South American Discovery with Brazil's Amazon & Galápagos Cruise

27 days from Manaus to Guayaquil
Rum and rumba. Ruins and rainforests. Rio and revelry. This carefree vacation to South America has just the R&R you crave. From Brazil to Argentina and Peru to Ecuador, this multi-country tour of South America delivers a healthy dose of take-me-away scenery, sights, and sizzling culture. Sip caipirinhas at the top of Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. Learn the sultry steps of the tango in breezy Buenos Aires. Put down your book and lose yourself in the real-life mystery of Machu Picchu.

With health, wealth, and safe travels bestowed upon you at a traditional Mother Earth Ceremony in Peru’s Sacred Valley, you’ll feel even more blessed beside the magical mist of the roaring Iguassu Falls, taste the creative cuisine in the world-renowned culinary capital of Lima, and travel back five centuries as you stroll along the stone streets of the Inca capital of Cusco. Looking for the perfect introduction to sensational South America? Get more familiar with fantastic South America at the “Meeting of the Waters” where the chocolate-hued Rio Negro flows alongside the yellowish Rio Solimões without ever mixing. You’ll also enjoy Naturalist-guided walks to see flora and fauna and spend time with a Caboclo local when you begin your tour of South America with a vacation package to Brazil’s Amazon. With your inner historian awakened, don’t forget your inner naturalist! Cruise around the famed Galápagos archipelago, where you’ll share the shores with every native species from the blue-footed boobies to the pint-size penguin. A meet-and-greet with a colony of sea lions seals the deal on this wondrous extension to your South America vacation.
All This. Included
Special features included in this tour:

• Private guided sightseeing in Manaus includes the opera house and a local farmers market
• 2-night Amazon eco-lodge experience with activities
• Guided sightseeing in Rio de Janeiro includes Sugarloaf Mountain cable car with a regional cocktail, cog railway up Corcovado Mountain to the foot of the Christ the Redeemer statue, the Cathedral and more
• Visit both sides of Iguassu Falls with a Local Guide
• Guided sightseeing in Buenos Aires includes a walk through the San Telmo and La Boca neighborhoods and a tour of Recoleta Cemetery
• Private Tango lesson followed by dinner and a show
• Authentic estancia experience with a traditional lunch
• Guided sightseeing in Lima includes San Francisco Monastery, a tour of the Larco Museum, and a walk through a Peruvian market with a Local Guide
• Guided sightseeing in the Sacred Valley includes Kenko Amphitheatre, Puca Pucara, a Mother Earth Ceremony with a local Shaman, Pisaq Market, Ollantaytambo and a visit to a local Incan home
• Scenic roundtrip train ride through the Andes to Machu Picchu
• Guided tour of Machu Picchu with second entry
• Sightseeing in Cusco includes Santo Domingo Monastery and Sacsayhuaman
• Guided city sightseeing of Quito
• 4-night cruise onboard the Galápagos Legend
• All internal flights as noted in the itinerary