SCHEDULE
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Itinerary |
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| Saturday
January 31 |
TAM
depart #8077 Depart Miami 6:30AM Arrive Manaus
12:30 noon Stay Tropical Hotel (www.tropicalhotel.com.br) |
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| Sunday,
Feb 1 |
2:00 PM transfer
by boat & check in at Ecopark Lodge. Welcome.
Guided tour of Jungle, alligator watching, etc. |
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| Monday,
Feb 2 |
Guided Amazon
tours of Meeting of the Waters, Monkey reserve, Native village,
etc. Stay Ecopark Lodge. |
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| Tuesday
Feb 3 |
Transfer Lodge
to airport. Depart Manaus TAM #3305 15:00
Arrive Brasilia 18:50 Transfer & check in Manhattan
Plaza (www.kubitschek.com.br/manhattan) located
close to Brasilia shopping & attractions. Tentative dinner
/ briefing on Cdn/Brazil trade, relations, agri scene with
Canadian Embassy official. |
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| Wednesday
Feb 4 |
Depart Morning
by bus for scenic drive through Cerrado to arrive afternoon
at Louis Eduardo Maghalles (475 km). Stay
Hotel Solar in LEM. Meet farmer / guide & Farm visits in
LEM & Barreiras areas. |
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| Thursday
Feb 5 |
Farm visits
in LEM & Barreiras areas including coffee,
cotton, soybeans, livestock, sugarcane, processing, equipment,
etc. This is the heart of the fascinating Cerrado ag scene
where Brazil exports originate. Stay same. |
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| Friday Feb
6 |
More Farm & Agri
visits in LEM & Barreiras areas. Talk with local
farmers & machinery dealer. Stay same hotel in LEM |
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| Saturday
Feb 7 |
Depart LEM
Morning by bus for Brasilia. Stay Manhattan Plaza
hotel in Brasilia. 3 PM 3 hr. City
tour of Brasilia, capital of Brazil. See unique planned
city layout and modern architecture of capital city. Free evening
in Brasilia. |
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| Sunday Feb
8 |
Depart Brasilia TAM
#3887 10:58 Arrive Iguacu Falls 14:23. Check into Hotel
Bourbon for 3 nights. This great hotel is
equipped with large pool, hot tub, spa, recreational facilities. Free
evening. Optional dinner show. |
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| Monday Feb
9 |
Optional tours
of Iguacu Falls (Argentina & Brazil), Itaipu hydro dam,
Bird park, whitewater boating, etc. |
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| Tuesday
February 10 |
More optional
tours. Shopping at Iguacu. There’s lots to see & do
at this beautiful area. |
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| Wednesday
February 11 |
Depart Iguazu
Arg. LAN #4021 at 10:00 Arrive Buenos
Aries 11:50. Bus to Pergamino & check in for 4 nights
at Hotel Terrazas. This area is center
of cash crop & livestock farming in Buenos Aries province.
Optional street café pizza & beer. |
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| Thursday
February 12 |
Following breakfast,
depart by bus for area farm tours with farmer/guide host to
include Custom machinery operators, soybean, corn, beef, research
farms & machinery dealers. Tentative visits to Adeco, 3,000
cow dairy farm; Don Mario seed producing company, Soy/Corn
farms, etc. Return to Hotel Terrazas each night. Suppers
at various locations, including the rustic Rural Society clubhouse
near Pergamino. Hotel Terrazas is walking distance to many
shops, restaurants in Pergamino |
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| Friday
February 13, & Saturday February 14 |
Similar
program. Returning to Hotel Terrazas in Pergamino each
night. |
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| Sunday
February 15 |
Following breakfast,
check out of Hotel for return by bus to B.A. Stop at Gaucho
Museum in San Antonio de Areco. Arrive B.A. & check
in for 2 nights at Hotel Principado, centrally
located to Florida promenade, Galeria Pacifico shopping mall,
Puerto Madeira restaurants, and other B.A. attractions. Free
evening……you’ll never run out of things to do in B.A. |
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| Monday
February 16 |
Early breakfast,
then tour of huge Liniers Stockyards, followed
by briefing at Canadian Embassy. Lunch
(not incl). Then B.A.city tour. Evening
farewell dinner at spectacular Senor Tango Dinner Show. Stay
Hotel Principado |
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| Tuesday
February 17 |
Free morning
for shopping in BA. Depart BA TAM #8011 at
17:10 to arrive 20:40 at Sao Paulo GRU. Then depart
SP on
TAM #8090 at 23:45 Arrive Miami 4:55 AM
on Wednesday. Transfer & continue to your home
city.
OR: Add-on some time in Uruguay. Transfer
by ferry to Colonia, Uruguay. |
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| Wednesday
February 18 to Friday February 20 |
Enjoy Colonia,
Urugay Stay Don Antonio
Posada in Colonia (www.posadadonantonio.com) |
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| Saturday
February 21 |
Return by
Ferry to BA & transfer to EZE airport. Depart.
BA TAM #8011 17:10 to SP
And then depart SP on TAM #8090 at 23:45
to arrive Miam 4:55 AM Sunday |
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| * Itinerary & daily
farm visits subject to revision due to weather or unforeseen
circumstances |
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out these websites…………… |
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18
days * Start / End in Miami, USA * $
6,495 Cdn pp dbl occupancy * Add $ 875 Cdn for single
occupancy
18 Breakfasts * 4 Lunches * 5 Dinners * All
hotels, air & land travel
Colonia, Uruguay 4 Night Add-on * Transfers,
Inn & Breakfasts * $755 Cdn pp
dbl oc
NOTE: Prices and Itineraries are subject
to change
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