hotel - Regal Pacific

The Regal Pacific Hotel Buenos Aires offers enchanting guest rooms, executive floor service and suites enhanced with luxurious bedding, bathroom linens and exclusive amenities. They grant an at-ease atmosphere, most advanced technologies, classy contemporary furnishings and upholsteries, all of which have been richly appointed to ensure the highest comfort.

Tipo Quarto		Preço Dia		Preço Total
1 Single		€ 178		€ 2496
1 Twin 1 Cama		€ 178		€ 2496
Total				€ 2496

PROGRAMME OF TRIP

Patagonia Argentina and Chile

12 days

PROGRAMME OF TRIP

Day 1 - Lisbon and Oporto / Buenos Aires

Attendance at the airport for flight to Buenos Aires, via a European city. Arrival, assistance and transfer to hotel. Accommodation.

Day 2 - Buenos Aires

Panoramic tour passing through their neighborhoods and main points of interest. Afternoon free. At night, dinner with tango show in one of the typical houses of the city. Accommodation.

Day 3 - Buenos Aires / Ushuaia

Transfer to airport for flight to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world also called Tierra del Fuego. Arrival and transfer to hotel. Accommodation

Day 4 - Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego National Park)

Morning visit to Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego, with a varied topography, and a very rich flora and fauna. Strolling for its lakes, forests and mountains you can see penguins, sea lions and beavers living in perfect harmony. Free afternoon and overnight.

Day 5 - Ushuaia / El Calafate

Transfer to airport for flight to Calafate. Arrival and transfer to hotel. Accommodation.

Day 6 - Calafate (Glacier Perito Moreno)

Visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier located near Magallanes Peninsula. You may notice one of the most impressive natural spectacles when huge blocks of ice break off and fall into the lake. Return to Calafate and accommodation.

Day 7 - El Calafate / Puerto Natales

Transportation to and output terminal regular bus to Puerto Natales. Arrival, transfer to hotel and accommodation.

Day 8 - Puerto Natales / Torres del Paine / Puerto Natales

Visit to Parque Nacional Torres del Paine, with his impressive Andes surrounded by glaciers, water falls, lakes and ponds. Lunch included. Return to Puerto Natales and accommodation.

Day 9 - Puerto Natales / Punta Arenas / Santiago

Transportation to the terminal and exit regular bus to the airport in Punta Arenas. Embarking for Santiago, arrival and transfer to hotel. Accommodation.

Day 10 - Santiago

City tour covering its landmarks: the Church of St. Francis, the Turf Club, the Seat of Government, the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, Central Post Office, the Museum of Natural History, Mount St. Lucia, neighborhoods Santa Maria de Manquehue, Vitacura and Las Condes. Rest of day free. Accommodation.

Day 11 - Santiago / Lisbon or Porto

Transfer to airport for flight to Portugal. Night and flight catering.

12th day - Lisbon or Porto

Arrival. End of our services.

Program valid for 12 days / 10 nights from January to December 2010. Subject to availability.

Minimum 2 participants

Price includes:

• Airfare Portugal / Buenos Aires / Ushuaia / El Calafate - Punta Arenas / Santiago / Portugal tourist class; Base Iberia flights booking class N + N Aerolineas booking class, subject to availability;

• 10 nights in selected hotels on a bed and breakfast;

• Visits by car touring with Spanish-speaking local guides;

• 2 meals;

• Transfers in and out;

• Assistance by local representatives of the operator;

• Service charges and VAT;

• Airport taxes, security and fuel: € 319.48 ((subject to change);

• Supplement Airfare, flight Iberia, class N: 26Mar 10Jul to the 04Abr + 15Ago: 290 €; 26Jun to 09Jul + 16Ago to Nov: € 100 per person;

• VIP Travel Insurance;

The price does not include:

• Booking fees;

• Drinks at meals;

• Expenses of personal and other services not mentioned in the program;

• Any supplemental air fare and / or time: to be confirmed at time of booking;

• currency fluctuations;

Documents: Passport valid for entire journey

Vaccinations: Not required

Patagónia

Extended over the territories of Argentina and Chile, Patagónia offers some of the most beautifulç landscapes in South America, predominantly mountain ranges, and lakes and ponds, rivers and waterfalls, forests and spectacular glaciers.

The Patagónia is bounded on the north by the Rio Colorado, south through the Strait of Magellan (which separates the Patagónia Tierra del Fuego) and the east and west respectively by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The highlights of the Andes divide the Chilean Patagónia Argentine and Argentine Patagónia.

Ecotourism

Ecotourism (also known as ecological tourism) is a responsible travel to fragile pristine, and usually protected are as that strives to be low impact and (often) small scale. It purports to educate the traveller, provide funds for conservation, directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities and foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Eco tourism is held as important by those who participate in it so that future generations may experience aspects of the environment relatively untouched by human intervention.

The Koala

The Koala (Phascolarctos cinerus) in habit mainly the region of southeast and northeast of Australia. Its natural habitat is the eucalyptus and feeds on eucalyptus leaves. Their average lifespan is 17 years. The animal are in a very large extinction process, which began with British colonization in Australia. This disappearance was due to the emergence of the cult of hunting and killing Koalas to use your skin. But today is not the game the greatest risk faced by Koalas, but forest fires and the lack of trees are felled by loggers that lead to his death. In losing their home and food, Koalas eventually move to the cities, where often end up being killed, run over by road or by dogs.

Environmental Activism

What is it?

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the state of the environment.

What is required?

The environmental movement is a diverse scientific, social and political movement.

In general termos, environmentalists advocate the sustainable management of resources, and the protection of the natural environment throught changes in public policy and individual behavior.

In its recognition of humanity as a participant in ecosystems, the movement is centered around ecology, health and human rights.

Rain forest

What are they?

Tropical forests are a natural reservoir of genetic diversity that provides a rich source of medicinal plants, subsistence foods and a variety of other useful forest products.

Importance

They are an important habitat for migratory animals and maintain approximately 50 percent of species on Earth, as well as a large number of diverse indegenous cultures and unique.

Rain forests have an elemental role in regulating global weather in addition to maintaining regular rainfall, while protection against floods, droughts and erosion. They store vast quantities of carbon to produce a significant amount of oxygen to the world.

Where there?

Most rain forests are found in four biogeographic realms: the afrotropical (mainland Africa, Madagascar and scattered islands), Australia (Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands) the Indomalásio (Indiam Sri Lanka, Asia and Southeast Asia) and the Neotropical (South America, Central America and the Caribbean islands).

Framework

Tropical forests worldwide are quite diverse, but many share the same characteristics including climate, precipitation, canopy structure, complex symbiotic relationships and a diversity of species.

- Mammals of tropical forests: tamarin golden lion, orangutan, spider monkey, jaguar, capybara, otter, peccary, paca and giant anteater

- Insects typical of tropical forests: grasshopper, butterfly, dragon flies, beetles and crickets.

- Birds typical of tropical forests: parrot, stork, macaw, woodpecker, toucans, pigeon, peacock and black heron.

Climate

Air temperature in all months of the year over 18º C, did not have winter season and annual rainfall greater than the annual potential evapotranspiration.

What affects them?

Environmental services core tropical forest ecosystems are at risk due to climate change, such as the maintenance of the water cycle and carbon balance in the atmosphere. This represents an enormous additional threat to biodiversity of tropical forests. Change the dynamics of tropical forest ecosystems can affect the carbon balance of the Earth, changing the cycles of water and energy and thus affect the climate...