South America Landscapes with Brazilian Amazon Your itinerary Start Location Visited Location Plane End Location Cruise Train Over night Ferry Day 1 Discover Iguassu Falls Welcome to Santiago Journey to the thundering cascade of Iguassu Falls, where we’ll meet our Local Connect with the cosmopolitan verve of the Chilean capital, Santiago. On arrival, Specialist for a visit to the UNESCO-listed Iguassu National Park. Board an open-air you’ll enjoy a warm Trafalgar welcome and be transferred to your luxury hotel in ecological jungle train delving deep into its subtropical rainforest. Walk along the fashionable Las Condes. Spend the rest of the day on your terms discovering the catwalk peering down into the swirling waters of Devil’s Throat Falls. We’ll cross unique personalities of each of the city’s diverse barrios. This evening, join your the border into Brazil for an evening at leisure and dinner at our resort. Travel Director and fellow travel companions for a Welcome Reception. Hotel - Wish Iguacu Hotel - Intercontinental Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Included Meals - Welcome Reception Day 10 Day 2 Soak in the Brazilian Side of Iguassu Journey to Santiago Falls This morning’s city tour with a Local Specialist includes a stop at the ornate Rediscover the 'Big Waters' and return to Iguassu National Park, where you’ll join wrought-iron Central Market where we’ll see the catch of the day and stroll past a Local Specialist who will guide your discovery of the Brazilian side of the falls. pop-up restaurants serving local favourites. We journey to wine country, visiting Walk through the rainforest at the base of the falls and peer at its majesty an exclusive winery in Casablanca Valley for a gourmet lunch served alfresco in through the powerful spray. We enjoy an evening at leisure. exquisite surrounds. Connect With Locals and meet the winemakers for a personalised winery experience, followed by an opportunity to taste the fruit of Included Meals - Breakfast his labours. Spend the rest of the evening at leisure. Day 11 Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch Off to Rio de Janeiro Day 3 We bid farewell to the falls and fly to sultry Rio de Janeiro. You’ll be transferred to Onwards to Puerto Varas your hotel overlooking the colourful Copacabana Beach. We fly south to the coastal city of Puerto Montt, then continue to Puerto Varas Hotel - Arena Copacabana for a tour of the 'City of Roses' with our Local Specialist against the backdrop of snow-capped volcanoes. Later, we make our way to our hotel on the shores of Included Meals - Breakfast Lake Llanquihue where we’ll enjoy the rest of the day at leisure and an included Day 12 dinner. Enjoy Rio de Janeiro and Sugarloaf Hotel - Cabana del Lago Mountain Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Begin your exploration of the cidade maravilhosa (marvellous city) with your Local Day 4 Specialist, ascending Sugarloaf Mountain by cable car for astounding bay and city views. Then return to the city for a tour with our Local Specialist before spending Cross the Andes and Continue to the rest of the day at leisure. Bariloche Included Meals - Breakfast Look forward to a day of pinch me moments as you cross the Andes via land and water. Our first stop sees us watch the burbling waters of the Petrohue River Day 13 cascade over black volcanic rock. We’ll cross Todos Los Santos Lake, keeping a Uncover the Sights and Sounds of Rio de keen eye out for giant Andean condors as the mighty Osorno Volcano with its Janeiro white cap looms in the background. Admire the soul-stirring landscapes en route to Peulla where we’ll enjoy lunch. Then, cross the border into Argentina and cruise Board a classic cogwheel train for the journey to the summit of majestic the glacial waters of Lake Nahuel Huapi. We’ll arrive in Bariloche this evening. Corcovado, site of the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. We join our Local Specialist to explore more of the city’s Hotel - NH Edelweiss iconic sights. Later this afternoon, we’ll Connect With Locals during a visit to a local Samba school where we’ll gain insights into how the school prepares for the Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch pageantry of Carnival week. View the colourful costumes and immerse yourself in Day 5 the rhythms of Samba as you participate in a dance lesson. This evening, Dive Into Admire Bariloche Culture and experience the flavours of churrascaria linger at our Farewell Dinner. As our hosts demonstrate how to mix the perfect caipirinha, we toast to an epic Soak up the sights and sounds of the 'Switzerland of South America' this morning, South American journey. Saude! breathing in the fresh alpine air. We’ll meet our Local Specialist and travel along the 'Circuito Chico' for spectacular views of forests, mountains and sparkling Included Meals - Breakfast, Farewell Dinner waters in Nahuel Huapi National Park. Visit the beach playground of Playa Bonita, Day 14 soak up the scenery from the hilltop of St. Edward's Chapel on the Llao Llao Peninsula, and ride a chairlift to the top of Cerro Campanario for sweeping views The Glamour of Manaus of the high peaks of Catedral and Tronador. Dive Into Culture and indulge in the Fit in some last-minute exploring and souvenir shopping until your transfer to the rich flavours of chocolate during a visit to La Chocolaterie Van Wynsberghe, then airport for your flight to Manaus, the Brazilian gateway of the Amazon. You’ll be spend the rest of the day at leisure. transferred to your hotel before embarking on a city tour that will reveal the wealth of the city’s former rubber barons. Visit the grand Palacio Rio Negro with Included Meals - Breakfast its displays reflecting traditional Amazonian culture, then discover the floating Day 6 harbour and nearby Customs House. Admire the metallic architecture of the Venture to Buenos Aires, the Paris of vibrant Mercado Municipal, based on the Les Halles marketplace in Paris and see the Renaissance opera house, constructed during the city’s golden age. South America Hotel - Quality Leaving spectacular Patagonian landscapes behind, we fly to the passionate Argentinian capital of Buenos Aires. This evening, we’ll Connect With Locals, joining Included Meals - Breakfast our Travel Director and fellow travellers for a Be My Guest experience dinner with a local family in Palermo Soho. Savour traditional flavours and homemade family Day 15 dishes, then discover the secrets of kneading country bread. Our unforgettable The River of Manaus local encounter continues as we watch family members engage in an elegant We journey upstream today to see first-hand the tremendous 'Meeting of the Tango performance. Waters'. Watch how the dark waters of the Rio Negro merge with the sandy Hotel - Alvear Art brown water of the Solimões and then flows eastward to the Atlantic. After lunch, consider joining an optional canoe trip down a smaller tributary and try your Included Meals - Breakfast, Be My Guest hand at piranha fishing, or simply immerse yourself in your jungle surrounds. Later, we transfer to our lodge on the banks of the Rio Taruma. Day 7 Explore Buenos Aires Hotel - Amazon Ecopark Jungle Lodge Immerse yourself in the seamless mix of European elegance meets Latin energy. Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner We’ll join a Local Specialist to see some of Buenos Aires’ most notable sites, including the Plaza de Mayo and iconic pink Casa Rosada. View the fashionable Day 16 neighbourhood of La Boca, admire the opulent façade of Teatro Colon and drive The Diverse Fauna of the Amazon along the stately Avenida 9 de Julio to the elegant Recoleta cemetery, where Walk beneath the towering canopy of the world’s largest rainforest – the life- Argentina’s most famous sons and daughters have been laid to rest. We pay source of Planet Earth and an area of exceptional biodiversity. We’ll embark on a homage to the beloved former first lady of Argentina, Eva Peron, before enjoying guided walk this morning with our Local Specialist, keeping a keen eye out for shy an afternoon at leisure. This evening, we indulge in the delicious flavours of capybara or the giant coils of the anaconda as it naps on the branches of a tree. Argentine beef, the authentic tastes of world-renowned Argentinian beef. Dive Connect With Locals as you immerse yourself in the culture, rituals and heritage of Into Culture later, watching the sensual, stirring moves of a traditional Tango the native Amazonians gaining first-hand insight into their day-to-day lives, then performance. return to your lodge for dinner against the backdrop of cicadas, bulldog bats and Included Meals - Breakfast, Regional Dinner Screaming Piha, the signature sound of the Amazon. Day 8 Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Buenos Aires Your Way Day 17 Get a taste of life as a porteño this morning, embracing the energy of this Depart Manaus passionate South American hub on your terms. Perhaps, admire the works of Visit Monkey Forest, a rehabilitation centre and wildlife refuge, where we’ll see Degas, El Greco and Van Gogh at the Museum of Bellas Artes or stroll around the rescued monkeys interact with each other, for your MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® colourful stalls that line one of the local markets. Take to the countryside and Experience. Then return to Manaus Airport as your Amazon experience comes to consider spending the day at a traditional estancia (ranch) for the Fiesta Gaucha an end. Guests joining from Icons of South America or South America Landscapes (festival of the cowboy), where you’ll be entertained by a lively equestrian show will end their holiday at Manaus Airport for their flight home (not included on trip and enjoy a traditional parrillada (barbecue) lunch.