Destinations:  Rio de Jainero, Iguassu Falls, Ouro Preto, Belo Horizonte, Manaus-Amazon & Salvador

Length:  12 Days / 11 Nights


Detailed Itinerary:


Day 1
Arrival in Rio de Janeiro (-)

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 Rio de Janeiro.


Day 2
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 3
Iguassu: Half Day Brazilian Falls (B)

At schedule time, transfer to the airport to take your flight to Iguassu. Upon arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel. 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 4
Half Day Argentinean Falls (B)

Departure from hotels ahead to Argentina side with a quick stop at custom check out. After that, the tour continues to the Tancredo Neves Bridge over the Iguassu River, which separates the border between Argentina and Brazil. Once in Argentina, a scenic highway up to the Argentine Iguassu Park is taken from where the visit of the visit of the Argentinean Falls at Porto Canoas, which gives the access to the very brink of the awe-inspiring Devil’s Throat, largest of the Argentinean Falls, including the San Martin Falls. On the way back from the falls a stop at the “Three Borders” Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet. Afternoon at leisure for personal activities.
Overnight in Iguassu.


Day 5
Belo Horizonte / Ouro Preto (B)

At schedule time, transfer to the airport to take your flight to Belo Horizonte. Upon arrival, reception and transfer to Ouro Preto.

Overnight in Ouro Preto.


Day 6
City Tour / Belo Horizonte (B)

Founded in 1698, Ouro Preto is the masterpiece of colonial architecture in Brazil. Declared by UNESCO as a “Cultural Patrimony of Mankind”. Due to its distance from the coast and the exhaustion of the mines after 1789,it is the one town in Brazil to remain as an outstanding artistic and architectural example of that era. Along the same period, there developed liberation movements inspired by the Iluminism ideas and the concreet example of the American Revolution. At schedule time return to Belo Horizonte.

Overnight in Belo Horizonte.


Day 7
Manaus (B/D)

At schedule time, transfer to the airport to take your flight to Manaus. Reception, pick-up at 13h30 and transfer to the Amazon Ecopark Jungle Lodge. Check-in/welcome drink after which guests will be shown to the room. Following visit to the Monkey Jungle. Dinner and evening tour by canoe for Alligator Spotting.

Overnight at the lodge.


Day 8
Manaus (B/L/D)

Breakfast followed by a Nature Hike. Lunch. After a short rest, visit the home of local Amazonian residents (“natives”) with opportunity for fishing. Dinner.

Overnight at the lodge.


Day 9
Manaus (B/L/D)

Full day tour to the Meeting of the Waters with lunch. Optional canoe ride with an opportunity for Piranha Fishing(*). Arrival at the lodge by 17h30.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.


Day 10
Manaus / Salvador (B)

Free time to enjoy natural pools and swimming at the river bank. Check-out at 11h30 and transfer to the airport to take your flight to Salvador.

Overnight in Salvador.


Day 11
Half Day City Tour (B)

Morning departure from hotels to get to know the streets of the historical center of Salvador to be taken to Brazil´s early History. Starting at Farol da Barra (Barra lighthouse), the tour continues heading to the Teatro Castro Alves (Castro Alves Theather), Forte São Pedro and Castro Alves Square, all the way to the Pelourinho, the most famous square on city center. There, one can find more than a thousand old houses, churches and monuments built on the XVI century. This is the greatest baroque architectonic inheritance in Latin America. Afternoon at leisure for personal activities.

Overnight in Salvador.

Optional:  Bahia by Night with Dinner

This evening will bring to light why Salvador is described as the most African city in the Western Hemisphere. The influences of African traditions in Salvador can be best seen and appreciated in two areas: Food and Music. Night has fallen over the capital of Brazil's most historic state and presents the city in a new dress. After a dinner-buffet featuring a wide variety of snacks from the Bahian cuisine we will have the opportunity to "look into the soul" of Brazil by experiencing its music and dances. Brazilian music draws heavily on its African roots, a fusion with pulsating African rhythms and its dance forms incorporate features that have been brought to Brazil by African slaves. Most of Bahia's traditional dances are art forms not found in any other geographic region outside Brazil, like Dança dos Orixás, Dança de Xangô, Maculêlê, Puxada-de-Rede, Capoeira, Samba-de-Roda and Carnival Axé.


Day 12
International Departure (B)

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

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