Policies

Americans: No visa is required by US nationals for visits of up to 90 days, but a US$100
reciprocity fee, payable in USD cash on arrival, will be charged for tourists. The receipt
is regarded as a multiple entry visa and is valid until expiry of passport. A passport is required
for travel to Chile.

UK nationals: UK nationals do not require a visa for visits of up to 90 days.
A valid passport is required.

Canadians: No visa is required by Canadians for visits of up to 90 days, but a US$136 reciprocity
fee, payable in USD cash on arrival, will be charged for tourists. The receipt is regarded as a
multiple entry visa and is valid until expiry of passport. A passport is required for travel to Chile.

Australians: No visa is required by Australians for visits of up to 90 days, but a US$30 reciprocity fee,
payable in USD cash on arrival, will be charged for tourists. The receipt is regarded as a multiple
entry visa and is valid for three months. A valid passport is required.

South Africans: South African nationals most hold a valid passport. A visa is not required for stays
of up to 90 days.

New Zealanders: New Zealand nationals must hold a valid passport. A visa is
not required for a stay of up to 90 days.

Irish nationals: Irish nationals must hold a valid passport, but a visa for a stay of up to 90 days
is not required.

Passport/Visa Note: Passengers must hold a Tourist Card (issued free of charge on arrival for 90 days)
and sufficient funds to cover intended period of stay. A return or onward ticket is not required if holding a
credit card or sufficient funds to purchase a ticket. Passengers with a passport from Australia, Canada,
United States or Mexico are required to pay a reciprocity tax on entering the Santiago airport before
passing through Customs. Fees are US$30 for Australians, US$136 for Canadians, US$100 for US
nationals and US$15 for Mexican passport holders. This tax must be paid in US dollars cash; it is paid
once and remains valid until the passport expires. The fee does not apply to travellers arriving at other
airports or entering the country via land borders.

Note: Passport and visa requirements are liable to change at short notice. Travellers are advised to check their entry requirements with their embassy or consulate.

*For offical and current entry requirements into Chile please contact the Chilean Consulate
for your country. We are not responsible for displaying the confirmed requirements here but
do our best to keep it up to date*

Argentina

Americans: US nationals require a valid passport for travel to Argentina, but no visa is required for
stays of up to three months, providing the visit is for touristic purposes only.

UK nationals: UK nationals require a valid passport, but no visa is required for a stay of up to three
months for British Citizens and British Overseas Citizens, provided the stay is for tourist purposes. A
visa is not required for a stay of up to two months for British Nationals (Overseas). All other British
passport holders require a visa.

Canadians: Canadians require a valid passport, but no visa for stays up to three months, providing
the visit is for touristic purposes only.

Australians: Australians require a valid passport, but no visa for stays of up to 3 months, providing
the visit is for touristic purposes only.

South Africans: South African nationals must hold a valid passport, but no visa is required for stays
of up to 3 months, provising the visit is for touristic purposes only.

New Zealanders: New Zealand nationals require a valid passport, but no visa for stays of up to three
months, providing the visit is for tourist purposes only.

Irish nationals: Irish nationals require a valid passport, but no visa for stays of up to 3 months, providing
the visit is for touristic purposes only.

Passport/Visa Note: It is recommended that all visitors have sufficient funds (at least US$50 per day), as well as onward or return tickets and documents required for next destination.

Note: Passport and visa requirements are liable to change at short notice. Travellers are advised to check
their entry requirements with their embassy or consulate.

*For offical and current entry requirements into Chile please contact the Chilean Consulate
for your country. We are not responsible for displaying the confirmed requirements here but
do our best to keep it up to date*

Brazil

Americans: A valid passport and a visa is required by US nationals, which is valid
for multiple entries. Visas must be used within 90 days of issuance.

UK nationals: UK passport holders do not require a visa for either business or holiday
or business travel for stays of up to 90 days. A valid passport is required.

Canadians: A valid passport and a visa is required by Canadian nationals, which is
valid for multiple entries. Visas must be used within 90 days of issuance.

Australians: A valid passport and a visa is required by Australian nationals, which is
valid for multiple entries. Visas must be used within 90 days of issuance.

South Africans: A valid passport is needed, but no visa is required by South African
nationals if travelling on holiday or business for up to 90 days.

New Zealanders: New Zealanders need a valid passport, but no visa is required for a
stay of up to 90 days, for touristic purposes. A business visa is required.

Irish nationals: Irish nationals need a valid passport, but do not require a tourist or
business visa for stays of up to 90 days.

Passport/Visa Note: All visitors require passports that are valid for at least the
period of intended stay in Brazil. Sufficient funds to cover their stay in Brazil, as
well as a return or onward ticket and documentation is required for further travel.

Note: Passport and visa requirements are liable to change at short notice. Travellers are
advised to check their entry requirements with their embassy or consulate.

_Brazilian Embassy and Consulates in the United States
(click on city to see address, telephone web site link information as well as the specific jurisdiction of each)
Boston�Consulate General of Brazil
Chicago�Consulate General of Brazil
Houston�Consulate General of Brazil
Los Angeles�Consulate General of Brazil
Miami�Consulate General of Brazil
New York�Consulate General of Brazil
San Francisco�Consulate General of Brazil
Washington, D.C.�Brazilian Embassy

_Brazilian Embassy and Consulate in Canada
Ottawa�Brazilian Embassy
Toronto�Consulate General of Brazil

_Brazilian Embassy and Consulate in Australia
Canberra�Brazilian Embassy
Sydney�Consulate General of Brazil

*IF YOUR COUNTRY OR EMBASSY/CONSULATE YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO IS NOT LISTED
HERE, YOU CAN VIEW THE EMBASSIES FOR ALL COUNTRIES IN BRAZIL AT THE LINK BELOW*

http://www.turismo.gov.br/index.html

Refunds

No refunds will be issued on whole or partially unused portions of packages.

Preparing For Your Trip

Clients are responsible for the provision of all necessary valid documents such as passports,
visas, health requirements and drivers licenses. For travel to Argentina and Chile, foreigners
do not require a travel visa and entry into Argentina is free upon arrival and entry into Chile for
some nationalities involves a cost upon arrival (see your country�s Chilean Embassy). For travel
to Brazil most foreigners do require a travel visa arranged ahead of time in their own country or
in Argentina (requires 72-96 hours).

Taxes

All taxes are included in the prices quoted by Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc.

Currency

All rates are quoted in USD currency unless otherwise noted.

Health/Travel Insurance

We highly recommend purchasing health insurance to ensure that you are adequately
covered for any eventuality. Your lift ticket insurance in South America does NOT cover
out of bounds skiing and snowboarding rescue or post out of bounds accident care or
treatment. If you are an advanced/expert skier or snowboarder we recommend purchasing
or having health/travel insurance that covers out of bounds riding. We have links to different
companies that offer this service on this page of our site above.

Accidents, Injuries, Death

Obviously skiing and snowboarding are considered somewhat dangerous sports, especially
out of bounds. While we will try our best to assist you in situations of accidents or injuries at
no time is Southamericaski.com Vacations responsible for accidents, injuries, or death that
occurs at a ski resort, cat skiing, heli skiing, ground transfers, in accommodation, in a city or
flights to a client or other individuals.

By sending a deposit, you certify that you do not have any physical condition or disability
that would create a hazard for you or other travelers. Please inform us prior to your departure
if you have any special dietary or medical needs.

Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc. cannot accept responsibility for travelers inconvenienced by
changes, late, diverted, delayed, canceled, or rescheduled travel arrangements. This also applies
to missed connections or transfers.

All personal belongings, baggage, and documents remain at all times and in all circumstances
the owner�s responsibility. Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc. is not held responsible for lost or
stolen baggage, personal items like money, passports, wallets, cameras, i-pods, etc� that
may occur during flights, ground transfers, or storage of baggage or coats in apartments or
hotels. We highly recommend that for all flights you carry on digital cameras, video cameras,
passports, wallets, cash and i-pods and do not put in your regular luggage or ski bags to check in.
This is for going from hotels to airports and vice versa.

Ski and snowboard vacations involve risk and unpredictable weather conditions. Southamericaski.com
Vacations Inc. does not purport to any guarantee of conditions. Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc.
will do it�s best to inform the client of current snow conditions at TIME OF BOOKING if booking occurs
during the season, and their honest OPINION of what they think the FORECAST will be. However, it
is important to note that our opinion is not the OFFICIAL CURENT CONDITIONS and FORECAST of
the individual resort.

IF THE RESORT IS STILL OFFICIALLY OPEN, GOOD CONDITIONS OR NOT, CHAIR LIFTS WORKING
OR NOT, SOUTHAMERICASKI.COM VACATIONS INC. DOES NOT OFFER CHANGES OR CREDITS.

It is important to understand that the snowfall in South America is more variable than that in North
America and Europe. We can have amazing seasons like 2001, 2002, 2005 where it snowed over
900 inches in Portillo and Las Lenas each. However, we can also have variable seasons like 2003
and 2004 where some weeks it got really warm and with no new snowfall, conditions were not ideal
and only 30% of the runs and chairs and then some weeks where it stormed and you were skiing
waist deep powder, all this in the same season, variable. In 1996, 1998 Las Lenas, Portillo and
Valle Nevado never even opened, so well this is not frequent, it can happen. As well it is important
to understand sometimes the opposite can happen and too much snow can handicap certain resorts.

With resorts like Portillo, Valle Nevado and Las Lenas do not have trees and is high alpine skiing
anyways. Sometimes at these 3 resorts it can storm for 4-5 days and you cannot actually ski while
it is actually snowing as it is a white out and very windy. After storms at these resorts it can days
some time to open the high alpine due to snow, wind, and avalanche danger. As well Las Lenas
is infamous for its high alpine chair Marte, which accesses 80% of the advanced terrain, being
closed during high wind days and during and for the first couple of days after a storm. Sometimes,
but not always, Marte is closed the whole week you are there which can be detrimental if you are
an advanced/expert skier as this accesses the terrain you wan to ski.As well when Marte is closed,
this can cause the rest of the resort�s lift lines to be quite long as now there is a smaller area for
everyone to ski. Southamericaski.com Vacations is obviously not responsible for the operation
of any individual ski resort�s operation and it�s ability to operate its resort and does not offer
any refunds or credits based on this.

As well it is important to know that the resorts of Patagonia and Lake districts in Argentina and
Chile are at lower elevation than the Northern Andes Resorts so sometimes can get wet snow
and rain. Not always, but this can be the case. We obviously do not offer any kind of credit or
refund for rain or because there was too much snow, wind to open the high alpine lifts or if there
was damage done to the high alpine lifts that could not allow them to open. Obviously this
responsibility falls on the individual resort and NOT Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc.

Chile

Road Closed Policies for Portillo, El Colorado, La Parva, Farrellones and Valle Nevado

Road Closure - Though well maintained by the Chilean Ministry of Public Works, snow
storms can and do cause the road to close for getting to and leaving Farrellones, Portillo,
El Colorado, La Parva and Valle Nevado ski resorts. Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc.,
and the individual resorts, are not responsible for the condition of the road. All guests should
be aware that the possibility exists for road closures to prevent access to or exit from these
resorts. There are financial obligations involved. Your vacation purchase is considered by
Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc., and the individual resorts, to be consent to these obligations.

Valle Nevado

Guests who are unable to drive up to Valle Nevado while the road is closed will be directly
responsible for their accommodation and other expenses in Santiago or elsewhere. The
nights that are not used at Valle Nevado will be credited to their accounts. Guests will be
able to choose whether to transfer the credit to their extra services account (ski lessons,
bar bills, etc. at Valle Nevado) or use the credit toward a future reservation within the
same season at Valle Nevado.

Guests who are unable to descend from Valle Nevado and must spend the night in the
resort will be charged the full rate for their first night's accommodation. However, beginning
the second night, a 50% discount is applied to the normal rate. We highly recommend
checking in with the hotel 48 hours before leaving regarding weather forecast.

Portillo

The road to Portillo is also the International Highway that links Santiago, Chile, with
Mendoza, Argentina. The highway is maintained by the Chilean Ministry of Public Works,
who is responsible for cleaning following snowstorms or other events. Portillo Ski Resort
and Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc. are not responsible for the condition of the road.

Guests who are unable to drive up to Portillo while the road is closed will be directly
responsible for their accommodation and other expenses in Santiago or elsewhere.
The nights that are not used at Portillo will be accredited to their accounts. Guests
will be able to choose whether to transfer the credit to their extra services account
at Portillo (ski lessons, bar bills, etc.), or use the credit toward a future reservation
within the same season at Portillo through Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc.
Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc. may decide to refund unused nights at Portillo
Ski Resort, however Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc. will only do so if Portillo
Ski resort authorizes this.

Guests who are unable to descend from Portillo and must spend the night in the resort
will be charged the full rate for their first night�s accommodation. However, beginning
the second night, a 50% discount is applied to the normal rate. We highly recommend
checking in with the hotel 48 hours before leaving regarding weather forecast.

El Colorado, La Parva and Los Farrellones

It is the same road to as to get up to Valle Nevado to get to El Colorado, La Parva and Los
Farrellones areas. Guests who are unable to drive up to these 3 areas while the road is
closed will be directly responsible for their accommodation and other expenses in
Santiago or elsewhere. The nights that are not used with the booked accommodation
providers will not be credited or refunded by the accommodation providers or
Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc. as these accommodation providers have nothing
at all to do with the individual ski resorts.

Guests who are unable to descend from these 3 areas and must spend the night in the resort
will be charged the full rate for their first night�s accommodation. However, beginning the
second night, a 50% discount is applied to the normal rate. We highly recommend checking
in with the hotel 48 hours before leaving regarding weather forecast.

In case of lack of snow with the resort being officially closed or about to become closed,
Southamericaski.com Vacations Inc. may offer to cancel the ski week for our guests as an
available option.   In this case the option for the guests who have booked services for that
week have the option of;

1.Keeping a credit for the total of the services booked, to be used in a later date during 2006
ski season (subject to availability)

If the resort originally booked is still open, but with horrible conditions and we are making
an exception of offering you credit,  the decision not to come to Las Lenas during the o
rignally booked week means forfeiture of the Buenos Aires-Malargue charter flight. If Las
Lenas is actually closed, you receive credit for the charter flight as well.

or

2.In 2007 in the same season as originally booked (i.e. high season, low season, mid season),
if guests want a different week can pay for the upgrade difference or be refunded a downgrade
difference.

If the resort originally booked is still open, but with horrible conditions and we are making
an exception of offering you credit,  the decision not to come to Las Lenas during the
orignally booked week means forfeiture of the Buenos Aires-Malargue charter flight. If Las
Lenas is actually closed, you receive credit for the charter flight as well.

or

3.If you have booked a vacation to a ski resort in Argentina, the option of going to another one
the exact same week if the original resort booked is closed or close to closing, ONLY IF THERE
IS AVAILABILITY.   This does not apply is the conditions are not simply great at the original
resort booked, you cannot just change.

If the resort originally booked is still open, but with horrible conditions and we are making
an exception to offering you credit,  the decision not to come to Las Lenas during the
originally booked week means forfeiture of the Buenos Aires-Malargue charter flight. If Las
Lenas is actually closed, you receive credit for the charter flight as well.

Special Notes

SouthAmericaSki.com Vacations Inc. Policies

Cancellation Policy