flexibility
Total, but you're on your own
Local knowledge
Reddit and TripAdvisor
Support while you're away
None
Cost
Free, plus the mistakes
Who designs the route
A South America specialist, from your brief
Built for
4+ week, multi-country, independent trips
Your time
Two calls and an evening booking
Hotels
Hand-picked for you, booked at the price you'd pay anyway
Flexibility
Total, with an expert to ask
Local knowledge
7 years on the ground, 100+ trips planned
Support while you're away
Me, on WhatsApp
Cost
One fixed fee
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Testimonials
Trusted By Travellers Planning Extended South America Trips
Real trips, real clients - here's what they said after working together.
"Before working with Joe, we were honestly quite overwhelmed trying to plan our South America trip — so many countries, routes and things to consider. Once Joe got involved, it took all the stress away. Everything flowed really well and it felt like the perfect balance of adventure and relaxation."
Caelain and Brianna
2 Months | Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia
"We started planning our month-long trip with only a few weeks to go — short on time and drowing in options. Joe produced a perfect schedule and we just spent one evening booking everything. Cannot fault and will 100% be using Joe again for our next trip."
Jay and Jess
4 Weeks | Chile, Bolivia & Ecuador
"The only options we found were expensive travel agencies that rushed through countries with little cultural immersion. Joe's approach was completely different — personal and informed. I can't imagine having done this two-month trip without his guidance "
Kathy & John
2 Months | Chile, Argentina & Patagonia
"I knew I wanted Machu Picchu, Patagonia, the Amazon - but had no idea how to pull it all together. Joe crafted a route covering it all and I came home with memories that will stay with me for a lifetime."
John
4 Months | The Whole Continent
"Me and my wife travel independently and started researching Patagonia myself. Joe's service was a real asset — his advice on activities, restaurants and accommodations allowed us to maximise our time and have a completely stress-free trip. For anyone wanting to travel without using an agency, I highly recommend Joe."
Michel
3 Weeks | Chile and Argentina
"We had no idea which areas were safe, which hotels were worth it or how to structure my days. Joe's daily itinerary meant we knew exactly what to do and where to go the entire time. We were able to relax and travel with complete confidence"
Eleanor and Millie
3 Weeks | Brazil
How it works
Plan Your South America Trip In 6 Clear Steps
The first three steps are free. You only pay if you want the full trip planned.
Free
01
Tell me about your trip
A two-minute form. Where you're thinking of, how long you've got, when you want to go and how you like to travel.
02
Get your custom itinerary outline
Within 48 hours I'll send you a route outline and a short video walking you through it: the countries in the right order, suggested nights in each place and the trade-offs worth knowing about.
03
A free 20-minute call
We go through the outline together, I answer your questions and we work out whether the full service is right for you. No pressure either way.
Full trip
04
Your first draft
A complete day-by-day itinerary: every stop, every hotel, every flight, bus and transfer. You tell me what to change and we refine it until it's right.
05
Booking
You book it yourself using the links in your itinerary. An evening or two, and you're done. No markups, no middleman.
06
Your personalised travel guide
A guide built around your trip: what to do in each place, where to eat, how to get around and the things I'd want to know before I arrived. Email support until you land home.
What you get
Six Things You Won't Have To Work Out Yourself
Sit back and relax whilst your complicated, multi-country trip is planned for you.
A Route That Flows
Countries in the right order, altitude handled, no backtracking, no dead travel days. Every day counts.
Four weeks in South America, not four weeks in transit.
Four weeks in South America, not four weeks in transit.
Stays Picked For You
Hotels chosen for your budget and your style, in the right part of each town, with free cancellation wherever possible.
No evenings lost reading every review to find the right place.
No evenings lost reading every review to find the right place.
Complex Trips Made Simple
Border crossings, internal flights, overnight buses, which operators to trust, visas, vaccines, packing lists.
The questions that take weeks to research, answered in minutes.
The questions that take weeks to research, answered in minutes.
Your Own Travel Guide
Written for your trip. What to do in each place, where to eat, how to get around, my own Google Maps pins. 7+ years of knowledge in one place.
You enjoy your evenings on the road, rather than in research mode.
You enjoy your evenings on the road, rather than in research mode.
Concierge Level Support
I'm on email and WhatsApp for the whole trip. Flight cancelled, plans changed, want a recommendation for tonight.
Get the information you need quickly. No second guessing what Google told you.
Get the information you need quickly. No second guessing what Google told you.
Complete Control
You book everything yourself in an evening. No middleman, no markups. Flexibility and independence are part of the process.
Change anything, any time with expert guidance.
Change anything, any time with expert guidance.
Pricing
Custom Pricing, Fixed Fee
Every trip is different, so I don’t do package prices. Once we’ve talked through your route on the free call, I’ll give you a custom quote based on trip length and complexity, a single fixed fee for the whole planning service. No hourly rates, no surprises later.
Most clients make the fee back in the first week of the trip:
- Before you leave. The right hotels booked at the right time, internal flights bought when they’re cheap, nothing paid twice because the route changed.
- On the ground. Self-guided where a tour isn’t worth it, the tour worth paying for where it is. You stop paying for things you’d have skipped if you’d known.
- In days. No wasted travel days, no backtracking across a continent. On a five-week trip that’s two or three days you get back, and they’re not cheap days.
And you book everything yourself, at the price you’d pay anyway. No markups.
Complete Trip Planning
For South America trips of 4 weeks or more, across multiple countries. Custom pricing based on trip length, complexity and level of support.
Includes:
- Pre-departure checklist and guidance
- A complete day-by-day itinerary: every stop, hotel, flight and transfer done for you
- A full budget breakdown, so you know what the trip costs before you book a thing
- Booking links for everything, book the entire trip in an evening
- Unlimited revisions until you are happy
- Your own personalised travel guide
- Email and WhatsApp support before you leave and while you’re away
- Complex regions handled: Patagonia, the Salt Flats, the Amazon, Machu Picchu
Case studies
Successful Extended Trips Across The Continent
Real routes from real clients, and what they said afterwards.
4 weeks · Brazil, Argentina and Chile
Vinod and Bhavna
One month, three countries, and a travel agent quote they didn't want to be tied to.
The route
Wk 1
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Iguazú Falls
Wk 2
Argentina
Buenos Aires, El Calafate
Wk 3
Argentina
Patagonia self-drive, glaciers and hikes
Wk 4
Chile
Santiago, Atacama Desert self-drive
"We had quotes from travel agents but they were all too rigid and expensive. Joe's approach was so different. One call and he had planned us the perfect route, with the flexibility we were looking for."
Vinod and Bhavna
Verified review
6 weeks · Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina and Brazil
Jerry and Maria
Late fifties, six weeks, five countries, and no idea where to start on a continent this size.
The route
Wk 1
Peru
Lima, Cusco, Sacred Valley
Wk 2
Peru
Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca
Wk 3
Bolivia
La Paz, Uyuni Salt Flats
Wk 4
Chile
Atacama Desert, Santiago
Wk 5
Argentina
Buenos Aires, Iguazú Falls
Wk 6
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
"We had a long list of places we wanted to see but no idea how to connect them into a route. Joe turned our ideas into a seamless itinerary. His expert advice saved us time, money and stress."
Jerry and Maria
Verified review
Ready to Stop Planning and Start Packing?
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FAQs
You receive your personalised route outline within a 48 hours. From there, we refine together until everything feels right – typically over 1–2 weeks depending on your timeline. We can go from a rough plan to a fully booked trip in 2-3 weeks total.
Not at all, if anything you get more control. I design the route, recommend hotels and experiences, and put together the logistics, but you make every final call and book everything yourself. Nothing is locked in on your behalf. Think of it as having an expert do the heavy lifting so you can make better decisions faster, not handing your trip over to someone else.
A travel agent usually sells you a pre-built package and earns commission on what they book for you, which means their incentives aren’t always aligned with yours. I don’t book anything and I’m not tied to any operators or hotel chains. You get an independent, personalised plan built entirely around what you actually want, then you book it yourself, at the real price, with full flexibility to change it.
You can, and plenty of people do. But planning a multi-country South America trip properly usually takes weeks of research once you account for routing, transport logistics, weather windows, and figuring out which experiences are actually worth your time. I’ve spent over a decade making those mistakes myself, so I can hand you a route that works first time, in a fraction of that time.
Usually not. I work with plenty of people who’ve decided on a trip just weeks before they leave. As long as there’s enough time to get a route together and you book flights and accommodation promptly once you have it, a tight timeline isn’t a problem.
That’s completely normal. Part of the process is helping you decide what’s realistic, what flows well seasonally, and what fits your timeframe and travel style.
No – you book directly. This gives you full control and flexibility. I provide tailored booking links, recommendations and guidance so you can book confidently.
Your itinerary is designed to be flexible. If dates shift or you want to adjust parts of the route, we refine it together before you book.
We review it together via call, refine anything that doesn’t feel right, and once you’re confident – you book using your tailored guidance and links.