South America 12 Days B Brazil / Chile / Peru / (Mahcu Picchu)   * Visit Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Iguassu Falls, Santiago, Isla Negra, Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu * Experienced bi-lingual tour-guide * Fare inlcudes air-tickets, 3 meals daily, sightseeing and show tickets (except optional tours), 4-stars hotel accommodations * Fare excludes tips to driver and tour-guide, travel insurance, airport tax, other personal expenses   From US$3598.00+ tax
Day 1: Los Angeles, CA - Sao Paulo, Brazil
Depart Los Angeles for the flight to Sao Paulo.
Day 2: Sao Paulo - Rio de Janeiro (B/L/D)
Arrival Sao Paulo in the morning, start with a leisurely drive in the city's towering skyscrapers and magnificent mansions along the beautiful Residential district. Later, you will visit to the Government Palace, Ipiranga Palace, Statue of the Bandeirantes, the royal garden of European style, the Ibirapuera Monument and Parks. Evening depart for Rio de Janeiro.
Day 3: Rio de Janeiro (B/L/D)
You will visit the Maracana Soccer Stadium, the largest soccer stadium in the world. Evening, enjoy the traditional Brazil BBQ dinner.
Day 4: Rio de Janeiro - Iguassu Falls (B/L/D)
Today, a two-stage cable car will take you to the summit of Sugarloaf to have a better view of the Municipal Theatre, the Candelaria Church and Sao Benito Monastery. Then will continue to the edge of Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, which meets the Copacabana Beach. After lunch, visit H. Stern, the second largest jewelry center in the world. In the evening depart for your flight to Iguassu Falls.
Day 5: Iguassu Falls (B/L/D)
Today, a whole day escorted walking tour to the Brazilian side of the falls through path footbridges and belvederes. 275 cascades from a mile and a half long crescent where torrents of water plunge down to the basin in cataract 230 feet high; all strategically placed to give the tourist the best view allowing you to see each and every fall. A panoramic elevator can reach the bottom of the falls. In the evening you will be amazed by the color and rhythm of Brazil at a lively Samba show.
Day 6: Iguassu Falls - Santiago, Chile (B/L/D)
Iguassu Falls is more spectacular than Niagara Falls. Today's excursion will be made to the Itaipu Dam, a joint project between Brazil and Paraguay. In the afternoon, transfer to airport, fly to Santiago.
Day 7: Santiago (B/L/D)
We will start this tour from San Cristóbal Hill, afterward; we will visit the government palace (called La Moneda), Plaza de la Constitución (The Constitution Square), Plaza de Armas, The Cathedral, the Main Post Office Building, and Santa Lucia Hill (where the foundation of Santiago took place in 1954). We will cross the Mapocho River to the new residential areas with beautiful houses, parks and shopping centers. Having dinner and appreciating a local show in Chilean restaurant. Overnight.
Day 8: Viña de Mar y Valparaíso - Lima, Peru (B/L/D)
After breakfast, departure to Viña del Mar Passing through the fertile valleys of Curacaví and Casablanca, where we will see the vineyards; in the way, we will visit Vineyard Veramonte, where we will known their production and tasting of their best wines. Once we arrived to Valparaiso, we will see the whole development of the port of Valparaiso. Afterward, we will cross the Congress building, Central Market, Plaza Sotomayor monument to the naval heroes of Iquique 1879. Lunch in a restaurant in front the sea. Continuing with the tour to Viña del Mar, visit the flower clock, Casino, beaches of Reñaca, Concón. Returning to Santiago visit Fonck museum (the museum includes an interesting exhibition of Easter Island). Returning to Santiago having dinner in Chinese restaurant. Then fly to Lima in the evening.
Day 9: Lima - Cuzco (B/L/D)
After breakfast, take a flight to Cuzco. Upon arrival in Cuzco, transfer to hotel. Afternoon city tour of Cuzco, the former Capital of the Inca Empire, sightseeing includes visits to the Temple of the Sun, the Cathedral with its magnificent collection of gold and silver, the ancient fortress of Sacsayhuaman, the amphitheater of Qenko and Tambomachay and the Royal bath of the Incas. Evening at leisure to stroll along the quaint streets of Cuzco.
Day 10: Cuzco - Machu Picchu - Cuzco (B/L/D)
Take a train to Machu Picchu. It is a city located high in the Andes Mountains in modern Peru. It lies 43 miles northwest of Cuzco at the top of a ridge, hiding it from the Urabamba gorge below. The ridge is between a block of highland and the massive Huaynac Picchu, around which the Urubamba River takes a sharp bend. The surrounding area is covered in dense bush, some of it covering Pre-Colombian cultivation terraces. You have lunch at the mountain. Afternoon return to Cuzco.
Day 11: Cuzco - Lima - Santiago, Chile (B/L/D)
Morning transfers to the airport, fly back to Lima. After arrival will visit Lima's most imposing colonial churches and mansions such as the Government Palace, the Plaza Mayor, including 17th century San Francisco Monastery, Plaza de Armas, then continue to Miraflores, which overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Last stop to the Indian Market for shopping of some handicrafts. After dinner, transfer to airport fly back to Los Angeles.
Day 12: Los Angeles
Today your homebound flight will bring you back to Los Angeles in the morning to complete this pleasant trip!
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