Travel Category
Custom made journeys
Start your dream tour with our help! We gladly help you to make your travel dreams come true. Please feel free to contact us to create your individual travel route. Let us know which countries and places you would like to visit and together we plan an individual route through South America, which is 100 % adapted to your wishes. As travel agency for South America we are specialized to create your perfect trip.
Low-cost Viajando
Gladly we plan your backpack journey through South America. Please contact us and let us know which countries and sights you would like to see. To get an idea what your journey could look like, you can find an example route here. On these routes we only book economically priced accommodation and local transportations.
Viajando comfortable ( 3* Hotels)
Please let us know your wishes and ideas to allow us create your perfect journey. We are specialized on individually customized journeys and will gladly help you with the organization. In this category, we book comfortable 3 * hotels. Here you can find our journeys of “viajando comfortable”.
Viajando active
During your journey through South America you would like to be active and enjoy the nature? Then come with us! Biking, Trekking, Horseback Riding or Climbing – in South America everyone can enjoy his favorite sport. Gladly we organize your individual active journey through South America. Therefore, please get in contact with us and we include your wishes and ideas for your perfect trip. Here you can find our active journeys. Of course, we can individualize these tours to your ideas.
About us
We are a local tour operator located in Arequipa, Peru and specialized in the organization of your desired journey through South America. For us, sustainable tourism and traveling is very important. We are working closely together with locals to support the local economy and people. During our trips, we rely on local transportation and buses. Cultural exchange between tourists and locals is one of the highlights of our tours. On this website, you can find sample journeys for Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador with the Galapagos island, Columbia and Patagonia. Gladly we individualize these tours to your personal ideas and wishes. We look forward to communicate you an understanding about the history, nature and culture of these countries. In South America you can find everything your heart wishes for – the diversity of the culture and nature will fascinate you.
Team
Anja Menzi
Co-founder of the tour operator viajando South America. Anja is Swiss and has always been interested in other cultures and countries. After her apprenticeship as a business woman, she went to Australia for one year to improve her English and afterwards she travelled through Japan and Indonesia. Her interest for tourism led her the way to study tourism in Switzerland. For her internship abroad Anja decided to go to Peru. Hence she made her wishes come true and founded with her two partners Hugo and Lizbeth the company Viajando South America. She is the perfect contact for you to plan your journey. Anja speaks German, English, Spanish and has basic knowledge of French.
Hugo Centi Cabrera
Co-Founder of the tour operator viajando South America. Hugo lived in Switzerland for over three years and therefore speaks German fluently. Hugo studied tourism in Arequipa and has a long carrier as tour guide in South America. The combination of his friendly and funny personality, and his experiences make him one of the best tour guides of the agency. Apart from this, Hugo also had the oportunity to be part of documentations like Petro Brass (Brazil), Televisora CCTV (China), Televisora Red Globo (Brazil), BBC (London), Productora RW Cine Channel (Brasilien), Expedition “Cristóbal de Acuña 2006 TVE” (Spain) and the nature scientific expedition to the springs of Amazonas (Brazil).
Lizbeth Junco Cabrera
Co-Founder of the tour operator viajando South America. Lizbeth is a very competent, responsible and friendly person. She graduated from the “San Agustin” university in Arequipa as Tourism Manager. She speaks English and lived in the Colca Valley for a long time. Due to her numerous journeys, Lizbeth has extensive knowledge of geography and culture. If you have any questions about our tours, please feel free to contact her. Due to her knowledge, her personality and her management style, Lizbeth is a very important person of the agency.