Private Luxury Brazil & Buenos Aires Tour

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.

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. After lunch, a trip to the heart of Rio for a historical city tour including Santa Teresa, the Teatro Municipal and the Fine Arts Museum. The trip also includes a visit to the São Bento Monastery, the Candelaria (the candle-makers), Praça XV (where the royal family landed when they first arrived in Rio. Paço Imperial was their first residence), the "Travessa do Mercado", the Imperial Palace, the cultural centre located in the beautifully-restored Banco do Brasil and Casa Franca-Brazil (a masterpiece by the architect Grandjean de Montigny). Return to your hotel.

After breakfast, a half day visit to Corcovado, the mountain home to the world famous, Christo de Redentor statue for a magnificent 360º panoramic view of Rio. Return to your hotel for an afternoon of leisure. In the evening enjoy an authentic Samba & dinner show in the Lapa District.

Day 4. RIO DE JANEIRO - IGUAZU (Breakfast)

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to Iguazu. Transfer to your hotel, the Das Cataratas. Free afternoon to enjoy this wonderful world heritage site.

Full day 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.

Today, you will cross the border and enter Argentina for a closer view of these magnificent falls. Set in a subtropical rain forest reserve of over 180,000 hectares, Iguazu is home to jaguars, pumas, caiman and over 400 species of bird. It also offers a chance of seeing the falls close up. Transfer to the airport for the flight to Buenos Aires.
Arrival, reception and transfer to your hotel, the deluxe Alvear Palace Hotel.

After breakfast, a private city tour of perhaps the most cosmopolitan metropolis in South America. Most of the population is of European descent and the city is reminiscent of Paris. It is situated on the Rio de la Plata, and as its name suggests, it is the city of good winds. The tour will include a visit to the Plaza de Mayo, the hub of the city centre and where many public buildings such as the Catedral Metropolitana can be found. At the east end, you will find the Casa Rosada presidential palace with the famous balcony from which Juan and Evita Peron greeted the masses. A visit will also be lade to the Teatro Colon, found at the intersection of Cirrito and Tucuman the world-class opera house that opened in 1908 with a presentation of Aida. It seats 2500 spectators and offers standing room for another 1000. There is also a museum featuring instruments, costumes and photographs of performers. You shall also visit La Boca, Buenos Aires' most colourful neighbourhood. San Telmo, just a few blocks south of Plaza de Mayo is the artist's quarter, what some believe to be Buenos Aires' most interesting feature.
Return to your hotel. In the evening, dinner & tango Show in La Esquina Carlos Gardel, the foremost tango house in Buenos Aires.

After breakfast, a private visit a typical "estancia" in the pampas. A delicious lunch will be served where you will also be able to appreciate the ranching work of the true South American cowboy, the gaucho. Return to your hotel in Buenos Aires.

Free day at leisure. We can arrange a day of riding in the countryside, a wine tasting session, cooking classes, a football tour or just enjoy a free day at leisure.

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight home.