
Slow Travel Experiences
Our slow travel holidays are tailor-made adventures of around three weeks, exploring fewer destinations in more depth, with a focus on culture, nature and local life. Travel overland where possible, stay longer in each region, and spend time with local guides, artisans and family-run hotels across Latin America, Uganda, Bhutan and India. Example trips start from £3,200 per person. Browse our slow travel itineraries and examples below for ideas, then talk to our experts about planning yours.
What is slow travel?

Slow travel and the slow travel trend means taking in fewer places, but having a deeper and better connection with a destination. Our slow travel holidays are usually around three weeks, which gives you the time to really immerse yourself in a region and its cultures, customs, natural highlights and beauty.
The aim of our slow travel holidays is to take fewer internal flights and stay longer in each place. That leaves time to discover markets away from the main tourist trail, meet local people, learn traditional skills in artisan workshops, and come home with a genuine appreciation of the cultures you’ve experienced.
Wherever practical, we replace internal flights with trains, road trips and boat journeys, which also reveals scenery you’d miss from the air. You can still include a country’s must-see highlights, but longer stays give you time to enjoy them at an unhurried pace.
Example Slow Travel Holidays & Itineraries
Slow Travel highlights

Minimal flights
Slow travel is synonymous with avoiding flights. While it’s unavoidable to fly internationally to start your holiday, a carefully planned slow travel holiday should mean minimising flights and doing things differently to travel from place to place. This has the added benefit of taking in much more spectacular scenery, epic views and corners of a country that would otherwise be missed by flying. The Aysen region of Chile is a great example of how a spectacular self-drive road trip (Aysen to Pucón) will turn this trip into a holiday of a lifetime. Drive south from Balmaceda, towards the awe-inspiring Lake District, all the way to Pucon. Stay in boutique properties and take in the sheer scale of Chile at your own pace in your own vehicle. Or, consider combining the vivid red rock Atacama Desert in Chile with an overland extension into Bolivia (Atacama to Lake Titicaca) to discover the iconic Salt Flats, before heading to Lake Titicaca in Peru. Not a flight in sight.
Immersive experiences
Our aim is for our guests to return from a slow travel holiday having connected with a country on a deeper level. As well as taking in more natural scenery and roads less trodden by flying less, the best experiences are those unique immersive ones we can include when you have more time in each place. In the planning process, our experts will talk through your likes, wish-list, and what you’d like to get out of your slow holiday. We can include some wonderful immersive activities and cultural excursions with the extra time available. Take a gastronomy tour in Peru, hand-picking ingredients from local food markets and have a go at cooking up a feast with a chef. Embark on the 100km train journey in Brazil from the series Race Around The World, through the mountain passes of Serra do Mar, witnessing untouched rainforest and stunning views. In Ecuador, visit master weaver Miguel Andrango’s workshop in Otavalo and learn about traditional Kichwa weaving on our three-week Ecuador itinerary. Hike volcanoes and stay in simple lodges witnessing sunsets on the beach right in front of you on an Island-Hopping Galapagos adventure that avoids cruises.


Stay longer, stay local
With more time away, you can stay in smaller, independently run hotels and nature reserves that don’t fit a shorter trip. Gocta Natura Reserve in northern Peru and the Ibiti Project in Brazil are destination hotels worth basing yourself at for several nights, with guided activities and the chance to join their community and reforestation projects. Several of the hotels we recommend are certified B Corps, a standard that assesses a business’s social and environmental practices. Longer stays also mean more nights in locally owned hotels and more meals in local restaurants and markets.
Slow Travel Holidays: Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach us at info@traveldifferently.co.uk if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Where can I go on a slow travel holiday in South America?
Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador all work beautifully for slow travel, offering everything from glacier hikes in snow-capped national parks to cactus-filled deserts and jaguar spotting in the Pantanal. These are countries that offer so much variety, from hiking glaciers in snowcapped National Parks, to sunbathing in hot cactus-filled deserts, to Jaguar spotting in The Pantanal. Our experts will map out your slow travel holiday plan with you, including your highlights and must-sees. They will suggest unique and different routes that avoid flying, make the most of trains and land journeys and combine off-the-beaten-track gems that avoid mass tourism.
What is the easiest country to visit in Latin America?
Costa Rica is a very easy and safe country to visit in Latin America and you can reach the majority of destinations you would wish to include on a slow travel Costa Rica holiday, by land. Peru is a very easy and safe destination, that offers so much choice and variety, such as the iconic Machu Picchu, the Inca Trail, wonderful cities such as Lima and the extraordinary Sacred Valley. Peru is perfect for a slow travel holiday as there is so much to see and do and our experts can keep flights to a bare minimum. For visa requirements, see the UK government’s foreign travel advice.
How long should a slow travel holiday be?
Most of our slow travel holidays last around three weeks, which gives you time to explore two or three regions in depth without rushing. If you have longer, our sabbatical holidays of one to three months let you combine several countries at the same unhurried pace..
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