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KNOCK-OUT STAGE TOUR

TOUR SUMMARY

Join the Green & Gold Army for the business end of the 47th edition of the Copa America in pulsating Colombia. The Copa America is the world’s oldest international football competition, first being held in 1916. This 3-match package takes in a QUARTER Final, SEMI Final and the FINAL. A sensational opportunity.

On this tour we will visit the absolute best of Colombia. Beginning in Colombia’s beating heart Bogota, before heading to Cali for a QUARTER Final. Then onto the city of eternal spring, Medellin for the SEMI Final before completing the tour in hard working port town of Barranquilla, home to the FINAL. We can’t wait.

This tour is managed by the most experienced football tour operator in Australia, endorsed by Football Federation Australia and is football focused, we know that’s why you’re here in the first place.

We also design our tours so you can experience and uncover the sights and culture of Colombia. We also want you to get to know and develop friendships with like-minded Australian football fans, that’s why we craft a program to maximise the ability to make new friends or reacquaint yourself with old ones.

Please accept our invitation to join us in Colombia next July. And who knows the Socceroos might just go the entire way.

INCLUSIONS

12 nights’ 4 Star Accommodation (inc. breakfast)
All Internal Flights (Bogota to Cali, Cali to Medellin, Medellin to Barranquilla)
All Ground Transfers/Transport (luxury bus/coach travel between hotel and all official tour activity/match days)
Tour Commencement Welcome Party
Exclusive & legendary Green & Gold Army Pre-Match Parties including food, alcohol & entertainment (prior to each match)
Guaranteed Match Tickets (additional cost, please see ‘options’ section below)
Experienced Green & Gold Army Tour Guides (including local bi-lingual support)
Exclusive Tour App detailing every moment on tour
Green & Gold Army Tour Pack (includes back pack, power adaptor, tour scarfs x2, hat and much more)
Best of all, a group of Passionate Socceroos Fans to share the experience with!

PRICING

INSTALMENTS & NOTES

Knock-out Stage (13 Days: 30 June – 12 July)

Tour	Occupancy	Price
Knock-out Stage	Double / Twin	$4,495
Knock-out Stage	Single (Own Room)	$6,225
Knock-out Stage	Solo Traveller Match	$4,495

$3,500 deposit payment (by debit/credit card) required when booking.
Balance due 30 April 2021.
Guests who have travelled with the GGArmy previously enjoy a Loyalty Discount of $200.
Solo Traveller Match Program: we’ll match you with a person of similar age and gender to room share to keep the price down. Twin share pricing applies. 25% of our travellers did this for 2019 France and it was a highly successful program. You can select this option during the booking process.

MACRO ITINERARY

Day 1:

Welcome to Bogota. For those tour participants that will be continuing from the group phase program they are transferring by air from Cordoba. All remaining participants will meet at our tour hotel by mid-afternoon. Bogotá is Colombia’s beating heart, an engaging and vibrant capital cradled by chilly Andean peaks and steeped in sophisticated urban cool. After settling into the hotel meet the GGArmy staff team before heading out for a pre-dinner welcome drink and tour briefing.

Overnight Bogota.

Note: In the event the Socceroos qualify for the Knockout Stage of the event this itinerary will be adjusted to incorporate seeing the Socceroos in their Quarter Final and beyond.

Day 2:

Today Optional Tour Excursions will be operated allowing tour participants to choose what they would like to participate in or you can stay back in Bogota and enjoy exploring the metropolis at you own pace in your own time.

Overnight: Bogota.
Note: The GGArmy Copa America Day Tour Portal opens 31^st March. This allows our team to research and sample the best tourism excursions available.

Day 3:

Today the group air transfers to Cali. Cali has a real zest for life that draws you in and stays with you long after you leave town. The city’s main attraction is its beguiling, electrifying atmosphere. You will find great nightlife, good restaurants and plenty to do, especially in the evening, when a cool mountain breeze dissipates the heat of the day. Settle into the tour hotel and enjoy an evening out.
Overnight Cali.

Day 4:

After a morning of free time the group transfers to our pre-match event (entertainment, food and alcohol) and then onto the Quarter Final match at Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero.

Overnight: Cali.

Day 5:

Today Optional Tour Excursions will be operated allowing tour participants to choose what they would like to participate in or you can stay back in Cali and enjoy exploring the metropolis at you own pace in your own time.

Overnight: Cali.
Note: The GGArmy Copa America Day Tour Portal opens 31^st March. This allows our team to research and sample the best tourism excursions available.

Day 6:

Today the group air transfers to Medellin. Situated in a narrow valley, Medellín skyline reaches for the heavens, setting high-rise apartments and office buildings against a backdrop of jagged peaks in every direction. Its pleasant climate gives it its nickname, the City of Eternal Spring. On weekends Medellín lets its hair down, its many discos attracting the beautiful people. Settle into the tour hotel and enjoy an evening out.
Overnight Medellin.

Day 7:

Today Optional Tour Excursions will be operated allowing tour participants to choose what they would like to participate in or you can stay back in Medellin and enjoy exploring the metropolis at you own pace in your own time.

Overnight: Medellin.
Note: The GGArmy Copa America Day Tour Portal opens 31^st March. This allows our team to research and sample the best tourism excursions available.

Day 8:

After a morning of free time the group transfers to our pre-match event (entertainment, food and alcohol) and then onto the Semi Final match at Estadio Atanasio Girardot.

Overnight: Medellin.

Day 9:

Today the group air transfers to Barranquilla. Colombia’s fourth-largest city, the hardworking port town of Barranquilla is located on the delta of the massive Río Magdalena and laid out in a tangled ribbon along mangroves and the Caribbean Sea, sweltering and hustling in the sun. It is also the birthplace of Colombian pop goddess Shakira. Settle into the tour hotel and enjoy an evening out.
Overnight Barranquilla.

Day 10:

Today Optional Tour Excursions will be operated allowing tour participants to choose what they would like to participate in or you can stay back in Barranquilla and enjoy the sun and the hotel pool bar.

Overnight: Barranquilla.
Note: The GGArmy Copa America Day Tour Portal opens 31^st March. This allows our team to research and sample the best tourism excursions available.

Day 11:

Overnight: Barranquilla.
Note: The GGArmy Copa America Day Tour Portal opens 31^st March. This allows our team to research and sample the best tourism excursions available.

Day 12:

After a morning of free time the group transfers to our pre-match event (entertainment, food and alcohol) and then onto the Final match at Estadio Metropolitano.

Overnight: Barranquilla.

Day 13:

Unfortunately the end of the Knockout Phase tour.

OPTIONAL EXTRAS

Our tour packages are structured to meet operational and guest requirements. This means that there are ‘optional’ items relevant to the tour that are not included in the packages listed above and will be an additional cost if you choose to add them. We have listed them below so you can understand them prior to booking on our tour.

Group International Flights
International Flights are not included in the package price and are an additional cost. Please contact our Customer Service Team at customerservice@ggarmy.com for flight options to link-up with our Knock-out Phase Tour.

Match Tickets

We can secure all Match Tickets for all tour participants. As Match Ticket information is not available, we will confirm costs when details are confirmed. We guarantee access to all Match Tickets.

Cultural & Sightseeing Day Tours
Just like all our other major tournament tours, on days that Australia is not playing a carefully selected suite of guided cultural/historical sightseeing day tours will be offered to all tour participants/guests as an optional additional purchase. Our optional sightseeing day tours are a great way to enjoy our destination’s tourism highlights with other tour participants, building on friendships.

Our Day Tours portal will be launched on the 31^st March 2021 and will detail the optional tour excursions identified in the Macro Tour Itinerary above.

Knock-out Stage Domestic Transport

30/6 Air Service Cordoba to Bogota (only for guests transferring from the Group Phase Tour)

Wondering what it is like travelleing with the us? Here are some great recaps of past tours

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Testimonials

Having never been to a World Cup before, Green & Gold Army made it very easy for me- from their information sessions, the booking of the trip, and knowing everything was taken care of for me, including my safety: all I had to do was show up and have fun!

The experiences at and outside of the games were just amazing, and the people I met have become part of my “football” family. I cannot speak highly enough of Green & Gold Army.

Amanda Szalek

We have attended 3 World Cups (South Africa, Brazil & Russia), 1 Women’s Asia Cup (Jordan) and numerous World Cup Qualifiers with the GGArmy. The tours were expertly organised and planned. The organisers faced challenges with transport in South Africa, something they addressed for the Brazil program which was first class. We have shared many happy and memorable experiences with our fellow GGArmy supporters, and our safety was of paramount importance to the organisers, something that was important to us attending FIFA World Cups in South Africa, Brazil & Russia. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend travelling with the GGArmy on any of their tours.

Joy & Merv Fiedler

The atmosphere of the GGArmy 2018 Russia tour was fantastic. The fine detail in the program as organised for us by the GGArmy was amazing and played a big part in the success of the tour. I loved the peace of mind that everything was organised for us. It was awesome and a great thing to be a part of. Many thanks to all the GGArmy tour leaders for the hard work they put in to make every part of the trip seamless for the guests. Nothing was too hard for them!

Emily & Ben Forner

In life you often get lucky. I have been fortunate to be invited to be a host/guide for the GGArmy at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, 2017 FIFA WCQ tour to Japan and 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. They have been the most magnificent experiences. The friendships I have made will last a lifetime. No doubt about it.

However, the one item that stands out the most is the care and thought invested into the tour organisation by the GGArmy leadership. They are football fans united in a passion for the Socceroos and Matildas who direct that energy into the research and planning of their tour programs. The GGArmy leaves no stone unturned in the planning of the program. They deliver quality every time. Bring on the next adventure.