THE SOUTH AMERICA TOUR

Experience the different facets of culture and history in South America.

A spectacular journey to the paradisiacal and tropical country Brazil, Iguazu Falls and Devil's throat , Buenos Aires and its many museums and theatres.

Cross the South Lakes by plane to Chile with its own unique beauty, then La Paz the highest capital below sea level.

A ride to La Paz, native indian markets, handicrafts, textiles, and colonial places. Cross Titikaka Lake, visit the sacred places of the andean culture and sites.

Enjoy the mystery and natural beauty of this place.

Puno the largest city of Titikaka Lake and its cathedral, Arriving in CUSCO is the goal, "The arqueological capital of América and Human Culture Patrimony". We start in Machu Picchu.

Then Arequipa known as " The white city", this is the second most important city of Peru. This wonderful journey ende in LIMA, . the capital of Peru.


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23 DAYS / 22 NIGHTS

DAY 1 RIO DE JANEIRO
Arrival and transfer to hotel.

DAY 2 RIO DE JANEIRO
Breakfast, city tour, visit Pan de Azúcar. Panorámic view of Guanabara Bay and downtown, return to hotel free afternoon to enjoy the beach

DAY 3 RIO DE JANEIRO
Breakfast , free day to enjoy the beach or an optional tour to Cristo Corcovado.

DAY 4 RIO DE JANEIRO CATARATAS DE IGUAZU
Breakfast, transfer to the airport to board your flight to Iguazu. This waterfalls are one of the world most impressive waterfalls. Brasilian side visit. Transfer to selected hotel.

DAY 5 IGUAZU
Breakfast, free day to enjoy the waterfalls or take an optional tour to visit the Argentine side of the waterfalls.

DAY 6 IGUAZU BUENOS AIRES
Breakfast, Transfer to the airport to board your flight to Buenos Aires. Reception at Ezeiza airport and transfer to the hotel, accomodation. In the afternoon we will take a city tour, in this tour you can catch the spirit of the city, where the old buildings alternate with the most modern constructions. We will visit The Plaza de Mayo, this is the most important part of Argentine history, where the second and definitive foundation of Buenos Aires took place surrounded by the main building of the city, The Cabildo, The Church and the Fort. Opposite this square stands The Goverment house also known as the Pink House . We will also visit The Congress building, 9 de Julio Avenue, Colon Opera House, Recoleta Cementery, Boca Neighbourhood with the Port and the exquisite gardens of Palermo. Return to the hotel. Accomodation.

DAY 7 BUENOS AIRES
Breakfast, free day , we suggest an optional tour to el Tigre, La Plata & Ciudad de los Niños.

DAY 8 BUENOS AIRES BARILOCHE
Breakfast and transfer to the airport to board your flight to Bariloche, in the afternoon half day visit of
La Virgen de Las Nieves, aerosilla, Campanario, Lago El Trebol, Punto Panorámico, Bahía López, and Llao Llao hotel , el cerro Otto. Return to hotel.

DAY 9 BARILOCHE PEULLA *(Only from Monday to Fridays from May 2 to Aug 31)
Breakfast, departure to Peulla, passing by Nahuel Huapi lake, continue to Puerto Blest. Travel to Lago Frías green waters and plenteous vegetation, visit Puerto Frías, then cross the andean cordillera and arrive to Peulla. lodging.

DAY 10 PEULLA PUERTO MONTT
Breakfast, sail along Lago Todos Los Santos or Esmeralda, esteem the Osorno volcano and the Puntiagudos, Tronador mountains, passed by the Saltos de Petrohue continue at the edge Llanquihue lake and Puerto Varas arrive to Puerto Montt. lodging.

DIA 11 PUERTO MONTT SANTIAGO
Breakfast, transfer to board your plane to Santiago. Por la tarde salida para recorrer la ciudad de Santiago, se inicia la excursión frente a la Iglesia de San Francisco, construida entre los años 1572 y 1618. Siguiendo rumbo al poniente para visitar el club hípico, uno de los hipódromos más bellos de Sudamérica, pasamos por el Palacio de la Moneda actual sede del gobierno, la Plaza e Armas y los monumentos nacionales tales como la iglesia Catedral, Correo Central y la Ilustre Municipalidad de Santiago. Proseguiremos viaje hacia el Cerro Santa Lucía, donde se fundó la ciudad en el año 1541, cruzaremos el río Mapocho y se recorrerán diferentes barrios residenciales. Regreso al hotel alojamiento.

DAY 12 SANTIAGO DE CHILE - VIÑA DEL MAR
Breakfast, morning departure to an excursion to Viña de Mar and Valparaíso, visit the Curacaví valley and Casablanca. Arrive to Valparaíso the principal comercial port of Chile. In one of the mountains we can visit "La Sebastiana", Neruda Nobel price house now as a museum. Visit the Congreso Nacional, Italia, Plaza Victoria parks and the Cathedral, the arco británico, La Intendencia, regional, and Lord Cochrane statue. The old chinesse suburbs, the Iquique heroes monuments, El Muelle Prat, etc.. Luego visit cerro Playa Ancha, el Estadio Municipal, and la Escuela naval. Continuing journey to Viña del Mar, called the garden city, appreciate the Reloj de Flores, La Caleta Abarca, El Club Unión Arabe, El Castillo Wulff, el Estero Marga Marga, el casino Municipal, Balneario de los Marineros. Free time for lunch return to Santiago Transfer to hotel in Santiago .

DAY 13 SANTIAGO DE CHILE - LA PAZ
Breakfast and transfer to the airport to board your flight to La Paz. Reception and transfer to hotel

DAY 14 LA PAZ
Breakfast, in the morning city tour, a typical indian market, San Francisco Chappel, La Plaza Murillo, the Cathedral, Goberment palace, and the Nacional congress, continuing to Jaén street, the Tiwanaku open museum, residencial zones of Obraje, Calacoto and La Florida, ending the tour in el valle de la Luna. Return to hotel. In the afternoon we suggest an optional tour to TIWANAKU sites.

DAY 15 LA PAZ-PUNO / FULL DAY CROSS IN CATAMARAN
Breakfast bus transfer to Copacabana, visit la plaza principal and the Cahtedral, board the catamarán visit La isla del Sol, Pikoakaina temple, Inca garden, Inca Steps, Ethno Eco complex and the Kallawaya ceremony. While cruissing the lake passengers enjoy a delicious buffet lunch on board. Transfer by bus to Puno, transfer to selected hotel in Puno.

DAY 16 PUNO
Breakfast, In the morning a vist to the Uros Islands, in teh afternoon excursion to the Sillustani sites , transfer to hotel..

DAY 17 PUNO- CUSCO
Breakfast early departure in bus to Cusco. Reception and transfer to hotel.

DAY 18 CUSCO
Breakfast , city tour, the temples of Korikancha, the Cathedral, 12 angles stone, the nearby ruins of Kenko, Pucapucara, Tambomachay, and the Sacsayhuaman fortress. Back to hotel.

DAY 19 CUSCO/MACHU PICCHU
Breakfast transfer to board the train to the Lost City of the Inca "Machu Picchu" full day guided excursion, includes lunch , in the the afternoon return to Cusco, transfer to hotel.

DAY 20 CUSCO - AREQUIPA
Breakfast, transfer to the airport to departure flight to Arequipa. Arrival reception and transfer to hotel.
In the afternoon a half day visit to "White City", Santa Catalina Monastery, built in XVI century, Plaza de Armas, Claustro de la Compañía and the suburbs of Cayma and Yanahuara, with the view of the Misti Volcano. Return to Hotel.

DAY 21 AREQUIPA LIMA
Breakfast transfer to board your flight to Lima. Arrival and reception to hotel.
In the afternoon, half day city tour to Colonial and modern Lima, Three hours sightseeing of Lima highlights: Mayor Square, Goverment Palace, Mayor Building, Torre Tagle snd Justice Palaces, Suburbs of San Isidro and the famous Olive grove ending in Miraflores and the beaches, better known as the Green Coast bordering the Pacific ocean. Lodging.

DAY 22 LIMA
Breakfast, free day or we suggest an optional tour to the Pachacamac sites, or shopping at the Jockey Plaza shopping mall.

DAY 23 LIMA
Breakfast, transfer to the airport.
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Between January and May 1 and from de September 1 to December 15 we cut the ittineray 2 days we go from Bariloche directly to Santiago by airplane.



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Miami, Florida 33131
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