AMAZON TO ANDES TOUR
A magical foray into the Peruvian Amazon and Incas of the mighty Andes awaits you.
Peru-Bolivia-Argentina - Brazil - 28 days
Be prepared for adventure when you join this fabulous tour. Jungle, ruins, exotic cities - this popular adventure really does have it all !
- Magical Machu Picchu
- Optional Inca Trail
- Remote Amazon Jungle
- Cusco Navel of the Universe
- Colourful bustling La Paz
- Scenic Island of the Sun Lake Titicaca
- Curious Reed islands of Lake Titicaca
- Stunning Rio de Janeiro
- Spectacular Iguaçu Falls
- Delicious juicy steaks in Argentina
Begin this amazing adventure by heading direct to Lima via Santiago. Here you will spend two nights to recover from the jetlag and time to explore this capital of Peru – known as City of Kings. From here, it’s into the Amazon Jungle for an encounter you won’t forget. Fly to remote Puerto Maldonado on the Rio Madre de Dios, still unspoiled, where animal and bird spotting is among the best in South America.
Next we find ourselves with so much to see and do as you explore Cusco the Inca temples and quaint cobble-stone villages where life goes on as it did so many years ago. Arrive into beautiful red-tiled Cusco, fabled Navel of the Universe, to explore the Inca Empire – still alive today – and prepare to hike the legendary Inca Trail to the 'lost city of the incas' Machu Picchu. For those not wishing to take up the challenge of the Inca Trail we have an exciting alternative programme – see shaded days of the detailed itinerary.
One of the world’s great train journeys takes you upwards and onwards to Puno, on the shores of tranquil Lake Titicaca, where you can experience life on the floating reed islands while visiting the Uros Indians. Stop overnight in sleepy Copacabana on the lake where you will visit the scenic and tranquil Island of the Sun – legendary birthplace of the sun as it rose out of the lake.
We then take a picture postcard route to La Paz situated at 3900 metres above sea level and where ancient cultures meet the new millineum. This bustling city is unique, with bowler-hatted ladies selling their fruit and veges on the pavement outside towering skyscrapers.
Leaving the Andes you fly to elegant Buenos Aires and then to the spectacular Iguacu Falls, stretching 3kms along the borders of Brazil, Paraquay and Argentina. Explore both the Brazil and Argentine sides - these falls are description defying !
Then to stunning Rio de Janeiro - ciudade marvelloso' -
Return home via after a fantastic trip and with lasting memories of a culturally rich and geographically diverse continent.
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