Kate started with Steppes Travel in November 2004. She has travelled extensively throughout Central and South America, including attending language school in Guatemala , running a fishing ranch in Argentina, surfing in Costa Rica and living with Kuna Indians in Panama. Kate now creates tailor-made itineraries for Latin America and has returned from fact-finding trips to Ecuador and The Galapagos Islands, Peru, Costa Rica and most recently Cuba adding to her wealth of knowledge in this part of the world.



Read Kate's latest report for On Location about Belize and Guatemala.



Countries you sell?
Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Galapagos, Peru

Last five countries visited?
Lebanon, Belize, Guatemala, Peru , Ecuador & GPS

What has been your favourite travel experience?
The months I spent travelling overland through Central America - Guatemala to Panama and back

Favourite/most impressive natural wonder?
Volcanoes

Favourite animal?
Monkeys

The best hotel/lodge that you have stayed in?
Francis Ford Coppola Lodges: Turtle Inn and Blancaneaux in Belize

Your favourite restaurant?
Cafe Sky , Antigua - simply friendly and has incredible views- awesome milkshakes too!

Your favourite guide?
Juan Carlos, who walked kilometres through landslides to rescue me from cut off in a hotel

What has been your most remote travel experience?
Living on the beach in an isolated part of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica for 1 month

Most embarrassing travel experience?
Surfing a break way beyond my capabilities and not being able to paddle out - ended with the board being tossed across my face - cracking me on my nose and me having to stumble out with blood pouring from my face all in front of a number of rather 'cool' surfers

Essential item that you always take with you on your travels?
As a backpacker - a sleeping sheet. As I high end traveller with Steppes .....no need

Your one luxury when you travel?
Don't believe in those

What’s your best piece of travel advice?
Make an effort to speak the language - your travel experience will be improved ten fold.

Where would you most like to go back to?
Always Guatemala

Where you would like to visit next and why?
Venezuela - a part of south america I have not been to