Our favourite luxury holidays

Latin America offers a wide range of top-end accommodation, restaurants and activities. The luxury experience here extends to private excursions in extreme environments, the incredible beauty of nature, fascinating history and culture, and the warm, welcoming spirit of its people. Whatever ‘luxury’ means to you, there’s always a fitting holiday to suit your exact requirements.

Luxury Mexico: Self-drive Yucatan haciendas and Caribbean coast

Explore the Yucatan peninsula with the flexibility of a hire car during this luxurious holiday. Stay overnight in beautifully restored haciendas in the countryside and at an exclusive beachside property on the Caribbean coast. Discover vestiges of the once supreme Maya civilisation, with Chichén Itzá and Uxmal as the two best known sites. Get into the local culture in colonial areas Mérida and Izamal and visit the Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve, a natural protected area with tropical forest, mangrove, savannah and a coast and offshore marine reserve.

Peru by rail

Travel between the highlights of Peru by luxury train. Explore colonial Lima before heading off to Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas for a full day guided tour. Take a ride on the luxury train to the ruins of Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and Arequipa, the White City. The trains are operated by Belmond, formerly Orient Express, whose prestigious history and experience in train travel means you’re in excellent hands.

Luxury Belize: Nature, wildlife and Caribbean cayes

This luxury holiday to Belize shows the highlights of this tiny country, from wildlife-filled rain forests and fascinating Maya sites to Caribbean coasts and the Belize Barrier Reef. Part of the adventure is a light aircraft flight from Mountain Pine Ridge to the evocatively named Gallon Jug. From there you travel to Chan Chich Lodge, where luxurious cabins occupy the lower plaza of a 1,200 year-old Mayan temple. Outdoor activities including canoeing, horse riding and snorkelling can be enjoyed during your trip as well.

Luxury Cuba: Colonial classics and coast

Stay in Cuba’s top-range-accommodation during this luxury break, and explore the country’s cities and white sandy Caribbean beaches. Take a guided vintage car tour of Old Havana, visit the Tropicana Cabaret show and wander around UNESCO World Heritage site Trinidad. It’s a great way to experience the hospitality of the people, their extraordinary history, living culture, music and dance. Finally, choose from optional excursions and activities or soak up the sun on the chalky white sand beach at the Caribbean island Cayo Santa María.

Luxury Argentina: Vineyards, glaciers and gauchos

Visit three of the most interesting and beautiful locations in Argentina and stay in luxurious properties, including first class luxury ranch and country estate accommodation (estancias). Start your holiday in cosmopolitan Buenos Aires before transferring to a colonial estancia on the pampas. Wineries can be visited from your countryside lodge in Mendoza, Argentina’s famous wine-producing region. Finally, fly to El Calafate in Southern Patagonia to enjoy some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world.