☆ Admire one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the magnificent Christ the Redeemer
☆ Free time to enjoy a leisure day at the Copacabana Beach
☆ Guided tour for the UNESCO Natural World Heritage, Iguazu National Park
☆ Tour of Buenos Aires the "Paris of South America"
☆ Optional Dinner Tango Show
Group Size: 10 - 40 people for each departure date
ALL PRICES ARE IN CAD
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Standard Plus category Hotel Upgrade: $499 per person (early bird $399 per person)
Payment Schedule:
Cancellation Penalty: (days prior to the trip departure)
Take the international flight to Rio de Janeiro from your hometown.
Upon arriving at Rio de Janeiro International Airport, you can make your own way to the hotel or join our transfer to the hotel. The rest of the day is free to relax.
Optional Program:
Transfer from Rio de Janeiro Airport to Hotel: $45 per person
Full-Day Corcovado & Sugar Loaf Tour
One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the magnificent Christ the Redeemer, the iconic statue at the top of Corcovado Hill. Cerro del Corcovado is part of the Tijuca Forest, the largest urban forest in the world. On the way to its summit is the Doña Marta viewpoint, from where it is possible to see the Maracanã Stadium, the famous Guanabara Bay and the beautiful Sugar Loaf Mountain. Once at the top of Corcovado Hill, it is possible to admire impressive views of Copacabana, Ipanema, Leblon, Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon and the Botanical Garden. This tour leaves from the hotel after breakfast. After a scenic walk along the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, guests arrive at the bottom of Corcovado Hill. They board a comfortable train up the mountain and arrive at the statue of Christ the Redeemer. Once at the top, they can use the panoramic elevators or the escalators to reach the foot of the statue. After that, they descend the mountain and head to Sugar Loaf Mountain, where the two stages of the cable car merge to reach the top of the hill. Every year, more than one million tourists visit the internationally famous Sugar Loaf Mountain, an iconic symbol of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The trip to the top is made in glass cable cars. The first cable car takes passengers to the top of Cerro Urca, which rises 215 meters above sea level and offers spectacular views of the entire bay. At that point, passengers take the second cable car to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain, which rises 395 meters above sea level and offers a 360-degree view of the entire city, including the beaches of Botafogo and Copacabana, Corcovado Mountain and downtown Rio.
Day at leisure to enjoy your free time in Rio de Janeiro or join our optional program.
Optional Program - Half Day Jeep Tour Tijuca Forest (entrance fees included): $75 per person
Tijuca Forest is the largest urban forest in the world, which has exotic vegetation species in the vast green area of the Atlantic Rainforest. Many trails are available at the forest, providing an intense contact with nature and heading to lookouts with stunning natural landscapes of Rio. This stretch of forest covers a significant part of the city yet feels worlds away from the hustle and bustle. It includes a few simple trails, where the guests can see up close the stunning green leaves. Depending on the day, they also can see monkeys, toucans, iguanas, anteater-type mammals and others. In this tour, the guests visit Tijuca Forest.
At the indicated time, you will be transferred to the airport for an intra-flight to Iguazu.
Half-Day Brazilian Falls Excursion after arriving in Iguazu.
The Brazilian Falls are located on the western side of the Paraná State in Brazil. They were declared Natural World Heritage in the year 1986 by the UNESCO. This Brazilian park with 185,000 hectares (458,000 acres) borders the Argentinean National Park and they are divided by the Iguazu River. Both parks make this region one of the largest natural protected areas in South America. The tour starts at the Visitor Center designed to be the gateway to the Park, operates as a visitor boarding and landing center since to access the route of the footbridges it is necessary to go with modern panoramic buses that make the transfer inside from the park. The extension of the footbridges is 1,200 meters from where you get a spectacular panoramic view of the 275 falls that make up the Iguazu Falls, of which the most important on the Brazilian side are four: Floriano, Deodoro, Benjamín Constant and Salto Unión or Devil’s Throat. Once the walk is over we will reached the panoramic elevator that allows us to get to the bus that will take us again to the access gate.
Day at leisure to enjoy your free time in Iguazu or join our optional program.
Optional Program - Full Day Argentine Falls tour (entrance fees included): $99 per person
The Argentine Side Falls Package starts with a comfortable transfer service from Puerto Iguazu to the entrance of the Iguazu Falls National Park. A professional guide will accompany you to take you through the Park"s walkways and appreciate the exceptional scenery offered by the Falls. First, you will discover the charming rainforest of Iguazú through the footbridges of the lower tourist circuit. Then you will take a walk along the upper tourist circuit to see the magnificent panoramic views of the smaller falls and the delta that forms at the top of the Iguazú River. Then the tour will reach the famous Garganta del Diablo, where you will get an indescribable mix of beauty, energy, sounds and images as you witness the power of nature at its best. At the end of the day, a vehicle will be waiting for you to return to the hotel.
Optional Program - Great Adventure Navigation for the Argentine Falls tour (need to book the Full Day Argentine Falls tour): $115 per person
This trip combines the wonders of the jungle and the waterfalls. Departing from the Operative Center or from the Visitors’ Center, you shall enter the jungle by the Yacaratiá trail in trucks specially designed for this environment. Bilingual guides (Spanish and English) will show the natural and cultural resources. This 5 kms long stretch ends at Puerto Macuco. At its dock, visitors shall board on the boats that shall be sailing in the Lower Iguazu River for as long as 6 kms, heading towards the waterfalls area, enjoying plentiful rapids. Upon reaching the Three Musketeers Fall, visitors shall be able to see the falls of both the Argentinian and Brazilian sides crowned by the view of the Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s Throat). Afterwards, the most exciting point comes when facing the incomparable San Martín waterfall, the second in dimension and the biggest any boat may face. At the end of the trip, you shall descend from the boat on the dock located in front of the San Martín Island, where visitors may continue enjoying the landscape joining the runways system of the Lower Circuit.
At the indicated time, you will be transferred to the airport for an intra-flight to Buenos Aires. The rest of the day is free to relax.
Half-Day City Tour
The tour includes attractions such as the 9 de Julio Avenue, the Obelisk and Corrientes Street; we will see the Plaza de Mayo, the Cathedral and the Cabildo (Old City Hall). After that, the trip will continue towards the most traditional neighborhood of Buenos Aires, San Telmo, which is characterized by its old colonial houses and the cobblestoned streets. Later on, the tour will go to La Boca Neighborhood located in the south of the city. There will be a stop so as to look around the colorful zinc houses that make up this area of Buenos Aires and that used to be the refuge and home for the first immigrants and popular artists. Soon after, the you will have a panoramic view of Puerto Madero – the old port of the city that was turned into one of the most exclusive gastronomic and residential areas in Buenos Aires. Finally, the last point in the tour is Recoleta, which is one of the most selected neighborhoods and where, among other attractions, the Recoleta Cemetery can be found. Also, there are bars, cafes and fancy restaurants that are worth a visit. Here will be the last stop so as to walk to the cemetery area and its surroundings.
Optional Program - Dinner Tango Show at Café de los Angelitos (transfer & beverage included): $89 per person
“Cafe de los Angelitos” is a live witness of more than one hundred years of Buenos Aires history with a parade of the most outstanding personalities of the political and artistic atmosphere from the 20th century. The mystical coffee house, inaugurated in 1890 with name of Bar Rivadavia by the Italian Bautisto Fazio, became a meeting point for “compadritos” (swaggerers) and “malandras” (scoundrels) towards the end of the 19th Century. With rudimentary premises and a dirt floor, the place was a scenario for the verbal duels of gaucho minstrels Gabino Ezeiza, Higuito Cazon and Jose Betinotti Remodeled again following an ambitious architecture project, conformed by three levels, it exhibits luxury and distinction every night with 21 artists that perform this live show.
Day at leisure to enjoy your free time in Buenos Aires or you can join our optional program.
Optional Program - Full Day Gaucho Experience at El Ombú de Areco Cattle Ranch (entrance fees included): $219 per person
The estancia (farm) is located around 120 km (74,5 mi) from the city of Buenos Aires in the town of San Antonio de Areco, nestle of the Gaucho tradition. There can be found centennial oak trees, palm trees, eucalyptus and magnolias along the 4 hectares (9.8 acres) that make up the estancia and that visitors can walk around. After lunch, guests will be able to take part in activities within the farm, like taking trips on the carriages, swimming in the pool, playing tennis, volleyball, football, pool and ping pong; or just strolling in the park and relaxing.
You can find your own or take our optional transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
*It depends on your home city, your flight could arrive at your home city on the same day or the second day.
Optional Program:
Transfer from Buenos Aire Hotel to the Airport: $30 per person
You can continue the journey by joining our extension programs:
Post Tour Extensions:
1. Montevideo in Uruguay - 4 days / 3 nights (click here for more details)
2. FullPatagonia Experience - 7 days / 6 nights (click here for more details)
Stay Like a Local Extensions:
5. Return Flight Extension - leave Buenos Aires 3 days after the tour end (Airport drop off not included)
Included: Air Ticket change fee & fare difference from the original itinerary
6. Return Flight Extension - leave Buenos Aires 5 days after the tour end (Airport drop off not included)
Included: Air Ticket change fee & fare difference from the original itinerary
7. Buenos Aires 3 nights Standard Plus category Hotel Extension after the tour end (Airport pickup not included)
Included:
8. Buenos Aires 5 nights Standard Plus category Extension after the tour end (Airport pickup not included)
Included:
Optional Programs:
Post Tour Extensions:
1. Montevideo in Uruguay - 4 days / 3 nights (click here for more details)
2. FullPatagonia Experience - 7 days / 6 nights (click here for more details)
Stay Like a Local Extensions:
1. Departure Flight Extension - arrive Rio de Janeiro 3 days before the tour start (Airport pickup not included)
Included: Air Ticket change fee & fare difference from the original itinerary
2. Departure Flight Extension - arrive Rio de Janeiro 5 days before the tour start (Airport pickup not included)
Included: Air Ticket change fee & fare difference from the original itinerary
3. Rio de Janeiro 3 nights Standard Plus category Hotel Extension before the tour start (Airport pickup not included)
Included:
4. Rio de Janeiro 5 nights Standard Plus category Hotel Extension before the tour start (Airport pickup not included)
Included:
5. Return Flight Extension - leave Buenos Aires 3 days after the tour end (Airport drop off not included)
Included: Air Ticket change fee & fare difference from the original itinerary
6. Return Flight Extension - leave Buenos Aires 5 days after the tour end (Airport drop off not included)
Included: Air Ticket change fee & fare difference from the original itinerary
7. Buenos Aires 3 nights Standard Plus category Hotel Extension after the tour end (Airport pickup not included)
Included:
8. Buenos Aires 5 nights Standard Plus category Extension after the tour end (Airport pickup not included)
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BRAZIL: Tourist VISA is REQUIRED for USA & CANADA passport holders.
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**Please note the tour confirmation will be provided to you 1 month prior to the departure date which includes the hotel and the flight schedule details.