Holiday Overview
From the elegant boulevards of Buenos Aires to the wild colours of the Salta highlands, this journey captures the very best of northern Argentina before crossing into Brazil for the thunder of Iguazu Falls and the golden beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Wander tango filled streets, share a traditional asado with a local family, drive through the rainbow hills of the Calchaqui Valleys and stand beneath the Devil's Throat as millions of gallons of water crash below. Then swap mountains for coastline, taking in Rio's iconic sights before easing into a few days of well earned beach time. This tailor made adventure blends culture, wine, landscape and pure indulgence in equal measure, and every detail can be shaped around you.
Buenos Aires to Rio, Argentina and Brazil Multi Centre Holiday includes:
- International and Domestic Flights
- Accommodation
- Transfers and Sightseeing as listed
Day 1 - Buenos Aires
Welcome to Buenos Aires. You are met on arrival and driven to your hotel in a private vehicle with a bilingual guide, with all porterage tips taken care of along the way.
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Pulitzer Buenos Aires
Day 2 - Buenos Aires
Explore the city's grand boulevards, leafy plazas and elegant architecture, echoes of Paris, on a leisurely three hour walking tour. In the evening, enjoy a three course dinner and a VIP tango show at the historic Café de los Angelitos, complete with live quintet and five dance couples, plus private return transfers.
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Pulitzer Buenos Aires
Day 3 - Buenos Aires
Live like a local on this hands on asado experience. Visit the neighbourhood butcher, baker and wine merchant with your host, take a walking tour of trendy Palermo Viejo and its street art, then help prepare a five course feast, from picada and achuras through to the main event: expertly grilled Argentine beef, finished with dessert and a round of mate.
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Pulitzer Buenos Aires
Day 4 - Cafayate
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Salta, then continue overland into wine country. Drive through the dramatic Las Conchas Gorge to Cafayate, visiting the Museum of Vine and Wine and two renowned wineries
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Vinas de Cafayate Wine Resort
Day 5 - Cafayate
A day at leisure to enjoy the resort, the surrounding vineyards and the high altitude scenery of the Calchaqui Valleys at your own pace.
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Vinas de Cafayate Wine Resort
Day 6 - Salta
Drive back through the Calchaqui Valleys to Salta. Later, join a private half day tour taking in the baroque Cathedral, the colonial Cabildo, the MAAM Museum of High Altitude Archaeology, the San Francisco Church and sweeping views from Cerro San Bernardo.
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Design Suites Salta
Day 7 - Salinas Grandes Salt Flats
Head into the high Puna plateau via the Quebrada del Toro, following the route of the famous Train to the Clouds. Continue to the dazzling white expanse of the Salinas Grandes Salt Flats, over the mountain pass and down the winding Cuesta de Lipán to the colourful village of Purmamarca, framed by the Hill of Seven Colours
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Manantial del Silencio Hotel
Day 8 - Humahuaca Gorge
Drive the UNESCO listed Humahuaca Gorge, visiting the Pucará fortress reconstruction, the Tropic of Capricorn at Huacalera, the Uquia Church and the historic town of Humahuaca itself, before returning to Salta past the multicoloured Paleta del Pintor rock formations.
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Design Suites Salta
Day 9 - Iguazu Falls
Transfer to Salta airport for your flight to Puerto Iguazú, where you are met and transferred to your hotel.
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Mercure Iguazu Hotel Iru
Day 10 - Iguazu Falls
A full day exploring the Argentine National Park, including a jungle train ride to the thunderous Devil's Throat, and walks along the Upper and Lower Trails for close up views of the falls amid lush tropical scenery.
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Mercure Iguazu Hotel Iru
Day 11 - Iguacu / Rio De Janerio
A half day tour of the Brazilian side of the falls, offering sweeping panoramic views, before transferring to the airport for your flight to Rio de Janeiro.
Pulitzer Buenos Aires
Hotel Pulitzer sits at the heart of Buenos Aires, on Maipú and Paraguay, a boutique hotel among the city's elegant avenues, art galleries, and tree lined parks. Its 104 rooms carry their own personality, each filled with natural light and small details that set them apart from the ordinary. Beyond the doors, the neighbourhood offers local markets and cafés once favoured by the city's writers and artists, a fitting match for a hotel that treats every guest as its very first.
Vinas de Cafayate Wine Resort
On a low hill above Cafayate, where the Calchaquí valley opens out beneath the San Isidro peaks, a resort built like a private estate waits at the end of a quiet drive. Rooms line the sides of a central square, each with a private balcony looking out over vineyards, mountains, or the valley beyond. The building was once a family home, and something of that intimacy remains, covered walkways, a fireplace lounge stacked with books, a courtyard where the light shifts slowly through the day.
Design Suites Salta
In the heart of Salta's old colonial centre, this design led hotel pairs sleek, contemporary interiors with the warmth of the northern Argentine sun. Fifty one rooms and suites open onto views of the surrounding sierras, each space understated and calm, a quiet counterpoint to the terracotta rooftops and church spires below. An art gallery runs through the public spaces, and a heated outdoor pool offers a place to linger between days spent exploring the Quebrada de Cafayate or the city's colonial plazas.
Manantial del Silencio Hotel
Poplars line the riverbank at El Manantial del Silencio, and beyond them the Cerro de los Siete Colores rises in bands of ochre, rust and violet, a mountain that seems to change colour with the hour. The hotel sits at the edge of Purmamarca, in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a valley carved by ancient rivers and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Built in Spanish neocolonial style, with adobe walls and hollow cane roofs, it wears its architecture lightly, whitewashed and understated, its rooms and suites bright with garden or mountain views, some with four poster beds and jacuzzi baths.
Mercure Iguazu Hotel Iru
Deep in the Iryapú Forest Reserve on the edge of Puerto Iguazú, Mercure Iguazú Hotel Irú blends comfort with the surrounding jungle. Rooms stay spacious and air conditioned, many opening onto balconies with views over forest or pool, while the restaurant pairs local flavours with international dishes across breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A pool area and jungle set Pool Bar keep the pace easy, birdlife often visible right on the hotel grounds
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