Discover the wonders of South America with a comprehensive tour that includes iconic sites like Machu Picchu, Iguazú Falls, and a Galápagos cruise.
  • content:<h3>Must-see Highlights</h3><ul class='icon-list'><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Explore Both the Brazilian and Argentinean side of Iguazú Falls, Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Larco Museum</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Visit Sugarloaf Mountain, Christ the Redeemer, Ollantaytambo Ruins, Sacsayhuaman, San Antonio de Areco</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>See the Teatro Colon, Copacabana Beach and the Casa Rosada</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Scenic Drive through the Sacred Valley</li><li><i class='fa-regular fa-circle-check'></i>Scenic Train Ride to Machu Picchu aboard the Vistadome train</li></ul>
  • content:<h3>Make Travel Matter®</h3><p><b>Iguazú Falls</b>: Visiting the ancestral Guarani community for an immersive MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience. Join the Guarani for a jungle walk, first greeted by an aboriginal guide who leads you through trails that surround and crisscross the village. Learn about the beliefs, myths, legends and the virtues of medicinal plants and their uses before visiting the temple in the heart of the jungle discovering the initiation and baptism rituals of the tribe. See the plantations, their homes and their hunting traps for different kinds of animals that they used in ancient times. Your visit ends with a display of handicrafts using resources such as wood, lianas and seeds.</p><p><b>Buenos Aires</b>: Visit a workshop where people with special abilities manufacture in an artisanal way the traditional shoe of the gauchos: "alpargatas", still used in the countryside and by many rural workers. Learn about the production process. This MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience helps the association to support youth and adults develop their abilities to make these traditional shoes and is the only factory offering disabled people job opportunities.</p><p><b>Cusco</b>: Visit Manos de la Comunidad weaving center to learn about artistic traditions and the four Andean camels: Llamas, Alpacas, Vicuñas and Guanacos. Then step inside a private area to discover one of the traditions of the Sacred Valley called “lindaje”. This typical tradition of several communities reinforces the borders of each community and involves several customs, one of which is man dancing in typical women’s clothes. Then enjoy an exclusive lunch at a beautiful outdoor space near the Weaving Center. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.</p><p><b>Sacred Valley</b>: Enjoy a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience meeting Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez, a master Quechua weaver and the first person from her village to attend university. She has been an ambassador for Andean traditions since she began learning ancient pre-Columbian weaving techniques as a young girl in the 1960s. You'll learn about traditional weaving practice using natural dyeing techniques and its importance to their identity and culture. Your visit makes a difference in helping to preserve and promote traditional pre-Columbian weaving techniques in the 21st century.</p>
  • content:<h3>Be My Guest</h3><p><b>Buenos Aires</b>: Visit a family-run gaucho ranch for an energizing event of food, drink, music, dance and horseback riding demonstrations. Kick off with a lunch of empanadas, salads, asado meat of sausages, chicken and beef and drinks followed by flan with dulce de leche for dessert. You’ll even learn how to grill the asado. Discoveries continue over a demonstration of gaucho´s skill with horses and a lively show. Take time to wander among the historic, 150-year-old building past the cows and horses before taking home your keepsake leather accessory gift typical of this region.</p><p><b>Lima</b>: Visit a local market with Chef Ignacio and enjoy a special lunch at his cooking school.</p>
  • content:<h3>Trafalgar Difference</h3><p><b>Sacred Valley</b>: Admire your idyllic setting within the Sacred Valley and take in the 18th-century colonial-style features of  Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay, a former monastery complete with plazas and cobbled streets.</p>
Stay in carefully selected accommodations including the Windsor Excelsior Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, Hotel Mercure at Iguazú Falls, Intercontinental in Buenos Aires, Iberostar Hotel in Lima, Sonesta Posadas del Inca Yucay in the Sacred Valley, El MaPi in Machu Picchu, Novotel Cusco, and the Sheraton in Quito. Enjoy a unique cruise experience aboard the M/V Galápagos Legend.