Readers Chose Explora: Condé Nast Readers’ Choice Awards 2025
There’s a special kind of recognition that only happens when journeys linger, when travelers go home and still feel the experience.
This year, we’re honored to have received seven recognitions in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards, among the industry’s most respected, with our properties named among South America’s best resorts by readers of the UK and US editions.
Explora Valle Sagrado, Peru
South America’s #1 Best Resort
- Recognized among the best hotels in Peru and worldwide, our award-winning lodge is the ideal base for deep exploration of Andean culture, archaeological sites, Inca terraces, and high-country trails. For our team, this recognition affirms a simple idea: thoughtful days outside, considered rest inside, and expert guiding that deepens your connection to the territory.
Explora Rapa Nui, Chile
South America’s #3 Best Resort
- Featured among the region’s best. Wake up to the endless Pacific horizon and uncover the island’s ancestral mysteries through the stories shared by our local guides. Feel the living spirit of Easter Island in its ocean breezes, volcanic ridges, and the scent of wildflowers carried by the wind.
Patagonia in the Top 10
Explora El Chaltén, Argentina
South America’s #9 Best Resort
- Also recognized on Condé Nast Traveler’s 2022 Hot List.Step from your room to explore the trails of Mount Fitz Roy, then unwind in hot tubs overlooking the Marconi Glacier and savor wood-fired Patagonian meats and dishes crafted from seasonal, local ingredients: a warm reward after a day of exploration.
Explora Parque Nacional Patagonia, Chile
South America’s #7 Best Resort
- Recognized in both, US and UK editions.Arrival along the Carretera Austral becomes a first exploration: the Baker River in turquoise, open steppe with guanacos, lenga forest, and the Chacabuco Valley opening toward Mount San Lorenzo. From the lodge, routes are designed to understand geology, wildlife, and restoration work, at the right pace.
Explora Torres del Paine, Chile
South America’s #10 Best Resort
- Enjoy the park’s best views from our lodge. Ride alongside our gauchos through lenga forest and open steppe, then follow lake-edge trails beneath the granite towers. Learn more about our award-winning lodges and experience what makes each of our destinations an adventure itself.
What This Recognition Means to Us
These awards matter to us not as trophies, but as signs that our way of traveling resonates: explorations with purpose, architecture that belongs to the landscape, and logistics designed so you can go farther with ease. The goal is simple, help travelers understand each place more deeply, and leave with a clearer sense of it.
If you’ve journeyed with us, thank you for being part of this story.
Plan a Journey to South America
If the Sacred Valley is calling, our Peru lodge anchors explorations from working terraces to high-Andean lookouts—an ideal base to combine with Machu Picchu. If Patagonia is on your horizon, El Chaltén opens directly onto the Fitz Roy massif, while Torres del Paine offers the park’s emblematic Cuernos views from the lodge and quiet routes with our gauchos. For those drawn to living culture in the world’s most remote corners, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) pairs ocean horizons with narratives held by local guides. And for open steppe, turquoise rivers, and active conservation, Patagonia National Park is one of Chile’s most remarkable, still-wild landscapes.
