Day
01 Buenos Aires
Reception and transfer from Airport Ezeiza to Hotel in Buenos
Aires. Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 02 Buenos Aires
Breakfast. Breakfast. The Argentina capital boasts a population
of 8 million. City tour takes you to the Plaza de Mayo for
view of Cathedral and Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace).Then
along 9 de Julio Avenue, widest street in the world, with
its much-photographed Obelisco and Teatro Colon and finally,
to the colorful Boca District.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 03 Buenos Aires - Iguazú
Breakfast. Transfer from hotel to Airport of Buenos Aires.
Arrival to Iguazu, transfer to Hotel.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 04 Iguazú
Breakfast. The Argentine Falls tour takes longer since the
inauguration of the new facilities for the Upper, Lower
and the Devil´s Throat Circuits. Visitors first arrive
to the Visitors Center and walk the Nature´s Interpretation
Center. At the Visitors Center, the Green Train leaves from
central Station and goes first to Cataratas Station in about
8 minutes The option is a short walk through the “Green
Trail” that leads to the beginning of the path towards
the Upper and Lower trails, right after Cataratas Station.
Otherwise the same train goes on to Garganta del Diablo
Station. Once you have finished the circuits, you return
to the Visitors Center where the vehicles are waiting for
the transfer to the hotels or the Airport.
UPPER CIRCUIT: The 800 meters of catwalks are detached from
the jungle´s surface so as to protect the fauna by
preventing disruption of their natural trails. From this
circuit you have an upper view of the falls, enjoying their
magnificence with a panoramic view. Duration of the tour:
one (1) hour.
LOWER CIRCUIT: 1.600 meters of catwalks, also detached from
the jungle’s surface, enjoying a view from below and
around the falls. This circuit provides a unique experience
of feeling part of the natural surroundings, watching and
sensing their magnitude from close. Duration of the tour:
two (2) hours.
DEVIL´S GORGE: Departing from Cataratas Station, the
train goes up to Garganta Station in about 18 minutes. Then
a walk along the catwalks, some 1200 meters over the islands,
take you to enjoy the most spectacular sight from the most
important balcony: the Devil’s Gorge. Time required:
two (2) hours.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 05 Iguazú - Buenos Aires - Santiago -
Calama
Breakfast. Transfer from hotel to airport. Arrival to Calama.
Reception and transfer to San Pedro de Atacama, from the
airport to Calama.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 06 San Pedro de Atacama
Breakfast. At 09:00am we will depart to visit the most representative
archeological places that show the development of the Atacamenian
culture. Discover the origin of this culture, visit the
archeological monument called “Aldea de Tulor”,
2,800 years old. Relive, accompanied by native Atacamenian
guides, the beginning of sedentary life of the first inhabitants
of the Atacama Desert. We finish our trip through history
visiting the Tambo de Catarpe, administrative center built
by the Incas to collect taxes and spread the traditions
of the Empire of the Sun in Atacama. Back to the Hotel 1:00pm.
Excursion to the Atacama Salt Lake, departure 4:00pm. Toconao
is a small picturesque village, part of the Andean culture,
where you will appreciate beautiful handicrafts made of
volcanic stone, cactus wood and llama wool. Then, accompanied
by our skilled guides, travel through the vast Atacama Salt
Lake, one of the world's largest. Discover how life survives
in the salty environment. Observe the beautiful and surprising
flamingos, one of the best-adapted birds to the typically
harsh environment and climate. Discover the micro-organic
life that thrives in salt concentrations even higher than
that found in seawater, life that allows many insects, reptiles
and birds to subsist, which make this harsh plateau an extraordinary
habitat full of surprises.
Back to the Hotel.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 07 San Pedro de Atacama
Breakfast. 4:30pm Our trip will take us to see the capricious
forms of salt and clay, as you will see in the “Three
Marias” area. There you will be visiting the geological
shapes located in one of the world's driest and most inhospitable
zones, the Atacama Desert. You will appreciate the great
molding power of the earth's natural forces, be amazed by
nature's intricate work over thousands of years, contemplate
and photograph incomparable sculptures. Enjoy an exciting
experience in the salt caves, surprising shapes in the middle
of the salt mountain range. The highlight of your desert
adventure will be watching the Atacamenian sunset, opening
you senses to the wonderful landscapes and colors of the
Andes mountains, with the Licancabur Volcano as the millenary
witness of another day ending in the desert.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 08 San Pedro de Atacama - Santiago
We go out to the Geysers of Tatio, leaving around 04:30AM,
after breakfast, and the greatest activity takes place between
06:30 and 09:00 a.m., when atmospheric pressure generates
huge steam columns that spring from the ground, producing
a contrast between the mountains and the deep blue sky.
On the way back we will pass along Machuca, an Atacama village
which main activities are shepherding and will show its
marsh, ducks and Andean sea gulls.
transfer from hotel to Airport. Arrival to Santiago, transfer
to Hotel.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 09 Santiago of Chile
Breakfast. Free day.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 10 Santiago - Easter Island
breakfast. Transfer from hotel to Airport. Arrival to Isla
de Pascua.
Reception with a necklace of flowers and transfer to the
Hotel of your choice.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 11 Easter Island
Breakfast. We are out all day visiting different archeological
sites on Vahiha Island; Akahanga; Rano Raraku; Ahi Tongariki,
Te Pito Kura; Ahu Nau Nau, with a picnic lunch at Anekena
beach.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 12 Easter Island
Breakfast. Half day morning visit to Volcano Rano Kau; the
city and sacred ceremonial temple of Orango; the area of
Vinapu, with its interesting murals; the Anaka Tai Tangata
Cave, famous for its ancient paintings. In the afternoon,
a visit to Ahu Akion (7 moai/totems) and the Ana Tepahu
caverns and Puna Pau Quarry.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 12 Easter Island
Breakfast. Transfer to airport and farewell with another
necklace. Flight to Santiago.
Transfer from airport to hotel in Santiago.
Accommodation at the Hotel of your choice.
Day 13 Santiago
Breakfast. Transfer from hotel to International Airport
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