Overview & Highlights
This luxurious 3-country escorted group tour to the wilderness of Patagonia and the continent’s most exciting cities is one of our crème de la crème holidays. From Rio, pausing en route at the colossal Iguazú Falls and graceful Buenos Aires, you travel across the Andes at its most beautiful pass, by boat on Lake Todos los Santos.
- Rio de Janeiro: city tour including Sugarloaf and Corcovado mountain
- Iguazú Falls: Brazilian and Argentinian sides
- Buenos Aires: city tour
- Bariloche: Circuito Chico tour of lake district
- Bariloche: full day lake crossing from Argentina to Chile
- Torres del Paine National Park: full program of included excursions including cruise on Lago Grey
- Santiago: guided visit to a vineyard
This trip combines the haunting beauty of Patagonia’s glacier-carved Torres del Paine, the Iguazú Falls and the Patagonian lake district with three of the continent's most vibrant and exciting cities: Rio de Janeiro; Buenos Aires and Santiago. Travel in comfort: all your transport is private and the accommodation is among the best locally.
Your journey begins in Rio, a high-rise chaotic masterpiece squeezed between the ocean surf and precipitous forested mountains. Spend a couple of days close to the roaring Iguazú Falls, deep in the rainforest on the Brazilian-Argentine border, before discovering the grand boulevards and cafés of cosmopolitan Buenos Aires. After traversing the Andean cordillera on the spectacular lakes crossing you jet further south to explore southern Chile's jagged snow-dipped peaks, glacial lakes and the ice-carved landscape of the Torres del Paine National Park. Your trip ends with a smooth glass of Carmenère in the lush surrounds of a vineyard just outside Santiago. .
Outline itinerary
UK clients depart on direct flight arriving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the same day
Day 1
Overnight overlooking Copacabana beach.
Day 2
City tour guided and excursion to Sugar Loaf Mountain.
Day 3
Visit to Corcovado Mountain.
Day 4
Fly to Iguaçú, cross into Argentina. Visit the Brazilian side of the Iguaçú Falls.
Day 5
Excursion to the Argentine side of the falls.
Day 6
Fly to Buenos Aires.
Days 7-8
Further explore the Argentine capital or nearby Uruguay.
Day 9-10
Fly to Bariloche in the lake district. Enjoy the Circuito Chico.
Day 11
Trans-Andean lake crossing to Puerto Varas, Chile.
Day 12
Optional visit to Chiloé Island.
Day 13
Fly to Punta Arenas; by road to your lodge.
Days 14-15
Explore Torres del Paine, on a number of included excursions.
Day 16
Drive to Punta Arenas.
Day 17
Fly to Santiago, explore the capital.
Day 18
Visit a nearby vineyard; optional visit to Valparaiso.
Day 19
Depart for international flight or extension.
UK clients arrive home the following day.
Things to do
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Accommodation
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Chile / Islands and fjords of southern Patagonia
Hotel Cabo de Hornos
Argentina / Argentine lake district
Hotel Cacique Inacayal
Chile / Santiago and the vineyards
Hotel Cumbres Lastarria
Chile / Chilean Lake District (south)
Hotel Cumbres Puerto Varas
Chile / Torres del Paine National Park
Hotel Lago Grey
Argentina / Iguazu Falls – Argentinian side / Iguazu Falls
Loi Suites Iguazu Hotel
Argentina / Buenos Aires
Recoleta Grand
Brazil / Rio de Janeiro
Windsor Miramar
Holiday Extensions
If there's somewhere you particularly want to go that isn't included in this tour, we can add on an extension to take you there.
What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
A well organised trip with mainly very knowledgeable guides. We would definitely book a group tour again as it took away a lot of hassle.
JW, St Albans
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Our specialists have been expertly crafting award-winning tailor-made holidays to Latin America for 40 years. We would be delighted to create a truly personalised trip which perfectly matches your wishes and requirements.
Ben Line - Travel Consultant
Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Manager of the Tailor-made Department.
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Chris Rendell-Dunn - Travel Consultant
Anglo-Peruvian Chris grew up in Lima and spent much of his adult life in between London and Cusco as a tour leader, before settling permanently in our Sales team.
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Sophie Barber - Travel Consultant
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Paul Winrow-Giffin - Travel Consultant
After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.
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Hannah Waterhouse - Travel Consultant
Hannah had an early introduction to Latin America when her family moved to Ecuador and she returned to study in Buenos Aires for a year before backpacking across the continent.
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Ben Line - Travel Consultant
Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Manager of the Tailor-made Department.
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Born in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, Mary’s insider knowledge and dry sense of humour make her a highly valued member of the Tailor-made team.
