BUENOS AIRES – IGUAZÚ – SALTA – MENDOZA – BARILOCHE – EL CALAFATE – USHUAIA – “Total Argentina”

ITINERARY

Day 1: Buenos Aires – Arrival and transfer to your hotel.

Reception at Ezeiza International Airport (Ministro Pistarini) and transfer in private service to your hotel in Buenos Aires.

Night at Buenos Aires.

 

Day 2: Buenos Aires – Tour around the city.

The service we offer you is unique, groups are small and lead by our amazing guides (they speak your language!)

In our first stop, we will discover Plaza de Mayo, the headquarters of the most relevant historical events of the city since its foundation. Later, we will enjoy the oldest residential neighborhood in Buenos Aires: San Telmo, with its antiques stores and picturesque atmosphere. We will then savor the flavor of tango arrabalero in La Boca neighborhood: we will go down the colorful Caminito and go through the glorious Boca Juniors stadium.

To experience a real contrast, we will later visit Puerto Madero, the youngest neighborhood in the city. From there, the next stops will be in the neighborhoods of Retiro and Recoleta. where you can see large green spaces and beautiful French-style mansions emblematic of the splendor of Buenos Aires’ high society of the early 20th century.

Return to the hotel.

Night at Buenos Aires.

 

Day 3: Buenos Aires – Day at leisure.

Day at Leisure to stroll around Buenos Aires on your own. We do suggest adding some of the following Optional tours prior to your arrival:

* Delta del Tigre & San Isidro.

* Enjoy a Gaucho day at a ranch.

* Dinner and tango show.

Night at Buenos Aires.

 

Day 4: From Buenos Aires to Iguazú.

Transfer in private service to Buenos Aires domestic airport (Aeroparque Jorge Newbery). Reception at Puerto Iguazú airport and transfer to your hotel.

Night at Iguazú.

 

Day 5: Iguazú – Iguazú Falls Argentine side

Visit one of the most beautiful places in the planet! The spectacular Iguazú Falls. Begin with a quiet journey through the jungle in the picturesque Ecological train, and visit the famous Garganta del Diablo (Devil´s throat). Travel through a long walkway until reaching the viewpoint of the gorge which offers a unique and unforgettable scene. Afterwards, visit both the upper and lower walkways, to enjoy and live the waterfalls.

* Optional Tour: We suggest adding The Great Adventure that includes a truck ride through the jungle and a navigation that will take you very close to the waterfalls. Prepare yourself to get wet!

Night at Iguazú.

 

Day 6: Iguazú – Iguazú Falls Brazilian side.

Half day trip to the Brazilian Falls. Even great part of the waterfalls are on the Argentine side, great panoramic views are seen from the Brazilian side.

* Optional Tour: We suggest adding “Parque Das Aves” as a complement to this excursion, where you will observe hundreds of specimens of various species of birds.

Night at Iguazú.

 

Day 7: From Iguazú to Salta.

Transfer to Puerto Iguazu airport. Reception at Salta airport and transfer to your hotel.

Night at Salta.

 

Day 8: Salta – City tour.

Free morning.

In the afternoon City Tour Salta. Tour of the most attractive sites of the city: Cathedral Basilica, Cultural Center of the Americas, Historical Museum of the North (Cabildo), Minor Basilica of San Francisco, Convent San Bernardo, Monument to Güemes, ascent Cerro San Bernardo and its panoramic view from the city, Visit to the summer town San Lorenzo on the outskirts of the city with its subtropical microclimate and the Artisan Market where crafts with certification of origin from all over the province are exhibited.

Night at Salta.

 

Day 9: Salta – Humahuaca.

A trip through the Quebrada declared a World Heritage Site, where the landscape and the colors of the hills combine with the equally colorful cultures that inhabit this area. It is a journey of social contact and a view of the ancestral. It begins with the arrival at the Pueblito de Purmamarca to observe the Cerro de los Siete Colores, the Church and the Artisan Market in the square. I pass through the Posta de Hornillos, continuing towards the town of Tilcara to visit the Pucará and the Archaeological Museum. Continue to Huacalera, passage of the Tropic of Capricorn, from where you can see the colors of the hill called the Pollera de la Colla. Visit to the Church of Uquía, where there are the paintings of the Arquebusiers Angels (important vestige in the area of ​​the Cuzqueña school). Arrival in Humahuaca with its important Cathedral and the Monument to Independence (El Indio) by the sculptor Soto Avendaño. Return after lunch to observe from the route the Palette of the Painter that frames the town of Maimara. Arrival in San Salvador de Jujuy. Back to Salta.

Night at Salta.

 

Day 10: From Salta to Mendoza.

Transfer from your hotel to Salta airport. Reception at Mendoza airport and transfer in private service to your hotel.

Night at Mendoza.

 

Day 11: Mendoza – One of the world’s wine capitals. Bodegas and Aceitera.

For those who visit this province it is a pleasant duty, to know the process of production and production of award-winning and recognized wines in different latitudes.

Knowing the irrigation system and the visit to the vineyards will be fundamental to understand the bases of Mendoza’s viticulture and the quality of wines with their own style.

The tour consists of visiting 2 wineries, generating a contrast in the technological differences but not qualitative, then visit an olive oil factory and a small liquor store or bodeguita producing liqueur wines, this last attraction will be confirmed during the trip if the time allows it.

Night at Mendoza.

 

Day 12: Mendoza – City and Surroundings.

A city is its people, people its history, history its places. The vegetation of a territory that without the intervention of man would be a desert, its avenues, the ruins of San Francisco, Plaza Independencia, the foundational area, the park Gral. San Martín and Cerro de la Gloria are part of the urban heart of the city. province of Mendoza.

General information:

• Visit the foundational area, historical center, ruins of San Francisco, Alameda.
• Independence Square and its 4 satellite seats, microcenter and government house
• San Martín General Park, Rosedal and Lake, Cerro de La Gloria.

Night at Mendoza.

 

Day 13: From Mendoza to Bariloche.

Transfer in private service to Mendoza airport. Reception at Bariloche airport and transfer to your hotel.

Night at Bariloche.

 

Day 14: Bariloche – Small Circuit & Cerro Campanario

In the morning Small Circuit tour. One of the most traditional tours of Bariloche that starts in the city and heads west by Bustillo avenue bordering Lake Nahuel Huapi. At km 8 is Playa Bonita from where Huemul Island is seen. At km 17 the foot of Cerro Campanario is reached; the chairlift will move you to the summit (1050m) from where the most beautiful views of the region can be seen. At Km 25 Llao Llao area appears where the Chapel St. Edward and Nahuel Huapi port are located.

Continue to Panorama Point from where lovely views of the Llao Llao Peninsula and surrounding lakes are seen. Then reach the bridge over Lake Moreno in their narrowness and begin to skirt the Laguna El Trebol. Getting back to Av Bustillo that returns to the city thus ending this excursion.

Free afternoon.

Night at Bariloche.

 

Day 15: Bariloche – Day at leisure.

Day at Leisure to stroll around Bariloche on your own. We do suggest adding some of the following Optional tours prior to your arrival:

* Seven Lakes route that will allow you to visit one of the prettiest areas of Patagonia including spectacular water mirrors inserted in the mountains until reaching San Martín de los Andes.

* Victoria Island and Arrayan´s Forest.

Night at Bariloche.

 

Day 16: From Bariloche to El Calafate.

Transfer to Bariloche airport. Reception at El Calafate airport and transfer to your hotel.

Night at El Calafate.

 

Day 17: El Calafate – Perito Moreno Glacier & navigate the Tempanos Channel.

Visit the astonishing Perito Moreno Glacier. The journey itself is really attractive since you can appreciate the unique Patagonia landscapes alongside the Andes foothills.

The Perito Moreno Glacier is located in Los Glaciares National Park and was declared Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. During this visit walk the footbridges of the Perito Moreno Glacier in order to appreciate its walls. Navigate the Témpanos Channel to get closer to the glacier and observe its detachments.

* Optional tour: Not to be missed! We suggest adding the Minitrekking on the Glacier. It is an unforgettable experience without precedents and requires no training.

Night at El Calafate.

 

Day 18: El Calafate – Day at leisure.

Day at Leisure to stroll around El Calafate on your own. We do suggest adding some of the following Optional tours prior to your arrival:

* Visit a typical Patagonian Ranch – Nibepo Aike.

* Visit to Estancia Cristina and Upsala Glacier.

Night at El Calafate.

 

Day 19: From El Calafate to Ushuaia.

Transfer to El Calafate airport. Reception at Ushuaia airport and transfer to your hotel.

Night at Ushuaia.

 

Day 20: Ushuaia – Tierra del Fuego National Park and End of the World Train ride.

Visit to Tierra del Fuego National Park. It is the only one in Argentina that combines marine, forested and mountain environment, shaping the marine coast, lakes, valleys, extensive peat bogs and magnificent forests dominated by lengas, cherries and ñires. All these environments form a unique scenario with the purest air that can be breathed elsewhere.

Ride on board of the End of the World Train which uses the original slope which was once used by the train of Ushuaia Prison. During the journey you will appreciate the cohiues and lengas forests, a small cascade and the reconstruction of an Indian camp.

* Optional Tour: In the afternoon we suggest you navigate through the Beagle Channel to observe the mythical Les Eclaireurs lighthouse.

Night at Ushuaia.

 

Day 21: Ushuaia – Day at leisure.

Day at Leisure to stroll around Ushuaia on your own. We do suggest adding some of the following Optional tours prior to your arrival:

* Off Road Lakes.

* Laguna Esmeralda Trekking.

Night at Ushuaia.

 

Day 22: Ushuaia – Transfer to the airport.

Transfer from your hotel to Ushuaia airport.

 

End of our services.   

*Ask us if you want to add more days to the itinerary.