Ag-Venture Tours Takes You Off the Beaten Track to Find Out 'What Is Really Happening' in Brazil, Argentina and Chile

UNION, Ontario, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Join farmer / writer Bob Thomas for 17 days of experiencing "The Best of Brazil" in February 2011. The tour starts at the Hotel Bourbon Luxury Resort & Spa in Iguacu Falls where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet. Then see the latest equipment and techniques at the Cascavel Show Rural. Next, marvel at the awesome Mata Atlantica natural forest en route to Paranagua, South America's largest agri-export port. Tour the Co-Ops and farms in Parana state, then enjoy a weekend in Brazil's most romantic city: Rio de Janeiro. The following week in the Cerrado frontier you'll see huge farms producing soy, cotton, cattle and sugar cane. Then tour the planned capital city of Brasilia and finish your Ag-Venture holiday at the Amazon Ecopark Jungle Lodge. Depart and return Miami February 4 - 21, 2011.

"Gauchos & grapes." This Andean Ag-Venture starts in Salta, Argentina and visits livestock, crop and fruit haciendas in the spectacular foothills of the Andes. Experience incredible beef and the awesome High Mountain Archaeology Museum before heading to beautiful Buenos Aires to tour Liniers Stockyards and this city's highlights. The tour includes lots of shopping time at Galleria Pacifica and La Boca or Puerto Madeira, too. Then fly to Santiago de Chile to tour vineyards, orchards and fertile valleys irrigated from Andean mountain springs. You must see the Elqui Valley with avocados growing on nearly vertical slopes, and Mamalluca Observatory by night is spectacular. You can add on tours to ethereal Machu Picchu, Peru or the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Depart and return Miami February 24 - March 13, 2011.

What? Where? When?

• 17-day tour of Agriculture and Tourist sites in Brazil, February 4 - 21, 2011
• 18-day tour of Agriculture and Tourist sites in Argentina and Chile, February 24 - March 13, 2011

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SOURCE R.W. Thomas Inc.