Sport In Profile UK Issue 11 | Page 21

Team GB TRACK & FIELD TOURS AT THE RIO SUMMER GAMES For next summer the focus of the sporting world will be Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, a very attractive destination that provides the ideal opportunity to combine an exciting holiday with watching elite athletes competing across the range of Olympic sports. Track & Field Tours is a specialist sports tour operator to not only Athletics events, as their name suggests, but also to the major multi-sport Games events such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games with, quite literally, a well proven track record. Making arrangements to such events are generally complicated and expensive too so it is best to be dealing with an operator that knows what it is doing. The company and T&FT staff have organised tours to every Olympic Games since 1988 with 300+ clients attending the last overseas Summer Games in Beijing in 2008. For the 2012 London Games T&FT represented several overseas groups in making arrangements for 1000+ sports fans to continue their long association with the world’s biggest carnival of sport. Rio is a challenging destination with a general scarcity of accommodation and flight options in the volume that an Olympic host city should ideally have – even more reason to be sure your arrangements are handled well. For the Rio Games T&FT’s Accommodation & Games Packages Options range from 5 to 18 nights duration with options in a selection of hotels across a range of budgets. In addition, all Games packages include Rio sightseeing tours with excursions that include the famous Christ Reedemer statue that towers over the city and the Sugar Loaf mountain cable car along the iconic shore-line. Furthermore, the Athletics Games Packages include a comprehensive Games transportation programme to supplement the official system. Pre- and post-Games add-on tours to the Amazon/Manaus, the Iguassu Falls, Salvador and Sao Paulo provide an extra optional dimension to your Brazilian adventure away from the Games ballyhoo. So, with 60% of their Games package options already sold out if you want to experience the carnival atmosphere of what is sure to be a once-in-a-lifetime event sports fans should not delay in getting in touch with the Track & Field Tours team. www.sportip.biz 21