South America Highlights - Southern Circuit
12 DAYS Starting from $7,090 per person
Explore the highlights of the southern half of South America during this 12-day Southern Circuit Tour. You’ll visit the cosmopolitan capital cities of Santiago and Buenos Aires, the Chilean seaside towns of Valparaiso and Viña del Mar, taking in their key sites, and discover the wonders of the Patagonian wilderness. You will visit not one but two breath-taking glaciers, and tour both the Perito Moreno National Park and the Torres del Paine National Park to complete your Patagonian experience, before heading home.
Trip at a Glance
HIGHLIGHTS
- Explore the highlights of southern South America in comfort and luxury, while taking in breath-taking natural wonders and cosmopolitan city destinations.
- Enjoy a Santiago city tour with stops at the Plaza de Armas, the main Cathedral and the Presidential Palace, before viewing the city from the top of the Cerro San Cristobal.
- Visit two of central Chile’s most popular seaside towns: colorful Valparaiso and tranquil Viña del Mar.
- Visit the summer house and now museum of Pablo Neruda, one of Chile’s most prolific poets.
- Choose from dozens of half-day and full-day excursions to explore the exceptional scenery of the Torres del Paine National Park as best suits you.
- Journey by boat along the shores of the Lago Argentino to the Perito Moreno National Park, and explore the glacial landscape at your leisure.
- View the majestic Perito Moreno glacier from the water aboard a catamaran, appreciating the sounds and movements of this gigantic mass of ice.
- Journey across Lago Argentino and up the Cristina Canal to view the Upsala Glacier.
- Enjoy a Buenos Aires city tour, exploring the districts of San Telmo, Recoleta, Puerto Madero, the city center and the main plaza.
- Visit one of Buenos Aires’s best tango houses for an authentic Porteño evening of dinner, music and tango.
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