Press Release Digest 11th June 2007

Book before August 31st 2007 and Dragoman Overland will give you a cool 40% discount off their 5-day Rio Carnival 2008 package, if booked in conjunction with their 30-day Gaucho Adventure overland trip. Journey from the parties of Rio to the land of the Gaucho in one big adventure!

Rio Carnival 2008 Package: 1st – 6th February 2008 - save 40% - now only £216 p/p!
For a never-to-be-forgotten, once-in-a-lifetime experience it’s got to be Rio at carnival time, – one of the most colourful spectacles in the world. Spend 5-days of madness and mayhem in Brazil’s most glamorous party city. Take a cable car ride up Sugar Loaf Mountain to Rio’s most celebrated landmark, the Corcovado (the colossal figure of Christ the Redeemer), spend a night at the fabulous Sambadrome, the hottest ticket in town, and experience a guided tour of the teeming favelas (Rio’s infamous shantytowns).
Cost also includes transport, hotel accommodation, tours as indicated and ticket to the Sambadrome.

And after the party, comes the adventure…

Gaucho Adventure: 30-days departing Rio 6th February 2008.
Time to swap sequins for chaps and head out on a Gaucho Adventure exploring the best of Brazil and Argentina, including sun-kissed beaches and awesome Iguazu Falls, the Chilean and Argentine Lake District and the superb marine wildlife of Argentina’s Valdez Peninsula and Punto Tombo National Park. Experience life on a working Gaucho estancia (ranch), riding out with gauchos across the rolling Sierra Grande, feasting in true Gaucho-style on huge Aberdeen Angus steaks washed down with copious amounts of the Estancia’s own-label wines.
The tour costs £995 p/p plus kitty $540 (~£270) including camping and hotel accommodation, transport aboard Dragoman Overland’s customised Mercedes Benz expedition truck and experienced two-person crew.
Flights are not included but are available through Dragoman Overland.