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BOGOTA Ecuador Galapagos Island QUITO Guayaquil Belem Leticia Manaus Cuenca Iquitos Tabatinga Fortaleza The team at Travel Projects is very excited with our Chiclayo range of products on this 2008 edition. With the Peru Natal Trujillo experience throughout the years and the feedback Brazil Recife Machu Picchu from our past clients we have compiled the most Sacred Valley interesting programs that combine all the Puerto Maldonado LIMA necessary elements to make your trip to this vast Paracas Cuzco Salvador Rurrenabaque continent an unforgettable one that will treasure Nazca Puno Bolivia Arequipa BRASILIA memories for many years to come. LA PAZ Santa Cruz Our two main multi-country tours are: The South Cuiaba Arica Oruro American Explorer and the Discover South Buzios Uyuni America; The first one will give you a good insight Calama Campo Rio de Janeiro Grande Parati San Pedro de Atacama Sao Pablo Easter Island Salta Iguazu Falls Argentina

Mendoza Valparaiso Colonia Punta del #D/#N Tour Heading SANTIAGO Este Montevideo Santa Cruz BUENOS AIRES Fact Finder Puella Bariocho Puerto Includes Montt Valdes Peninsula

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www.travelprojects.com.au of what South America has got to offer and for The other shorter tours can be added to the longer We look forward to show you the friendliness and those with limited time to visit, we have the ones, to give you a truly deeper knowledge of infectious “joie de vivre” of our people, the might Discover South America Tour that offers a good those remote, off the beaten track places that of our rivers and mountains, the countless choice of the highlights of the most popular make of our continent a unique destination. We are archaeological ruins, testimony of our great places. also conscious that it is not possible to include civilizations and the way of life in our Andean everything that South America has to offer in this markets, proof of an exciting living culture. Come Both can be taken as full independent tours with edition, so just give us a call or drop us a line and and experience our beloved Latin America with us. excellent, professional and dedicated local we will tailor make the right program to suit your bilingual guides and we will also operate them as needs and travel style. Hanna Shilo & Edgardo Garcia ESCORTED TOURS on four different departures Directors for each tour during 2008.

LATINAMERICAN COMMENTS

Mexico Ecuador cobble-stoned streets of picturesque colonial towns such as Ouro The country offers an incredible blend of white sand beaches in An exotic Coast along the Pacific, majestic Andean highlands, a Preto, Parati, Olinda, Sao Luis and Salvador or enjoy a relaxing Cancun and Playa del Carmen, craggy mountains that create mysterious Amazon jungle, and some enchanted islands - beach getaway in some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. impressive landscapes in the Copper Canyon, picturesque villages Galapagos-make up one country: Ecuador. Land of contrasts you Nothing compares to Brazil's coastline in the Northeast. steeped in tradition in Oaxaca, Queretaro; Monumental remains of shall never forget. the ancient cultures in Chichen Itza, Uxmal to name a few. A rich Argentina cuisine that varies throughout the country. Galapagos Islands The country of the large skies, an infinite land still mostly virgin The Galapagos Islands is an enchanted, volcanically formed offering supreme beauty in a high diversity of surprising outlooks: Guatemala archipelago 622 miles off of Ecuador's Pacific coast. The Galapagos desert, mountains, pampa, lakes, , falls and oceans. From Amongst the diverse attractions of Guatemala are: From the Spanish is a world unto itself composed of 13 major islands, six smaller ones the heat of the Tropic of Capricorn to the ice of the Antarctic Polar colonial splendor of Antigua to the volcano encircled Lake Atitlan, and over two score of islets that became Charles Darwin's living Circle, from the imposing summits of the to the vast Atlantic from the colorful local Maya Market at Chichicastenango to the lush laboratory of evolution and inspired him to write The Origin of the Ocean, there is a great diversity of vegetation, fauna, climate and rainforest and famous ancient Maya Temple site of Tikal. Species after visiting the islands in 1835. more. Chile Costa Rica Peru Few places on earth have as rich a natural heritage as Peru. Its Chile is a beautiful and incredibly varied country - from the barren Is one of the biologically wealthiest nations in the world. From the Atacama Desert in the north to a winter wonderland in Patagonia in forested slopes of its volcanoes to the coral reefs off both coasts, archeological treasures are unearthed each day reflecting many of the oldest and some of the most cultured civilizations which existed the far south. It is Easter Island, mystical and indecipherable. It offers Costa Rica possesses an almost unfathomable diversity of flora and a unique combination of Pacific coastline and Andean highlands fauna in its numerous National Parks. long before Christ. The local cultures could fuse metals in a plating process before the new testament was written, tamed the llama and along with discoveries of distinctive cultures which have survived the irrigated crops more than 6,000 years ago. chasms of recent history and welcome visitors with open arms. Cuba Cuba has so much more to offer those who venture away from her Bolivia Easter Island beautiful white-sandy beaches; to the towns and Giant stone statues and tablets with indecipherable inscriptions, cities boasting Spanish colonial architecture and grand plazas, where The diversity of the topography is awesome: majestic, snow-capped peaks of the Andes mountains, lush and impenetrable jungles, around which a wide variety of theories have been woven, have made classic automobiles labour along streets and country roads, and the this island an absolute enigma. To visit it is to immerse oneself in a hip-swaying sounds of salsa music fill the night air. sweeping desert plains and broad fertile valleys. This ancient land is the home of the pre-incan Tiahuanaco ruins and the world famous unique world which is well worth getting to know. Lake Titicaca - the highest lake in the world. Colombia Vibrant cities with soaring skyscrapers, elegant port towns (Cartagena) cut by cobbled alleys and bougainvillea-shrouded Brazil balconies, spectacular national parks from tropical to heavenly-high- Explore the amazing Amazon Rainforest, home to the largest single alpine, cruise boats, party buses, late-night salsa dancing and reserve of biological organisms in the world, or journey to the world's glorious shopping. This is Colombia we're talking about! most extensive wetlands, the Pantanal, to observe the richest concentration of wildlife in South America. Step back in time on

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We always like to make sure that our travelers are to join one of our tours in Quito, Cuzco, Juliaca (Lake Extra Services well prepared for their holiday. The information here is Titicaca) or La Paz. It can also affect some people when If you are planning to arrive before the starting date of to help answer some of your preliminary questions; they travel to higher altitudes by land, so take things easy your tour, we can arrange hotel accommodation and you will also find this information in your detailed whenever possible. There are drugs which can help transfers for you. If you are traveling alone, you must be itinerary of your trip. If you have queries on matters that alleviate the effects, please contact your doctor for prepared to pay the single supplement from any are not covered by our pre-departure information, professional advice. accommodation. please feel free to contact us, or your travel agent.

Tipping When you've finished your tour Pre-departure Itineraries Tipping is customary in many of the countries featured in We would like to know what you thought! Obviously, we Our pre-departure itineraries contain information this brochure, where salaries are very low. You will find that are concerned that everybody should get the most from regarding daily activities, flight information, meals, in some countries, for example Mexico, tipping is almost their holiday. Customer feedback is very important to us, accommodation, inclusions and much more. obligatory. To avoid embarrassing situations always ask both to help maintain standards and to spot any potential your local guides about tipping. trouble areas. So your written comments will be more than welcome once you arrive home. Visas Australian passport holders do not require visas to enter Insurance most Latin American countries, with the exception of Brazil It is a condition of joining our tours that you are fully and Cuba. It is however, the travel agent's and the client's insured for all medical expenses while traveling. You can WHAT TO BRING responsibility to find out if they need visas for some of these obtain a suitable insurance either with Travel Projects or countries when traveling with more than one passport. through your travel agent at the time of booking. Highlands: For Quito/Cuzco/Lake Titicaca and La Paz Example: people with dual nationality. and the other highland cities, wear comfortable springtime clothing during the day and a sweater or coat during the Special Interest Groups evening. For the highlands and moorlands (páramos), Vaccinations Travel Projects is well organized to operate private warm, winter-like clothing is essential. Please check with your family doctor or vaccination clinic groups and arrange special requests. We would be about the inoculations required for your trip. As a quick delighted to provide you with a quote for your requirements, guideline you should consider vaccinations against: whether you would like us to arrange a specific itinerary or Typhoid, Tetanus, Yellow Fever, Polio, and Hepatitis and if suggest a route within your preferred region. In the past we Rainforest: For your Rainforest exploration, you may you are venturing into the jungle we also strongly have organized successful trips for dance schools, music prefer long-sleeve shirts and long pants for protection recommend that you take a supply of Malaria Tablets groups, sporting groups and special interest groups to Latin against mosquitoes. Insect repellent, sunscreen, a hat and America. eye-drops must be part of your traveling equipment, especially if you are sun-sensitive. Binoculars and a Existing Medical Conditions flashlight are a must for sightseeing, as well as a waterproof All clients joining our tours are assumed to be in good How to work out your budget jacket and boots. health and have a sufficient level of fitness to complete their Because our tours cover a wide range of countries and chosen itinerary. It is very important that any illness, categories it is practically impossible to state exactly how disability or medical condition from which you suffer or are much money you will need to bring with you. As a guideline Galapagos: Please consider that the Galapagos recovering from be brought to our attention at the time of though, you should bear in mind the following: Cruises are "nature seeking" cruises which include long booking. Your travel insurance company will also require Tipping: Assuming you stay in tourist class hotels and eat walks, swimming, Wet / dry landings and other physical details. We reserve the right to request a medical in middle of the range restaurants, tipping is normally 10% activities. Therefore, we advise you to bring comfortable certificate. If accepted onto the tour, you must make your of your bills (AUD $42 p/p, per week for restaurants and condition known to us. AUD $50 per room, per week for maids and porters in light clothing, sneakers or similar, swimsuits, sunscreen, We reserve the right to turn away, without recompense, hotels) repellent, a hat, sunglasses, binoculars, eye drops, and any person who is found, at any time during their tour, to seasickness medication. At night casual or Semiformal have concealed an existing medical condition. We also attire is recommended. reserve the right to turn away any person who we consider Meals incapable of completing the tour. If you are taking any Same assumption as above. In the detailed itinerary you medication, please make sure that you bring an adequate will find details of which meals are included in your tour, in Inca Trail: A mid-size backpack, Thick cotton Socks , supply to last the duration of your holiday and please inform most of the cases breakfasts are included with some Sleeping Bag , Bandana , Rain wear (a large rain poncho), our local tour operator at the start of the tour. You might not exceptions. In budgeting for those meals which are not T- Shirts, Flash Light and batteries, shorts, Warm trousers , be able to obtain suitable medication in the countries included we suggest you allow between US$7 – US$12 per visited. You should also bring along a letter from your doctor Water Bottle, Water Purifying Tablets, Sweater and Jacket , person, per meal. Obviously it is possible to eat for less in Sun block , Hiking boots , Insect Repellent, Towel and stating that you require a certain medication as in some most places. countries these medications can be illegal bathing suit, Glucose tablets, Hat , and One complete change of clothing. Suggested: Camera, binoculars, snacks, toilet paper, Drinks Altitude Sickness Peruvian currency and your own personal first aid kit and Neither water, nor soft drinks or alcohol are included in medicines. This is something that anyone can suffer on first arriving our tour prices. You will find that in most places such items at high altitude (anything over 3,000 meters). The cause is are cheaper than at home. the thin air. The symptoms are: severe headache, loose Note: The guides will have basic medicines available bowels, shortage of breath, insomnia, dizziness and maybe included oxygen, but we recommend bringing your own even nausea. To combat this, it is advisable to rest for a few ointment for swollen feet, sticking plasters, aspirin, etc. hours, avoid alcohol, smoking and big meals, just generally Visas & Taxes take things easy for at least the first 24 hours and drink Please check with us or your travel agent to make sure you plenty of water, as altitude sickness causes dehydration. are prepared for any visas and local taxes you are expected This is particularly relevant to anyone flying from sea level to pay.

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Before you GO -Paraty Escapade Guatemala 35 -Buzlos Escapade -Colorful Guatemala -Iguazu Falls -Guatemala Markets Booking Conditions -Salvador de Bahia -Copan, Quirigua & Rio Dulce -Iberostar Grand Amazon Cruise -Highland Woderland Iberostar Cruise Rio Negro -Guatemala, Heart of the Mundo Maya Multi- Country Tours 5 Iberostar Solimoes River -South American Explorer -Amazon Eco-park -Discover South America -Ariau Jungle Tower Chile 37 -Andean & Amazon Explorer Acajatuba Package (Ariau) -Basic Santiago -Mayan world Guatemala & Mexico -Caiman Ecological Refuge -Marvels of Atacama -,Salt Flats & Desert Explorer-Puno -Awasi Hotel in Atacama to San Pedro de Atacama -Terrantai Lodge in Atacama -Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro-Tango & Bolivia 23 -Explora in Atacama Samba Package -La Paz Sropover -Easter Island - District Chile & Argentina -Uyuni Salt Flats, Potosi & Sucre -Patagonia Connection -Lake Titicaca Crossing -Torres del Paine -Trekking Around Lake Titicaca -Australis Cruises Colombia 12 -Hiking and Inca Trail in Lake Titicaca Ushuaia to Punta Arenas -Cartagena & Rosario Islands -Lakes Crossing -Bogota & Villa de Leiva -Punta Arenas to Ushuaia Argentina 25 -Skorpios II - San Rafael Lagoon -Buenos Aires Classic -Skorpios III - Patagonia Channels Peru 13 Agentine patagonia -M/N Magallanes (Navimag) -Lima Stopover -Iguazu Falls -Explora in Patagonia -Coast, Andes & Amazon Explorer -Iguazu & Yacutinga Lodge -Basic Peru Visit - -Cuzco to La Paz Extension -Salta & Jujuy Costa Rica 42 -The Inca Trail -Andean Lakes Crossing -Tortuguero & Tropical Florests -Lord of Sipan & Chan Chan -Beagle Channel-Ushuaia -Arenal Volcano & Cano Negro -Nazaca Lines -Patagonia Lakes & Glaciers Crossing -Arequipa & Colca Canyon -Patagonia Lakes & Galciers -Amazon Lodges Mexico 43 Manu Wildlife Center -Mexico City Package Tambopata Posada Amazonas Ecuador 29 -Maya Route -Posada Amazonas -Basic Quito -Colonial Cities Tambopata Research Center -Quito & Galapagos -Mexico/Chiapas/Yucatan/Cancun -Amazon Lodges -Highlander -Silver Trail Explorama Lodge Otavalo & Across the Andes to Cuenca -Copper Canyon Exploranapo Lodge -Chiba Express Ceiba Tops Quito Cuenca -Amazon Cruise M/V Rio Amazonas Kapawi Ecolodge & Reserve Panama 46 Sacha Lodge -The Kuna Trail & Kayaking Adventure La Selva Jungle Lodge -Bocas del Toro Cuba 18 Manatee Amazon Explorer -Embera Overnight in Chagres Park -La Havana en Vivo -Galapagos Islands M/Y Coral I. Coral II-4* Sup -Havana & Triinidad Galapagos Explorer II-5* M/Y Eric, & Letty-4* -Havana & Varadero M/V Galapagos Legend-4* Sup M/Y Estrella del Mar-3* -Santiago de Cuba M/V Santa Cruz-4* Sup Tip Top II-3* La Pinta-5* Dlx Finch Bay Eco Hotel Packages Isabella II-5* Dlx Brazil 19 M/Y Coral I. Coral II-4* Sup -Rio Stopover M/Y Eric, Flamingo & Letty-4* -Brazil, land of Contrasts M/Y Estrella del Mar-3* -Ouro Preto Tip Top II-3* Finch Bay Eco Hotel Packages

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37D/36N South American Explorer to register. (B,L) D19 Sun - Puno: Breakfast. Tour of the Uros Floating One of the most complete "Around South America" tours MAP possible visiting Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina islands and Taquile Islands with lunch . This excursion will and Brazil; An incredible discovery of different cultures and take you to the highest navigable lake in the world, Titicaca, a great combination of natural areas. In Ecuador visit Quito to visit the floating islands of the Uros Indians and and the famous Andean market of Otavalo, and then cruise Taquile.(B) the Galapagos Islands on the M/V Galapagos Legend. In D20 Mon - Puno/Sun Island: Morning transfer to Peru you will visit Lima and Cuzco plus the "Lost city of the Copacabana to visit the shrine then continuing by hydrofoil Incas" Machu Picchu. Fly to the Amazon for great to the most sacred island on the lake, the Island of the Sun, opportunity of wildlife spotting. In Bolivia take an hydrofoil You will overnight at the Posada del Inca. (B,L,D) cruise on the highest lake in the world and visit the Uros Quito D21 Tue - Sun Island/Huatajata: Morning visit to the Inca Islands, Copacabana shrine, Sun island and La Paz 3 Galapagos Ecuador Steps and Sacred Fountain on Sun Island. Lunch at Uma famous "witches' market". In Chile you will stay in Islands Kollo, followed by afternoon hydrofoil cruise to Moon Island cosmopolitan Santiago then travel to the Chilean Lakes Brazil and Huatajata and the Hotel Inca Utama. Visit the hotel's and take the famous "lake crossing" route between Chile Peru Machu Picchu Andean Roots Cultural Complex with Altiplano and Eco and Argentina. In Argentina you will tour incredible Buenos 2 1 Lima 4 2Puerto Maldonado Museums, and explore the ancient "chullpas" (mortuary Aires, the "Paris of South America" and marvel at Cuzco Bolivia Brasilia magnificent Iguaçu Falls. Your tour will end after a visit to Puno 2 towers) In the evening enjoy an audio-visual on the 2 Rio de Janeiro, located in one of the most beautiful natural Lake Titicaca 2 Kallawayas (The Altiplano medicine men) (B,L,D) bays of the world. La Paz Rio de Janeiro D22 Wed – Huatajata/La Paz: Brekafast. Morning transfer Chile 3 to La Paz. Rest of the day free. Overnight at selected hotel. D1 Wed - Arrive Santiago: Reception at the airport and 2 (B) Iguazu Falls transfer to hotel in Santiago. Rest of the day free. Argentina D23 Thu - La Paz: Morning city tour visit to the main points D2 Thu - Santiago: Hotel Breakfast followed by a Half-day of interest, including the Witch Doctor's market and nearby city tour of Santiago, visiting of the most important sights of Santiago 2 3 Moon Valley., afternoon at leisure.(B) the city. Afternoon at leisure. (B) Buenos Aires D24 Fri - La Paz/Santiago/Puerto Montt/Puerto Varas: D3 Fri - Santiago/Quito: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Puerto Vargas Breakfast. Late morning transfer to the airport for flight via the airport. Arrive Quito and transfer to hotel. (B) 2 2 1 Bariloche Santiago to Puerto Montt. Transfer to selected hotel. (B) D4 Sat - Quito: Full day excursion to the famous Otavalo D25 Sat - Puerto Varas: Half day city tour. Afternoon at Indian market, to shop for ponchos, rugs, textiles, leisure.(B) handicrafts and the Panama hat (actually made in Ecuador) D26 Sun - Puerto Varas/Peulla (Lakes Crossing): This Lunch at a nearby hacienda and late afternoon return to crossing of the Argentine and Chilean lake districts is one of Quito. (B,L) the most beautiful journeys you can take.Flanked on both D5 Sun - Quito: Breakfast. Half day city tour including the sides by steep cliffs and overlooked by the immense Volcán Equatorial Line.(B) . Overnight at the Hotel Peulla including (B,D) D6 Mon - Quito/Galapagos/Cruise: Morning flight to Baltra, D27 Mon - Peulla/Bariloche (Lakes Crossing): Today you and then cruise to Cerro Dragon (Santa Cruz Island), with Incas. Enjoy a guided tour of the ruins, lunch at the hotel will continue your Lake District Crossing into Argentina to the 5-star ship M/V Galapagos Legend. All luxurious cabins and time to explore at your own pace before returning to Puerto Panuelo and a final transfer to your Hotel in have private facilities, highly trained crew, and the services Cuzco in the mid-afternoon. (B,L) Bariloche. (B) of a 24-hour duty doctor and a multilingual guide. (B,L,D) D14 Tue - Aguas Calientes/Cuzco: Morning free, afternoon D28 Tue - Bariloche: Breakfast. Morning tour around D7 Tue - Galapagos Cruise: Cruise to El Barranco in train back to Cuzco for overnight.(B) Bariloche. Afternoon free.(B) Genovesa or Tower Island. In the afternoon continue to D15 Wed - Cuzco/Puerto Maldonado: This rainforest D29 Wed - Bariloche/Buenos Aires: Transfer to the airport Darwin Bay (B,L,D) adventure takes you to a community run eco-lodge in the for flight to Buenos Aires. Transfer to selected hotel. D8 Wed - Galapagos Cruise: Cruise to Punta Suarez in heart of Peru's Amazon jungle. The southeastern Amazon Afternoon free. (B) Espanola or Hood Island. Afternoon to Interpretation of Peru is a relatively undisturbed area with unrivalled D30 Thu - Buenos Aires: Morning City Tour including major Centre in San Cristobal Island.(B,L,D) opportunities for wildlife viewing and wilderness. (B,L,D) tourist attractions. Afternoon free. Evening Tango & Dinner D9 Thu - Cruise/Baltra/Guayaquil/Lima: Breakfast. Flight D16 Thu – Puerto Maldonado: Different lodge activities and Show. (B,D) via Guayaquil to Lima. Transfer to selected hotel.(B) wildlife spotting. (B,L,D) D31 Fri - Buenos Aires: Visit the Argentine countryside with D10 Fri - Lima: Morning city tour of modern and colonial D17 Fri – Puerto Maldonado/Cuzco: Transfer Pto its customs and traditions spending a day at a ranch. This Lima.(B) Maldonado Headquarters - Airport. We retrace our river delightful and unique tour will allow you to enjoy the D11 Sat - Lima/Cuzco: Early morning transfer for the flight and road journey back to Puerto Maldonado, our office and traditional dances and songs of the Argentine to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital. Transfer to your hotel the airport. Depending on airline schedules, this may countryside.(B,L) and balance of morning at leisure to adjust to the altitude require dawn departures. Meet and assist in Cuzco and D32 Sat - Buenos Aires/Puerto Iguazu: Early morning flight (11,600 feet). Afternoon tour of Cuzco, including Inca ruins transfer to your hotel. (B) to Iguazu. Afternoon falls of the tour Brazilian or of Sacsayhuaman, Kenkko and Tambo Machay. (B) D18 Sat – Cuzco/Puno: Breakfast at your hotel. Bus Argentinean side. Overnight in selected hotel. (B) D12 Sun - Cuzco: Full day tour to Pisac Market and journey through the Peruvian Andes to Lake Titikaka - Iguassú falls, located in the unspoilt, tropical jungle at the Ollantaytambo Fortress.(B,L) Today one of South America's most extraordinary overland borders of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, are one of the D13 Mon - Cuzco/Machu Picchu/Aguas Calientes: Morning trips takes you by bus to Puno passing through striking most spectacular nature attractions of South America. departure on one of the world's great train journeys to highland scenery and picturesque Andean villages. Upon D33 Sun – Iguazu: Morning falls tour either Argentinean or Machu Picchu . Shuttle buses take you up a 2000-foot your arrival in Puno on the edge of Lake Titikaka, a host will Brazilian side. Afternoon free.(B) serpentine road to the entrance of the fabled Lost City of the meet and assist you in transferring to the hotel and help you D34 Mon – Foz do Iguassu/Rio de Janeiro: Transfer to the

5 www.travelprojects.com.au airport for your flight to Rio de Janeiro. Transfer to selected Includes Ex Adelaide/Hobart 1-12Dec, 25- T.Sup $21619 $15505 $15009 hotel. (B) 31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb D35 Tue - Rio de Janeiro: Full day tour of Rio de Janeiro Economy Class Airfares from Australia and within South Ex Adelaide/Hobart 1-12Dec, 25- F.Class $26557 $18009 $17125 including its most important sights including Corcovado America / Meals as per program (37 breakfasts, 12 lunches, 31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb Mountain where stands the statue of Christ the Redeemer, 8 dinners) / Accommodation in selected hotels / Sightseeing Ex Adelaide/Hobart 13-24Dec & 1- Tourist $19086 $14441 $13967 standing arms outstretched welcoming all to Rio. Then as per program with English speaking local guides / Entry to 15Jan drive to Uruca for the two-stage cable car ascent to the sites, except Galapagos National Park which is US$100 p.p. Ex Adelaide/Hobart 13-24Dec & 1- T.Sup $15142 $12116 $11976 summit of Sugar Loaf Mountain for yet another panoramic plus Municipality Tax US$30 / All transfers with assistance / 15Jan view of the city. Late afternoon return to your hotel. (B,L) /Local representative assistance / Hotel taxes. Ex Adelaide/Hobart 13-24Dec & 1- F.Class $27037 $18489 $17605 15Jan D36 Wed - Rio de Janeiro: Free day to enjoy the beach.(B) D37 Thu - Depart Rio de Janeiro: Morning free and Not Included Tourist T.Superior First Class City afternoon transfer to the airport for flight back via Santiago Hotels Hotels Hotels to Australia.(B) Local airport taxes / Galapagos National Park entrance fee Hotel NH Ciudad de of US$100 p.pers. Plus Municipality Tax US$30 / Expenses Santiago Plaza El Bosque Fact Finder of personal nature such as: laundry, tips, gratuities, Providencia Santiago Hostal de La telephone calls, meals not included and optional tours. Quito Patio Andaluz Swissotel Departs: Operates all year round with local guides and Rabida on 27 Feb 08, 16 Apr 08, 16 Jul 08 & 15 Oct 08 (Tourist M/V Sup. Inside Sup. Outside 37D/36N South American Explorer / Joining Loc: Galapagos Junior Suite Sup Hotels Only) with an ESCORT from Australia, Santiago: Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Feb Cabin Cabin provided there is a minimum of 15 people travelling Legend 09- Not valid during local public holidays, carnival and Grand together. special events. Surcharges for land arrangements apply Lima Hotel Sol de Oro JW Marriott Highlights: Santiago, Quito, Galapagos Islands, Otavalo Faraona Hotel for New Year, Rio Carnival and special events. Air fares Casa Andina Market, Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Pisac Market, subject to re-adjustment. All prices are as a guide only, Cuzco Casa Andina Libertador Hotel Private Collection Amazon Jungle, Lake Titicaca Crossing, Sun Island, Lakes please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Aguas Machu Picchu Machu Picchu Machu Picchu District of Chile & Argentina, Buenos Aires, Tango/Dinner Terms & Conditions before booking. Note: Prices in this Calientes Inn Pueblo Sup Pueblo Suite Show, Iguazu Falls and Rio de Janeiro table are for land and air. Please allow AU$950 to $1000 Casa Andina Libertador Isla Puno Casa Andina Important: Galapagos Ships are generally in dry-docks p/pers. for taxes approx. Subject to change without notice Private Collection Estevez from end of Aug to end of Sep. / This tour is formed by 4 unless full payment is made. Posada del Sun Island Posada del Inca Posada del Inca modules (Day 1-9, Day 9-24, Day 24-29 & Day 29-37) / Package Name Cat Single Double Triple Inca From day 1 to day 9, this tour is on FIT basis. Ex Sydney – Mar to Nov 08 Tourist $17370 $12725 $12251 Inca Utama Huatajata Inca Utama Hotel Inca Utama Hotel Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, aeroplane, ship, boat, Ex Sydney – Mar to Nov 08 T.Sup $20383 $14269 $13733 Hotel train and foot. Ex Sydney – Mar to Nov 08 F.Class $25321 $16773 $15889 La Paz Hotel Gloria Hotel Plaza Hotel Europa Ex Sydney – 1-12Dec, 25-31Dec Tourist $18210 $13565 $13091 & 16Dec-28Feb Hotel Cabanas del Puerto Varas Cabanas del Lago Ex Sydney – 1-12Dec, 25-31Dec T.Sup $21223 $15109 $14613 Bellavista Lago & 16Dec-28Feb Hosteria Peulla Hotel Natura Hotel Natura Ex Sydney – 1-12Dec, 25-31Dec F.Class $26161 $17613 $16729 Peulla & 16Dec-28Feb Carlos V Bariloche Nevada Hotel Edelweiss Hotel Ex Sydney – 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan Tourist $18690 $14045 $13571 Hotel Ex Sydney – 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan T.Sup $14746 $11720 $11580 Park Towers Buenos Aires Hotel Regis Americas Tower Ex Sydney – 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan F.Class $26641 $18093 $17209 Sheraton Ex Melbourne/Brisbane Mar- Tourist $17490 $12845 $12371 Las Puerto Iguazu Orquideas Esturion Hotel Sheraton Htl, Nov08 Falls View Ex Melbourne/Brisbane Mar- T.Sup $20503 $14389 $13893 Hotel Rio de Copa Sul Nov08 Ipanema Plaza Sofitel Rio Ex Melbourne/Brisbane Mar- F.Class $25441 $16893 $16009 Janeiro Hotel Nov08 Ex Melbourne/Brisbane 1-12Dec, Tourist $18330 $13685 $13211 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb Ex Melbourne/Brisbane 1-12Dec, T.Sup $21343 $15229 $14733 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb Ex Melbourne/Brisbane 1-12Dec, F.Class $26281 $17733 $16849 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb Ex Melbourne/Brisbane 13-24Dec Tourist $18810 $14165 $13691 & 1-15Jan Ex Melbourne/Brisbane 13-24Dec T.Sup $14866 $11840 $11700 & 1-15Jan Ex Melbourne/Brisbane 13-24Dec F.Class $26761 $18213 $17329 & 1-15Jan Ex Adelaide/Hobart Mar – Nov08 Tourist $17766 $13121 $12647 Ex Adelaide/Hobart Mar – Nov08 T.Sup $20779 $14665 $14169 Ex Adelaide/Hobart Mar – Nov08 F.Class $25717 $17169 $16285 Ex Adelaide/Hobart 1-12Dec, 25- Tourist $18606 $13961 $13487 31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb

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26D/25N Discover South America America's most extraordinary overland trips to Puno This is a fantastic opportunity to experience the best of MAP passing through striking highland scenery and picturesque South America. Cross the majestic Andes and its Andean villages. Transfer and overnight at a selected hotel. mysterious ruins of Machu Picchu. (B,L). Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, Visit the highest lake in the world, Lake Titicaca. Walk at 3,808 mt, 194 km. long with an average width of 65 km. , it through the Argentine side of Iguazu Falls and take a cable is also the largest lake in South America. The area is known car to the Sugarloaf for breathtaking views of Rio de Janeiro for its folk dances, huge herds of alpacas and llamas. The - these are just a few of the tour highlights. Why not discover 'totora' reed abounds here and serves as a food both for even more of exciting South America with our South people and cattle and as construction material for houses, American Explorer Tour. rafts, etc. From Puno, trips may be made to the Uros Quito 3 islands. It is said that the inhabitants of these islands D1 Sat - Sydney/Santiago: Meet and assist at the airport Galapagos Ecuador descend from one of the most ancient peoples of America. Islands and transfer to selected hotel. Take the rest of the day at D14 Fri -Puno- Uros Indians Floating Islands/Taquile Island: leisure to recover from long trip. Peru Brazil After Breakfast, Full day tour of the Uros & Taquile Islands. Santiago ,a blending of 19th century Europe, Spanish Machu Picchu 2 1 Opportunity to buy exceptional wool goods, of very fine colonial, and modem architecture, With a hovering Lima 4 2Puerto Maldonado Cuzco quality and is famous for its beautiful textiles.. Afternoon backdrop of snow capped mountains, Santiago at 1800 ft. Bolivia Brasilia Puno 2 return to Puno .for overnight stay (B, L) beckons the traveller with one of the most dramatic views to 1 Lake Titicaca 2 D15 Sat -Puno/Sun Island-Lake Titicaca Crossing: Drive to be seen anywhere. La Paz Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Bolivia, then, by boat to Sun Island where, D2 Sun - Santiago-Morning City Tour: Half day city tour, Chile 3 according to legend, the first Inca appeared. After exploring visiting the city's most outstanding attractions. Rest of the 2 Iguazu Falls the island's Inca ruins and majestic views of Lake Titicaca day at leisure. Evening dinner - show, traditional Chilean Argentina and surrounding Andean mountains, an overnight stay at a food & floor-show, Transfer incl. (B,D) selected hotel. (B,L,D) Santiago 2 D3 Mon - Santiago/Quito: Breakfast. Morning at leisure. 3 Buenos Aires D16 Sun - Sun Island/La Paz-Lake Titicaca Crossing: Early afternoon transfer to the airport for your flight to Quito. Morning visit of the Inca Steps and Sacred Fountain on Sun Meet and assist at the airport and transfer to selected Island is followed by lunch at Uma Kollo .Afternoon hydrofoil hotel.(B). cruise to Moon Island and Huatajata where the Hotel Inca Welcome to Quito, an astonishing location -more than a Utama is located. Visit the Andean Roots Cultural Complex mile above sea level, nestled in the Andes Mountains with Altiplano and Eco Museums, explore the ancient beneath the snow-coned Pichincha mountain, and directly mortuary towers and in the evening enjoy an audio-visual on on the equator! the Kallawayas (high Altiplano medicine men) . Overnight D4 Tue - Quito City Tour & Middle of the World: Visit the stay at a selected hotel. (B,L) avenues of the residential section& many more historical La Paz is the highest city in the world, a jewel, flanked by the sites. To the north is the Equatorial Monument at latitude 0 Andes, is an unforgettable sight to those who visit. It is 00' 00'' position of the Equator. (B,L) Bolivia's largest city and has a population of over a million, of D5 Wed - Quito Full Day Otavalo Market: Breakfast, then called Cuzco, the navel of the world. which more than half are of Indian heritage. La Paz has a depart to the north, one of the most popular destinations in D9 Sun Cuzco Full Day Pisac Indian Market and cool climate as it is situated 4000 meters above sea level. Ecuador: land of lakes, snow-covered mountains and Ollantaytambo Fortress: Drive to the colonial village of There are many colourful back streets and markets where terraced farmlands. Otavalo, the famous Indian market that Pisac. And visit the bustling marketplace for many different one may learn about Quechua and Aymara culture which dates back to pre-Inca times and is known for its fine types of Peruvian handicrafts, jewellery & beautiful hand- predefines the Bolivian way of life. handicrafts & brilliant scenery (B,L) woven ponchos. After lunch continue to Ollantaytambo for D17 Mon -La Paz- Morning City Tour: Morning half-day city D6 Thu - Quito/Lima: Breakfast. Morning free. Until evening a visit to its impressive Inca fortress. Overnight. (B,L) tour of La Paz, visiting the area of the ity and the Valley of the transfer to the airport for flight to Lima and transfer to D10 Mon - Cuzco Day at leisure/Evening Dinner Show: Moon. Afternoon free. (B) selected hotel. (B) Breakfast then Day at leisure. In the evening, enjoy a street markets, rich in handicrafts, weavings and artefacts, Lima is situated in between the sea and the western range Dinner Show with Andean music and dances in the heart of including the colonial part of the city, San Francisco church, of the Andes. Home to more than 6 million, the nation's Cuzco. (B,D) and the Gold Museum To be followed by a visit to the capital since the Spanish Conquest, founded in 1535 . D11 Tue - Cuzco/Machu Picchu/Aguas Calientes . Train modern area of the city and the Valley of the Moon. D7 Fri - Lima Morning City Tour/Gold Museum – Evening Excursion to Machu Picchu: Morning departure on one of Afternoon free. (B) Dinner Show: Breakfast then a Tour of Colonial and Modern the world's great train journeys through the Andes to Aguas D18 Tue - La Paz/Buenos Aires: Morning transfer to the Lima. Drive along the exclusive residential areas of Mira Calientes, then up a 2000 foot serpentine road to the airport for your flight to Buenos Aires. Arrive in Buenos Aires, Flores and San Isidro. Afternoon at leisure, Evening, entrance of Machu Picchu, the fabled Lost City of the Incas. transfer to selected hotel. (B) dinner and a Peruvian folklore show. (B,D) Enjoy a guided tour of the ruins followed by lunch. Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, with over 11 million D8 Sat - Lima/Cuzco: Breakfast and transfer to the airport Overnight stay in Aguas Calientes at a selected hotel. (B,L) inhabitants, one of the largest cities in the world. It is also the for your flight to Cuzco and transfer to selected hotel. (B) D12 Wed - Aguas Calientes/Return to Cuzco: Breakfast. & most elegant, sophisticated and active city in South America Welcome to Cuzco, A City living in the past & the present morning free to further explore this unique mountain citadel It is a city that has nevertheless found away to preserve old .Over 500 years since the Spanish arrived; Cuzco is a or relax .afternoon return to Cuzco by train. Overnight at traditions and lovely locations, its ambiance fascinating meeting point for two cultures. selected hotel. (B) Buenos Aires is, undeniably, the great gateway to this The Indian traders of the street markets speak Spanish with D13 Thu - Cuzco/Puno: Breakfast, then a Bus journey country and to South America. the tourists and Quechua amongst themselves. The Incas through the Peruvian Andes to Lake Titicaca, one of South D19 Wed - Buenos Aires Morning City Tour/Evening Tango

7 www.travelprojects.com.au Dinner Show: Breakfast. Discover the beauty and wonders the catwalk that leads very close to the bottom of the Devil's Includes of Buenos Aires on a morning city tour, visiting the most Throat. important sites of the city. Afternoon free. D22 Sat - Foz do Iguassu-Morning Argentinean Falls Economy Class Airfares from Sydney and within South In the evening, Tango Dinner-Show Taste Argentine cuisine Excursion: Breakfast. Morning tour of the falls on the America / Meals as per program (25 breakfasts, 7 lunches, specialities accompanied by excellent wines and finish the Argentinean side. The tour stops at the Visitor's Centre and 7 dinners) / Accommodation in selected hotels / evening enjoying a Tango and folklore show long to be proceeds from there to the down-river falls, and then to the Sightseeing as per program with English speaking local remembered. (The tour includes round trip transfers and up-river cascades. Taking the Ecological Jungle Train that guides / Entry to sites / All transfers with assistance / Local can also be taken without the dinner) Duration: including leads visitors to and from the most impressive observation representative assistance / Hotel taxes dinner 4 hours. (B,D) point of the falls - The Devil's Throat. Return to the Hotel. Not Included D20 Thu - Buenos Aires-Full Day Fiesta Gaucha Excursión: Rest of the day at leisure to enjoy the hotel facilities.(B) You will visit the Argentine countryside with its customs and D23 Sun - Foz do Iguassu/Rio de Janeiro: Morning free to Local airport taxes / Expenses of personal nature such traditions spending a day at a ranch taking part in a real relax. Afternoon transfer to the airport for your flight to Rio as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone calls, mals not Gaucho Festival. You may also have a horse ride or get on a de Janeiro. Transfer to selected hotel. (B) included and optional tours. typical carriage to have a better feeling of the gauchos' way Rio de Janeiro - founded in 1556, Rio de Janeiro became 26D/25N Discover South America / Joining Loc: of life. The first sight of the vast Pampas and its people. (B,L) the capital of the Colony of Brazil in 1776. Rio is graced by Santiago: Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Feb D21 Fri - Buenos Aires/Puerto Iguazu: Breakfast. Then its topography. The city is situated in a 15-mile-strip of land, 09- Not valid during local public holidays, carnival and Morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Puerto Iguazu wedged between mountains and sea. Rio is surrounded by special events. Surcharges for land arrangements apply and further transfer to selected hotel. (B) natural beauty on all sides, with Christ the Redeemer for New Year, Rio Carnival and special events. Air fares Welcome to Iguaçú Falls, located in the unspoilt, tropical perched on top of Corcovado blessing the city and Sugar subject to re-adjustment. All prices are as a guide only, jungle at the borders of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, Loaf, one of the most famous postcards of our country. please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our belong to the most spectacular nature attractions of South D24 Mon - Rio de Janeiro-Morning Corcovado Tour: Terms & Conditions before booking. Note: Prices in this America. They are bigger and more breathtaking than the Departure from the hotel to the Corcovado railway station at table are for land and air. Please allow AU$850 to $900 p/pers for taxes approx. Subject to change without notice Niagara falls and they even top bigger than the Victoria falls the foot of the Corcovado mountain , a 25 minute train ride unless full payment is made. in Africa. On a spread of 2.5 km the Iguaçú descends with through the lush mountain greenery to the station on the top Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB such force into the deep of the Garganta del Diablo that one of the mountain. Where you can scale the 38 meter high Ex Sydney – Mar to Nov 08 Tourist $10805 $8839 $8654 can hear it miles away. statue of Christ the Redeemer, 710 m above sea level. Ex Sydney – Mar to Nov 08 T.Sup $13012 $9986 $9846 In the afternoon, take a tour of the falls, Brazilian side. Walk Time at leisure. Return to the train and ride back to the Ex Sydney – Mar to Nov 08 F.Class $16733 $11854 $11271 along the paths following cascades and then walking along Corcovado railway station. Lunch and return to hotel. Ex Sydney – 1-12Dec, Tourist $11645 $9679 $9494 mountain greenery to the station on the top of the mountain. 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb Ex Sydney – 1-12Dec, T.Sup $13852 $10826 $10686 Where you can scale the 38 meter high statue of Christ the 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb Redeemer, 710 m above sea level. Time at leisure. Return Ex Sydney – 1-12Dec, F.Class $17573 $12694 $12111 to the train and ride back to the Corcovado railway station. 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb Lunch and return to hotel. Evening BBQ/Dinner Show. Ex Sydney – 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan Tourist $12125 $10160 $9974 Ex Sydney – 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan T.Sup $14332 $11306 $11166 Enjoy one of Rio's many "Churrascarias” where you will Ex Sydney – 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan F.Class $18053 $13174 $12591 sample some of the country's magnificent barbequed Ex Melbourne /Brisbane Mar-Nov08 Tourist $10925 $8959 $8774 meats up to 12 different kinds From the restaurant, a short Ex Melbourne /Brisbane Mar-Nov08 T.Sup $13132 $10106 $9966 transfer to Platform 1, located in Leblon, to experience a Ex Melbourne /Brisbane Mar-Nov08 F.Class $16853 $11974 $11391 fantastic and colourful show that takes the visitor on a Melbourne /Brisbane 1-12Dec, Tourist $11765 $9799 $9614 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb journey through Brazil's cultural past with music, Afro- Melbourne /Brisbane 1-12Dec, T.Sup $13972 $10946 $10806 Brazilian dances, Samba-schools, Carnival dresses and 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb much more. The show begins at 22:00 and ends at 23:30. Melbourne /Brisbane 1-12Dec, F.Class $17693 $12814 $12231 Return transfer to the hotel. Entrance fees included. (B,L,D) 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb D25 Tue -Rio de Janeiro-Day at leisure to relax: Free day to Ex Melbourne/Brisbane Tourist $12245 $10279 $10094 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan relax or explore on your own. (B) Ex Melbourne/Brisbane T.Sup $14452 $11426 $11286 D26 Wed - Rio de Janeiro/Santiago/Sydney: Breakfast. 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan Late morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Sydney Ex Melbourne/Brisbane F.Class $18173 $13294 $12711 via Auckland. (B) 13-24Dec & 1-15Jan Ex Adelaide/Hobart Mar – Nov08 Tourist $11201 $9235 $9050 Ex Adelaide/Hobart Mar – Nov08 T.Sup $13408 $10382 $10242 Fact Finder Ex Adelaide/Hobart Mar – Nov08 F.Class $17129 $12250 $11667 Ex Adelaide/Hobart 1-12Dec, Tourist $12041 $10075 $9890 Departs: Operates all year round with local escorts and 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb on 05 Mar08 / 04 Jun08 / 03 Sep 08 & 03 Dec 08/ with an Ex Adelaide/Hobart 1-12Dec, T.Sup $14248 $11222 $11082 ESCORT from Australia, provided there is a minimum 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb of 15 people travelling together. Ex Adelaide/Hobart 1-12Dec, F.Class $17969 $13090 $12507 25-31Dec & 16Dec-28Feb Highlights: Santiago, Quito, Otavalo Market, Lima, Cuzco, Ex Adelaide/Hobart 13-24 Tourist $12521 $10555 $10370 Machu Picchu, Pisac Market, Lake Titicaca Crossing, Sun Dec & 1-15Jan Island, Buenos Aires, Tango/Dinner Show, Iguazu Falls and Ex Adelaide/Hobart 13-24 T.Sup $14278 $11702 $11562 Rio de Janeiro. 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15D/14N Andean & Amazon Explorer may require dawn departures. Meet and assist in Cuzco and 10D/11N Mayan World Guatemala & Mexico transfer to your hotel. (B) An excellent sample of the magnificent Andes Join us on this exciting journey through the Mayan D10 Sat – Cuzco/Puno: Breakfast at your hotel. Bus journey Mountains and the Amazon region in Peru. Discover the World. The Maya civilization boasted hundreds of cities through the Peruvian Andes to Lake Titikaka - Today one of archaeological sites of Peru and Bolivia. Visit Lima and its across a vast swath of Central America. Now famous gold museum, the Amazon region of Peru, rich in South America's most extraordinary overland trips takes archeological sites, these once-flourishing cities extended flora and fauna. Fly to Cuzco, the archaeological capital of you by bus to Puno passing through striking highland from Chichén Itzá in the northern Yucatán to Copán, about South America. Admire the mysterious citadel of Machu scenery and picturesque Andean villages. Upon your arrival 400 miles to the south in modern-day Honduras. Each Picchu. Spectacular scenic bus ride along the Altiplano to in Puno on the edge of Lake Titikaka, a host will meet and bore ceremonial centers where theocratic rulers practiced the sacred Lake Titicaca. Visit the famous floating islands assist you in transferring to the hotel and help you to a complex religion based on a host of gods, a unique of the Uros Indians, Taquile Island where the men do the register. (B,L) calendar, and ceremonies that featured a ball game and knitting. Admire the sunset on Sun Island and visit the D11 Sun – Puno: Breakfast. Tour of the Uros Floating human sacrifice. The ancient Maya also mastered Tiahuanacu Temple, cradle of the Andean Civilization. islands and Taquile Islands with lunch . astronomy, mathematics, art and architecture, and a glyph Continue to La Paz, the highest capital in the world. This excursion will take you to the highest navigable lake in system of writing on stone, ceramics, and paper. the world, Titicaca, to visit the floating islands of the Uros Indians and Taquile. (B) Fact Finder D12 Mon - Puno/Sun Island: Morning transfer to Fact Finder Copacabana to visit the shrine then continuing by hydrofoil Departs: Operates all year round with local guides. Operates: Every Wednesday, all year round. to the most sacred island on the lake, the Island of the Sun, Highlights: Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Pisac Market, where you will overnight at the Posada del Inca. (B,L,D) Highlights: Chichicastenango market, Antigua, Lake Amazon Jungle, Lake Titicaca Crossing, Sun Island and Atitlan, Tikal, Yaxchilan, Palenque, Uxmal, Merida, La Paz. D13 Tue - Sun Island/Huatajata/La Paz: Morning visit to the Chichen Itza and Cancún. Inca Steps and Sacred Fountain on Sun island. Lunch at Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, aeroplane, ship, boat, Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, boat. Uma Kollo, followed by afternoon hydrofoil cruise to Moon train and foot. Travel Projects Recommends: This tour offers the best Travel Projects recommends: To extend your South Island and Huatajata and the Hotel Inca Utama. Visit the hotel's Andean Roots Cultural Complex with Altiplano and Mayan ruins, jungles and cultural experiences that American Experience, you can either combine this tour with Guatemala and South Mexico have to offer. Combine this Eco Museums, and explore the ancient "chullpas" (mortuary the Ecuador Explorer before you do this tour or extend with tour with either a visit to Cuba or just a relaxing holiday the Tango & Samba Tour for a cultural experience or towers) Further transfer to La Paz for overnight either Playa del Carmen or Cancún. perhaps with the Andean Lakes Crossing for a close-up accommodation.(B,L) with nature. Talk to us for other options. D14 Wed – La Paz: Morning city tour visit to the main points of interest, including the Witch Doctor's market and nearby D1 Wed - Arrive Guatemala City: Arrival to the airport of Guatemala. Assistance and transfer to the hotel. Lodging. D1 Thu – Arrive Lima: Breakfast. Flight via Guayaquil to Moon Valley. Afternoon at leisure.(B) D15 Thu- Depart La Paz: Breakfast. At convenient time, D2 Thu - Guatemala-Chichicastenango-Panajachel: Early Lima. Transfer to selected hotel.(B) departure towards quiché maya visiting markets, Temple of D2 Fri – Lima: Morning city tour of modern and colonial transfer to the airport for your flight out.(B) St Thomas. Free time for shopping, then continue on Lima.(B) towards Panajachel, located at the shores of Lake Atitlán. D3 Sat - Lima/Cuzco (Airfare not Included): Early morning Includes Lodging. (B) transfer for the flight to Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital. D3 Fri - Panajachel-Antigua: Boat trip to visit Santiago Transfers to your hotel and balance of morning at leisure to Meals as per program (14 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 3 Atitlán, community of the ethnic group Zutuhil. Will return adjust to the altitude (11,600 feet). Afternoon tour of Cuzco, dinners) / Accommodation in selected hotels / Sightseeing and continue on to the beautiful colonial city of Antigua, one including Inca ruins of Sacsayhuaman, Kenkko and Tambo as per program with English speaking local guides / All of the most precious architectural jewels of America. Machay. (B) transfers with assistance / Local representative assistance Lodging. (B) D4 Sun – Cuzco: Full day tour to Pisac Market and / Hotel taxes D4 Sat - Antigua-Guatemala-Flores: Morning City tour of Ollantaytambo Fortress.(B,L) Antigua, you will visit some of the cities most important world D5 Mon - Cuzco/Machu Picchu/Aguas Calientes: Morning Not Included heritage sites. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport of departure on one of the world's great train journeys to Guatemala City to fly over to the city of Flores, located in the Machu Picchu . Shuttle buses take you up a 2000 foot Local airport taxes / Expenses of personal nature such Petén region. Lodging. (B) serpentine road to the entrance of the fabled Lost City of the as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone calls, meals not D5 Sun - Flores-Tikal: Excursion to archaeological site of Incas. Enjoy a guided tour of the ruins, lunch at the hotel and included and optional tours. Tikal, one of the most important in the Mayan World. Lunch. time to explore at your own pace before returning to Cuzco Return to Flores. Lodging. (B,L) in the mid-afternoon. (B,L) 15D/14N Andean & Amazon Explorer / Joining Loc: D6 Mon - Flores-Yaxchilán-Palenque: Transfer to the River D6 Tue - Aguas Calientes/Cuzco: Morning free, afternoon Usumacinta, where we will navigate to the borderline of train back to Cuzco for overnight.(B) Lima: Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Dec 08- Not valid during local public holidays, carnival and special Guatemala and Mexico, Bethel / Corozal, towards the D7 Wed - Cuzco/Puerto Maldonado (Airfare not Included): archaeological site of Yaxchilán, spectacular for its jungle This rainforest adventure takes you to a community run eco- events. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & atmosphere. Continue on to Escudo Jaguar. Lunch. lodge in the heart of Peru's Amazon jungle. The south- Proceed to continue on to Palenque. Dinner. Lodging. eastern Amazon of Peru is a relatively undisturbed area with Conditions before booking. Note: Prices in this table are for land only. Please allow AU$633 p/pers. Plus taxes for (B,L,D) unrivalled opportunities for wildlife viewing and wilderness. D7 Tue - Palenque - Campeche: Visit Palenque, surrounded (B,L,D) airfares: Lima/Cuzco/Pto Maldonado/Cuzco. Package Name Joining Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB by jungle. Inside the Pyramid of the Inscriptions, King D8 Thu – Puerto Maldonado: Different lodge activities and Andes & Amazon Explorer Lima Tourist $3543 $2448 $2422 Pakal´s sarcophagus and its fascinating carved gravestone wildlife spotting. (B,L,D) 15D/14N were found. We will view the Sun temple, the Cross temple & D9 Fri – Puerto Maldonado/Cuzco (Airfare not Included): Andes & Amazon Explorer Lima T.Sup $4414 $2967 $2936 the Palace. Lunch on your own. Continue on to the beautiful Transfer Pto Maldonado Headquarters - Airport. We retrace 15D/14N walled city of Campeche. Dinner. Lodging. (B,D) our river and road journey back to Puerto Maldonado, our Andes & Amazon Explorer Lima F.Class $5273 $3593 $3378 D8 Wed - Campeche – Uxmal – Merida: Departure to office and the airport. Depending on airline schedules, this 15D/14N Uxmal. We will visit: the Guesser Pyramid, the Nunnery 9 www.travelprojects.com.au Quadrangle, Governor's Palace, the Ballgame Court. Lunch excursions available. Overnight in hotel. (B,L) Mayan World 11D/10N, 03 Jan 08 to 08 Apr 08 / and arrival to Mérida, "the White City", to enjoy a panoramic D4 La Paz/Oruro/Uyuni: 3 hour drive by bus from La Paz to view: Montejo Avenue, the monument to Motherland, the Joining Loc: Guatemala: Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to 15 Dec 08- Not valid during local public Oruro and then the train to Uyuni ,crossing a big portion of Main Square, the Cathedral, and Government Palaces. the Bolivian Aliplano. Overnight at Jardines de Uyuni Hotel Lodging. (B,L) holidays, carnival and special events. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. 3* or similar. (B,L) D9 Thu - Merida – Chichen Itza – Cancun: Departure to Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. D5 Uyuni/Incahuasi Island/Tahua: Drive to Colchani, on the Chichén Itzá, Visit the pyramid Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB shores of Uyuni Salt Flat where locals extract salt in the known as "the Castle" or Kukulcán temple, the Ballgame Mayan World 11D/10N Guatemala T. Sup $3350 $2671 $2562 traditional way. Continue to Incahuasi Island in the middle Court, the Skull temple, Jaguar's temple, the Observatory, 03 Jan 08 to 08 Apr 08 of the salt flat and covered with giant cactus. Overnight the One Thousand Columns Square, the Sacred Well. Mayan World 11D/10N Guatemala T. Sup $3583 $2859 $2740 Jardines de Tahua Hotel 3* or similar. (B,L,D) Ahead to beautiful well IK-IL, where we will be able to swim. 09 Apr 08 to 15 Dec 08 D6 Tahua/Alota/Villamar: Discover some of Bolivia's most Lunch. Continuation to Cancun. Lodging. (B,L) spectacular and most isolated marvels, seeing amazing D10 Fri - Cancun: Free day to enjoy the wonderful talcum rock formations sculpted by the wind, and finally reach Villa Altiplano, Salt Flats & Desert Explorer powdered turquoise beaches or take an optional tour as Isla 9D/8N Mar where we overnight at Mallku Cueva Lodge 3* or Mujeres, Xcaret, Tulum/Xel-Há or Cozumel. Lodging. (B) Puno to San Pedro de Atacama similar. (B,L,D) D11 Sat - Depart Cancun: Breakfast. At convenient time, D7 Villamar/REA (Reserve Eduardo Abaroa) /San Pedro de transfer to the airport. Flight ticket not included. (B) From Puno (Peru) to Copacabana (Bolivia), discover Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake of the World and Atacama: We enter Abaroa National Reserve, visiting explore Sun Island, the cradle of the Andean civilization. laguna Colorada at 4,300m, the geyser field of Sol de Includes Visit Copacabana's colonial church famous for its famous Manana, Pampas de Dali, laguna Blanca and finally the Dark Virgin and continue to La Paz, Cross the Altiplano and stupendous laguna Verde overlooked by the awesome Meals as per program (10 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 2 cone-shaped Licancabur Volcano. We then cross the Dinners) / Accommodation in selected hotels / Sightseeing the immense Uyuni Salt Flats, a natural wonder half the size of Belgium, exploring Abaroa National Reserve, harboring Chilean border arriving in San Pedro de Atacama. as per program with English speaking local guides / Overnight at Hotel Casa de Don Tomas 3* or similar (B) Domestic flight ticket Guatemala City-Flores, included / All the awesome Laguna Colorada and Laguna Verde (red and green lakes) surrounded by volcanoes and sheltering over D8 San Pedro de Atacama: Early departure visit of transfers with assistance / Local representative assistance Geysers, flanked by soaring peaks. Spurts of steam shoot / Hotel taxes 40,000 living at 4,300m. Finally, reach the pleasant desert town of San Pedro de Atacama in Chile. out at dawn from blowholes and condensate in the cold air. Encrusted with brilliant salt crystals that reflect the sky at Not Included dawn; they make a breathtaking sight. We will visit the Fact Finder settlement Machuca, located at 3,400 above sea level, Local airport taxes / Expenses of personal nature such Operates: From Puno Sat, Sun, Tue & Thu former rest place for the ancient llama caravans that as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone calls, meals not traveled the Inca Trail. Afternoon return to San Pedro. (B,L) included and optional tours. Departs: Fixed Departures from Puno 2008 / Jan 6, 20, Feb 3, 17, Mar 9, 23 / Apr 6, 20, May 4, 18, Jun 8, 22 / Jul 13, 27, D9 Depart San Pedro de Atacama: Breakfast. At Aug 10, 24, Sep 7, 21 /Oct 5, 19, Nov 2, 16, 30, Dec 14, 28 convenient time, transfer to the airport in Calama for your flight out. (B) Highlights: Lake Titicaca, Sun Island, Train Ride Oruro to Uyuni, Uyuni Salt Flats, Laguna Verde, Laguna Colorada, San Pedro de Atacama . Includes Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, boat, train, walking. Travel Projects Recommends: Great tour for those who Meals as per program (8 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches, 3 Dinners) / Accommodation in selected hotels / Sightseeing want to explore the Bolivian Altiplano in depth. Admire the as per program with English speaking local guides / All immensity of the Uyuni Salt Flats, the beauty of Laguna transfers with assistance / Local representative assistance / Verde and Laguna Colorada. This tour can be combined Hotel taxes. after the Andean & Amazon experience.

D1 Puno / Copacabana / Island of the Sun: Bus from Puno Not Included to Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Launch to Local airport taxes / Expenses of personal nature such the Sun Island, for communal Andean lunch before walking as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone calls, meals not for about one hour to the Ecolodge La Estancia 3 * or included and optional tours. similar. (L,D) D2 Island of the Sun/La Paz: At dawn, boat to the Island of 9D/8N Altiplano, Saltflats & Desert Explorer / the Moon to visit the Inca ruins. Then, back on Sun Island, Joining Loc: Puno: Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 visit of the well preserved ruins of La Chincana, with two to Dec 08- Not valid during local public holidays, carnival alternatives as follows: and special events. All prices are as a guide only, please Alternative A (hikers). Hike across the island to the check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms ecolodge, enjoying great views over the lake and the & Conditions before booking. Note: Please take note that Andean range in the backdrop; before taking the boat back tour takes place along high Altiplano (Over 4000Mts) to Copacabana. Visit of the town before taking the bus to La above sea level. Not recommended to persons with high Paz. Overnight in Hotel El Dorado 3* or similar. blood pressure and heart conditions. Alternative B (non-hikers). Boat to Yumani and visit the Package Name Joining Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Garden of the Incas. Lunch and sail back to Copacabana. Altiplano, Saltflats & Visit of the town. Drive in bus to La Paz. Overnight in Hotel Desert Explorer 9D/8N Puno Tourist O/R $2163 $2163 El Dorado 3*. (B,L) D3 La Paz: Day at leisure to discover La Paz. Optional www.travelprojects.com.au 10 MULTI-COUNTRY TOURS

9D/8N Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro - Includes landscape - it is the end of the world - where the Andes Tango and Samba Package disappear into the sea. Great option for those who don't have much time and Meals as per program (8 breakfasts, 1 dinner) / want to get a feel for the east part of South America. Visit Accommodation in selected hotels / Sightseeing as per Fact Finder program with English speaking local guides / All transfers with cosmopolitan Buenos Aires with its museums, cafes and Departs: Sep to April, Every day. available vice versa. nightlife. Fly to the magnificent Iguazu Falls, the most assistance / Local representative assistance / Hotel taxes impressive waterfall in the world. Check out the scene in Travel Projects Recommends: Rio de Janeiro, bordered on one side by the blue sea, on Not Included Excellent extension to the southern part of South America during the Southern Hemisphere Spring and Summer. the other by verdant hills. Between them lies a colourful Local airport taxes / Expenses of personal nature such state of mind called CARIOCA, with almost 8 million locals Combine this tour at the end of the Andean & Amazon as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone calls, meals not Explorer and before the Tango & Samba Tour. who samba their way through life, relaxed and high- included and optional tours. spirited. That is just the way it should be in Rio. You can Highlights: Puerto Natales, Torres del Paine, El Calafate, combine this tour with a stay in either Buzios or Paraty, just Perito Moreno and Upsala, Onelli & Spegazzini Glaciers. over two hours away from Rio or perhaps fly north toward 9D/8N Tango & Samba Tour /Joining Loc: B.Aires or Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, boat. the Amazon or south to experience Patagonia in Argentina. Rio: Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Dec 08- Not valid during local public holidays, carnival and special D1 Arrive Punta Arenas/Puerto Natales: Mid-day arrival in events. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us Punta Arenas and regular bus to Puerto Natales. Arrival and Fact Finder for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions transfer to hotel. D2 Puerto Natales/Torres del Paine: After breakfast, start Departs: Operates all year round with local guides. before booking. Note: Prices in this table are for land only. Please allow AU$500 p/pers. Plus taxes for airfares: excursion to Torres del Paine National Park, visiting Caves Highlights: Buenos Aires, Tango & Dinner Show, Iguazu Buenos Aires/Iguazu Falls/Rio de Janeiro. of Milodón. Overnight in TDP. (B) Falls and Rio de Janeiro. Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB D3 Torres del Paine: Breakfast. Day excursion to explore this Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles. Tango & Samba Tour 9D/8N Tourist $1807 $1104 $983 magnificen National Park. (B) Travel Projects Recommends: Great tour of the eastern Tango & Samba Tour 9D/8N T.Sup $2781 $1561 $1401 D4 Torres del Paine/Puerto Natales: Breakfast, transfer back side of South America, that can be combined after the Tango & Samba Tour 9D/8N F. Class $5115 $2715 $2373 to Puerto Natales. Afternoon free. Overnight (B) Andean & Amazon Explorer or after the Andean Lakes D5 Puerto Natales/El Calafate: After breakfast, regular bus Crossing. Talk to us for other options. 8D/7N Glaciers District Chile & Argentina to El Calafate. Arrival and transfer to hotel in El Calafate. Overnight at selected hotel. (B) D1 Arrive Buenos Aires: Meet and assist at the airport and The true force of nature makes itself known in Patagonia. transfer to your selected Hotel D6 El Calafate: After breakfast, we start excursion to visit the The surprising cold-temperate jungle with its araucaria incredible Perito Moreno Glacier. We can enjoy the D2 Buenos Aires: Half day City Tour/Evening Tango Dinner forests give way to the Patagonian steppe while the territory incredible experience of this collosus of ice, with enormous Show. Morning City Tour taking in some of the most popular fragments into tiny islands, fjords, channels, lakes and blocks of ice falling into the Argentino Lake, with a and historic sites of Buenos Aires. Afternoon free to shop or glaciers. It is one of the few places left on earth where thonderous crash. Optional activity: minitrekking over the further explore Buenos Aires on your own. In the evening, pioneers and legends still coexist within a surreal Perito Moreno Glacier. Return to El Calafate for overnight (B) Tango. Dinner-Show. A delicious meal, good wine and the best Tango: A perfect combination. Accommodation at D7 El Calafate: After breakfast, we start excursion to visit selected Hotel. (B,D) three incredible glaciers: Upsala, Onelli and Spegazzini Glaciers. This is a wonderful navigation along the waters of D3 Buenos Aires: Free Day – Optional Full Day Fiesta Argentino Lake. You can enjoy icebergs floating around in Gaucha Exc. AU$71 p/pers inc. lunch. Free Day to explore the lake. (B) Buenos Aires or take the optional Fiesta Gaucha excursion. Accommodation at selected Hotel. (B) D8 Depart El Calafate: After breakfast, transfer to El Calafate Airport for flight out. (B). D4 Buenos Aires/Puerto Iguazu (Airfare not Included): Morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Puerto Iguazu and further transfer to selected hotel. In the Includes afternoon, tour the falls from the Argentine side. (B) Meals as per program (7 breakfasts) / Accommodation in D5 Foz do Iguazu: Morning Falls Tour – Brazilian Side selected hotels / Sightseeing as per program with English Morning tour of the Brazilian side of Iguazu Falls, a speaking local guides / All transfers with assistance / Local comple.tely different tour than the Argentine side. representative assistance / Hotel taxes. Accommodation at selected hotel (B) D6 Foz do Iguazu/Rio de Janeiro (Airfare not Included): Not Included Morning free to relax and appreciate the natural surroundings. Afternoon transfer to the airport for your flight Local airport taxes / Expenses of personal nature such to Rio de Janeiro. Accommodation at selected Hotel (B) as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone calls, meals not D7 Rio de Janeiro Half day Corcovado Tour/ Optional included and optional tours. Evening BBQ / Dinner Show. AU$110 p/pers. Breakfast. Morning Corcovado Tour. Rest of the day free. Optional 8D/7N Glaciers District Chile & Argentina / Joining Loc: evening BBQ/Dinner Show. Accommodation at selected Pta. Arenas: Price per person in AU$- Valid Oct 08 to Apr 09- hotel (B) Not valid during local public holidays and special events. D8 Rio de Janeiro: Free day. Optional Half day Sugar Loaf Seasonal surcharges apply. All prices are as a guide only, Tour. AU$72 p/pers. Breakfast. Day free to relax on the please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our beach or take up the option for a Half Day Sugar Loaf Tour. Terms & Conditions before booking. Accommodation at selected hotel (B) Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB D9 Depart Rio de Janeiro: Breakfast. Transfer at the Glaciers District 8D/7N Tourist $3000 $2071 $1920 appropriate time, to the airport for your flight back home. (B) Glaciers District 8D/7N T.Sup $3469 $2225 $2013

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5D/4N Cartagena & Rosario Islands taking in the atmosphere of times gone by, browsing in the MAP handicraft shops and also boasts a number of interesting Cartagena is a beautiful historical city in the northern museums. Caribbean Coast of Colombia; Cartagena was a Spanish The town is in Boyaca, a region once under the sea and colonial city and today it is a living testament to that rich a large number of marine dinosaur fossils can be seen in history. Walking through streets lined with colonial the area. buildings, cathedrals and monuments will make you feel The scenery of the surrounding countryside is as if you have been transported in time. Mediterranean in appearance, with olive, orange and When you visit Cartagena, make sure to check out the Cartagena curuba groves. fortress that surrounds the city and made it famous. Or perhaps take a boat trip to the beautiful Rosario Islands, Rosario Islands D1 Arrive Bogota: Arrive Bogota, Colombia's historic and a paradisiacal group of islands located just over an hour beautiful capital. Overnight at selected hotel. D2 Bogota: Morning tour, highlighted by a visit to the world away from Cartagena. famous Gold Museum displaying over 18,000 golden Cartagena, along with the port and a group of artefacts — amulets, nose rings, breast plates, necklaces monuments, is designated as a UNESCO World and figurines. Heritage Site. Villa de Leiva Continue to the heart of historic Bogotá and the imposing Bolívar Plaza and Cathedral. Afternoon at leisure.(B) D1 Arrive Cartagena: Flight to Cartagena in the afternoon Bogota D3 Bogota / Villa de Leiva: Drive north through the rolling, and upon arrival transfer to selected hotel. fertile plateau to Villa de. (B,L,D) Rest of the day at leisure. D4 Villa de Leiva / Bogota: Visit the beautiful Ecce Homo D2 Cartagena/San Pedro de Majagua: Breakfast, followed Colombia Convent, Desert of La Candelaria with its many fossils and by a one-hour speedboat trip to San Pedro de Majagua the extraordinary Dinosaur Fossil. Island. Overnight. (B,L,D) Return to Bogotá. (B) D3 San Pedro de Majagua / Cartagena: After lunch it is time D5 Depart Bogota: At convenient time, transfer to the to say goodbye to Majagua. airport for your flight out.(B) Return to Cartagena via speedboat at around 3:00 PM, then transfer to your selected hotel. followed by a siesta. Evening free. (B) Includes D4 Cartagena: Cartagena Panorama Tour and a guided walk Transfers in/out in Bogota / Half day city tour of Bogota through narrow streets and plazoletas. / Overnight excursion to Villa de Leiva with lunch and Afternoon free.(B) breakfast / Hotel taxes D5 Depart Cartagena: Breakfast. At convenient time, transfer to the airport for your flight to your next destination. (B) Price per person in AU$-Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid during local public holidays and special events. All prices Includes are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. All transfers in Cartagena / 3 nights accommodation in Cartagena with breakfast / Panoramic tour of Cartagena / Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB 1 Dinner / Return launch transfers Cartagena to San Pedro 5D/4N Carta genra & Rosario Cartagena Varies $1762 $1092 $984 5D/4N Bogota & Villa de Leiva Bogota Varies $2346 $1238 $1233 de Majagua/ 1 night accommodation at San Pedro de Majagua Island with all meals / Visit to Marine National Park/ Hotel taxes

5D/4N Bogota & Villa de Leiva Bogota, Founded in 1538, the capital offers more than its reputation might suggest with cosmopolitan restaurants, excellent museums and a well preserved colonial quarter, it's an eclectic mix of the old and new. Located only three hours from Bogota, Villa de Leiva is a fascinating, small but beautiful colonial town. Founded in 1572 and home to many important politicians, artists and wealthy families of the colonial period it is steeped in history and is extremely well- preserved. The enormous plaza mayor (the largest in Colombia) is flanked on all sides by red-tiled, white houses and most of the streets are cobbled. The town is perfect for wandering at a leisurely pace

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Facts for the Traveller Few places on earth have as rich and natural heritage as Peru. Its archaeological treasures are unearthed each day, reflecting many of the oldest and some of the most Full country name: Republic of Peru cultured civilizations that existed long before Christ. The local cultures could fuse metals in Area: 1,285,215 sq km (501,234 sq mi) Population: 27,012,899 (1.9% growth) a plating process before the New Testament was written, tame the Llama and irrigate Capital city: Lima (pop 8 million) crops more than 6,000 years ago. Its fauna People: 54% Indian, 32% Mestizo (mix. European and and flora are amongst the richest in the Indian descent), 12% Spanish descent, 2% Black, Asian MAP minority tropics. From the standpoint of popularity, Language: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara the most obvious attractions are Machu Religion: Over 90% Roman Catholic, small Protestant population. Picchu, Paracas, Nazca, Colca Canyon, Government: Democracy Iquitos, Pulcalpa, Cuzco, Lima and the Visa & Health: For information on Visa and health Manu. requirements, please call your nearest consulate and appropriate health authority Amazon River Time: GMT/UTC minus 5 hours Peru Electricity: 220V, 60Hz Iquitos Weights & measures: Metric Napo River Chachapoyas 3D/2N Lima Stopover of 15,000 feet. Drive a little further in to the canyon to see Chiclayo some pre-Inca ruins and watch the way of life in this remote Lima (city of Kings) was inhabited during centuries land. Return to Chivay for lunch and afternoon return to before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors. Lima was Trujillo officially founded on January 18th 1534 by the Spanish, and Arequipa. (B,L)

Mount Huascaran D8 Arequipa/Cuzco (Flight not Included): Breakfast and cayali Ri er cayali

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U v 6768 Mts U v city's rich historical and cultural past paints an impression of transfer to the airport for your flight to Cuzco. Meet and a city that did not sleep in time. Lima is a contrast of Huaraz assist at the airport and transfer to your hotel. (B) excellent modern architecture, new residential areas, D9 Cuzco: Free day for optional activities (B) Lima shopping malls, old mansions and colonial balconies and Manu D10 Cuzco/Sacred Valley: Full day tour to Pisac Market and all combined, make up modern Lima. Ollantaytambo Fortress. Overnight in the Sacred Machu Picchu Puerto Valley(B,L) D1 Arrive Lima: Arrive, meet and assist at the airport and Maldonado D11 Sacred Valley/Machu Picchu/Aguas Calientes: transfer to selected hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Ica Cuzco Nasca Morning departure on one of the world's great train journeys D2 Lima: Breakfast. Half day city tour of colonial and to Machu Puno modern Lima. Return to hotel. (B) Lake Picchu . Shuttle buses take you up a 2000 foot serpentine Mount Corupuna Titicaca D3 Depart Lima: Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for 6425 Mts road to the entrance of the fabled Lost City of the Incas. departure flight. (B) Arequipa Enjoy a guided tour of the ruins, lunch at the hotel and time to explore at your own pace before returning to Aguas Includes Calientes for lunch and overnight at selected hotel. (B,L) D12 Aguas Calientes/Cuzco: Morning free, afternoon train 2 nights accommodation in selected hotel / Daily back to Cuzco for overnight.(B) breakfasts / Visits with entrance fees as per program / All D1 Arrive Lima: Arrival and transfer to your hotel. D13 Cuzco/Puerto Maldonado: This rainforest adventure transfers and tours as indicated with English speaking guide. D2 Lima: Breakfast .Tour of Colonial and Modern Lima takes you to a community run eco-lodge in the heart of followed by a visit to the Larco Herrera Museum. (B) Peru's Amazon jungle. The south-eastern Amazon of Peru D3 Lima/Ica: Pick-up from your hotel and transfer to bus is a relatively undisturbed area with unrivalled opportunities 3D/2N Lima Stopover / Joining Loc: Lima Price per terminal. Regular bus to Ica (a four hour ride). Transfer to for wildlife viewing and wilderness. (B,L,D) person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid selected hotel. during local public holidays and special events. Prices here D14 Puerto Maldonado: Different lodge activities and D4 Ica/Ballestas Islands/Paracas/Nazca: Excursion to the wildlife spotting. (B,L,D) published are a guide only, please call us for the latest Ballestas Islands passing the Candelabro. Visit the Paracas prices. Read our Terms & Conditions before booking. D15 Puerto Maldonado/Cuzco: Transfer Pto Maldonado national reserve. Transfer to Nazca. Accommodation at Headquarters - Airport. We retrace our river and road Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB selected hotel. (B) journey back to Puerto Maldonado, our office and the Tourist $463 $245 $216 D5 Overnight bus to Arequipa: Overflight by helicopter of the airport. Depending on airline schedules, this may require T.Sup $561 $286 $245 Nazca lines. Transfer to bus terminal for overnight bus to dawn departures. Meet and assist in Cuzco and transfer to F.Class $912 $461 $424 Arequipa. (B) your hotel. (B) D6 Arrive Arequipa: Early morning arrival into Arequipa , D16 Cuzco/Puno: Breakfast at your hotel. Bus journey 18D/17N Coast, Andes & Amazon Explorer transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, city tour and visit to through the Peruvian Andes to Lake Titikaka - Today one of Santa Catalina Convent . Among eternal snow-capped mountains, endless South America's most extraordinary overland trips takes D6 Arequipa/Colca Canyon: Breakfast. at your hotel. Colca you by bus to Puno passing through striking highland desserts, impressive volcanoes, deep canyons, fertile Canyon 2 Day/1 Night - Early departure towards the valleys, wide altiplano plateaus, lakes, the exuberant jungle scenery and picturesque Andean villages. Upon your arrival highlands passing through Yura-Pampa Cañahuas and La in Puno on the edge of Lake Titikaka, a host will meet and and the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean we will visit some Pulpera. Overnight in Chivay . (B,L,) pre Columbian cultures, its colorful colonial cities, as well as assist you in transferring to the hotel and help you to colorful markets, enigmatic legacies, ecological reserves D7 Colca Canyon/Arequipa: Breakfast at your hotel. To register. (B,L) and prodigious National Parks. This journey will leave you maximize your probability of seeing condors we depart very D17 Puno: Breakfast. Tour of the Uros Floating islands and with memorable memories of what Peru has to offer. early towards the "Cross of the Condor" at about an altitude Taquile Islands with lunch . This excursion will take you to 13 www.travelprojects.com.au When to GO Northern Peru The Amazon Peru's peak tourist season is from June to From Lima to the border with Ecuador, one finds The Peruvian Jungle, a large area encompassing September, which is the dry season in the highlands and is the best time to go if you're extraordinary archaeological monuments such as: more than 500,000 Km. crossed by the Amazon interested in trekking. Travellers do visit the Sechin in Casna, Chan Chan in Trujillo and Tucume River, is an area where plant and animal life abound highlands year-round, though the wettest in Chiclayo. with an incredibly wide variety of birds, insects and months, January to April and although trekking plants. is still possible, it may be a muddy proposition. Central Peru Many of the major festivals occur in the wettest The southeast Peru months and continue undiminished in spite of Lima is the main site here, the old capital of the heavy rain. Spanish Viceroyalty in the New World. To the south, Puno is known as the folklore capital of Peru, due to In the eastern rainforests, it naturally rains a lot. the Bay of Paracas is alive with fauna, Ica produces the variety of its music and dances. It is nestled on The wettest months are December through to its famous wines and the Nazca Lines sit the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable April, though travellers visit year-round since it majestically in the desert area. Further to the south inland lake the world. rarely rains for more than a few hours at a time is Arequipa, a city known for its beautiful colonial and there is still plenty of sunshine to enjoy. structures and the impressive Colca Canyon. the highest navigable lake in the world, Titicaca, to visit the Travel Projects Comments: Extensive visit for those who floating islands of the Uros Indians and Taquile. (B) love Peru. This tour can be combined with: Puno to San Pedro Fact Finder D18 Depart Puno: Breakfast. At convenient time, transfer to Trip, Tango & Samba, Andes. Departs: Any day either airport or bus station.(B) Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, aeroplane, ship, boat, train and foot. D1 Arrive Lima: Arrival and transfer to your hotel. Fact Finder D2 Lima: Breakfast .Tour of Colonial and Modern Lima Includes followed by a visit to the Larco Herrera Museum. (B) Departs: Every Tue, Fri or Sun. Operates all year round with D3 Lima/Cuzco: Breakfast . Transfer to airport for flight to local guides . Meals as per program (17 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 2 Cuzco. Arrival transfer to selected hotel and afternoon tour Highlights: Ballestas Islands, Nazca Lines, Paracas National dinners) / 16 nights at selected hotels and 1 overnight bus of Cuzco and its ruins.(B) Reserve, Arequipa and Colca Canyon, Cuzco, Sacred Valley, Nazca - Arequipa / Sightseeing as per program with English Pisac Market, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca and Uros/taquile speaking local guide / Entry to sites / All transfers with D4 Cuzco/Pisac/Ollantaytambo: Breakfast. Full Day Islands. assistance / Local representative assistance / Hotel taxes. Excursion to the Pisac Indian Market and the Ollantaytambo Fortress (Tue, Thu, Sun).(B,L) D5 Cuzco / Machu Picchu: Breakfast. Full Day Excursion Not Included to Machu Picchu. Overnight at selected hotel (B,L) Local airport taxes / No Airfares Included / Expenses of D6 Machu Picchu / Cuzco: Breakfast. Free morning to personal nature such as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone explore. Afternoon return to Cuzco. Overnight at selected calls, meals not included and optional tours. hotel (B) D7 Depart Cuzco: Breakfast. Transfer to the airport or 18D/17N Coast, Andes & Amazon Explorer / Joining train/bus station. (B). Loc: Lima Price per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid during local public holidays and special Includes events. Prices here published are a guide only, please call us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions 6 nights Hotel accommodation / Meals as listed in the before booking. Local airfares required from itinerary (B=Breakfast - L=Lunch - BL=Box Lunch- D=Dinner) Arequipa/Cuzco/Pto Maldonado/Cuzco of approx / Visits with entrance fees as per program / All transfers and AU$633 plus taxes. tours as indicated. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB 7D/6N Basic Peru Visit / Joining Loc: Lima Price per Tourist $4060 $2664 $2547 T.Sup $5304 $3448 $3281 person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid F.Class $7164 $4329 $3921 during local public holidays and special events. Prices here published are a guide only, please call us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions before 7D/6N Basic Perú Visit booking. Airfare Lima/Cuzco required of approx AU$148 Peru is home to some of the earliest and most advanced plus local taxes. civilizations in the Western Hemisphere. The last of them, The Incas, left incredible archaeological remains. They built Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB systems of winding mountain roads, remarkable cities, and Tourist $1881 $1342 $1265 left an unforgettable legacy. In the Eastern area of the T.Sup $2718 $1863 $1777 country, the extensive Amazon jungle contains an infinite F.Class $3690 $2339 $2100 variety of exotic plants and wild animals. 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6D/5N Cuzco to La Paz Extension hiking to the first camp-site. Along the way, visit the disappeared when Dr. Alva began his preliminary Great extension to Bolivia and basic introduction to the Llactapata archaeological site. (L,D) excavations on the Moche culture site. The next important “Altiplano” and Lake Titicaca. To the ancients, Titicaca was D2 Waylllabamba/Warmiwanusca/Paqaymayu: Hike slowly period in the Trujillo area, the Chimu, lasted from about sacred and temples were built along its shores and many to highest point of the Inca Trail, where we can see the 1000 AD to 1470 AD. The Chimu built a capital at Chan islands. The inhabitants of its shores are mostly Aymara various ecological zones and microclimates. Cross the Chan, just north of Trujillo. Chan Chan is the largest pre- and Quechua Indians, descendant of both the ancient Warmiwananusca pass at 4200 meters. After lunch, Columbian city in Peru, covering about 28 sq km, and is Aymara and younger Inca civilizations. Lake Titicaca is a continue to Paqaymayu campsite for second nights camp estimated to have housed about 50,000 people. must on the list of things to see for visitors to this part of the site. (B,L,D) world. In the lake there are two islands: Isla del Sol (Sun D3 Paqaymayu/Chaqicocha/Winaywayna: Commence a D1 Arrive Trujillo: Transfer to your hotel followed by a visit to Island) and Isla de la Luna (Moon island) - which are part of 45 minute hike to the second highest pass on the trail (3850 the pyramids of the Sun and the Moon and the UNESCO the Inca mythical creation. Legends tell us that Manco meters). Along the way, visit the Runkuracay, Sayacmarka heritage site of Chan Chan, the largest adobe ruin city in the Kapac and Mama Ocllo rose with staff in hand to found the and Phuyupatamarca archaeological complexes. After world, and one of Peru's national treasures. Overnight in capital of the Inca Empire in Cuzco. The Incas themselves, lunch we head to the Winaywayna ruins where we camp the called Titicaca the "womb of the world". Trujillo. (B) last night on our trail. (B,L,D) D2 Trujillo/Chiclayo: Coach transfer to Chiclayo where you D4 Phuyupatamarca/Winaywayna/Machu Picchu: Early Fact Finder will check into your hotel. Afternoon visit to Tucume, an breakfast and we begin the final leg of the trek to the lost city imposing archeological site of 26 mud brick pyramids, and of Machu Picchu. Hike to Inti Punku (Sun Gate) to hold the Departs: Any day then onto the Tumbas Reales Museum (B) first fantastic view of Machu Picchu. Continue to hike down D1 Cuzco/Puno: Bus journey through the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu for a 3 hour guided tour of the sanctuary D3 Chiclayo: Visit to the complex of "The Lord of Sipan" to Puno - Today one of South America's most extraordinary city. After the tour of Machu Picchu return by bus to Aguas located on the site called “Huaca Rajada”, Considered to be overland trips takes you by bus to Puno passing through Calientes to catch the tourist train back to Cusco. Arrival one of the richest archaeological finds in the Americas. Late striking highland scenery and picturesque Andean villages. transfer in Cusco. (B,L) Afternoon /evening transfer to the airport for your flight to Upon your arrival in Puno, a host will meet and assist you in Lima. (B,L) transferring to your hotel. (L) Fact Finder D2 Puno: Breakfast at your hotel. Full day navigation Includes excursion to Taquile Island and the floating islands of the Operates: Best from April to October. (5D/4N and 2D/ 1N Uros people, on Lake Titikaka. (B,L) also available, departs every day except Sundays.and are 1 night accommodation in Trujillo and 1 night in Chiclayo D3 Puno/Copacabana/Sun island: Breakfast at your hotel. based on private services) . Does not operate in Feb. in selected hotels / Meals as per program / All transfers, Cross the border into Bolivia and drive to Copacabana, For private trips of groups leaving any day of the week or transport, sight-seeing and visits as per itinerary with board the hydrofoil and cruise to Sun Island. Overnight at English speaking guide / NO AIRFARE IS INCLUDED Posada del Inca. (B,L,D) departures during November to March, Please consult. D4 Sun Island/La Paz: Continue by hydrofoil on the OBS ***Travel Projects recommend that you add an extra Huatajata for a visit to the Andean Roots Eco-village before night in hotel lodging in Aguas Calientes after the guided 3D/2N Lord of Sipan & Chan Chan / Joining Loc: the final drive to La Paz and your hotel. (B,L) tour of the citadel to allow extra time to enjoy this Trujillo Price per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec D5 La Paz: Morning half-day city tour of La Paz and Moon monumental site. 2008. Not valid during local public holidays and special Valley. (B) Rated Skill Level: Moderate to challenging. events. Prices here published are a guide only, please call D6 Depart La Paz: Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for your us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions departure flight at the appropriate time. (B) Includes before booking. Additional airf air Lima/Chiclayo - Trujillo/Lima or v.v. required of approx AU$310 All transportation / Entrance to the Inca Trail and to Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Includes Machu Picchu / Services of a bilingual tour guide / Service Tourist $671 $382 $357 2 nights accommodation in Puno, 1 night on Sun Island of cooks and porters / Camping equipment (Sleeping bags T.Sup $841 $449 $422 and 2 nights in La Paz at selected hotels / Meals as listed in additional) / All meals during the hike/ Porter service of 6.5 Kilos per person. the itinerary / All transfers, transport, sight-seeing and visits 3D/2N Nazca Lines as per itinerary with English speaking guide / Local hotel taxes. The Inca Trail: Price per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan The Nazca Desert is a high plateau about sixty miles long to Dec 2008. Not valid during local public holidays and special events. Prices here published are a guide only, and five miles wide on the coast of Peru, some 250 miles 6D/5N Cuzco to La Paz Extension / Joining Loc: Cuzco please call us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & south of Lima. At some time before 1000 BCE, the Nazca Price per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not Conditions before booking. Valley was inhabited by a people who developed advanced valid during local public holidays and special events. Prices farming methods that allowed them to build an irrigation here published are a guide only, please call us for the latest Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB system, improve their crops and expand the area of land prices. Read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Inca Trail 5D/4N - Shared Premium Cuzco Camp $907 $880 N/A they could farm. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Inca Trail 4D/3N - Over the next 1,500 years, they also developed Tourist $1365 $1050 $1025 Shared Cuzco Camp $820 $793 N/A outstanding skills in weaving, pottery, and architecture. T.Sup $1535 $1145 $1130 Inca Trail 2D/1N - The Nazcan culture was wiped out after the Spanish F.Class $1900 $1320 $1263 Shared Cuzco Camp $571 $545 N/A Lares/Machu Picchu conquest. One of the most fascinating of their cultural Trek 4D/3N - Sh. Cuzco Camp $750 $705 N/A achievements was the creation of a remarkable ground art - 4D/3N The Inca Trail Salkantay/Machu - the exact purpose of which remains a mystery. Picchu Trek 5D/4N - Shared Cuzco Camp $800 $770 N/A The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is rated amongst the best Choquequirao/Machu D1 Lima/Ica: Pick-up from your hotel and transfer to bus trekking trips in the world because of the exquisite beauty of Picchu 5D/4N - Shared Cuzco Camp $750 $720 N/A terminal. Regular bus to Ica (a four hour ride). Transfer to its natural surroundings. These include different ecological selected hotel. areas from high deserts to tropical rainforest. Following this 3D/2N Lord of Sipan & Chan Chan D2 Ica/Ballestas Islands/Paracas/Nazca: Excursion to the ancient Inca trail we will be walking through mysterious Ballestas Islands passing the Candelabro. Visit the Paracas archaeological sites, half covered by jungle overgrowth, that Sipan has long been one of the hottest topics in national reserve. Transfer to Nazca. Accommodation at look like you are discovering them for the first time ,before archaeological circles around the world. The site was finally arriving to the lost city of the Incas - Machu Picchu. selected hotel. (B) plundered by “ huaqueros” or grave robbers and as far as it D3 Nazca /Lima: Overflight by helicopter of the Nazca lines. D1 Cuzco/Piskacucho/Wayllabamba: Pick up at your hotel is known; more than twenty sacks of artefacts from what Transfer to bus terminal for bus back to Lima. Transfer to your in Cusco and travel to Piskacucho (Km82) where trek was a royal tomb with the remains of a man who would hotel. (B) commences. Lunch at Miskay and time to relax before become known as the "Lord of Sipan" had already

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4D/3N Arequipa and Colca Canyon Cuzco to the mouth of the Manu River and a 90 minute motor canoe ride down the Madre de Dios River brings you Nicknamed the `white city', Arequipa is surrounded by to the single best wildlife destination in the entire Amazon: spectacular mountains, including the volcano El Misti. A Manu Wildlife Center. Wildlife enthusiasts, birders, and feature of the city is its many beautiful buildings made of a nature photographers find Manu worth the extra effort and light-coloured volcanic rock called sillar. The Convent of travelling time. The Manu Wildlife Center offers more Santa Catalina, perhaps the most fascinating colonial wildlife sightings and a higher level of comfort than any religious building in the country, was, until recently, home to other lodge in the Manu region. Manu Wildlife Center is the almost 450 nuns. Many of the city's beautiful colonial only lodge in the Manu Lowlands with any of the following: houses, such as Casa Ricketts, are now used as art Manu Wildlife Centre: 4 Days - 3 Nights (Mon, Wed & Fri), galleries or museums. 5 days/4 Nights (Thu & Fri ) The Colca Canyon is cleaved by the Colca river that D1 Cuzco/Boca Manu: Flight to Boca Manu and motorized appears on the upper part of the valley between two extinct canoe transfer to lodge. At night wildlife spotting. (L,D) volcanoes; (642S m) and Ampato (6310 m), D2- D3 Manu Wildlife Center: Spend these two days exploring forming with some other zones of 3400 m one of the the trails, observing incredible flora and fauna on the deepest canyons in the world. In 1954, Gonzalo de excursions organized by the lodge. (B,L,D) Reparaz informed about this canyon and studied it D4 Depart Boca Manu: Transfer to Boca Manu for your flight geographically. He explored the canyon by train and back to Cuzco. (B) published some articles and photographs that brought about the first expedition to explore the bottom of the canyon in June 1978 by Dr. Arias. He guided the expedition Fact Finder in canoes and rafts with a group of Polish expeditioners that travelled for 17 days the swift flow of the river, naming the Please note that the program may vary slightly so as to deepest and most important zones. maximize your wildlife sightings, depending on the reports of our researchers and experienced naturalist guides D1 Arrive Arequipa: Transfer to your hotel. In the afternoon, based at the lodge. city tour and visit to Santa Catalina Convent . D2 Arequipa/Colca Canyon: Breakfast. at your hotel. Colca Canyon 2 Day/1 Night - Early departure towards the Includes highlands passing through Yura-Pampa Cañahuas and La Pulpera. Overnight in Chivay . (B,L,) Airport pick-up in Cuzco / Roundtrip charter airfare to D3 Colca Canyon/Arequipa: Breakfast at your hotel. To Boca Manu / Private river-canoe transportation to Manu maximize your probability of seeing condors we depart very Wildlife Centre / Private bungalow with private bath / All early towards the "Cross of the Condor" at about an altitude meals / Expert naturalist guides. of 15,000 feet. Drive a little further in to the canyon to see some pre-Inca ruins and watch the way of life in this remote Tambopata Posada Amazonas land. Return to Chivay for lunch and afternoon return to Arequipa. (B,L) Our stay in the lodges of Rainforest Expeditions will D4 Depart Arequipa: Breakfast at your hotel. At a provide with an unsurpassed opportunity to experience the convenient time, transfer to the airport or bus/train station Tambopata National Reserve as well as hear and observe for your departure. (B) an incredible abundance of wildlife. Over 1,300 bird species, 200 mammal species, 90 frog species, 1,200 Includes butterfly species and 10,000 species of higher plants are protected within this reserve. The world's largest known Fact Finder 2 nights accommodation at selected hotel in Arequipa / 1 mineral clay lick where hundreds of parrots and macaws of night s accommodation in Chivay or Colca Valley at OBS***Instead of returning to Lima on the last day, it is selected hotel / Meals as listed in the itinerary / All transfers, up to 15 species congregate daily to ingest the detoxifying possible to continue by bus to Arequipa. You can also request transport, touring and visits as per itinerary with English clay, is also within the reserve, less than 500 meters from this three day excursion on private transportation service and speaking guides / Local hotel taxes. your lodge. with a private tour guide, for an extra cost. The regular bus for 4D/3N Arequipa and Colca Canyon / Joining Loc: 3D/2N Posada Amazonas the route Lima - Ica - Lima is a modern, safe and very Arequipa. Price per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec comfortable bus. 2008. Not valid during local public holidays and special D1 Puerto Maldonado - Posada Amazonas: Transfer to events. Min 2 pers. Prices here published are a guide only, Includes lodge by motorized canoe. A variety of activities and please call us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & excursions can be chosen to observe flora and fauna. (L,D) Conditions before booking. Additional airfare D2 Posada Amazonas: Day activities to observe fauna and 2 nights accommodation with breakfasts / Meals as listed Lima/Arequipa/Lima or Cuzco required of approx AU$310 in the itinerary / All transfers, transport, sight seeing and flora. (B,L,D) visits as per itinerary with English speaking guides / Local Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB D3 Posada Amazonas - Puerto Maldonado: After an early hotel taxes / Round trip 1st class bus service Lima-Ica and Tourist $556 $356 $348 breakfast we will return to Puerto Maldonado for our flight Nazca to Lima / Overflight of the Nazca lines T.Sup $661 $399 $382 back to Lima or Cuzco. (B) F.Class $1106 $614 $532 3D/2N Nazca Lines / Joining Loc: Lima Price per Fact Finder person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid 4D/3N Amazon Lodges during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 Important: Other jungle lodges also available. Please Departures: Daily pers. Prices here published are a guide only, please call contact us for more info and detailed programs. us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions Includes before booking. Manu Wildlife Center All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB (MWC) is located in the remote and wild Manu occupancy / All scheduled land and river transportation / All Tourist $984 $608 $594 wilderness of southeastern Peru. Amidst spectacular forest transfers / All scheduled excursions with English-speaking T.Sup $1067 $657 $629 and incredible scenery, the density and diversity of animal F.Class $1202 $710 $668 guide services/ Meals as specified in the itinerary, and plant species reach a peak in the extreme western B=Breakfast; L= Lunch;D=Dinner. Amazon, near the foot of the Andes. A 35-minute flight from

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Tambopata Research Center 4D/3N Amazon Lodges 3D/2NExplornapo Weekend Spec, Dep Fri or Sat Lodge $690 $650 650 Explorama Lodge 3D/2N Ceiba Tops Lodge $539 $506 506 Fact Finder 3D/2NCeiba Tops Monday Special Lodge $385 $327 327 Explorama offers four Lodges and one Resort in over 7D/6N Combination Week Lodge $1691 $1478 1478 Duration: 5 days/4 Nights 250,000 acres of Privately Protected Primary Amazon Duration: 6 Days/5 Nights Rainforest Reserves + the Spectacular Canopy Walkway. Amazon Cruise - M/V Rio Amazonas Departures: Daily The suspended Canopy Walkway makes easy access to 4D/3N TRC is the ideal option for in depth explorations of the rain the rainforest canopy available. All programs to forest lasting four or more nights because: Explornapo Lodge incorporate a visit to the Canopy Fact Finder - The seven hour upriver drive takes you 150 kilometers into Walkway. the uninhabited heart of the Tambopata National Reserve, Duration: 4 days/ 3 nights – Sun departure. From Iquitos to where the surrounding wilderness is untouched.The Fact Finder largest known macaw clay lick is five hundred yards from Leticia or Tabatinga the lodge. Dusky headed titi, squirrel, brown capuchin, Duration: 4 days/3 nights – Wed departure. From Tabatinga Duration: 4 days/3 nights to Iquitos. howler and spider monkeys, as well as capybara, caiman, Duratioin: 5 days/4 nights and agouti are seen frequently. Although very difficult to Located on the Yanamonto, a small tributary of the Amazon, see, herds of peccary, tapir and jaguar are all at their The M/V Rio Amazonas is a steel-hulled vessel built in about 50 miles by boat from Iquitos, the Lodge offers large Edinburgh in 1896 and was originally used to haul rubber carrying capacity. palm-thatched buildings with individual rooms and - Two state of the art, long term research projects are based separate bathroom and shower facilities connected by down the Amazon. Completely refurbished in 1994 and out of TRC: the macaw project and the areas project (see covered walkways in primary (virgin) Amazonian rainforest. again upgraded in 2001, she is now a comfortable, elegant section on conservation). vessel ideal for river voyages. The M/V Rio Amazonas - The combination with Refugio Amazonas allows you to 4D/3N Exploranapo Lodge carries 44 passengers in 21 air-conditioned cabins on an experience the canopy tower, oxbow lake and one cultural itinerary, which explores life on the Amazon and its people. activity. Furthermore, the location of Refugio Amazonas Located 100 miles from Iquitos, a boat trip down the halfway up to TRC allows for a fresh trip upriver, reaching Amazon and up the Napo River, ExplorNapo is surrounded Down river cruises operates from Iquitos, Peru to Leticia, the pristine portion of the by the largest of Explorama's private rainforest reserves. Colombia & Tabatinga, Brazil departing on Sundays and boarding your boat.river barely one hour after boarding After a complete renovation in 1996, the camp now offers arriving on Wednesdays. Up river cruises reverse the your boat. accommodations, comfortable showers and bathroom pattern, departing Tabatinga/Leticia on Wednesdays and facilities, a hammock house and screened dining area arriving Iquitos on Saturdays. D1 Puerto Maldonado – Refugio Amazonas: Transfer by identical to those found at the Lodge, but still maintains an motorized canoe to the lodge. Briefing, activities and intimate atmosphere with only 20 rooms. The ReNuPeRu D1 Sunday: Transfer from the airport/hotel to dock. Sail accommodation. (L,D) Ethno botanical Garden, a teaching garden for medicinal down river from Iquitos passing the cities' industrial areas. and useful plants of the rainforest, is located next to D2 Refugio Amazonas -Tambopata Research Center : Enjoy the changing view and the atmosphere on board. Early morning hike and boat ride to Tambopata Research ExplorNapo and a visit is included with all programs for guests staying here. Brief shore visit to see a sugar cane still. (B,L) Center . Observation of fauna and flora around surrounding D2 Monday: Visit the "Bora" and "Huitoto" Indian villages. trails. (B,L,D) Ceiba Tops Afternoon hike in the forest of the Shishita river area. Night D3 Tambopata Research Center: Observe and enjoy the wildlife spotting in a tributary.(B,L,D) world's largest macaw clay lick where hundreds of parrots Fact Finder D3 Tuesday: Morning jungle walk to see the Victoria Regia and macaws of up to 15 species congregate daily. During water lilies, followed by a piranha fishing expedition on a these two days you will also be able to appreciate incredible Duration: 2 days/1 night small backwater lake. Afternoon visit to the missionary flora and fauna endemic to this part of Peru. (B,L,D) Duration: 3 days/2 nights village at Lake Caballococha. After sunset, cross the lake to D4 Tambopata Research Center - Refugio Amazonas: look for the Amazon caiman's eyes glow in the flashlights in More wildlife observation. Mid afternoon return to Posada The Amazon's NEWEST and only luxury resort offers 40 the reedy shallows.(B,L,D) air conditioned rooms and cottages with private bathrooms Amazonas. (B,L,D) D4 Wednesday: Early arrival opposite Leticia and D5 Refugio Amazonas - Puerto Maldonado: After an early with hot water, swimming pool, and you can add on an excursion to the longest Canopy Walkway in the world. Tabatinga. Tour of Tabatinga and disembark if not taking the breakfast we will return to Puerto Maldonado for our flight Explore the myths, mysteries and magic of the world's cruise back to Iquitos. (B) back to Lima or Cuzco. (B) most exotic jungle, then step from the tropics into the air- Obs** It is possible to take a 10 hour speed-boat trip back to conditioned comfort of your private room. Surrounded by Iquitos or alternatively continue into Colombia and or Brazil Includes towering primary rainforest, Ceiba Tops offers the to fly out via other cities discriminating adventurer a soothing hot shower at the end All hotel and lodge accommodations based on double of each day's excursion. Large picture windows draw the occupancy / All scheduled land and river transportation / All Amazon forest into the privacy of tastefully appointed living Includes transfers /All scheduled excursions with English-speaking quarters with private baths. guide services/ Meals as specified in the itinerary, 3 Nights Accommodation in air-conditioned twin share B=Breakfast; L= Lunch;D=Dinner. Includes cabins on M/V Rio Amazonas / Meals as listed in the itinerary / All transfers, visits and activities as per cruise Amazon Lodges / Joining Loc: Pto. Maldonado. Price Accommodation in twin share rooms / All meals whilst in itinerary with English speaking guides. per person in AU$-Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid the camps / All transfers, visits and activities as per itinerary during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 with English speaking guides / NO AIRFARE IS INCLUDED pers. Prices here published are a guide only, please call Amazon Cruise-M/V Rio Amazonas / Joining Loc: us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions Amazon Lodges / Joining Loc: Iquitos. Price per Iquitos. Price per person in AU$-Valid from Jan to Dec before booking. Additional airfares either Cuzco/Pto person in AU$-Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid 2008. Not valid during local public holidays and special Maldonado/Cuzco or Lima/Pto Maldonado/Lima is during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 events. Min 2 pers. Prices here published are a guide required of approx AU$305 and AU$296 plus local taxes. pers. Prices here published are a guide only, please call only, please call us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions Conditions before booking. Additional airfare before booking. Additional airfare Lima/Iquitos/Lima Manu Wildlife Centre 4D/3N Lodge $1903 $1622 $1622 Lima/Iquitos/Lima required of approx AU$296 Manu Wildlife Centre 5D/4N Lodge $2206 $1856 $1856 required of approx AU$296 Posada Amazonas 3D/2N Lodge $431 $329 $329 Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Package Name Joining Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Posada Amazonas 4D/3N Lodge $628 $475 $475 4D/3N Explorama Lodge Lodge $641 $608 608 Rio Amazonas Cruise 4D/3N Iquitos-Sun Cruise $641 $608 608 Tambopata Research 5D/4N Lodge $1352 $1089 $1089 5D/4N Explorama Lodge Lodge $782 $749 749 Rio Amazonas Cruise 4D/3N Tabatiga-Wed Cruise $782 $749 749 Tambopata Research 6D/5N Lodge $1578 $1235 $1235 5D/4N Explornapo Lodge Lodge $1381 $1348 1348 Rio Amazonas Cruise 7D/6N Iquitos-Sun Cruise $1381 $1348 1348

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Its exceptionally beautiful colonial architecture and its historic D3 Havana: Breakfast. Full day of Vinales with lunch.(B,L) MAP centre of town earned it a spot on UNESCO's list of World D4 Havana/Varadero: Breakfast. Departure for Varadero Beach. Heritage sites in 1988. Return to Havana for your last night via Overnight. Cienfuegos, centre of the sugar trade also coffee and tobacco. D5 Varadero: Breakfast. Free time.(B) Cuba D1 Arrive in Havana: Breakfast. Morning at leisure, early D6 Varadero: Breakfast. Free time.(B) D7 Varadero/Havana: Breakfast. Transfer back to the airport in Habana Varadero afternoon transfer to airport for flight into Havana. Upon arrival meet and assist and transfer to selected hotel. Havana for your flight out.(B). End of services. Vinales Matanzas SantanClara Sancti Spiritus D2 Havana: Guided walking tour of Old Havana Pinar del rio Cienfuegos Trinidad Moron Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Old Historical Havana, walking Includes Nueva Gerona Ciego de Avila by Arms Square, the Templete to Cathedral Square. Camaguey Afternoon free. (B) All transfers/ Visit as per program with English speaking Holguin guide/ Meals as per itinerary/ Hotel taxes Bayamo D3 Havana/Vinales Valley/Havana: Tour to the Vinales Valley Baracoa Santiago Guanatamo in Pinar del Rio. After breakfast, early morning departure, along the northern coast, west of Havana to Vinales area. (B) 7D/6N Havana y Varadero / Joining Loc: Havana: Price D4 Havana/Santa Clara/Trinidad: Breakfast. Morning per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid transfer by coach to Santa Clara where you will have a short during local public holidays and special events. All prices tour of the city centre . After tour enjoy lunch in the typical are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest 4D/3N La Havana en Vivo restaurant of La Granjita Hotel. Continue your journey to prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Discover this Caribbean diva by day and night. Despite its trinidad. Accomodation. Dinner at hotel. (B,D) Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB ripe old age Havana or La Habana, as the locals call it, has D5 Trinidad: Morning Valley de los Ingenios Tour/Afternoon Havana & Trinidad 8D/7N Tourist $2039 $1328 O/R not lost its charm and charisma. Be inspired and enchanted Walking City tour of Trinidad Havana & Trinidad 8D/7N T. Sup $2356 $1546 O/R by this intriguing city, as many writers and poets have been. Breakfast. Today depart for morning tour to Valle de los Havana & Trinidad 8D/7N F.Class $2682 $1782 O/R Havana & Varadero 7D/6N Tourist $1330 $909 O/R Day 1:Arrive Havana and transfer to selected hotel Ingenios with visits to Valle de los Ingenios lookout point and Manaca-Iznaga Tower. Lunch at Manaca-Iznaga Restaurant. Havana & Varadero 7D/6N T. Sup $1545 $1079 O/R Day 2: Half day City Tour. Overnight(B) Returning to Trinidad, in the afternoon enoy a pleasant Havana & Varadero 7D/6N F.Class $1975 $1328 O/R Day 3: Full day tour of Vinales. Overnight(B,L) walking tour of Trinidad City. Dinner at hotel. (B,D) Day 04 Depart Havana(B) D6 Trinidad: Day at leisure 3D/2N Santiago de Cuba Breakfasts. Day at leisure to relax in the beaches and/or Santiago de Cuba is the second largest and most Includes further explore the area. (B,D) Caribbean city of Cuba and offers you colonial buildings, Transfers in/out/ Accommodation/ All breakfasts and 1 D7 Trinidad/Cienfuegos/Havana: Breakfast. Morning different museums and revolutionary monuments. Outside the lunch/ Panoramic tour of Havana/ Full day tour of Vinales departure to Cienfuegos where upon arrival you will have a a city, you will find a variety of possibilities to hike, swim and visit. with lunch/ Hotel taxes tour following with a lunch at Club Cienfuegos. After lunch continue you journey to Havana where you will D1 Arrive Santiago and transfer to selected hotel. 4D/3N Havana en vivo / Joining Loc: Havana: Price per accommodate at selected hotel. (B) D2 Day free.(B) person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during D8 Depart Havana: Breakfast. Time at leisure until departure D3 Depart Santiago.(B) local public holidays and special events. All prices are as a transfer to Havana international airport for your flight out . (B) guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please End of services. Includes read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Includes Transfers in/out from/to Santiago airport/ Accommodation with breakfasts/ Hotel taxes Tourist $638 $423 $406 All transfers/ Visit as per program with English speaking T. Sup $824 $553 $531 guide/ Meals as per itinerary/ Hotel taxes F. Class $1005 $677 $655 3D/2N Santiago de Cuba / Joining Loc: Santiago: Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during 7D/6N Havana & Varadero 8D/7N Havana & Trinidad local public holidays and special events. All prices are as a This tour combines, the fascinating city of Havana full guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please (Daily) Great tour of the Western part of Cuba, starting with different museums, historical monuments, galleries read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Return airfare your visit to its charming capital, La Habana with its and classical cars. Next, continue to Varadero to enjoy the required Havana to Santiago for AU$ 386 plus local taxes. beautiful colonial buildings, testimony of the city's glorious white sandy beaches and nightlife. past. Visit the Valley of Vinales, a region re-known for its Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB famous tobacco growing area, where some of the best D1 Arrive Havana: Transfer to your hotel. Overnight. Tourist $389 $249 $236 quality cigars in the world are produced. Continue to D2 Havana: Breakfast. Tour of Havana. Return to the hotel. T. Sup $453 $294 $274 Trinidad, the best preserved colonial city of the island. Afternoon free.(B) F. Class $502 $332 $289

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Brazil makes up nearly half of South America with A land of natural wonders - Unspoiled by mass- Explore the amazing Amazon Rainforest, home to a total land mass of 3,285,632 square miles, more tourism, unparalleled in natural wonders, Brazil the largest single reserve of biological organisms in than all the European countries combined or the entices even the most jaded travelers with a world of the world, or journey to the world's most extensive continental United States. unique and exciting adventures opportunities. wetlands, the Pantanal, to observe the richest Brazil is imprinted in the minds of many as the last concentration of wildlife in South America. Discover frontier, an exotic wilderness where primordial one of Brazil's many protected national parks, while jungles filter into the mighty Amazon. To others, MAP rappelling down or abseiling waterfalls, rafting or Brazil represents sun blessed days and nights of kayaking in crystal-clear rivers, observing endless parties on the beaches of Rio. Somewhere fascinating wildlife, trekking through massive in between you can discover the real Brazil, a canyons, riding horses, and exploring mysterious unique, exhilarating and adventurous travel caves. Dive into an underwater paradise or just destination. A land of diversity with a mosaic of relax on the endless deserted white-sand beaches people and cultures, Brazil enchants the body, lined with coconut palms and dunes. mind, and soul with colors, flavors, and sounds of a tropical paradise. Tabatinga Manaus Belem Amazon River

BRAZIL D3 Rio de Janeiro: Today is free for leisure - or optional half 4D/3N Rio Stopover day visit to the Corcovado (B) Brasilia D4 Rio/Iguassu: In the morning guests you will leave Rio de Welcome to Rio de Janeiro, one of the most popular cities Janeiro and take a flight to Iguaçu. Upon arrival, transfer to Cuiaba in the world, with its charming people, hospitable and happy, Sao Francisco River the hotel and check-in. Afternoon tour of the falls Brazilian who enjoy good food, informal chit-chat in the "barzinhos" Pantanal Belo Horizonte side. (B) (street bars), music, carnival and others traditional events of D5 Iguassu: Today, a visit of the Argentinean side of the Campo Grande popular culture. Rio de Janeiro falls (B) Sugar Loaf, Corcovado and Carnival are the most familiar Curitiba D6 Iguassu/Belo Horizonte/Ouro Preto: Transfer to the images of the Rio de Janeiro's tourism, but the Marvelous Sao Paulo airport for flight via Sao Paulo to Belo Horizonte. Upon City has more than that. Its museums, monuments and Iguassu Falls arrival in Belo Horizonte transfer to the colonial city of Ouro historical buildings, the Botanical Garden and the biggest Preto for overnight. (B) urban forest in the world: the Tijuca National Park. D7 Ouro Preto: Day visit to Ouro Preto. Afternoon free. Overnight. (B,L) D1 Arrive Rio de Janeiro: Arrive and transfer to your selected D8 Ouro Preto/Manaus: Transfer to the airport for flight via hotel. Rest of the day free. Brasilia or Sao Paulo to Manaus. Transfer to Amazon Eco- D2 Rio de Janeiro: Breakfast. Sugar Loaf Tour with an early 12D/11N Brazil, Land of Contrasts Park Lodge (B,D) afternoon return to the hotel. Rest of the day free. (B). D9 Eco-Park Lodge:Today you will go on a jungle tour. D3 Rio de Janeiro: Breakfast. Free day for optional activities. On this tour you will experience many of Brazil's During this tour you will get an impression of the variety of (B) diversities: from the bustling fun of Rio de Janeiro to the the flora and fauna of the Amazon region. After lunch you majestic Iguaçu falls, from the historical colonial cities lined will go on a tour by boat. (B,L,D) D4 Depart Rio de Janeiro: After breakfast, departure transfer along the Royal Route to the Amazon forest and the to the airport. (B) D10 Manaus/Salvador: After breakfast you will go back to quaintness of Salvador da Bahia. This itinerary will require a Manaus to catch your flight to Salvador da Bahia. Upon Brazil Air pass, which is not included in the price. arrival pick-up and transfer to the hotel. Overnight. (B) Includes Brazil - with this term one associates endless Amazon D11 Salvador: In the morning, sightseeing tour. The jungle, wonderful beaches, Rio de Janeiro, carnival and afternoon is free for leisure. In the evening the following Return airport transfers / 3 nights accommodation / Half samba. This is all correct but in reality, Brazil is much more, a optional can be booked with our office: Optional Bahia by day Sugar Loaf Tour / Bilingual guides / Hotel taxes. huge country of the superlatives. Brazil, a country of night (Show & dinner). Overnight (B) immense proportions and contrasts, has a mysterious D12 Depart Salvador: Transfer from the hotel to the airport 4D/3N Rio Stopover / Joining Loc: Rio de Janeiro: attraction for many people. With a surface of 8,5 million km², and flight back home. END OF OUR SERVICES - Price per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not Brazil is approximately as big as Europe and covers half of Alternatively an extension program can be arranged by our valid during local public holidays and special events. Min the South American continent. The climate changes from office. (B) the permanent warm, tropic north over all subtropic variants 2 perprices here published are a guide only, please call us to the moderate South. Since the 16th century - when for the latest prices. All prices are as a guide only, please Portuguese have begun to settle in the country - Brazil has Includes check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms always a magic attraction on foreigners. First there was the & Conditions before booking. gold and then rubber and coffee and today it is above all the 11 nights accommodation/ All transfers, transport / 11 rhythm and the exotic that attracts tourists. People over breakfasts, 2 lunches, 2 dinners / Sightseeing with bilingual Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB there show a lot of happiness, kindness and spontaneity. guides / Entrance fees to sites / Hotel taxes. Tourist $698 $421 $351 The biggest country of South America is a mirror of T.Sup $1132 $613 $506 fascinating picture. 12D/11N Brazil Land of Contrasts / Joining Loc: Rio de F.Class $1420 $757 $631 Janeiro: Price per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec D1 Arrive Rio de Janeiro: Upon arrival in Rio de Janeiro 2008. Not valid during local public holidays and special transfer from the airport to the hotel. Overnight. events. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us D2 Rio de Janeiro: Half day city tour & Sugar Loaf (B) . for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions

19 www.travelprojects.com.au Facts for the Traveller When to GO The Northeast of Brasil Facts for the Traveler Most of Brazil can be visited comfortably Nothing compares to Brazil's coastline: in the Full country name: República Federativa do Brazil Northeast, the sun shines throughout the year, Area: 8,547,403 sq km (3,300,155 sq mi) throughout the year; it's only the south - which can Population: 172 million be sticky in summer (December-February) and can warming the sea, but a gentle breeze blows at Capital city: Brasília have non-stop rain in winter (June-August) that times, just to keep you cool. No less than 365 People: 55% European descent, 38% mulatto, 6% African descent has large seasonal changes. The rest of the islands dot the sea around them. (according to the 1980 census). In reality, these figures are skewed country experiences brief tropical rains by whiteness being equated with social stature in Brazil. throughout the year which rarely affect travel Language: Portuguese North, West and South of Brasil Religion: 70% Roman Catholic; also there is a significant proportion plans. who either belong to various cults or practice Indian animism During summer (December-February) many To the North, West and South it borders every South Government: Federal republic Brazilians are on vacation, making travel difficult Visas: Passports must be valid for at least six months from date of and expensive, and from Rio to the south the American country except Chile and Ecuador. entry. Visas are required for tourists of many nationalities, including Australia, Canada and the USA; visas are generally for 90 days, with humidity can be oppressive. Summer is also the one extension of up to 90 days possible. most festive time of year, as Brazilians escape their The East of Brasil Health: For information on health requirements, please call the apartments and take to the beaches and streets. appropriate health authorities. School holidays begin in mid-December and go To the East, it is blessed with 4,600 miles of Electricity: non standardized; mostly 110 or 120V, though some hotels have 220V; 60 Hz in Rio and São Paulo through to Carnival, usually held in late February. unspoiled, South Atlantic coastline, including some Weights & measures: Metric of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

before booking. Airfares not Included and needed for this D1 Arrive Belo Horizonte:Transfer to Ouro Preto for D1 Arrive Paraty: Transfer from Rio to Paraty. Afternoon tour: Rio/Iguazu/Belo Horizonte/Manaus/Salvador .Please accommodation. Walking City Tour. Overnight at selected hotel. call office for airfare prices. D2 Belo Horizonte/Ouro Preto/Belo Horizonte: Day visit to D2 Paraty: Breakfast. Schooner trip in Angra Bay. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Ouro Preto. Afternoon free. Overnight. (B) Overnight. (B,L) Tourist $4053 $2498 $2345 D3 Belo Horizonte: Breakfast. Depart Ouro Preto to Belo D3 Depart Paraty: Breakfast. Morning at leisure to enjoy the T.Sup $4719 $2826 $2633 Horizonte airport. (B) hotel facilities. Mid-afternoon transfer back to Rio.(B) F.Class $5467 $3213 $2893 Includes Includes 3D/2N Ouro Preto Two overnights in hotel / Walking City Tour / 6 hours We offer a three-day package to see the beautiful city of Return airport transfers / 2 nights accommodation / 2 breakfasts/Visit to Ouro Preto/ Bilingual guides/Hotel taxes. Schooner trip including lunch / Transfer In and Out coming Ouro Preto, Brazil's beautifully-preserved Baroque hill from Rio/ 2 Breakfast. town. Declared an international treasure by the UN, this town offers an impressive array of beautifully preserved 3D/2N Ouro Preto / Joining Loc: Belo Horizonte: Price architecture and artwork. per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid 3D/2N Paraty Escapade / Joining Loc: Rio de Janeiro: during local public holidays and special events. Prices here Price per person in AU$ - Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid published are a guide only, please call us for the latest during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 prices. Read our Terms & Conditions before booking. pers. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB before booking. Tourist $1368 $683 $683 Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Tourist $1689 $924 $728 3D/2N Paraty Escapade T.Sup $1932 $969 $744

Paraty is a charming colonial town, declared National Buzios Escapade Historical Monument in 1966. Motor vehicle traffic has been 3D/2N Armação de Búzios was inhabited by "Tamoios Indians" banned from its narrow, stone-paved streets. The region th where Paraty is today, was occupied by Guaianá Indians. when Brazil was discovered by Portugal In the 16 century, The sheltered waters of the bay offered safe sailing to the its small bay and abundant sweet waters let it become the supply point of French pirate ships. The origin of the name Indians' small boats. The word 'Paraty' comes from the arouse because the bottom of the ocean was full of music name of a fish which was abundant in the area. At the shells and ships anchored in its bay, allowing them to beginning, an important economic activity was the organize fishing expeditions before continuing the trip. production of sugar manufacture of the sugarcane. The Búzios still is a little bit of the fishing village that makes it 'cachaça' which was made there was considered to be one something special. of the best in the country, being exported to other countries. It used to be so important that, for some time, the word D1 Arrive Buzios: Leaving from Rio de Janeiro, the bus 'Paraty' was a synonym for the word 'cachaça' (rum). The goes torwards Buzios, a real paradise, only 3 hours away isolation helped to keep intact the harmonious architectural from Rio. There you will enjoy more than 25 beaches and all complex of the town, besides preserving its inhabitants' the beauty of the place. uses and customs. Tourists enjoy not only to walk around D2 Buzios: Breakfast at hotel, Enjoy Buzios at your own. the beautiful streets of the historical centre, but to explore Excellent Restaurants and Night life. Enjoy your Hotel.(B) the 65 islands and over 300 beaches of the region as well. D3 Depart Buzios: Breakfast. Morning at beach in Buzios. Return to Rio de Janeiro in the afternoon.(B) www.travelprojects.com.au 20 BRAZIL

D2 Fri: Passing through Manacapuru harbor 10 miles from Includes Includes the entrace of Rio Manacapur , trekking and photo safari in Return airport transfers from Rio / 2 nights accommodation Return airport transfers / 3 nights accommodation /Half day the Manacapuru region Boat ride to Igarapés e Igapós On /Hotel taxes / 2 breakfasts historical city tour / Bilingual guides / Hotel taxes / 2 Breakfast the way to "Lago do Jacaré" . Reaching "Lago do Jacaré" Piranha fishing (optional), Bird watching at Lago do Rei, alligator spotting. (B,L,D) 3D/ 2N Buzios Escapade / Joining Loc: Rio de Janeiro: 4D/3N Salvador da Bahia / Joining Loc: Salvador Price D3 Sat: Reaching Janauacá and Bird watching at Lago Price per person in AU$ - Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid per person in AU$ - Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during Janauacá. Photo safari at Lago Janauacá Trekking on land - during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 local public holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. All 2 trails Embarkation - all aboard - On the way to Igarapé do pers. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest Rei - Rio Amazonas. bird watching and Alligator spotting at for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Igarapé do Rei Boat excursion through the "Igarapés". before booking. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB (B,L,D) Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Tourist $791 $404 $321 D4 Sun: On the way to "encontro das águas" (meeting of Tourist $966 $509 $555 T.Sup $970 $499 $429 river Negro and river Solimôes) Sunrise Lovers Breakfast at F.Class $1024 $583 $424 the upper deck, Wachting "encontro das águas" (meeting of Rivers water) Breakfast in the Kuarup restaurant Check-out 3D/2N Iguassu Falls Iberostar Grand Amazon Cruise Arrival at Manaus Passengers disembark. The Iguaçú falls, located in the unspoilt, tropical jungle at A luxury ship will take you on an exciting cruise along the the borders of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, belong to the Negro and Amazon rivers with all the comfort and excellent Ibero Star Cruise / Joining Loc: Manaus. Price per most spectacular nature attractions of South America. They service. Departing from Manaus, the Iberostar Grand person in AU$, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during local are bigger and more breathtaking than the Niagara falls and Amazon stops at several points along the amazing Amazon public holidays, carnival and special events. Min 2 pers. All jungle, and offers excursions on small boats to explore the prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest they even top bigger than the Victoria falls in Africa. On a prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. spread of 2.5 km the Iguaçú descends with such force into dense, virgin vegetation. You and other adventure seekers will come into contact with the most exhuberant species of Please note, sometimes extra nights accommodation is the deep of the Garganta del Diabolo that one can hear it trees, plants, exotic animals and the local river communities, needed in Manaus pre and/or post cruise. miles away. This spectacle of nature with the brown jungle friendly and hospitable people. A paradise for those who like Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB stream gently flowing until it suddenly plunges straight adventure with all the comfort of a five star hotel. 5D/4N Ibero Star Cruise Luxury $2803 $1883 N/A down into the deep creating a huge cloud of water is an Ship description: Tonnage 1500 ton, Speed 12 knot, Negro River - Mandi Deck experience that will remain unforgettable. Electricity 110 V, 2 pools and one jacuzzi located at the roof 4D/3N Ibero Star Cruise Luxury $2113 $1423 N/A top, 2 Restaurants, conference room for 148 pax seated, Solimoes River - Mandi Deck D1 Arrive Foz do iguassu: Transfer to hotel and afternoon drugstore, fitness center, elevator, laundry, valet, half day tour of the falls, Brazilian side. Overnight paramedic, ballroom, internet access. 72 cabins placed in Amazon Eco-Park three decks, Mandi, Acará and Tambaqui (23m2). 02 Royal D2 Foz do Iguassu: Breakfast. Morning tour of the falls on The Amazon Eco-Park is located at the Taruma river suites placed in front of vessel (50m2). All suites and cabins bank, a tributary of the Rio Negro, just 30 minutes by motor- the Argentinean side. (B) are equipped with private bathrooms, hair dryer, private D3 Depart Foz do Iguassu: Breakfast. Morning at leisure and launch from Manaus. It offers a variety of excursions to balcony, twin-size beds, TV, Telephone, air-conditioner and experience the mystery and magic of the jungle, including afternoon transfer to the airport for your departure flight (B) music. Entertainment such as field trips, dance classes, piranha fishing, forest hikes, bird-watching, excursions by fishing and ecological classes of the local fauna and flowers. motor-launch and night time "Alligator spotting". You can Live music shows and theme parties at night. Motorboat also visit the homes of nearby local inhabitants and learn Includes rides thru and excursions local lakes, igapós and igarapés. about life in the forest. Close to the lodge is located the Primate Rehabilitation Centre, a project sponsored by the Return airport transfers / 2 nights accommodation / Half 5D/4N Iberostar Cruise - Rio Negro Live Forest Foundation, whose main goal is to return to the day Argentinean Falls Tour / Walking Tour Brazilian Falls / forest monkeys and wildlife found in the illegal wildlife trade. Bilingual guides / Hotel taxes / 2 Breakfast. (Sunday – Thursday) The lodge also offers a Jungle Survival Course for groups. D1 Sun: Passengers check-in at Iberostar reception office The course is given by retired military officers from the in the harbor building, embark, accommodation in cabins Amazon Jungle Army. The course takes approximately 7 3D/2N Iguassu Falls / Joining Loc: Iguassu: Price per and reservation of tables in the restaurant. 6:00pm Ship hours with training on jungle survival life in the forest, how to person in AU$ - Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during departs to Novo Airão (D) built an emergency shelter, how to find food, water and to local public holidays and special events. All prices are as a D2 Mon: Arrival at Novo Airao Sunrise Lovers, Trekking make fire, how to find a path in the bush and first aid. guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. through the igarapés and Visit to pink dolphins at Novo All packages include transfers from/to Manaus airport or Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Airão. Photo safari at Lago Aracari Piranha fishing hotels. Land transfers are operated in air conditioned cars, Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB (optional) at Lago Aracari. Continue to Rio Puduarí (B,L,D) vans or deluxe buses. The river cruise transfer is operated Tourist $603 $431 $412 D3 Tue: Bird watching at Río Puduari Sunrise Lovers. on board the Eco-park lodge's own regional boats. T.Sup $715 $504 $474 Embark on the tender(boats) for trekking ( Rio Puduari) Transfers are operated 24 hours a day at no additional cost. F.Class $1140 $691 $612 Theme lecture On the way to Ilha de Jacaré,photo safari at Igarapé Aturiá Tender cruise in the Igarapé (B,L,D) D4 Wed:Arrival at Río Cuieiras, trekking (Rio Cuieiras) Fact Finder 4D/3N Salvador da Bahia Photo safari at Rio Cuieiras and visit to Cambebas Package: 4days/3nights - Pick-up at 13:30 & drop-off 12:00 Once the capital of Brazil, Salvador is one of Brazil's Community On the way to Praia Grande. Tender cruise There are different package durations, please request info if cultural highlights. The recent restoration of the city allows through Igarape del Pato Free time at Praia Grande. (B,L,D) needed. you to witness the splendor of this wonderful city, with its D5 Thu: On the way to "encontro das águas" (meeting of 365 churches, most of them standing on cobblestone river Negro and river Solimôes) Sunrise Lovers Breakfast D1 - Pick-up at 13h30 (or at 14h00 at Hotel Tropical pier) streets. It is easy to lose yourself in Salvador, admiring its at the upper deck, Wacthing "encontro das águas" (meeting and transfer to the "Amazon Ecopark Lodge" . Reception architecture and heritage. of Rivers water) Breakfast in the Kuarup restaurant Check- with local juice after which guests will be shown to the out, Arrival at Manaus, Passengers disembark. (B) rooms . Dinner and evening tour by canoe for alligator D1 Arrive Salvador: Flight from Rio to Salvador. Upon spotting . Overnight at the lodge. (D) arrival transfer to your hotel for overnight. 4D/3N Iberostar - Solimoes River D2 - Breakfast followed by nature-hike. Return for lunch. D2 Salvador: Morning city tour of Bahia. Afternoon free.(B) (Thursday –Sunday) After a short rest, visit to the home of local Amazonian D3 Salvador: Day at leisure, we suggest a cruise visit to the D1 Thu: Passengers check-in at Iberostar reception office in residents ("caboclos") . Dinner and overnight at the lodge. Itapirica Island. (B) the harbor building Embark, accommodation in cabins and (B,L,D) D4 Depart Salvador: Transfer to the airport to take the flight reservation of tables in the restaurant. 6:00pm Ship departs D3 - Breakfast and full day tour to the Meeting of the Waters to Rio or over-lap with the add-on of your choice.(B) to Manacapuru, passing by Ponta Negra. (D) with regional lunch at a floating restaurant and an

21 www.travelprojects.com.au BRAZIL opportunity for piranha fishing. Arrival at the lodge at 17h30. taken into consideration when including a visit. Dinner and overnight at the lodge. (B,L,D) When to Visit D4 - Breakfast followed by a visit to the Monkey Jungle. Wet Season - December through March:Due to intense Check-out at 11h30 and transfer to Manaus. Arrival at Hotel rain the Pantanal gets flooded. The vegetation is Tropical pier at 12h00 and, if necessary, transfer to another exhuberant and humidity is high. Mammals seek refuge on hotel or the airport. Arrival at 12h30. (B) higher grounds formed by tall trees, which are locally known as "Cordilheiras". This is the nesting time for many Includes species of birds. Intermediate Season - April through June and October Transportation as per itinerary / Accommodation as through November: In April the water levels begin to recede mentioned / Meals as mentioned in the itinerary / Activities and fish get trapped in ponds and small lakes, attracting as described. thousands of birds. The peak of the dry season is October when the Pantanal resembles a dry African Savannah. Amazon Eco-Park / Joining Loc: Manaus. Price per Dry Season - July through September: This is the very person in AU$, Valid Jan to Nov 08- Not valid during local best time for wildlife observation because wildlife gathers public holidays, Easter and special events. Seasonal around watering holes. Dry fields make for good grazing Surcharges Apply. All prices are as a guide only, please areas, bringing wildlife out into the open. From August on check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms most of the trees are blooming. Migratory species are in & Conditions before booking. residence and nesting. During High Season (July through August) there is a Package Name Joining Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB 4D/3N Amazon Eco-Park Manaus Lodge $993 $774 $774 minimum stay of three nights; the rest of the year you can stay less but it's not worth the trip to get there. Ariau Jungle Tower 4D/3N Ariau Jungle Tower / Joining Loc: Manaus. Price per Operating Season Months Weather Lodges operating Ariau Jungle Tower, the only tree top lodge in the Amazon person in AU$, Valid Jan to Nov 08- Not valid during local Low Dec - Mar Wet Pousada Caiman & Jungle, is located 35 miles Northwest of Manaus, Brazil on public holidays, Easter and special events. Seasonal Pousada Piuva the Rio Negro near the Anavilhanas Archipelago (largest Surcharges Apply. All prices are as a guide only, please Intermediate Apr- Jun & Transitional Caiman + Piuva + archipelago in the world!). Guests are surrounded by the check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms Oct- Nov Baiazinha canopy of the rainforest where the beauty of the forest is to & Conditions before booking. Caiman + Piuva + High Jul - Sep Dry Baiazinha + Cordillheira be experienced best. Ariau has the highest observation Package Name Joining Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB tower in the jungle. The hotel infra-structure has been 4D/3N Acajatuba Pkge Manaus Lodge $888 $635 $635 Getting There: Transportation from and to Campo described as the only 5 star accommodations in the heart of 4D/3N Ariau Manaus Lodge $888 $635 $635 Grande airport is provided on a set schedule ONLY. the Amazon. The Ariau Jungle Tower Lodge offers some of Arrivals and-or departures on any other day are available at the nicest accommodations of any jungle lodge available in 5D/4N - 4D/3N Caiman Ecological Refuge a supplemental surcharge. The drive is 147 miles, taking the Manaus area. The excursions are often in large groups about 4 hours each way with a 20 minute refreshment break and are less adventurous than our other offerings, but will Located 140 miles west of Campo Grande, the Caiman en route. certainly appeal to people who want to get a glimpse of the Ecological Refuge is in the heart of the southern Pantanal on 131,000 acres adjacent to a 17,300 acre private Activities: Emphasis is placed on wildlife viewing and jungle without roughing it. They have a swimming pool, guides are all trained naturalists. Activities may vary helipad and even a variety of suites. ecological reserve. Pousada Caiman is an integral part of an expansive cattle breeding ranch and demonstrates the depending on the lodge, but in general you can count on two day and one evening activity, including the following: 4D/3N Acajatuba package (Ariau) ability of man and nature to co-habitat successfully. Here is a diverse landscape of savannah lowlands, Trekking around the lodge for observation of the local seasonal wetlands and rich forested areas. The annual vegetation and fauna. At night one can also observe Fact Finder rains and flooding cause constant variations in the habits, caimans and other nocturnal animals. travel routes and interplay of the abundant wildlife, Horse back riding, which is the best way to get into the Package: There are different package durations, please heart of the Pantanal and places which can not be reached request info if needed including caiman (native alligator species), Anaconda, American Rhea (three-toed American Ostriches), Hyacinth by regular means of transportation. Macaw, Capivara and deer. The annual convergence of Rides on specially adapted vehicles to distant places, D1 At 2:00 PM, pick-up at the airport. Transfer to the Pier of where a wider variety of animals and sometimes thousands Tropical Hotel. Departure on a regional boat for a 3 hours Ibis, ducks, storks, Spoonbills, Egrets, Cormorants, Herons and many other species on their migratory stop-over is of birds can be observed and allowing the opportunity to cruise up the Negro river to the Lodge. Arrival. Welcome observe the variety of habitats along the way. drink and accommodation. Dinner and night tour in small especially interesting. The Caiman Ecological Refuge is comprised of one main Row boat rides on the lakes by Caiman and Baiazinha boats, spotting caimans with flashlight along the small lodges, with the opportunity to not only view wildlife but to creeks and riverbanks. (D) Lodge and three additional lodges situated at strategic points about the ranch, each with its own infrastructure and experience the sounds of the wildlife during peaceful D2 Early in the morning , a sunrise tour . After breakfast, a drifting. guided walking trek in the Amazon forest and a visit to the architectural style blending in with its distinctive surroundings. Slides and video shows and lectures on the Pantanal local people house (native). Return to lodge for lunch. In the eco-systems. afternoon a Piranha fishing trip. Return to the Lodge The main lodges are Pousada Caiman and Pousada observing sunset and "botos " (fresh water dolphin). Dinner Piuva, both located on the main grounds of the ranch, and Low Season 01Dec to 30 May: and overnight. (B,L,D) the two smaller satellite lodges Baiazinha and Cordilheira From Campo Grande to Caiman Lodge at 15:30 D3 Breakfast followed by visit to a fluvial beach, on the calm located 10 miles from each other and from the main lodges. From Caiman Lodge to Campo Grande at 10:30 waters of Negro river, where you will spend the morning. Each lodge offers different highlights and program activities High Season 31May to 30 Nov: Lunch at the lodge, relax and departure for a visit to a native including horseback riding, nocturnal outings, trekking, From Campo Grande to Caiman Lodge at 11:30 & 15:30 village. Return to the Lodge, observing sunset and "botos ". boat trips, and launch, truck and pick-up rides. Each activity From Caiman Lodge to Campo Grande at 09:00 & 13:00 Dinner at the Lodge. Overnight. (B,L,D) is accompanied by ecological guides and by expert native train guides who know the land like the back of their hand. D4 After breakfast, return to Manaus . Immediate transfer to Caiman Ecological Refuge: Valid Jan to Nov 08- Not the Airport with arrival at noon. (B) valid during local public holidays, Easter and special Fact Finder events. Seasonal Surcharges Apply. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Includes How to visit the Caiman Ecological Reserve: The Caiman Ecological Refuge has three operating seasons Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Transportation as per itinerary / Accommodation as and four lodges. The Pantanal has two weather seasons. Package Name Joining Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Not all lodges are open all operating seasons, which are 4D/3N Caiman Lodge -Low C. Grande Lodge $1327 $1118 $900 mentioned / Meals as mentioned in the itinerary / Activities as 5D/4N Caiman Lodge -Low C. Grande Lodge $1647 $1368 $1078 described generally controlled by the weather seasons. All must be

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Bolivia sits in the heart, the geographic centre, of MAP South America. One of the hemisphere's two land- locked nations, Bolivia is roughly the size of Texas and California combined. Diverse and rugged Madidi National Park geography has slowed the country's economic development. Travel by ground is at best difficult, with more than 75% of Bolivia's roads unpaved. BOLIVIA Most roads are located in the west, on the Altiplano, Lake Titicaca in the Andes and in the highland valleys known as La Paz the Yungas and Chapare. Oruro Santa Cruz Sucre The diversity of the topography is awesome: Potosi majestic, snow-capped peaks of the Andes Uyuni Mountains, lush and impenetrable jungles, sweeping desert plains and broad fertile valleys. This inaccessibility is responsible for another

3D/2N La Paz Stopover of salt. This area contains one of the largest beds of lithium in the world. Includes La Paz, the highest city in the world, set like a jewel, In 1650, Potosi was the largest city in the Americas with a 5 Nights accommodation std hotels /Meals and flanked by the Andes, it is an unforgettable sight to those population of 160.000, and one of the most important urban excursions as specified /Experienced guides /Entrance that visit. Bolivia's largest city, La Paz, with a population of centers in the world, renowned for its silver mines, its fees /Land transport and transfers. /Hotel taxes over a million, with more than half of Indian heritage, has a magnificent colonial architecture, churches glistening with cool climate as it is situated 4000 meters above sea level. gold, and theatres that presented the best of European There are many hotels, restaurants and entertainment productions, as well as for its extravagance and vice. 6D/5N Uyuni Salt Flats / Joining Loc: La Paz: Price per venues and colorful back streets and markets where one person in AU$, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- not valid during local The official and constitutional Capital of Bolivia, Sucre public holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. All prices may learn about Quechua and Aymara culture, which prides itself on being the cultural center of the Americas. predefines the Bolivian way of life. are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest Located in a lovely valley, enclosed by mountains and at the prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. foot of the Churuquella and Sica - Sica Hills. With its D1 Arrive La Paz: Arrival, meet and assist, transfer to your One way fare required for package 6D/5 nights from Sucre distinctive architecture of white buildings with red tie roofs, to La Paz or Sta Cruz for AU$147 plus local taxes selected hotel. In the afternoon half-day city tour of La Paz, Sucre is home of the second oldest University in America: Overnight San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, founded in 1624. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB D2 La Paz: Breakfast. Day at leisure. We suggest a visit to Long isolation has helped it to preserve its courtly charm. Tourist $2110 $1191 $963 Tiahuanaco Ruins. (B) Both Potosi and Sucre are classified as "World Heritage D3 Depart La Paz: Breakfast and transfer to the airport or Sites" by the UNESCO. 2D/1N Lake Titicaca Crossing bus station for transfer out. End of our services. (B) No travel to Bolivia or Peru would be perfect without Fact Finder visiting the sapphire-blue waters of mystical Lake Titicaca, Includes with the snow-capped peaks of the Cordillera Real as Departs: Tue, Wed, Fri & Sun backdrop. The world's highest navigable lake, at 12642 ft ALL Transfers/ 2 Nights accommodation in selected Operates: Every week from March to November. The best /3856 meters, played for 2 millennia a leading role in Andean hotel/ Half day City Tour and Moon Valley/ Daily breakfasts/ season is from May to September . 2 participants minimum beliefs and was at the heart of the most sophisticated Hotel taxes/ Andean civilizations. It is still scattered with Inca remains D1 La Paz/Oruro/Uyuni: Bus from La Paz to Oruro (3 and the people who live on the shores of the lake still hours), then we board the train to Uyuni (6 hours), crossing 3D/2N La Paz Stopover / Joining Loc: La Paz: Price consider the lake as sacred and make offerings to her. a big portion of the Bolivian Highlands. Overnight at hotel The best known of Titicaca islands are those of the Sun per person in AU$ - Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid Magia de Uyuni or similar. (L ,D) during local public holidays and special events. All prices and the Moon, places where, according to Indian Legend, are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest D2 Uyuni/Isla Pescado: Visit of Uyuni and the village of the sun and the moon sought refuge during times of flood. prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking Colchani on the shores of Uyuni Salt flat. After lunch, According to the most supported legend, the Inca Empire continue to "Isla Pescado", a very special island lost in the began at the Sun Island; the Inca couple Manco Kapac and Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB middle of the saltflat and covered with giant cactus. Return Mama Ocllo appeared here and founded the Sun Empire. Tourist $438 $235 $208 and overnight in a local hotel.(B, L) $269 $246 Supporting this legend are some important pre-Columbian T.Sup $468 D3 Uyuni Salt Flats/Potosi: Overland drive to Potosi archeological remains on this island. F.Class $562 $310 $302 through the stupendous Andean Range, crossing Indian villages and mining areas. Overnight in Potosi. (B L) Fact Finder 6D/5N Uyuni Salt Flats, Potosi and Sucre D4 Cerro Rico/Sucre: Visit to the Cerro Rico silver mine. The Uyuni SALT DESERT lies towards the South of the Bus to Sucre (3 hours), Overnight in Sucre. (B) Options: One-day excursions are also available either from central high-plateau, situated in the lowest part of the D5 Sucre: Morning city tour. The afternoon is free. La Paz or Puno. You only visit the south side of Sun Island, and plateau (3.656 m. above sea level). In the summer the Overnight in Sucre. (B) come back in La Paz around 19:30 and around 17:30 in Puno. Uyuni Salt marsh is a huge lake of 12.106 sq. Km. with a D6 Depart Sucre: Transfer out and flight to La Paz or Santa depth of 60 to 80 cm. In the winter (ie between May and Cruz (B) The following itinerary can start and/or finish either in La November) the water evaporates, leaving a snowy blanket Paz or Puno in Peru. This is the prefect journey for those

23 www.travelprojects.com.au Facts for the Traveller reason to visit, to see Bolivia's impressive flora and When to GO fauna. Primitive roads have retained the pristine Full country name: Republic of Bolivia Bolivia lies in the southern hemisphere; winter runs from state of immense tracts of land. This ancient land is Area: 1,098,580 sq km (428,446 sq mi) May to October and summer from November to April. Population: 8,328,700 The most important climatic factor to remember is that the home of the pre-Incan Tiahuanaco ruins and the Capital city: La Paz (pop 2,406,377) and Sucre (pop 132,000) world famous Lake Titicaca - the highest lake in the People: 30% Quechua Indian, 25% mestizo, 30% Aymará Indian, it's generally wet in the summer and dry in the winter. world. As legend has it, Manco Capac and Mama approx 15% European (Mainly Spanish) While the highlands and Altiplano can be cold in the Language: Spanish but most Indians speak either Quechua or winter and wet in the summer, the only serious barrier to Oclio, the ancestors of Incan culture, rose from its Aymará; composite dialects of Spanish-Aymará and Spanish- travel will be the odd road washout. In the tropical depths to bring knowledge to humanity. Quechua are also widely spoken lowlands, however, summer can be miserable with mud, Religion: 95% Roman Catholic, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) steamy heat, bugs and relentless downpours. Travel is Government: Democracy Bolivia is also rich in human diversity. More than Visas: Regulations change frequently, but currently citizens of most difficult, and services may be stifled by mud and 30 ethnic groups together account for more than EU countries can stay 90 days without a visa; citizens of the USA, flooding. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Africa and Israel Also consider that the high tourist season falls in the 50% of Bolivia's population. The age-old customs, can stay 30 days without a visa. Most other nationalities require a winter (late June to early September), due not only to fiestas and culinary treats of the Aymara, Quechua, visa in advance - usually issued for a 30-day stay. climatic factors, but also to the timing of European and Tupi, and Guarani cultures are ever-present. Bolivia Health risks: Altitude sickness. For information on health requirements, please call the appropriate health authorities. North American summer holidays and the fact that it's is the fifth-largest country on the continent with five Time: GMT/UTC minus 4 hours also Bolivia's major fiesta season. This means that both geographical regions. Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (except in La Paz which has 110V & 220V, overseas visitors and lots of South Americans are 50 Hz) traveling during this period. Weights & measures: Metric who wish to enter Bolivia after a journey into Peru or vice- 3D/2N Hiking and Inca Trail in Lake Titicaca versa. Includes D1 La Paz or Puno to Copacabana / Sampaya / Island of D1 La Paz or Puno/Sun Island: Early transfer from La Paz 1 Night accommodation in Sun Island. /Meals and the Sun / Ecolodge La Estancia: Private transportation or Puno to Copacabana. Boat to Sun Island for a visit and excursions as specified /Experienced bilingual guides overnight. (L, D) /Transport in bus and boat /Hotel taxes. from La Paz or Puno to Copacabana (3 hours), a nice town D2 Sun Island/La Paz: Breakfast. Boat transfer to in the shores of Lake Titicaca, continue to La Gruta, where Huatajata or Copacabana and continuing to La Paz or the hike starts going up an Inca trail until the pass with an Puno. In the morning we can organize for a small additional 5D/4N Trekking Around Lake Titicaca amazing view of the area. Continue to Sampaya, an old fee, an optional 4 hour hike across Sun Island, visiting other A great tour for those who want spend more time in the Indian village, with well preserved Andean architecture. sites of interest enjoying the pleasant atmosphere and the Lake Titicaca area and do some trekking. This circuit begins Hike down to the bay and take boat to the Island of the spectacular views over the Lake. In this case we arrive in La with easy trekking along the peninsula of Copacabana, Sun, the sacred spot of the Incas, land near the Pilkokaina Paz around 19:30 and around 17:30 in Puno. (B, L) continues across the spine of the Island of the Sun and ruins and hike to overnight in Ecolodge La Estancia. (L,D) along the lakeshore and finishes on the Copacabana D2 Boat to La Chincana / Hike across the Island of the peninsula through ancient villages. The trails are moderate, Sun: DON'T MISS A GREAT SUNRISE! Boat to the the views breath-taking and the fresh air a wonderful way to start a journey in Bolivia. northern part of the island, visit La Chincana, a well preserved ruin and hike crossing most of the island back D1 Puno/Copacabana/Yampupata: An early departure out to the ecolodge. Enjoy a traditional lunch, called huatia, of Puno to Copacabana. Followed by trek north of cooked bellow earth under the fire. Afternoon free to enjoy Copacabana and continue via seldom-used tracks, local the beauty of the area. (B,L,D) trails and Inca road segments. Overnight at basic Lodge in D3 Island of the Sun / Copacabana / Puno or La Paz: Hike Yampupata. (B,L,D) through the village of Yumani in the Garden of the Incas, to D2 Yampupata/Sun Island: In the morning we'll take a short see the water spring of the Eternal Youth. Then down to boat ride from Yampupata across to the southern shore of the bay, boat to Copacabana, visit the Dark Virgin and its the Island of the Sun. Trek to the lodge for overnight.(B,L,D) great church. Private transportation to La Paz or Puno (3 D3 Sun Island/Moon Island/Copacabana/La Paz: After hours). (B,L) breakfast and a visit to Yumani, the water springs of the “Eternal Youth” then to Moon Island and Copacabana. Includes Continue to La Paz for overnight (B,L) D4 La Paz: Morning half-day city tour of La Paz, visiting the 2 Nights accommodation/ Meals and excursions as area of the street markets, which are rich in handicrafts, specified/ Experienced bilingual guides/ Transport in bus weavings and witchcraft artefacts. Overnight at hotel. (B) and boat/ Hotel taxes. D5 Depart La Paz: Breakfast, at convenient time, transfer to the airport for your flight out. (B) Joining Loc: La Paz or Puno: Valid Jan to Dec 2008- not valid during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us for Includes the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions 4 Nights accommodation/ Meals and excursions as before booking. specified/ Experienced bilingual guides/ Transport in bus Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB and boat/ Hotel taxes. Lake Titicaca Crossing 2D/1N Lodge $561 $520 $520 Trekking Around Lake Titicaca 5D/4N Turist $2009 $1005 $915 Hiking an Inca Trail in Lake Titicaca Lodge $1176 $700 $580 3D/2N

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Argentina, known as the country of the large skies is a vast country of infinite land, offering supreme beauty in a high Facts for the Traveller diversity of landscapes: desert, mountains, pampa, lakes, glaciers, falls and oceans. From the heat of the Tropic of Capricorn to the ice of the Antarctic Polar Circle, from the imposing summits of the Andes to the vast Atlantic Ocean, there is a great diversity of vegetation, fauna, climate and more. Full country name: Republica de Argentina Argentina surprises the visitor with imposing cascades with over 200 waterfalls falling down in the jungle; it marvels Area: 2,776,890 sq km (1,083,000 sq mi) with its millenary glaciers, unique testimony of the ice that once covered the earth's surface; and it amazes with its Population: 37,812,817 colonies of millions of penguins and hundreds of whales Capital city: Buenos Aires (pop 11 million) on the Atlantic Coast. In Argentina everything is possible, People: 85% European descent, 15% mestizo, Indian and other minorities from horse riding at the foot of the highest mountain of the MAP Language: Spanish, plus 17 indigenous languages continent or attending polo matches and ski races to Religion: 93% Roman Catholic, 2.5% Protestant, 2% taking part in the German Oktoberfest, the Welsh Jewish, 1.5% Ukranian Catholic, 1% Armenian Orthodox Eisteddfods and the Argentine Fiesta Gaucha. Government: Republic The topography is affected by both latitude and Jujuy Salta Visa & Health: For information on visa and health altitude, and is accordingly varied. Argentina's territory Iguazu requirements, please call your nearest consulate and Falls would cover a third of Europe and is as long as the U.S is Tucuman appropriate health authorities. wide, spanning 1.100.000 square miles. The population Electricity: 220V, 50Hz is around 30.000.000 of which 11.000.000 live in Buenos Weights & measures: Mostly metric, but rural areas Aires. The topography of Argentina is varied. Argentina may use the legua (league, about 5 km).

Aconcagua Mt.

4D/3N Buenos Aires Classic Mendoza D8 El Calafate: Excursion to magnificent Perito Moreno Buenos Aires Glacier. We can enjoy the incredible experience of this D1 Buenos Aires: Arrival assistance and transfer to collosus of ice, with enormous blocks of ice falling into the selected hotel. Argentino Lake, with a thunderous crash. (B) D2 Breakfast. Half day city tour. Afternoon free. Evening D9 El Calafate: After breakfast, excursion to Upsala, Onelli Tango, Dinner Show. (B) and Spegazzini Glaciers. This is a wonderful navigation D3 Breakfast. Day free for optional activities.(B) Bariloche along the waters of Argentino Lake. You can enjoy icebergs D4 Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the airport.(B) floating around in the lake. (B) Peninsula Valdes D10 Depart El Calafate: Breakfast. Transfer out to either Includes airport or bus station (B)

Arrival and departure transfers / 3 nights accommodation Fact Finder with breakfast at selected hotel / Half day city tour with El Calafate bilingual guide / Tango, Dinner show with transfers / Hotel Departures : Daily from Sep to Apr taxes Rio Gallegos Notes: It´s important to make bookings in advance in places like Ushuaia, El Calafate, Bariloche and Puerto 4D/3N Buenos Aires Classic / Joining loc: B.Aires: Madryn Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid Highlights: Peninsula Valdes, Punta Tombo, Tierra del Ushuala during local public holidays and special events. All prices Fuego Nat. Park, Perito Moreno Glacier, Upsala & Onelli are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest Glaciers. prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. D2 Puerto Madryn: Breakfast. Excursion to Peninsula Travel Projects Comments: Excellent choice on natural attractions and wildlife. This tour can be combined with: Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Valdes (Sea Animal Reserve), whales (only from Jun to Tourist $665 $391 $366 Dec), sea wolves, penguins, orcas. (B) After Buenos Aires Classic and Iguazu Falls and before the T.Sup $959 $538 $493 D3 Puerto Madryn: After breakfast, excursion to Punta Lakes Crossing from Sep to Apr. F.Class $2098 $1113 $1045 Tombo Penguin Reserve. Later, we visit Trelew and Gaiman Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, aeroplane, ship, boat, (Welsh Colony). The visit to Punta Tombo only available train and foot. 10D/9N Argentine Patagonia from mid September to March/April.(B) D4 Puerto Madryn/Ushuaia: (Flight not Included) Breakfast, Includes Millennial forests with native species extend to the top of transfer to Trelew airport to take flight to Ushuaia. Arrival, the mountains, where nature overflows with granite peaks reception and transfer to hotel in Ushuaia. (B) Meals as per program (9 breakfasts) / 9 nights at selected and ice fields spreading their glacier tongues into lakes of D5 Ushuaia: Excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park. hotels / Sightseeing as per program with English speaking unsurpassable beauty. Imposing mammals spend seasons Visit Bahía Lapataia (End of 3 National Route), Lago Roca. local guides / Entry to sites / All transfers with assistance / on its rough coasts where they complete part of their life Return back to Ushuaia for a Beagle Channel Navigation, Local representative assistance /Hotel taxes cycle, the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the world visiting Sea Wolves Island, Birds Island and Les Eclairers is in Punta Tombo. In the south, Los Glaciares National Park Lighthouse for a beautiful view of Ushuaia. (B) Not Included is the largest ice-field outside of Antarctica and Tierra del D6 Ushuaia: Excursion to the north or Ushuaia to visit Fuego and the World's southernmost city, Ushuaia, are the Escondido Lake then, onto Fagnano Lake in Tierra del Local airport taxes / No Airfares Included / Expenses of gateway towards the vast and mysterious Antarctica. Fuego.(B) personal nature such as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone D7 Ushuaia/El Calafate: (Flight not Included) Breakfast and calls, meals not included and optional tours. D1 Arrive Puerto Madryn: Arrival, reception and trasfer to transfer to Ushuaia Airport for your flight to El Calafate. hotel in Puerto Madryn. Arrival, reception and transfer to hotel. (B)

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For residents of the southern hemisphere, Regions The southern Argentina Argentina offers the same climate conditions of Australia and New Zealand. The country's great The country can be divided into four major physical To the south the vast Pampas and in the far south - variety and elongated geography can make a provinces: the Andes to the west, the northern lowland, Patagonia. visit in any season worthwhile. Buenos Aires the central Pampas, and Patagonia. Argentina's urban attractions, for example, transcend the climate ranges from subtropical in the north through Western Argentina seasons, but Patagonian destinations, such as humid and steamy in the centre to cold in the south. the Moreno Glacier is best to visit in the Dress should be tailored to the area being visited. To the west is the Andes summer months (December to February). The Seasons are the same as in Australia and New Iguazú Falls in subtropical Misiones province Zealand. are best in the southern hemisphere's winter or Northern Argentina spring when heat and humidity are less oppressive. The winter months (mid-June to To the north the vast forested plains of the Chaco late Sep) also offer the opportunity to go skiing.

10D/9N Argentine Patagonia / Joining Loc : Pto. 3D/2N Iguazu Falls 5D/4N Iguazu & Yacutinga Lodge Madryn: Price per person in AU$- Valid from Sep 08 to Apr The impressive tropical rainforest of Iguazú Falls was Starting on the Iguazú Falls and after an excursion on the 09. Not valid during local public holidays and special declared a National Park in 1934 to preserve the Argentine side, you will head off to Yacutinga Lodge & events. Prices here published are a guide only, please call magnificent waterfalls. Higher than the Niagara Falls (70m Wildlife Reserve. This is located on the edge of Iguazú us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions high), they are formed by 275 falls along 3km, harbouring National Park, almost 52km west from the falls. A 4-wheel before booking. Local airfares Puerto Madryn/Ushuaia/El more than 400 species of birds, abundant wildlife and more drive and a boat are needed to get to this first class lodge, set Calafate of approx AU$633 plus taxes. than 2000 species of plants and trees. Located in the North in a private reserve surrounded by the Iguazú River and a Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB of Misiones, it is a region of large rivers, humid tropics, red pristine area of subtropical rainforest with more than 2000 Tourist $2857 $1937 $1772 soil and bright green jungle, full of giant and ancient trees, identified plant species and more than 400 species of birds, T.Sup $3486 $2183 $2037 peculiar endemic flora and a large presence of wild fauna. mammals and reptiles. All sorts of activities are included: When you visit the falls on the Argentine side, the walkways wildlife walks, river safaris, bird-watching and even night will take you over the numerous falls on upper & lower exploration. The main building has a reception area, an footpaths, which allow you to take a closer look of the birds indoor restaurant and a terrace bar, creating a special and butterflies that abound in the lush surroundings. Take atmosphere enhanced by the palmetto palm forest the park train to the footbridge to enjoy the magnificent formation, which surrounds the whole place. The facilities Devil's Throat. The afternoon tour to the Brazilian side of the consist of separate sleeping areas spread through the forest falls will give you a fantastic panoramic view of most of the around the common areas; all suites provide private facilities 275 falls. An excellent optional tour for almost any trip. and rustic details in harmony with the jungle around. An open-air bar, a pool, a native medicine plant garden and excellent food complete this relaxing environment. D1 Mid-day arrival into Puerto Iguazu and transfer selected hotel. Afternoon tour to the Argentine side upper & lower footpaths and Devil's Throat. D1 Arrive to Puerto Iguazú and transfer to the selected hotel. D2 Morning tour to the Brazilian side of the falls with D2 Morning tour of Argentine side upper & lower footpaths panoramic views. Afternoon free (B) and Devil's Throat. Afternoon of the Brazilian side of the falls D3 Departure transfer. (B) with panoramic views. (B) D3 Afternoon transfer to Yacutinga Lodge in motor-boats and possibility to do a night walk for wildlife observation. (B,D) Includes D4 Early morning river safari until midday. Evening walks through native jungle trails, flora & fauna observation. (B,L,D) Arrival and departure transfers / Guided tour of the falls in D5 Relax and enjoy the Lodge and its surroundings. Transfer Argentina and Brazil / 2 nights accommodation at selected out. (B) hotel with breakfast / National park entrance fees.

3D/2N Iguazú Falls / Joining Loc: Pto Iguazu: Price per Includes person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. All 4 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 2 dinners / Transfers & excursions prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest with English speaking guides / National Park fees / All prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. jungle activities as per Lodge programme / Accommodation 1 night in selected hotel and 2 nights at Yacutinga Lodge in Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB twin share rooms. Iguazu Falls 3D/2N. Pto Iguazu Tourist $448 $297 $272 Iguazu Falls 3D/2N. Pto Iguazu T Sup $704 $420 $409 Iguazu Falls 3D/2N. Pto Iguazu F.Class $1511 $805 $668

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5D/4N Iguazu &Yacutinga Lodge / Joining Loc: Pto coloured hills. Heading South from Salta and along the Iguazu: Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Quebrada de las Flechas with its impressive rock Not valid during local public holidays and special events. formations, you will arrive to the village of Cafayate, located Min 2 pers. All prices are as a guide only, please check on a high altitude valley surrounded by rivers, trees and with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & covered with vineyards, the most important economic Conditions before booking. resource of the region. Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Iguazu & Yacutinga 5D/4N Pto Iguazu Vary $1410 $942 $915 D1 Arrive to Salta. Transfer to selected hotel. Afternoon free to Iguazu & Yacutinga 5D/4N Pto Iguazu Vary $1645 $1059 $1049 explore their fine colonial buildings from the 18th century. Iguazu & Yacutinga 5D/4N Pto Iguazu Vary $2384 $1411 $1286 D2 Drive North to Jujuy and along the Humahuaca Ravine, visiting the old Indian villages of Tilcara and Purmamarca. (B) 4D/3N Perito Moreno Glacier D3 Head South along the Rio las Conchas. Visit the village of Cafayate on the Andean foothills, surrounded by vineyards. (B) The Glaciers National Park was created in 1937 to D4 Transfer out. preserve a vast area covered by continental ice fields and glaciers. On account of its spectacular beauty, its glaciological interest and the occurrence of endangered Fact Finder wild species, it was declared a World Heritage Monument by UNESCO in 1981. Perito Moreno Glacier, the best and Departure: all year around well-known glacier, with a width of 5 km and a height of 60m above lake level, is the main attraction. Ice pieces break off Includes and float away as icebergs, the vivid blue hues of the ice and the dull roar as they break away from the snout are 3 nights accommodation at selected hotel with spectacular. breakfasts / Sight-seeing & excursions with bilingual guides , the largest, with its 10km width and 50km / Arrival and departure transfers in Salta / Hotel taxes. length, receives numerous tributaries from the continental ice-field and finally the Onelli Glacier, with its quiet and beautiful lake, beech trees on one side and ice-covered 4D/3N Salta & Jujuy / Joining Loc: Salta: Price per mountains on the other, is another great attraction. A vast person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during wildlife can be seen there: foxes, rheas, armadillos, condor, local public holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. All guanacos and pumas. prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. D1 Arrival transfer in El Calafate to selected hotel. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB D2 Drive towards the Andes to the Glaciers National Park to Tourist $664 $475 $428 admire the majestic Perito Moreno Glacier.(B) T.Sup $843 $557 $476 D3 Day free for optional activities.(B) F. Class $1111 $642 $586 D4 Departure transfer (B) 4D/3N Andean Lakes Crossing Fact Finder Undoubtedly this is one of the most amazing trips in Patagonia. From Puerto Pañuelo, on the Nahuel Huapi Departure: September to May Lake, you will start a fantastic trip across the Andes on board a catamaran and continue by bus, sailing along Nahuel Huapi and Todos los Santos Lakes, and driving in Bariloche/ 2days,1nights Lakes Crossing Excursion with Includes through dense forests reaching the highest point at 976m, overnight at Hotel Peulla. Dinner and breakfast included / with a stunning scenery and fantastic views of Cerro Bilingual guide / 1 nights accommodation in Puerto Varas at Arrival and departure transfers / Excursion to Perito selected hotel / Departure transfer to Puerto Montt airport. Moreno Glacier / National Park fees/ Bilingual guide /3 Tronador, Cerro Puntiagudo and Osorno Volcano. After nights accommodation in selected hotel with breakfast. clearing customs in Peulla, you will enter Chilean territory, and will stay overnight at the Hotel Peulla, located in a 4D/3N Lakes Crossing / Joining Loc: Bariloche: Price per superb spot in the middle of the Andes. Depart Peulla next 4D/3N Perito Moreno Glacier / Joining Loc: Calafate: person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during morning by boat and finally you will drive along the local public holidays and special events. Seasonal Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not Llanquihue Lake to Puerto Varas, a charming small town, to valid during local public holidays and special events. Min Surcharges apply from 16Oct to 15Apr. All prices are as a finish your trip at Puerto Montt. It is also possible to do this guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please 2. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us for trip the other way around, from Puerto Montt to Bariloche. the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions read our Terms & Conditions before booking. before booking. D1 Morning arrival into San Carlos de Bariloche. Transfer to Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB selected hotel. Short Circuit excursion. Tourist $925 $635 $570 Tourist $895 $590 $520 D2 Board the catamaran across the Nahuel Huapi Lake to T.Sup $1149 $759 $686 T.Sup $1167 $660 $574 Peulla. (B,D) D3 Continue across the Todos los Santos Lake to Petrohue. 3D/2N Beagle Channel-Ushuaia 4D/3N Salta & Jujuy Drive to Puerto Varas to selected hotel (B) D4 Transfer to Puerto Montt Airport. (B) Explore the National Park and the Lapataia Bay Area, Salta is the city that holds the oldest colonial remains of close to the Chilean border. Enjoy the nature at its best the country, among them, the Convent of San Francisco walking in this Park plenty of cherry trees, beech trees, with its terracotta walls and the city cathedral with its gold Fact Finder violets, wild orchids and stunning views of the Beagle altar. Heading towards the city of Jujuy, you will visit the Channel. Snowy peaks, lakes and abundant wildlife are the handicrafts markets. Then you will drive along the Departure: all year around ingredients of this complete program. Sailing across the Humahuaca Canyon to Purmamarca, where you will take a famous channel is the best way to feel oneself an explorer glance at the colourful mountains, characteristic of this of these isolated regions. It will allow you not only to see area. The village of Tilcara has a museum and a “Pucará” Includes some startling mountain views and Les Eclaireurs (Indian fortress) that cannot be missed. The tour continues Lighthouse, but also to watch the variety of birdlife this area with a visit to the village of Humahuaca 2,940m above sea Arrival transfer in Bariloche / 1 nights accommodation in has to offer: albatross, seagulls and many other species level, founded 400 years ago, and surrounded by fantastic Bariloche at selected hotel with breakfast / Short circuit tour may be easily spotted from the comfortable catamaran.

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D1 Arrive to Ushuaia. Transfer to selected hotel. Visit Museum of the End of the World. Fact Finder D2 Explore the Tierra del Fuego National Park and walk Departs: Operates from December to March (Summer). along Lapataia Bay Area. Board a Catamaran for an Travel Projects Recommends: Excellent extension to the unforgettable trip on the Beagle Channel to see sea lions southern part of South America during the Southern and Cormorant's Island. (B) Hemisphere Summer. Combine this tour at the end of the D3 Departure transfer (B) Andean & Amazon Explorer and before the Tango & Samba Tour. Fact Finder Highlights: Puerto Varas, Lakes Crossing, Bariloche and Perito Moreno Glacier. Departure: September to April. Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, boat.

Includes Includes Meals as per program (7 breakfasts, 1 Dinner) / 2 nights accommodation at selected hotel with breakfast Accommodation in selected hotels / Sightseeing as per / Transfers & excursions / National Park fees, bilingual program with English speaking local guides / All transfers with guide / Hotel taxes. assistance / Local representative assistance / Hotel taxes 3D/2N Beagle Channel / Joining Loc: Ushuaia Price per Not Included person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during local public holidays and special events. All prices are as a Local airport taxes / Expenses of personal nature such guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. as: laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone calls, meals not Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. included and optional tours. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Tourist $639 $393 $360 8D/7N Patagonia Glaciers & Lakes / Joining Loc: T.Sup $780 $463 $458 Puerto Montt: Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Dec 08- Not valid during local public holidays, carnival and special events. All prices are as a guide only, please 8D/7N Patagonia Lakes & Glaciers Crossing check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms Includes This crossing of the Chilean and Argentine lake districts & Conditions before booking. Note: Prices in this table are is one of the most beautiful journeys you can taken when in for land only. Please allow AU$250 p/pers. Plus taxes for (All services in Seat in Bus basis = SIB and hotels in Run Patagonia, a sight not to be missed. By means of a airfares: Bariloche/El Calafate. of the House = ROH, unless otherwise specified) combination of motor-launches and motorcoaches, Package Name Joining Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB What's Not Included: All optional excursions and meals crossing three lakes and bordering a fourth, then fly to the Patagonia lakes & Glaciers Pto Montt Tourist $2107 $1434 $1271 unless otherwise stated in the itinerary, visas, pre- and Southern part of Patagonia (El Calafate), to admire the Patagonia lakes & Glaciers Pto Montt T.sup $2617 $1637 $1473 post-tour accommodation. magnificent Perito Moreno Glacier. Patagonia lakes & Glaciers Pto Montt F.Class $2936 $1800 $1635 Fact Finder D1 Arrive Puerto Montt: Meet and assist at the airport then 6D/5N Patagonia Lakes & Glaciers further transfer to Puerto Varas (25 Mins. approx) to Departs: Operates from October to April. selected hotel. This crossing of the Chilean and Argentine lake districts Travel Projects Recommends: Excellent extension to the D2 Puerto Varas: Morning city tour of Puerto Varas then is one of the most beautiful journeys you can taken in southern part of South America during the Southern continue southwards to the city of Puerto Montt. Patagonia, a sight not to be missed. By a combination of Hemisphere Spring and Summer. Combine this tour at the Accommodation at selected hotel. (B) motor-launches and motorcoaches, crossing three lakes end of the Andean & Amazon Explorer and before the and bordering a fourth. An unforgettable trip, although D3 Puerto Montt/Peulla: Andean Lakes Crossing Tango & Samba Tour. operational all year round, the best weather is from October Highlights: Puerto Varas, Lakes Crossing and Bariloche. The trip takes two days in winter and can be done in one through to April. during the summer. Departure by bus to Petrohue, passing Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, boat. through the city of Puerto Varas, proceed skirting the lake D1 Arrive Puerto Montt: Meet and assist at the airport then towards Ensenada and Petrohue River. At Petrohue board further transfer to Puerto Varas (25 Mins approx) to Includes a launch then cross the spectacular Lake Todos Los selected hotel. Santos. After a two hour journey, arrival in Peulla for D2 Puerto Varas: Breakfast. Morning city tour of Puerto Meals as per program (5 breakfasts, 1 Dinner)/ overnight stop and overnight at selected hotel . (B,D) Varas and Puerto Montt. Overnight at selected hotel. (B) Acommodation in selected hotels/ Sightseeing as per D4 Peulla/Bariloche: Bus crossing over the Perez Rosales D3 Puerto Varas/Peulla: This crossing of the Chilean and program with English speaking lcal guides / All transfers with pass to reach Puerto Frias. Then board a launch to cross Argentine lake districts is one of the most beautiful journeys assistance/ Local representative assistance / Hotel taxes Lake Frias up to Puerto Alegre for a short bus ride to Puerto you can in this part of the world. By means of a combination Blest where you once again board a launch and cross the of motor launches and motor coaches, crossing three lakes Not Included beautiful Lake Nahuel Huapi, and Puerto Panuelo where and bordering a fourth, the trip takes two days in winter and you board your bus for short 20 minute ride into Bariloche. can be done in one during the summer. Local airport taxes / Expenses of personal nature such as: Accommodation at selected hotel. (B) Bus to Petrohue via Puerto Varas, launch across laundry, tips, gratuities, telephone calls, meals not included D5 Bariloche: Morning tour of Bariloche through the city spectacular Lake Todos Los Santos to Peulla for overnight. and optional tours. and Nahuel Huapi National Parkand Llao Llao Municipal (B, D) Park Afternoon free. Accommodation at selected hotel. (B) D4 Peulla/Bariloche: Bus crossing over the Perez Rosales 6D/5N Lakes Crossing/ Joining Loc: Pto. Montt: D6 Bariloche/El Calafate (Airfare not Included): Morning pass to reach Puerto Frias for Argentine immigration Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Dec 08- Not transfer to the airport for your flight southbound to El formalities. Continue by launch across Lake Frias up to valid during local public holidays, carnival and special Calafate. Meet and assist at the airport and further transfer Puerto Alegre for a short bus ride to Puerto Blest where you events. All prices are as a guide only, please check with to your selected hotel. (B) once again board a launch and cross the beautiful Lake us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & D7 El Calafate: Full day excursion to Perito Moreno Glacier Nahuel Huapi, and Puerto Panuelo where you board your Conditions before booking. and be overwhelmed by the impressive spectacle of this bus for short 20 minute ride into Bariloche. (B) Package Name Joining Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB glacier. Accommodation at selected hotel. (B) D5 Bariloche: After breakfast, small circuit of Bariloche. Lakes Crossing 6D/5N Pto. Montt Tourist $1440 $947 $818 D8 Depart El Calafate: Breakfast. At convenient time, Afternoon at. (B) Lakes Crossing 6D/5N Pto. Montt T.Sup $1692 $1065 $950 transfer to the airport for your flight to Buenos Aires. (B). D6 Depart Bariloche: Breakfast. At convenient time, Lakes Crossing 6D/5N Pto. Montt F.Class $1948 $1170 $1080 End of Services. transfer to the airport for your flight out. 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MAP Crossed by the equator, Ecuador shares within itself straddles the equator at the middle of the world,

Galapagos Islands not to scale both Northern and Southern Hemispheres of the Quito sits at the hub of the country's road system. Located more than 1000 Kms globe. west of Ecuador With an exotic Coast along the Pacific, majestic For most visitors, Ecuador's outstanding appeal lies Andean highlands, a mysterious Amazon jungle, in the colourful spectacle of the native, country and the enchanted Galapagos Islands, it is a land of markets which are the major social and commercial contrasts that you shall never forget. A country events in Andean valley towns. There are markets Otabalo Ibarra divided by nature, yet solidly held together by a nearby for almost every day of the week, and the common cultural heritage. Ecuador is one of earth's spectacular scenery en route makes getting there Quito most biologically and geologically diverse places. half the fun. This is a land of ancient forests, a Cotopaxi Volcano 5897Mts. A surprising country of peaceful and friendly people cultural heritage dating back more than 5,000 years Lago Agrio who proudly say: Ecuador has more! While Ecuador with a myriad of micro climates enriching its Ecuador biological wealth.

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Ingapirca Important: Galapagos Ships are generally in dry-docks Alausi Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Tourist $609 $409 $370 from end of Aug to end of Sep. Cuenca T.Sup $887 $508 $503 Transport: Air-conditioned vehicles, aeroplane, ship, F.Class $1124 $661 $597 boat, train and foot.

7D/6N Quito & Galápagos Includes Our Quito & Galapagos Tour, combines the right Meals as per program (6 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 3 elements to make your visit to this diverse country an dinners) / Accommodation in selected hotels/ Sightseeing unforgettable one. The trip starts in Quito, with its beautiful colonial architecture. Explore Otavalo Market, whose as per program with English speaking local guides/ Entry to master weavers were at their looms long before the sites, except Galapagos National Park which is US$100 Spaniards - or even the Incas - arrived. Visit the Middle of p.p. plus Municipality Tax US$30/ All transfers with the World and then fly to the Galapagos Islands and assistance/ Local representative assistance/ Hotel taxes. 4D/3N Basic Quito experience nature at its best and most unspoilt. Quito, considered one of the most beautiful cities in the Not Included Western Hemisphere, has an astonishing location more D1 Fri – Arrive Quito: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the than a mile sea level, nestled in the Andes Mountains airport. Arrive Quito and transfer to hotel (B) Local airport taxes/ Galapagos National Park entrance fee beneath the sparkling snow cone of the Pichincha D2 Sat - Quito: Full day excursion to the famous Otavalo of US$100 p.pers. Plus Municipality Tax US$30/ Expenses Mountain, and almost directly on the equator! Indian market, to shop for ponchos, rugs, textiles, of personal nature such as: laundry, tips, gratuities, D1 -Fri: Arrive Quito: Arrival at the Mariscal Sucre airport in handicrafts and the Panama hat (actually made in Ecuador) telephone calls, meals not included and optional tours/ Quito, assistance and transfer in. Overnight at your Lunch at a nearby hacienda and late afternoon return to Quito. (B,L) selected hotel. 7D/6N Quito Galapagos / Joining Loc: Santiago: D2 -Sat: Quito: Full day excursion to the famous Otavalo D3 Sun - Quito: Breakfast. Half day city tour including the Equatorial Line.(B) Prices per person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Feb 09- Not valid Indian market, to shop for ponchos, rugs, textiles, during local public holidays, carnival and special events. handicrafts and the Panama hat (actually made in Ecuador) D4 Mon - Quito/Galapagos/Cruise: Morning flight to Baltra, Lunch at a nearby hacienda and late afternoon return to and then cruise to Cerro Dragon (Santa Cruz Island), with Surcharges for land arrangements apply for New Year, Rio Quito. (B,L) the 5-star ship M/V Galapagos Legend. All luxurious cabins Carnival and special events. Air fares subject to re- D3 -Sun: Quito; Breakfast. Half day city tour including the have private facilities, highly trained crew, and the services adjustment. All prices are as a guide only, please check with Equatorial Line.(B) of a 24-hour duty doctor and a multilingual guide. (B,L,D) us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions D4 -Mon: Depart Quito; Breakfast. Transfer out from your D5 Tue - Galapagos Cruise: Cruise to El Barranco in before booking. Note: Airfare Quito/ Galapagos/Quito, hotel to the airport. (B) Genovesa or Tower Island. In the afternoon continue to needed for this tour. Please allow approximately AU$650 Darwin Bay (B,L,D) plus taxes for airfares. Includes D6 Wed - Galapagos Cruise: Cruise to Punta Suarez in Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Espanola or Hood Island. Afternoon to Interpretation Tourist $4685 $2682 $2495 Return airport transfers/ 3 nights accommodation/ Full Centre in San Cristobal Island.(B,L,D) T.Sup $5489 $3069 $2899 day Otavalo Market Exc. With lunch/ Half day city tour with D7 Thu - Cruise/Baltra/Guayaquil or Quito: Breakfast. F.Class $6580 $3697 $3433 bilingual guide/ Breakfasts/ Hotel taxes Flight via Guayaquil or Quito to your next destination.(B) City Tourist Hotel T Superior Hotel F. Class Hotel 4D/3N Basic Quito / Joining Loc: Quito: Price per Santiago Hotel Providencia NH Ciudad de Plaza El person in AU$- Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid during Fact Finder Santiago Bosque local public holidays and special events.Prices here Quito Hostal de la Rabida Patio Andaluz Swissotel published are a guide only, please call us for the latest Departs: Operates all year round M/V Galapagos Sup. Inside Cabin Sup. Outside Junior Suite prices. Read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Highlights: Quito, Galapagos Islands and Otavalo. Legend Cabin

29 www.travelprojects.com.au Facts for the Traveller When to GO Ecuador Regions Full country name: Republic of Ecuador Bolivia lies in the southern hemisphere; winter runs from Travellers can visit Ecuador year round; there is always Ecuador has four main regions geographically Area: 283,520 sq km (175,780 sq mi) something to see. In terms of the weather, El Niño hits hard different, each with its own culture, own people, own Population: 12,920,092 (growth rate: 2.1%) about one winter every decade, playing havoc with road and climate, own beauty, and own attractions. Cradled rail connections and making communication spotty in some Capital city: Quito (pop 1.5 million) between two of the most fertile environments on People: 40% mestizo, 40% Indian, 15% Spanish outlying areas. If you're visiting the Galapagos, you'll find the warm rainy season from January to April the best time descent, 5% African descent earth, the Pacific and the Amazon Basin, lay 25 for snorkelling; the rest of the year the water is cooler, interdependent life zones, which spawn complex Language: Spanish, Quechua, Quichua, other typically around 20°C (68°F). The mainland coast has indigenous languages similar weather patterns, and its beaches fill up from environmental systems sustaining an incredible Religion: Over 90% Roman Catholic, small minority of January to May during coastal Ecuador's school holidays. variety of species. June through August sees foreign vacationers descend, other Christian denominations though the weather's generally chilly by then. Visae & Health: For information on Visae and health The best time for hiking and climbing is June to August. South and North Ecuador requirements, please call your nearest consulate and Trekking in the Oriente is best done in the dry season, from appropriate health authorities. late August through February. As for crowds and costs, the To the South and north of the capital is the Pan Time: GMT/UTC minus 5 hours high season both on the mainland and in the Galapagos American Highway, the "main road" of South Electricity: 110V, 60Hz tends to be mid-December through January and June to America leading to some of the most fascinating August, when most of the vacationing foreign visitors arrive. Weights & Measures: Metric and scenic excursions on the continent.

5D/4N Highlander city in the country. After breakfast let its cobblestone D1 Tue, Thu or Sat: Quito via Avenue of the Volcanoes to streets, graceful wrought-iron balconies, and flowered Indian market. After lunch continue to Chimborazo and Otavalo & Across the Andes to Cuenca plazas captivate you. Its market places and handicrafts are Riobamba for overnight. (L) living testimony to the region s rich indigenous and artisan D2 Wed, Fri or Sun: Scenic train or autoferro trip to Alausi Sun, Tue & Thu heritage. City panoramic overview, head to the Turi (Devil's Nose). Continue by bus from Sibambe via Great tour of Ecuador, visiting the famous indigenous viewpoint. After enjoying this outstanding view, later visit a Ingapirca, Inka Ruins to Cuenca for overnight. (B,L). market of Otavalo, Cotopaxi National Park. Drive through Panama hat factory D3 Thu, Sat or Mon: Cuenca city tour. Lunch is included at a some of the most picturesque indigenous areas of the charming restaurant. (B,L) country to Alausí train station. Sit on the top of the train Includes D4 Fri, Sun or Tue: In the morning, visit to the Valley of carriages for an exciting adventure through the engineering Gualaceo and, after lunch, transfer to the airport to board wonder of the area known as the ¨Devil's Nose´. Continue Nights Accommodation / Meals as listed in the itinerary/ All transfers and visits as per itinerary/ Flight Cuenca to the flight to Quito or Guayaquil. (Air ticket Cuenca /Quito not to visit Ingapirca ruins before arriving to the prettiest included). colonial city in the country, Cuenca with its cobblestone Quito or Guayaquil/ Local hotel taxes streets, graceful wrought-iron balconies, and flowered plazas that will for sure captivate you. 5D/4N Highlander / Joining Loc: Quito: Price per Includes person in AU$- Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid during D1 Quito - Calderón-Cayambe-Otavalo: Visit to Otavalo local public holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. Option Nights Accommodation / Meals as listed in the itinerary/ indigenous market, weaving and artisan towns, and also available on the conventional train. Calls us for more All transfers and visits as per itinerary/ Flight Cuenca to indigenous communities (San Antonio de Ibarra, Peguche, information. Prices here published are a guide only, please Quito or Guayaquil/ Local hotel taxes Cotacachi, etc.). Lunch in a colonial hacienda. In the call us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions afternoon, visit Cuicocha Lagoon. Accommodation at before booking. Chiva Express / Joining Loc: Quito: Price per person Hacienda Pisanqui or similar (L) Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB in AU$- Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid during local D2 Otavalo-Cotopaxi: Towards south, visit Ecuador's first Haciendas $1583 $1400 O/R public holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. Option National Park, Cotopaxi, home to the highest active also available on the conventional train. Calls us for more volcano on Earth. You can explore the Andean moorlands 4D/3N Chiva Express information. Prices here published are a guide only, with numerous species of highland birds, or hike up to the please call us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & snow line 15,800 feet (4,800 meters ). Accommodation at Quito-Cuenca Conditions before booking. Extra airfare Cuenca to Quito hacienda La Cienaga or country inn, close to the Cotopaxi or Guayaquil is required for approx. AU$120 plus local Volcano.(B,L) Tue - Thu - Sat taxes. D3 Cotopaxi-Riobamba: Continue south to Riobamba To see the country in a different way, take a different Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB passing the Igualata ridge on the Urbina moorlands, the track, aboard the unique Chiva Express (like a bus on rails). Chiva Express 4D/3N Tourist $1352 $1239 O/R highest point on the Pan-American Highway at the base of As train fanciers know, it is how you get there that matters. Chiva Express 3D/2N Tourist $1056 $958 O/R Ecuador s highest mountain, the snow capped Chimborazo A Chiva is a typical old fashion Latin American bus with 20,697 feet (6,310 meters). Accommodation at Hacienda plenty room on the roof for bags of grain, bananas and the Kapawi Ecolodge & Reserve Abraspungo or similar. (B,L) odd chicken. In Quito these buses have taken on a new D4 Riobamba-Alausí-Ingapirca-Cuenca: Start your day lease of life as party vehicles with adapted high sided roof. 4D/3N Fri to Mon with a drive through some of the most picturesque Some tour operators have adapted the Chiva idea for an 5D/4N Mon to Fri indigenous areas of the country, before reaching the Alausí unforgettable experience on rail through the Andean 8D/7N Mon or Fri train station. If there is availability, sit on the top of the country side. The Ecolodge - Located in one of the areas with the carriages for an exciting adventure through the engineering Starting one of the great adventures in the Ecuadorian highest biodiversities of Earth. Kapawi Ecolodge & wonder of the area known as the ¨Devil's Nose´. On the Andes. The chilly plateau air wakes those who have Reserve was built by the Achuar Indians using traditional road again we visit Ingapirca ruins. Continue to Cuenca for decided to 'ride the roof'. As the Chiva Express advances techniques, combined with low-impact technologies (solar overnight. Accommodation Hotel Santa Lucia or similar. along the ancient railway, the mood aboard makes you energy, biodegradable soaps, and four-stroke and electric (B,L) adjust to another tempo, and leisurely enjoy the Andean outboard motors). D5 Cuenca-Quito or Guayaquil: Visit the prettiest colonial region of Ecuador.

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Kapawi is in fact one of the last places where you can area. Activities are spread out over a wide area, and guests running hot water, individual air conditioning, on board interact with an ancient culture, which will change your are allowed to determine difficulty and duration of their laundry service, large dining room, inviting bar and lounge perception of your own and other cultures that share this outings. area, panoramic terrace, delicious cuisine and the finest planet. The Achuar have inhabited the Amazon basin for Several trails lead through pristine terra firme forest, where multilingual naturalist guides. thousands of years, developing a vast, invaluable 150-foot kapok trees tower above and roots from huge knowledge on their environment, land use and resource buttresses to give support to the trees. Others follow D1 Quito – Coca – Yasuní National Park: Flight from Quito management which has allowed both the people and strategically raised boardwalks in seasonally flooded to Coca followed by canoe transfer (1.5hrs approx) along ecosystems to survive. forests and one trail even leads across fallen tree trunks the Napo River to board the Manatee Amazon Explorer. and to a steel cable zip-line through rich swamplands. Night activities. (L,D) Fact Finder Another favourite activity is to paddle dugout canoes along D2 Pañacocha Biological Corridor: Downstream navigation tannin-rich black-water creeks and lakes where luxuriant to the mouth of the Pañayacu (Piranha River). Canoe trips Activities - The lodge provides an array of activities lianas, bromeliads and palm trees thrive. for wildlife observation. Piranha fishing. At night, there will characterized by their flexibility in order for you to set the be an optional excursion to explore the forest and riverbanks and also optional overnight at our camp for an pace at which you discover this whole new world. As part of Includes a small group (no larger that ten, lead by a naturalist and an extra fee. (B,L,D) Achuar guide), you can fully customize your itineraries, 3 or 4 nights at Sacha Lodge/ Flight Quito/Kapawi/Quito/ D3 Observation Tower – Native House: On the third day of which may include visits to the Achuar communities, hikes land and canoe transfers/ All visits and activities as per our cruise, we will explore the Observation Tower build in the rain forest, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, camping and Lodge program/ All meals at Lodge around a tree to observe the different ecosystems of the bird watching, in accordance to the group's chosen degree forest and a wide variety of birds. After lunch at the of difficulty. La Selva Jungle Lodge Manatee, you will stop at a Native House of the Kichwas a Location - Kapawi is located near the Ecuadorian and native guide will bring into the light their way of life and Peruvian border, in the Southern Ecuadorian Amazon 4 days-3 nights – Wed or Fri traditions. (B,L,D) Basin on the Pastaza River, a major tributary of the 5 days-4 nights – Sat or Mon D4 Kapok Tree – Limoncocha Biological Reserve: In the Amazon. Kapawi is one of the most pristine and isolated Deep in Primary forest of Ecuador, in its Amazon Jungle, morning, visit one of the tallest trees of the Rainforest, the points in the Amazon Basin, accessed only by air and with lies an ecolodge unlike any other. Constantly refining its Kapok, a native guide also will explain to us the use of the closest town at ten days walking distance. Your transfer skills over the past twenty years La Selva Jungle Lodge medicinal plants, if time permits we will have a visit to the will include a private plane from Quito to the Kapawi offers not only the most complete biodiversity, but food CICAME Archeological Museum which preserves pottery Reserve (less than two hours), then an additional canoe beyond comparison, accommodations that will surprise from the Omagua Culture, one of the first forest pre- ride (1 1/2 hours) to the lodge. you with their comfort, and a friendly and experienced staff Columbian residents of the Napo River basin. In the with great plans for your visit but also ready to cater to your afternoon, there will be a visit to the Limoncocha Biological Reserve, an incredible area to find lots of birds, some Includes every whim. Our motto says it all: "In the jungle anything is possible...” monkeys and at night looking for the Black Caiman, return 3, 4 or 7 nights Kapawi Lodge/ Flight Quito, Kapawi, to the Manatee at night. (B,L,D) Quito, Canoe transfers / All visits and activities as per D1 Quito-Coca flight: From the town of Coca you will travel D5 Depart Coca: Return to the city of Coca to take the Lodge program / All meals at Lodge downriver in a motorized dugout canoe for two hours. An morning flight back to Quito. The canoe ride upstream will English-speaking naturalist will escort you. From the La take around two hours. Not Included Selva dock a short picturesque walk leads you to a stream for a trip by paddle canoe to Heron Lake (Garzacocha) and Fact Finder Achuar community fee: US$10.00 per passenger/ Any La Selva Lodge. A welcome cocktail awaits you. A buffet other National or International tax/ Soft beverages, lunch will be served or a buffet dinner if coming from Lago Please note: While it is our intention to adhere to the route alcoholic drinks or souvenirs./ Hotel taxes Agrio, afterwards, take your pick of activities for the described above, there is a certain amount of flexibility built Note: Passengers that are travelling alone, and who are afternoon or evening: swimming, fishing, canoeing or into the itinerary and on occasion it may be necessary, or willing to share the cabin with another passenger, from the perhaps a walk to Mandicocha (which offers a completely desirable to make alterations. On daily basis of your tour same group or other reservation in room with two queen different ecosystem from Garzacocha). Return to the hotel you will be advised of any amendments. beds and sharing bathroom will pay the per person double for a briefing on next day activities. The Exploration Leaders will always be offering information rate. There is a local service charge of $ 6 for 3 nights - $ 8 D2 Lodge: If you awaken early, you have a good chance to about the region, tours, weather conditions, navigation, for 4 nights - $ 14 for 7 nights payable locally. see a variety of wildlife including monkeys or wild boar. native cultures and probabilities to encounter wildlife Paddle down a primeval stream, climb up to the high forest through lectures, briefings, recaps and videos. Sacha Lodge or visit our neighbors. With our expert guides choose 5 Day Mon to Fri walking trips, paddling trips or trips that combine both. Includes 4 Day Fri to Mon D3 Lodge: Any of the options which you did not choose for day 2. Airport Assistance in Quito/ Flight Quito/Coca/Quito/ Located on a private 3,200 acre reserve, the lodge is Transfers in Coca/ All meals and accommodation/ constructed of traditional rainforest materials and nestled D4 Lodge: A trip to Piranha Lake might be in order. Start Naturalist Guides/ Guided Hikes and other excursions/ well concealed into the lush surroundings. There is a raised early in the morning for an all day excursion up the Piranha River Transportation/ Accommodations in Single, Double lookout above the bar and lounge which offers a scenic river arriving at the lake by lunch time. Fish for you-know- or Triple Staterooms/ All Meals (B, L, D), snacks, etc/ vista of Pilchicocha lake. The lodge provides electricity from what. Swim with them if you like. Fare well dinner. Excursions in the forest (all kind)/ Visits to Natives 4:30 AM until 10PM. There are 20 thatched roof, double D5 Coca to Quito: Early morning departure for Quito. Communities/ Excursions Leaders (Biologists, Zoologists, cabins and a main dining-lounge-bar area. Each of the Botanists, etc)/ Lectures by our Excursions Leaders rooms has a thatched roof and private shaded terraces. Includes Each cabin has 2 double beds and private bathrooms Joining Location: Quito: Price per person in AU$$- complete with hot water. All cabins are screened. Airport Assistance in Quito/ Transfers in Coca/ All meals Valid from Jan to Dec 2008. Not valid during local public and accommodation/ Naturalist Guides/ Guided Hikes and holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. Prices here The Yasuni Parrot Lick: Just a short distance from the other excursions/ Flight Quito/Coca/Quito published are a guide only, please call us for the latest lodge is Ecuador's most accessible parrot lick, an exposed prices. Read our Terms & Conditions before booking clay bank where brightly coloured parrots of several Manatee Amazon Explorer different species gather in the early morning. Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB The Butterfly House: Sacha Lodge is home to one of 4 days-3 nights -Fri to Mon Kapawi Eco-lodge 8D/7N Lodge $3111 $2337 $2050 the largest butterfly farms in Ecuador. Designed to be a live 5 days-4 nights -Mon to Fri Kapawi Eco-lodge 5D/4N Lodge $2115 $1628 $1443 exhibition conservatory, the Butterfly House is now The new Manatee Amazon Explorer riverboat has been Kapawi Eco-lodge 4D/3N Lodge $1680 $1317 $1180 successfully breeding nearly 40 local butterfly species. specially built for cruises in the Ecuadorian rainforest on the Sacha Lodge 5D/4N Lodge $1993 $1397 $1397 Rio Napo. You will visit Monkey Island, Yasuni National Sacha Lodge 4D/3N Lodge $1623 $1151 $1151 Fact Finder Park and Biosphere Reserve, walk jungle trails and explore La Selva Lodge 5D/4N Lodge $1687 $1346 $1346 virgin rain forest. The Manatee Amazon Explorer is 90 feet La Selva Lodge 4D/3N Lodge $1447 $1161 $1161 Activities: Native guides with expert knowledge of the long (27 m) 24 feet wide (7 m) and accommodates 30 lucky Manatee Explorer 5D/4N Boat $1824 $1292 $1139 rainforest lead small groups on a variety of forays into the guests in comfortable cabins with private bathrooms and Manatee Explorer 4D3N Boat $1427 $1029 $912

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4D/3N Galapagos Islands training center, together with the Galapagos National Park priced very modestly. On board they accept cash (dollars or Service, for the naturalist guides who accompany all sucres), Travelers Checks and MasterCard, VISA and One of Ecuador's most valuable and most famous visitors landing at one of the approved sites. It is also an Diners Card. natural treasures is not on the mainland at all. It is the important center where members of the international Naturalist Guides - Passengers must be accompanied at Galapagos Islands, an enchanted, volcanically formed scientific community come to study. The station is the one all times by our naturalist guides who have been trained by archipelago 622 miles off of Ecuador's Pacific coast. The place where you are able to easily see the famous giant the Darwin Station and licensed by the National Park. They Galapagos is a world unto itself composed of 13 major tortoises which can weigh more than 500 pounds and live know each visitor site intimately and share their knowledge islands, six smaller ones and over two score of islets that for a century or two. on walks, with slide shows and in anecdotes over drinks at became Charles Darwin's living laboratory of evolution and As much as there is to be seen in the islands, the main the end of the day. In the evenings, our expert guides give inspired him to write The Origin of the Species after visiting sights you will be visiting (depending on the length of your briefings for the next day's excursions. the islands in 1835. Darwin's Theory of Evolution emanated cruise, are: from this visit and the ensuing book. Tipping is a personal matter, related to your impressions of Floreana: Rich in human history, settled centuries ago. On how you were served. To express your satisfaction, we the island, you can spot blue footed boobie birds, penguins. suggest you follow the international guidelines of $5 - $ 10 Fact Finder pelicans, frigate birds and sea turtles. per person per day for the aggregate ship crew. Guides are Galapagos travel planner - when to VISIT? Rabida: With dark red coral beach which is occupied by tipped separately from the crew's tip pool. Our passengers Located on the equator, the Galapagos Islands are subject sea lions. You can swim and snorkel with them and tend to be well educated, well traveled and from a variety of to oceanic currents that influence temperatures on the especially the pups are very curious. The saltbushes age groups and nationalities. They have a keen interest in archipelago. However, the weather is pleasant, at any time nearby are used by the brown pelican for nesting, if it is learning about new aspects of nature and ecology and are of the year. season. concerned about environmental issues. January to March is considered the hot/wet season, Santa Fe: Has land iguanas and cactus. Landings - The yachts anchor offshore at two visitor March being the hottest month of the year. The islands are Bartolome: Offers a dramatic volcanic cone to climb for sites per day. Passengers are ferried to the islands by flourishing with plant life, and the water temperatures are one of the loveliest views in the islands. Good swimming launches (locally called pangas). The landings are either ideal for snorkelling and diving at this time of year. and snorkeling. wet or dry where one must step into water anywhere from Because of the climate changes in July through Fernandina: Has a shoreline densely populated by marine your ankles to your waist and wade to shore or where one September, there's less rain and the islands are drier, iguanas, as well as flightless cormorants, pelicans and steps from the panga directly to the volcanic rock. Your though cooler. The water temperature drops considerably, penguins. guide and panga driver assist you with a steady hand. though this is the ideal time of year to see more aquatic life, Floreana: Is the site for flamingos and red-footed booby. Passengers able to walk a few hours a day unassisted will as the animals prefer the colder currents. Mail your postcards here in a barrel, according to an old be able to fully enjoy Galapagos. Some excursions are The main regulator of the climate of the Galapagos is the whalers custom. strenuous, involving steep climbs or long walks. Entering temperature of the ocean surface and ocean currents, and exiting the pangas requires that you need to be Espanola: Is the only breeding ground for the waved reasonably fit, sure footed and healthy. creating microclimates on the islands influencing the albatross, and residence for both blue-footed and masked particular flora and fauna habitats found on each island. boobies. Islands Visit - On the islands, one follows marked trails set by the National Park, walking at a leisurely pace. The When choosing the time of year to visit the Galapagos, Isabela: Has five large volcanoes and Darwin's salt lake prioritize. Decide what you would rather do and see, as not guides will interpret and explain the unusual sights you see. crater. You'll spend 3-4 hours at each site, allowing plenty of time to all animals are present at all times of year. This depends Santiago: Offers interesting walks on fields of twisted and greatly on the season and climate. explore and photograph the abundant wildlife. Afterward, hardened black lava. there is often opportunity to swim and snorkel. Masks, fins To assist you in this "difficult choice" we have prepared an North Seymour: Is home to large colonies of sea lions, Island wildlife activity calendar to tell you what goes on in and snorkels in average sizes are available on board for frigate birds and blue-footed boobies. rent – (about $ 10 per week, $5 for 3 - 4 nights). Passengers the Galapagos Islands every month of the year. Wildlife Plaza: Is a tiny island with sea lions, land iguanas and lots activity on the Islands for: may bring their own equipment if they wish. You will receive of gulls. a list of Galapagos National Park rules which include asking Guide to Galapagos Islands: Santa Cruz Island is also San Cristobal: Is a new starting point for inter-island you not to disturb or remove anything (not even a rock or the site of the Charles Darwin Research Station. This is the cruising. Nearby is the spectacular, natural rock formation, shell), not to touch or feed the animals and to stay on the Leon Dormido (Kicker Rock). marked trails. Our motto is: "Leave only footprints and take Santa Cruz: Is home of the Charles Darwin Research only photographs". Station!, it also has marine turtles and a tortoise reserve. Genovesa: Is one of the few nesting places for the red- footed booby and thousands of other birds. Includes Galapagos Cruise Procedures: Cruise duration/ All meals/ Shore excursions with The following are general cruise procedures and are naturalist guides operative with most boats Arrival - Upon arrival to the airport at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal Island, passengers are met by our crew and transferred by private bus to the yacht anchored nearby: Once on board, you'll receive an orientation and safety drill. National Park Fee - The Islands are part of the Ecuador National Park System and the entrance fee is US$100 per person (US$50 for children under 12). The fee is collected at the airport upon arrival by Galapagos Park Wardens. It is best to have the U.S. dollars in exact change. Municipal Tax - A new government-imposed tax of $30.00 per person is also collected upon arrival to San Cristobal airport for usage of the port and public facilities. The Cruise - The day begins early with breakfast followed by the first shore excursion, returning for lunch and followed by sun or a siesta while the yacht navigates to the next island. Late afternoon, disembark for the second excursion and return to prepare for dinner. In the evening, our naturalist gives a briefing for the next day's shore excursions. At night, we anchor in a calm bay departing the following morning for a new adventure. Bar - An open tab at the bar and boutique which are paid the last day of the cruise. 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Galapagos Explorer II – 5* M/V Galapagos Legend – 4*Sup M/Y Eric, Flamingo & Letty - 4* 4 days Wed to Sat 4 days Mon to Thu 8 days Sun to Sun 5 days Sat to Wed 5 days Thu to Mon 6 days Sun to Fri - shorter cruise 8 days Wed to Wed or Sat to Sat 8 days Mon to Mon or Thu to Thu Our fleet of three identical 83-foot/ 20-passenger With a capacity of 100 passengers, It has 50 air This is a 90 passenger cruise 5-star fully air motor yachts the Eric, Flamingo and Letty were conditioned outside Suites, private bathroom and a conditioned ship. With all the commodities of a cruise designed with sophisticated navigational and small sitting area, TV, HHS and fridge and phone. liner yet small enough for that intimate experience with mechanical equipment, they are self-contained and Features aboard include swimming pool, solarium, nature that brings you to The Galapagos. Guests can ecologically sound, equipped for noise-reduction and spacious dining room, an electronic elevator, large benefit from the added comfort of extra space in our fully fuel-efficiency; false keels provide maximum stability. A conference room, lounge, three bar areas with music, carpeted luxurious cabins, all with private facilities and boutique and reading room. Six naturalist guides aboard seasoned captain, 8 dedicated crewmembers, and 2 amenities. The vessel also has the services of a 24hour experienced English-speaking naturalist guides attend lead daily shore excursions and offer nightly briefings to duty doctor; and multilingual guides. prepare passengers for the islands to be visited the next to the details of your Galapagos cruise. day. With international and Ecuadorian cuisine. Standard crew size: 70.

Tip Top II – 3* M/Y Coral I * Coral II - 4*Sup 4 days Fri to Mon 4 days Sun to Wed M/Y La Pinta – 5* Dlx 5 days Mon to Fri 8 days Mon or Fri 5 days Wed to Sun 8 days Fri to Fri The Tip Top II/III are85 foot steel hulled motor yachts 8 days Sun or Wed One of the newest yachts, the La Pinta is a gorgeous built in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Fully refurbished in The M/Y Coral 1 and 2 are 110-foot motor yachts 207-foot expedition yacht, with capacity for 40 guests. La December, 1998, it accommodates 16 passengers in 8 offering ecological cruises with modern comfort, luxury Pinta offers a relaxed yet lavish expedition atmosphere, double cabins each with private shower and toilet. and gourmet cooking for 20 or 22 passengers. with plush outside cabins, large view windows, the highest There is a bar, dining room, library, sundeck and diving Snorkeling and diving gear are available, as well as a standards of service, the very best international cuisine platform. All cabins and public areas are fully carpeted diving platform. plus celebrated Ecuadorian dishes, and all the amenities and air conditioned. that make the Galapagos Expedition a trip of a lifetime.

M/Y Isabella II – 5* Dlx M/Y Estrella del Mar - 3* M/V Santa Cruz – 4*Sup 4 days Tue to Fri 5 days Fri to Tue 4 days Wed to Sat 4 days Fri to Mon 8 days Tue to Tue 5 days Sat to Wed 5 days Mon to Fri Isabela II is one of the most deluxe yacht in the 8 days Wed or Sat 8 days Mon or Fri Galapagos Islands. It accommodates 40 passengers in A regular yacht offering cabins with private bathrooms The 90 passengers M/V Santa Cruz is the only first-class 20 splendid outside twin cabins, all with private and regular itineraries with good cuisine and attentive ship, fully air conditioned, built exclusively for Galapagos bathroom. Four cabins have double beds for either service. Crew: 7 + naturalist guide Passengers: 16. Islands cruising. All suites and cabins, distributed in three single or double occupancy. decks have private facilities and low berths.

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M/V Galapagos Legend- Sup Ext -5D/4N- F. Class $4473 $2485 O/R 22Jan-22Feb, 13Mar-30Apr, 1Jul-02Sep 10Oct-25Nov & 17Dec-07Jan M/V Galapagos Legend- Sup Ext -8D/7N- F. Class $6797 $3777 O/R 8-21Jan, 1-12Mar, 1May-30Jun, 3-30Sep & 26Nov-16Dec M/V Galapagos Legend- Sup Ext -8D/7N- F. Class $7167 $3982 O/R 22Jan-22Feb, 13Mar-30Apr, 1Jul-02Sep 10Oct-25Nov & 17Dec-07Jan M/Y Corals I&II-Moon Cabin -4D/3N- F. Class $3218 $1788 O/R 8-21Jan, 1-12Mar, 1May-30Jun, 3-30Sep & 26Nov-16Dec also boasts innovative garbage processing and recycling M/Y Corals I&II-Moon Cabin-4D/3N- F. Class $3578 $1988 O/R 22Jan-22Feb, 13Mar-30Apr, 1Jul-02Sep programs. The entire infrastructure as well as the activities 10Oct-25Nov & 17Dec-07Jan are totally oriented to a concept of true ecotourism in a M/Y Corals I&II-Moon Cabin -5D/4N- F. Class $4087 $2270 O/R pristine natural environment. 8-21Jan, 1-12Mar, 1May-30Jun, 3-30Sep & 26Nov-16Dec Includes M/Y Corals I&II-Moon Cabin -5D/4N- F. Class $4292 $2385 O/R 22Jan-22Feb, 13Mar-30Apr, 1Jul-02Sep Transfer In / Out/ Nights accommodations/ All Meals/ 10Oct-25Nov & 17Dec-07Jan 2/3/4 full-day excursions/ Guided visit to Charles Darwin M/Y Corals I&II-Moon Cabin -8D/7N- F. Class $7152 $3973 O/R Research Station/ Facilities: Pool, Jacuzzi, Beach-front 8-21Jan, 1-12Mar, 1May-30Jun, 3-30Sep access/ Multisport activities available/ Taxes Included & 26Nov-16Dec M/Y Corals I&II-Moon Cabin -8D/7N- F. Class $7507 $4170 O/R 22Jan-22Feb, 13Mar-30Apr, 1Jul-02Sep Not Included 10Oct-25Nov & 17Dec-07Jan Air ticket to/from Galápagos/ Entrance fee to Galapagos M/V Explorer II-Classic Suite 4D/3N F. Class O/R $1807 O/R M/V Explorer II-Classic Suite 5D/4N F. Class O/R $2413 O/R National Park (US $100 plus US$30 Municipal Tax)/ M/V Explorer II-Classic Suite 8D/7N F. Class O/R $4013 O/R Personal expenses/ Beverages/ Gratuities M/V Santa Cruz –Main Deck -4D/3N-Low F. Class $3773 $1887 O/R M/V Santa Cruz –Main Deck -4D/3N F. Class $4173 $2087 O/R Fact Finder 17-23Mar & 22Dec-04Jan M/V Santa Cruz –Main Deck -5D/4N-Low F. Class $5033 $2517 O/R Multisport optional activities at the Finch Bay: Many M/V Santa Cruz –Main Deck -5D/4N F. Class $5433 $2717 O/R options for multisport activities are available for those 17-23Mar & 22Dec-04Jan guests not wishing to take a yacht excursion to visit nearby M/V Santa Cruz –Main Deck -8D/7N-Low F. Class $8808 $4405 O/R islands. M/V Santa Cruz –Main Deck -8D/7N F. Class $9208 $4605 O/R Excursions on Mountain Bike/ Introduction to diving/ 17-23Mar & 22Dec-04Jan (Discover Scuba Diving)/ Snorkeling/ Sea Kayak/ Bird M/Y Eric,Letty&Flamingo 8D/7N T. Superior $5350 $3472 $3258 watching/ Hike to Las Grietas/ Bay Tour/ Stargazing and M/Y Tip Top II – 5D/4N T. Superior $3455 $2302 O/R much more…25% discount for children under 12 years Joining Location: Galapagos/ Cat: F. Class: Price per M/Y Tip Top II – 8D/7N T. Superior $4835 $3223 O/R sharing room with parents (one child per two adults). person in AU$- Valid from Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid M/Y Estrella del Mar – 4D/3N Tourist O/R $1558 O/R during local public holidays and special events. Prices M/Y Estrella del Mar – 5D/4N Tourist O/R $2055 O/R M/Y Estrella del Mar – 8D/7N Tourist O/R $2975 O/R Finch Bay Hote/ Joining Loc: Galapagos: Prices per here published are a guide only, please call us for the person in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Feb 09- Not valid during latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions before Christmas, New Years Eve, Easter, local public holidays, booking. Galapagos National Park Tax and any Finch Bay Eco Hotel Packages carnival and special events. All prices are as a guide only, Municipality tax is NOT included in your program and please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our MUST be paid upon arrival to be granted permission to 8days/7nights – Sun to Sun Terms & Conditions before booking.Note: Airfare visit the Islands. Combined Tax for 2008 is US$ 130 per 5days/4nights – Wed to Sun Quito/Galapagos/Quito, needed for this tour. Please person in cash (subject to change) - PLEASE NOTE: All 4days/3nights – Sun to Wed allow approximately AU$650 plus taxes for airfares cruises are presented as CRUISE ONLY (no airfare is For the adventure seeker, the nature lover, the family or Package Name Cat. SGLB TWNB TPLB included). Approximate return airfare from either Quito or travels looking for a beautiful place to relax, the FBH has Finch Bay Hotel 8D/7N T. Superior $3625 $2733 O/R Guayaquil is around AU$650 in high season and AU$600 packages designed for you to make the most of your Finch bay Hotel 5D/4N T. Superior $2187 $1677 O/R in low season, plus local airport taxes. Galapagos experience. Finch bay Hotel 4D/3N T. Superior $1683 $1302 O/R Package Name Cat. SGLB TWNB TPLB The charming Finch Bay - named after the famous Cabin Cabin Cabin Darwin's Finches abundant in the surroundings - is just The Weather in Galapagos (Degrees Celsius) M/V Isabella II – 8D/7N - Deluxe Deluxe $8000 $5332 N/A steps from the beach on a private seaside location, Month Ave. Max Ave. Min Ave. rain mm M/Y La Pinta 8D/7N - Deluxe Deluxe $6000 $5857 N/A surrounded by mangroves. Here guests can cherish the Jan 30 22 20 M/Y La Pinta – High season Deluxe $6600 $6157 N/A privacy, natural surroundings and superb service offered by Feb 30 24 40 19Dec-14Jan - Deluxe the Finch Bay. Mar 31 24 30 M/V Galapagos Legend- Sup Ext -4D/3N- F. Class $3197 $1777 O/R Located on Santa Cruz Island at Punta Estrada, across Apr 31 24 20 8-21Jan, 1-12Mar, 1May-30Jun, 3-30Sep May 26 22 - & 26Nov-16Dec the bay from the town of Puerto Ayora, it is situated in a quiet Jun 26 21 - M/V Galapagos Legend- Sup Ext -4D/3N- F. Class $3335 O/R location, with only pedestrian and bicycle circulation - there $1864 Juk 26 19 - 22Jan-22Feb, 13Mar-30Apr, 1Jul-02Sep are no cars in the neighborhood. Aug 26 19 - 10Oct-25Nov & 17Dec-07Jan Finch Bay accommodates 42 guests with 21 rooms (with Sep 26 19 - M/V Galapagos Legend- Sup Ext -5D/4N- F. Class $4263 O/R twin or king-size beds), each with private facilities, air $2368 Oct - 8-21Jan, 1-12Mar, 1May-30Jun, 3-30Sep conditioning and unlimited water supply, as the hotel has its 27 20 Nov 28 21 - & 26Nov-16Dec own desalinization plant. This ecologically oriented hotel Dec 29 22 -

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No other place in the world is as colorful and hospitable as that has always been evident in its elaborate religious rituals MAP Guatemala. Color is everywhere, from lush, green foliage, and the ways of its people. tranquil blue lakes, to the multi-colored costumes of the The restored pyramids and temples pay silent tribute to the inhabitants. Add to this setting a background of 8-million smiles, Maya civilization which first appeared more than 3,000 years ago as seen in the faces of Guatemala's people, and you now have and the complex Maya society is evident in the impressive Uaxactun the picture... a paradise of color and of friendship. Guatemala structures and ruins of Guatemala's Tikal, Rio Azul, Uaxactun Tikal offers many possibilities for great discoveries, adventure and Piedras Negras. In this small country of only 70,000 square Peten Itza Lake programs and culture visits. miles, the ancient Maya civilization had its heyday in the first A journey in Guatemala takes the visitor in a few minutes from millennium of our calendar. In 1523, the Spaniard Pedro de Flores the lush vegetation of the warm low lands zone to the cold of the Alvarado, sent by Hernán Cortés, launched the conquest of pine forests. Most of the nine million Guatemalans live in the Guatemala and with the cruel destruction and subjugation of the valleys of the mountainous regions, in the center of the country, Quiche, Kakchikel and Tzutujil lords, the colonial era opened. where the climate is temperate. This is the region of lakes and Reminders of Maya culture can also be found at Zaculeu in volcanoes for which Guatemala is known throughout the world. Guatemala's western highlands and Quirigua in the Motagua Puerto Barrios Guatemala is also a country of magic, as chronicled by the first Valley which offer magnificent examples of the Post or Late historians and travelers, not only because of the beauty and Classic Mayas. Guatemala Izabal Lake Livingston splendor of its climate and landscape, but for the spirit of fantasy From pre-Hispanic times, the Guatemalan diet is based on

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Chichicastenango and the Church of Santo Tomas. In the afternoon transfer the night in the arcades which surround the plaza, waiting for Quetzaltenango for overnight accommodations. Panajachel for the market to start. Vegetables, fruits, grains, lime and Quetzaltenango D4 Fri Lake Atitlan: Visit the colorful open-air animal market Guatemala City soap blend with the handicrafts, particularly huipiles and of San Francisco El Alto, the Church of San Andres Xecul wooden masks. Antigua and beautiful Valley of Almolonga. In the afternoon transfer to Panajachel (Lake Atitlan) for overnight accommodations. D1 Mon Arrival in Guatemala City: Fly to Guatemala City. D5 Sat Antigua: After breakfast, join the launch excursion to Arrive at Guatemala's International Airport and after the picturesque lake-side village of Santiago Atitlan. After proceeding through immigration and customs formalities, lunch transfer to Antigua for overnight accommodations. our representative will transfer you to your hotel for D6 Sun Guatemala City: During the morning you will have a accommodations in Guatemala City. sightseeing of this old colonial capital and its surroundings. D2 Tue Antigua: In the morning depart Guatemala City in In the afternoon return to Guatemala City. direction of Antigua for a Sightseeing tour of this colonial D7 Mon Depart Guatemala: Transfer to the airport for your style city, visiting the most interesting sites: churches, International flight or extension to Tikal. convents, monasteries and other colonial buildings. Overnight accommodations in Antigua. 7D/6N Colorful Guatemala D3 Wed Lake Atitlan: In the morning depart for Lake Atitlan, Includes with a brief stop at the Archaeological Site of Iximche for a A visit of the highlands of Guatemala where its Maya visit. Overnight accommodations will be provided in groups inhabitants have kept alive their cultures. Glance at Transport and sightseeing as per program/ All breakfasts the traditional highland Indian markets of /Bilingual guide assistance/ Entrance fees/ Hotel taxes Panajachel. Chichicastenango and Quetzaltenango, visit lake Atitlan D4 Thu Quetzaltenango: In the morning join the launch and Antigua, the former Spanish-colonial capital and a excursion to the picturesque lake-side village of Santiago 7D/6N Colorful Guatemala / Joining Loc: Guatemala: Atitlan. In the afternoon, continue to Quetzaltenango for center of art and culture for all the Americas. Price per person in AU$ Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid The Highlands region is an outstanding cultural universe. during local public holidays and special events. All prices overnight accommodations. Its inhabitants, belonging to the Maya Kaqchiquel, Tzutujil, are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest D5 Fri Huehuetenango: Visit the colorful open-air animal and Quiché groups, keep alive their cultures, the prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. market of San Francisco El Alto, the Church of San Andres manifestations of which can be admired by the visitor. The Xecul and beautiful Valley of Almolonga. Overnight greater part of the towns around lake Atitlan are of pre- Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB T. Sup $1330 $830 $761 accommodations in Huehuetenango. Hispanic origin, such as Santiago Atitlán and its old D6 Sat Chichicastenango: In the morning visit the colorful settlement, Chuitinamit, but the layout now goes back to the open-air market of Todos Santos Cuchumatanes. In the Colonial period. Today, few markets in the world are as 8D/7N Guatemalan Markets famous as the Chichicastenango market where thousands afternoon continue to Chichicastenango for overnight of persons come together on Thursdays and Sundays in an Concentrate on the colorful markets! Visit the highlands accommodations.. impressive spectacle which goes beyond mere trading. The of Guatemala to discover the Maya folklore and culture kept D7 Sun Guatemala City: In the morning visit the colorful day before market day, peasants from all region travel long alive by its inhabitants. Immerse yourself in the traditional open-air market of Chichicastenango and the Church of distances, bringing their products with them. They spend highland Indian markets of Chichicastenango, Santo Tomas. After lunch continue back to Guatemala City. the night in the arcades which surround the plaza, waiting Huehuetenango and Quetzaltenango. D8 Mon Depart Guatemala: Transfer to the airport for your for the market to start. Vegetables, fruits, grains, lime and International flight or extension to Tikal. soap blend with the handicrafts, particularly huipiles and The Highlands region is an outstanding cultural universe. wooden masks. Its inhabitants, belonging to the Maya Kaqchiquel, Tzutujil, and Quiché groups, keep alive their cultures, the Includes manifestations of which can be admired by the visitor. The D1 Tue Arrival in Guatemala City: Fly to Guatemala City. Transport and sightseeing as per program/ All breakfasts/ Arrive at Guatemala's International Airport and after greater part of the towns around lake Atitlan are of pre- Bilingual guide assistance/ Entrance fees/ Hotel taxes proceeding through immigration and customs formalities, Hispanic origin, such as Santiago Atitlán and its old our representative will transfer you to your hotel for settlement, Chuitinamit, but the layout now goes back to the Colonial period. Today, few markets in the world are as 8D/7N Colorful Guatemala / Joining Loc: Guatemala: accommodations in Guatemala City. Price per person in AU$ Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid D2 Wed Chichicastenango: In the morning transfer to the famous as the Chichicastenango market where thousands during local public holidays and special events. All prices Archaeological Site of El Baul and La Democracia on the of persons come together on Thursdays and Sundays in an are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest South Coast of Guatemala to visit both sites. impressive spectacle which goes beyond mere trading. The prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. In the afternoon transfer to Chichicastenango for overnight day before market day, peasants from all region travel long Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB accommodations. distances, bringing their products with them. They spend T. Sup $1475 $949 $861 D3 Thu Quetzaltenango: Visit the coloful open-air market 35 www.travelprojects.com.au Facts for the Traveller corn, which the visitor will taste on many occasions in the form of tortillas (a sort of pancake). Guatemalan dishes also include When to GO beans, meat and chicken, prepared with local spices. These Full country name: Republic of Guatemala dishes are to be found in specialized restaurants, given the long Area: 109,000 sq km (42,500 sq mi) The dry season, from November through May, is the time they take to prepare. Some of the most traditional dishes Population: 12.6 million (growth rate 2.6%) most pleasant time, weather-wise, to be in most often requested by Guatemalans are the Quetzaltenango Capital city: Guatemala City (pop 2 million) Guatemala. Along with summer holidays, however, tamales, kakik (spiced turkey soup), jocon (chicken in green People: 56% mestizo/ladino descent, 44% Mayan descent this is also the busiest time. Although the rain may tomato sauce), guacamole (avocado puree), subanik (beef, pork Language: Spanish, Garífuna and 21 Mayan languages restrict some activities during the wet season, it's still and chicken vapor-cooked in a highly spiced sauce), and Religion: Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Mayan-Catholic worthwhile planning your trip for this time of year, traditional Antigua candy, among other delicacies. fusion particularly as you'll be more likely to pick up Government: Democratic Guatemala is a country rich in culture and nature. The visitor accommodation bargains. If you're planning to be in can see and admire traditional rituals and ceremonies, pre- Visae & Health: For information on Visae and health the area around Easter, try to be in Guatemala for Hispanic and Colonial monuments, landscape and nature parks. requirements, please call your nearest consulate and It all makes up a unique cultural heritage, but it is very delicate. appropriate health authorities. Semana Santa (Holy Week), the highlight of the For this reason, the visitor is asked for the maximum respect for Time: GMT/UTC minus 6 hours country's festival calendar. the culture, customs and traditions of the local inhabitants. Electricity: 115V to 125V, 60Hz Weights & measures: Metric

6D/5N Copan, Quirigua & Rio Dulce D5 Sun Guatemala City: Visit the most interesting sites: Includes churches, convents, monasteries and other colonial Explore the Caribbean region with its Maya and colonial Transport and sightseeing as per program/ All breakfasts buildings. After lunch, return to Guatemala City. time remains. First to Copan, one of the most celebrated /Bilingual guide assistance/ Entrance fees/ Hotel taxes D6 Mon Return: Transfer to the airport for your International Mayan sites in Honduras, then to Quirigua where the flight or extension to Tikal. largest blocks of stone quarried by the Maya are to be 6D/5N Copan, Quirigua Rio Dulce / Joining Loc: found. Finish your exploration of the area with a visit of the Guatemala: Price per person in AU$ Valid Jan to Dec 8D/7N Guatemala, Heart of the Mundo Maya Rio Dulce region with the colonial Castillo San Felipe. 2008- Not valid during local public holidays and special events. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us A great tour for those who want to access Guatemala from Copan is the archeological city located in the western part Mexico (Cancun). Travel through the Peten rainforest and visit the of Republic of Honduras, one of the most important where for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. imposing ruins of Tikal; Discover the smaller, but no less intriguing the great Mayan Civilization developed and flourished. sites of Yaxha, Ceibal and Quirigua. In Honduras appreciate one Located in the banana region of Izabal, Quiriguá is one of Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB of one of the grandest of all city-states: Copan, famed for its the smallest Mayan cities but one of the most notable due to T. Sup $1279 $822 $755 intricate sculptures and hieroglyphic stairway. Crossing the border its splendid series of monuments. The San Felipe Castle back into Guatemala, transfer to Guatemala City for overnight remained us of the old days of the Kingdom of Guatemala, a 6D/5N Highland Wonderland before your transfer to the airport for your flight out. sample of military architecture of the Colonial period. A little more leisurely discovery of the highlands of D1 Sun Arrive in Flores: Transfer to a hotel in Flores or Tikal for Guatemala and its traditional Maya culture. Glance at the overnight accommodations. Includes traditional highland Indian market of Chichicastenango and visit lake Atitlan. Overnight in Antigua, the former Spanish- D2 Mon Flores/Ceibal/Flores: Transfer to Ceibal for sightseeing colonial capital, founded in 1543 at the foot of Agua Volcano of the site. After lunch transfer back to Flores or Tikal for Transport and sightseeing as per program/ All breakfasts overnight accommodations.(B) / Bilingual guide assistance/ Entrance fees/ Hotel taxes. and a center of art and culture for all the Americas. The Highlands region is an outstanding cultural universe. D3 Tue Flores/Tikal/Flores: Transfer to Yaxha for sightseeing of Its inhabitants, belonging to the Maya Kaqchiquel, Tzutujil, the site. After lunch transfer back to Flores or Tikal for overnight 6D/5N Highland Wonderland/ Joining Loc: accommodations. (B) Guatemala: Price per person in AU$ Valid Jan to Dec and Quiché groups, keep alive their cultures, the manifestations of which can be admired by the visitor. The D4 Wed Flores/Yaxha/Flores: Transfer to Yaxha for sightseeing 2008- Not valid during local public holidays and special of the site. After lunch transfer back to Flores or Tikal for events. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us greater part of the towns around lake Atitlan are of pre- Hispanic origin, such as Santiago Atitlán and its old overnight accommodations.(B) for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions D5 Thu Flores/Rio Dulce//Livingston/Pto Barrios: Transfer to before booking. settlement, Chuitinamit, but the layout now goes back to the Colonial period. Rio Dulce, upon arrival joins the launch excursion to the San Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Today, few markets in the world are as famous as the Felipe Castle, and then continue to Livingston . In the afternoon, T. Sup $1136 $688 $634 Chichicastenango market where thousands of persons continue to Puerto Barrios for overnight accommodations. (B) come together on Thursdays and Sundays in an impressive D6 Fri Pto barrios/Quirigua/Copan: After breakfast you will visit D1 Sun Arrival in Guatemala City: Fly to Guatemala City. spectacle which goes beyond mere trading. The day before the archaeological site of Quirigua. In the afternoon proceed to Arrive at Guatemala's International Airport and after market day, peasants from all region travel long distances, Copan , Honduras for overnight accommodations. (B) proceeding through immigration and customs formalities, bringing their products with them. They spend the night in D7 Sat Copan/Guatemala city: After breakfast you will return to our representative will transfer you to your hotel for the arcades which surround the plaza, waiting for the market visit the archaeological site of Copan . In the afternoon return to accommodations in Guatemala City. to start. Vegetables, fruits, grains, lime and soap blend with Guatemala City for overnight accommodations. (B) D2 Mon Copan, Honduras: Begin the trip that will take you D1 Wed Arrival in Guatemala City: Fly to Guatemala City. D8 Sun Depart Guatemala City: Breakfast. At convenient time, through El Progreso and Zacapa. Continue to Copan, Arrive at Guatemala's International Airport and after transfer to the airport for your flight out. (B) Honduras for a visit of the ruins that same morning. proceeding through immigration and customs formalities, D3 Tue Puerto Barrios: After breakfast you will return to our representative will transfer you to your hotel for Includes Guatemalan territory to visit the archaeological site of accommodations in Guatemala City. D2 Thu Chichicastenango: In the morning, leave for Transport and sightseeing as per program/ All breakfasts/ Quirigua. In the afternoon proceed to Puerto Barrios for Bilingual guide assistance/ Entrance fees/ Hotel taxes overnight accommodations. Chichicastenango. On arrival visit the colorful open-air D4 Wed Rio Dulce: In the morning join the launch excursion market and Church of Santo Tomas. The afternoon is at 8D/7N Heart of the Mundo Maya / Joining Loc: Flores: to Livingston. In the afternoon, continue to Castillo de San leisure for further shopping or to see the town on your own. Price per person in AU$ Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid Felipe. Overnight accommodations will be at the Rio Dulce. D3 Fri Lake Atitlan: After breakfast, depart for Solola, where during local public holidays and special events. All prices D5 Thu Guatemala City:Morning at leisure. After lunch, you will visit the Indian market. In the afternoon, continue to are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest Lake Atitlan for overnight accommodations. return to Guatemala City. prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. D4 Sat Antigua: Around 9:00 am, you will join the launch D6 Fri Depart Guatemala: Breakfast and transfer to the excursion to the lake-side village of Santiago Atitilan. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB airport at convenient time for flight out. Continue to Antigua for overnight accommodations. T. 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Full country name: Republic of Chile Area: 756,950 sq km (292,500 sq mi) Situated in the South-West of America, Chile emerges majestically and imposingly with its volcanoes, Population: 15 million (growth rate 1.2%) lakes, deserts, untainted glaciers and forests, all swiftly brought to the eye of the tourist who arrives at this Capital city: Santiago (pop 5,000,000) People: 95% European descent and mestizo, 5% Indian threshold of the South of the World. Guarded by the Language: Spanish and a handful of native languages, including Andes chain of mountains, the Atacama Desert and Aymara, Mapuche and Rapa Nui MAP Religion: 89% Roman Catholic, 10% Protestant, the Pacific Ocean, the landscapes of Chile remain less than 1% Jewish capricious and untarnished: sumptuous valleys Government: Republic Arica Visas & Health: For information on Visae and health dotted with vineyards, rapid rivers, extensive salt requirements, please call your nearest consulate and appropriate deserts and magnificent virgin forested peaks await Iquique health authorities. Visas: Citizens of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and you in Chile. Calama San Pedro de Atacama most Western European countries do not require a visa although Atacama Desert Australian citizens do pay a US$35 levy. A 90-day entry permit, renewable for another 90 days, is received on entering the country. Antofagasta Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz Weights & measures: Metric

3D/2N Basic Santiago Easter Island Fact Finder Santiago, Chile's capital city and cultural and economic (3700 km away Valparaiso from mainland Due to high altitude (4321 meters / 14170 feet), the Tatio centre of the nation occupies a spectacular basin at the foot Chile) Santiago Chile Geyser field excursion is not recommended for children of some of the highest peaks in the Andes. Safe and Concepcion under 8 years old, pregnant women and people suffering modern, Santiago features excellent restaurants and Temuco from heart conditions. Museums are closed on Mondays. hotels, cultural events and shopping. Ski resorts, national Villarica Valdivia Chuquicamata mine visits are from Mondays to Fridays parks, colonial haciendas and wineries all make easy day only and tours operate only in the morning. trips from Santiago. Puerto Varas Puerto Montt Peulla D1 Arrive Santiago: Reception at the airport and transfer to Puerto Chacabuco 4D/3N Marvels of Atacama / Joining loc: Calama: Price hotel in Santiago. Free day. Accommodation in hotel. Balmaceda per person in AU$-Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid during San Rafael Lagoon D2 Santiago: Breakfast at the hotel. Departure for a half day local public holidays and special events. Seasonal city tour of Santiago. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight. Surcharges Apply. All prices are as a guide only, please D3 Depart Santiago: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & airport. Conditions before booking. Torres del Paine Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Includes Puerto Natales 4D/3N Marvels of A tacama Calama Tourist $935 $526 $476 Punta Arenas 4D/3N Marvels of A tacama Calama T Sup $1150 $622 $532 Return airport transfers / 2 nights accommodation / Half day city tour / Museum is closed on Monday / Wineries are generally closed on Sundays. 4D/3N Awasi Hotel in Atacama D1 Calama/San Pedro de Atacama: Transfer to San Pedro In the vastness of the driest desert on earth, a dramatic 3D/2N Basic Santiago / Joining Loc: Santiago: Price per de Atacama. Arrival to the hotel in San Pedro de Atacama. nature of exotic, empowering beauty produces landscapes person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid during both varied and startling. local public holidays and special events. All prices are as a Overnight. D2 San Pedro Area: Breakfast. Visit the Archaeological In the basin of one of its rivers nestles San Pedro de guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please Atacama, a mute witness to the harshness of time and read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Museum Padre Le Paige, Pukará de Quitor, Valley of the passing of ancient cultures. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Moon, the salt caves, the Tres Marias (Three Mary's) rock Thousands of years of geological transformations have Tourist $472 $262 $251 formations and the great dune. Overnight. (B) originated ranges, salt marshes, small lakes and volcanoes T.Sup $547 $300 $287 D3 San Pedro Area: Breakfast. Full day excursion to the under an intense turquoise-blue sky…Spectacular F.Class $709 $383 $378 village of Toconao and then on to the Atacama salt flat, landscapes where unique flora and wildlife dwell…. Aguas Calientes salt flats. Overnight. (B) 4D/3N Marvels of Atacama D4 Depart San Pedro: Early visit to the Tatio Geysers, the Fact Finder villages of Caspana, Toconce and Vegas de Turi. Arriving in San Pedro de Atacama and its incredible desert. Calama in the afternoon. Transfer to the airport for the Important: Rates are per person in Australian dollars based Scattered throughout the Altiplano and Inter-Andean departure flight. in double occupancy and for the whole program. Depression, salt flats such as the Salar de Atacama are one In case of single usage the rate should have an extra 30% of Northern Chile's most singularly spectacular geographic per program. features. Perfectly flat and apparently endless, these Includes shimmering white saltpans provide habitat for dozens of bird The rate of an extra bed for children up to 10 years of age is species. The peaks of the Salt Range (Cordillera de la Sal) 3 nights hotel accommodation / Meals as per itinerary / the 10% of the requested program. have been shaped by wind into a variety of unusual Visits with entrance fees as per itinerary (Museums are Programs include: Transfers in/out San Pedro – Airport formations. Just outside of San Pedro de Atacama, the closed on Mondays) / Transfers and tours as indicated. Lodging Breakfast, lunch & Dinner famous Valle de la Luna is best visited at sunset or under a Alcoholic and non alcoholic drinks. Excursions (see full moon. 37 www.travelprojects.com.au When to GO Northern Chile Southern Chile The extreme North is punctuated by the Atacama Desert, Further south everything turns green. Broad meadows, Chile's geographical variety can make a visit acknowledged as the driest desert on the planet, its sands native forests, lakes, volcanoes and picturesque towns are rewarding in any season. Santiago and hide archaeological treasures over 10,000 years old, and framed by the influence of German settlers making this one Middle Chile are best in the Spring one of the richest copper mines in the world. The majestic of the most attractive zones of the country. desert slowly gives way to cultivated valleys until the The true force of nature makes itself known in Patagonia. (September through November) or during Central Valley, where one finds vineyards, large fruit The surprising cold-temperate jungle with its araucaria the Autumn harvest (late February into plantations and the major cities, including Santiago, the forests give way to the Patagonian steppe while the territory April), while popular natural attractions like capital. One of the great attractions of this zone is the fragments into tiny islands, fjords, channels, lakes and Parque Nacional del Paine in Magallanes proximity of both sea and mountains. glaciers. It is one of the few places left on earth where pioneers and legends still coexist within a surreal landscape and the lakes region are best in Summer The South Pole, Chile - it is the end of the world - where the Andes disappear into (December through March). the sea. From the South Pole, to Easter Island, lost in the immense Pacific Ocean, Rapa Nui hides its mysteries in huge moai statues. "Te Pito Te henua (the navel of the world), is a fascinating open museum populated by cheery and simple people with good beaches and archaeological sites. following detail) Mountain bike: Ayllus, Valle de la Muerte Piedra de la archaeological walk in San Pedro de Atacama village, Visits Excursions: All excursions are operated by Awasi and are Coca to ruins in the Atacama Desert. designed depending on the passengers' interests and Horseback riding: Ayllus and Barrancas A package includes 3 nights at Terrantai Lodge in San tastes. The following excursions are available and included Cultural tours: Atacama cultural history, Walking tours in Pedro, full pension, transport to and from Calama, and daily in all Awasi programs. San Pedro and Caravan with llamas and exclusive excursions for Terrantai Lodge customers. In vehicle: Toconao y Salar de Atacama, Valle de la Luna, Terrantai Lodge / Joining Loc: Calama: Price per Laguna Cejar, Salares altiplánicos, Salar de Tara, Lagunas Awasi Hotel / Joining loc: Calama: Price per person in AU$-Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid during local public person in AU$-Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid during Miscanti y Miñiques, Geysers del Tatio y Termas de Puritana local public holidays and special events. Seasonal and Río Grande holidays and special events. Seasonal Surcharges Apply. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us Surcharges Apply. All prices are as a guide only, please Trekking: Quebrada de Kari,Guatin, Barrancas, Vilama for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms and Matancilla. before booking. & Conditions before booking. Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB 3D/2N Awasi Hotel Calama F.Class $1671 $1285 $O/R 3D/2N Terran tai Lodge Calama F.Class $1041 $729 $636 4D/3N Awasi Hotel Calama F.Class $2378 $1829 $O/R 4D/3N Terran tai Lodge Calama F.Class $1397 $989 $854 5D/4N Awasi Hotel Calama F.Class $2990 $2300 $O/R 5D/4N Terran tai Lodge Calama F.Class $1654 $1173 $1014

Terrantai Lodge in Atacama 5D/4N - 9D/8N Explora in Atacama San Pedro de Atacama and Hotel Terrantai Lodge Offers you an authentic experience of the Atacama Fact Finder Desert in the north of Chile in all its cultural and natural splendor. The accommodation of Terrantai Lodge in San Departure: 5 Days / 4 Nights – Set Dates Pedro de Atacama is a hotel conceived to honour the spirit Departure: 9 Days / 8 Nights – Set Dates of the traditional customs of the Atacama desert while Explora Atacama is located near San Pedro de Atacama providing the creature comforts modern travelers expect in the neighbourhood of Ayllu de Larache, an hour's drive from hotels in San Pedro de Atacama Oasis. from Calama. It faithfully carries forward the concept of Trips into the Atacama Desert comfort amidst adventure in the remote. It sits on 42 acres, From your base at the Terrantai Lodge hotel you can formed by 20 still intact small properties, like a small town make trips and expeditions from San Pedro de Atacama built around patios. into the surrounding areas of the Atacama desert. We are Explora Atacama has a series of "living rooms" each with specialists. Whether it´s a private party or a small group, we over-stuffed couches and chairs fronting a fireplace and invite you to get to know our unique Atacama desert local Atacama artefacts and art decoration. There is a game countryside, accompanied on your tour by bilingual guides room equipped with videos, and Karaoke, and a roof-top who know the desert well from years of personal "observatory" with telescope for night sky gazing. There are experience and study. four outdoor connected pools, a gift shop, library, sauna and massage services, a meeting room, chapel, laundry Includes service and horse stables. Explora Atacama is a sophisticated oasis of calm and relaxation and a base for Trips include: Trekking in the Salt Mountain range or in the daily explorations, which have been carefully created to the Guatin and Puritama ravines / Visits to the petroglyphs offer you a truly unforgettable experience in this magical of Yerbas Buenas and the Rio Grande village region. The Miscanti and Menique altiplanic lagoons and Socaire village, The Centinelas of Pakana. The Cejar Lagoon, The Moon Valley, The Tatio Geysers, An

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Explorations require comfortable sports clothing, 4D/3N Patagonia Connection preserving habitat for guanacos, foxes, rheas and including shorts, swimming suits and hiking shoes. Warmer flamingos. South of the park is Puerto Natales, terminal for clothes are recommended when going to the heights or southbound ferries from Puerto Montt and operations base when walking at night. Fact Finder for hiking and horseback trips, glacier cruises, and overland Some of the offered tours: trips. Punta Arenas is the capital of the Magallanes Departure: 4D/3N Dep Day: Sat – Sep to Apr province. Facing the Straits of Magellan and Tierra del The Heigths of Tatio, Atacama salt Flat, Visit to Pukará Departure: 4D/3N Dep Day: Tue – Oct to Feb Fuego, Punta Arenas is the principal departure point for Lasana / Chiu Chiu, Plateau of Turi, Caspana Village, Meeting Point: Balmaceda Airport cruises and flights to Tierra del Fuego, to the Canal Beagle, Toconao y Quebrada de Jeréz. Stars observation, Tulor Isla Navarino, Cape Horn and Antarctica. and Quitor visit, Quebrada del Diablo, Hiking to Catarpe, Located in the beautiful Dorita Bay in the Ventisquero Rio Grande, Valle de la Luna, Horsebackriding to Valle de Sound and surrounded by pristine nature, the Termas de D1 Pta Arenas/Pto Natales: Arrival to Punta Arenas Airport. Quitor, Los Ayllus, Bycicle to Piedra de la Coca or Tulor. Puyuhuapi Hotel & SPA merges in complete harmony with Reception and S.I.B. transfer to the Hotel in Puerto Natales. the landscape. Its comfortable facilities provide the ideal D2 Pto Natales/Torres del Paine: Breakfast. Fullday visit of point of departure for exciting excursions. Walk through the Includes temperate rain forest in Quelat National Park and marvel at Torres de Paine National Park and Milodon Caves. Overnight the impressive Hanging Glacier. Kayak your way through at Hosteria inside the park. (B,L) Transfers Calama - San Pedro de Atacama - Calama by island-filled channels; venture out in search of dolphins and D3 Torres del Paine/Pto Natales: Breakfast. Transfer back to hotel van / Accommodation / Full board with 4 meals a day, sea lions, or take advantage of exceptional fly fishing. Pto Natales for overnight accommodation. (B). including house wines, drinks and soft drinks / Choice of These are just a few of the activities available to you. And D4 Pto Natales/Punta Arenas: Breakfast at the Hotel. S.I.B. daily explorations in groups no larger than 10, with bilingual after an invigorating day of adventure, there's nothing transfer from the hotel to Punta Arenas Airport. guides / all equipment, horses, vehicles and food / There better than relaxing in one of our 3 sea-level thermal pools are several options each day, which will be chosen under the star-filled southern sky. By night, the peace and tranquillity of nature lure you into a deep and restful sleep. Includes according to the climate and the visitors wishes The Termas de Puyuhuapi Hotel & SPA invites you to share an unforgettable experience. Accommodation as per daily program /Transfer and 4D/3N Explora in Atacama / Joining Loc: Calama: sightseeing services included as per program / Meals as per Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Dec 07 to Apr 08- Not D1 Coyhaique or Balmaceda / Termas de Puyuhuapi (L,D) itinerary / Can operate all year round although we valid during local public holidays and special events. Min D2 Termas de Puyuhuapi (B,L,D) recommend from mid-September to mid-April 2 per, based in room with a view and silence. All prices are D3 Termas de Puyuhuapy / San Rafael Lagoon / Pto. as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Chacabuco. (B,L,D) 4D/3N Torres del Paine / Joining Loc: Pta Arenas: Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. D4 Pto Chacabuco/Coyhaique or Balmaceda.(B) Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008- Not valid during local public holidays and special events. Seasonal Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB surcharges apply, call for details. All prices are as a guide 4D/3N Explora in A tacama Calama Deluxe $3428 $2252 $O/R Includes 5D/4N Explora in A tacama Calama Deluxe $4572 $3188 $O/R only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please read Nights as per selected Itinerary / Meals as per itinerary our Terms & Conditions before booking. 4D/3N Easter Island (B,L,D) / All visits as per daily program. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Easter Island is the world's most isolated island, a mound Tourist $1371 $904 $845 Patagonia Connection /Joining Loc: Balmaceda: Price T.Sup $1557 $978 $892 of lava and ash from three submarine volcanoes which the per person in AU$- $, Valid Oct 07 to Apr 08- Not valid during natives call the navel of the earth. The image of those great local public holidays and special events. Seasonal stone moai staues with their backs to the vast Pacific strikes surcharges apply. All prices are as a guide only, please 4D/3N Australis Cruises some mystically ancient chord within us. Our tour visits check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & A journey to the "End of the World" on board the M/V Hanga Roa, Ana Kena, Orongo and Ahu Ahkivi. Conditions before booking. MARE AUSTRALIS, is a unique adventure at the Patagonia Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB D1 Arrive Hanga Roa: Arrival to Easter Island. Reception at San Rafael Lagoon 4D/3N - Low region. Departing from Punta Arenas, Chile, every Mataveri Airport. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight. 11 Oct-14 Nov & 20 Mar - 30 A pr F. Class $2219 $1890 Thursday from September through April, crossing the D2 Easter Island: Breakfast. Full day tour, along the Moai San Rafael Lagoon 4D/3N – High Magellan's Straight, the vessel will travel to famed Cape route, visiting: Vaihu, the ruins of Akahanga and other 15 Nov-19 Mar F. Class $2575 $2096 Horn, then navigate along the Beagle Channel up to archaeological sites. Return to the hotel. South of Silence 6D/5N - Low Ushuaia, capital of Tierra del Fuego, visiting nine glaciers, F. Class $3233 $2370 D3 Easter Island: Breakfast at the hotel. A half-day tour to 11 Oct-14 Nov & 20 Mar - 30 A pr virgin forests, lakes and the splendid flora and fauna of one the Rano Kao volcano and then onto the Cultural Centre of South of Silence 6D/5N - Low of the world's few uncontaminated regions. Passengers will 15 Nov-19 Mar F. Class $3644 $2603 Orongo. Overnight. also get to know the remains of nearly extinct native D4 Easter Island: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to cultures. You will learn about the geographic environment Mataveri Airport at the agreed time for the departure flight. 4D/3N Torres del Paine where our expedition cruiseship sails and each one of the channels, fjords and glaciers making this route a unique Includes Min. Pax: 2 South America's most famous park and a UNESCO and mysterious place at the end of the earth alogn with the World Biosphere Reserve, Torres del Paine is best history of the discovery of the southernmost region in the Transfers in/out / Accommodation as per hotels listed in world and the explorations that followed the discovery, database / Box lunch is included on day 2 / Operates all year recognized for its magnificent central massif, sculpted by round but is subject to flight schedules. glaciers into the unmistakable cuernos (horns) and torres where Spanish navigators, English corsairs, scientists and (towers). Varied and abundant wildlife, including guanacos others arrived at this indomitable place, inhabited only by and dozens of bird species, make this Patagonia's top 4D/3N Easter Island / Joining Loc: Easter Island: indigenous tribes. adventure travel destination. Here you will find 9 programs Mare & Via Australis, are new ocean liners with capacity Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not with different rates and slightly different visits using a valid during local public holidays and special events. All for 132 passengers in 64 cabins and four categories in each variety of hotels and lodges while spending more or less vessel. All cabins have low beds, ocean view, private bath, prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the time in the National Park. A couple of tours are on a Private latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions basis while all others are on an SIB (Seat in Bus) basis. before booking. Southern Patagonia, known as Magallanes, is a world Fact Finder Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB apart, where the broad expanses of the pampa meet with Tourist $886 $551 $495 the glacially sculpted spires of the Andes. Torres del Paine Season: Sep 07 to Apr 08 & Sep 08 to Apr 09 T.Sup $1089 $596 $512 National Park and World Biosphere Reserve is the most Departure: 4D/3N, Wed to Sat (M/N Mare Australias), Sun to famous of the vast protected areas in Magallanes, Wed (M/N Via Australias).

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guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Not Included Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Available also viceversa. All domestic and international airfare and airport taxes / Tips and expenditure of a personal nature, such as Package Name Cabins B A AA souvenirs, laundry etc / Other tours not mentioned in the – Oct 07 to A pr 08 Season program / Travel & Personal accident insurance. Ushuaia to Punta A renas Low Season Oct 07 & 16 Mar 0 7 to 23 A pr 08 F.Class $1320 $1773 $1867 Ushuaia to Punta A renas Punta Arenas / Joining Loc: Pta Arenas: Price per High Season Nov, Dec 07 & Jan, Feb 1-15 Mar 08 F.Class $1667 $2253 $2373 person in AU$- $, Not valid during local public holidays, New Years and special events. Australis Cruises – Prices Package Name Cabins SGLB TWNB TPLB valid from Oct07 to 15Mar09. All prices are as a guide – Oct 08 to A pr 09 Season only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please Ushuaia to Punta A renas read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Available Low Season Oct 08 & 16Mar 08 to 22 A pr 09 F.Class $1320 $1773 $1867 also viceversa. Ushuaia to Punta A renas High Seas on Nov, Dec 08 & Jan, Feb, 1-15 Mar 09 F.Class $1667 $2253 $2373 Package Name – Oct 7 to A pr 8 Season SGLB TWNB TPLB Punta A renas to Ushuaia Low Season Sep, Oct 07 & 15 Mar to 18 A pr 8 $2720 $1533 O/R 2D/1N Lakes Crossing Punta A renas to Ushuaia High Season Nov, Dec 7 & Jan, Feb, 1-15 Mar 8 $3387 $1920 O/R This crossing of the Chilean and Argentine lake districts is one of the most beautiful journeys you can taken when in Package Name – Oct 8 to A pr 09 Season SGLB TWNB TPLB the southern region. By means of a combination of motor Punta A renas to Ushuaia launches and motorcoaches, crossing three lakes and Low Season Sep, Oct 8 & 15 Mar to 18 A pr 9 $3160 $1760 O/R bordering a fourth, the trip takes two days in winter and can Punta A renas to Ushuaia be done in one during the summer. High Season Nov, Dec 8 & Jan, Feb, 1-15 Mar 9 $3907 $2227 O/R D1 Puerto Montt/Peulla: Departure by bus and boats to Peulla.Overnight.(D) 7D/6N Skorpios II – San Rafael Lagoon D2 Peulla/Bariloche: Continue once again by boats and bus to Bariloche.(B) Fact Finder Includes Departure: Sep to May Meeting Point: Puerto Montt Airport Bus and boat transfers Puerto Montt to Bariloche / One The Skorpios II operates Saturday cruises from Puerto breakfast and one dinner / Sightseeing as per program / Montt. Constructed in the Skorpios shipyards in 1988, it has Government taxes 55 cabins on five decks, Athens, Acropolis, Parthenon, Olympo and Athos with a capacity of up to 160 passengers. It 2D/1N Lakes Crossing / Joining Loc: Pto. Montt: Price also has beautifully decorated bridal suites. All cabins are per person in AU$- Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid during decorated with native woods and have private bathrooms, local public holidays and special events. .Prices per person intercoms, closed circuit television and background music. in AU$, Valid Jan 08 to Dec 08- Not valid during local public The Athens deck has no windows no windows. It's main holidays, carnival and special events. All prices are as a dining room can seat 160 passengers at one sitting and is Ushuaia to Punta Arenas 4D/3N guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please equipped with a giant sized video projector, closed circuit read our Terms & Conditions before booking. professional television system and music for parties. It also Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB has 2 bars, San Rafael / Quitralco (smokers / non smokers) Fact Finder Lakes Crossing 6D/5N 2D/1N - MAP Tourist $543 $469 $432 for sixty passengers each. The passengers can relax in deck Departure: Wed to Sat (M/N Mare Australias) 1 Jan -15 Apr & 16Oct-15 Apr 9 chairs on its wide decks, and are given free access to the Departure: Sun to Wed (M/N Via Australias) Lakes Crossing 2D/1N - MAP Tourist $579 $488 $448 bridge and engine room. It's kitchen provides international 16 Apr -15 Oct and local cuisine Based mainly of shellfish and fish caught D1 Ushuaia (D) Lakes Crossing 2D/1N - MAP T.Sup $585 $491 $465 fresh from the southern seas, with a set menu, served with 1Jan - 15 Apr & 16 Oct - 15 Apr 9 fine Chilean wines, and our famous open bar policy. D2 Cape Horn - Wulaia Bay (B,L,D) Lakes Crossing 2D/1N - MAP T.Sup $621 $510 $482 D3 Gunther Plüschow Glacier (B,L,D) 16 Apr - 15 D1 Puerto Montt / Cruise (Sat) D4 Magdalena Island - Punta Arenas (B) D2 Cruise / Puerto Aguirre (Sun) D3 Cruise / San Rafael (Mon) 5D/4N Punta Arenas to Ushuaia D4 Cruise / Quitralco (Tue) Includes D5 Cruise / Castro (Wed) Nights Cruise as per Cabin Accommodation and itinerary Fact Finder D6 Cruise / Puerto Montt (Thu) selected / All meals, open bar (with out additional cost for D7 Cruise / Depart (Fri) wines, beverages, and liquors) / Departure: Sat to Wed (M/N Mare Australis) Skorpios III – Patagonian Channels Shore excursions, and on-board entertainment. Departure: Wed to Sun (M/N Via Australis) 6D/4N D1 Punta Arenas (B) Fact Finder Not Included D2 Ainsworth Bay – Tucker Islet (B,L,D) All domestic and international airfare and airport taxes / D3 Pia Glacier - Glacier Alley (B,L,D) Departure: Sep to May Tips and expenditure of a personal nature, such as D4 Cape Horn – Wulaia Bay (B,L,D) Meeting Point: Punta Arenas Airport souvenirs, laundry etc / Other tours not mentioned in the D5 Ushuaia (B) The M/N Skorpios III, sets sail every Sunday at dawn program / Travel & Personal accident insurance. from Puerto Natales, located 247 km to the north of Punta Includes Arenas, on a five day cruise through the channels and 4D/ 3N Australias Cruises / Joining Loc: Ushuaia: Nights Cruise as per Cabin Accommodation and itinerary fjords that border the Southern Ice Field, in the Chilean Price per person in AU$- $, Not valid during local public selected / All meals, open bar (with out additional cost for Patagonia, which is considered to be the third largest holidays, New Years and special events. Australis Cruises wines, beverages, and liquors) / Shore excursions, and on- reserve of fresh water on the planet and crib of the biggest – Prices valid from Oct07 to 15Mar09. All prices are as a board entertainment. and most spectacular glaciers in the southern hemisphere.

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There are two options to reach the region of the 4D/3N M/N Magallanes (Navimag) Package Name: Magallanes: flying Punta Arenas or of going overland from The M/N Magallanes, passenger and vehicle carriers sail Patagonian Channels from Pto. Montt Joinig Loc. SGLB TWNB TPLB Argentina. From this city, passengers must be transferred Navimag 4D/3N – Cabins A AA the route between Puerto Montt and Puerto Natales (and Low: A pr to Oct Pto. Montt $1767 $945 N/A to the Skorpios Terminal in Puerto Natales. The maritime vice versa) in 4 days and 3 nights and enables those on route commences through the Kirke Narrows, moving Navimag 4D/3N – Cabins A A board to discover the Patagonian channels. It sails through Low: A pr to Oct Pto. Montt $1589 $842 $596 towards the north through the Morla Vicuña, Unión Inlet, fjords, coves and bays in the Aisén and Magallanes Navimag 4D/3N – Cabins A AA Collingwood, Sarmiento, Concepción and Wide channels, Regions and one will be captivated by the unmatched High: Nov to Mar Pto. Montt $2466 $1260 N/A to anchor in a beautiful area known as the Eyre Inlet. beauty of the Patagonian channels with their countless Navimag 4D/3N – Cabins A A The Cruise Ship has been conceived under the “Super islands, many of which are practically unexplored. High: Nov to Mar Pto. Montt $2370 $1205 $863 Class” concept; it has 49 cabins with a capacity of up to 125 On departure from Puerto Montt, we will first sail in the interior Patagonian Channels, passing the Corcovado Gulf Package Name: passengers, possesses the most advanced Patagonian Channels from Pto Montt Joinig Loc. SGLB TWNB TPLB telecommunications technology and satellite navigation, as before reaching the Moraleda Channel. The ship will then Navimag 4D/3N – Cabins A AA well as a modern water treatment plant. Its elegant and reach the Pacific Ocean by crossing the "De Penas Gulf", Low: A pr to Oct Pto. Natales $1767 $945 N/A before reentering the various channels. A short stop will be spacious acclimatized cabins, vested in fine native woods, Navimag 4D/3N – Cabins A A made at Puerto Eden, a small fishing village on Wellington Low: A pr to Oct Pto. Natales $1589 $842 $596 include Master Suites, Junior Suites, Double Bed Suites, Island. Before reaching Puerto Natales, you will still have Navimag 4D/3N – Cabins A AA Double A, Double B and Single Suites. All equipped with the opportunity to sail the English Cove and the " Paseo High: Nov to Mar Pto. Natales $2466 $1260 N/A low beds, luxurious private bathrooms, fridge-bar without Kirke", which can be only crossed during the day due to its Navimag 4D/3N – Cabins A A cost, multifunctional communications system, two music, extreme narrowness. High: Nov to Mar Pto. Natales $2370 $1205 $863 TV and Video channels, with stereo sound, magnetic keys, By travelling with the M/N Navimag you will experience security box, all provide for the comfort that the most Patagonia at leisure. The calm fjords and quiet channels Explora in Patagonia demanding traveller requires. along with the variety of landscape and wildlife, makes this The elegant dining room can seat 125 passengers, with part of Southern Chile a Mecca for the true adventurer. Fact Finder large screen projection TV equipment, professional video Laguna San Rafael and Torres of the Paine are the favourite destination of the thousands that year to year Departure: 5 Days / 4 Nights – Set Dates. taping and computerized editing equipment. The bar in the travels with us. NAVIMAG is the shortest way to the Chilean Departure: 9 Days / 8 Nights - Set Dates fore, with its modern decor, and the bar in the rear, with its Patagonia. Minimum Pax: 2 classical English style, can each seat sixty people, with Cabin AAA - This is the Suite of the Ship o it has 2 beds, Meeting Point: Punta Arenas Airport large screen television and stereo sound. It's kitchen private bathroom, a great view, provides international and local cuisine Based mainly of Cabin AA - 4 people cabin with a private bathroom and On the shores of Lago Pehoe, immersed in a privileged shellfish and fish caught fresh from the southern seas, with window, ( 16 units available) environment and conceived as a center of explorations, a set menu, served with fine Chilean wines, and our famous Explora built the Hotel Salto Chico, architecturally one of Cabin A - 4 people cabinet with a private bathroom the most remarkable in South America. The Hotel is open all open bar policy. outside and window, ( 14 units available) year round as the Park can be visited throughout the year, Literas C-3 people , share outside bathroom no windows. allowing one to discover the surprising variety of D1 Sat – Pto Natales/Cruise. (D) panoramas Patagonia offers during the 52 weeks of the D2 Sun – Cruise - Fjords. (B,L,D) Fact Finder year. In winter the wild fauna descend from the mountain D3 Mon- Cruise/Pto Eden.(B,L,D) tops and can easily be spotted. In the spring, an inmense D4 Tue – Pto Eden/Amalia Glacier(B,L,D) Departure 1: from Pto Montt: Every Monday afternoon variety of flowers covers the fields as new guanacos join the D5 Wed – Cruise(B,L,D) (16:00hrs) Arrival Puerto Natales on Thursday at 11:00 hrs. flock. Summers are warm and radiant while in the fall trees aprox. (Schedule can vary according weather conditions) D6 Thu – Cruise/Pto Natales (B). turn red and copper, changing the scenery to a Departure 2: from Pto Natales: Every Friday at 03:00Hrs – photographer's delight. pax have to board Thursday night, from 22:00 Thursday Some of the offered tours : Tour to the North of the park, Includes boarding is allowed. - Arrival in Puerto Montt Monday 08:00 with stop at Laguna azul Hike to the peninsula of Lago Grey hrs. approx. (Schedule can vary according weather Hike to the base of Torres del Paine National park Hike to Nights Cruise as per Cabin Accommodation selected / conditions) Laguna Azul Hike to Lago Sarmiento Horseback riding to Meals as per itinerary (B,L,D) The Passenger can stay on board till Friday at 08:30 am. Río Serrano Hike to Mirador Terrier Horseback riding to (Breakfast is included on board) Laguna Verde Skorpios II - Skorpios III / Cat: Cruise: Price per Check in: four hours before the departure in Puerto Montt and Puerto Natales. Includes person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to May 2008- Not valid Arrival at Puerto Eden: South trip, every Sunday in the during local public holidays and special events. Others morning; North trip, every Wednesday in the morning. Return transfers from Punta Arenas Airport to Explora decks on request. Rates valid for Athens Deck. All prices Lodge Located in Torres del Paine National park / Full are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest Board – Open bar / Daily excursions with several options prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before Includes each day, which will be chosen according to the climate booking. Twin Accomm based on Cabin B in Mare Accommodation Nights as per itinerary and Cabin and the visitors wishes. These can either be by van, on Australis and Dbl interior on Skorpios Cruises. Please selected / Full Board (all meals on board) (B,L,D) horseback, on foot, by boat or by bicycle, but always note there are cheaper cabins in M/N Magallanes, accompanied by an expert please call for prices. M/N Magallanes (Navimag)/ Cat: Cruise: Price per Not Included person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to May 2008- Not valid during Package Name – Oct 7 to A pr 8 Season Joining SGLB TWNB TPLB Skorpios II : 7D/6N Sat to Fri local public holidays and special events. Others cabins Any airfares Passport and visa expenses / Any personal Low: Sep, A pr & May Pto Monstt $2397 $1575 $1438 on request. Rates valid for AA/A Cabins. All prices are as expenses and any items not specifically mentioned as Skorpios II : 7D/6N Sat to Fri a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. included in the program. Shoulder Oct, Nov, Dec 1-14 & Mar Pto Monstt $2671 $1781 $1507 Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. Twin Skorpios II: 7D/6N Sat to Fri Accomm based on Cabin B in Mare Australis and Dbl Explora in Patagonia / Joining Loc: Pta Arenas: High: Dec 15-31, Jan & Feb Pto Monstt $2740 $2089 $1712 interior on Skorpios Cruises. Please note there are Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Dec 07 to Apr 08- Not cheaper cabins in M/N Magallanes, please call for prices. valid during local public holidays and special events. Min Skorpios III: 6D/5N Sat to Thu 2 per, based in Salto Chico room. Other room categories Low: Sep, A pr & May Pto Natales $3562 $2233 $1969 Package Name: San Rafael Lagoon Joinig Loc. SGLB TWNB TPLB Navimag 5D/4N - Cabins A A/A also available. All prices are as a guide only, please check Skorpios III: 6D/5N Sat to Thu Low : Mar to Dec Pto. Montt $1007 $603 $466 with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Shoulder Oct, Nov, Dec 1-14 & Mar Pto Natales $3973 $2555 $2228 Navimag 5D/4N – Cabins A A Conditions before booking. Skorpios III: 6D/5N Sat to Thu High: Jan to Feb Pto. Montt $1185 $712 $548 High: Dec 15-31, Jan & Feb Pto Natales $4521 $3014 $2580 Package Name Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Navimag 5D/4N – Cabins A Explora in Patagonia 5D/4N Deluxe $4454 $3159 O/R High: Jan to Feb Pto. Montt $1103 $658 $507 Explora in Patagonia 9D/8N Deluxe $8027 $5618 O/R

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8D/7N Tortuguero & Tropical Forests specified in the itinerary / Entrances to national parks and other parks as specified / All tours as specified in itinerary MAP The best combination of the Caribbean lowlands at with guides' services as specified in the itinerary and Tortuguero National Park with Arenal Volcano and guides' expenses Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. A tour packed with nature. Travel from San Jose through Braulio Carillo National Park to the canals of Tortuguero, then fly back to 3D/2N Arenal Volcano & Cano Negro San Jose and on a scenic drive to Arenal Volcano. Continue Canoe-Tour: Fire and Water! Experience the one of the to incredible Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve before biggest craters at Poás Volcano, the active Arenal, one of returning to San Jose. the most exciting Costa Rican volcanoes, enjoy a bath in D1 Arrive San José: San Jose Airport meet & greet and the Baldi Termaes sulphurous waters and a ride around transfer to hotel. Overnight. Arenal Lake - a wonderful first encounter with Costa D2 San José - Tortuguero: Drive through Braulio Carillo Rica's diverse landscapes! National Park to the canals lining the Atlantic Coast. D1 San Jose/Arenal: Transfer to the Poás Volcano national Liberia Continue by boat to Tortuguero. Dinner and overnight. Arenal Costa Rica Tortuguero Nat. Park park, hike to both craters of the Poás Volcano. Continue Coco (B,L,D) Puerto Viejo D3 Tortuguero: Breakfast. Enjoy touring Tortuguero through the Cordillera Central, passing coffee and cocoa Tamarindo Monte Verde Irazu Mt. (3432m) National Park with a local boatman and guide to observe plantations to Arenal Volcano. Overnight in lodge. D2 Arenal: Breakfast, Two-hour drive to Cano Negro for a Punta Arenas San Jose the flora and fauna. (B,L,D) Puerto Limon D4 Arenal Volcano: Breakfast, 30 minute- flight back to San canoe-tour through the reserve. Return to La Fortuna for Cartago Jose. Scenic drive to Arenal Volcano, stop en route at La overnight.(B,L) Paz Waterfall.Overnight at the Arenal Observatory Lodge. D3 Arenal/San Jose: After breakfast start your ride back to Quepos (B,L,D) San José or to your next destination.(B) San Isidro D5 Arenal - Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve: Morning hike in the National Park and a close-up exploration of a Includes Drake lava flow. Golfito Mid-morning departure, driving around Lake Arenal to the Transport and sightseeing as per program/ Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. Overnight in Accommodation in lodge / Meals as per program / Hotel Monteverde (B,D) taxes D6 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve: Morning hike through the reserve. Afternoon free. Overnight in Price per person in AU$-Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid Monteverde (B,D) during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 D7 San José: Breakfast. Visit the Ecological Farm. Pers. Prices here published are a guide only, please call Departure from Montverde for afternoon arrival in San us for the latest prices. Read our Terms & Conditions Jose. Overnight. (B) before booking. D8 Depart: Airport transfer for return flight home. (B) Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB 8D/7N T ortuguero &T ropical forests San Jose Lodge $4173 $2612 $2075 Includes 3D/2N A renal & Cano Negro San Jose Lodge $807 $620 $587 7 nights lodging / All land, air and water transportation within Costa Rica / all airport/hotel transfers / Meals as

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MAP Visitors of Mexico will find traces of a magnificent Because of these cultures, one of the country's past and an abundance of places of historical main attractions are its handicrafts, which vary interest throughout the country. In the land known considerably from region to region, from as Mesoamerica, major cultures developed over earthenware crockery in Michoacán and ponchos three thousand years ago and were defeated by the and animal figures in Oaxaca to silverwork in Taxco. Spaniards leaving us only mere remnants of the Glass, leather, wood, wrought iron, straw, silver and splendor they achieved. A fascinating overview of a large number of local produce, have all the country is indeed possible through its contributed to making Mexico famous throughout architecture, with pre-Hispanic temples and cities, the world for craftwork. colonial churches and monasteries, palaces, in Although the beautiful beaches along the Mexican Chihuahua styles ranging from medieval and gothic through coast attract all those wanting to enjoy the sea, the renaissance to mudéjar and baroque. landscape of Mexico changes greatly from region to Los Mochis Mexico

Mazatlan Cancun Guanajuato Playa del Carmen Guadalajara Puerto Vallarta Afternoon transfer to Merida, "the White City",for a short Veracruz Merida Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Mexico City visit before arrival to your hotel. (B,L) Puebla Tourist $431 $226 $207 Palenque T. Sup $551 $277 $258 D6 Thu -Merida/Chichen Itza/Cancun: Breakfast. Acapulco San Cristobal F. Class $700 $348 $345 Departure to Chichén Itzá, the most important Mayan and de las Casas awesome site in Mexico. Lunch. Continuation to Cancun. If time permits, visit to one of the wells. Continue to selected 8D/7N Maya Route hotel. Arrival and overnight. (B,L) Dep: Sat D7 Fri -Cancun: Breakfast. Free day to enjoy the wonderful talcum powdered turquoise beaches or take an optional (Additional departures from Jul to Sep, Wed & Fri) tour such as Isla Mujeres, Xcaret, Tulum/Xel-Há or Journey into the mysteries of the Maya Civilization. Cozumel. Overnight. (B) Chichen-Itza, Uxmal, Palenque. Visit the colonial cities of D8 Sat -Depart Cancun: Breakfast. At convenient time, Merida and Campeche and relax in the dazzling Mexican transfer to the airport to take your flight back.(B) Caribbean. Get away from the crowds and experience the 3D/2N Mexico City Package Real Mexico. Includes (Daily) This tour starts in Mexico City and ends on the coast on the Riviera Maya. It provides a great introduction to one of Despite its size and often-quoted problems, Mexico is a the pre-Colombian civilisations, the Maya. Our tour of Transport and sightseeing as per program / Accommodation fascinating city. Built right on top of the Aztec capital city Mexico City includes the important Anthropology museum. at selected hotels/7 Breakfasts , 2 lunches and 2 dinners/ Tenochtitlan, it is a mixture of ancient, colonial and modern. From Mexico City you fly to Villahermosa, gateway to the Bilingual guide assistance/Hotel taxes. The city is bursting with art, museums, music and culture. famous Palenque archaeological ruins set in pristine The enormous murals by Rivera and Siquieros depict a jungle. Continue to Merida, with visits to both Uxmal and 8D/7N Maya Route / Joining Loc: Mexico City: Price complete, colourful Mexican history whilst the Chichen Itza before ending the itinerary with two nights on per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to 20Dec08- Not valid Anthropological Museum fills in the gaps. The famous the beach in Cancun. during local public holidays and special events. All prices Aztec city of Teotihuacán lies only forty minutes away. are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before D1 Arrive Mexico: Arrival to México City. Meeting, Greeting, D1 Sat -Arrive Mexico City: Arrival at Mexico City airport. Assistance and transfer to your hotel. Overnight. booking. Extra airfare needed between Mexico City and Assistance and Transfer to the Hotel of your choice. Villahermosa of approx AU$215 plus domestic taxes. D2 Mexico City: In the morning, half day city tour, visiting the D2 Sun -Mexico City: In the morning visit to the Main most important attractions such as: Zocalo Square, Square : Zócalo, Cathedral, Government Palace, Diego Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB National palace, cathedral etc. Afternoon at leisure. (B) Rivera's murals, Reforma avenue and Chapultepec . Then Tourist $1518 $1140 $1063 D3 Depart Mexico City: Departure transfer to the airport. (B) visit to Anthropology Museum, one of the most important in Tourist $1441 $1102 $1033 the world. Afternoon free for optional visit to Xochimilco's T. Sup $1788 $1279 $1202 water canals. Overnight. (B) T. Sup $1618 $1187 $1140 Includes D3 Mon - Mexico/Villahermosa/Palenque: At convenient time, transfer to the airport to flight to Villahermosa. Transport and sightseeing as per program/ 2 Nights Assistance and transfer to Palenque to your hotel. Dinner 9D/8N Colonial Cities accommodation at selected hotels/ 2 breakfasts/ Bilingual and overnight. Flight ticket not included. (B,D) Dep: Mon guide assistance/ Hotel taxes D4 Tue -Palenque/Campeche: Breakfast. Visit Palenque, If you are interested in art, architecture, history and surrounded by jungle. One of the prime and most important culture, there is no better way to enjoy these pursuits than to 3D/2N Mexico City Package / Joining Loc: Mexico City: Mayan archaeological sites. Continuation to Campeche follow the Spanish silver mining route and visit Mexico's Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to 20Dec08- Not valid city to your hotel. Dinner. Overnight. (B,D) Colonial cities on this tour. during local public holidays and special events. All prices are D5 Wed -Campeche/Uxmal/Merida: Panoramic view of the North of the capital city you will encounter one colonial as a guide only, please check with us for the latest prices. city and departure to Uxmal. We will visit this archaeological town after another. For those who have the time to visit Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. site and its wonders: the Guesser Pyramid, the Nunnery them, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato and Queretaro Quadrangle, Governor's Palace, the Ballgame Court. amongst others, constitute the Colonial Heartland of 43 www.travelprojects.com.au Facts for the Traveller When to GO region and often even within a single region, offering Full country name: Estados Unidos Méxicanos Mexico is enjoyable year-round, but October to May is something for everyone. The country offers an Population: 100,350,000 (growth rate 1.53%) generally the most pleasant time to visit. The May- Area: 1,958,200 sq km (758,866 sq mi) September period can be hot and humid, particularly in incredible blend of white sands with seas ranging Capital city: Mexico City (22 million people) the south, and inland temperatures can approach from the turquoise of the Caribbean to the deep blue People: Approximately 60% mestizo (mixed European and freezing during December-February. Facilities are often Amerindian descent) and 30% Amerindian (indígena - including heavily booked during Semana Santa (the week before of the Sea of Cortés; tall, craggy mountains that Nahua, Maya, Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Totonacs, and Tarascos or create impressive landscapes, picturesque villages Purépecha) Easter) and Christmas/New Year, the peak domestic steeped in tradition; monumental remains of the Language: Spanish and 59 indigenous languages travel periods. Religion: 90% Roman Catholic, 6% Protestant Mexico's climate has something for everyone: it's hot and ancient cultures that peopled the territory; a rich Government: Federal republic humid along the coastal plains, and drier and more cuisine that varies throughout the country; colonial Visae & Health: For information on Visae and health requirements, temperate at higher elevations inland (Guadalajara or and contemporary architecture in all the medium- please call your nearest consulate and appropriate health Mexico City, for example). Try to avoid Mexico's southern sized and large cities and above all, warm, authorities. coast between July and September - the resorts are Electricity: 110V, 60Hz decidedly soggy and jam-packed, as July-August is also hospitable people. Weights & measures: Metric the peak holiday months for foreign visitors.

Mexico. All once wealthy mining towns, much of Mexico's Zócalo, Cathedral, Government Palace, Diego Rivera's "Casa de los Once Patios", Our Lady's Health Shrine, House colonial life took place here. The towns still retain their murals, Reforma avenue and Chapultepec . Then visit to of Culture. (B) impressive architecture and cobbled streets - perfect for Anthropology Museum, one of the most important in the world. D8 Mon -Patzcuaro/Morelia/Mexico City: Breakfast. Departure wandering around and soaking up the atmosphere. Steeped Afternoon free for optional visit to Xochimilco's water canals. to Morelia City, a World Heritage site. We will visit religious and in history, the whispers calling for Mexican Independence Overnight. (B) civic buildings such as the Cathedral, the Palace of Justice, began in this region. From the grandeur of the Baroque D3 Wed - Mexico / Queretaro/ San Miguel de Allende: Clavijero Palace, the Aqueduct and the Merced church. architecture in the pink city of Zacatecas to the desert Departure to Querétaro and visit some notable buildings with Continuation to Mexico City. Overnight . (B) landscapes surrounding San Luis de Potosi and the artistic fine cantera stone : the Aqueduct, the Ex-Cross Convent and D9 Tue -Depart Mexico City: Breakfast, at convenient time, haven of San Miguel de Allende, each city is individual. Historic Downtown. Head to San Miguel de Allende. Arrival. transfer to the airport for your flight out. (B) We will visit this peaceful city where many intellectuals and D1 Mon -Arrive Mexico City: Arrrival at Mexico City airport. retired people live in. You may enjoy a great variety of Includes Assistance and transfer to the hotel. Overnight. cafeterias and restaurants. Overnight. (B) D2 Tue -Mexico City: In the morning visit to the Main Square : D4 Thu -San Miguel de Allende / Dolores Hidalgo / Transport and sightseeing as per program / Accommodation Guanajuato: Breakfast. Departure to Dolores Hidalgo, where at selected hotels/ 8 Breakfasts/ Bilingual guide assistance/ in 1810 the father Don Miguel Hidalgo began the Hotel taxes. Independence War. Continuation to Guanajuato, an old mining city with a great cultural tradition, enjoy walking by this 9D/8N Colonial Cities / Joining Loc: Mexico City: Price romantic city: little squares, narrow streets, underground- per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to 20Dec08- Not valid alleys. (B) during local public holidays and special events. All prices D5 Fri -Guanajuato / Zacatecas: Breakfast. Head to are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest Zacatecas, a World Heritage city, with beautiful colonial cities prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. of "pink cantera", among them and one of the most Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB outstanding, the Cathedral, a Mexican baroque style.From "La T. Sup $2033 $1491 $1413 Bufa" Hill you will be able to appreciate an interesting T. Sup $1973 $1449 $1372 panoramic view of the city it beholds. We will descend in funicular and afterwards a brief visit of the mine of Eden. Optionally you may enjoy the "Callejoneada", a performance 10D/9N Mexico/Chiapas/Yucatan/Cancun companioned with musical "Tambora" or to assist a discotheque inside a mine.Overnnight. (B) Dep Thu D6 Sat - Zacatecas / Guadalajara: Breakfast. We will continue D1 Thu -Arrive Mexico City: Arrival at Mexico City on to Guadalajara where we will visit the principal points of Assistance and transfer yo your hotel. Overnight. interest: Hospicio Cabañas with splendid mural paintings of D2 Fri -Mexico City: In the morning, visit to the Main Square: Orozco. Plaza Tapatia, Degollado Theater, Cathedral, Zócalo, Cathedral, Government Palace, Diego Rivera's Government palace and the Rotonda of the Illustrate Men. murals. We will continue to Reforma avenue and Guadalajara is the capital of state of Jalisco, where tequila and Chapultepec.Then visit to Anthropology Museum, one of mariachi were born. Possibility of degusting Mexican cuisine the most importants in the world. You may stay on your own accompanied by a breathtaking ambiance with mariachi or go back to your hotel. We suggest an optional tour to music. Overnight. (B) Xochimilco's water canals. Overnight. (B) D7 Sun -Guadalajara/Patzcuaro: Breakfast. We leave for D3 Sat -Mexico/Tuxtla/Sumidero/San Cristobal (Flight not Pátzcuaro " Heaven's Gate". Ensconced next to the lake of the Included): Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for a morning same name, Patzcuaro still has its old ,rustic, urban design flight to Tuxla (Not Included). Boat ride through the with its cobblestone streets and tile roofed houses. The plazas Sumidero Canyon, with 1,000 meters ( 3,300 feet) in its and buildings maintain their colonial look. Plateresque and highest point. We pass by Chiapa de Corzo, where we can baroque churches, craft shops and nooks steeped in legend. admire its Mudejar style fountain. Continue on to San Sightseeing: Vasco de Quiroga Square, Handcraft House Cristobal. Overnight. (B) www.travelprojects.com.au 44 MEXICO

D4 Sun -San Cristobal/Indian Towns: Breakfast. Visit San Juan Chamula and Zinacantán, typical Indian towns, where Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Includes Tourist $1919 $1456 $1372 the people still keep their traditions, customs, believes as Transport and sightseeing as per program/ Accommodation well as their social structures. Some times you will witness Tourist $1842 $1418 $1341 T. Sup $2150 $1580 $1487 at selected hotels/ 7 Breakfasts , 1 lunch/ Bilingual guide some archaic rites pagan-religious. The temple, housing assistance/ Hotel taxes. and clothing are very original. Afternoon at your leisure to T. Sup $1988 $1487 $1426 visit this beautiful city: the Market, the Cathedral, Santo 8D/7N Silver Trail / Joining Loc: Mexico City: Price per Domingo church as well as the Jade museum to view King 8D/7N Silver Trail Pakal´s tomb replica. Overnight. (B) person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to 20Dec08- Not valid during D5 Mon -San Cristobal/Agua Azul/Palenque: Breakfast. Daily local public holidays and special events. Min 2 pers. All Head to Agua Azul waterfalls, to admire their turquoise This tour will begin with visit of Cuernavaca, known as the prices are as a guide only, please check with us for the latest coloured waters. Possibility of swimming. After a short stop 'city of eternal spring' for its joyous atmosphere and prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking. at Misol-Há, another beautiful fall, we will continue to enjoyable climate. Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Palenque. Dinner and overnight. (B,D) You will then take a scenic drive to Taxco, which is known Tourist $1117 $794 $747 D6 Tue -Palenque/Campeche: Breakfast. Visit Palenque, as the 'silver city' and is one of the prettiest towns in Mexico. Tourist $1210 $840 $778 surrounded by jungle. One of the prime and most important The city tumbles across a hillside with winding Tourist $1734 $1102 $979 Mayan archaeological sites, Inside the Pyramid of the cobblestone streets, tile roofed buildings, cozy squares, T. Sup $1418 $925 $824 Inscriptions, King Pakal's sarcophagus and its fascinating and a strong Old World ambience that has survived for T. Sup $1479 $948 $840 carved gravestone were found, We will view the Sun hundreds of years. F. Class $2604 $1572 $1395 Temple, the Cross Temple, the Palace. Departure to find a You will visit one of Mexico's grandest churches, Santa F. Class $1580 $1040 $963 beautiful panoramic of the Gulf of México. Lunch on your Prisca. It was built in 1759 by French immigrant Jose de la own. Continuation to Campeche city. Dinner. Overnight. Borda who literally stumbled upon a huge silver claim. 5D/4N Copper Canyon (B,D) Santa Prisca is a riot of ornate Baroque styling flanked by D7 Wed -Campeche/Uxmal/Merida: Breakfast. Panoramic twin bell towers. Daily view of the city and departure to Uxmal. We will visit this The interior displays some of Mexico's beautiful gold leaf This has to be one of the most amazing rail journeys in archaeological site and its wonders: The Guesser Pyramid, ornamentation. You will have plenty of time to have lunch the world. Thirteen hours from the high plains of Chihuahua the Nunnery quadrangle, Governor's Palace, the Ballgame and also visit the marketplace and the famous silversmith up across the Continental Divide and the peaks of the Court. Lunch and arrival to Merida, "the White City" to enjoy shops!. Sierra Madre before plunging down to the Pacific coast and a panoramic view: Montejo Avenue, the monument to The tour concludes in Acapulco, one of Mexico's premier Los Mochis or vice versa. The scenery is unbelievable and Motherland, the Main Square, the Cathedral, Government beach resorts on the Pacific Coast. you'll notice small groups of isolated communities along the Palaces. Overnight. (B) way. The best way to make this trip last is to stay for a few D8 Thu -Merida/Chicchen Itza/Cancun: Breakfast. D1 Arrive Mexico: Arrival at México city airport. Assistance nights in some of the small hotels en-route. Departure to Chichén Itzá, the most important Mayan and and transfer to your hotel. Overnight. awesome site in Mexico. We will find advanced archaeo- D1 Arrive Los Mochis: Meet and assist at the airport and astronomic knowledge in this city. D2 Mexico City: In the morning visit to the Main Square : Zócalo, Cathedral, Government Palace, Diego Rivera's transfer to your selected hotel. We will visit the pyramid "The Castle" or Kukulcan temple, murals. We will continue to Reforma avenue and D2 Los Mochis/Divisadero: Early morning transfer to the the Ballgame Court, the Skull temple, Jaguar's temple, the Chapultepec . Then visit to Anthropology Museum, one of train station for train trip to Divisadero, one of the most Observatory, the One Thousand Columns Square, the the most importants in the world. You may stay on your own Sacred Well (cenote). Lunch. Continuation to Cancun. If spectacular sites of the Copper Canyon. (B,L,D) or go back to your hotel. We suggest an optional visit to D3 Divisadero/Creel: Breakfast, morning at leisure. In the time permits, visit to one of the wells. Arrival and overnight. Xochimilco's water canals. Overnight. (B) (B,L) afternoon, reboard the train for an hour trip to Creel. D3 Mexico City: Departure to the Three Cultures Square Transfer to your hotel(B). D9 Fri -Cancun: Breakfast. Free day to enjoy the wonderful and the Shrine of the Guadalupe. Continuatión to talcum powdered turquoise beaches or take an optional Teotihuacan for visit to the Pyramids of the Sun and the D4 Creel/Chihuahua: After breakfast, you have the tour as Isla Mujeres, Xcaret, Tulum/Xel-Há or Cozumel. Moon and Quetzalcoatl Temple. Lunch and return to hotel. opportunity to explore the surroundings. In the afternoon Our office will be more than happy in suggesting Overnight. (B) continue along theTarahumara Mountain Range to alternatives and confirm your flight. Overnight. (B) D4 Mexico/Cuernavaca/Taxco: Departure early in the Chihuahua. Transfer to your hotel.(B). D10 Sat -Depart Cancun: Breakfast. At convenient time, morning to Cuernavaca, known as the "Eternal Spring D5 Depart Chihuahua: Breakfast and transfer to the airport transfer to the airport to take your flight back. (B) City". Visit of its Cathedral. Free time to stroll in the Zocalo for your flight out.(B). or Cortes Palace. Continuation to Taxco. Lunch. Visit to Includes Santa Prisca's Church and free time to stroll around its Includes picturesque streets and squares. Accomodation. (B) Transport and sightseeing as per program/ Accommodation D5 Taxco/Acapulco: In the morning departure to Acapulco. Transport and sightseeing as per program/ Accommodation at selected hotels/ 9 Breakfasts , 1 lunch , and 2 dinners/ Arrival approximately at noon to your hotel. Afternoon at at selected hotels/ 4 Breakfasts , 1 lunch and 1 dinner/ Bilingual guide assistance/ Hotel taxes. leisure. Accomodation. Bilingual guide assistance/ Hotel taxes. D6 Acapulco During the morning departure from the 10D/9N Mexico, Chipas, Yucatan / Joining Loc: harbour for a yacht cruise for three hours by Acapulco bay. 5D/4N Copper Canyon / Joining Loc: Los mochis or Mexico City: Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to Drinks included on board. Afternoon at leisure. In the Chihuahua: Price per person in AU$- $, Valid Jan to 20Dec08- Not valid during local public holidays and evening you cannot miss the divers "Clavadistas" show. 20Dec08- Not valid during local public holidays and special special events. Min 2 pers. All prices are as a guide only, Overnight. (B) events. All prices are as a guide only, please check with us please check with us for the latest prices. Please read our D7 Acapulco: Free day to enjoy this world-known resort. for the latest prices. Please read our Terms & Conditions Terms & Conditions before booking. Extra airfare needed Overnight. (B) before booking from Mexico City to Tuxtla of approx. AU$150 plus D8 Depart Acapulco: At convenient time, transfer to the Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB domestic taxes. airport or bus terminal. (B) T. Sup $1175 $942 $942

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2D/1N Embera Overnight in Chagres Park This adventure takes us to the indigenous community in El Porvenir Chagres National Park. We will get to know the culture of the Embera Indians, witness their artisans at work and learn their Colon knowledge about botanical plants. Embera dance and music Bocas del Toro evokes scenes of a time before the colonization of the Americas. Panama City If you wish, you can try the traditional body painting using the ldquo fruit. We will also observe a variety of birds found in Penonome David this area. Walk in the jungle, explore a waterfall and learn Panama from this magical and ancient culture. Spend the night in your La Palma own open-air hut, built on stilts above the ground. Listen to Chitre the sounds of the jungle as you fall asleep in total darkness. Includes Ground and river transportation / 1 night in basic accommodation / All meals / a specialized guide.

Embera Overnight in Chagres Park: Price per person in AU$-Valid Jan to Dec 2008 Not valid during local public holidays and special events. Min 2 Pers. Prices here published are a guide only, please call us for the latest prices. 4D/3N The Kuna Trail & Kayaking Adventure Includes Read ourT erms & Conditions before booking. This is an unforgettable experience in the indigenous region of Package Name Joining Loc Cat SGLB TWNB TPLB Kuna Yala, the & ldquo;Kuna Kingdom.” From your Transport and sightseeing as per program / 3 nights in 4D/3N Kuna T rail Panama City Lodge O/R $1004 $1004 forest lodge on the mainland you will walk to the coast and then basic lodge/hotel / 2 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 3 dinners 3D/2N Bocas del toro Bocas del Toro Lodge O/R $709 $709 canoe to the nearby San Blas Islands. / Hotel taxes 2D/1N Embera Over night Panama City Lodge O/R $551 $551 Once in San Blas don't miss the amazing adventure of kayaking the Kuna Yala Archipelago with one day to 7day 3D/2N Bocas del Toro adventure. The strong and united Kuna indigenous people have managed This small island community was first visited by to keep their territory untouched by the growing tourism Christopher Columbus on October 5, 1502. In 1745, industry. At the archipelago, tourism is not fully developed English pirates successfully set up a base here to trade live providing the visitors with the opportunity to fully enjoy and turtles and tortoise shells, sarsaparilla and mahogany. By experience the Caribbean coast and the Kuna culture. 1890 the pirates were gone and a flourishing banana Note: This tour is designed for people who are used to hiking plantation business began. and are in good physical condition. Optional: Kayaking Tour the Today, the nine islands and 251 cays that form the San Blas Archipelago. archipelago are a haven for snorkeling and diving enthusiasts. D1 Panama City to Kuna Yala Forest: Depart after The crystal clear waters and the absence of currents and breakfast to the Burbayar Lodge, located in the mid-altitude dangerous fish provide the perfect setting for a wonderful rainforest of Kuna Yala in the eastern foothills of Panama vacation. (440 meters above sea level). (L,D) D2 Kuna Trail Trekking Adventure: Early breakfast and then D1 Arrive to Bocas del Toro: Pick up from Isla Colon, the main island of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago. begin your trek to the coast of Carti in Kuna Yala, about 22 (Pick up at Paso Canoas for travellers from Costa Rica.) km away. A box lunch included. This hike takes 6-8 hours Upon your arrival our local host will assist you with luggage depending on the physical condition of each hiker. and provide you with transportation to the Laguna Hotel or Continue to San Blas Islands in the Caribbean Sea. similar. Overnight Overnight. (B,L,D) D2 Bocas del Toro: Spend these days at your leisure to D3 San Blas Islands: Morning free for optional activities or enjoy the island. Your local host can arrange for optional just relax in your hammock. Later get to know the Kuna diving, snorkelling or kayaking expeditions. community of Nalunega. Tour to a neighboring island. Bike rentals and boat trips to nearby Mangrove Forest are Overnight. (B,L,D) also available. D4 Departure to Panama City: Early morning return from D3 Departure Bocas del Toro: At the appropriate time, San Blas to Panama City. transfer to the local airport to board your plane for your flight. www.travelprojects.com.au 46 Booking Conditions PRICES CHANGES TO ITINERARY AND HOTELS Prices shown in this manual have been The operator reserves the right to change the and Responsibilities calculated on tariffs applicable at the time of itinerary and substitute hotels should print and are subject to change without notice. circumstances so dictate. Please ensure you understand the If between the dates you make your booking following conditions before you book your and the date of outbound travel from Australia, LIMITATIONS AND LIABILITY holiday. 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