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Latin America & Antarctica 2017 LATIN AMERICA & ANTARCTICA 2017 SOUTH AMERICA • MEXICO • CUBA • CENTRAL AMERICA • ANTARCTICA CONTENTS SOUTH AMERICAN DREAM 8-9 Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Chile DISCOVER SOUTH AMERICA 10-11 Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile SOUTH AMERICAN EXPLORER 12-13 Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina PERU 14-23 BOLIVIA 24-25 ECUADOR 26-35 GALAPAGOS 32-35 CHILE 36-39 ARGENTINA 40-42 URUGUAY 43 PATAGONIA 44-51 ANTARCTICA 52-55 BRAZIL 56-61 COLOMBIA 62-63 VENEZUELA & PARAGUAY 64 GUYANA & SURINAME 65 MEXICO 66-75 DISCOVER MEXICO & CUBA 68-69 Mexico, Cuba CUBA 76-79 CENTRAL AMERICA 80-91 MUNDO MAYA 82-83 Mexico, Guatemala, Belize CENTRAL AMERICAN EXPLORER 84-85 Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua TERMS & CONDITIONS 93 Cocora Valley, Coffee Region, Colombia Our World Copper Canyon Gulf of Mexico Havana MEXICO CUBA Guadalajara Cancun Mexico City Oaxaca BELIZE GUATEMALA HONDURAS Caribbean Sea EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA Santa Marta COSTA RICA Caracas Cartagena PANAMA VENEZUELA Medellin GUYANA Bogota SURINAME Pereira Angel Falls FRENCH Fernando de GUIANA Noronha COLOMBIA ECUADOR Fernando de Quito Coca Equator Noronha Galapagos Islands Guayaquil Devil’s Nose Manaus Belem Iquitos Fortaleza Rio Amazonas Chachapoyas Chiclayo Kuelap Natal Trujillo PERU Recife Machu BRAZIL Picchu Puerto Maldonado Lima Cuzco Salvador Nazca Puno BOLIVIA (Bahia) Lake Titicac a Brasilia Arequipa La Paz Sucre Pantanal Potosi Belo Horizonte Uyuni Salar Campo Grande Calama San Pedro de Atacama PARAGUAY Paraty Asuncion Rio de Janeiro Salta Iguazu Ibera Falls Easter Island CHILE Marshlands Pacific Valparaiso Ocean Santiago Mendoza URUGUAY Buenos Atlantic Aires Montevideo Ocean ARGENTINA Puerto Varas Bariloche Puerto Madryn Mt. Fitz Roy Map Key El Calafate Torres del Paine Travel by air Falkland Islands/ Malvinas Punta Arenas Travel over land/water Ushuaia Tierra Train tracks Cape Horn Capital city del Fuego South Georgia City/town or lodge Drake Passage Island Ruins National park Train station Antarctic Peninsula Contents of maps are not to scale Weddell Sea www.contourstravel.com.au 1 Why choose Contours Travel? Atacama Desert, Chile 2 Reservations 1300 135 391 The Contours Commitment Inspire We’ve been creating tailor-made tours to Latin America for more than 40 years. Every one of our expert consultants has travelled widely throughout the region and has extensive experience in designing unique and seamless holidays that offer travellers the very best of this extraordinary continent. Our brochure is full of creative ideas to inspire your next Latin American adventure. Allow us to introduce you to Latin America’s most iconic destinations, as well as some of our favourites that are often overlooked. We’ll show you how to combine the best of this stunning region to create a truly unique and memorable trip. Enhance Throughout our brochure you’ll find a number of ways to enhance your travel experience, with inspired accommodation options, unusual touring ideas and excursions designed for special interests. Looking for more active options for day trips? Ask us about hiking Rio de Janeiro’s Mount Corcovado to reach Christ the Redeemer, or cycling the shaded streets of Palermo in Buenos Aires. Foodies should look no further than our excellent Taco and Tamale tours in Mexico City or a traditional Andean cooking class in Cuzco. From history to cuisine, archaeology to opera, cycling tours to horseback riding and more, we want to share the full potential of each wonderful destination with you. Value We aim to provide the best value for money, regardless of whether you’re on a budget or looking to splurge. We’ve got our fingers on the pulse for great value offers and know the best places to splash out for a truly memorable experience. Why are there no prices in our brochure? Because things change fast in Latin America! New routes develop daily, great hotels get better and touring options become more diverse every week. We want to ensure you’re getting the best advice and the most competitive price at the moment you make the enquiry. Contact your travel agent for a tailor-made holiday and quote. Confidence A dedicated Contours Travel specialist will look after you from your first phone call. We’ll create a personalised itinerary that reflects your interests, time and budget, and continue to refine your holiday until you are 100% satisfied. With more than 40 years of travelling in and working with Latin America, we pass our in-depth knowledge and first-hand experience on to you. Our thorough pre-departure information will ensure you get the most out of your journey. Our consultants travel frequently to stay up to date with exciting new hotels, fantastic touring options and the best suggestions for local food, shopping and sightseeing. During your time in Latin America you can be confident that our trusted in-country partners are there to look after you. They will reconfirm your onward flights, make adjustments if delays occur, and provide you with 24/7 contact details in case of emergencies, allowing you to relax and enjoy the trip of a lifetime. One of the good points of booking through Contours Travel was dealing with just one person. It gives a personal touch to all the travel arrangements to feel you are planning and knowing our every move using your experience in the region. From the start, offering ideas to extend the trip from simply Cuba, to include Mexico and Panama, to the finish, seamlessly organising to change an impossibly noisy hotel to a quiet one. Thanks for your care and for your attention to detail on our itinerary, no complaints from us. We’ll certainly recommend you to friends! - Jan & Mike, 2016 www.contourstravel.com.au 3 How We Travel Amazon Rainforest, Peru 4 Reservations 1300 135 391 The Contours Experience Journey Because of the enormous size of Latin America, you’ll most likely require at least one or two regional flights after arriving via one of the region’s gateways. Our expert consultants will plan your itinerary to reduce the amount of time spent in airports and keep your costs down by using one of our wholesale airpasses. For travel between cities and towns you can choose from private transportation with a driver and guide; luxury coaches with flat-bed seats for longer journeys; or, in some regions, self-drive options. Transfers to and from hotels are generally booked as private with either a driver and/or guide. Shared transfers may occasionally be offered to keep costs down. Train lovers should know that Latin America has some of the world’s most iconic train journeys: the brand new luxury sleeper Belmond Andean Explorer, travelling between Cuzco and Arequipa in Peru; the Tren Crucero overland trip in Ecuador, Mexico’s Copper Canyon and Argentina’s famous End of the World Train in Ushuaia. Stay There’s been a revolution in accommodation standards since we first started sending travellers to Latin America. Some of the world’s finest luxury hotels are dotted throughout South and Central America, combining local character and history with superb service and comfort. Contours Travel prefers smaller boutique properties that make use of local materials and reflect the local culture, from exquisite five-star Small Luxury Hotels of the World to rustic three-star, family-run posadas. In many cases, we use a mix of moderate and deluxe accommodation options designed to give you the best value, with a few special treats along the way. Look for our recommended Stays of Distinction throughout the brochure and on our website – these properties are remarkable destinations in their own right. See All our itineraries are tailor-made so we can offer touring options specific to your personal interests, fitness levels and budget. Tours can usually be booked as private or shared services and are always conducted with bilingual guides. If you can’t find anything that caters to your special interest inside this brochure, please contact Contours Travel and we’ll put together the perfect tour options for you. Connect The destination specialists at Contours Travel agree that the people of Latin America are what keeps us coming back – Latinos are some of the world’s friendliest people and the pride they share in their history and culture is striking. Try to learn a few words of the local language before you go – you’ll be amazed by how encouraging people will be when they hear you making an effort. Rarely a day passes without a celebration of some sort where you can witness strong cultural traditions and family ties. Locals love to share their culture and will often invite you for a drink or a dance. It’s these interactions that our clients frequently cite as the highlight of their holidays. We understand that today’s traveller is looking for authentic experiences – let Contours Travel introduce you to the warm and wonderful people that make up this incredible region. There wasn’t a single moment when we felt anything less than completely comfortable and confident. Our guides were pleasant, friendly, knowledgeable and flexible, and great ambassadors for their countries. Our accommodation was very comfortable also, with the hotel staff going out of their way to assist whenever it was requested. All in all just completely fabulous in every way! - Caroline & James, 2015 Amazon Rainforest, Peru www.contourstravel.com.au 5 Community Projects CONTOURS TRAVEL community projects A private weaving demonstration by members of a local Agua Pura Project delivering and installing water filters in schools co-operative in Chinchero in the intimacy of their own home. and communities around the Sacred Valley. Contours Travel supports a number of initiatives throughout Latin America. Whether through direct loans, importing artisanal products or supporting local development organisations, we are increasing opportunities for the people of this wonderful continent.
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