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Our passion for South America trips: when we started Viventura in 2001 we saw trip offers that were overpriced, large group trips, and boring itineraries. We challenged the status quo by offering amazing trips, away from the beaten path and at an amazing price. The success came quickly. Within 3 years after founding the company, we became the first choice in Germany for people to organize trips to South America. This passion has continued since day one. All of our Viventura staff has a deep passion for South America. We have lived and traveled here extensively. Don't believe us? Just give us a call and speak to one of our experts.!
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Andre is the founder of Viventura. He had and still has three passions that drove him to start a tour operator. South America, Travel and Internet. So he combined these passions to start Viventura in 2001 while he was still studying Business Administration with a focus on tourism in a German university. Right after founding the first office in Germany he moved to Arequipa, Peru to research an amazing trip to Peru. The first trip took our clients through Peru, Bolivia and Chile. It was the worlds first itinerary for this route. Clients loved it, the word of mouth passed, so that this itinerary has been copied by almost all competitors in Germany and internationally. He later researched several other trips and lived in total 12 years in South America.
Our passion for South results in going the extra mile for our customers. We plan each of our trips with lots of love for details. To give you some examples. When we started our first trips, Machu Picchu was crowded with day tourists, they arrived at 10 am and left at 4pm. So what did do? We arrived the day early, took the first bus and had Machu Picchu from 6am to 10am almost for ourselves. These details continue until today. We find little gems on our research trips that we include. We handpick our hotels. The same travel specialist that consult you on the phone are asked to do proper research in the destination once a year to check for the newest, well run family hotels, find the best guides and create magic travel experiences for you.
And the best thing… Thanks to your trips, good things are happening in the destination. Your trip is an investment in the country. Family fathers can stay with their family in remote areas thanks to income from community-based tourism and no longer have to work in the big city half the year. Animals and nature get protected thanks to the economic benefit of preserving them for travelers. The rights of indigenous people are respected, as they draw the attention of our clients.
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All of our team has a passion for South America. However, don't take our word for it: get to know their team and their descriptions, so you can see how much passion our travel specialists and tour guides have for this continent. You truly are in good hands!
Brian Heyel
New Market Director
American-born, UK-based world traveller
Works as Market Entry Director responsible for expanding Ventura's reach into new consumer markets. Remote working from the UK.
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