ANDES PERFECTION & NON-STOP DISCOVERY You’ve long known that its secluded location in the Andes Mountains kept Machu Picchu from being discovered during the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Yet here you stand before the sprawling, 15th-century citadel, lost for centuries but now the most visited tourist destination in Peru. Like so many who’ve trekked to this breathtaking archaeological site, you’ve wondered if it would live up to expectations. As you click your hundredth photo and a keen satisfaction familiar to travelers warms your soul, that concern disappears like high-noon Machu Picchu mist. That satisfaction of discovery is a guaranteed companion on this 67-night circling of South America. Watch for iridescent birds, monkeys, iguanas, sloths and crocodiles at a rainforest estuary in Costa Rica’s Puerto Limón before transiting the ever-fascinating Panama Canal. Prior to your Machu Picchu adventure, check off another bucket list item on an Overland Program to the Galapagos Islands. Celebrate your first Chilean Christmas in Santiago followed by an unforgettable New Year’s Eve at the ‘bottom of the world’ aboard the jewel of any sea she sails, the incomparable Seven Seas Splendor ®. Near the cruise’s end, dip your toes in the white sands of Barbados and St. Maarten. Take advantage of four overnights — including a rare 2-night stay in Rio de Janeiro — to maximize your cultural immersion. Explore the twin-World Heritage sites of Panama City, take in a tango show (or two) in Buenos Aires, go Uruguayan beer tasting in a century-old farmer’s market in Montevideo and bask in Rio’s infectious, heart-pumping exuberance across two nights.
MACHU PICCHU, PERU
2023 CIRCLE SOUTH AMERICA
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