Iguazu Falls - Manaus - Rio de Janeiro
Arrival to Iguazu. Meet and greet and transfer to your hotel, the Belmond Das Cataratas, the only hotel located within the National Park itself. The fabulous UNESCO World Heritage Iguazu falls, the most voluminous falls in the world and more than three times the width of the Niagara Falls. The falls are set in a subtropical rain forest reserve of over 180,000 hectares, Iguazu is home to jaguar, puma, caiman and over 400 species of bird. Dinner at your hotel.
Meals: D
Day 2. IGUAZU (All meals)After breakfast, a full day private excursion of the Iguazu falls, the most voluminous falls in the world and more than three times the width of the Niagara Falls. The falls lie on the three borders of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. The tour will include a Macuco safari boat ride on the Parana River, heading towards the Iguazu falls themselves. Return to your hotel for lunch. In the afternoon, cross the border to the Paraguayan side of to visit the Itaipu Dam, one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world. Return to your hotel for accommodation and dinner.
Meals: All meals
Day 3. IGUAZU -RIO DE JANEIRO - MANAUS (Breakfast and dinner)After breakfast, enjoy a fly-over tour by helicopter of the Iguazu Falls before transfer to the airport for the flight to Manaus. Depending on your arrival time, you may either transfer directly to your Amazon lodge or spend one night in Manaus.
Meals: B & D
Day 4. MANAUS - ANAVILHANAS JUNGLE LODGE (All meals)After breakfast, pick up from your hotel for the land transfer to the Anavilhanas Jungle lodge, a small and fashionable Jungle Hotel across from Anavilhanas National Park, on the margins of Rio Negro (Negro River) and 180 kilometers (112 miles) outside of Manaus. The journey will take about 4 hours. Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge is the only Hotel in Northern Brazil to be part of the Associação de Roteiros de Charme (Charm Itinerary Association). Dinner followed by Alligator spotting in the rainforest.
Meals: All meals
Day 5. ANAVILHANAS JUNGLE LODGE (All meals)After breakfast, enjoy a jungle hike with your naturalist guide before returning for lunch. In the afternoon, visit the River to view Pink Dolphins before returning for dinner.
Meals: All meals
Day 6. ANAVILHANAS JUNGLE LODGE - RIO DE JANEIRO (Breakfast)An early sunrise tour over the magnificent Amazon jungle before breakfast. Return to Manaus by car and transfer to the airport for your flight to Rio de Janeiro. Arrival in Rio, reception and transfer to the 5* Copacabana Palace Hotel, one of the world's greatest hotels. Opened in 1923, this is Rio's most luxurious hotel and a member of the Orient-Express Hotel group.
Meals: B
Day 7. RIO DE JANEIRO (Breakfast and lunch)After breakfast, a full day private visit of the "marvelous city" including a sightseeing tour to Sugar Loaf Mountain. A two-stage cable car takes you to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain where you will enjoy a splendid view of Rio, Copacabana Beach, and Guanabara Bay. Lunch before a visit to Corcovado, the mountain home to the world famous, Christo de Redentor statue for a magnificent 360° panoramic view of Rio. The Tijuca forest, a luxuriant tropical forest only minutes away is considered the largest urban forest in the world. Return to your hotel.
Meals: B & L
Day 8. RIO DE JANEIRO (Breakfast)Free day at leisure before transfer to the airport for your return flight home.
Meals: B
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