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Ada Tours is a destination management company (DMC) based in Rio de Janeiro, working across Brazil and wider Latin America, as well as tours to Mexico. For more than 17 years, we have planned itineraries to suit each traveller's style and budget, drawing on in-country expertise for the destinations in each confirmed brief.
This page helps a tour operator, MICE planner, private organiser or direct traveller choose the countries that fit a brief, then discuss which parts of the route Ada Tours can support.
A destination management company plans the agreed on-the-ground parts of a trip, such as transfers, guiding, hotels and activities. For a South America brief, ask Ada Tours which countries and arrangements can be coordinated, and who will handle each part of the route; one contact or one accountable team across every border should be confirmed in the actual programme, not assumed from the DMC label.
Ada Tours specialises in the Central and South American countries as well as tours to Mexico. Our bespoke packages are built around key themes including VIP travel, business travel, gastronomic and wine tours, spa and health, weddings and beach holidays, so an agency can bring us a traveller profile rather than a fixed template and get a route shaped around it.
The choice is about how much itinerary control your agency wants to keep and who will coordinate changes on the ground, not simply how many countries appear in the brief. Before choosing a model, compare the actual offer and ask who owns a missed transfer, a changed hotel or a newly added stop.
| Booking model | What the agency should decide | Ground-change question |
|---|---|---|
| Direct booking | Which hotels, transfers and activities will your team book and monitor separately? | Who contacts each supplier if the route changes? |
| Wholesaler package | Which parts of the offered programme are fixed, and which can your team tailor? | Who approves a change and reaches the local provider? |
| DMC proposal | Which local arrangements should be scoped around your traveller brief? | Which named role handles each agreed stop and change? |
Direct booking can fit a simple brief when your agency wants to select each local supplier and can track its separate confirmations; that control also leaves supplier-level changes for your team to coordinate. A wholesaler package can fit when its offered route and inclusions already suit the traveller, provided you check what can change and who reaches the local provider. Bring us a tailored ground brief when destination-specific options across transfers, guiding or hotels matter, then compare our confirmed DMC scope and exclusions with the other offers before choosing; the DMC label alone does not transfer responsibility for flights or bookings outside that scope.
The first decision is which countries fit the traveller, not how many borders a route can cross. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru offer different combinations of cities, culture and nature; Belize is included here as a destination to discuss, not as a confirmed standing Ada Tours service. Use the table to narrow the brief before asking us to confirm the exact route and local arrangements.
| Country | Destination focus | Good fit for |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | Patagonia's mountains and Antarctic cruise departures | Adventure and wildlife travellers |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador, Olinda, the Amazon, the Pantanal and Iguazu Falls | City breaks and nature immersions |
| Chile | The Atacama Desert, Easter Island and Antarctica departures | Landscape and expedition travellers |
| Colombia | Cartagena's old town and the Islas Rosario, the coffee triangle, Medellin and Bogota | Culture and coastal travellers |
| Costa Rica | Itineraries tailored to each traveller's pace across the country | Nature travel and Central America add-ons |
| Ecuador | Galapagos Islands cruises and the Ecuadorian Amazon | Wildlife and island travellers |
| Peru | Cusco, the Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, the Amazon and the Cordillera Blanca and Negra | Cultural and high altitude travellers |
| Belize | Belize City, Caye Caulker and the barrier reef; confirm service scope with Ada Tours | Central America beach and reef enquiries |
In Argentina, Ada Tours builds itineraries that can extend from the dramatic mountains of Patagonia to the abundant marine life and scenery of an Antarctic cruise. In Chile, our tours cover Antarctica, Easter Island and extensive routes across the best of the mainland, so an agency can pair the two countries on one multi-country brief if the client's dates allow.
Ada Tours is based in Rio de Janeiro and works as a destination management company in Brazil and across the wider region. Our Brazil itineraries can include city breaks in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Brasilia, visits to cultural capitals such as Salvador and Olinda in the north, and nature immersions in the Amazon, the Pantanal and Iguazu Falls. Our Rio base gives us local context for a Brazil brief; the proposal should still identify who will handle each stop rather than assume every question reaches an in-country staff team.
Read more on our Brazil excursions page or start with our full Argentina, Colombia or Peru country pages if the brief already points to a single destination.
Our Costa Rica coverage gives an agency a Central America option to consider alongside a South America route. Our Belize guide describes Belize City, Caye Caulker and the barrier reef, but a destination guide does not confirm that we can deliver a particular Belize itinerary. Include Belize in your enquiry and ask us to confirm whether that leg can be supported before presenting it as an Ada Tours route.
In Ecuador, our itineraries can combine cruises of the Galapagos Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with immersion into the Ecuadorian Amazon and mainland Ecuador. That gives a wildlife-led brief a different shape from the city and culture routes elsewhere in the table.
Ada Tours' tours can include multi-country exploration across Antarctica, Easter Island and the Galapagos Islands, alongside mainland routes through Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Brazil. The fit depends on dates, distances and the traveller's priorities: an island or expedition leg changes the route more than another city stop. Transfers, guides and hotels need to be scoped for each country and confirmed in the proposal, not treated as one universal standard.
In Colombia, itineraries can run from the crystal clear Caribbean waters around historic Cartagena and the Islas Rosario, through the coffee triangle's hills, to the cities of Medellin and Bogota. In Peru, we combine the historic centres of Cusco and the Sacred Valley with Machu Picchu and other Inca sites, the Amazon, the high mountains of the Cordillera Blanca and Negra, and the Pacific coastline's marine life. Both can sit inside a wider multi-country brief or stand as a single-country programme.
For a route that spans several countries in one trip, see our multi-country group tour options or our page on planning a multi-country South America trip with one DMC.
Ada Tours' bespoke packages cover VIP travel, business and MICE travel, gastronomic and wine tours, spa and health, weddings and beach holidays. An agency can ask about combining a wine-focused stop in Chile or Argentina with a beach extension, but the country coverage and partner arrangements for that exact route need confirmation. For congress, incentive and delegation groups, see our business and MICE travel page for how we structure that side of the business.
Outbound operators can brief Ada Tours on the countries, traveller profile and desired pace, then ask us to scope the ground arrangements that matter in each place. Transfer type, guide language and hotel category are useful proposal questions; none should be assumed to carry unchanged across borders or be included before the exact offer is confirmed. An agency should also ask who manages border handoffs, who approves changes during the trip, and which bookings remain its own responsibility.
A Costa Rica extension can be discussed alongside Colombia, Ecuador or Peru when the dates and route fit. If Belize is part of the brief, ask us to establish whether we can support that leg before presenting the whole trip as one Ada Tours programme.
An agency starts by sharing the traveller profile, destinations, dates and preferred themes for the trip, so Ada Tours can shape a route around the client rather than fit the client into a fixed package. We have established working relationships with well-regarded in-country experts; for an agreed route, we can draw on those relationships to develop options the agency can review, while confirming the actual local roles in the proposal.
Contact Ada Tours to brief your next South America or Central America itinerary with the traveller profile, dates, destinations and themes you want the proposal to cover.
Ada Tours is a destination management company that can scope transfers, guiding, hotels and in-country experiences for a South America brief. Share the intended countries first so we can confirm which local arrangements belong in the proposed route.
Ada Tours works across Brazil and wider Latin America, with country pages for Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru as useful starting points for a brief. Our Belize guide is destination information, so ask us to confirm Belize service and every country-specific inclusion before treating a proposed route as one Ada Tours programme.
Ada Tours is based in Rio de Janeiro and works in Brazil as a destination management company, discussing routes through Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia, Salvador, Olinda, the Amazon, the Pantanal and Iguazu Falls. Confirm the handlers and local arrangements for each stop in the proposal rather than assuming every agency question reaches a Brazil-based staff team.
Ada Tours can review a Belize request, but our published destination guide does not confirm a standing Belize DMC service. Tell us the intended stops, dates and traveller needs so we can establish the service scope before you present a route to your client.
Ada Tours builds itineraries around VIP travel, business and MICE travel, gastronomic and wine tours, spa and health, weddings and beach holidays across the countries we cover. Ask about combining themes, such as a wine-region stop and beach extension, then confirm the route and in-country partner arrangements in the proposal.
Ada Tours asks a tour operator for the destinations, traveller profile, dates and preferred themes so the itinerary can be shaped around the client rather than fitted to a fixed template. From there, we work with our in-country experts to put together bespoke options for the operator to review.
