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Argentina & Brazil Gateways


Destinations:  Buenos Aires, Iguassu & Rio de Janeiro
Length:  9 Days / 8 Nights


Detailed Itinerary:


Day 1
Arrival in Buenos Aires (-)


Upon arrival, our collaborators offer a welcoming reception and will transfer you to the hotel. A documentation kit, detailed program explanation plus luggage and hotel registration assistance is offered.

Overnight in Buenos Aires.


Day 2
Half Day City Tour (B)

Get acquainted with Buenos Aires during this tour highlighting the city’s major neighborhoods and attractions. Among the points of interest you will see are Main Square Plaza de Mayo surrounded by the Casa Rosada (Presidential Headquarters Office), the Cabildo (Colonial Town Hall) and the Cathedral. You will also drive through the charming streets of San Telmo and down the colorful roads of La Boca, famous for its multicolor tin houses. Later, drive through elegant Barrio Norte on your way to the Recoleta Cemetery, an amazing aboveground cemetery lined with mausoleums and statues. Finally, visit Palermo and its magnificent mansions and parks.

Overnight in Buenos Aires.

Optional:  Night Tour – Dinner & Tango Show at La Ventana

The Tango House, offer the possibility of admiring all qualities of tango in its different expressions. First category of tango dancers and singers as well as a tango orchestras, will let you enjoy and feel this particular Buenos Aires music at its utmost while having a drink or a wonderful dinner.


Day 3
Free Day (B)

Day at leisure for personal activities. Overnight in Buenos Aires.

Optional:  Full Day Gaucho Party (Santa Susana Ranch) (L)

This is a visit to a typical "estancia" of the Argentine wet pampas, one of the most fertile natural prairies of the world and famous for its meat and cereal production. The guest will be received with "empanadas", "asado", good Argentine wines, and will be able to enjoy folkloric songs, dances and show of Creole. Enjoy the flavour of our “pampas” at a touristy ranch located 110 km away from down-town Buenos Aires. You will be welcomed with meat pies (typical “empanadas”), a glass of wine or juices by the owners and served an argentine B.B.Q. After lunch, a folkloric Gaucho’s Show will be performed and you will have the possibility of appreciating the typical “Ring Race” (Carrera de Sortijas) or ride on horseback.


Day 4
Iguassu: Full Day Argentinean Falls (B)


At the scheduled time, transfer to the airport to take your flight to Iguassu. Upon arrival, reception by our representatives and transfer to the hotel. In the Northeast of Argentina a dense forest, inhabited by over 400 different varieties of birds, marks one of the most beautiful landscapes of the world, Iguazu Falls. It is here that Iguazu River hurls itself down to a rocketed in 257 falls over 70 metes high. Crashing at the bottom the water shatters to a fine spray which, rising up forms a multitude of rainbows. Visit on of the wonders of the world. Catwalks and observatories will let us enjoy the magnificent falls, one of the wonders of the world, which culminates in the impressive Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s Throat), where the Iguazu River crashes down almost 80 meters offering a breathtaking experience.

Overnight in Iguassu.


Day 5
Half Brazilian Side Waterfalls (B)


Departure from hotel and enter the Iguassu National Park, the largest in southern Brazil. Visit the Park’s Visitors Center with its exhibit on the local eco-system. We then continue down the Cataratas Highway through the rain forest of the National Park to the falls. The Iguassu Falls are on the border of Brazil and Argentina where the Iguassu River drops into a gigantic horseshoe canyon. We descend the walkway, contemplating the lovely waterfalls in all of nature’s exuberance, with panoramic view of both the Argentine and Brazilian sides. The walk ends at the elevator (one does not come back by the same route).

Overnight in Iguassu.


Day 6
Rio de Janeiro (B)

At schedule time, transfer to the airport to take your flight to Rio de Janeiro. Upon arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Rio de Janeiro.


Day 7
Half Day Corcovado – Half Day Sugar Loaf (B)

The tour starts in the morning, with the participants pick up by bus at the hotel. After this, the bus will take the participants through some of the finests touristic spots heading to the Cosme Velho´s district, where the railroad station to the cable car that lift up to the Corcovado is located.  At the top of the Corcovado´s mountain, at a 710 metres height is placed one of the most famous postcards of Rio de Janeiro, the fourty meters height statue of the Christ Reedemer. This impressive statue with 1100 t. with its magnificent belvedere, spreads the amazing sights of the city of Rio de Janeiro, mainly some of the most typical districts of the town and as well the famous beaches. In the afternoon, the tour continues, followed to the Urca´s district and specifically to the Praia Vermelha, where is located the Sugar Loaf´s cable ferry station, the initial spot to ascend to it. The cable car rolls over strong iron cables, tracked by a cog-wheel system, and has a 70 paxs capacity. There are two stages, the first from Praia Vermelha to the Urca´s Station, and the second from Urca to the Sugar Loaf´s top (at 396 meters). At the top, the view of the center downtown, beaches and the meeting of Guanabara´s bay and the ocean waters are simply superb. At the end, return by bus to the hotel.

Overnight in Rio de Janeiro.


Day 8
Free Day (B)


Day at leisure for personal activities.

Overnight in Buenos Aires.


Day 9
International Departure (B)


At the scheduled time, transfer to the airport to take your international departure flight.

 

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Selected Hotels
Buenos Aires Dazzler Tower Maipú www.dazzlertowermaipu.com
Iguazu Recanto Park www.recantoparkhotel.com.br
Rio Golden Tulip Regente www.goldentulipregente.com.br

 

 

Fixed Departures Dates
G1-ABRA Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Tuesday, January 18, 2011
G2-ABRA Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Tuesday, February 15, 2011
G3-ABRA Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Tuesday, March 15, 2011
G4-ABRA Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Tuesday, May 17, 2011
G5-ABRA Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Tuesday, July 19, 2011
G6-ABRA Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Tuesday, September 20, 2011
G7-ABRA Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Tuesday, October 25, 2011


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