Andes of Colombia and Ecuador

Saturday 7th October to Friday 20th October 2017

Travel back in time to a golden age of Spanish colonial history on this extraordinary tour of two of the less well known countries of South America. With a landscape dominated by the Andes Mountains, you’ll spend time in Bogotá in Colombia and Quito in Ecuador. Once Spanish colonies, their cultural and architectural heritage figures prominently in your itinerary. The greatly varied climate also offers an amazingly diverse range of flora and fauna for discovery. Incredibly difficult terrain made railway construction almost impossible but you’ll travel by train on specially chartered trains with steam haulage where possible. One highlight features climbing the world-famous ‘Devil’s Nose’ with gradients of 1 in 18. With many film and photo opportunities and run-pasts through spectacular scenery, historic heritage trips, and unusual highlights, this is a once-in-a-lifetime adventure holiday not to be missed.