Ecuador - Peru - Argentina - Chile

Metropolitan Touring is a leading travel organization based in Quito, Ecuador.

With 50 years of experience, Metropolitan operates innovative and imaginative journeys that maintain the highest standards of comfort, safety and value.

We are ready for the most demanding clients, customizing itineraries to suit diverse interests and specific needs, for individuals, incentive travel, shore excursions, or groups of any size.

Our staff is highly qualified. Each of our programs feature multilingual guides who share their expert knowledge of the land with genuine Ecuadorian hospitality. Our offices, ships and buses are equipped with sophisticated communications systems that interconnect all operations throughout the country, day and night.

Metropolitan Touring is one of South America's best-known and respected Travel Corporations. Founded in Ecuador in 1953, Metropolitan Touring has been turning dreams into memories for decades, providing first-class service to thousands of visitors. Metropolitan Touring currently has its own ground operations in Ecuador, Peru and now Argentina and Chile. Metropolitan Touring is the owner and operator of the finest ships for expedition cruises in the celebrated Galapagos Islands: the MV Santa Cruz, Yacht Isabela II and Yacht La Pinta.

In order to better serve our clients, Metropolitan Touring, in association with explora, pioneers in experiential travel to Chile and owners of three properties: explora Atacama, Hotel de Larache; explora Patagonia, Hotel Salto Chico and explora Rapa Nui, Easter Island, have acquired Cuatro Rumbos, a local tour operator based in Cordoba, Argentina.