Best of South America

After boarding announcement to board the flight QR-547 leaving Kolkata at 03:00 hrs for Sao Paulo via Doha. Light refreshment will be served on board after take-off. On arrival at Doha Int’l Airport in the morning at 0635 hrs, to proceed to complete security and hand baggage check and then proceed towards boarding gate to board the onward flight for Sao Paulo leaving at 0800 hrs and arriving at Sao Paulo at 1640 hrs. After take-off meals will be served on board. On arrival at Sao Paulo Int’l Airport, proceed towards the immigration counter to complete immigration formalities, then pick-up the baggage from the baggage belt and clear the customs. Our local representative will meet and greet near exit gate at arrival hall and will guide us to coach. Then transfer to hotel. On arrival at hotel check-in and overnight. Dinner at hotel.

O/N at Hotel (Sao Paulo)

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast check-out from hotel and then leave hotel for sightseeing of Sao Paulo visiting to downtown to see the Historical Buildings, the Stock Exchange, Park of Ibirapuera, the glamorous shops and mansions of Jardins, the greatest symbol of the city (Avenida Paulista), the world famous Maracana Stadium. After sightseeing transfer to airport to take flight for Lima. On arrival at airport to complete all formalities and leave Sao Paulo at 1930 hrs for Lima. On arrival at Lima at 2245 hrs to complete immigration & customs formalities and our local representative will meet and greet at arrival hall near exit gate and will guide us to coach. Then transfer to hotel. On arrival at hotel check-in and overnight.
O/N at Hotel (Lima)

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast, proceed for sightseeing of Peru’s Capital City Lima. It is 2000 years of history and Colonial heritage. Experience the artistic traditions and contemporary lives of its residents. Visit Lima’s Historical Center, Casa Aliaga, America’s best preserved colonial mansion, which has been occupied by the same family since 1535. The Gold Museum, reveals the treasures in gold from a number of Peru’s different pre-Columbian cultures. Lunch at La Rosa Naútica, located in Pier 4 of the Lima Beach Circuit at Miraflores, an elegant Victorian style restaurant that offers an eager public the most complete selection of Peruvian and international cuisine, as well as the most sophisticated bar to be found on the Pacific shores. All of this combined with an incomparable view and the peace which can only be found where infinity begins. Dinner at local restaurant. (INDIAN)
O/N at Hotel (Lima)

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast check-out and leave hotel and transfer to Lima Airport to take flight for Cuzco. Leave Lima for Cuzco. On arrival at Cusco, meet and assist and then transfer to hotel. On arrival at hotel, complete check-in formalities at hotel. Lunch not included. Then leave hotel for visit to the Coricancha, also known as the “Temple of the Sun” (or “Premises of the Gilded One”), the construction of which was ordered by Inca Pachacútec (1438-1471) and was used as base for the construction of the Santo Domingo Convent upon the arrival of the Spaniards. This is when the Sun (Inti, in Quechua) was worshipped during the Inca Empire and at the time of the Incas its walls were fully covered with gold sheets and its courtyards were planted with golden corn and life-size llamas. You will then go to the Cathedral, the most important building on the Main Square and one of the most splendid Spanish colonial churches in America, which is shaped as a Latin Cross and houses about 400 colonial paintings from the Cusco art school, and impressive goldsmith, silversmith and precious stones works. Its construction lasted almost a century, it started in 1560 and ended in 1654. The Ecclesiastical Chapter ordered to extract and transport hundreds of stones from the Sacsayhuamán fortress for this purpose. You will then visit fortress, en emblematic work of the Incas, which protected the Holy City. Conceived and built by Inca Pachacútec in the 15th century, The Sacsayhuamán complex was built with megalithic blocks, which transportation and construction continue to be a mystery. Dinner at Hotel.
O/N at Munay Wasi Inn Hotel (Cuzco)

After early breakfast at hotel, transfer to Ollantaytambo Station Your trip to Machu Picchu will start by train to Aguas Calientes, which takes about two hours. This town is also known as “Machu Picchu Pueblo” and it is the last stop before the entry to the vestiges of Peru’s top archaeological complex. Aguas Calientes has a train station, a craft market, restaurants and different categories of accommodations for those who prefer to spend the night at the foot of the mountain and ascend in the early morning. After a short transfer, you will finally reach Machu Picchu, a masterpiece of engineering and architecture which is believed to have been used as a sanctuary and leisure residence for Inca Pachacutec (1438-1471). Lunch at Belmond Sanctuary Lodge and then return back to station by the same way and again board the train for Ollantaytambo Station for returning back to Cuzco. On arrival at Cuzco, transfer to hotel. Dinner at Hotel.
O/N at Munay Wasi Inn Hotel (Cuzco)

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast check-out from hotel and then transfer to airport to take flight for Lima. Leave Lima to take flight for Santiago De Chile. On arrival at Arturo Merino Benitez Int’l Airport, Santiago de Chile, Chile to complete all formalities and pick-up the baggage and our local representative will transfer to hotel. On arrival at hotel check-in. Rest of the day free for own activities and explore the town by own. Dinner at Hotel.
O/N at Hotel Gallerias (Santiago De Chile)

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast leave hotel for Panoramic sightseeing of Satiago de Chile. Explore the main streets seeing the way the Cerro Santa Lucia, the Palacio de la Moneda and the Plaza de Armas, around which are the Cathedral, the National Historical Museum and the Central Post. It continues to Forest Park and the Museum of Fine Arts, to the bohemian neighborhood of Bellavista. Visit to the Cerro San Cristóbal. Lunch not included. Dinner at local restaurant (INDIAN). After dinner, transfer to hotel.
O/N at Hotel Gallerias (Santiago)

Breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, check-out and transfer to the airport to connect flight for Buenos Aires. Leave Santiago De Chile to Buenos Aires. On arrival at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Int’l Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to complete all formalities and wait for connecting flight for El Calafate. Lunch not included. Leave Buenos Aires for El Calafate. On arrival at Comandante Armando Tola Int’l Airport, El Calafate, Argentina to complete all formalities and pick-up the baggage and our local representative will transfer to hotel. On arrival at hotel check-in. Rest of the day free for own activities and explore the town by own. Dinner at local restaurant.
O/N at Design Suites Hotel (El Calafate)

Breakfast at hotel. After breakfast leave hotel for full day excursion to visit the 60m high The Perito Moreno Glacier, located in the Glacier National Park 80 km. from the city of Calafate. From the beginning the tour offers pleasant surprises. Upon leaving the city, along the right side of the road, you can see Lake Argentino with Redonda Bay, which offers an interesting variety of bird life. During the first 50 kms, the direction follows across the Patagonian steppe. At the entrance to the National Park there is a drastic change in the vegetation which is rich in the special types of trees found in the Patagonian Andes: especially ñires, lengas and cherry trees, among others. The glacier is an impressive river of ice with a surface of 257 square Kms.,a length of 30 kms. and a width of four kms. The height of the front wall ranges between 50 and 60 meters above the level of the lake. In the central part of the glacier, the ice has a depth of between 250 and 350 meters. This frozen river descends from the continental ice field and causes in its slow progress landslides and explosions that make the glacier a wonder in constant motion. It is a show that impresses not only by its visual beauty, but also by the constant roar you hear from inside it, which has caused it to be declared a World Heritage Site. During the tour a walk along the paths on the front of the glacier allow a view of this impressive natural marvel from a different perspective. At the end of the tour, begin the return to Calafate to arrive at the hotel. After spending some hours return back to El Calafate and on arrival in the evening transfer to airport to take flight for Buenos Aires. On arrival at airport to complete check-in and other formalities and wait for boarding the flight. Leave El Calafate for Buenos Aires. On arrival at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Int’l Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to complete all formalities and pick-up the baggage and our local representative will transfer
to hotel. On arrival at hotel check-in. Dinner at Hotel.
O/N at De Las Americas Hotel (Buenos Aires)

Breakfast at Hotel. After breakfast leave hotel for City Tour of Buenos Aires to stat with visiting Plaza de Armas in 1581 and today known as Plaza de Mayo, the historical, political and cultural center of the city. The Pyramid de Mayo, which is in the center, was the first national historical monument and was inaugurated in 1811. In its surrounding areas you can see Casa Rosada the actual seat of Executive Power (Presidential Palace), the Cabinet, and the first municipality of the city that dates back to 1754 and still maintains its colonial characteristics, and the Metropolitan Cathedral. From the Plaza will go down to Avenida de Mayo, one of the most interesting urban developments of the city with its variety of architectural styles, wide avenues and spacious green areas which balance out the vertiginous rhythm of the city. A good example is Avenida 9 de Julio, with its eight lanes separated by lawns with ancient trees, and embellished by fountains and sculptures. From there you can see the symbol of the city, “The Obelisque.” The tour continues all the way to the neighborhood of San Telmo, one of the oldest in the city, settled at the end of the XIX century by aristocratic families. This neighborhood, in which every Sunday the antiques fair takes place around Plaza Dorrego, keeps expanding its great architectural heritage. The area is also very active at night as it is the center for most of the tango parlors, “tanguerias”, restaurants and bars. Going further south you arrive at the picturesque and colorful port neighborhood of La Boca, with its famous street “Caminito” whose buildings and customs reflect the influence of European settlers that arrived at its shores during the XIX century and left their imprint not only in the multicolor houses still being used today but also in the cuisine of the typical “cantinas,” small restaurants. Followed by this comes the modern neighborhood of Puerto Madero, with its old piers converted into offices, apartments, places for entertainment and elegant restaurants, and its view of Rio de la Plata, a residential neighborhood of Palermo with elegant mansions surrounded by spacious parks and finally arriving at La Recoleta. The Cemetery of Recoleta surprises visitors with its rich architecture and with the important social and political personalities that are buried there, among whom is Eva Peron. Next to the cemetery is the church of Our Lady of Pilar, the former convent which today is part of the Cultural Center of Recoleta, the shopping area, Buenos Aires Design, and the exposition center, Palais de Glace. In the evening transfer to El Querandi for Tango Show with dinner. When you are in Buenos Aires, visiting a Tango Show is a must. After the show return back to hotel.
O/N at De Las Americas Hotel (Buenos Aires)