Best Luxury Lodges and Hotels in South America

We recently received an article by Conde Nast rating the Top Resorts (we call them Lodges) and Top Hotels in South America for 2018. This prompted some quite heated internal debate.  Whilst many of the properties we agree should be on the list we feel there are a number of significant omissions. In response to this discussion we decided to create our own list of the best 20 South American luxury lodges and the best 20 South American luxury hotels.

These lists are based upon our clients’ feedback over the years, as well as our own experiences.  The one thing that stands out is how many of the top 20 properties are in Chile (12). What both lists highlight is the very high standards of so many properties throughout South America.

There are more properties on the way including a new ‘glamping’ lodge on the Salar de Uyuni Bolivia, Kachi Lodge, that will open 2019 and explora are developing a lodge near El Calafate in Argentina due to open in 2020, so no doubt over the coming years these lists will be even harder to judge due to the ever increasing high standards of luxury properties in South America.

South America Travel Centre’s Top 20 Luxury Lodge Experiences