Blessed with a wonderful natural setting wedged between mountains and the sea, watched from above by Christ the Redeemer atop Corcovado Mountain, and surrounded by tropical forests and lagoons, Rio de Janeiro has transformed into one of the world's most beautiful cities. A city of 6 million people, Rio offers world-class hotels, restaurants, shopping, and various sporting activities. The 95 km of beaches are Rio's main attraction. The weather is favorable practically all year round. The most famous beaches are Copacabana and Ipanema. The nights in Rio offer a wide range of exciting entertainment with options for every taste, often a glittering and scintillating world of glamorous amusement. There are elegant restaurants, some with cozy piano bars, and small, offbeat spots, featuring Brazilian pop-music, rock or jazz. The most glittering highlights in the Rio calendar are the festivals during Carnival and New Year.

Iguaçú Falls is one of the most important tourist sights in Brazil and in the world. The spectacular falls are formed by 275 waterfalls, some of which drop as far as 81 m (270 feet), make up the largest concentration of falls in the world, pouring as much as 21 thousand cubic feet per second in a breathtaking water spectacle, where mere mortals feel small, fragile and fleeting. They form a horseshoe along its border with the frontier of Argentina. Tropical forests and 1.100 species of birds, along with other various fauna, surround the Iguaçú National Park. UNESCO designated the area as a Natural Heritage of Humanity in 1985.

Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, is located by the Rio de la Plata, which is the widest estuary in the world. One of the largest cities in the world, with a population well over 11 million in the metropolitan area, Buenos Aires is also the capital of the tango and futbol (soccer), the gaucho and the asados. It is a modern city able to blend some of its old traditions. In order to catch the spirit of Buenos Aires, it is necessary to walk along the streets in downtown to see its elegant shop windows, enjoy a coffee in a sidewalk café, and visit the residential neighborhoods (like La Boca), where the old buildings alternate with the most modern constructions. This is a city with plenty of restaurants that offer typical food of all the regions of Argentina, as well as excellent international cuisine.

1- Arrival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Welcome to South America's largest and most populous country. Immigration and Customs. Meet and greet at the airport in Rio de Janeiro and arrival transfer to your hotel. Your room will be ready by noontime, if you prefer we can also arrange you an early check-in (at a surcharge) and you will have your room ready upon arrival, so you can freshen up and rest before exploring Rio de Janeiro.

2- Rio de Janeiro
Half Day City Tour to Sugar Loaf with guide. Today you will take the two-stage cable car up to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain - Pão de Açúcar - in the middle of the Guanabara Bay at 396 m (1.300 feet) above sea-level and enjoy breathtaking panoramic views. From here you can see Rio’s beaches to the south, and beyond, like Sugar Loaf itself, half a dozen granite monolithic morros rising straight from the water’s edge in Guanabara Bay. You may change the date of this tour at your convenience.

3- Rio de Janeiro
At leisure in Rio. Enjoy the surroundings of your hotel or take a tour to Corcovado, where the statue of Christ, the Redeemer, overlooks Rio and its famous beaches.

4- Rio de Janeiro
At leisure in Rio. As an optional tour, experience the rain forest right inside of Rio de Janeiro with the Jeep Tour. If you are a beach lover, a full-day cruise around Rio's Tropical Islands is the tour for you.

5- Rio de Janeiro
This is your last day in Rio. It may be time for shopping. Visit the Amsterdam Sauer Jewelry Museum. They provide free transportation to and from the hotel. We can arrange this visit for FREE. In the evening, as an optional tour we suggest a wonderful dinner followed by a spectacular samba show with elaborately costumed mulatas, singers and dancers, presenting Brazil's folklore and capturing the carnival rhythms.

6- Depart Rio de Janeiro - Arrival in Foz do Iguaçú
Check-out at noon. Transfer to the airport in Rio de Janeiro. Flight to Foz do Iguaçú. Meet and greet at the airport in Foz do Iguaçú and arrival transfer to your hotel. Enjoy the hotel facilities or explore the nightlife in Iguaçú.

7- Foz do Iguaçú
Half Day Tour to see the magnificent Brazilian side of the falls. The view from the Brazilian side is the most panoramic! This tour will leave you speechless (and a bit wet!). After taking photographs of the breathtaking panoramic views from the observation deck, a guide will lead you along a walkway to almost within touching distance of the falls. There is also an elevator for those wishing to see and photograph the falls from the top. The Iguaçú Falls are located 23 km (14 miles) above its confluence with the Alto (Upper) Paraná river, at the Argentina-Brazil border. The falls resemble an elongated horseshoe that extends nearly three times wider than Niagara Falls in North America and significantly greater than the width of Victoria Falls in Africa. Numerous rocky and wooded islands on the edge of the escarpment over which the Iguaçú river plunges divide the falls into some 275 separate waterfalls or cataracts, varying between 60 m and 81 m (200 and 270 feet) in height. You may change the date of this tour at your convenience.

Other tour options are a Half Day Tour to see the Argentinean side of the falls, a Half Day Tour to the world's largest power plant - the Itaipú Dam, a visit to the Bird Park or a delightful evening with folkloric show and dinner at Plaza Foz do Iguaçú Theater.

8- Depart Foz do Iguaçú - Arrival in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Check-out at noon. Transfer to the airport in Foz do Iguaçú. Flight to Buenos Aires. Meet and greet at the airport in Buenos Aires and arrival transfer to your hotel. Enjoy the hotel facilities and explore the nightlife in Buenos Aires. Consider going to a tango club or one of the amazing steak houses.

9- Buenos Aires
Half Day City Tour through Buenos Aires, visiting the imposing Colón Theatre, one of the five most important opera houses in the world and the peculiar architecture of buildings such as the Palace of Justice, the National Congress, the Cabildo (Old Town Hall) or the Pink House (Government House). You may change the date of this tour at your convenience.

10- Buenos Aires
At leisure in Buenos Aires. As an optional tour, experience Buenos Aires nightlife with dinner at a typical restaurant and show at a classic tango house, visit the historic district of San Telmo with its stories, realities and mysteries of times gone by or enjoy a Gaucho Party with typical barbecue in the Argentinean pampas.

11- Depart Buenos Aires - Next City
Check-out at noon. Transfer to the airport in Buenos Aires. Homebound flight or proceed to your next destination.

Land-Only prices in US-Dollars per person in double occupancy (single supplement available), including:

• Private roundtrip transfer Airport GIG or SDU in Rio de Janeiro/Hotel/Airport GIG or SDU in Rio de Janeiro featuring air-conditioned vehicle with English speaking guide.

• Private roundtrip transfer Airport IGU in Foz do Iguaçú/Hotel/Airport IGU in Foz do Iguaçú featuring air-conditioned vehicle with English speaking guide.

• Private roundtrip transfer Airport EZE in Buenos Aires/Hotel/Airport EZE in Buenos Aires featuring air-conditioned vehicle with English speaking guide.

• In Rio, Half Day City Tour to Sugar Loaf (SIB, approximately 4 hours) with English speaking guide.

• In Foz do Iguaçú, Half Day Tour Brazilian Falls (private, approximately 2-3 hours) with English speaking guide.

• In Buenos Aires, Half Day City Tour (private, approximately 3 hours) with English speaking guide.

• Accommodation in the hotels of your choice.

• Daily buffet breakfast, unless indicated above.

• Meals as per description (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner).

• Hotel taxes.

-> Additional for Russian speaking guide (Rio de Janeiro, Foz do Iguaçú and Buenos Aires) = US$ 349 per person.

-> To reduce or extend number of nights in this package, simply click on the hotel of your choice and check the desired period.

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