Brazil Travel Testimonials

Hi Silvana,

Thanks for organizing a seamless and hassle-free trip for me. I had an unforgettable trip to South America. Everything worked like clock-work. All the transfers were great and the guides were all very experienced and gave very good insights into the history of the places that we were visiting. Machu Picchu was truly a magical experience and it still stumps me that the Incas built it with their bare hands in the 14th century. It is truly a real marvel. The trip ended on a high note with Machu Picchu and the excellent accommodation I had at the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel. Everything about it was just perfect.

I was also very fortunate to be able to catch the final championships at Carnaval 2012 in Rio de Janeiro. The Sambadrome was full of energy that night. I also enjoyed the Tango show in Buenos Aires. They were great shows not to be missed.

I would highly recommend Latin America For Less to friends and family who want to visit the continent. Overall, I think the highlight of this trip is definitely Peru. I loved the whole experience there and the charming people made all the difference! They were all so friendly and helpful. Thanks for the well-executed trip it was really a trip of a lifetime. Thanks for the memories.

Warm regards,

Deborah (Malaysia)
Traveled to: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Lake Titicaca, Cusco, Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu (Peru)

Hi Jennie,

Thank you for your email - we had a fabulous time away in South America. Met lovely people and visited some amazing places. Our trip home was smooth and we arrived home safely, but tired.Rio was fantastic along with the Carnival. Rio is a very exciting place to be visiting around Carnival time.

Our guide, Suzanna was really nice and full of information. Our tour was great.

The best part of the whole tour was being met and greeted at the airport, and taken to the hotel. It made traveling so much easier and a happier experience. Then being met at the hotel and taken to the airport was also great.

Iguazu Falls was a wonderful place. The hotel was absolutely fantastic and the people very friendly and helpful. The tour to the falls was really good too. Carlos was a great guide.

Buenos Aires hotel was fabulous too. Diana, our tour guide, was really nice and very informative. We had a great night at the Tango show, even though it was very commercial. I personally would have preferred a little cafe somewhere where they had someone dancing the Tango - but the show we went to was good all the same. We were met by Juna, who was wonderful and very helpful.

Cusco was amazing and the hotel was fantastic, again the staff was very friendly and helpful. We were met by Brynna at Cusco airport and she was lovely and very helpful. We had a half day tour of Cusco which our guide was lovely and very good.

Our second day tour was to the Sacred Valley, which was fabulous. Clara our guide was very good, full of information, and very helpful. Lunch wasn't included, but we decided to participate and it was great and the atmosphere/restaurant was beautiful.

Our hotel in Ollantaytambo was fantastic and very comfortable (especially with the upgrade). The hotel being right in the railway station was great and very handy in the morning!

All breakfasts at each hotel were fantastic! We didn't have a favourite part of our trip - it was all so good!

Thank you for everything,

Tina & Markus (Australia)
Traveled to: Buenos Aires, Iguazu, Rio de Janeiro, Cusco & Machu Picchu

Hi Kelly,

We had an amazing time on our trip. Patagonia and Iguazu Falls were definitely the highlights! Both places are absolutely stunning in very different ways. We instantly fell in love with the small town charm and warmth of both places! We absolutely loved the 4x4 tour in El Calafate and would highly recommend it to anyone!

Rio and Buenos Aires were also fantastic! The Copacabana beach and Sugar Loaf Mountain were beautiful. We loved the Buenos Aires city tour which covered much of the very interesting political history of the country. All of our tours and hotels were great, and everything ran seamlessly. The many transfers to and from airports were always on time. We didn't have a single thing to worry about the whole trip! Thanks to Kelly for all of her help planning the trip and for answering my never-ending list of questions.

This is the second time we have booked a trip with Latin America For Less and we will definitely book our next South American adventure with you again!

Thank you,

Jen & Eric (Ontario, Canada)
Traveled to: Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Falls, Buenos Aires & El Calafate

Hi Aleks,

1. The hotel was fine, the food was good, the bus was good, the guide was great, and the tours were fabulous. Everyone was very pleased with all the arrangements. (Iguazu Falls)
2. The accommodations were fine, we had a good time with the excursions, rode the horses, the boat ride was good, the food was good, we had a great time. (Pantanal)
3. Thanks so much for all your help, you were very patient with all my questions and changing things around several times, I appreciate your kindness.

Mafi of Legacy of Healing Group, a non-profit medical mission group based in the USA. Peru For Less sent 44 members to Iguazu Falls & Pantanal. While in South America, the group treated hundreds of needy patients.

Dear Riva,

We enjoyed meeting and travelling in Brazil with you all. Thanks to Wayne for keeping us safe, informed and entertained on the Rio Negro! Thanks to Gilberto and the crew of the Otter, to our guides Roberto in Salvador, Fransisco in Rio, and final thanks to our driver Cris for getting us to the airport for the trip home! Thanks also to Riva at Latin America For Less for the great travel arrangements. What a trip!!!

David and Shan Spira (USA)
Traveled to: Rio de Janeiro, Manaus river cruise, Salvador de Bahia

Dear Brazil For Less

First of all, a big thanks to Brazil For less, and especially to Matt, for putting together a fantastic Brazil tour for us. Great job guys! We were very dubious about using an online agency to book this tour, especially given the amount of money involved and the complexity of our circuit. Matt and Brazil For less soon put an end to our fears though with their highly efficient and professional service. They were attentive, flexible and replied to all of our queries within 24 hours.

Our trip was a huge success and we travelled to Rio, Iguassu, Salvador and Morro de Sao Paulo. All of our guides were competent and spoke good English/Spanish, and the hotels we were allocated were all great and situated centrally in safe areas. I was asked to make suggestions as to how to improve the service offered by Brazil For less, but to be honest I'm at a loss!

A lot of great memories, and Rio and Igaussu falls are a must for anyone travelling to Brazil!

Thanks again Brazil For less,

James & Laura (United Kingdom and Spain)
Traveled to : Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Falls, Salvador de Bahia & Morro de Sao Paulo

Dear Brazil For Less

My trip to Brazil was a last minute decision and as I hastily browsed the internet in search of some help and guidance, I came across a site called Latin America For Less.

Well, let me tell you that finding Latin America For Less was for me like winning the lottery because within an hour after having contacted them by telephone, I was assigned with a Personal Travel Advisor by the name of Kelly and after only a few exchanges of emails and phone calls, within less than 24 hours, my husband and I were presented with a customized travel package that fully met and exceeded all of our expectations. All of this could not have been done without Kelly's professionalism, dedication, prompt attention, and recommendations, as well as having our best interests at heart.

As part of our package, Latin America For Less prepared for us all our flights, transfers, hotels and tours. In every new city we travelled to, we were met by courteous personnel always waiting for us, and driven to our hotels. Life couldn't have been any easier.

The hotels that were recommended and chosen were all situated in safe and perfect locations all within walking distance to many main attractions. In Rio de Janeiro, our hotel was right on the Copacabana beach giving us stunning sunrises in the morning and with a dedicated staff taking care of all of our needs. Our tour guide in Rio de Janeiro made us feel completely at home when we toured around the city all day long.

At the Iguazu Falls, we were spoiled with a fantastic view of the falls from our hotel situated right in the National Park. We were picked up from our hotel by the tour guide and driven in a comfortable motor coach around the Argentina and Brazilian sides of the falls. The highly qualified staff at the hotel was extremely pleasant and courteous, ensuring our total comfort.

In the Amazon, we stayed at Eco Lodge where our four-day stay provided us with all of the experience and excitement we wanted to have and feel by living right in the middle of the rainforest. During the day, our guide provided us with many survival details and excursions which were amazing.

Looking back, our amazing trip to Brazil was made possible thanks to the help of Kelly and the rest of the energetic staff at Latin America For Less. The entire team's dedication and hard work contributed in making our trip an amazing one that we will cherish forever and of which we now have very fond memories that will last for a lifetime.

A big thank you to our dear Personal Travel Advisor Kelly and the rest of the group at Latin America For Less! It is people like them that make us want to go back and revisit Brazil all over again!

Monique & Michel (Canada)
Traveled to: Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Falls & Manaus

Hi Kristina,

Our family of 4 had an exceptional time in Rio and at the Iguazú Falls with much of the credit going to Brazil For Less for making the stay exciting and carefree. They helped arrange a car tour of Rio to get us acquainted with the city; a cable car ride to Sugar Loaf; a high-energy soccer game; an exploration of the Tijuca rain forest in Rio; a visit to the "emperor's city" of Petropolis; a Samba show and dinner at a charcuterie; a tour of the Iguazú Falls on the Brazilian and Argentine sides by boat (that went right under the falls), helicopter and hike. Wow!

The tour guides were knowledgeable - they knew local history as well as fluent English and another 4-5 languages each - but as importantly were warm-hearted and flexible. It was so helpful when they sensed that our kids were tired, or would rather see a park than a second day of hiking, and helped us accommodate the same day. It was also comforting to have drivers pick us up and drop us off at the airports, hotels and tour vehicles - those first/last moments are the ones where you want just to be ushered to the right destination.

A special thanks to our tour guides Joao, Eddie and Erna for caring for us and making it a learning experience, and most of all to Kristina who arranged the itinerary and was incredibly prompt and helpful - customizing recommendations, fielding emails overnight whether in or out of the office, and researching all our special questions ("what's the best football teams to see while we're there?", "Is it safe to walk around the Sambodrome at midnight?" etc).

You all are great! We'll be back for Argentina!

Scott (Connecticut, USA)
Traveled to: Rio de Janeiro & Iguazu Falls

Hello Rylee and Brazil For Less,

We wanted to thank you for arranging our holiday to Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Falls, and Buenos Aires. We fell in love with Rio. It is located in one of the most beautiful settings. The views from Sugar Loaf and from the statue of Christ the Redeemer are spectacular. Our guide on this day, Christmas Day, turned out to be so knowledgeable and so pleasant. The beaches are amazing and we felt very comfortable at all times. We stayed at the Marriott on Copacabana Beach - great spot.

Iguazu Falls are magnificent. I cannot describe their beauty or their power. They outshine both Victoria and Niagara Falls by leaps and bounds. If you go, don't miss the boat ride into the falls - be prepared to get wet. We stayed at the Sheraton located in the park. I highly recommend this location.

Finally we went to Buenos Aires and discovered a very colorful city with many different faces. The Recoleta Cemetery and the La Boca area were two areas of note, and of course the Tango evening is not to be missed. For those who like shopping for leather goods, Buenos Aires is a must.

Thank you Rylee and Brazil For Less for planning this trip so well. We will highly recommend you to our friends and family.

Beth, Ken, Louise & Kelly (Ontario, Canada)
Traveled to: Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Falls & Buenos Aires

Dear Kristina,

Before I say anything else, I would really like to thank you deeply for setting up our tour at Iquazu Falls. It was great. Everything was wonderful. The transfers were right on time with no problems. The Hotel St. George that we stayed in was nice, and the staff was very friendly and helpful. Also as part of the tour package was the trip to Paraguay on our last day before going to the airport. This worked out perfectly. It was just what we wanted.

Now as for the tours of the falls, they were great. The guide that we had, Ignacia, was friendly and very informative. We could not have asked for more. She took care of every detail and even more than we could have expected. We would recommend her to anybody.

All in all, we have no complaints. Everything was done well and we appreciate it. It was a wonderful trip and Iguazu Falls are amazing. What a sight.

Thank you again and we will keep in touch.

Jim & Bev (Tenessee, USA)
Traveled to : Iguazu Falls (Brazil, Argentina & Paraguay)