Impressions of South America

Traveler Reviews

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  Maggie

  February 1st, 2026
  Brazil and Argentina. Dissapointment... the only word that summarized my most recent experience. I was really...
  Brazil and Argentina. Dissapointment... the only word that summarized my most recent experience. I was really looking forward to my trip to Brazil and Argentina and not prepared to be dissatisfied and disappointed. Sugar loaf and city tour day ending at 12:00 noon and nothing to do until 6:45 if you choose the optional experience. Cristo redentor....ending at 12:00 and nothing to do again until 6:45. Too much free time, activities ended at 1:00 in Rio. About Hotel in Rio rooms and bathrooms are more appropriate for one person. Uncomfortable. Brazil to Iguazu falls spent all day at the airport starting at 4:30 am. We had wake up at 3:00 am to spend all day at the airport. Hotel was better. Iguazu to Buenos Aires...all day with no plans or things to do. We had a short visit less than a hour to the three bordes and back to the hotel and airport. Another day wasted and reaching the hotel after 10 pm. Intercontinental Hotel... very nice and comfortable rooms. On the 30th of January we finished the tour at 1:00. After that I would have rather be on my way home. Instead we were at the hotel and looking for things to do. Considering the schedule, this whole tour can easily be done in 7 days or less if they can organize the transfers. So much time wasted at the airport and too much free time. For the money and time spent and, considering previous experience with Trafalgar, someone made the wrong call changing schedules and causing disruption. This is not our first tour, we have been using Globus, Vacations by rail, Europamundo and others and what happened in Brazil and Argentina with Trafalgar is too much to ignore. I paid to have things run smoothly and have things to do and spent the least amount of time at airports and no need to have 6 hours of free time between activities. Everyone was dissapointed. What happened Trafalgar? Who dropped the ball? Anyway second and last experience with Trafalgar and now I wonder if all affiliates with The Travel Corporation are the same....Show more
  Traveled in January 2026
  

  Reply from: Trafalgar

  Thank you for travelling with us and for sharing your feedback on your recent tour to Brazil and Argentina. We are very sorry to learn how disappointed you felt, particularly given how much you were looking forward to this experience. We understand your frustration with the amount of free time built into the itinerary, the early finishes following key sightseeing in Rio de Janeiro, and the long travel days involving extended time at airports. While free time is included to allow flexibility, we recognise that the balance on this tour did not meet your expectations. Our Travel Directors are available throughout the journey to provide guidance during free time, including suggestions for sightseeing, shopping and restaurants. However, we appreciate that this does not fully address concerns when the overall structure and pacing of the itinerary feel inefficient. We are also sorry to hear about your discomfort with the hotel accommodation in Rio de Janeiro, while noting your positive comments regarding the hotels in Iguazu and Buenos Aires. Your feedback on accommodation standards, itinerary pacing and operational planning has been shared with our Product and Operations teams for review. We regret that this experience did not reflect the smooth and well organised journey you expected from Trafalgar, particularly given your previous travel experiences. Your comments are taken seriously and will be used to help inform future improvements. Thank you again for taking the time to provide your feedback. We are sincerely sorry that this tour fell short of your expectations.

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  katherine

  August 26th, 2019
  The tour was fantastic in Brazil, every little thing was well catered for. The only downside in Brazil was the...
  The tour was fantastic in Brazil, every little thing was well catered for. The only downside in Brazil was the dinner and entertainment additional tour. The place was massive and the seats were crammed in. This made the lines for food intolerably long which was a shame, the food was ok quality and a great variety but the long lines meant your companion was half way through their meal when you eventually sat down. The entertainment was nice but a little too long in duration I felt. The Santa Theresa Tour was cancelled due to unrest and I understand this is unavoidable, however, it may have been nice to be offered an alternative. Gio our Tour Director did a super job of making suggestions for things to do on our own. In Argentina there was very little in organised touring which was a shame. The city was wonderful but the option of going horse riding was not for me nor going out in a boat Tigre Delta as it was too cold. A city tour of the whole day instead of half day might have been more beneficial here. That said Buenos Aries was wonderful. Be my guest was the highlight of this leg of the tour - don't miss it!Show more
  Traveled in August 2019
  

  Reply from: Trafalgar

  Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. It's always helpful to know where we’re going right and where we could be making improvements. We note that there were certain aspects of the itinerary that you felt could have been improved upon. Here at Trafalgar, we take our guests’ feedback very seriously, so please be assured that your comments and suggestions are being given the full attention they deserve to establish what potential improvements we might make going forward with this particular trip. Despite this, we are pleased that you still had a wonderful time on the Impressions of South America guided holiday. However, we are always striving to make our experiences even better. Therefore, we hope that you will join us again in the future when we can demonstrate all of the new great elements that we have included in our itineraries.

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  Jan

  April 8th, 2016
  Tour Director was excellent, could not fault him. Everything ran like clockwork and was well organised, we didn't...
  Tour Director was excellent, could not fault him. Everything ran like clockwork and was well organised, we didn't have to worry about a thing. We were even told where the best toilets were!Show more
  Traveled in August 2014