Carnival 2024 + Argentina Uruguay Paraguay with TO "Calypso Ukraine"

Visiting the finale of the main event of 2024 - Carnival in Rio de Janeiro!!!

Tour dates: February 17-March 3, 2023
Duration: 12 days / 11 nights
Route: Bariloche - Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Asuncion - Iguazu Falls - Rio de Janeiro - Beach
NB!!! Entrance tickets to Carnival to the best sector No. 9 on the Carnival 2023 tour + Argentina Uruguay Paraguay included!!!

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Cost: 3,499 USD + airfare

Tour program

The day before. 1.02 Departure from Europe to Buenos Aires.

Self-check-in at a hotel. In the evening, meet the group at the restaurant for a welcome dinner. Overnight at the hotel in Buenos Aires Bulnes Eco Suites.

Day 1. 2.02 Buenos Aires - Bariloche

Flight from Buenos Aires to Bariloche. Transfer to the hotel. Bariloche - one of the most beautiful places in Argentina. Bariloche is primarily famous for its natural beauty: lakes, mountains and forests. Today we will see with our own eyes all the beauty of this lake region, enjoy the amazing nature and incredibly clean air. 

Overnight at the hotel in Bariloche Hotel Tres Reyes.

Day 2. 3.02 Bariloche

Today we will go to north Bariloche along one of the longest (5200 km) roads in the world, the famous route of South America - the national route No. 40 of mountainous Patagonia. We are waiting for the magnificent landscapes of the valley Encantado and a visit to a small fishing villa Traful. We will see a picturesque, unusually shaped glacialLake Nahuel Huapi (in the lane, “Jaguar Island”) with an area of 530 sq. km (767 m above sea level), located in the national park of the same name. We will visit one of the most beautiful places on the northwestern shore of the lake, where, surrounded by the mountain peaks of the Andes, covered with thousand-year-old relict forests, there is a small village Villa La Angostourand - the real "Argentinean Switzerland".

Return to San Carlos de Bariloche, overnight at the hotel Hotel Tres Reyes. 

Day 3. 4.02 Bariloche — Buenos Aires

Breakfast in the hotel. Free day for self-study this beautiful region or optional excursion to the place where most likely, Adolf Hitler went into hiding after the war with his wife Eva Braun!

Today we will find out that Bariloche is not only the most beautiful lake district with its special relaxing atmosphere, reminiscent of Switzerland, it city-SECRET! The thing is that Bariloche is the actual capital of the German community of Argentina. In the early 1900s it was here that the German emigration began to flock. 

Today we will drive from Bariloche a little to the east, exactly where Hitler arrived in 1945 and lived for some time. On the way, we will visit the old railway station and the nearby famous tomb in San Ramon. Then we'll go to the village La Angostura, City tour. Lunch at the Correntoso Hotel. After that, we will move on a yacht to Nahuel Huapi, towards the front of the Inalco house, where, according to some sources, Hitler lived with his wife for several years. Return from the village of La Angostura in Bariloche.

Departure to Buenos Aires. Transfer to the hotel. Hotel accommodation Park Silver Obelisco. Relaxation. 

Day 4. 5.02 Buenos Aires

Breakfast in the hotel. After leaving for a tour of Buenos Aires. This is a cafe city, a sun city and a garden city, pampered and enchanting. Hot eclectic neighborhoods, street serenades of birds, wide avenues, monuments and French-style palaces, in which urban legends are encrypted in stucco. Walking along its streets is like looking into an architectural kaleidoscope, rolling from one era to another: French, colonial, international fragments on time-worn facades of buildings. All roads are decorated with purple and pink flowers of hakaranda and seibo trees.

We will discover Palermo with its parks and monuments, La Recoleta, with important historical and cultural sites, visit the famous square Plaza de Mayo, San Telmo, La Boca, port along Riachuelo and Puerto Madero.

Overnight at the hotel Park Silver Obelisco. 

Day 5. 6.02 Buenos Aires - Montevideo

Early in the morning from Buenos Aires we take a ferry to Montevideo . Half a day we will walk around the city, see the main sights of the city. Few people know that Uruguay is the birthplace of tango. In the evening we will have the opportunity to visit a real tango show and check if this is really the case.

Overnight at the best hotel in Montevideo Cala di Volpe Boutique Hotel.

Day 6. 7.02 Montevideo - Asuncion

Transfer to the airport. Arrival at the airport of the capital of Paraguay, Asuncion (ASU) on a morning flight from Montevideo. Meeting at the airport with a guide and then a 4-hour walk around Asuncion, during which we will see the main sights of the city. At the end of the city tour, transfer with an English-speaking guide to the hacienda hotel near La Quinta in Piribebuy , lunch. Accommodation in double rooms, free time. Dinner and rest.

Day 7. 8.02 Paraguay - Iguazu

After breakfast, transfer from Piribebuy to Foz do Iguacu to the selected hotel (about 270 km, 4-5 hours on the way). On the way we will visit you HPP Itaipu (binational Paraguayan-Brazilian hydroelectric power plant, one of the largest in the world). Further passing the Paraguayan-Brazilian border.

Overnight in Foz do Iguaçu at the hotel Bella Italia Hotel & Eventos.

Day 8. 9.02 Iguazu Falls: Argentine side

After breakfast (about 8 a.m.) departure for a guided tour to the waterfalls Cataratas del Iguazu in a national park in the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazu. To view the vast Argentine side of the falls, three tourist routes have been built: the upper, the lower, and to the Devil's Throat. To the last, largest waterfall, visitors to the national park overcome part of the way on a special tourist train.

Return to the hotel on the Brazilian side. On the evening of this day (or the day before), it is possible to visit for an additional fee a bright musical Latin American show with dinner in Churrascaria Rafain (included in the Guinness Book of Records as the show with the largest representation of music and dance from different countries in one show). 

Night in Bella Italia Hotel & Eventos.

Day 9. 10.02 Iguazu Falls (Brazilian side) – Rio de Janeiro

After breakfast, check out from the hotel at 09:00 for a guided tour in the Brazilian National Park cataratas do Iguaçu. Although only a quarter of the 275 Iguazu Falls complex is located on the Brazilian side, it is from here that the best panoramic views of this natural wonder open up. The tour on the Brazilian side of the falls can be complemented by a visit to the Bird Park, a Macuco Safari water adventure, and a bird's eye view of the falls on a helicopter tour (additional cost).

In the afternoon, transfer to Foz do Iguaçu Airport (IGU) for your flight to Rio de Janeiro. Meeting at Rio airport with a guide and transfer to the hotel, located in the main tourist area of the city of Copacabana. During the transfer and upon arrival at the hotel, introductory information, safety instructions.

Overnight in Rio de Janeiro Windsor Martinique.  

Day 10. 11.02 Rio de Janeiro

Early breakfast and departure at 08:00 for a 5-hour excursion Magnificent Rio: the natural and man-made beauties of the "wonderful city", including a visit to the Tijuca National Park with the Corcovado hill located on its territory, on top of which one of the best viewing platforms of the city is located and where in 1931 the monument to Christ the Redeemer was opened, which became a symbol of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, as well as the Mirante Dona Marta observation deck, acquaintance with the most picturesque areas of the southern zone of the city: Lagoa, Gavea, San Conrado, Ipanema, Leblon ( on Saturday and the next 3 days in many areas of Rio there will be a street carnival, in connection with which a number of streets will be closed to traffic and the route will be built taking into account these restrictions).

Overnight in Rio de Janeiro Windsor Martinique.   

Day 11. 12.02 Rio de Janeiro

Breakfast. At 10:00 Departure for a 5-hour sightseeing cultural and historical tour of the Diverse Rio: 450-year-old city from above and from the ground, including a cable car ride to the Urca and Sugar Loaf hills with the best viewpoints and a visit to the historic city center with its many historical monuments - the former imperial palace on Prasa Quinzi Square, the monastery of San Bento - heritage of the Brazilian Baroque, the 18th century aqueduct in the Lapa district, adjacent to the ultra-modern Cathedral, as well as visiting the stairs of the artist Selaron in the bohemian Santa Teresa district and visiting the buildings of the opera house, the national library, the Museum of Fine Arts in Cinelandia Square, etc.

In the afternoon, rest before watching the Carnival at night. At 20:00 transfer to the Sambadrome, preparations and an enchanting night at the Sambadrome. All night we watch CARNIVAL and enjoy an unforgettable show!!!

Around 4:00 am transfer to the hotel Windsor Martinique.

Day 12. 13.02 Rio – beach

Free day in Rio. Sleeping after the Carnival and the end of the tour. For those who wish to complete the program - flying home or continuing to relax on the beach in Brazil. Free day in Rio and transfer to the resort of Buzios or Angra (due to the Carnival, the transfer can take from 3 to 5 hours due to traffic jams).

Day 13-14. 14.02 – 15.02 – beach holiday in Brazil.

Tour cost Carnival 2023 + Argentina Uruguay Paraguay: 3 499 USD per person based on double occupancy 

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The cost of the tour Carnival 2023 + Argentina Uruguay Paraguay includes:

• accommodation in hotels of a level of 8 points and higher on booking.com;
• accommodation (1 night) at the hotel-fazenda La Quinta in Paraguay with dinner;
• excursions according to the program with a Russian-speaking guide, except for Bariloche;
• transport along the route;
• escort from Kyiv;
• entrance tickets to Bariloche, to national parks with waterfalls in Argentina and Brazil, to the Sugar Loaf and to the Christ Monument in Rio;
• Tickets for the Sambadrome in sector 9.

The price does NOT include: 

• international air flight - Kiev - Buenos Aires / Rio de Janeiro - Kyiv;
• domestic flights: Buenos Aires - Bariloche - Buenos Aires, Montevideo - Asuncion, Foz do Iguacu - Rio de Janeiro;
• airport transfers (except Asuncion and Rio);
• lunches and dinners (except for the hotel-fazende La Quinta in Paraguay);
• tips for guides and drivers;
• accommodation in Buzios or Angra after the carnival.

Domestic flights:

• Buenos Aires - Bariloche - Buenos Aires

• Montevideo — Asuncion
• Iguazu (IGU) - Rio de Janeiro

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