Meet the Team
Kathy Jarvis
About Kathy… I first set foot in South America in Chile in 1994 and spent the next four years guiding groups through Peru, Fitzroy and Torres del Paine in Patagonia, the highland areas of Bolivia, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. In between guiding I headed off to explore more remote parts of the high Andes …
Kat Dougal
About Kat Dougal… I caught the travel bug from my older sister and set off on my first backpacking adventure to Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia 15 years ago. What began as an intrepid trekking, camping and volunteering trip to Ecuador quickly turned into an obsession with South America – I’d fallen in love. Many places …
Gill Christie
Meet Gill Christie… Gill is the latest travel expert to join the Andean Trails team. Find out more about Gill, her passion for travel, and seeing the bright side of early morning hoof soup. How did you catch the travel bug? I fell in love with travelling as a teenager, starting with Interrailing around …
Tom Shearman
About Tom… As well as putting together fabulous bespoke tours for customers, Tom writes blogs and travel information for Andean Trails. Venturing out of the Forest of Dean at a young age on a bus to Gloucester set me on a life path of travelling. From my Cinderford bedroom, I gazed at the white peaks …
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Testimonials
Alexandra and Daniel, Tailor-made Ecuador, Galapagos and Colombia, July 2024 Kat provided us with the most amazing holiday to Ecuador, the Galapagos and Colombia. She planned it to meet every single need and want we expressed as well as more! The time and effort she went to make the trip as smooth and easy was incredible! We felt totally looked after both by her before the trip as well as during the trip with all the guides and timings of everything that she had arranged. We chose Andean trails as they were the most accommodating, organized and efficient in their communication and coming up with an itinerary with matched 100 % with what we wanted. The tour guides/ drivers both in Ecuador and Colombia were exceptional and every tour arranged in all three destinations was perfect. The whole planning of the trip ran without a single flaw. The dream holiday! Thanks so much Kat!
M. Boerman, Galapagos Land-based tour, May 2024 We loved the wildlife - learning about Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands during the planning of this trip did not prepare me for really being able to see so much diversity in the ecosystems. All the locals we interacted with were very welcoming and friendly. The food was fabulous and hotels were beautifully located and well maintained. We chose Andean Trails because I Googled “eco travel to Galapagos Islands” and Andean Trails came up as one with the best reviews. Kat, I know I have said thank you but really THANK YOU, your attention to details and fine tuning of our trip were wonderful! You were a pleasure to work with for so many years and you gave us the best vacation we could have asked for. Like most of our tour guides they can't guarantee what we will see or experience but I think we checked off all our boxes with this vacation. >> Galapagos Land Based Tour 2024