Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga's best hostel has bright rooms with Guane-themed murals, cable TV and hot-water bathrooms alongside cheery dorms. Management is great for…
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga's best hostel has bright rooms with Guane-themed murals, cable TV and hot-water bathrooms alongside cheery dorms. Management is great for…
Amazon Basin
The first lodge on the Río Tambopata, accessible by road, is close enough to Puerto Maldonado for a one-night break. Perched on a pea-green grassy expanse…
The Pantanal
Popular, genuinely welcoming and family-run, this sizable working ranch is just 10km from Poconé. Rooms are comfortable with hammocks, but it's worth the…
Amazon Basin
Handsome Huarayo Lodge enjoys the closest position to Lago Valencia, about halfway between this lake and Lago Sandoval. It has use of its own private…
Machu Picchu
Run by Belmond, this exclusive hotel has one feature no other can match: location. Attention is impeccable and rooms are comfortable, with sober decor,…
The Pantanal
Moored on the Piquirí in the heart of jaguar territory, these twin houseboats are the accommodations for wildlife-viewing packages run by Southwild. The…
Rio de Janeiro
Just a short stroll to the fine surf off Macumba Beach, this converted house, which is owned by a New Zealander and a Brazilian, is the go-to spot for…
Amazon Basin
A superb getaway 20km from Puerto Maldonado on the east side of the Río Madre de Dios. Accommodations, which comprise of bungalows with smallish,…
Chiloé
For those with extra pesos and a penchant for solitude, this is the place for you in Ancud. Your hosts are Britt from Austral Adventures and his wife,…
Amazon Basin
This beautifully located rustic lodge, accessible via a fun jeep ride along a rough track coiling up from the La Merced–Oxapampa road, nestles around…
Parque Nacional dos Lençóis Maranhenses
This is easily one of Atins' best pousadas (guesthouses), despite the large property’s chickens, guinea fowl, peacocks, ducks, dogs and cats wailing a…
Amazon Basin
The newest community project in Madidi and the only one created and sustained 100% by the indigenous people of the park. All-inclusive trips include bird…
Bucaramanga
This fly-site hostel is perched on a hilltop with amazing views of the city; it's next to one of Bucaramanga's best paragliding launch pads, 20 minutes'…
Cuzco & the Sacred Valley
A cozy place in Quellomayo, 30 minutes from Santa Teresa on the alternative route to Machu Picchu, this welcoming family homestay is an organic farm…
Puerto Varas
American expat Vicki Johnson – chef, chocolatier and purveyor of life's finer things – has transformed this massive 1920s potato-storage barn into her…
The Oriente
Squirrel monkeys cavort above the walkways at highly rated Jamu lodge, where the jungle feels close at hand. Dugout-canoe trips, walks through swamps knee…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
The classiest, most traditional hotel in BA oozes old-world sophistication and has the service and facilities you would expect of a five-star hotel, with…
Santiago
Fashion-forward, high-energy, decadent and sexy, the W Santiago offers everything you would expect from this international chain: parties, drop-in fashion…
São Paulo
Opening in late 2018, Brazil's first Four Seasons sits inside the wellness-focused Parque da Cidade in tony Chácara Santo Antônio. A glistening stone…
Amazon Basin
The friendly owners are proud that it took two years to construct this lodge, Lago Sandoval's newest, because the materials were brought in along a 3km…
Pucón
Sitting on prime lakeside real estate, this is Pucón's most sociable hostel. It's run by an enthusiastic Kiwi-Dutch partnership packing years of…
Norte Grande
In the village of Poconchile, along a road that runs for 1km along train tracks from the marked turnoff of Chile 11, is a slightly surreal Hare Krishna …
The Oriente
This highly recommended place is run in close cooperation with the local Siona people. Thatched huts and towers with hot-water bathrooms and solar…
Amazon Basin
Around six hours from Cuzco and overlooking the scenic Río Kosñipata valley, this lodge sleeps 16 people in spacious rooms with private hot-water…
Máncora
This elegant and friendly place is popular with well-to-do Peruvians and offers up modern, slick dwellings with bamboo ceilings and warm tones opening…
Northern Patagonia
For a remote pioneer adventure, ride or hike 5km to the wonderful Casanova farm in Valle Azul. Ride horses, visit a waterfall and round up cattle or…
Huaraz
Accessed via a green gate at the end of Jirón José Olaya, the Morales has been so successful that it recently commissioned a large but architecturally…
Praia da Pipa
If you've dreamt of staying in a wooden shack inches from the ocean, 'Turtle Paradise' is your place. The seven rooms and apartments are rustic but clean…
Inland Patagonia
The simply stunning location ogling Cerro Fitz Roy from Lago Viedma makes for lots of love-at-first-sight impressions. Intimate and welcoming, this former…
Iquitos
At the apex of the colonial boutique sector of Iquitos' many luxury sleeps, Hotel La Época is great value for all that guests get. There are the high…
Recoleta & Barrio Norte
No surprise here: the Four Seasons offers all the perks that define a five-star hotel, like free-standing bathtubs facing TVs hidden in the bathroom…
Santa Catarina
A trickling fountain beckons guests up the stone staircase to this gay-friendly, two-room guesthouse and bistro, which sits right on the lagoon before…
Santiago
Redefining sophistication, this transformed Spanish-style patrician mansion dating from 1927 is one of the best luxury boutiques in Santiago. True…
Quebrada de Humahuaca
Across the main road from Tilcara's center, this cute spot has a casual hippie vibe and friendly welcome. The view: just spectacular. There's a cabin with…
South Coast
Easily the most comfortable hotel in the region, this slick boutique offering on a former slave plantation is the best-preserved historic hotel on the…
Amazon Basin
Around 150km northeast from Iquitos, near the Canopy Walkway, with 20 rustic rooms. Book ahead: accommodations are often used by researchers and workshop…
Rosario
In a new riverside development north of the center, this flashy hotel is built atop 14 former grain silos, whose circular spaces house the reception and…
Iguazú Falls
With a privileged position within Parque Nacional Iguazú itself and looking right upriver to the Garganta del Diablo, this hotel has spacious rooms with…
The Pantanal
This working ranch is enthusiastically run and has a host of activities (hikes, piranha fishing, night safaris, horseback riding), accommodations to suit…
Recife
You’d never know it was here, but this friendly hostel occupies the 3rd floor of a building named Edificio Barão de Camaçari (entered from Rua Osias…