Optional Excursions Guide for Adventure Tours in South America Our optional excursions guide lists the optional extras you can choose to do on your tour at your own cost. It is designed to be read in conjunction with your tour dossier and will help you to budget for your holiday. Check your Itinerary for details of the cities your tour visits, and then use the guide below to see what optional activities and excursions will be available to you. For additional sightseeing suggestions and included activities please check your tour dossier. The prices below are current as of the ‘last updated’ date and are subject to change without notice. Currency - The prices in the guide below are quoted in US$. Please see the relevant exchange rates listed below (current at the time of the ‘last updated’ date and still subject to change) or visit www.xe.com for up-to-date exchange rates. Health & Safety: It is sometimes difficult to obtain protective helmets of a reliable standard at some destinations, and unfortunately Tucan Travel are not able to provide them. If you intend to take part in optional activities such as bike, horse, donkey or camel rides, and would like to wear a helmet, consider bringing one with you. Argentina Buenos Aires El Dorado Pt Iguazu San Ignacio Mini Bolivia La Paz Potosi Brazil Rio de Janeiro Bonito Iguazu Parati Chile Santiago Ecuador Cuenca Otavalo Quito Peru Chivay Cuzco Huacachina Huanchaco Mancora Nazca Puno PARAGUAY Please note: If you choose an overnight excursion you should take your own daypack as you may be required to leave your main luggage at your accommodation and/or or with the vehicle. Updated 04/08/09
Tipping - Gratuities are expected on optional excursions. Whilst we fully understand that some nationalities are not accustomed to tipping, gratuities are a normal part of South American culture and most workers depend on them to survive. We recommend US$3-5 per passenger for a half/full day excursion.
There is no better place than to see this authentic display of colour, dance and vibrancy than Buenos Aires.
Travel on one of the most modern trains in the country past Argentina's most elegant residential areas to Delta, and then enjoy a modern catamaran cruise of the Parana River Delta.
Discover the beauty and wonders of Buenos Aires and see many of its famous sights and attractions, such as the National Congress, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Colon Theatre.
Take a visit to the Tango Museum, dancing in the best Milonga of Buenos Aires where you will have a Tango Lesson, typical snack included.
Take a double-decker bus to see the major tourist spots BA has to offer. There are 12 stops and a guide on board, excellent if you only have 1 day.
Visit a traditional Ranch on your way from San Ignacio to Puerto Iguazu for a 90 min Horseback Ride through the scenic property, or enjoy Canoeing in the scenic River and bathe in the calm waters. Including a Lunch of: empanadas, meats, salads, wine, Beer, Soft drinks and Afternoon Tea.
Be prepared to get wet!! You'll zigzag down the river in a powerful speedboat and zoom towards the falls, getting so close that you're almost underneath them. This is also a fantastic way to experience the sheer enormity of these falls.
Enjoy a guided ecological tour and then a 4x4 drive and thrilling boat ride as the thunderous falls roar above you.
San Ignacio Mini was one of the Jesuit missions working at capacity in the 1730's. There were nearly 4000 Guarani Indians living and working here.
Tour the exciting city of La Paz, be taken to the best sites and attractions, and then visit the eerie Moon Valley.
Cycle down the most dangerous road in the world. Hurtle down this steep road and dodge the traffic with your fellow thrill-seekers.
Tour the famous mines where miners work in conditions just as they did hundreds of years ago.
Enjoy the safety of a tour with English speaking guide including return transfers
Visit the biggest football stadium in the world.
Visit one of Rios Favelas with an informative local guide and learn about the other side of Rio.
Hang Glide from the top of a lush green mountain and land safely on the beautiful beaches of Rio.
Corcovado Entrance and Train Trip US$20
See the Highlights of Rio all in 1 day and enjoy the rest of your time relaxing in
one of the most scenic cities in the world. This tour includes Corcovado, Sugarloaf, Historical Part of Town, great Churassco Lunch.
Enjoy a snorkelling trip in the warm, clear waters of Rio Prata and view the colourful fish.
Take a walk along a raised walkway above the jungle canopy where you will have time to stop and swim at the 5 waterfalls visited on the circuit (includes lunch).
Rapelling (abseiling) and snorkelling combo.
Rapelling (abseiling) and scuba in caves combo.
There's no better way to spoil yourself and gain an appreciation of the 275 waterfalls forcefully plunging from the 'devils throat' than to take a helicopter ride above them.
This interactive bird park, set in the subtropical rainforest of Iguazu will introduce you to a variety of rare birds species and many native birds such as toucans and macaws.
Cabaret show and buffet dinner.
Indulge yourself and take a cruise around the stunning bay at Parati surrounded by crystal clear waters and beautiful scenery.
A 1/2 day walking tour of Santiago's best sights.
Visit a vineyard in Chile's renowned wine region with lunch option.
Banos
Abseil down one of the many waterfalls in the area and be geared up with all the necessary equipment to look and feel like a true explorer.
Relax after a hard days cycling or horse riding with an indulgent massage.
Take a warm spa bath and soothe your muscles in thermal springs surrounded by Bano's stunning mountain and volcano scenery.
Take a small bridge swing off the bridges in Banos and plummet towards the ravaging rivers below.
Visit these pre Inca burial ruins and discover a place of Ecuador’s cultural history.
The laguna is about 18km from Cotacachi. It is an impressive landscape of deep blue waters surrounded by hills, inside the mouth of a volcanic crater.
This is a sky tram that takes you up the Volcan Pichincha, to a height of 4100m, where you have a great view over the city.
This is where the equator is located in Ecuador, north of Quito. It’s the only place in the world where the equator is in the mountains, and has a monument showing you are at the equator, as well as some museums with some experiments that you can only do at the equator.
Arequipa
Visit this famous colourful monastery where once the very privileged lived
within the confines of this building and never left the outside. A small population of nuns still live here today.
See the frozen Inca princess, Juanita.
Relax in the natural hot springs surrounded by stunning Andean mountain scenery.
Rafting through the Sacred Valley.
Take a half day ride in the hills surrounding Cuzco.
Travel to Maray, the site of 3 circular terraces thought to be have used by the Incas as crop experimentation and then visit the pre Inca site of Maray containing hundreds of small salt terraces, used for salt mining for centuries.
Enjoy a relaxing massage to help soothe the effects of the Inca Trail or to assist you in adjusting to the altitude.
Get your group together and make a tour t-shirt to commemorate your tour.
Sand dune buggy riding over endless golden sand dunes.
These pyramids offer a rare glimpse into ancient Moche civilization. At 45m
high the Pyramid of the sun was the largest man-made structure in the western hemisphere before it was partly destroyed by Spaniards.
Take a relaxing ride along Mancoras beautiful beach.
Try surfing at the local break in Mancora.
Fly over the Nazca Lines in a small aeroplane. These mysterious lines are etched into shapes such as spider, condor, pair of hands, and even an astronaut! Scientists are still debating their origins today and there are many theories as to why they were drawn, ranging from astronomical calendars to alien airports!
Visit this open air cemetery and glimpse many well-preserved ancient mummies.
Overnight excursion to Lake Titicaca with home stay on Amantani Island.
Asuncion
A good insight in to this mix of modern tropical city.
desert horizons BPS