The Academy
Exclusively For Travel Professionals
Learn how to sell Remote South America. Go Deeper by developing your sales expertise through The Academy with quick and easy learning one destination at a time.
Certificate on completion to show your expertise
Free, high quality sales materials & media to download
Access to special promotions and offers
Be the first to know about destination FAMS
Founded in 1993, Explora is a travel company that owns and operates lodges and Travesías -nomadic journeys - in 7 remote destinations of South America. Explore and conserve the rare natural wonders in the heart of South America while staying at the territory’s most awarded lodges.
All Courses
All Courses
All Courses
All Courses
All Courses
All Courses
Travel professionals & their clients both benefit
From return airport transfers, all meals & beverages and daily explorations lead by best-in-class guides is great value for your clients. Best of all it is highly profitable for travel professionals as you get paid on every aspect of your client's trip, not just the nightly hotel rate.
For over 25 years, we have crafted one-of-a-kind explorations giving your client's a genuine immersion into the remote, from start to finish. From easy, gentle walks to high altitude hikes. Or touring cultural villages and handicraft markets. Or a day at one of our pools and spas. One point of contact for our travel professionals completes your client's travel planning with ease and confidence.
Our long-established presence in remote South America has shaped our knowledge of the territory, our explorations, our community support and ongoing conservation efforts through our Nature Preserves. As a Certified B Corporation, we balance profit with purpose and are held to a yearly measurable audit process. Travelers are looking towards meaningful experiences with purposeful intent, integrity and positive local impact.
How to Reserve
[email protected] | 1.800.838.9120
Explora is proud to work with all Latin America tour operators to include our lodges as part of a full continental land journey or as a pre or post-cruise destination for the Antarctic or South American cruise ports.
Explora is a member of The Internova Travel Group, Signature Travel Network and Virtuoso.
Ana Maria Varela
Desert and Altiplano | Patagonia
Savings and special benefits for travelers
Corporate or special interest groups
How could you effectively communicate an extraordinary experience if you haven’t yet lived it?
Add your email to the mailing list to get the latest updates.
Combine our lodges in a region or across South America to complete a full travel itinerary
Combine lodges or extend a stay to see the best of Chile and Argentina.
The clearest night skies and the world's largest salt flat, or combine either with Patagonia for an incredible experience in South America.
Designed as a base from where to explore a remote and great destination: Cusco, Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley of the Incas. Boundless adventure awaits when combining our lodge in Rapa Nui.
From a privileged and secluded location within the island, surrounded by trees, prairies and far-reaching views over the vast, blue Pacific Ocean, combine a stay with the driest desert in the world for a unique view of South America.
We are using business as a force for good
Proud to earn the badge