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Days: 15
Price from: £
Guaranteed Departures
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Your Price Includes:
- Scheduled flights, including all U.K. and overseas airport taxes and applicable fuel surcharges
- Experienced English-speaking guides at each location, exclusive to the Bales clients, for included sightseeing
- Private air-conditioned vehicles, exclusive to Bales clients (except for the journey from Santiago to Mendoza which is by scheduled coach)
- Transportation As detailed, including all entrance fees
- Accommodation and meals First class hotels throughout, all with swimming pools. Ocean View Rooms in Rio.
- 12 breakfasts
- Minimum participation 2 passengers
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Day 1
Evening departure from London Heathrow by TAM via Sao Paulo to Santiago.
Meals:
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Day 2
Early afternoon arrival in Santiago. Stay at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The rest of
the day is free to relax after your flight and perhaps view the snow-capped Andes.
Meals:
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Day 3
Morning tour of Chile’s capital city including the Moneda Palace, seat of the
government, the famous pre-Columbian Art Museum and the Plaza de Armas.
Meals: B
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Day 4
Enjoy a full day’s excursion through the fertile wine producing Curacavi and
Casablanca valleys, to visit the elegant Pacific coastal resort of Vina del Mar and
the historic port city of Valparaiso, Chile’s thriving cultural capital.
Meals: B
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Day 5
In the morning, you will board a scheduled coach for the spectacular and
thrilling road journey that pierces its way through the Andes into Argentina and the
charming tree-lined city of Mendoza, famous for its vineyards. (Please note, the 3
August departure will fly from Santiago to Mendoza as the highway can be blocked
by snow at this time of year). Stay at the Executive Hotel.
Meals: B
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Day 6
Mendoza is one of Argentina’s most beautiful cities and your sightseeing
today will include the magnificent San Martin Park, with its lake, gardens, statues
and fountains. You will also enjoy wine tasting at one of Mendoza’s vineyards.
Meals: B
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Day 7
Morning flight to Buenos Aires, where you will stay at the Claridge Hotel.
Afternoon tour of this elegant and cosmopolitan city where you will see the beautiful
parks and gardens of Palermo, the colourful district of La Boca, the old quarters of
San Telmo, the Government House, Congress and the Recoleta Cemetery
Meals: B
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Day 8
At leisure in the ‘Paris of South America’. A number of optional
excursions can be booked locally, such as a visit to the Pampas or to the Tigre Delta,
or an evening outing to see a spectacular performance of the tango
Meals: B
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Day 9
As above
Meals: B
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Day 10
Morning flight to Iguassu. View the falls from the Argentine side including the
superb ‘Devil’s Throat’, before crossing into Brazil. Stay at the Das Cataratas Hotel.
Meals: B
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Day 11
Free. You can enjoy viewing the falls from the many walkways; alternatively,
see the falls by boat from the canyon beneath, or from the air by helicopter.
Meals: B
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Day 12
Fly to Rio. Stay at the Excelsior Copacabana Hotel in Ocean View Rooms.
Meals: B
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Day 13
A full day of sightseeing in Rio, which will include the cog-train ride to the
summit of Corcovado Mountain, the cable-car ride to Sugar Loaf Mountain and a
drive along the famous beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon.
Meals: B
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Day 14
Free until your evening flight by TAM Airlines to London. Alternatively, stay
longer in Rio; or relax at the resort of Buzios, or even explore other areas of Brazil
Meals: B
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Day 15
Arrive London Heathrow in the early afternoon.
Meals: B
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