Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 0	4/8/2027				Fly to Rio de Janeiro
DAY 1
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 1	4/9/2027	Arrive Rio de Janeiro	Windsor Excelsior Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro	Dinner	Launch your leisurely exploration of South America to the sultry beats of the Bossa Nova and Samba. A local host will take you to your hotel where you’ll enjoy superb ocean views of Copacabana beach and its beautiful people, just minutes from downtown Rio. This evening, we enjoy a festive dinner with our Travel Director and fellow travelers.
DAY 2
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 2	4/10/2027	Rio de Janeiro Sightseeing and At Leisure	Windsor Excelsior Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro	Breakfast	Join your Travel Director and ride the historic cable car to Sugarloaf Mountain, pausing at Urca Hill before reaching the summit for sweeping views over Guanabara Bay and Copacabana. Hear how this iconic peak got its name during Brazil’s sugar trade era. After a drive past Ipanema and the Copacabana beaches, your afternoon is at leisure. Perhaps choose an Optional Experience to the Selarón Steps, a colorful mosaic staircase and local landmark. This evening, you could choose an Optional Experience if you wish: enjoy Brazilian flavors and a performance at the city’s famous Roxy Dinner Show.	Santa Teresa including Selarón Steps - Walk through the hilltop neighborhood of Santa Teresa, past colorful buildings, street art and local studios. Pass Largo das Neves and the church of Nossa Senhora das Neves before heading to Parque das Ruínas, with views over Rio. Finish at the famous Selarón Steps, 215 brightly tiled stairs created by artist Jorge Selarón. Adult: 45.00 USD	Roxy Dinner Show - Dine at Aquele Abraço, where Chef Danilo Parah serves bold Brazilian flavors in a restored historic cinema. Throughout the evening, enjoy a live show by Rio 2016’s Abel Gomes, featuring music, dance and traditions from across Brazil. Popular with both locals and visitors, this experience blends food and performance in one of Rio’s most atmospheric cultural venues. Adult: 180.00 USD
DAY 3
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 3	4/11/2027	Rio de Janeiro Sightseeing and At Leisure	Windsor Excelsior Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro	Breakfast, Dinner	Hands outstretched, the iconic Christ the Redeemer welcomes you to the hunched outcrop of Corcovado, sharing his impressive panoramic view of a city that loves to celebrate. This afternoon, soak in the shores of Copacabana and Ipanema. Kick back and watch tanned sun-worshippers playing volleyball and sip a caipirinha or two, which you’ll learn to mix this evening, followed by a sizzling barbecue at a local churrascaria Regional Dinner. Bom proveito!
DAY 4
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 4	4/12/2027	Rio de Janeiro – Iguazú Falls	Hotel Mercure, Argentina	Breakfast	Journey into some of South America’s most beautiful natural landscapes on a flight from Rio to Iguazú Falls, the UNESCO-listed magnificent falls that straddle the borders of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Explore the Brazilian side of Iguassu Falls, 'Big Waters', in Iguaçu National Park with a Local Specialist. Hike to the cascading falls through giant clouds and sprays of water feeling refreshed in the humidity. You’ll learn that while hot and humid, this lush micro-climate supports diverse fauna in its subtropical rainforest of over 2,000 species of vascular plants. Conclude your day crossing the border to Argentina to your hotel.
DAY 5
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 5	4/13/2027	Iguazú National Park Argentinean Side with Local Specialist	Hotel Mercure, Argentina	Breakfast	Get a different perspective of grandeur on the Argentinian side of the falls at the Devil's Throat. Your MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience finds you paying a visit to the Guarani community of Fortín M'bororé who open their doors to reveal the secrets of the jungle, their natural medicine, culture, songs, dances, crafts, philosophy and beliefs. Discover with the Guarani the "Spirit of the Trees", a walk where you learn to walk through the interior of the Jungle guided by aboriginal experts. This afternoon, join an optional experience on Gran Aventura boat tour or an Argentinean experience learning about Argentine culture, tasting local dishes in a five-course dinner, sampling four Argentinian wines and mingling with travelers from around the world.	Gran Aventura - Departing from the Operative Center or from the Visitors’ Center, we shall enter the jungle by the Yacaratiá trail in trucks specially designed for this environment. Bilingual guides (Spanish and English) will introduce the place’s natural and cultural resources. This 5 kms long stretch ends at Puerto Macuco. At its dock, visitors shall board on the boats that shall be sailing in the Lower Iguazu River for as long as 6 kms, heading towards the waterfalls area, enjoying plentiful rapids.Upon reaching the Tres Mosqueteros Fall, visitors shall be able to see the falls of both the Argentine and Brazilian sides crowned by the view of the Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s Throat). Afterwards, the most exciting point comes when facing the incomparable San Martín waterfall, the second in dimension and the hugest any boat may face. After that we’ll navigate 6km down river until Puerto Macuco from where, after walking up hill 150 mts we’ll ride the trucks 6Km back to our Operative Center. Adult: 111.00 USD	The Argentine Experience - Learn about Argentine culture, taste fantastic local dishes, drink exceptional wine, and mingle with fellow travelers from around the world, in a fun setting. Get a taste of the best local cuisine. Savor a 5- course dinner, paired with four exceptional wines from all the regions from Argentina. Adult: 65.00 USD
DAY 6
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 6	4/14/2027	Iguazú Falls – Buenos Aires	Intercontinental	Breakfast	Take a flight from Iguazú Falls to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Check into your hotel located in the heart of the cultural center at the historic Plaza San Martin and, with the rest of the day free, perhaps take a stroll around this upscale part of the city. Or venture on a wine tasting trip to “El Querandi,” a big house located in the historical district and considered a living testimony of the city originally founded as a bar in 1920.	Wine Tasting - Leave your hotel and drive to “El Querandi”, a big house located in the historical district and considered a living testimony of the city. It was originally founded as a bar in 1920 and it was restored in 1992. “La Cave”, experience a wine tasting with local wines and their exquisite flavors. Adult: 51.00 USD
DAY 7
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 7	4/15/2027	Buenos Aires Sightseeing	Intercontinental	Breakfast, Dinner	Take in the sights of Buenos Aires on a City Tour to the pink palace, cathedral and La Boca neighborhood. The rest of the afternoon is free for you to relax and explore this exciting city on your own. This evening enjoy the passionate and precise steps of some of Buenos Aires most talented tango dancers.
DAY 8
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 8	4/16/2027	Explore San Antonio de Areco	Intercontinental	Breakfast, Lunch	Leave Buenos Aires to San Antonio de Areco, the heart of the gaucho traditions in the pampas region, for a tour along its quaint streets lined with silversmiths. Take part in a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience visiting a local project of the Local Association for disabled people who are keeping up the tradition of making the alpargatas shoes. Appreciate more artisans paying a visit to a local artist's studio observing how masterpieces are created. Cap off your day with a Be My Guest Experience, complete with sizzling asado steak, at a family-owned gaucho ranch where your watch cowboys show off the horsemanship accompanied by music and dance.
DAY 9
Day	Date	Location	Hotel	Meals	Description	Optional Excursions	Optional Excursions
Day 9	4/17/2027	Depart Buenos Aires	Departure	Breakfast	Our South America adventure comes to an end this morning. Say a fond hasta luego to Buenos Aires and newfound friends, transferring to the airport on your included transfer for your flight home or choose to extend your stay.