Seasons

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro February – March The week Rio runs on its own rules, with two distinct products that should never be confused in a quotation. Réveillon in Rio de Janeiro December The highest-demand night of the year in Brazil, and the one that imposes the hardest selling conditions. Carnival in Salvador da Bahia February – March A street carnival with no parade to watch: here the client is inside it or not there at all. Carnival in Recife and Olinda February – March The carnival you walk: frevo, giant puppets and steep colonial streets. Parintins Folklore Festival June The largest spectacle in the Amazon, in a river town whose capacity does not grow to receive it. Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia March The week Mendoza closes the harvest, and the one week of the year when the wine region sells itself. Whale season at Península Valdés June – December The southern right whale comes into the gulfs of Chubut to calve, and the month decides whether the client watches from the shore or from a boat. Ski season in Bariloche June – September The destination that runs against the rest of Argentina: it opens when Patagonia closes. Tango Festival and World Cup in Buenos Aires August – September Two weeks of tango with free admission, in the cheapest month of the year in the city. Patagonia trekking season November – March The same season on both sides of the border, and a bed base that does not grow with demand. Clear skies in the Atacama April – October The Chilean product that works exactly when the south closes, and the only one that carries a programme in midwinter. Tapati Rapa Nui February Two weeks of Rapa Nui competition on an island whose bed base does not grow to receive it. Inti Raymi in Cusco June Peru's largest festival falls at the peak of the dry season and takes the city's entire availability with it. Holy Week in Cusco March – April The one week of the Andean low season in which Cusco behaves like high season.