SCHEDULE
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Friday
January 29 |
Connect & Depart
JFK New York at 17:15 on TAM #8079 |
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Saturday, Jan 30 |
Arrive Rio de Janiero at 5:30 AM. Clear Customs. Transfer to Hotel Mar Palace at Copacabana
Beach. Remainder of day free to recover from overnight flight. |
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Sunday, Jan 31 |
Full day tour of Rio including Corcovadao,
Sugar Loaf Mountain, and City sights. Churrasco Lunch at Torado
Restaurant on the ocean. Stay Hotel Mar Palace. |
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Monday, Feb 1 |
Check out & transfer to Sao Dumont airport in Rio. Depart at 12.19 on TAM#3265 arriving in Curitiba at 13.45. Meet Guide & bus to Assentamento
Contestado, for Lunch and tour of Land
Reform settlement. Return to Curitiba. Stay Hotel Deville |
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Tuesday, Feb 2 |
Bus through Mata
Atlantica native forest to Port of Paranagua. Lunch at Danubio
Azul followed by boat ride along Paranagua
Bay and port. Tour of Fertilizer Plant and Grain Terminal shipping facility. Return to Hotel Deville near restaurants. Free evening. |
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Wednesday, Feb 3 |
Check out of hotel Deville. Bus to Ponta
Grossa. Morning tour of Tetra Pak plant and presentation. Afternoon tour of FEMSA brewery plant. Check into Hotel Barbur and Dinner of Pizza rodizio at Martignoni Restaurant (not incl) |
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Thursday, Feb 4 |
Check out & depart for Dutch community of Castrolanda. Morning visit to Dairy
farm and ABC Foundation (ag research institution). Castrolanda
Coop Grain facility tour in afternoon as well as Immigration
Memorial Windmill visit and Dairy farm tour. Stay Ponta Grossa hotel |
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Friday, Feb 5 |
Check out & depart to Palmeira to visit Witmarsum
Coop & Grain Farm. Arrive Curitiba airport to depart 13.30 on TAM#3887 arriving Foz
Igucu at 14.40. Transfer & check into Hotel
Bourbon Resort with pool & spa for 4 nights. Relax after a busy week. |
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Saturday, Feb 6 |
Sumptuous breakfast at hotel. Then, optional tours of Falls,
Itaipu Hydro dam, sites near Paraguay, and more. Optional Dinner
Show in the evening. Stay Hotel Bourbon. |
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Sunday, Feb 7 |
Free day to enjoy the hotel spa facilities or more optional tours of Bird
Park, Whitewater rafting, Jungle tour, etc. Stay Hotel Bourbon. |
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Monday, Feb 8 |
Early Breakfast. Then bus to Show
Rural at Cascavel for full day at this large farm
show. Possible farm tour in area (time permitting). Return Iguaçu & stay Hotel Bourbon |
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Tuesday, Feb 9 |
Check out. Cross into Argentina and tour the Falls from Argentina side. Depart from airport at 14.05 on LAN#4029 to arrive Buenos
Aires at 15.55. City tour of BA en route to check into Hotel Principado located downtown near B.A. shops and restaurants. |
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Wednesday, Feb 10 |
Early breakfast then tour of Liniers
Stockyards followed by briefing at Canadian
Embassy on Argentine agriculture, politics and economy. Depart by bus for scenic route through Buenos Aires province to Venado
Tuerto & check into Hotel El Molino. |
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Thursday, Feb 11 |
Full day of farm
tours and Beef packing plant. Return and stay same hotel. |
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Friday, Feb 12 |
Check out. Then tour of Farm
machinery plant followed by ADECO farm visit with 3000 dairy cows, beef and cash crops. Powerpoint presentation. Continue to town of Pergamino and check into Hotel. Optional sidewalk supper at Loco por Los Pizza. |
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Saturday, Feb 13 |
Check out. Farm tour to Areco area and Cap
Sarmiento farm. Custom operator. Continue back to B.A. and check into Hotel Principado. Possible stop en route at Gaucho Museum Get ready for a Dinner and fabulous show at Senor
Tango! |
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Sunday, Feb 14 |
Free day for shopping at nearby Galeria
Pacifica Plaza and Florida street mall. Take home some quality leather coats or great wines. Dine harborside at Porto
Madeira. |
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Monday, Feb 15 |
Some free time in morning for last minute gifts to take home. Then depart EZE airport on TAM#8005 at 16.20 to connect on TAM#8080 departing Sao Paulo at 22.30 for overnight flight back to JFK arriving 6.30 (Tuesday morning).
OR Cross Rio de la Plata by ferry to unique Colonia del
Sacramento in Uruguay.
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Tuesday, Feb 16 to Friday
Feb 19. |
You can kick back at Posada
Don Antonio, a small hotel with pool and within walking distance of shops and historic buildings. Return to B.A. on Friday for return flight home. |
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Cost |
Brazil/ Argentina U$ 4795 pp
dbl occup. starting in Rio & ending in Buenos Aires.
For
International flight
from JFK New York add U$ 882 pp + taxes
Add-On Uruguay U$575 pp dbl occup. NOTE: All prices subject to change.
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