South American Bonanza

Arrival in Costa Rica

Depending on arrival time at SJO Airport, pick up and transfer to Canopy Rain Forest of Arenal National Park for a tour. Lunch on the way includes a set menu at La Gran Vista Restaurant.

Next, experience the Canopy Tour on the Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica. Then, visit the verdant splendour of the Cloud Forest, a very short distance from San Jose.

After, we will leave the busy city and head up to the mountains surrounding the central valley. Along the way, we will drive by typical Costa Rican towns, various vegetation, coffee fields and ornamental plants.
As we ascend, you will feel the change in climate, a common characteristic of this beautiful country.

During the tour, you will have the opportunity to appreciate the valley and the tropical forest while you enjoy our two groups of cables: The Forest and the Adventure Cables.

After a short walk to La Gran Vista Restaurant, enjoy a delicious lunch and a terrific view. After the Canopy tour, transfer to San Jose city.

Caracas to Canaima National Park

At the Canaima Airport, our representatives will meet you and transport you to Campamento Hortuvensa, situated on the spectacular views of the pink sandy shores of Canaima Lagoon.

After your welcome lunch and cocktail, we begin the excursion.

We move off from the sandy pink beaches of the Canaima Lagoon to tour this beautiful area, bringing us so close to the raging falls that we can feel its refreshing mist.

The dramatic scenery provides some of the best photo opportunities in the park. After the tour of Canaima Lagoon, we will return to Campamento for a culinary dinner delight.

For the evening, you'll have the opportunity for a relaxing rest on the patio with views of the lagoon and a chance to contemplate the grandness of the Southern Hemisphere's nighttime sky.

Fly from Venezuela to Trinidad and Georgetown, Guyana

Morning transfer to CCS Airport and departure to Port of Spain.

Upon arrival at POS Airport, pick up and transfer to Port Of Spain's capital and your hotel for check-in.

Next, enjoy a city tour which includes the national museum, Wrightson Road waterfront, Abercromby Street, Red House, Hall of Justice, Trinity Cathedral, Woodford Square, and Stollmeyer Castle.

Overnight at Courtyard by Marriott Port of Spain.

Visit the Majestic Kaieteur Falls

These spectacular falls drop 714 feet (226 meters), with a water volume that ranks Kaieteur among the most powerful waterfalls in the world.

Its thunder can be heard long before visitors glimpse this magnificent cascade. More than 136,200 litres of tannin-stained water per second, shrouded in mist and pierced by rainbows, crash to the bottom of the rocky but lush gorge.

We will fly over the falls for an aerial view and then hike along the upper edge to get great photo opportunities from various viewing points.
Return to Georgetown. (Meals: lunch)

Brownsberg Nature Park, Suriname

After breakfast, travel by luxury coach to Brownsberg Nature Park and enjoy the natural surrounding of the park by taking nature walks, birdwatching and wildlife viewing.

Overnight in the cabins at Brownsberg

Fly from Port of Spain, Trinidad to St. Georges Grenada

Transfer to PBM Airport for your flight to Grenada. Upon arrival at GND Airport, pick up and transfer to hotel for breakfast.

Visiting Fort Frederick, Fort George, and the Parliament building will help you appreciate the island's history. Afterwards, explore the colorful market and Bay Gardens. Visit the rum distillery on your way back to the hotel.

Fly from Brdgetown Barbados to Castries, St Lucia

Early morning transfer to BGI Airport for flight to St. Lucia. Upon arrival pick up and transfer to hotel for breakfast.

After breakfast drive through the city of Castries and view beautiful Morne Fortune, the banana plantations, the rich tropical vegetation and the sleepy fishing villages on the outskirts of the rainforest to the town of Soufriere.
The Sulphur Springs of the drive-in volcano is our first stop with its steaming and bubbling holes of sulfuric waters.

Next, at Fond Doux Estate walk along the trails which traverse this working plantation and through a tropical garden to the charming 19th century plantation house.

Toraille Waterfall is our next stop where a breathtaking waterfall gushes 50 feet (15 meters) over a hillside and cascades into a pool at the center of a beautiful garden where you may have a bath.

A nature trail leads through the lush greens and other dazzling colors of this tropical garden.

Return to your hotel for overnight.

Fly to Santo Domingo, DR and island tour

Transfer to ANU Airport for a flight to Santo Domingo. Upon arrival at SDQ Airport, pick up and transfer to the Hispaniola Hotel and Casino in Santo Domingo for check-in.

Visit Colonial Santo Domingo, founded by the Conquistadors in 1496. See the Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor, where the remains of Christopher Columbus are buried.

Visit Columbus Alcazar, a beautiful palace built for Diego, the discoverer's son, where you can admire the elegant lifestyle of colonial times.
Close by is the Atarazana, a lovely and picturesque street typical of the 16th century, which now houses gift shops, boutiques and art galleries and where we will stop briefly for refreshments.

Our tour continues through this colonial town's most important churches, buildings and parks, once ransacked by pirates and recently restored to their past glory.

We will also visit the Casas Peals Museum.

Return to hotel for overnight.