Vaya Adventures

Vaya Adventures helped us plan an amazing trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos in August 2025! Melissa from Vaya handled all the details for our itinerary and made it so easy for us to relax and enjoy our trip! We started in Quito and toured the city. Next we explored the Galapagos on our ship Treasure of Galapagos. Then we ventured to the Amazon Rainforest and stayed at Napo Wildlife Center. All of our accommodations and local guides and drivers were wonderful. I would highly recommend Vaya Adventures to help you plan an amazing trip!

Best trip EVER or equal to our S. Africa trip! Liz at Vaya, did an excellent job detailing a three week adventure for 4 to Santiago, Patagonia and Buenos Aries. Excellent accommodations - not over the top but lovey and unique, our guides, drivers and all excursions were perfect. I will call upon Vaya next time we travel.

Our first trip to South America was unforgettable. We are very pleased that we chose Peru. The guide that was assigned to us first 5 days in Cusco and all tours including Machu Picchu were fabulous. Wilfredo was always on time, very involved in all aspects of each tour, explaining the culture the history and whatever we did, he was always sharing stories and giving us an in-depth explanation which helped us learn so much about Peru in a short amount of time. The visit to the Amazon was amazing. We stayed on the DELFIN I for three nights and four days, it was an incredible experience. Only if I could have had a camera attached to me at all times videoing... that would be amazing. THAT COULD BE A FUTURE IDEA TO GIVE EVERYONE A BIRDS EYE VIEW OF YOUR SERVICES ;) THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the upgrades, the champagne on our Anniversary evening, the special cake while onboard the Delfin I. We will be sharing this trip for years to come and hope to visit again. A HUGE thank you to Emily! Without her amazing help, we couldn't have experienced this first trip to Peru like we did.... Thank you all on the Vaya Team!!!

We were thrilled with the trip to South Africa and Mozambique. It exceeded our expectations on multiple fronts. We’ve never been to Africa before and Dervla did an incredible job of walking us through this journey and helping to craft a trip that fit our wishes exceptionally well. This is the second trip we’ve had with Vaya travel and we’re thrilled with that consistently high-quality service provided. Dervla was so fun, professional, thoughtful, detailed and effective. She was accessible when needed and had great suggestions based on our input. Look forward to going back to Africa and having Dervla craft us another gem. Each of the four places we stayed were remarkable in their own way. So thankful for the high-quality recommendations.

Best organized trip I've ever taken! It was flawless. From pickup at airport to drop off. Exceeded expectations. 5 stars all the way! Dervla Pinto was very professional, organized and an expert on travel in Tanzania. Dervla spent a lot of time with us to put our trip together and found a super guide who is French speaking which made the trip that much more enjoyable for us. She ensured that all the resorts knew that my wife and I were on our honeymoon and we got special treatment throughout our trip from every resort. Flawless execution of the trip. Many thanks Dervla! My wife and I did a 10-day Safari for our honeymoon in Tanzania that covered the Tarangire, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti. Jafari was our guide from start to finish and we loved our experience. He is an amazing guide. Friendly, warm smile, calm demeanor, very patient (at our request, we stopped a lot to take thousands of pictures…), very experienced (over a decade being a professional guide in the region), knowledgeable (knows all the wildlife and where to spot them), kept us informed and safe at all times and is fluent in English and French. He is also a fantastic photographer and helped us with the settings on our cameras. We plan on returning to do another safari, this time with our kids and we’ll most certainly book with Jafari. THANK YOU JAFARI for the most amazing memories that will last a life time!