Taste Brazil’s grilling heritage at Carretão Ipanema Churrascaria, where passadores circulate with skewers of gaucho-style cuts carved at your table. Settle in for a generous rodízio feast matched with classic sides like farofa, black beans and fresh salads.

Hear how fireside roasts from the southern pampas shaped today’s convivial dining ritual. Toast the evening with a caipirinha and savour the bustle of Ipanema’s night scene just beyond the doors.

Board the Ecological Jungle Train through tropical forest in Iguazú National Park (Argentina), then follow catwalks to the thundering brink of Devil’s Throat (Garganta del Diablo). Watch rainbows arc through the spray as water plummets into a horseshoe chasm.

Learn why this UNESCO World Heritage site protects one of the world’s great subtropical ecosystems. Pause to feel the vibration of the cascades and pause for photos and reflection at viewpoints where mist rises like breath from the earth.

Join a guided panoramic tour of Argentina’s capital, tracing elegant 9 de Julio Avenue to Plaza de Mayo, the Casa Rosada and Metropolitan Cathedral. Continue to San Telmo’s cobbles and finish amid the colour-washed facades and street art of La Boca.

Hear the stories behind presidential balconies and Belle Époque theatres as European style meets Latin spirit. Capture the city’s creative pulse among cafes, antique markets and tango corners where the dance was born.

Explore Lima’s UNESCO-listed Historic Center, including Plaza Mayor, the Cathedral, Government and Archbishop’s Palaces and City Hall. Step inside the San Francisco Monastery to descend into its mysterious catacombs, lined with colonial-era ossuaries.

Discover how Spanish baroque, Moorish artistry and local craftsmanship shaped the ‘City of Kings’. Learn of earthquakes that reshaped the colonial skyline and see graceful wooden balconies framing lively plazas.

Visit the high-Andean Chinchero Market on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience. Meet stallholders, sample native potatoes and seasonal fruit, and learn about chicha, the corn-based brew still central to community life, as you greet llamas and alpacas grazing nearby.

Gain insight into weaving traditions, terrace farming and day-to-day village rhythms on the Inca heartland. Your guide shares stories of reciprocity and festivals that keep ancestral customs vibrant in the Sacred Valley.

Travel by scenic train to Aguas Calientes, then shuttle up the switchbacks to Machu Picchu. Join your specialist to explore this New 7 Wonders of the World site—an Inca citadel above the clouds surrounded by knife-edged green peaks and swirling mist.

Walk terraces, ritual precincts and viewpoints while hearing how astronomy, agriculture and stonework intertwined here. Watch for resident llamas and feel the hush that descends as you contemplate this mountaintop masterpiece.

Step inside a traditional Andean home to meet Mrs. Rosa, whose family has lived here for seven generations. Admire enduring Incan stonework, see how guinea pigs are traditionally raised, and learn about time-honoured cooking on a wood-fired hearth.

Share stories of harvests, festivals and family life as you glimpse the Sacred Valley’s living heritage. This intimate encounter brings texture and warmth to the Inca world beyond its monumental ruins.

Explore the mighty Sacsayhuamán Fortress with its zigzagging cyclopean stone walls, then head into the UNESCO-listed historic center to see the Twelve-Angled Stone and the exquisite masonry of Koricancha (Temple of the Sun).

Hear how the Spanish built the Santo Domingo convent atop Koricancha and why Inca ashlar techniques withstand earthquakes. Trace layers of Andean and colonial culture along Cusco’s narrow streets and sun-splashed plazas.

Join a women-owned empanada workshop in Pisaq to learn time-honoured shaping and baking techniques using seven varieties of flour. Try your hand at hands-on cooking before you taste fresh empanadas straight from the clay oven.

Discover how family recipes have been passed down through four generations, using Andean ingredients and local ovens that give each pastry its distinctive character. A delicious window into Sacred Valley home cooking.

Glide skyward on the Sugarloaf Cable Car, linking Praia Vermelha to Morro da Urca and the summit of Pão de Acúcar. Take in sunset over Guanabara Bay, with Copacabana’s curve and the Serra do Mar peaks etched on the horizon.

Hear how this granite monolith became Rio’s postcard view and enjoy time for photos from airy terraces. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Experience a samba-fuelled evening as singers, glittering dancers and a live bateria bring Carnival’s spirit to the stage. Sip a caipirinha and feel the pulse of Rio nightlife as sequined costumes flash beneath the lights.

Learn about samba’s Afro-Brazilian roots and the schools that power the world’s most exuberant parade. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Walk shaded trails in Tijuca National Park, the world’s largest urban rainforest. Discover ferns, bromeliads and the cool spray of Atlantic rainforest waterfalls as city sounds fade into birdsong and rustling leaves.

Hear how 19th-century reforestation restored this green lung after coffee plantations, and keep watch for toucans and marmosets. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Discover Parque das Aves, a conservation sanctuary beside Iguacu National Park featuring immersive free-flight aviaries. Come face-to-face with toucans, macaws and harpy eagles while learning about Atlantic Forest protection on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience.

Understand breeding and rescue efforts that safeguard threatened species and habitats surrounding the falls. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Learn the tango embrace in an intimate studio as instructors guide you through the walk, cross and basic turns to the swell of bandoneón rhythms. Feel the social energy of a porteño milonga and discover the dance’s playful conversation.

Trace tango’s immigrant-era roots in La Boca and San Telmo and how it evolved from the barrios to ballrooms. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Sample Argentina’s signature grapes at historic El Querandí. Compare Malbec and Torrontés with a guided tasting that explores aroma, structure and food pairing, set within an elegantly preserved townhouse.

Learn how Mendoza’s high-altitude vineyards and Salta’s sun-drenched valleys shape style and character across regions. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Cruise the Tigre Delta along winding channels past stilted river homes, weekend villas and lush islets formed by the Paraná River. Glide beneath willows and over tea-coloured waters as rowers and ferries share the waterways.

Hear about Belle Époque rowing clubs and the resorts that once made Tigre the seaside of Buenos Aires. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Spend an estancia day on the pampas with carriage or horseback rides, folk music and traditional gaucho horsemanship. Sit down to a wood-fired asado barbecue piled with prime cuts, salads and chimichurri.

Learn mate etiquette, meet the ranch hands and glimpse a rural lifestyle that shaped Argentina’s identity. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Savour a San Telmo food walk through stalls and taverns, sampling choripán and empanadas, local cheeses and craft drinks. Wander the Mercado de San Telmo and cosy bars where conversation flows.

Digest stories of immigration, tango and trade that flavoured Buenos Aires’ oldest barrio. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Walk the Miraflores boardwalk along clifftop parks with sweeping Pacific cliffs views. Pass Parque del Amor and its mosaic benches before browsing the open-air Larcomar complex carved into the bluff.

Watch paragliders wheel above the surf and sea spray roll in below, capturing Lima’s ocean-cooled mood. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Join a Barranco food tour in Lima’s bohemian quarter, tasting ceviche and anticuchos with a perfectly shaken pisco sour. Stroll past colourful murals and century-old mansions between bites.

Learn how coastal, Andean and Amazonian traditions mingle in Peru’s celebrated cuisine while exploring this arts-driven neighbourhood. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Witness the Magic Water Circuit at Parque de la Reserva, a dazzling light-and-water show where choreographed fountains dance to music across the largest fountain complex of its kind.

Photograph illuminated arcs and mirror-smooth pools as Lima’s evening cool settles in. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Explore the Moray circular terraces, an ingenious Inca agricultural laboratory, then continue to the shimmering Maras salt pans cascading down a ravine. Take in grand Andean vistas of glaciers and patchwork fields.

Hear how microclimates tested crops and how salt has been harvested here since pre-Inca times. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Visit Piquillacta, a vast pre-Incan citadel of the Wari civilization featuring straight avenues, plazas and adobe compounds spread across a high-desert plain.

Discover urban planning that predates the Incas and understand the region’s layered past in the centuries before Cusco’s rise. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Join a ChocoMuseo workshop to roast, winnow and grind beans in a hands-on bean-to-bar session. Temper and mould your own treats while learning about Peruvian cacao varietals.

Trace cacao’s Amazonian origins and its journey from pod to cup in Andean culture. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Join a Cusco after-dark tour through lantern-lit plazas and alleys that reveal Inca-Spanish architecture in a new light. Soak up the city’s nighttime ambience as stories echo off ancient stone.

Hear tales of colonial intrigue, saints and stonemasons while pausing for evening views from quiet overlooks. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Tackle a rigorous high-altitude hike to Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca), where mineral-rich slopes ripple in bands of red, ochre and turquoise. Take in sweeping Andean panoramas of glaciers and vast puna grasslands.

Guides advise on acclimatization and pacing for this challenging excursion, which can involve variable weather and early departures. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

• 14 Breakfast (B)
• 3 Dinner (D)
• 1 Lunch (L)

• Explore Copacabana, Ipanema and Christ the Redeemer
• Visit the world’s widest cascading waterfalls and see Devil’s Throat 
• Discover Recoleta Cemetery, the Plaza de Mayo and 9 de Julio Avenue, the widest avenue in the world
• Visit the famous Chinchero Market
• Journey to one of the New Seven Wonders of the World
• Discover Sacsayhuaman, Coricancha and the famous San Pedro market before enjoying a magical evening featuring an entertaining folklore show

• Selected hotel dinners, with optional meals to purchase
• 3-star stays
• Deluxe coach, train travel, and select flights

• Corcovado: Climb into the clouds to the top of Corcovado Mountain to visit the iconic Christ the Redeemer. You’ll ride the Corcovado Railway, the first electrified railroad in Brazil, and an icon itself. The railway is actually older than the monument and even transported the pieces of the monument. The train has taken popes, kings, princes, presidents, artists, scientists – and now you – since its start in 1884. You’ll feel good about your travels too knowing that this electric train doesn’t pollute the surrounding Tijuca National Park. As you ascend 2,379 feet, consider the history of Christ the Redeemer built from 1926-1931, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and one of the most famous Art Déco sculptures. Gaze out the window at the views of the Rio de Janeiro and, at the top, stand beneath the famous statue’s feet looking up to its top of 98 feet high.
• Board the open-sided Ecological Jungle Train for a quiet ride through Iguazú National Park’s subtropical rainforest. Moving gently along the tracks, you’ll feel the warm air and hear the forest around you as the train carries you towards Devil’s Throat Viewpoint.
• Buenos Aires: Embark on a Buenos Aires City Tour with a Local Specialist. Walk through the wide boulevards of this beautiful capital admiring the spirit of a city whose European and Latin American influences can be seen around every turn. See the pink palace, the seat of the Argentine national government and president’s office whose balcony Juan and “Evita” Perón addressed the people in the 1940s and 1950s. Visit the cathedral and wander through the lively and colourful La Boca neighbourhood lined with restaurants, street artists and local art around every corner.
• Lima: Take in the highlights of Lima, the ‘City of the Kings,’ including a panoramic view of the ancient districts. Join a Local Specialist for a visit to the UNESCO-listed Historic Center. Learn how before it was destroyed by earthquakes in the mid-18th century, observing how the historic buildings display a collaboration between local craftspeople and others from the Old World. Then drive along the coastline as you learn more about the fascinating history of Peru’s capital city. 
• Sacred Valley: Join a Make Travel Matter® Experience at Chinchero Sunday Market, where fruit, vegetables and handwoven goods fill the stalls. Your Local Specialist will introduce you to local produce such as potatoes, with the chance to taste seasonal fruit and learn about chicha, the traditional corn-based drink.
• Machu Picchu: Take a shuttle to the top of the mountain where you’ll meet your local specialist for a guided hike of Machu Picchu. You’ll learn about Machu Picchu’s history and the use of each section of including ceremonial, storage, agriculture, temples, astronomical, and observatory as well as the possible reasons why the Incas left Machu Picchu.
• Step inside the family home of Mrs Rosa, where Incan stonework has stood for generations. You’ll learn how guinea pigs are traditionally raised within the household and hear about customs that have been passed down through the family, offering a personal look at traditions still practised today.
• Cusco: Join your Local Specialist for a guided walk through Cusco’s colonial centre, including the nearby 13th-century Incan settlement of Koricancha. Here in Cusco’s Golden Temple of the Sun dedicated to the Sun God Inti, view the trapezoidal and irregular shapes and rounded edges. Note how the stones fit together and were built simply by placing them on top of each other without using any mortar. This staggered placement also enables them to withstand earthquakes.
• At a women-owned empanada workshop in Pisaq, you’ll join Mrs Ernestina to learn how her family makes traditional empanadas using seven varieties of flour. Follow techniques passed down through four generations, then bite into a freshly made empanada and taste the results for yourself.

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Ride the Corcovado Rack Railway through the emerald canopy of Tijuca National Park to the summit of Mount Corcovado and stand beneath Christ the Redeemer. Gaze across Rio’s dramatic amphitheatre of granite peaks and ocean as sweeping views over Guanabara Bay unfold in every direction.

Continue with a coastal orientation past Copacabana and Ipanema, where beach life sets the city’s rhythm. Learn how the 1931 Art Deco statue became a symbol of modern Brazil and feel the city’s laid-back energy along its palm-lined promenades.