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.
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. .
- 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
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Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Rio, 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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Brazil / Rio de Janeiro
Windsor Miramar
Argentina / Iguazu Falls – Argentinian side / Iguazu Falls
Loi Suites Iguazu Hotel
Argentina / Buenos Aires
Palladio Hotel Buenos Aires
Argentina / Argentine lake district
Hotel Cacique Inacayal
Chile / Chilean Lake District (south)
Hotel Cumbres Puerto Varas
Chile / Torres del Paine National Park
Hotel Lago Grey
Chile / Islands and fjords of southern Patagonia
Hotel Cabo de Hornos
Chile / Santiago and the vineyards
Hotel Cumbres Lastarria
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
Our Expert's Opinion
What I love about this trip is that you start on the beaches of Rio and two weeks later you are marvelling at glaciers in Patagonia. Along the way, you've tangoed in Buenos Aires, crossed the Andes by boat and seen all manner of wildlife, waterfalls and volcanoes - all the while enjoying amazing food and wine!
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