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No abandone el recorrido para ir solo.

No abandone el recorrido para ir solo.
Do not abandon the tour to go alone.
From Lesson 133:Negative formal commands (no toque, no entren)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about No abandone el recorrido para ir solo.

Why does abandonar change to abandone in this sentence?
This is the formal usted command. To tell someone you address as usted to do (or not do) something, you swap the verb's usual ending. For -ar verbs like abandonar, the ending becomes -e. To make it negative, you just put no right in front of it: No abandone.
How would this change if the warning was for a group of people (ustedes)?
To make a negative command for ustedes, you add an -n to the usted command, making it No abandonen. You also have to make the adjective plural to match the group: No abandonen el recorrido para ir solos (or solas if the group is entirely female).
Why do we use para instead of por before ir?
When you want to say "in order to" do something in Spanish, you use para followed directly by an infinitive verb (a base verb that hasn't been conjugated, like ir). Here, para ir translates perfectly to "in order to go."
If I am speaking to a woman, do I still use solo?
No, you would change it to match her gender! Solo acts as an adjective here describing the person who shouldn't go alone. If you are giving this warning to a woman, you would say No abandone el recorrido para ir sola.

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