Feed your curiosity
Plan a private food and culture trip through Latin America and the Caribbean, with local guides, regional cuisine, historic places, and hands-on experiences.
Where flavor & culture collide
Centuries-old traditions fill the markets, kitchens, and dance floors of Latin America and the Caribbean. Hear Maya legends among Yucatán ruins, learn to weave with a women-run cooperative at Lake Atitlán, discover Indigenous plant medicine in the Amazon, or ride with gauchos on an Argentine estancia, then linger over an asado and a glass of Malbec. Come curious. There’s plenty to talk about over dinner.
Regional kitchens, markets & meals with local hosts
Archaeological sites, historic cities & living traditions
Artisan workshops, music & hands-on learning
A starting point for your perfect escape
We're good company, and we give great advice
Chiles piled high, smoke rising from the grills. Walk Oaxaca's Mercado 20 de Noviembre with Betsy, and every bite comes with a story. We choose guides and hosts who know their subject, tell it well, and share your interests.
The way to a culture's heart is through your stomach, but we go deeper. Maya weaving at Lake Atitlán, Garifuna drums in Belize, a Buenos Aires milonga after midnight. Pick your favorites. We'll get you there.
Private guide or small group? A tasting menu or a local hole-in-the-wall? We'll help you decide where to splurge and where to leave room to wander, whether you're headed to Cusco or Cartagena.
Exploring Filandia with our amazing guide was such a fun surprise—we stumbled into this charming little game shop, played wooden games with fellow travelers, and laughed our way through the afternoon. We loved the basket weaving workshop and we enjoyed an unforgettable meal at Helena Adentro!!
Full of culture
A memorable adventure following our wedding to a place full of culture, great food, relaxation, and wonderful accommodations.
The most perfect meal
Highlights included the picnic and swimming at Big Rock, climbing the temple at Caracol, tubing and the most perfect meal at the organic garden.
The food amazing
Couldn't have planned a better honeymoon myself! The hotels are luxurious, the food amazing.
Our top picks
Lake Atitlán
Bright blues, handcrafted Guatemalan textiles, and contemporary local art have become the signature of Casa Palopó overlooking Lake Atitlán. Fifteen individually designed rooms and a private villa face the lake and its surrounding volcanoes, while Relais & Châteaux dining has earned the hotel a reputation as one of Guatemala's finest culinary destinations.
Guatemala
San Miguel de Allende
Rather than occupying one large building, Casa de Sierra Nevada spreads through several historic mansions near San Miguel’s central plaza. Courtyards, gardens, and individually furnished rooms give each part of the hotel its own character.
Mexico
Toledo District
Copal Tree Lodge sits on a 12,000-acre sustainable farm and cacao estate in southern Belize, where rainforest, river, and agriculture are closely connected. Sixteen suites look across farmland and forest, while much of the produce, chocolate, and rum served here is grown or made on the property. Days often include river excursions, wildlife, and a closer look at one of Belize's most ambitious regenerative farms.
Belize
Sacred Valley
Inkaterra Hacienda Urubamba combines 12 rooms in a main hacienda house with 24 standalone casitas across a hillside above the Sacred Valley. Fireplaces, terraces, a working farm, spa, earth-to-table dining, and approximately 100 acres create a quiet residential alternative to larger resorts.
Peru
Northern Andes
Hacienda Zuleta is a 21-room working estate and former presidential family home in Ecuador’s northern Andes. Four thousand acres support horses, dairy, cheese making, gardens, embroidery, archaeological sites, and an Andean condor conservation program.
Ecuador & Galápagos
Lima
Hotel B places 20 art-filled rooms inside a restored 1914 Belle Époque mansion in Barranco. More than 300 works, a destination restaurant, rooftop terrace, and walkable access to galleries and the Pacific clifftops make art and neighborhood life central to the stay.
Peru
Panama City
Occupying a beautifully restored 1917 landmark in the heart of Casco Viejo, American Trade Hotel remains one of Panama City's most distinctive boutique stays. Its 50 rooms preserve lofty ceilings, original tilework, and historic architectural details, complemented by contemporary Panamanian art and craftsmanship. The renowned Jazz Club, Café Unido, museums, galleries, and many of the city's best restaurants are all just a short walk away.
Panama
Uco Valley
The Vines Resort & Spa places 33 spacious villas across a vineyard estate in the Uco Valley. Andes views, rooftop terraces, outdoor firepits, a pool, spa, Siete Fuegos restaurant, and winemaking programs create a broad resort alternative to Mendoza’s intimate lodges.
Argentina
When we plan a trip
Start where the locals shop
Walk a produce, seafood, or spice market with a chef, then cook regional dishes together. Along the way you'll hear about ingredients, family techniques, growing seasons, and how a single recipe changes from one part of the country to the next.
From crop to finished flavor
Visit farms and small producers to follow coffee cherries, cacao pods, vanilla, sugarcane, or tropical fruit from the field all the way to the cup, bar, bottle, or plate.
Cities frozen in time
Explore temples, ceremonial centers, terraces, tombs, and ancient roads with specialist guides who explain the political, scientific, religious, and agricultural systems behind them.
Knowledge, held as muscle memory
Meet weavers, ceramicists, woodcarvers, painters, and instrument makers to learn how materials, symbols, and techniques differ from community to community. When the moment's right, take part in a private demonstration or workshop.
Sip and celebrate
Tour vineyards in Chile or Argentina, learn about pisco in Peru, taste rum across the Caribbean, or follow agave traditions in Mexico. Private tastings pair beautifully with farm lunches, cellar visits, and conversations with the producers themselves.
Culture, after dark
Catch live music, dance, or theater, or take a guided evening through a district built around food and creative life, music and movement.
The things food lovers ask us most, from dietary needs to market tours. Have a question we haven't covered? Send it to
Mexico and Peru, if food comes first. Guatemala, for living Maya traditions. Colombia or Argentina, if you'd rather dance until 2 a.m. Some trips combine multiple destinations for more variety.
Yes. Let us know when you book, and we'll pass it on to every guide, host and cooking class.
Some of the best meals in the region cost a few dollars and come wrapped in paper. Look for busy stalls with high turnover, where the food is cooked fresh in front of you. Your guide can point out their favorites.
Yes, and book early. Hotels fill up months (or even years) ahead for the big ones:
Usually a bit of both. A private guide is worth it at big sites and busy markets, where you'll want to set your own pace and ask questions. A cooking class or tasting is often more fun with a few other travelers.
Very. You can grind cacao into chocolate with a Maya family in southern Belize, learn to make ceviche in Lima, or pick coffee on a farm in Colombia's coffee region during harvest.
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