Overview & Highlights
A comprehensive escorted tour of South America's highlights with comfortable accommodation through incredibly diverse landscapes in 4 countries over 3 weeks. Top sights include Rio de Janeiro, Iguazú Falls, Buenos Aires, Lake Titicaca and Machu Picchu.
This extended coast-to-coast spectacular takes in some of the continent's most extraordinary and contrasting sites: exotic Rio de Janeiro, hemmed in by forested mountains and white-sand beaches; the thunderous falls at Iguazú; the sophistication of cosmopolitan Buenos Aires; the traditional, long-lasting indigenous culture of Bolivia; peerless Inca architecture in Cusco, Peru; the Lost City of Machu Picchu; and the shimmering waters of Lake Titicaca, fringed by snow-capped Andean peaks.
This comprehensive and comfortable trip introduces you to South America's fascinating history and gives an insight into contemporary culture and ways of life.
- Rio de Janeiro: city tour
- Rio de Janeiro: Sugar Loaf Mountain
- Rio de Janeiro: Corcovado Mountain
- Iguazú Falls: Argentinian and Brazilian sides
- Buenos Aires: city tour
- La Paz: cable car rides over the city
- La Paz: Tiwanaku archaeological site
- Luxury train from Puno to Cusco
- Cusco: city tour and Sacsayhuamán
- Sacred Valley: tour of the region
- Machu Picchu: guided tour
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Rio, overnight overlooking Copacabana beach
Day 2
Explore Rio; cable car ride up Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Day 3
Visit Corcovado mountain and the famous Christ the Redeemer.
Day 4
Fly to Iguazú Falls; explore the Brazilian side.
Day 5
Iguazú Falls; explore the Argentine side.
Day 6
Fly to Buenos Aires.
Day 7
City tour of the Argentinean capital.
Days 8-9
Fly to and explore the colonial city of Sucre.
Day 10
Fly to La Paz, the world's highest capital city.
Days 11-12
From La Paz, visit Tiwanaku pre-Columbian ruins.
Day 13
By road to the shores of Lake Titicaca.
Day 14
Lakeside drive to Puno, Peru.
Day 15
Luxury train to Cusco.
Day 16
Tour of Cusco and Inca temple Sacsayhuamán.
Day 17
Excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas, overnight.
Day 18
By rail to Machu Picchu; guided tour of the site.
Day 19
Optional revisit to Machu Picchu. Return to Cusco.
Day 20
Fly to Lima.
Day 21
Depart for international flight or extension.
UK clients arrive home the following day.
Things to do
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Holiday Extensions
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