Astonishing South America Extensive

On arrival at Lima you will be assisted and transferred to your Hotel. Overnight in Lima. FREE NIGHT.

After Breakfast, you will do a city tour in the capital. The city was founded in the year 1535 by the Spanish colonizers. It became the capital and most important city in the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru. Following the Peruvian War of Independence, it became the capital of the Republic of Peru. Today, around one-third of the Peruvian population lives in the metropolitan area. Your tour starts visiting the Historic Centre. In the Historic Center, you can appreciate the charm of the main streets and majestic buildings like the Government Palace, the Cathedral, the Archbishop’s Palace and the Municipal Palace. Continuing your tour, you will see the convent and church of San Francisco, the greatest monumental complex of Colonial Art in America. There, you will be able to admire the stone facades and wooden balconies of the colonial house and also, see the Huaca Pucllana ceremonial center of the Lima culture. Afterwards, you will pass through the more traditional residential areas: El Olivar de San Isidro. The olives that you find there, were brought from Spain in the fifteenth century. Later, you will visit the Central Park of Miraflores and Larco Mar, symbols of modern Lima. Return to your hotel. Overnight in Lima. Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast you will be transferred to the Airport. On arrival at Cuzco, you will be assisted and transferred to your hotel. City Tour: In the afternoon, you will climb up the Archeological Park of Sacsayhuaman. Your excursion starts visiting the fortress with the same name, a beautiful place that radiates peace and quiet, where we will be able to admire the huge rocks measuring up to 4 meters high that were used in its construction. Afterwards, you will head for Q’enqo, and ancient temple of the Puma, where you will be able to appreciate an altar for sacrifices in the inner part of a huge rock, and then Tambomachay, sacred fountains of life and health. Continuing your tour, you will see a panoramic view from Puca Pucara, a watchtower with a controlled entrance to the city. Then, you will visit the Temple of the Sun “The Korikancha”, on top of which the Saint Dominique Convent. A legend tells that this temple was entirely lined in gold sheets that marveled the Conquistadors upon their arrival. In the end of your tour, you will visit the Main Square and the Cathedral that reassures invaluable colonial paintings and other works of art such as the Cross that arrived with the first conquistadors. Overnight in Cusco. Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Sacred Valley, you will stop at Awanacancha. It is a small complex to admire Andean camelids such as alpacas and llamas. Also, learn from local inhabitants about traditional dyeing and knitting techniques. Awanacancha is a weaving centre with the goal to keep alive the traditional textile arts. Later, you will explore the Pisac Market and be able to buy handcrafts, taste some traditional food and stop by the wood ovens. Here, the Incas have built an observatory to study astronomy as well as an impressive network of cultivated terrace. Stop to lunch at a local restaurant. Return to your hotel. Overnight in Sacred Valley. Free Night Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the train station for an amazing train journey to the famous Inca Citadel of Machu Picchu, the great mountain-top city abandoned by the Inca Empire, reclaimed by the jungle and lost to humanity until its rediscovery in 1911. The legendary ‘Lost City’ is without a doubt one of the world’s most impressive archaeological sites. Built by the Incas on the summit of “Machu Picchu” (old peak), overlooking the deep canyon of the Urubamba river in a semi-tropical area of 120 Km from the city of Cusco at 3,400m. It sits on a mountain site of extraordinary beauty, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest; Machu Picchu was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height, with its giant walls, terraces and ramps, which appear as though they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. Machu Picchu is also one of the Inca’s best kept secrets, as they did not leave written records and Spanish chronicles make no mention of the citadel, it remains a mystery. Along the way you will enjoy the changing landscape as you travel from Andean highlands to the beginnings of the jungle (“eyebrow of the jungle”), before finally arriving at the town of Aguas Calientes. From here, you will board the bus that will take you on a 20 minute ride up to the citadel of Machu Picchu. A guided tour of the Citadel includes the Main Plaza, the Circular Tower, the Sacred Sun Dial, the Royal Quarters, the Temple of the Three Windows and various burial grounds. Return to your Hotel. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to Cuzco by train. Overnight in Cuzco. Free Night. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Airport. On arrival in Buenos Aires, you will be assisted and transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Buenos Aires. Free Night. Meals: Breakfast

Your tour starts at Avenida 9 de Julio, passing by Teatro Colon (the most important Teatro Lirico of Argentina), and Obelisco. Then, we’ll go to the Ave. De Mayo to the building of the National Congress in the Plaza de Mayo, the Cathedral, the Government House and the Cabildo (Buenos Aires civic centre). Continuing the journey, we will go to South area and the traditional San Telmo Don tango. Afterwards, we will visit the colorful La Boca and Caminito Street Museum. Going to the northern suburbs, we will visit Puerto Madero, Retiro and the exclusive residential area of Palermo. Finishing your journey, our guide will show the elegant cafés and restaurants in the Recoleta’s neighborhood. Overnight in Buenos Aires. Free night. Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will have a free day to explore Buenos Aires. Overnight in Buenos Aires. Free Night. Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airport. On arrival in Iguacu, you will be assisted and transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Iguacu. Free Night Meals: Breakfast

Excursion to the Argentinean Waterfalls, After Breakfast, around 08:30am, our guide will bring you to the Argentinean Falls. The park was created in 1934 with the main aim to protect the majestic Iguazu Falls. In 1984, UNESCO declared this place Natural World Heritage due to the beauty of the scenery and the biological diversity in this subtropical rainforest. The visit to the Iguazu National Park can be done via 3 circuits and on catwalks, best known as Lower Path, Higher path and the Devil´s Throat Path. The Lower Path is a 1,200-metre-walk (0.8 miles) that gives a great view of the majority of the rapids and falls from a front and lower point of view. The distances range from a bird’s eye point of view of The Devil’s Throat together with several Brazilian rapids, to spectacular close-ups to other falls. This walk has some high difficulty level due to the number of steps along the way. (Approximate duration: 2 hours). The Higher Path is a 1,300-metre-walk (0.9 miles) that will raise every visitor´s adrenaline level because of the vertigo of being at the edge of some waterfalls. This walk has breathtaking scenery from a cliff-point outlook and this is the less effort demanding walk of the three traditional ones. No steps along the way. The Devil’s Throat has to be access via the Ecological Jungle Train, and everyone must get off at the stop named after this waterfall. From there, there is a stroll along the catwalk which is a winding path that goes around the islands for 1,100 meters (0.7 miles) and ends in the large balconies located on the edge of falls. There are no steps along the path. Excursion to the Falls, Brazil side entrance to the park included: After Lunch, around 14:00, we will see the Brazilian side. The National Park has an area of 185,000 hectares, arriving at the Visitor Centre, is entered by the Portal Access individually, where the capacity of the park is controlled. Then a coach that starts the walk in the park and lead to the beginning of the runways whose route is 1,200 meters path on the Iguazu River Canyon addressed. At this point start of the route has a panoramic view of Argentine scenery for taking pictures. Advancing the tour, the Iguazu River canyon is observed, the Salto Rivadavia and Three Musketeers, among others. Towards the end of the tour up to the lower lookout Garganta del Diablo at this point is about 200 meters away. This wonderful scenario is further enhanced by the ongoing formation of rainbows. The tour ends near the Salto Floriano, where an elevator is used by older persons with different capabilities, which raises directly to the parking level of coaches. The other alternative is to use the path that leads to the same meeting point. Return to Hotel. Overnight in Iguacu. Free Night Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will be transferred to your hotel. On arrival in Rio de Janeiro, you will be assisted and transferred to your hotel. Overnight in Rio de Janeiro. Free Night Meals: Breakfast.

After breakfast, you’ll be picked up from your hotel. The tour begins in the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas except on days on our way to reach the Cosme Velho Train station, which sits at the bottom of Corcovado Mountain. Here, we will take the ride up to the top, through the dense Tijuca rain forest to the 38m tall (125ft) Christ Redeemer Statue. With a panoramic view from the top, the guide will show you the spectacular sights of Rio and the surrounding countryside for approximately 40-60 minutes. After riding the train back down, passengers are returned and the bus will take you to Zona Sul and a Lunch. Duration: 4 hours. Return to your Hotel. Overnight in Rio. Meals: Breakfast

In the morning, you will be driven to Urca where one of the largest symbols of the city is located: Sugar Loaf. You’ll travel all the way to the top in two steps by able cable car. he first able to takes us to rail, a vantage point 5 meters high for which already grants beautiful views of Guanabara Bay and its islands, the Rio-Niterói Bridge and Corcovado Mountain. From this stage, the second step, it takes us up to the top. We’ll enjoy splendid views of Copacabana beach, the Santa Cruz fortress and several beaches of Niterói. After riding the Cable car back down you will be returned to your hotel. Overnight in Rio. Free Night. Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Airport for your flight. Meals: Breakfast End of our services.