South America tours

[silverjoe]

We recently went on the Star Princess cruise from Buenos Aires to Valpariso. All of our tour companies did a good job. We used EcoUraguay for Montevideo, Punto tombo (don't remember who we used),Edward Calaio for Ushuaia (Marcelo was our tour guide, GV tours for Puerto Montt, and South Excursions for Valpariso, winery, and Santiago transfer. We had booked Patrick Watts for Falklands but didn't get into port due to bad weather. We didn't book a tour in Puerto Arenas ( we just walked into town and went to the market in the town square.

 

We received what we expected and had no surprises. All of the tour guides were fine.

 

Joe

[mary_228]

Hi SiverJoe: Did you by any chance go to the estancia in Montevideo with EcoUruguay? How did you choose this company?

[silverjoe]

Hi : we did go to the estancia along with a half day tour of Montevideo with ecouruguay. We picked that company as it was the only one like it that I could find with google that was less expensive then the similar princess tour. We had a group of 14 and our tour guide was flexible and informative. The lunch at the estancia was good. However the estancia princess uses offers the opportunity for horseback riding and sheep shearing. The estancia that Eco Uruguay used did not have these features so you have to consider whether this is important to you. If cost and quality of food is important then choose Eco Uruguay. Also, Diego , the owner of Eco Uruguay met us at estancia and he brought his mother and family to celebrate her 70th birthday there. As Diego told us, this is the estancia where locals go to celebrate.

 

Joe