Hummingbird

Summary of nights: 22 days, 19 nights: Rio 2; Iguazú 2; Asunción 1; Santa Cruz 1; Sucre 2; La Paz 3; Lake Titicaca 1; Puno 1; Cusco 2; Sacred Valley 1; Machu Picchu 1; Cusco 1; Lima 1.

• Rio de Janeiro - cable car up Sugar Loaf mountain to view the 'Marvellous City'.
• The stunning Iguazú waterfalls - stay within the national park with a falls view room.
• Colourful capital of Bolivia, La Paz is an exotic city in a spectacular location.
• Lake Titicaca - shimmering lakeshore stay.
• Travel by luxury train across the starkly beautiful Peruvian altiplano
• Cusco - Inca and colonial treasures abound in this historic city.
• The jungle-clad mountain citadel of Machu Picchu - spend a night near the ruins in award-winning accommodation.

Holiday Itinerary

Day 1 UK clients depart arriving Rio the next morning.
Days 2-3 Excursion up Sugar Loaf mountain and explore Rio.
Days 4-5 Fly to Iguacu and visit Argentine and Brazilian side of the Falls.
Day 6 Drive to Asunción, Paraguay.
Day 7 Fly to Santa Cruz, in the Bolivian lowlands.
Day 8 Time to enjoy Sucre.
Day 9 Excursion to the colourful Tarabuco market.
Days 10-11 Fly to La Paz and explore the city.
Day 12 Visit the pre-Inca site of Tiwanaku.
Day 13 Drive along the Cordillera Real to Lake Titicaca.
Day 14 Journey onwards skirting the lake to Puno.
Day 15 Luxury train to Cusco.
Day 16 Explore the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
Day 17 Train to Machu Picchu, overnight in nearby hotel.
Day 18 Return to Cusco.
Day 19 Tour of Cusco and Inca sites.
Day 20 Fly to Lima.
Day 21 Fly to UK, arriving day 22.

A few days to spare?

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Tour Profile

Transport: 5 flights (1-2½ hrs each), 3 scenic land journeys (longest 6hrs), 3 luxury rail journeys (10 hrs and 3½ hrs).
Accommodation: First class and superior medium class hotels.
Meals: Breakfast daily, lunch days 9,14,15,17 full-board day 18.
Included excursions: Sugar Loaf Mountain; Iguazú Falls; Tarabuco market; city tour Cusco; Sacred Valley; Machu Picchu.