About Us
Our Story
Founded in 2003, Amity Tours is a family-owned and operated company that was created in response to the immense opportunities for diverse and attractive programs that can be offered in Chile. Ten years ago, we started up our operations in The Lake & Volcano District (Chile and Argentina).
We believed that this enchanting area located between the mountains and the sea is a largely unspoiled zone that had been ignored by tour operators for too long. After ten years, we continue to comply with the highest-quality service standards set world-wide, and that is the reason why our clients keep coming back.
Nowadays, Amity Tours operates tours all over Chile and in most parts of Southern Argentina. With the experience gained during these ten years and the great feedback we have received from our clients, we have now developed attractive excursions along with offering tailor-made programs to fulfill the special interests of our clients.
Likewise, we continue our pledge to preserve the natural beauty of the Southern cone. Accordingly, we have programs exploring the ancestral roots of the country, led by friendly local specialized guides. In this light, we offer hiking tours in the National Parks from the Atacama Desert to Patagonia, bike tours in the wine region and The Lake and Volcano District, fly fishing tours in Patagonia, volcano-climbing across The Andes, and skiing tours on active volcanoes. And of course, we spice up all of these great trips with the best local wines and food, insights into the local flora and fauna, ethnic discoveries, and trips to natural hot springs.
Our Mission
Our commitment as a company is to contribute to the sustainable development of our region through the practice of “Responsible Tourism”. This commitment implies giving a high degree of importance to the values of local people, local traditions, which is reflected in the use of local guides, the selection of lodgings in locally-owned accommodations and the carrying out of our activities in wild protected areas. This is one of our most important values.
All our efforts aim to help the protection of our very fragile environment and to maintain the larger amount of income generated by tourist activities in the local area. Both of these factors are of great importance for our communities and for the people that visit us.
Alejandro & Cristián Levy (Partners – Managers)
Alejandro Levy
Alejandro is our Ground Operations Manager. Alejandro, “The Boss” is Chilean and a former engineer. He lives in the city of Temuco and he is the founder and leader of the organization.
Cristian Levy
cristian@amity-tours.com
Cristián is our General Manager, has a Master Degree in Tourism Business Administration. He is in charge of developing the programs offered by the company. He also is our Product Manager for North American Market responsible for developing new business with clients and strategic alliances with tour operators.
Germán Pino
german@amity-tours.com
Germán is our Partner & Product Manager for European Market, has a Master Degree in Tourism Business Administration. He is responsible for developing new business with European clients and strategic alliances with tour operators.
Macarena Ayala
office@amity-tours.com
Macarena is our Office Manager. She is originally from Chile, but lived most of her life in places like Japan, USA and Canada. Now ‘Maca’ lives in Pucon with her daughter and son and she is in charge of our local office in downtown.
Guido Schilling
guido@amity-tours.com
Guido is Swiss and an International Mountain Guide. He has been in Chile for more than ten years, and now he lives in Lican Ray with his wife and two sons. He is the head guide for the Skiing & Trekking trips and leader of the tour guides staff.
Ernesto Araneda
ernesto@amity-tours.com
Ernesto is Chilean. As a cyclist, he has vast experience of more than ten years,holding the title of mountain bike national champion in 2010. He is the head guide for the cycling tours in the Lake & Volcano District.
Ruben Paillalef
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Ruben is one of Amity’s top guides. He was born and raised in Pucon. He loves adventure sports and his hobby is to run adventure races and triathlons. He proudly belongs to the indigenous Mapuche community and knows all about our local flora and fauna.
Alejandro Levy Jr.
office@amity-tours.com
Alejandro ‘Jano’ is a Camarographer from the Universidad Mayor, Chile. He is in charge of developing audiovisual promotional material for Amity Tours.
José Córdova
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José is Chilean and lives in the village of Malalcahuello. He is and expert in volcanoes, and as our local guide leads the trips at the Lonquimay Volcano and its surroundings areas.
Eduardo Alfaro
marketing@amity-tours.com
Eduardo Alfaro, our Community Manager and Web Developer, he is Creative Director at di-zen! www.di-zen.com a Creative Design Studio from Spain. In charge of taking the Amity Tours brand to a higher level.
Milton Barros
office@amity-tours.com
Milton is Chilean and lives in the village of Coñaripe with his son. He is one of our top drivers and owns a Restaurant and a Hostal in Coñaripe.
Bernardo González
office@amity-tours.com
Bernardo is a great guy. He was born and raised in Pucon. He likes to play the accordion and knows all the backroads in the Lake & Volcano District. You will see him driving the van, helping you with bike mechanics and also making our fantastic picnic lunch.
Tel. +56 45 24 445 744
E-mail: info@amity-tours.com