CHILE - A PRELUDE
8 DAYS

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Admission Costs Included to all Bolded Sites in the Itinerary.

 

1. Round-trip airfare with a major carrier on scheduled flights and guaranteed dates

2. All airport taxes

3. Accommodation in three star (occasional 4 star or superior 2 star) tourist class hotels with private facilities guaranteed throughout

4. Continental Breakfast and Dinners throughout your touring program

5. A Casterbridge Tour Manager/Guide to accompany your group 24 hours a day from arrival to departure

6. All excursions, cultural activities and (several pre-booked) admissions, per your itinerary

7. Transportation by private coach

8. One Free Place for Group Leaders with every ten full-paying participants

9. All taxes

10. All of the venue arrangement fees and promotional costs for your performances, as stated in the itinerary.



WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED?

1. Lunches and beverages with meals

2. Visas (if required)

3. Travel Insurance

4. Transportation of equipment by land and/or air or hiring of instruments

5. Any fees imposed by the airline for a second piece of checked baggage

 

DAY    1            DEPARTURE FROM NORTH AMERICA
Enjoy full meal service on your scheduled wide-bodied flight to Santiago de Chile.

DAY    2            ARRIVE SANTIAGO DE CHILE (2 NIGHTS)
We will be met at the airport by our tour manager/guide and transfer into central Santiago. We check in to our hotel before taking a traditional City Tour, visiting the best of Santiago de Chile's 32 comunas, or neighborhoods. Chile's tremendous length, over 3,000 miles covers a wide range of landscapes, from the Atacama Desert, to the fertile vineyards of the Central Valley, to rainforests and peaks of Patagonia.

DAY    3           SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Today we take an excursion to visit Viña del Mar, Chile's largest and best-known beach resort town. The city was founded in 1874 as a weekend retreat and garden residence for the wealthy elite from Valparaíso and Santiago, and it has remained a top destination for Santiaguinos ever since, Later we will also visit Valparaiso Chile's most captivating city, and, accordingly, it is the most popular coastal destination.

Your first concert performance will be today

DAY    4          SANTIAGO DE CHILE - FLIGHT TO PUERTO MONTT                           (3 NIGHTS)
After breakfast, we transfer to the airport for our flight to Puerto Montt the capital of Chile's southern Lake District, a thriving city that invests heavily in salmon farming, shipping, and tourism. Puerto Montt's small downtown offers a quick, pleasant stroll on a sunny day, and there is an. Upon arrival, we transfer to our hotel and enjoy some introductory sightseeing and stroll through the extensive outdoor market that sells Chilean handicrafts.

DAY    5           PUERTO MONTT
After breakfast, we explore the Vicente Perez Rosales National Park, stunning due to its extraordinary landscape of trees, mountains and snowy volcanoes, its wealth of wildlife is also incredibly rich, amounting to more than one hundred species of birds and 30 species of mammals. Together with the marvelous natural beauty of the Osorno volcano, our first stop will be Todos Los Santos lake, and next we continue on to Puelle.

DAY    6           PUERTO MONTT
After breakfast, we start our excursion to Frutillar a cheerful place respectful of their traditions, with the backstage of majestic volcanoes. We visit Puerto Varas, Puerto Octay, Quilanto and view Calbuco, Osorno, Puntiagudo and Puyehue volcanoes.

Your second concert performance will be today

DAY    7           PUERTO MONTT - FLIGHT TO SANTIAGO DE CHILE                                       (1 NIGHT)
After breakfast, we transfer to the airport for our flight to Santiago. Upon arrival we will prepare for our last performance.

Your third and final concert performance will be today

DAY    8            EVENING DEPARTURE FROM SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Today our enjoyable and rewarding tour will come to an end as our tour manager/guide accompanies us to the Santiago airport for our evening overnight return flight home. (Dinner will be on your own at the airport).

 

Please note that the sightseeing content may be amended or eliminated in order to facilitate the best possible concert arrangements for your group.

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