South America

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Duration

12 Nights - 13 Days

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

1 person

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The places to visit in South America are seemingly endless, but several standout destinations should not be missed on a trip to the continent. The world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls, is in Venezuela. The Amazon River and the Andes Mountains each expand across the continent, and the Amazon rain forest and the Atacama desert are both located in South America.

Highlights

Best Months to visit - August to September
Winter is dry and warm, becoming colder further north, while summer is ideal for beach relaxation or hiking in national parks, although it can be very hot and humid. Spring and autumn are the best times to travel, with pleasant temperatures throughout. Hurricanes can occur in the southeast during August and September.

Arrival at Buenos Aires airport. Transfer to your hotel. (60 minutes transfer) Buenos Aires is a complex, energetic, and seductive port city, which stretches south-to-north along the Rio de la Plata; it has been the gateway to Argentina for centuries.
Porteños, as the people of Buenos Aires are known, possess an elaborated and rich cultural identity. They value their European heritage highly, and the lifestyle and architecture are markedly more European than any other in South America. But the city has also spawned its own art forms, notably the tango, for which Buenos Aires is famous. 01 hour Free Tango lesson at Tango Porteño 19.30-20.30
Evening Tango show and dinner at magnificent Tango Porteño 20.30-23.30 vegetarian Indian menu available Tango Porteño recovers that spirit crystallized in a unique place. Magically it recreates the best and most transcendental time ever in the history of tango framed within a luxurious building of those days that used to be a movie theater of the Metro Goldwyn Meyer. The old and beloved Metro, just a few steps away from the Obelisk today becomes Tango Porteño, a place blending the most refined environment and pure golden days’ deco with great artists, unbeatable productions, and first class cuisine paying home to the represented time. It could not be otherwise because Tango Porteño is the image of Buenos Aires, the “city of Tango.”
Overnight at selected hotel.

Breakfast at hotel. City tour Buenos Aires 3 hrs. In this tour we invite you to discover Buenos Aires considered the “Reina del Plata”. Starting the tour around the center of the city where the most attractive places are located: Av. 9 de Julio, Colón Theatre and the Obelisk “the symbol of Buenos Aires”. We will continue towards Plaza de Mayo and later to the south of the city passing trough San Telmo with its “tanguerías”, La Boca and Caminito. Continuing to Puerto Madero, the renewed port of the city and important gastronomic area. We will also visit the biggest green space of Buenos Aires, Palermo, with its parks and buildings and last Recoleta, a neighborhood where culture and elegance live together.
On Sunday the tour ends at the Flea Market of San Telmo.
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Breakfast at hotel Transfer to airport to board flight to Ushuaia (30 minutes transfer). Ushuaia lies in the southern end of the Republic of Argentina, on the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost city in the world. Located on the Beagle Channel, it takes its name-which means "bay overlooking the West"- from the yámana tongue. Within the impressive frame made up by the sea, the forests, the lakes and the mountains, Ushuaia is a picturesque city with an important tourist services infrastructure, an elegant commercial center and an increasing social and cultural activity.
After arriving, transfer to Hotel (20 minutes transfer)
Afternoon Panoramic city tour around Ushuaia will include a visit to the neighborhoods and its attractions that represent their idiosyncrasies. Departing from Maipú avenue, towards the footbridge Luis Pedro Fique, crossing this narrow path that ends at La Mission neighborhood, an area chosen by the first white men settling in Ushuaia. Other districts to visit will be the brown and solier, built by the first immigrants at the beginning of the 20th century. During the tour, we will see old houses pertaining to the first settlers like the Bebans, Pastorizas, Cangas, Fiques, Salomons, and Ramos, among others, and the Provincial legislature, the old government's house. Also you will be able to observe the contrast of the incredible growth produced by the arrival of new settlers during the 80's. Overnight at selected hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel head off for a half day Tierra del Fuego National Park tour – train of the End of the World Ride included. 4 hrs An old steam-powered train carried the convicts, as they worked to supply firewood for the town. For them it was a hard ride, but today this train has become an attractive way for visitors to get to know a little more about Ushuaia's past. Travelling west along the National road 3, you will reach the train Central station, just 8 km. away from the city.
A replica of the original train is used to carry visitors and let them experience the same journey that prisoners were forced to make decades ago. Ancient forests of hundreds of years, peat bogs and even a reconstructed indian settlement, can be seen during the ride. Finally, after a brief stop at the Macarena waterfall, the train will lead you into the limits of the National Park. The corner of the earth: a magnificent landscape. This Park, 12 km from Ushuaia, is the only National Park with ocean coast in the country. Its 63.000 hectares protect innumerable ńires, lengas, cherry trees, calafates and notros and flowers as violets and orchids. The walk in the park offers marvellous panoramic views of the Beagle Channel surrounded by mountains and an opportunity to feel nature at its best. The Pan American road that joins America from north to south, starts in Alaska and finishes at Lapataia Bay, a dreamt paradise that together with Laguna Verde and Lago Roca is the highlight of the tour. Afternoon Beagle Channel Navigation (Seals Island) 2 hrs transfer to the tourist port to board a catamaran and sail the waters of the Beagle Channel which unites the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. As the catamaran leaves the shore, the view of the city is spectacular.
The tour circles bridges and archipielago Islands, Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse and several rocks where sea mammals and birds find shelter. This is an excellent chance to see them in their habitat without interrupting their activities. Overnight at Selected Hotel

Breakfast at hotel Transfer to airport for flight to Calafate (20 minutes transfer) transfer to hotel in Calafate (20 minutes transfer)
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Breakfast at hotel Full day excursion to Perito Moreno Glacier with Nautical safari included. The majesty of nature at its best. Departure from El Calafate bordering the southern arm of the Argentine lake to get to Los Glaciares National Park (90 km away) and reach the paths to the Glacier. Perito Moreno Glacier is about 30.000 years old. Its surface is 192 km2, the front wall is 5 km long and some of its peaks are 80 metres high. The deep blue base is almost as dark as the water that surrounds it. The deep silence is suddenly interrupted by the tremendous noise of huge pieces of ice that crack from the glacier and fall into the lake to float on the Canal de los Tempanos (Icebergs Channel). The Nautical safari is an invitation to sail along the Rico Arm of lake Argentino to then border and see the Perito Moreno Glacier from the southern end. This is a new perspective that will allow visitors to discover the glacier’s true dimensions and listen to and watch falling ice blocks. For almost an hour, the boat sails beside the 70-meter (229 ft.) high wall.
Overnight at selected hotel.

Breakfast at hotel Transfer to airport for flight to Bariloche (20 minutes transfer). Arrival to Bariloche and transfer to hotel (30 minutes transfer)
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Breakfast at hotel. Small circuit excursion 3 hrs The tour starts in Bariloche, riding down Ezequiel Bustillo Ave.: a winding paved road along the Nahuel Huapi lakeshore. At kilometer 8, you come to Playa Bonita, from where you can see Huemul Island. Continuing along this road for another 10 km, and after passing through some beautiful scenery, you arrive at Campanario hill. You will see Nahuel Huapi and Moreno lakes, El Trébol lagoon, San Pedro and Llao Llao peninsulas, Victoria Island, Otto, López, Goye and Catedral hills, and the main town, San Carlos de Bariloche.
Further ahead, and after leaving San Pedro peninsula behind, you reach Llao Llao peninsula, with its namesake hilltop hotel and San Eduardo Chapel, two architectural jewels of this region, and you go by Pañuelo Port, the starting point of many lake excursions. Further on you will go by a golf course, cross the bridge over the Angostura river that joins Nahuel Huapi Lake with Moreno Lake, and pass by López Bay at the base of López Hill. Further on, you get to the Panoramic Point, a belvedere with a magnificent view of Moreno Lake and Llao Llao peninsula. Then you will cross the bridge over Moreno Lake at a narrow end, follow the shoreline of El Trébol lagoon, and 2 km ahead you meet Ezequiel Bustillo Ave. again and return to Bariloche. Overnight at selected hotel.

Breakfast at hotel From Bariloche to Chile through the Andes mountains 320 Kmts. 6 hrs Pullman Bus. Early morning you will leave the city of San Carlos de Bariloche to head straight to the Cardenal Samoré International Pass, (former Puyehue). Behind the mountain range, the cities of Osorno, Frutillar, Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt are expecting you.
You will take Route 237, crossing the source of the Limay river and entering the province of Neuquén through Route 231, which leads to Villa la Angostura. You will border Lake Nahuel Huapi, which will display the matchless beauty of its sceneries as you advance towards the Cardenal Samoré International Pass, a few kilometers away. This pass lies at 1,314 m.a.s.l. and is open all year round. It is considered the second most important international pass and offers direct communication with Osorno and Puerto Montt through the Southern Road and with the rest of Chilean Patagonia.
First you will pass through the Argentinean customs office and the National Gendarmerie. then, you will repeat the proceedings at the Chilean international police department and, before you expect, you will already step on Chilean land. On Chilean side of the border, the road changes its number into 215. Its conditions are excellent.
From that point, you will begin to go down across the native rainforest surrounding the pre-mountain range. Gradually, you will start to see sign posts indicating the way to the famous Puyehue hot springs, the Antillanca Volcano with its ski resort and the kilometers left to reach Osorno, where the bus makes its first official stop. After some minutes the bus will head off to Puerto Varas, one hour away and your final destination.
Overnight at selected hotel.

Breakfast at hotel
Half day excursion to Frutillar 2.5 hrs
This wonderful trip along the Llanquihue Lake, the second largest lake in Chile, takes you to the small town of Frutillar while enjoying gorgeous views of the volcanoes Osorno, Calbuco, Puntiagudo and Tronador. The characteristic german architecture of the charming village dating from the 19th century takes you back in time! View of the Osorno, Calbuco, Puntiagudo & Tronador volcanoes, Teatro del Lago. Overnight at selected hotel.

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Puerto Montt airport for flight to Santiago (30 minutes transfer) Arrival to Santiago and transfer to hotel (30 minutes transfer) Santiago de Chile, resting on an inland plain with the Andes Range glimmering in the distance, is the capital and biggest city of Chile with over 5,000,000 people. Santiago is also the central point of a region filled with attractive sites and activities. Only 60 km away are the main South American ski centers, and the beautiful beaches of the Pacific are only an hour's drive to the northwest. Just south of Santiago lie the rich and beautiful vineyards of the Maipo Valley, one of the world's most esteemed wine producing regions.
This afternoon enjoy a city tour of Santiago 3 hrs. Departure to the downtown area, starting at Bernardo O"Higgins avenue, the main one in the city and visiting La Moneda presidential palace followed by a walk through the pedestrian Ahumada and Huerfanos streets and “Plaza de Armas” surrounded by the cathedral and other historical buildings. Continue to the old residential areas climbing up San Cristobal hill to have a panoramic view of the city before continuing to other areas of interest such as Bellavista, centre of cultural and artistic activity and Las Condes and Providencia, modern residential areas of Santiago.
Overnight at selected hotel.

Breakfast at hotel. Full day excursion to Viña del Mar and Valparaiso (8 hrs). This morning you will depart Santiago heading towards the coast to visit Viña del Mar and Valparaiso.
Depart Santiago for a full day heading towards the coast. Enjoy the first stop in Pomaire, a small village where the inhabitants work the local clay to make a variety of dishes, pots and interesting sculptures amongst other handicrafts.Continue to the coast and visit the beach area of Renaca and the town of Vina del Mar, known as the Garden city for its pretty parks and flower lined streets. Visit the Gaming Casino and the coastal road. In the afternoon continue to the picturesque port of Valparaiso built in the 16th century on a total of 43 hills which are reached by narrow windy streets, staircases and a series of lifts (funiculars) which is now declared by UNESCO as patrimony of humanity because of its eclectic architecture and urban development. Afternoon return to Santiago.
Overnight at selected hotel.

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to airport for International flight. End of services.

Meals as per itinerary.
Accommodation at mentioned hotels
Breakfast in standard rooms
SIC transfers and excursions as mentioned in the itinerary with bilingual guide English / Spanish.
Entrance Fees for all excursions.
Pullman Bus ticket Bariloche to Puerto Varas no guide on board.