Sao Paulo
Rio de Janeiro
Iguassu Falls
Santiago
Viña de Mar y Valparaíso
Lima
Cuzco
Machu Picchu
Fare
From US$3598
+ tax / per person
Itinerary
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)
Today, you make your way
through the cobblestone streets of Paineiras to the city of Corcovado and
the statue of Christ the Redeemer. In the afternoon, you will visit the
exterior of the Maracana Soccer Stadium, the largest in the world (Outside
visit only. Entrance requires fee not included in this package). 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!
• This itinerary visits
destinations that are at high altitude, which may cause altitude sickness.
Please consult your doctor for preventative treatment.
Price includes:
International & South America air tickets
Airport taxes (Aprx.). Brazil $18, Peru departure $31, Peru
domestic $6.82, Chile $20
Airport – hotel transfers
Sightseeing & show tickets
3 meals daily (exclude liquor beverage), one bottled water
per day
4-star hotel or substitute hotels with similar standard whenever
possible
English tour guide
Price does not include:
Tour bus driver and tour guide gratuity ($6 per day)
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