Discovery of South America
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On our first private jet journey, we travel east across the Pacific via Tahiti and Easter Island to Buenos Aires. Sink into your seat and allow our inflight crew to pamper you with the finest food and beverages. After crossing the international dateline, it is early e...
Buenos Aires is an assortment of many different neighbourhoods, each offering a different aspect of the city. Today, we drop in at its most iconic ones for an overview of BA, as the locals call it.After breakfast, take a morning stroll through the Recoleta neighbourho...
Today, we retreat to the country. The estancia is a type of sprawling estate established in the 19th century, often crowned with a mansion of grand architecture. Here, we immerse ourselves in the lifestyle of the Argentinian elite, with an exclusive polo match put on...
Today, we are bound for Rio de Janeiro. Before that, we stop in at the world’s largest system of waterfalls for a few hours, a side-trip possible only with a private jet. We take in the once-in-a-lifetime vista of Iguassu Falls from the Brazilian side and savour a pri...
Our flight from Iguassu Falls lands in Rio de Janeiro in the evening, where you are whisked directly to the Belmond Copacabana Palace for a well-deserved rest.
We start our first full day in the city with a tour of the sights that are quintessentially Rio. We visit Corcovado Mountain to see the statue of Christ the Redeemer up close. Our next stops are the legendary beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, and then, the Metropoli...
Today is set aside for you to design as you choose, with many Your World experiences to select from.In the late afternoon, we gather to share stories of our day over caipirinhas, then take in sweeping views of the city from a helicopter, before landing at Sugarloaf ...
After breakfast, our flight leaves for Cuba. We have lunch and dinner on board before arriving in Havana. We check in to the recently renovated Kempinski Manzana de Gómez for the next three nights.
We acquaint ourselves with the city through a guided walking tour, taking in the Plaza de Armas and Old Havana. The city’s crumbling grandeur presents itself, an echo of the days when it grew rich as a port for Spanish galleons carrying treasures from the Americas. W...
If yesterday was dedicated to Old Havana, today, we explore some of the other districts that make up the city. We visit fortresses built to guard the port’s entrance, first El Morro, and then, La Cabaña. After that, we pay a visit to Plaza de la Revolución, the squar...
After lunch on a short flight, we arrive in Panama City with the afternoon to spare. Choose from these Your World experiences.Our residence in Panama is the American Trade Hotel, located in a restored landmark building in the Old Quarter. A stroll down the street will...
Today is reserved for full immersion in the engineering wonder that is the Panama Canal. Unlike a typical traveller who will only observe it from land, we will board a private cruising boat, transit the canal and experience the locks first hand. At Gatún Lake, 26 metr...
This morning, our jet takes us to Guayaquil where we board a local flight to Baltra Island in the Galápagos. Here, we leave the plane behind and board our expedition ship, M/V Galápagos Legend, headed for our first wildlife encounter. Upon landing at Santa Cruz Islan...
We sail to Santiago Island, landing on Puerto Egas, a black volcanic sand beach visited by Darwin in 1835. The shore is ringed by eroded rock formations that have become home to an abundance of wildlife species. Among them, marine iguanas, starfish and the bizarre y...
By now, we have fallen into the daily rhythms of an explorer. We start the day in a part of Santa Cruz Island that we have not visited yet. We walk past a brackish lagoon where flamingo often go to feed, then up Dragon Hill, a nesting ground for endemic land iguanas. ...
A private flight takes us directly from the Galápagos to Guayaquil. There, we rejoin our private jet for the flight to Lima, where a scheduled flight takes us to Cuzco. We check in to the Belmond Hotel Monasterio, a former seminary, and our home for the next four nigh...
Your low-altitude alternative to Cuzco. Peru has a remarkable history stretching back at least 10,000 years, and has had the benefit of hosting numerous civilisations. The Cupisnique, Chavin, Moche and Chimú cultures, now extinct, all called the area around modern day...
A scheduled flight takes us directly from the Galápagos to Guayaquil. There, we rejoin our private jet for the flight to Lima. We bid goodbye to our fellow travellers as we part ways temporarily, boarding a scheduled flight to Chiclayo. We check in to the Casa Andina Select Hotel for two nights.
In Chiclayo, we are spoiled for choice when it comes to archaeological sites. This morning, we begin our exploration at Ventarrón, a 4,000 year-old temple which was only excavated in 2007. Thought to be built by the Cupisnique culture, it is the oldest ruin in the Ame...
This morning, we drive to Trujillo for our next adventure. The El Brujo archaeological complex has been occupied by successive waves of cultures, from the Cupisnique to the Moche. Their most lasting legacy is the Señora de Cao mummy, the first Peruvian female mummy of...
The final installment of our historical quest takes place at the Temples of the Sun and Moon, a pair of pyramids that rise from a seemingly empty coastal desert. In truth, the pyramids represent just two sacred buildings within what was the Moche civilization's capita...
Our first full day in Cuzco begins at the city's cathedral, with art by Quechua artists of the 17th century Cuzco Painting School. After that, our Inca pilgrimage begins at the Temple of the Sun, a showcase of Inca masonry. On Hatun Rumiyoc Street, stone walls remain...
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