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Slow Travel Experiences


A slow travel holiday, including a boat trip down the Amazon

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.


Go horse riding through Ecuador on our slow travel holidays

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.

Experience the cultures of Latin America
Chile in Autumn months

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.


Please reach us at info@traveldifferently.co.uk if you cannot find an answer to your question.



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