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Verity is a Latin American studies graduate who joined the company seven years ago, having lived in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico for a year and spent time living and travelling in Peru and Bolivia. Since then she has taken the opportunity to travel further still, even venturing as far as Antarctica. Apart from the awe-inspiring white continent, her favourite places are the Galápagos for its astonishing and fearless wildlife, and Cuba, where the experience of walking off the plane and seemingly into a different century left an indelible impression on her. Verity loves salsa as well as an array of Latin American dishes, especially the street food of Mexico. She has real insider knowledge of South and Central America, and loves using it to create the special and authentic details that make for an unforgettable trip.

Verity is a Latin American studies graduate who joined the company seven years ago, having lived in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico for a year and spent time living and travelling in Peru and Bolivia. Since then she has taken the opportunity to travel further still, even venturing as far as Antarctica. Apart from the awe-inspiring...

Born in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, Mary has always had a particular fondness for this area of her home country. She grew up further south however, in Santiago, and also spent more than a decade in Cali, Colombia. Mary studied journalism in Chile and later went on to study medieval history, a subject for which she has a great intellectual curiosity. Mary’s love of Latin America is certainly not limited to her native Chile, and other areas that she would highly recommend to visitors include the salt flats of Bolivia, Colombia’s colonial Caribbean gem, Cartagena, and Venezuela’s Orinoco Delta. Amongst the highlights of her extensive travels is an unforgettable encounter with a huge condor, which was hovering just a few feet away from her in Torres del Paine National Park, quite possibly weighing up whether or not she was edible! Other memorable moments include her first view of the southern ice fields of Chile, swimming fully clothed in the Orinoco during a monumental rain storm, and of course, horse riding in the Atacama Desert.

Born in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, Mary has always had a particular fondness for this area of her home country. She grew up further south however, in Santiago, and also spent more than a decade in Cali, Colombia. Mary studied journalism in Chile and later went on to study medieval history, a subject for which she has a...

Sophie is a well-travelled team member who taught in China for a year before joining us, although her main areas of linguistic expertise are French and Spanish. She honed the latter while on a year abroad in Santiago, Chile, where she studied at a local university, and while backpacking around Central and South America. She has travelled throughout most of Latin America, but if pushed to choose a favourite area she tell you that she particularly loved the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador, Bolivia’s surreal salt flats and Chile’s Easter Island, home of the mysterious stone moai that preside over the strikingly remote volcanic territory. For Sophie, it is the mixture of wildlife and nature combined with local culture and heritage that continues to draw her back to Latin America.

Sophie is a well-travelled team member who taught in China for a year before joining us, although her main areas of linguistic expertise are French and Spanish. She honed the latter while on a year abroad in Santiago, Chile, where she studied at a local university, and while backpacking around Central and South America. She has...

As our Group Tours Manager Sarah Beard puts her ten years of experience at Journey Latin America to good use, drawing from over six of those spent as a tour guide to select the most inspiring and attraction-packed journeys from around Central and South America. Her own personal passion is Chile and Patagonia, and Sarah is perhaps at her happiest when staying on her very own patch of land in a remote part of the Chilean lake district, where she wakes up to views of three neighbouring volcanoes. Sarah is captivated by the wide open spaces and huge skies of the Southern Cone region, but when back home in England her love of the wilderness translates to an enthusiasm for hiking and camping all over the country. She also adores wine (Chilean, of course!) and seafood. Before joining us, Sarah lived in Ecuador, Argentina and Brazil and studied Iberian and Latin American studies, enabling her to pick up the Latin American vernaculars. She considers herself very lucky to have travelled throughout most of Latin America, but when pushed will tell you that her highlights are eating just-caught oysters on the island of Chiloé and catching a lift on a local Patagonian fishing boat – a journey that ended up lasting three days!

As our Group Tours Manager Sarah Beard puts her ten years of experience at Journey Latin America to good use, drawing from over six of those spent as a tour guide to select the most inspiring and attraction-packed journeys from around Central and South America. Her own personal passion is Chile and Patagonia, and Sarah is perhaps at...

Hannah spent a number of years in Colombia as a child, and has also lived in Brazil, where she worked in tourism, and in Costa Rica, volunteering at a centre for local children. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and studied both of them along with Latin American studies at Newcastle University. Hannah particularly loves the landscape of Chile, the people of Colombia and the variety and vibrancy of Brazil, and some of her most unforgettable experiences come from these countries. She particularly loved the sand dunes of the Atacama Desert, the Easter parade at the Colombian colonial city of Popayán and travelling by dug-out canoe through the Brazilian rainforest, stopping off for lunch with Amazonian tribespeople. Back at home, Hannah enjoys theatre and film as well as cycling and running.

Hannah spent a number of years in Colombia as a child, and has also lived in Brazil, where she worked in tourism, and in Costa Rica, volunteering at a centre for local children. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and studied both of them along with Latin American studies at Newcastle University. Hannah particularly loves the landscape...