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Argentina / Chile Wine Tour SENWES EDUCATIONAL ARGENTINA FARMING TOUR Best Lands Route Welcome to the Best Lands Route. Join our tour across the best soils in Argentina and one of the best in the world. The humid pampas, the “zona núcleo”, the grain belt in Argentina; where thousands of immigrants in the last century made this country the world’s granary. DAY 1 09 AUG SUNDAY JOHANNESBURG/SAO PAULO / BUENOS AIRES 10h35 Depart Johannesburg on SAA flight SA 222 16h30 Arrive Sao Paulo and proceed to your connecting flight bound for Buenos Aires 19h15 Depart Sao Paulo on LAN Airlines flight LA 4547 22h20 Arrive Buenos Aires, where you will be met by your English speaking guide and transferred to your hotel PRINCIPADO HOTEL 3 * www.principado.com.ar Located near: the renowned Florida Street, Plaza San Martin, historic monuments and restaurants. Room Service without charge available 24 hours a day. Restaurant and Bar open 24 hours a day. Safe boxes available in each room. DAY 2 10 AUG MONDAY BUENOS AIRES / ROSARIO Breakfast in your hotel, available from 06h00. After breakfast check out of your hotel. 08h00 Today meet with members of AACREA (see note 1). The Argentinean Association of CREA (Regional Consortiums of Agricultural Experimentation) is a non-profit private organization of farmers who work in small groups to improve each farming enterprise. The whole association is formed by more than 2000 medium and big farmers who work in technological development in agricultural production. They will talk about their experience in grains and cattle beef farming. 12h00 Lunch 15h00 Meet with a rural contractor, who rents many farms to plant, harvest and manage. Visit the field to see the condition of crops, visit the farm machinery area to see the farming machinery (tractors, combines, seeders, sprayers, etc) 18h00 Arrive in Rosario. Overnight Hotel Plaza Real HOTEL PLAZA REAL 4 * www.plazarealhotel.com Room facilities include bathroom en suite, cable TV, electronic safe, free WI-FI internet access This evening enjoy a welcome dinner DAY 3 11 AUG TUESDAY ROSARIO / ROLDAN / ARMSTRONG / ROSARIO Breakfast in your hotel 09h00 Visit Criadero Santa Rosa a seed production company which specialise in soybean 11h00 Continue to Armstrong 12h00 Lunch 14h00 Visit Crucianelli a planters company which specialise in no-till farming equipment. www.crucianelli.com 16h00 Return to Rosario 17h30 Arrive in Rosario and overnight at Hotel Plaza Real 1 | P a g e DAY 4 12 AUG WEDNESDAY ROSARIO / SAN LORENZO / PERGAMINO Breakfast in your hotel 07h30 Depart to San Lorenzo. Visit a grain export port. 10h30 Return to Rosario 12h00 Visit the Rosario Board of Trade (see note 4) 13h00 Lunch at the Board of Trade 15h00 Visit the ACA (Argentine Cooperatives Association) (see note 5) 17h00 Depart to Pergamino 18h30 Arrive in Pergamino and overnight HOTEL TERRAZAS www.terrazashotel.com.ar Hotel facilities include a heat outdoor pool DAY 5 13 AUG THURSDAY PERGAMINO Breakfast in your hotel 10h00 Morning: visit Rizobacter a company who produce and export inoculants and seed therapies. Meetings with technicians; technical seminar www.rizobacter.com 12h00 Lunch 15h00 Afternoon farm visit: grains in no-till farming and precision agriculture Overnight Pergamino DAY 6 14 AUG FRIDAY PERGAMINO / CHACABUCO / BUENOS AIRES Breakfast in your hotel 08h00 Depart to Chacabuco 09h00 Visit an Agriculture Cooperative / meeting with directors / visit the facilities 11h00 Farm visit: we will visit the farm of a member of the cooperative - a typical farmer in the pampas, here the farms are about 300 / 500 ha and the crops are wheat or barley in winter and soybean or corn in mean season. In August we will find wheat or barley. You will meet the farmer, who will show the farm, the machinery and will speak about his farm. 13h00 Lunch 15h00 Continue to Buenos Aires 17h00 Arrive in Buenos Aires (see note 5) 20h00 Evening Tango Show and Farewell dinner (see note 6) Overnight Buenos Aires PRINCIPADO HOTEL 3 * www.principado.com.ar Located near: The renowned Florida Street, Plaza San Martin, historic monuments and restaurants. DAY 7 15 AUG SATURDAY BUENOS AIRES 09h00 Morning city tour During your city sightseeing tour view: the 9 de Julio Avenue, Plaza de la Republica and the Obelisk, passing by the famous Colon Opera House. The tour continues to the historic Plaza de Mayo square surrounded by the Government House, the Cabildo (The old city Hall), and the Cathedral. Southwards, we reach the Italian-flavoured neighbourhood of La Boca with its famous street “Caminito”. Later we will visit San Telmo, one of the most preserved areas with a number of colonial houses and its cobblestone streets. The tour includes a visit to the Recoleta cemetery (burial place of Eva Patron). On the way to the north part of the city we will visit the modern ”Puerto Madero” neighbourhood. 13h00 Lunch at Puerto Madero waterfront Afternoon at leisure Subject to confirmation: Argentina vs South Africa warm up rugby match. Venue and Prices still to be advised Overnight Buenos Aires 2 | P a g e DAY 8 16 AUG SUNDAY BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO/JOHANNESBURG Breakfast in your hotel 10h00 Check out of your hotel. Your bags can be stored until your transfer to the airport Transfer to the airport for your flight to Sao Paulo 15h20 Depart on LAN Airlines flight LA 4546 18h10 Arrive Sao Paulo and make your way to your connecting flight 23h35 Depart on SAA flight SA 225 for Johannesburg DAY 9 17 AUG MONDAY JOHANNESBURG 13h05 Arrive Johannesburg ITINERARY SUBJECT TO CHANGE PRICE PER PERSON SHARING from R 34 660 PRICE PER PERSON SINGLE from R 38 380 Excludes current airport taxes for SAA and LAN airlines R 6 800 Price includes: Return flights from Johannesburg on SAA and LAN Airlines Exclusive coach for the group English speaking guide 7 accommodation nights in 3/4 * hotels Breakfast daily Welcome Dinner 5 Lunches Tango show with farewell dinner Buenos Aires City Tour with English speaking guide Technical visits as per the program Not Included: * Current airline taxes R 6 800* Courier of final documents to one address R 275* Gratuities for tour guides and drivers * Drinks & items of a personal nature* Optional tours * excess baggage charges * Transportation to/from OR Tambo International Airport * Luggage handling at all airports * Very Important Medical Travel Insurance. See table below for appropriate cover. Insurance valid for a maximum of 15 days. Terms and conditions apply full details on request. * Insurance Cover Individual Senior Super Senior Age 3months – 69 70 – 79 80 – 84 Rate per person R 955 R 2 135 R 2 805 Medical & Related expenses Unlimited R 5 000 000 R 500 000-i Excess R 1 500 R 1 000 R 1 500 Flight Seating Request: The airline reserves a block of seats for the group. Your seats will be allocated within this bloc and seating requests cannot be guaranteed All Prices are Subject to: Price increase due to currency fluctuation ZAR / USD, Airfare increase & schedule changes, EFT payments, Government tax & airline fuel surcharge increase (without notice), Minimum number of 26 full paying passengers. Changes to confirmed reservation will incur an administration fee of R 600 per person, plus any additional costs related to the amendment. In order to confirm the reservation a non-refundable/non-transferable deposit of R 10 000 per person is required within 3 days from date of confirmation of reservation. Full payment required on or before 19 JUNE 2015 A penalty of 5% of the outstanding balance will be incurred per week for late payment Call the day before making final payment to confirm the outstanding balance – due to currency and airport tax fluctuations Documents will only be sent by courier 3 weeks prior to departure Payments: * EFT/ Internet payments are preferred.* Credit Card payments are not accepted * Bank charges for teletransmission costs (payments made from outside South Africa) will be charged to passenger * Bank charges will be charged to the passenger - Cash Payments; bank charges of 1.5% of the total amount per deposit, Cheque Payments; bank charges of R15 per cheque * 3 | P a g e Domestic Flights: You can book your own domestic flights on the following websites: Kulula www.kulula.com / SAA www.flysaa.com / Mango www.flymango.com Ensure that there is at least three hours connecting time between your domestic flights and the international flights. Or Contact us for a quote. Tax consequences: - Subject to your individual circumstances as a taxpayer and current South African tax laws. The total cost of the tour could be allocated between the private and business components and the latter proportion may be tax deductible. For further tax advice contact your tax consultant. Important Booking Instructions: A completed booking form and clear copies of all passports to be faxed to (011) 886-9548 or email [email protected] to secure a reservation. Contact Details: To book and/or obtain full information, terms and conditions email [email protected] or call us on tel (011) 886-9545 or fax (011) 886-9548 SOUTH AFRICAN PASSPORT HOLDERS DO NOT REQUIRE A VISA FOR BRAZIL OR ARGENTINA Passports to be valid for at least 6 months after your return to South Africa & must have at least 2 clean pages Temporary passports are not accepted YELLOW FEVER INOCULATION REQUIRED A MINIMUM OF 10 DAYS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM SOUTH AFRICA (1) AACREA - Argentine Association of Regional Consortiums for Agricultural Experimentation AACREA is a non - profit institution registered as such under Argentine law. It was founded in 1960, and is the mother organization of about 200 CREA groups throughout Argentina, divided into 18 different ecological and productive regions.
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