South American loop

33 days from £7,543

The ultimate Grand Tour. This is a dazzling whistle-stop "best of South America" holiday including most of South America’s main highlights.

This Trip of a Lifetime will show you how easy it is to travel between the highlights, but you may well decide to miss out some places, linger longer in others or continue to Brazil, with visits to the Iguazu Falls, Rio de Janeiro and the Amazon. You'll also visit others of South America's principal attractions, including the Galápagos Islands, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, the Atacama desert and Patagonia.

Suggested Holiday Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive Quito, stay 2 nights.
Day 2: City tour.
Day 3: Fly to the Galápagos Islands, and embark on a 4 day cruise.
Day 4: Galápagos cruise with guided shore excursions.
Day 5: Galápagos cruise with guided shore excursions.
Day 6: Disembark and fly to Guayaquil, stay 1 night.
Day 7: Fly to Lima, Peru. Stay 1 night.
Day 8: Fly to Cuzco, stay 2 nights.
Day 9: Excursion to the Sacred Valley of the Incas and Ollantaytambo.
Day 10: Train to Machu Picchu. Guided tour of the ruins. Overnight in Aguas Calientes.
Day 11: Train to Cuzco, stay 1 night.
Day 12: Coach to Puno on Lake Titicaca, stay 2 nights.
Day 13: Excursion to Uros islands.
Day 14: Drive and boat to La Paz, stay 2 nights.
Day 15: City tour, excursion to the Valley of the Moon.
Day 16: Fly to Sucre and drive to Potosí, stay for 1 night.
Day 17: Stay 3 nights in the Uyuni area, exploring by 4WD.
Day 18: Excusions by 4WD.
Day 19: Excusions by 4WD.
Day 20: Drive into Chile to San Pedro de Atacama in the Atacama desert, stay for 2 nights.
Day 21: At leisure in the Atacama desert.
Day 22: Fly to Santiago, stay for 1 night.
Day 23: Drive to the Colchagua Valley vineyards, stay for 2 nights.
Day 24: Vineyard excursions.
Day 25: Fly to Punta Arenas and drive to Torres del Paine National Park, stay for 3 nights.
Day 26: Excursions in Torres del Paine.
Day 27: Excursions in Torres del Paine.
Day 28: Drive to El Calafate in Argentina, stay for 2 nights.
Day 29: Excursion to Perito Moreno glacier.
Day 30: Fly to Buenos Aires. stay 3 nights.
Day 31: City tour.
Day 32: At leisure in Buenos Aires.
Day 33: Transfer to airport.

Owing to many clients' preference for flexibility, and the variation in flight price according to season and availability, the price quoted excludes the cost of international flights, which we will happily arrange for you. Flights to Latin America can be daytime or overnight, while the return flight is always overnight, so you will need to add at least one day to arrive at the total length of your holiday. 

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