South America is a continent of extraordinary scope: glacier fields and desert plateaus, colonial cities alive with art, and remote lands teeming with life. For Aracari, luxury travel here is defined by expertise, by the privilege of discovering this vast region through those who know it intimately.
In our Travel Journal, we share insights from decades of designing journeys across the continent. From our recommendations on the best places to stay with character and context, to curated itineraries, destination highlights, and stories that reveal South America’s enduring allure.
Ten suites at the foot of the Tunupa volcano, Casa Gastón faces the largest salt flat on earth. Marisol Mosquera in conversation with Mariano Ugalde on the first hotel-museum in Bolivia, and the last work of the artist who imagined it. I met Gastón Ugalde nearly twenty years ago, in London, at an art fair […]
Meaningful Journeys for Friends, Art Societies and Cultural Collectives How do you plan a meaningful group trip with friends? For us, women’s group travel to Peru is not a fleeting trend or style. It has been part of how we think about journeys since Marisol founded Aracari in 1996. When she built the business, she […]
Bolivia has been building one of the most compelling dining scenes in South America. La Paz, its dramatic, canyon-carved capital perched above 3,600 meters, is where that energy is most concentrated. Over the past decade, a generation of chefs has turned inward, toward Bolivia’s astonishing biodiversity, its ancient cooking traditions, and its deep relationships with […]
Explore Six Boutique Hotels in Peru Available for Private Buyouts Travel has always been a connector. Increasingly, it is also one of the few opportunities to spend uninterrupted time with the people you choose to be with, whether that is family, close friends, or a wider group brought together for a specific moment. It is […]
Finding yourself in a landscape that belongs wholly to nature, and to those who live, or have lived, in harmony with it, has a way of recalibrating the senses. Nowhere is the power of such places felt more acutely than in Peru. […]
Where to go in South America in 2026: Aracari’s annual hotlist highlights the most considered destinations, new openings, and distinctive journeys across the continent, shaped by three decades of local expertise. […]