SOUTH AMERICA FROM TOP TO BOTTOM - 24 days/22 nights
Day 1 Depart from LAX to Manaus, Brazil.
Day 2 Arrive in Manaus and transfer to Tropical Hotel for overnight, daily breakfast included. Afternoon City tour.
Day 3 Depart around 8:30 AM to the Ceasa Port to board a regional boat to be transferred to Amazon Village for 2 nights, with all meals and activities included.
Day 4 Activities and excursions at the Amazon Village. (B, L, D)
Day 5 After breakfast, transfer to Manaus. Arrive and transfer to airport for a flight to Rio de Janeiro. Arrive in Rio and transfer to Luxor Hotel for 2 nights, daily breakfast included. Rio by night tour: dinner & samba show (B, D)
Day 6 Half-day Sugar Loaf and City Tour. Optional Evening Carnaval Winner's Parade (B)
Day 7 Half-day Corcovado tour (B)
Day 8 Transfer to airport for a flight to Iguassu Falls. Arrive and transfer to Das Cataratas Hotel for 1 night, breakfast included. Afternoon walk to the Brazilian side of the falls on your own. (B).
Day 9 After breakfast Argentine Falls tour. Afternoon transfer to airport for a flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Arrive and transfer to Las Naciones Hotel for 3 nights, daily breakfast included (B).
Day 10 After breakfast you will be transferred to an Estancia Gaucha for a full day "Fiesta Gaucha" tour, with lunch included (B, L)
Day 11 Half-day city tour. Afternoon free. In the evening dinner & tango show (B, D)
Day 12 Transfer to airport for a flight to Bariloche. Upon arrival, transfer to the Edelweiss Hotel for 1 night, breakfast included. Half-day city tour. Return to the hotel. (B)
Day 13 Early departure by bus from the hotel in Bariloche to Puerto Panuelo to start the Lake crossing. Arrive in Peulla, where you will have lunch. From Peulla, the crossing continues to Puerto Montt. Transfer to Cabanas Del Lago Hotel for overnight, breakfast included. (B, L)
Day 14 Half-day City tour of Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt. Transfer to the airport for a flight to Santiago. Arrive and transfer to the Embassy Suites for overnight, breakfast included. Dinner and folkloric show at Los Adobes Restaurant. (B, D)
Day 15 Morning departure for a full day excursion to Vina Del Mar, the main seaside resort and Valparaiso, the most important Port of Chile. The tour stops at a typical restaurant overlooking the sea for lunch.
Day 16 Half-day City tour of Santiago. Transfer to airport for a flight to Lima. Upon arrival, transfer to the Hotel Bolivar for overnight, breakfast included (B, L)
Day 17 Transfer to airport for a flight to Cuzco. Arrive and visit Pisac Ruins in the Sacred Valley of the Incas, Andean Villages, Pisac Indian Market. Lunch at a local hosteria. Transfer to Posada Hotel in Yucay for dinner and overnight, breakfast included (B, L)
  
Day 18 Guided tour to Machu Picchu with lunch included. Overnight at Pueblo Hotel (B, L)
Day 19 Morning at leisure to return to the top of the Citadel, if you wish. Late afternoon transfer by bus/train back to Cuzco. Enjoy a wonderful local dinner and Folklore show. Overnight at Posada Hotel, breakfast included (B, D)
Day 20 Transfer to the station for a bus ride to Puno. Arrive at Puno's Central Plaza and bus transfer to Copacabana Island, Bolivia, visiting the Uros Indians enroute, with a box lunch included. From Copacabana, board the hydrofoil to cross the lake to Sun Island. Lunch at a local restaurant. Llama trek on Inca trails to Posada del Inca Lodge for dinner and overnight, breakfast included. (B, L, D)
Day 21 After breakfast, visit the Inca Sacred Springs, said to be a source of eternal youth and happiness. Visit the Inca Staircase. Board a hydrofoil to the Moon Island and visit the Inak Uyu (Sun Virgin's Temple). Return to Copacabana Island for lunch and transfer to El Lago Hotel in Puno for overnight, breakfast included (B, L, D)
Day 22 Transfer to airport for a flight to Lima. Arrive and transfer to the city of Ica. Visit the Regional Museum with its Nazca, Paracas and Incas artifacts, particularly the mummies. Overnight at Paracas Hotel (B)
Day 23 Today, early in the morning you will have a chance to tour the Ballestas Islands knows as the "Peruvian Galapagos. Then, board a small plane to fly over the famous Nazca Lines, stylized designs of people, fish, birds (from hummers to condors) Lunch and transfer back to Lima. Farewell dinner and folk show (B, L, D)
Day 24 Half-day City and Gold Museum Tour. Late transfer to airport for the return flight to U.S.A.
$ 6,200.00 per person
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