Itinerary: The 27-day tour costing $12,570 covers 4 days in Chile, 11 days in Argentina and 10 days in Brazil returning to Australia on 19th August. At the conclusion of the tour in Rio de Janeiro there is the option of undertaking a 9-day sightseeing tour of Peru costing $2,790 visiting Lima, Puno and Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire, arriving back in Australia on Day 36, Sunday 28th August 2011. This tour features sightseeing in Peru’s capital Lima, Lake Titicaca, the Sacred Valley of the Incas and Machu Picchu the Lost City of the Incas and many other Inca sites.
Highlights: As with all Australian Farmers Tours we’ll get off the tourist track visiting, sheep, beef, dairying and cropping properties. Apart from these valuable on-farm and technical visits the tour has been designed as a business trip, which may qualify as a tax-deductible expense. To this end your tour leader Frank Jones will maintain a detailed daily diary for you to submit with your income tax return. However, it is not all work and no play and the tour also includes leisure time for shopping and unforgettable sightseeing when crossing the majestic Andes, the impressive Iguazu Falls on the borders of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, the statue of Christ the Redeemer, Sugar Loaf Mountain and Rio’s famous Copacabana Beach.
Tour Cost: The cost is fully inclusive of airfares, all breakfasts, many lunches and dinners and staying at mostly 4 star hotels.
Tour Leader: Frank Jones is the former Elders Ltd State Wool Manager for Victoria & Riverina. He also held senior management positions for Elders in Newcastle and New England NSW and was Victorian Producers’ (VPC) Hamilton branch manager. When Frank was based in Hamilton he led two Australian Farmers tours to Great Britain & Ireland and Europe, USA & Canada, around Australia and several Australian Farmers tours to New Zealand. Frank led the highly acclaimed 2008 Australian Farmers China Tour and in 2009 the most successful Northern & Eastern European Farming Tour and once again will be accompanied by his wife Margaret.
About Us: Australian Farmers Travel, registered in Victoria and owned and operated by Andrew Curry is Australia’s leading agricultural tour operator. It commenced in 1973 as a service to primary producers and shareholders of the then major rural co-operatives Victorian Producers’ (now Elders), Westralian Farmers (now AWB Landmark), Primaries (now Elders), Gippsland and Northern, Bennetts Farmers and Farmers & Graziers. Our tours offer the chance to see how farming is practised worldwide and also provide a sense of fellowship and a chance to meet other farm families from all over Australia. Friendships formed on an Australian Farmers Tour often last a lifetime. We value the loyalty of our past tour members and appreciate the fact that many of them continue to book with us year after year. We feel this is a mark of the quality of our tours and tour leaders and we continue to strive to attain the high standards that we set ourselves. |
