Brazil Luxury - Highlights Tour

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Rio de Janeiro is the picture postcard city on the Atlantic coast with great beaches, the fabulous Sugar Loaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer statue, now a new 7th wonder of the world.

Iguazu Falls, the most voluminous waterfalls on the planet are 4 times the size of the Niagara Falls and visits to both the Brazilian and Argentinean sides are necessary to fully appreciate this most incredible site.

Manaus, the capital of the Amazon region in Brazil is a humid and exciting starting point for your excursion into the Amazon jungle The Amazon is the largest rainforest in the world and home to so many species of flora and fauna that many have yet to be named by science.

Full Itinerary

• Day 1. Rio de Janeiro (D)

  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.

  Dinner at the superb Cipriani restaurant, already rated among the city's best.

• Day 2. Rio de Janeiro (B, L & D)

  After breakfast, a full day visit of the “marvelous city” including a 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). Return to your hotel and dinner at the Pergula restaurant.

• Day 3. Rio de Janeiro (B, L & D)

  After breakfast, a half day visit to Corcovado, the mountain home to the world famous, Christo de Redentor statue for a magnificent 360° panoramic view of Rio. After, a trip to the Tijuca forest, a luxuriant tropical forest only minutes away from this huge metropolis. The Tijuca Forest is considered the largest urban forest in the world. It has 330 square kms of preserved Mata Atlântica (Tropical Forest), the highest mountaintops of Rio, waterfalls and hidden caves. A rich flora, with a great biodiversity and an incomparable natural beauty. The caves in the Tijuca Forest are formed of limestone and were originally formed by movements of the crust that caused the collapse of stones from the Papagaio Peak and the Archer Mountain. Return for lunch and an afternoon of leisure to enjoy the city. Dinner at an international restaurant.

• Day 4. Rio de Janeiro (B, L & D)

  A full day private visit by boat to the tropical islands around Rio. The Tropical Islands that permeate Sepetiba Bay are a natural paradise situated only a few short kilometres from the city.

  The tour begins by private transfer in the direction of the fishing village of Itacuruçá, where you will board a private saveiro (schooner) for a cruise through Itacuruçá Bay, bypassing several beautiful islands and tropical forests that rise from the sea.

  During the cruise, there will be stops for swimming on semi-desert beaches to give even more charm to this fabulous tour. Lunch is served on the island: an assortment of wonderful fish stews, assorted seafood, salads and barbecue of your choice. After lunch, there is free time to enjoy the beach on the island. Board of the schooner for your return to Itacuruçá and return to Rio. Dinner.

• Day 5. Rio de Janeiro – Iguazu (B, L & D)

  Transfer to the airport for the flight to Iguazu. Reception and transfer to your hotel, the fabulous Tropical Das Cataratas, an elegant colonial-style hotel located inside the Iguaçú National Park itself. It is the only hotel on the Brazilian side of the Iguazu Falls that face the Iguaçú Falls. After lunch, free time to enjoy this wonderful world heritage site. Dinner at the hotel.

• Day 6. Iguazu (B, L & D)

  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.

• Day 7. Iguazu – Argentina side (B, L & D)

  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. Return to Brazil and your hotel.

• Day 8. Iguazu - Rio de Janeiro - Manaus (B & D)

  After breakfast, transfer to the airport for the flight to Sao Paulo and your connecting flight to Manaus. Transfer to your hotel, the 5* Hotel Tropical Manaus. Dinner.

• Day 9. Manaus – Ariau Towers (B, L & D)

  After breakfast, pick up from your hotel for the boat ride to Ariau Towers, a hotel built among the Amazon treetops: with catwalks 70 feet above the ground leading from a great circular dining room of polished tropical wood, and with monkeys, macaws, sloths, and parrots throughout this incredible luxurious tree top Amazonian resort. After lunch, reconnaissance tour by motorized canoes visiting native’s houses. Dinner.

• Day 10. Ariau Towers (B, L & D)

  After breakfast, a jungle trek with Biologist guides. Opportunity for piranha fishing and after dinner, a torch-light foray in search of Alligators.

• Day 11. Ariau Towers (B, L & D)

  After breakfast, a canoe ride to the native Acajatuba Village and Praia Grande. Lunch at the hotel followed by an agarape and Igapo ride through the river system of the Amazon. Return for dinner.

• Day 12. Ariau Towers – Manaus – Sao Paulo (B, L & D)

  An early sunrise tour over the magnificent Amazon jungle before breakfast. Return to Manaus by helicopter and .transfer to the airport for your flight to Sao Paulo and your return flight home.

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Tour Prices

• Luxury 5 star standard rooms

  • Price per person US$7760.00 - based on two people sharing.
  • Single supplement US$2150.00

• Luxury 5 star suites

  • Price per person US$8250.00 - based on two people sharing.
  • Single supplement US$2500.00

Do note that US passport holders require a visa to enter Brazil and a yellow fever certificate is compulsory.

Tour Price Includes:

• 8 night's accommodation in twin/double rooms at luxury hotels with private bathroom and breakfast, 3 night’s at the luxury Ariau Towers Amazon Lodge.
• All transfers, tours and excursions as per itinerary in private service (excluding the Amazon jungle) with English speaking guides.
• All meals as per itinerary denoted by B, L and D.

Tour Price Does Not Include:

• International air tickets and associated taxes.
• Meals not specified on the itinerary.
• Personal expenses such as telephone bills, laundry expenses, beverages, etc.
• Insurance against theft, loss, illness and/or accident etc.
• Baggage porterage and other extras not specified.

Hotels

Rio De Janeiro Hotels

Copacabana Palace Hotel. (Subject to availability.)

Iguazu Hotels

Das Cataratas Hotel. (Subject to availability.)

Manaus Hotels

Tropical Manaus Eco Resort Hotel. (Subject to availability.)

Amazon Lodge

Ariau Towers