INCLUDING: Daily Continental breakfast; sightseeing tours as mention in itinerary; hotel accommodations of your choice for 4 nights in Lima, 3 nights in Santiago, 3 nights in Buenos Aires, 3 nights in Rio de Janeiro and 1 night in Iguassu Falls with room taxes and service charge; transfers on arrival and departure including baggage handling and tips to airport porters in Lima, Santiago, Rio, Buenos Aires and Iguassu; English speaking tour guides & entrance fees
NOT INCLUDED: Insurance (available with Insure America, cost for this program US$.129); airport departure taxes: Lima $25, Santiago $20 -upon arrival- and $18 -when leaving the country; B.Aires $15; Iguassu Falls $2.00 and Rio de Janeiro $15; visas; passports and any other service not mentioned in itinerary. DEPOSIT: US$300 per person at the time of booking. FINAL PAYMENT: 45 days before departure.
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Tour Operator
Tara Tours
Duration
15 Days
Escorted
Escorted - No
Itinerary
Day
Destination
Description
Day 1
Depart USA
USA-LIMA : Departs USA for Lima, Peru. Arrive and transfer to hotel selected.
LIMA : Morning sightseeing tour of Lima founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1535 and called "City of Kings". Your tour guide will take you to visit the most important sites of modern of colonial Lima. In the afternoon you will visit the famous Gold museum with more than 10,000 gold pieces from pre-Inca and Inca culture. (CB)
LIMA : Days at leisure to explore Lima on your own or take an optional tour to Cuzco-Machu Picchu (see optional cost at bottom of this page)or to the Amazon Jungle. (CB)
SANTIAGO : Afternoon tour of Santiago -Capital of Chile, City tour begins at Santa Hill and continues with drive through residential areas of Pedro de Valdivia Norte, El Golf and Vitacura. Returning to town, take in such famous landmarks as Fine Arts Museum, National Congress Building and Moneda. Chile's Presidential Palace.(CB).
BUENOS AIRES : Morning sightseeing tour of Buenos Aires, The Argentina capital boasts a population of 9 million. City tour takes you to the Plaza de Mayo for view of Cathedral and Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace).Then along 9 de Julio Avenue, widest street in the world, with its much-photographed Obelisk and Colon Theater and finally, to the colorful Boca District . (CB)
BUENOS AIRES : At leisure to visit famous Florida Street for leather buys. (CB)
Day 11
Iguassu Falls
BUENOS AIRES - IGUASSU : Transfer to the airport for your flight to Iguassu Falls. Afternoon and following morning, at leisure to explore never-to-be forgotten spectacle of 275 cataracts, literally miles of water hurtling over precipices higher than a 30-story building. Overnight Hotel Cataratas or Burbom.(CB)
RIO DE JANEIRO : Morning sightseeing tour of Corcovado-Cascatinha-Bosque de Tijuca, your tour guide will drive you up Corcovado peak, where imposing Statue of Christ The Redeemer over-looks Guanabara Bay, Rio and fabulous beaches. From Corcovado, proceed to Cascatinha, Tijuca Forest and beaches of Ipanema and Leblon. (BB)
RIO DE JANEIRO : Day at leisure to enjoy the beaches, the sidewalk or the Rio night life. (BB)
Day 15
Return USA
(SUN.) RIO DE JANEIRO - USA : Transfer to the airport for your flight to USA. (BB)
Dates/Pricing
Lodging
LIMA=Faraona; [3 stars]
RIO=Savoy; [3 stars]
B.AIRES=Regis; [3 stars]
SANTIAGO=Galerias [3 stars]
LIMA=Las Palmeras; [4 stars]
RIO=Miramar; [4 stars]
B.AIRES=Dolmen; [4 stars]
SANTIAGO=Fundador; [4 stars]
LIMA: Sheraton/Marriot; [5 stars]
RIO=Rio Othon; [5 stars]
B.AIRES=Marriot; [5 stars]
SANTIAGO=Sheraton [5 stars]
Disclaimer
Special rates apply for Christmas, New Year and Carnival. *R.Othon do not include breakfast.
Airfare via American, Taca or Lan Chile in combination with Tam Airlines. Airfare is subject to change at any time. Please add USA departure tax of US$250.00 (Carnival surcharge for airfare US$120).
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