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Quick Itinerary: La Paz - Uyuni - Rio de Janeiro - Iguazu
8 Days / 7 Nights
As you arrive into La Paz airport and exit customs and baggage, you will be warmly welcomed by our driver. You will be assisted with your luggage before driven to your 3 star hotel in a private vehicle.
Day 2. LA PAZ (Breakfast)After breakfast, city tour of La Paz, with a unique topography containing few flat areas and protected by its eternal guardian, the snow peak of Ilimani (6402m). Housing the seat of government, La Paz is a city of contrast, between both ancient and modern. A visit will also be made to the Valley of the Moon. The city centre sites include the Plaza Murillo (with its presidential palace, national congress and metropolitan cathedral), museums, and many interesting markets. A visit to the valley of the moon in the afternoon.
Day 3. LA PAZ - UYUNI - LA PAZ (Breakfast & lunch)Very early transfer to the airport for the 6.30am flight to Uyuni. Arrival at 07.15 and pick up for the private tour to Colchani. Colchani is a village that lives off the Salt production on the Salar. We will see how they mine and process the salt with their rustic instruments and tools. From Colchani we will drive west into the great Salar de Uyuni. Stopping at the Salt Mounts where the locals dry the salt before they process it. Next we will drive into the blinding whiteness of the Salar and head towards the Isla Incahuasi. This is the official visitor's island on the Salar. Here we hike around one of Bolivia´s most amazing sites. The surreal island surrounded by a sea of salt is home to huge cacti, some over 1000 years old. As well as a stranded colony of Vischachas (hopping rabbits akin to the chinchilla family). After hiking on the ‘Island', a packed lunch before returning to Uyuni for the 15.30 flight to La Paz. Arrival and transfer to your hotel.
Day 4. LA PAZ - RIO DE JANEIRO (Breakfast)Transfer to airport for the flight to Rio de Janeiro. Arrival in Rio, reception and transfer to your hotel. Free day at leisure.
Day 5. RIO DE JANEIRO (Breakfast)After breakfast, a full day 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. After lunch (not included) a visit to Corcovado, the mountain home to the world famous, Christo de Redentor statue for a magnificent 360° panoramic view of Rio. Take the train to the top of the mountain. Return to your hotel.
Day 6. RIO DE JANEIRO (Breakfast)Free day to enjoy the beaches and downtown area. We can also arrange at additional cost a visit to Santa for a historical tour if interested. The tour would include the Teatro Municipal and the Fine Arts Museum, and Praça XV (where the royal family landed when they first arrived in Rio.
Day 7. RIO DE JANEIRO - IGUAZU (Breakfast)Transfer to the airport for the flight to Iguazu. Arrival and transfer to your hotel. Today, enjoy a full day visit to 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 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.
Day 8. IGUAZU - RIO DE JANEIRO (Breakfast)Today, you will cross the border into Argentina. The Argentinean side of Iguazu allows for a close appreciation. 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. Return and transfer to the airport for your flight to Rio de Janeiro and connecting flight home.
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Based on a group of 10
Tour price based on Mirador Rio Copacabana hotel: US$1773.00 per person
Tour price based on Americas Copacabana hotel: US$1897.00 per person
Tour price based on Windsor Leme hotel: US$2169.00 per person
Additional domestic flights: Approximately US$850.00 per person subject to change
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