The vineyards of South America are waiting for you!
Photo: Matetic Winery Emporio
Escorted Tour Cost:
Double Occupancy: $4,259.00CAD per person
- Single Supplement: $1,239.00CAD (Add to double occupancy rate)
- Domestic Flight Taxes: $25.00CAD taxes
- (Flight Taxes are subject to change at the time of ticketing)
Photo: Tango & Salsa in South America
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:
- Rustic charm at LA CASONA at
Matetic Vineyards in Chile
- Panoramic City Tour of Santiago
- Panoramic City tour of Mendoza
- City Tour of Buenos Aires
- Tour and Wine Tasting at The Vines Resort and Spa in Mendoza
- Private City tour in Buenos Aires
- Welcome dinner at Como Agua para Chocolate Restaurant
- Winery Tours at Vina Emiliana & Vina Matetic
- Wine tasting and lunch in the Lujan de Cuyo region
- Argentinean Experience Evening in Buenos Aires
- Lunch and Wine Tasting at La Cava del Querandi Winery
- Dinner and Tango Show at Tango Porteño in Buenos Aires
Photo: Buenos Aires city centre fountains
TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES:
- Domestic airfare within Chile and Argentina
- (Fare subject to change at the time of booking)
- 9-nights’ accommodation with buffet breakfast
- Private Transfers and tours as per the itinerary with English speaking guide
- Meals as per the itinerary with drinks – (3 lunches & 3 dinners)
- Entrance fee to sites
- Wine Tasting as per the itinerary
- Tango Show in Buenos Aires
- Argentinean Experience Cooking Class
- Porterage (01 Piece of luggage per person)
- Water aboard the bus (1 bottle per person / per day)
- Hotel and service charges
- Credit Card Merchant Fee
Photo: General Baquedano - Santiago de Chile
TOUR PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
- International Airfare
- Flight taxes on domestic internal flights
- Additional excursions not indicated
- Meals other than those indicated
- Telephone Calls Laundry Items of a personal nature
- Gratuities to drivers, guides and restaurant staff
- Travel Insurance
- Items not mentioned or outlined in the itinerary
- ESCORTED LAND ONLY TOUR:
- Min. 10 passengers needed for this tour to operate at this price
Itinerary:
Travel Dates: March 8 - 17, 2022
Day 1 – SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Photo: WTC - Santiago, Chile
Welcome to Chile!
- Arrival in Santiago, meeting, and welcome by our local representative
- Transfer to your hotel (hotel check in starts at 300pm)
- Welcome dinner at Como Agua para
Chocolate Restaurant with transfers
included
- Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental – Standard Room (D)
Day 2 – WINE TOURS
Photo: Grapes on the vine
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Full day tour visiting 2 wineries in the area including wine tasting with lunch included
- Located in the Rosario Valley
- Viña Emiliana & Viña Matetic,
- both vineyards are 100% organic & biodynamic vineyards with principles
- followed in working the land and how they result in the finest of wines
- Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental – Standard room (B/ L)
Day 3 – SANTIAGO DE CHILE - MENDOZA
Photo: Aerial view of Santiago, Chile
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Check out at the hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight to Mendoza.
- You will do a city tour of Santiago
- Featuring the city’s main attractions to the historic city center
- The Central Plaza as a highlight (Plaza de Armas)
- Kilometer Zero and
- Crucial center of the capital
- The Metropolitan Cathedral
- A tour through the civic district
- With the ministerial building surrounding the government’s house,
- The Palacio de la Moneda and conclude the historical area
- With a tour to the old and stately neighborhoods of the old “high society”,
- Full of exquisite architectonic
- Arrive in the capital city of Mendoza at the end of the day (a city located at the foot of The Andes)
- Transfer to your hotel located in Maipu Valley
- Rest of the day at leisure
- Accommodation: Hotel Esplendor by Wyndham – Concept Room (B)
Day 4 – MENDOZA
Photo: Scenic drive down the avenue
- Breakfast at your hotel
- You will enjoy a panoramic city tour of Mendoza
- It covers Independence Square
- The main avenues and the civic area
- The foundational area
- The Aquarium
- General San Martin Park
- The Cerro de la Gloria
- From where we have a panoramic view of the city
- Return to the hotel in the afternoon with the rest of the day at leisure
- Accommodation: Hotel Esplendor by Wyndham – Concept Room (B)
Day 5 – MENDOZA Saturday
Photo: Mendoza Argentina Vineyard
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Visit another typical winery in Lujan de Cuyo area including wine tasting
- Lunch
- During the tour, lunch is planned at one of the wineries visited
- At the end of the tour, you will return to your hotel
- Wineries located in this Zone
- Department of
- Luján:
- Casarena
- Achaval Ferrer
- Renacer
- Dante Robino
- Nieto Senetiner
- Kaiken
- Vistalba
- Lagarde
- Clos de Chacras
- Alta Vista
- Dominio del Plata
- Septima
- Chandon
- Norton
- Cruzat
- Accommodation: Hotel Esplendor by Wyndham – Concept Room (B/L)
Day 6 – MENDOZA – BUENOS AIRES
Photo: Beautiful Puerto-Madero
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Transfer to Mendoza Airport for your flight to Buenos Aires
- Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, welcome by our local representative and transfer to the hotel
- This Evening: Dinner and Tango Show at Tango Porteno
- "Chanta Cuatro" opened its doors in 1893, as a two-floor restaurant and hotel.
- Among its premises,
- There was a "bochas" alley, a traditional game at that time that originated the peculiar name of the place
- After the show return to your hotel
- Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental - Deluxe Room (B/D)
Note: There is a new tourist tax that will start applying from March 01st, 2020 at the hotels in Buenos Aires for the Intercontinental the tax will be $1.50 USD per person per night to be paid locally at the time of checkout
Day 7 – BUENOS AIRES
Photo: Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Morning City Tour of Buenos Aires
- We will start our visit to Plaza de Mayo
- The center of the most important political and social events in Argentine history
- Surrounding this square stands the Government House also known as the Pink House
- The old city hall or Cabildo and the Metropolitan Cathedral
- We continue southward to visit La Boca colourful neighbourhood
- We will end our tour with a visit to San Telmo,
- The historical and most representative neighbourhood of the city.
- Next, we go to Palermo, a residential neighbourhood with elegant mansions surrounded by green spaces
- Visit the Recoleta Cemetery to see its valuable works of art and Evita's tomb.
- Enjoy a lunch and wine tasting at La Cava del Querandi
- You will have an imaginary tour
- Guided by a sommelier of the winery
- Gathering the vintages and vine-stock more representative of each region
- Rest of the afternoon at leisure
- Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental - Deluxe Room (B/L)
Day 8 – BUENOS AIRES
Photo: Iguassu Falls, Argentina
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Day at leisure with 3 optional tours to choose from
- Optional Full Day Tour to Iguassu Falls (Quoted separately below)
- Optional Overnight Tour to Iguassu Falls w/ Accommodation (Quoted separately below)
- Optional Full Day Tour - Fiesta Gaucha with BBQ lunch
- Private transfers, shared services at the Estancia (Quoted Separately below)
- Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental – Deluxe Room (B)
Day 9 – BUENOS AIRES
Photo: Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires
- Breakfast at your hotel
- Day at leisure to explore your surroundings
- Visit an Art Gallery or museum or just do some last-minute shopping
- This evening you will participate in the Argentinean Experience
- Private transfer with English Speaking guide - (Shared Dinner with English Service)
- Return to the hotel after dinner
- Accommodation: Hotel Intercontinental - Deluxe Room (B/D)
Day 10 – DEPARTURE
Photo: The Obelisk in Buenos Aires at night
- Breakfast at your hotel
- This morning is at your own leisure to relax before check out
- At 12:00noon you will check out of your hotel
- Transfer to Buenos Aires Airport for your flight back to Canada (B)
Optional FULL DAY Excursion - Fiesta Gaucha with BBQ Lunch
- Private transfers, shared services at Estancia Ranch
- Please request a description of this excursion.
- Cost: $405.00CAD Per Person
- Min. 02 passengers required for tour to operate
Optional FULL DAY Excursion to Iguassu Falls
Please
request a description of this excursion.
- Cost: $979.00CAD Per Person
- Domestic Flight Taxes: $45.00CAD taxes (Flight Taxes are subject to change at the time of ticketing)
- Min. 02 passengers required for tour to operate
Optional OVERNIGHT tour with Accommodation to Iguassu
Falls
Please request a description of this excursion.
- Panoramic Grand Hotel – Standard Room
- Double Occupancy: $1,389.00CAD per person
- Single Supplement: $140.00CAD (For Hotel - Add to double occupancy rate)
- Domestic Flight Taxes: $45.00CAD
- Flight Taxes are subject to change at the time of ticketing
- Melia Iguazu hotel – Falls View Room
- Double Occupancy: $1,697.00CAD per
person
Single Supplement: $487.00CAD (For Hotel - Add to double occupancy rate) - Domestic Flight Taxes: $45.00CAD - Flight Taxes are subject to change at the time of ticketing
- Min. 02 passengers required for tour to operate
- Double Occupancy: $1,697.00CAD per
person
OPTIONAL POST TOUR: SALTA 4N/5D
An optional post tour to Salta is available for those interested in extending their trip. Please ask for details.
- Double Occupancy: $2,029.00CAD per person
- Single Supplement: $459.00CAD (For Hotel - Add to double occupancy rate)
- Domestic Flight Taxes: $66.00CAD - Flight Taxes are subject to change at the time of ticketing
- Min. 02 passengers required for tour to operate