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January 4-21, 2013 An Exclusive Small Group Tour for the Alumnae Association of Smith College Featuring Robert M. Newton, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Geosciences, Smith College 18 days for $7,451 total price from Miami ($6,695 air, land & cruise inclusive plus $756 airline taxes and departure fees) presents PATAGONIAN FRONTIERS ARGENTINA AND CHILE BY LAND & SEA This tour is provided by Odysseys Unlimited, five-time honoree, Travel & Leisure’s World’s Best Tour Operators award.

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Page 1: PATAGONIAN FRONTIERS - Smith College · 2014-09-11 · visits to Osorno Volcano and Petrohue Waterfalls in Vicente Rosales National Park. Our tour concludes with two days in the Chilean

January 4-21, 2013

An Exclusive Small Group Tour for the Alumnae Association of Smith College

Featuring Robert M. Newton, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Geosciences, Smith College

18 days for $7,451 total price from Miami($6,695 air, land & cruise inclusive plus $756 airline taxes and departure fees)

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PATAGONIAN FRONTIERSArgentinA And Chile by lAnd & SeA

This tour is provided byOdysseys Unlimited,five-time honoree,

Travel & Leisure’s World’sBest Tour Operators award.

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Method of Payment

q Check q American Express q Discover q MasterCard q VISA

Account #_______________________________________________ Security Code____________Exp. Date____/_____

Name of Cardholder _________________________________________________________________________________

Signature ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Final invoicing will be sent by our tour operator, Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. The balance of the program price must be paid to Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. Final payment, payable by check or credit card, is due 95 days prior to departure.

Enclosed is my/our deposit for $______($500 per person) for ____ person/people on Patagonian Frontiers departing January 4, 2013. I/we understand the final payment is due at least 95 days prior to departure. Payment may be made by American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or VISA or by personal check. Please make deposit check payable to Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. and send to: Smith Travel, Alumnae House, 33 Elm Street, Northampton, MA 01063. For more information, please call Smith Travel at (800) 225-2029 or contact us via e-mail at [email protected] or fax us at (413) 585-2015.

Full Passport Name _____________________________________________ Date of Birth_____________ Gender____

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Home Ph. ( ______ )________________________________ Cell Ph. ( ______ ) ________________________________

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Please book my/our air from ___________________________ I/we request a Business Class upgrade r

I will share a room with _______________________________ I request a single room (limited availability) r

I/we request a cabin upgrade to Category _____ Pre-Tour Option: Iguazu Falls: Please sign me/us up r

Please Note: The undersigned has read the schedule of activities for Patagonian Frontiers, January 4-21, 2013, and agrees that their signature below represents their acceptance of the General Terms & Conditions.

Signature(s) __________________________________________________________________ Date________________

Dear Alumnae and Friends,

The Alumnae Association of Smith College invites you to join us on an exciting tour to Patagonia! Our small group of no more than 24 Smith alumnae and friends will discover, by land and sea, the remarkable diversity of southernmost South America. Accompanied by a seasoned tour director, we’ll visit major cities, explore national parks, and cruise Cape Horn. We’ll be joined on tour by Robert M. Newton, Professor and Chair of Geosciences at Smith College. Prof. Newton looks forward to sharing his knowledge and expertise with us.

Our odyssey begins in Buenos Aires, the lively capital of Argentina, with comprehensive sight seeing. We then fly south to Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost urban center, and board the M/V Stella Australis to begin our exploration of channels and glaciers of southern Chile. We visit Magdalena Island, home to an immense colony of Magellanic penguins, and end our cruise at Punta Arenas.

We’ll then travel overland and discover the wonders of Torres del Paine National Park, one of the most unspoiled and spectacular nature preserves on Earth. A three-night stay in Chile’s Lake District includes visits to Osorno Volcano and Petrohue Waterfalls in Vicente Rosales National Park. Our tour concludes with two days in the Chilean capital of Santiago. An optional 3-day/2-night pre-tour to the iconic Iguazu Falls is also available.

Space is limited, so we urge you to call today to reserve your place on our exclusive journey. Join us on this wonderful tour!

Warm Regards,

Elizabeth BigwoodDirector, Smith Travel

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION OF SMITH COLLEGE RESERVATION FORM: PATAGONIAN FRONTIERS

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18 days from $7,451 total price from Miami ($6,695 air, land & cruise inclusive plus $756 airline taxes and departure fees)

PAtAgoniAn FrontierSArgentinA And Chile by lAnd & SeA

Tour membership limited to 24 alumnae and friends of Smith College

Day 1: Depart U.S. for Buenos Aires, Argentina

Day 2: Arrive Buenos Aires After arriving in this lively city this morning, we transfer to our hotel to rest before this afternoon’s short walking tour followed by a welcome briefing. Tonight we enjoy a welcome dinner. B,D

Day 3: Buenos Aires This morning’s city tour features the lovely mansions and parks of Palermo; the colorful bohemian district of La Boca; picturesque San Telmo; elegant Recoleta cemetery; and historic Government House. Tonight we visit the legendary Esquina Carlos Gardel, one of the city’s premier tango houses, for dinner and a performance. B,D

Day 4: Buenos Aires Today is at leisure to explore this vibrant city on our own. B

Day 5: Buenos Aires/Ushuaia We fly today to Ushuaia, Argentina, the world’s southernmost urban center. After checking in at our hotel, we tour this windswept city on the Beagle Channel. B

Day 6: Ushuaia This morning’s excursion takes us to Tierra del Fuego National Park, a 155,676-acre nature preserve with Andes peaks, rivers, glacial lakes, forest, and wildlife. Late this afternoon we board our ship; early evening we set sail through the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego. B,D

Day 7: Cruising – Cape Horn/Wulaia Bay Today we see up close one of the world’s last unspoiled frontiers as we sail through the Beagle and Murray channels, perhaps glimpsing sea lions and Antarctic fur seals along the way, to Cape Horn National Park. The spot where the Atlantic and Pacific merge, the sheer promontory

AtlanticOcean

Pacific Ocean

Santiago

Punta Arenas

Puerto Montt/Puerto Varas

Torres del Paine

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DestinationAirMotorcoachCruiseExtension (air)Entry/Departure

ARGENTINABuenos Aires

Cape Horn

Iguazu Falls

Buenos Aires sightseeing … Argentine dinner and tango

show … Three-night Southern Patagonia cruise … Beagle

Channel, Cape Horn, Strait of Magellan … Zodiac excur-

sions up close to glaciers … Penguin colony on Magdalena

Island … Three-night stay in Torres del Paine with excur-

sions … Chile’s Lake District, including Vicente Rosales

Park, Osorno Volcano, Petrohue Waterfalls … Santiago

touring … Home-hosted dinner with Santiago families

Your Small Group Tour Highlights

Cover photo: We spend two days exploring unspoiled Torres del Paine National Park.

E njoy the rare privilege of face-to-face encounters with two of the world’s last great frontiers: the majestic fjords and glaciers of Southern Patagonia, on a small-ship cruise; and the stunningly dramatic scenery of

Torres del Paine on a three-night stay at the park. Along with visits to Buenos Aires and Santiago, we discover the remarkable diversity of South America.

Day Itinerary Hotel Rating1 Depart U.S. for Buenos Aires

2-4 Buenos Aires Savoy Hotel Sup. First Class

5 Ushuaia Los Acebos Hotel First Class

6-8 Patagonia cruise M/V Stella Australis Sup. First Class

9-11 Torres del Paine Hosteria First Class Las Torres

12-14 Puerto Varas Hotel Gran Sup. First Class

Colonos del Sur

15-16 Santiago Atton El Bosque Sup. First Class

17 Depart for U.S. (overnight flight)

18 Arrive U.S.

Ratings are based on the Hotel & Travel Index, the travel industry standard reference.

Avg. High (°F) Jan FebBuenos Aires 85 83 Ushuaia 57 56 Santiago 85 84

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of Cape Horn rises some 1,400 feet from the roiling waters below. This afternoon we encounter shel-tered Wulaia Bay on a guided walk. B,L,D

Day 8: Cruising – Agostini Sound/Aguila This morning we cruise through several chan-nels to enter the spectacular Agostini Sound, where we see massive glaciers flowing down the mountainside. Later we take inflatable Zodiacs to Aguila Glacier, which we approach via an easy walk on the shore of a lagoon. B,L,D

Day 9: Cruising – Magdalena Island/Punta Arenas/Torres del Paine Early this morning we visit Magdalena Island, home to an immense colony of more than 120,000 Magellanic pen-guins that we’ll take time to observe; and to a lighthouse, which we visit. Then we cruise to Punta Arenas, where we disembark and board our motorcoach for the journey to Torres del Paine National Park. B,L,D

Day 10: Torres del Paine National Park Today we encounter breathtaking Torres del Paine, a 700-square-mile World Biosphere Reserve and one of the most unspoiled and beautiful nature preserves on Earth. We spend the day exploring this unparalleled landscape of jagged peaks, ice-blue glaciers, turquoise lakes, rushing rivers, and thunderous waterfalls. Lunch today is at magnificent Lago Grey. B,L,D

Day 11: Torres del Paine National Park Our second excursion through the park features Laguna Amargo, Laguna Azul, and Cascade Rio Paine. We’re sure to see some of the park’s only permanent residents: 106 species of birds and 26 species of mammals, including the beloved guanaco. B,L,D

Day 12: Torres del Paine/Punta Arenas/Puerto Montt/Puerto Varas We travel by coach today to Punta Arenas, where we board a flight to Puerto Montt, gateway to Chile’s Lake District. B

Day 13: Puerto Varas/Puerto Montt Today’s tour features lakeside Puerto Varas and its scenic environs; and the prosperous port city of Puerto Montt, “salmon capital” of Chile. We continue on to the seaside resort of Pelluco, then observe the shore birds at Chamiza before returning to our hotel, where we dine tonight. B,D

Day 14: Vicente Rosales National Park Glacier-topped volcanoes, forests of dense green, and cobalt lagoons color our excursion to Chile’s oldest national park. Here we visit conical Osorno Volcano, sprawling Petrohue Waterfalls, and the village of Ensenada on the shores of Lake Llanquihue. B,L

Explore the stunning natural scenery of Patagonia with visits to Torres del Paine and Vicente Rosales National Parks.

iguAzu FAllS 3 days/2 nights for $995 total price

Single Supplement: $295

Discover the magnificence of one of the world’s iconic landmarks and great natural wonders.

Pre-Tour Option: Jan. 2-5, 2013

Your Tour Price Includes• Round-trip air transportation Buenos Aires/Iguazu Falls

• 2 nights’ accommodations at Panoramic Hotel

(Superior First Class)

• 3 meals: 2 breakfasts, 1 dinner

• Services of an Odysseys Unlimited representative

• Private motorcoach/van transportation

• Included sightseeing: Iguazu Falls National Park

(Argentine side of the falls) with viewing opportunities

• Gratuities for dining room servers, airport and hotel

porters, and all drivers

Land only guests: $1,145 total price

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Day 15: Puerto Varas/Puerto Montt/Santiago We fly today to the sophisticated Chilean capital. This afternoon we take a city tour featuring the Plaza de Armas and the renowned Pre-Columbian Museum. Tonight we’re dinner guests in the homes of gracious Santiago families. B,D

Day 16: Santiago/Haras de Pirque Winery This morning we enjoy a private tour and tasting at Viña Haras de Pirque, one of Chile’s best known wineries. Our afternoon is at leisure in Santiago before tonight’s farewell dinner at a local restaurant. B,D

Day 17: Valparaiso/Depart for U.S. Today we travel to the old port of Valparaiso, one-time fishing village marked by colorful wooden houses and narrow, winding streets. We return to Santiago in time for our overnight flights to the U.S. B

Day 18: Arrive U.S. We arrive in the U.S.this morning and connect with our return flights home.

Prices include international airfare and all taxes, surcharges, and fees.

Miami $7,451

Atlanta, Orlando, Tampa $7,751

Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston,

$7,851 Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, DC

Denver, Phoenix, Portland (OR), $7,951

Seattle

Land Only (transfers not included) $6,695

Please call if your city is not listed. Prices are per person based on double occupancy in a Category B outside cabin on Deck 2 (Magellan) forward and include airline taxes, fuel surcharges, and departure fees of $756, which are subject to change until final payment is made. Single travelers please add $2,495. Please note that single room availability is very limited. All prices above (excluding airline taxes, fuel surcharges, and departure fees) are guaranteed.

Upgrade to Category A outside cabin on Deck 2 (Magellan): $495; Category AA outside cabin on Deck 3 (Tierra del Fuego): $695; Category AAA outside cabin on Deck 4 (Cape Horn): $795

Business Class upgrade on round-trip international flight: $3,295 per person (upgrade is on request and pricing is subject to change).

Please note: This trip involves walks on uneven terrain and embarking and disembarking on ships. You should be in good physical condition to enjoy the tour to the fullest.

For reservations and information, please call Smith Travel at800-225-2029

Tour Departs: January 4, 2013

Your Tour Price Includes•Round-tripairtransportationfromlistedcities;

all flights within Argentina and Chile•15nights’accommodations:3nightsaboard

M/V Stella Australis (Superior First Class); 12 nights in Superior First Class and First Class hotels

•33meals:16breakfasts,6lunches,11dinners•Extensivesightseeingasdescribed,includingall

entrance fees•Openbarservice(wineandselectliquors)on

board ship•ServicesofanOdysseysUnlimitedTourDirector•Privatemotorcoachtransportationthroughout the trip•Allporttaxesandnationalparkfees•Luggagehandlingforonebagperperson•Gratuitiesforlocalguides,diningroomservers,

airport and hotel porters, and all drivers

M/V Stella Australis

Built: 2010Decks: 5Cabins: 100 (all outside)Length: 292 ft

Width: 48 ftDraft: 11 ftGross Tonnage: 4,500

Amenities: restaurant, 3 lounges, Zodiac expedition boats, boutique, on-board lectures,

open bridge, panoramic open deck

Buenos Aires’ colorful La Boca district

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JOIN US FOR an exclusive Smith Travel TOUR TO PATAGONIA!

Guaranteed Small Group: Limited to 24 Guests

Presorted Standard

U.S. POSTAGE P A I D

Odysseys Unlimited, Inc.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONSPlease read this information carefully, as payment of a $500 deposit per person represents your acceptance of the following Terms and Conditions.

Not included in tour priceAirfare when purchasing a Land Only package; costs of passports and visas; Argentinean Reciprocity fee; per-sonal expenses such as beverages, laundry, room service, and meals not specified; airport transfers when pur-chasing a land-only package; communication charges; gratuities to your Odysseys Unlimited Tour Director and shipboard personnel, which are at your discretion (suggested gratuities $10-$15 per day, per traveler); optional sightseeing or shore excursions; travel protection insurance. Additional baggage fees may apply and are subject to change at any time. You should confirm directly with your airline prior to departure.

Cancellations, refunds and changesIf you must cancel your trip, the effective date of cancellation will be upon our receipt of your written notification. Refunds for cancellations are subject to the following per person charges: Cancel 95 days or more before departure: $200 charge; Cancel 94-65 days before departure: 50% of tour price; Cancel 64-30 days before departure: 75% of tour price; Cancel 29-0 days before departure: No refund. If a guest makes any changes to their reservation from 94 to 30 days prior to departure, Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. will apply a $100 per person administrative fee, in addition to any fees or penalties imposed by third parties. Changes are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed. If your reservation changes from double occupancy to single occupancy for any reason, you will be charged the single supplement. No changes are allowed within 30 days of departure.

Upon reservation you must provide your full legal name as it appears on your passport as well as your date of birth and gender. In the event an airline ticket is issued with incorrect information you have provided, you will be responsible for charges associated with the ticket’s reissue.

Responsibility The liability of the Alumnae Association of Smith College, as sponsor, and Odysseys Unlim ited, Inc., as tour operator, is strictly limited. Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. purchases transportation, hotel accommodations, restaurant and other services from independent suppliers not under our control. We serve only as agents for these suppliers in securing tour arrangements, and therefore will not accept responsibility for wrongful, negligent, or arbitrary acts or omissions of these independent contractors, their employees, agents, servants or representatives. The Alumnae Association of Smith College and Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. are not liable for injury, damage, loss, accident, or delay that may be caused by events not within our control, including without limitation, acts of terrorism, war, strikes, the defect of any vehicle, or the negligence or default of any third party. All coupons, receipts, and tickets issued are subject to the terms and conditions specified by the air carriers, cruise line, and other independent suppliers.

We will make every effort to operate our tours as planned, but we reserve the right to make itinerary changes as necessary. If unforeseen circumstances require us to change a hotel, we will select alternative accommodations of the same or better quality. If you choose to make your own air arrangements, Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. shall not have any liability for any loss resulting from cancellation of this tour or changes in this tour.

Health and Medical IssuesWe request that you be in good health to participate in this tour. There is a reasonable amount of walking, and you must be able to get on and off motorcoaches and ships on your own. If you require the use of a wheel-chair or have other personal needs, you must be accompanied by a companion who will assist you. We reserve the right to remove anyone whose physical or mental condition, in our opinion, compromises the operation of the tour or detracts from the enjoyment or safety of the other passengers. In that event, Smith College and Odysseys Unlimited, Inc. assume no financial responsibility for any unused portion of the tour.

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