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Below are our "official" group photos since we started in about June 2004.
QUITO --> LIMA
This photo was taken at the Panama Hat factory showroom in Cuenca.

LIMA --> LA PAZ
At the top of the 4900m pass heading over the Andes towards Colca Canyon

LA PAZ --> RIO
Unmistakeably this pic was taken on the Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia. Spot the "easter egg" in this one...

RIO --> BUENOS AIRES
Here the obvious choice for a photo is at the impressive Iguazu Falls!

BUENOS AIRES --> SANTIAGO
A small group of only 4 people on this relatively new trip. We visit one of the three "valleys of the moon" in South America. This picture taken there.

SANTIAGO --> LA PAZ
One of the sights on the long drive through the Atacama desert is the "Hand of the Desert" - a tall sculpted hand protuding from the desert floor.

LA PAZ --> LIMA
The drive between Arequipa and the beach at Puerta Inca follows the impressive Pacific coast for 200km.

LIMA --> LA PAZ
Relaxing on the beach at Puerta Inca on the way south again.

SANTIAGO --> BUENOS AIRES (via Patagonia)
One of the most impressive spots in Patagonia, the Moreno Glacier in Argentina!!

BUENOS AIRES --> RIO
Just South of Rio is a beautifull colonial town called Paraty. Here we take a relaxing day cruise on a schooner on the emerald waters around the islands.

RIO --> LA PAZ
From La Paz an impressive 90mins flight delivers us to Rurrenabaque, at the very edge of the endlesss jungle stretching to the mouth of the Amazon. Here after 3hrs by jeep, and 3 hours by boat, we arrive at our jungle lodge.

LA PAZ --> LIMA
Paracas National Park is a barren hilly coast, with impressive sea cliffs and viewing of Sea Lions, Seals, Penguins & Dolphin. We camp on a deserted beach.

LIMA --> QUITO
On the barren northern Peruvian coast are the remains of the world's largest mud city, from the Chimu civilization. This photo is taken inside the "temple of the moon", with the amazingly well preserved painted reliefs.

QUITO --> LIMA
Just north of Quito we visit "Mitad del Mundo", or the middle of the earth, better known as the equator.

LIMA --> LA PAZ
The classic, view of Machu Picchu after the Inca Trail...

LIMA --> LA PAZ (again)
In the dunes of Huacachina, after a good afternoon's sandboarding!!

LA PAZ --> SANTIAGO
In Bolivia you can buy dynamite... These guys bought 60 sticks of it!!!
Then we blew stuff up :)

SANTIAGO --> LA PAZ
After the border from Chile to Bolivia, we cross the bizarre landscapes of the Altiplano, passing bright coloured lakes, volcanos and weird pools of bubbling mud.

LA PAZ --> LIMA
Arequipa, one of Peru's most affluent cities has perhaps the most impressive main square we see.

LIMA --> QUITO
Barbeque one of Northern Peru's beautifull beaches

QUITO --> LIMA
The amazing and relaxing Shangri-La lodge in Ecuador's jungle is set high above a bend in the river.

LIMA --> LA PAZ
Amazing Inca stonework in Cusco, Peru. This is Sacsaywaman, where blocks up to 100t are fitted perfectly...

LA PAZ --> SANTIAGO
On the way to Uyuni in Bolivia for Xmas. The whole group along with Santa!!

SANTIAGO --> BUENOS AIRES
In frontof the amazing granite peaks of El Chalten, a small Argentinian town near the Patagonian ice field.

BUENOS AIRES --> RIO
At the Jesuit ruins of San Ignacio on the Paraguay border.