INSPIRED BY PAN AM 201 A Private Jet Expedition from Miami to Buenos Aires
Departs Miami | Sunday 01 March 2020 MIAMI, United States
HAVANA, Cuba SANTA DOMINGO, Domincan Republic SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago
BELEM, Brazil
RECIFE, Brazil
IGUAZU FALLS, Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
THE EAST COAST FLYER An Expedition by Private Jet inspired by Pan Am 201
ALL-INCLUSIVE | 16 NIGHTS | 50 GUESTS
Departs Miami | Sunday 01 March 2020
£ 46 995.00 per person sharing | £ 7 500.00 single supplement an American World Airways, one of the greatest pioneering Paviation entities of all time, built its business on the backbone of its South American Routes.
e retrace the route of the famous flights, PA200/201, more Wcommonly known as the East Coast Flyer. Join us and a Pan Am Expert on this exciting re-creation.
he name Pan Am has always been tied to Latin America Tand the route network covered most of Central and South America by the mid 1930’s. Known as a “Signature Service” Pan Am Flight PA201 was operating in 1939 six days per week using the Sikorsky S-42 flying boat and took a grand total of six days to reach Buenos Aires from the Pan Am Terminal in Miami.
he flight was later extended to include New York and existed Tuntil the airline ceased business. InterContinental Hotels, founded by Pan Am, built its first hotel in Belem, Brazil.
e visit many of the original ports-of-call of the Pan Am Wflying boats and stay in many of the original hotels used to accommodation Pan Am passengers and crew along the route. A fitting start to an incredible Expedition MIAMI, United States of America Discover the Glamour & Excitement of Miami
Day One our journey begins in Miami at one of the world’s most iconic hotels. A private meet & greet at Miami Airport or Stations whisks you in comfort to the Biltmore Ywhere memories have been created since 1926 An early check-in has been arranged for guests arriving on inter-continental flights or why not arrive a few days early and take in the sights?
Make sure you have packed your dancing shoes as tonight we meet your Expedition Team and fellow travellers at our Gala Cocktail Reception followed by dinner at with live entertainment that sets the tone for our journey as we retrace the routes of the pioneering aviators to and from South America.
Perhap’s a cheeky nightcap in the famous The Biltmore Bar We depart for Havana in the morning! HAVANA, Cuba A short hop but a world away
Day Two Day Three ravellers of old would have left the Hotel at dawn travelling to the Marine fter breakfast this morning we depart on an exciting day tour. A fleet of TTerminal. Our Flying Valet Service take’s care of your luggage and we Avintage American Cars await. leave at a more sensible time after breakfast for our transfer to our Private Jet Terminal at Fort Lauderdale Airport. You will see Havana’s treasures and culture up close while enjoying personalized local service, we take you on a journey following Ernest Hemingway’s footsteps We pay a short visit to the former Pan Am Flying Boat Terminal at Coconut Key of one of the worlds greatest writers, from his favorite Bar and restaurants en-route. Meet our Private Jet Crew and relax in comfort on board our VIP “EL Floridita” and “Bodeguita del medio” to his home at “Finca Vigía” in San configured Boeing 737 aircraft during the short flight and enjoy our Silver Wing Francisco de Paula, where he lived from mid 1939 to 1960, now a museum. We Lunch Service. enjoy lunch at a local Cuban “Paladar”.
Upon arrival in Havana we transfer to the Nacional, one of the most historic We return to our hotel mid-afternoon for some free-time. This evening, join us hotels in downtown Havana. This afternoon some time to refresh and explore for Cuban Cocktails in the bar before dinner at the Nacional. independently. This evening we enjoy a unique Cuban dinner experience.
Flying time today: 0 h 55 minutes A Caribbean Gem bursts into life with stunning Colonial architecture SANTA DOMINGO, Domican Republic The Caribbean comes alive in the Zona Colonial!
Day Four Day Five fter breakfast this morning we transfer to Havana Airport for our flight to e only have a short flight to San Juan in Puerto Rico today so guests can ASanta Domingo in the Dominican Republic. The sparkling ocean reflects Wenjoy a leisurely morning and enjoy breakfast before we transfer to the under our wings as we enjoy our Silver Wing Lunch Service en-route. Landing airport for our flight. in the Domican Republic, we enjoy an afternoon city tour of Santa Domingo taking in the Zona Colonial and the landing sites at San Pedro before checking After refreshments on board, we arrive in San Juan and head straight into town into our hotel with time to refresh and relax. for lunch, checking into our hotel, the original Pan Am InterContinental early- afternoon. This evening we introduce Free Dining. We like to run our Expeditions at a relaxed pace where possibly and also provide our guests with flexibility. Free Enjoy some pool time, beach time or relax time before we meet up again for a Dining on select nights offers our guests the opportunity to dine alone or with poolside cocktail before departing on our special Caribbean Dinner, especially new found friends at a time that suits you at any of our hotel restaurants. curated for our group.
We’re staying at the El Embajador, the same hotel used by Pan American Flying time today: 0 h 55 minutes passengers! Why not take advantage of our slightly later start in the morning and hit the nightspots this evening?
Flying time today: 2 hours 10 minutes SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Back on American Soil!
Day Six Today we introduce our “Personalize Your Day” programme. We realize that all We then visit the Arecibo Observatory, a unique facility made world-famous guests are not the same and we all have different interests. In most destinations, in the James Bond film - Golden Eye. Another interesting excursion is to the our guests will be able to pre-select their activities for the day. Here in San Juan, El Yunque Rain Forest where we undertake a nature walk with local biologists we have a great selection of tours and activities to appeal to all tastes. followed by kayaking at Bioluminescent Bay. Both these activities do require a fairly good level of fitness! The water’s off Puerto Rico offer some of the best sea life in the Caribbean. Culebra is a small, sparsely populated island and surrounding group of cays A more leisurely day is spent discovery the Artists and the history of Ponce. A off the east coast of Puerto Rico. In the northwest, Flamenco Beach is a long curator from the Museo de Arte de Ponce brings the museums collection to crescent of white sand and turquoise water backed by tree-covered hills. Nearby life. The collection is one of the most important collections of European art Tamarindo Beach offers clear waters full of fish, sea turtles and rays. Enjoy a in the Americas with works ranging from Renaissance to the 19th century with full day of snorkelling and relaxing on the beaches. particular strengths in Baroque and Victorian painting.
For the more adventurous, we offer a full day to Cueva Ventana. We hike up to This evening due to the staggered arrival of tours, enjoy free dining at our hotel, the cave where we are met by trained biologists who provide guided tours of the the InterContinental. natural cave, which contains insects, snakes, and bats. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago Known for Carnival, Calypso and Caribbean music
Day Seven Day Eight e say goodbye to San Juan this morning after breakfast, rejoining our This morning we have an optional fishing expedition on the Caribbean Sea with Wfaithful private jet crew and travelling on to Port of Spain in Trinidad and an early start, alternatively, have a lazy leisurely breakfast and relax by the pool Tobago before we meet up and depart for the airport and our flight to Belem, Brazil, he first time that we touch base on the South American mainland. We enjoy lunch on board before touching down early afternoon. Our local hosts take pleasure in showing us their city in a short-orientation tour before checking We have lunch on board our aircraft before landing mid-afternoon due to time- in at our hotel. After some time to relax and perhaps a swim, our Trinidadian differences and transferring to our hotel, the Hilton, the original Pan Am Crew hosts are on hand to collect us as we depart for an al-fresco dinner with live Hotel. We have some time to freshen up before meeting up for drinks and entertainment. dinner at our hotel.
As we have a later start in the morning, some time to let our hair down tonight. Flying time today: 2 hours 50 minutes
Flying time today: 1 hour 40 minutes BELEM, Brazil The Gateway to the Rain Forest
Day Nine Fter breakast we once again offer our “Personalize Your Day” programme. his evening we travel down to the historic Belem Docks to see the ABelem was an important point on the Pan American route network. It was Trevitalization of this former derelict quayside area and enjoy dinner at a here that the very first InterContinental Hotel, the leading hotel chain founded local restaurant. by Juan Trippe and Pan Am, was opened in 1949. It was a 4 floor, 85 room hotel which boasted a telephone on each floor! Day Ten fter breakfast, we have a late-morning departure to Recife with lunch being Our guests can choose from a full day tour to the hidden communities as we Aserved on-board the aircraft, touching down in the city early afternoon. travel by boat to the Low Acara River. A fascinating insight into rural community The capital of Brazil’s northeastern state of Pernambuco, Recife is distinguished life. For a half day option, an interesting architecturely themed walking tour by its many rivers, bridges, islets and peninsulas and the historic old town center of Belem. dates to the 16th century.
We also look forward to a private tour of the Museu Paraenese Emilio Goeldi, Free dining at our hotel this evening. the Brazilian Research Institute which researches and catalogs biological diversity in the Amazon. Flying time today: 2 hours 30 minutes
RECIFE, Brazil Known for it’s Portuguese and Dutch history
Day Eleven fter breakfast, “Personalize Your Day” perhaps with a tour of the stunning the world’s largest assemblage of paintings by Frans Post. We enjoy an in-depth AColonial Architecture with our Historic Recife tour or experience the city private tour with one of the curators. from street level on a walking tour that takes in the World Heritage Site of Olinda where you can view some of the most stunning expamples of European This evening we have a “quiet” night with cocktails and dinner at our hotel. Colonial architecture in the whole of South America.
If getting some exercise is high on your list of priorities at this stage of our expedition, then we offer a full day Bonito Hiking Tour. The municipality of Bonito/PE is just over 2 hours from Recife. The Véu da Noiva 1 waterfall is perfect for adrenaline lovers, because the access is through a path of average difficulty and its constitution is ideal for Rappelling and Ziplining.
Another popular option in Recife is our art immersion experience at the Ricardo Brennand Institute. The Institute is a non-profit organization and holds a permanent collection of historic and artistic objects of diversified provenience, ranging from Early Middle Ages to 20th century, with strong emphasis in objects, documents and artwork related to Colonial and Dutch Brazil, including RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil From the Copacabana to Christ the Redeemer
Day Twelve Day Tbirteen n early start this morning and we enjoy breakfast on board the aircraft After breakfast, choose from our Personalize Your Day experiences. Alanding in Rio de Janeiro just before lunch. We head straight to our hotel Choose our half day option with early access to the Christ Redeemer for lunch overlooking the Copacabana. Statue and Sugar Loaf Mountain, the iconic symbols of Rio the world over.
Rio is South America’s tropical party city. Even if you have visited the city before, Head into the rainforests of Tijuca with our off-roading experience by Jeep or Rio is bursting with experiences, sights, sounds and smells that are unmistakebly experience the famous Favela’s of Rio at Rocinha with our walking tour. For a South American! dose of culture, our full day out to Petropolis includes the Imperial Palace and the renown Crystal Palace. After lunch we offer an optional afternoon city orientation tour or alternatively relax by the pool or on the beach or stroll along the promenade of the Copacabana. We are spoilt for choice in Rio with an art immersion taking in the Niterói City Tour and Contemporary Art Museum Admission. For a different perspective, This evening we celebrate our arrival in Rio in a style that only the Brazilians can join our visit to the Roberto Burle Marx home and gardens. Roberto Burle offer with a very special evening of dining and entertainment exclusively for our Marx was a Brazilian landscape architect whose designs of parks and gardens guests. made him world-famous. He is accredited with having introduced modernist landscape architecture to Brazil. This evening, free dining at our hotel or explore Rio. IGUAZU FALLS, Brazil Where the waters cascade
Day Fourteen Day Fifteen e say goodbye to stunning Rio this morning, transferring to the airport fter breakfast, choose from our Personalize Your Day experiences to Wlate morning for our flight out to the spectacular Igauzu Falls with lunch Amake the most of your day in Iguazu. Travel across border to experience being served on-board. Paraguay at Ciudad del Este or spend the morning or afternoon at the Falls with a professional photographer. There are few sights more awe inspiring as Iguazu Falls. Stretching almost three kilometers and straddling both Argentina and Brazil their scale, power and For an active day traverse the Poco Prieto Trail with an inflatable boat. This beauty will not soon be forgotten. tour begins with a 320 metre suspended footbridge right in the middle of the Iguazu National Park. A 9 km one way trail follows, which can be covered on Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of foot or on a bicycle. On this stretch, you can see beautiful flora and fauna native the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, to the park. At the end of the trail, take a short break to rest. Here, there is a they make up the largest waterfall system in the world. The falls divide the river suspension bridge followed by a 500-metre rustic trail which leads to a 10-metre into the upper and lower Iguazu. Upon arrival we meet our local guide for a high observation tower. Alternatively visit the Falls at your leisure. private tour of the Falls from a unique perspective. This evening we are hosted to a special dinner experience at a secret location.
This evening we enjoy dinner at our spectacular hotel.
Flying time today: 2 hours BUENOS AIRES, Argentina The end of the road in an incredible city
Day Sixteen fter breakfast we depart for the airport and our flight to Buenos Aires btain a fascinating glimpse into Buenos Aires and its Jewish legacy or Aand Argentina and the final stop on our epic Expedition following the old Oexperience the city from street level with our heritage walking tour. For the routes of Pan American. artists on-board, we offer a unique opportunity to discover Bohemian Buenose Aires with a local artist incorporating an opportunity for outdoor painting. After landing, we stop off for lunch at a traditional venue before checking in at our historic hotel. Enjoy some time to relax and refresh before we head out for Tonight is our final night and we say goodbye in true Argentinian fashion at our dinner this evening at a local speciality restaurant. Gala Farewell Dinner.
Flying time today: 1 hour 55 minutes Day Eighteen Day Seventeen fter breakfast our Expedition ends with a transfer to Buenos Aires airport fter breakfast the final opportunity to “Personalize Your Day”. Hone your Afor your return flight. Alternatively extend your stay in South America. Acooking skills by trying your hand with our Argentinian Cooking Class. Your Travel Adviser or Vintage Travel Team will be happy to create a bespoke Put on your dancing shoes and learn how to do the Tango from the real McCoy! itinerary to meet your requirements. Discover the history and times of Argentina’s turbulent past as well as one of it’s most famous daughters, Evita Perron. PRIVATE JET EXPEDITIONS Your comfort, convenience and safety are our priority
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