Grand Tour of South America – Incas, Andes and Icons

Visit Iguazú, Nahuel Huapi, Vicente Pérez Rosales
Available as a Self Drive or Escorted Tour holiday
19 nights from £5,095 per person.
ID: TCL-4-235
Description
Few holidays can match this grand tour in scope, comfort and inclusions, encompassing four enthralling countries and highlight after iconic highlight. Other operators’ ‘grand tours’ only include Brazil, Argentina and Chile - we also include Peru, making this the ideal once-in-a-lifetime Latin America holiday. All of the great wonders of Latin America are here - the magnifi cent and mysterious mountain-top Inca city of Machu Picchu, breathtakingly powerful Iguazu Falls, the stunning lake-lands of Chile and Argentina and the exhilarating city of Rio, set in the twin shadows of Sugar Loaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer. The epic journey also presents unmissable opportunities to discover the colonial elegance of Cuzco and Santiago, and appreciate the unmistakeable passion and romance of Buenos Aires.


Package Summary
- Lima city tour
- Sacred Valley, including the fortress of Ollantaytambo and the village of Pisac
- Visit ruins of Machu Picchu
- Ancient Inca capital Cuzco
- Ruins of Sacsayhuaman
- Santiago city tour
- Valparaiso and Vina del Mar tour
- Visit to a Casablanca Valley region winery
- Puerto Montt orientation tour
- Lake Llanquihue
- Osorno Volcano
- Vicente Perez Rosales National Park
- Nahuel-Huapi Buenos Aires city tour
- Visit to Iguazu Falls
- Rio de Janeiro city tour including Corcovado and Sugarloaf Mountain
- Audio headsets are provided for tours in Lima, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Buenos Aires,
- Iguazu Falls (Argentina & Brazil) and in Rio de Janeiro
Summary Itinerary
- Day 1 – London – Lima
- Day 2 – Lima
- Day 3 – Lima
- Day 4 – Lima Sacred Valley
- Day 5 – Machu Picchu
- Day 6 – Sacred Valley, Sacsayhuaman
- Day 7 – Cuzco, Santiago
- Day 8 – Santiago
- Day 9 – Santiago, Puerto Varas
- Day 10 Santiago – Puerto Varas
- Day 11 – Puerto Varas, San Carlos de Bariloche
- Day 12 – San Carlos de Bariloche
- Day 13 – Buenos Aires
- Day 14 – Buenos Aires
- Day 15 – Buenos Aires
- Day 16 – Iguazu Falls
- Day 17 – Iguazu Falls
- Day 18 – Iguazu Falls, Rio de Janeiro
- Day 19 – Rio De Janeiro
- Day 20 – Rio De Janeiro
- Day 21 – Rio de Janeiro – In flight
- Day 22 – London
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What our travellers are saying
Never been somewhere where so many people say they keep coming back. Thank you for finding me this holiday destination.

Utah was my favourite part. There was so much to do and it was like nothing I’ve seen before. Really liked Capitol Reef as it was much quieter and we were so close to it. Will always remember going star gazing, brilliant.

Amazing New York highlights were a Broadway show, Central Park, Empire State building and Time Square. We visited MoMA which was amazing to see all best artwork in the world, we were just not expecting it, every room we went into there was another masterpiece. Our hotel was under a mile from the subway station and we saw how the New Yorkers live and commute.

On our trip there was so much to do. We enjoyed outdoor activities and the adventurous things to do. We were nicely surprised and will be coming back for sure.

Expectations were to see lakes and mountains. But with National Park Traveller's help there was something to do everywhere we turned.

We saw all of Las Vegas and really glad we've done it. All the hotels were amazing. I will always remember driving towards Las Vegas, you're just driving for hours through dessert and it suddenly pops up out of nowhere.

We saw loads of animals, bison, black and grizzly bear, elk, deer and even wolves in the distance. Waterfalls and lakes were magnificent and the trails that we walked were all so beautiful and well worth visiting.

Every turn held more beauty than we expected. We were humbled by the size of the surrounding peaks. The feeling of being in a cathedral never left us as we stopped in deserted spots and just gazed at our surroundings.

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