This week’s roundup of the best Latin America travel deals is spread among three very different countries. You can get 25-percent savings at two Los Cabos resort hotels, as well as a “first night free” offer at one of Chile’s best regarded eco-lodge resorts and a romantic and indulgent vacation for couples in Costa Rica. Read on for all the details.
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Mexico Grand Hotels
Los Cabos
The Deal: CaboSwing and Fish on Cabo! packages
What Makes It Cool: This Mexico hotel company is offering two different golf and fishing vacation packages in Los Cabos:
• Hacienda Encantada is offering a travel package that enables guests to experience an 18-hole round of golf with a 25% discount. The CaboSwing Package also gives couples the chance to enjoy a spa treatment together at Hacienda Encantada’s Milagro Spa, the resort’s signature spa facility, with a 25% discount at the spa.
• Marina Fiesta Resort & Spa, sister property of Hacienda Encantada, is offering guests the Fish On Cabo! Package. Guests can venture out on the deep blue waters for a 5-hour fishing tour with 25% off for two people and conclude the day at the Marina Fiesta Spa to relax and unwind with signature spa treatments with a 25% off discount.
Valid for Travel: Through December 20, 2016, with a minimum four-night reservation.
Info & Reservations: www.mexicograndhotels.com
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Explora Atacama
Atacama Desert, Chile
The Deal: “First Night Free” in Christmas, New Year’s Eve and January
What Makes It Cool: This recently renovated Chile hotel is celebrating its reopening with a summer travel special (remember, it’s summer in South America when it’s winter in North America). You can get the first night free on a minimum five-night stay for check-in dates of December 23 and December 28, 2016 (regular rates apply for other check-in dates). You can also get the first night free for a minimum stay of three nights for check-in dates between January 2 and April 30, 2017, if you make your reservation by March 31, 2017.
Valid for Travel: See dates above.
Info & Reservations: www.explora.com
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Tabacon Thermal Resort & Spa
Arenal, Costa Rica
The Deal: Naturally Steamy vacation package
What Makes It Cool: This Costa Rica hotel is offering a “Naturally Steamy” vacation package for couples that includes the following:
• 3 nights of accommodations
• aphrodisiac welcome amenity (hot chili pepper cocktail & chocolates)
• two buffet breakfasts
• one in-room breakfast
• 105-minute Idyllic couples massage complete with traditional love chant in Maleku (indigenous language) and soak in a private Jacuzzi filled with natural thermal spring water
• choice between zip-lining or horseback riding
• $25 bar credit at Shangri-La Gardens
Rates start at $516 per night.
Valid for Travel: Through December 2016.
Info & Reservations: Call 1-855-TABACON