The best of Argentina

Trip Description

Accomodation

Stay program

• day 1

  Arrival in Buenos Aires

  Upon your arrival at Ezeiza airport, in the capital and largest city of Argentina, you will be welcomed by your guide before being taken to the hotel. We invite you to take advantage of the day to rest from this long flight and to start the visits of the coming days in good shape.

• day 2

  Discovery of the Argentine capital

  

  After breakfast at your hotel, you will depart for a city tour of Buenos Aires, which will allow you to discover the main points of interest of the capital. These sites will include the Plaza de Mayo, the Government Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Cabildo, La Boca (the redeveloped port area where many art galleries and cafés are located), the antique district of San Telmo, Recoleta (where the tomb of Evita Perón is located), as well as the new Design Museum, with its hundreds of interior decoration shops and restaurants. You will also have the chance to visit the widest avenue in the world, Avenida 9 de Julio, Palermo Park, the football stadium and the Boca Juniors museum. After lunch at the La Parolaccia restaurant in the Puerto Madero district, you can enjoy the rest of the day at your own pace, at your leisure. In the evening, you will attend a dinner show at La Ventana Tango, where you can enjoy a delicious local dinner and an unforgettable tango and folklore show.

• day 3

  Direction Punta Tombo

  This morning, you will be taken to the national airport to catch your flight to the city of Punta Tombo, the largest continental reserve of Magellanic penguins. This site amazes its visitors with its breathtaking landscape, filled with these birds that come and go in search of their nests and chicks. From September to April, this reserve is visited by many tourists. After lunch, you will leave Punta Tombo by the same route we took until the provincial road 25, which will take you to Gaiman and the old Welsh village, which still preserves its traditions, where you can taste Welsh tea. Later in the day, you will arrive in Puerto Madryn, where you will spend the night.

• day 4

  Tour of the Valdés Peninsula

  

  The tour of the Valdes Peninsula will start early this morning, after your arrival on the Atlantic coast, where you will reach the peninsula. You will visit the Carlos Ameghino Interpretation Center. This facility has an excellent and informative collection on the history of this specific region of Patagonia, as well as exhibits that explain the ecosystems, flora, and regional fauna surrounding Puerto Madryn. This full-day excursion to the Valdes Peninsula will continue to Puerto Piramide, a small traditional village on the southern Atlantic coast of the peninsula. This site has started to attract tourists, as it is an excellent starting point for whale watching, with whales migrating to these shores from May to December. You will then embark on a whale watching cruise in the bay, where you will have a privileged view of the magnificent southern right whales of these waters. Today's tour will continue to Punta Norte, a region of exceptional natural beauty with a great variety of marine and land animals, such as sea lions, elephant seals, and orcas. The tour will then head to Punta Delgada to observe elephant seals and, if you are lucky, spot orcas. You will return to your hotel in Puerto Madryn.

• day 5

  Flight to El Calafate

  After breakfast at your hotel, you will be driven to Puerto Madryn airport for your flight to Calafate. Once you arrive, you will be warmly welcomed by your guide-driver, who will take you to your hotel, where you will spend a day at leisure in this picturesque Patagonian town.

• day 6

  Visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier

  

  Today, a full day of visiting the Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentine Patagonia awaits you. You will leave the hotel to head towards Los Glaciares National Park, where you will experience the excitement of seeing one of the few glaciers in the world that is advancing. Entire sheets of ice from the glacier crash noisily into the lake below, leaving deep blue shimmering icebergs twisting and turning in the lake. This excursion includes an optional boat trip called "Safari Nautico," which allows passengers to get close to the glacier walls aboard a small boat.

• day 7

  Direction Puerto Iguazú

  Early this morning, you will be taken to the airport to catch a flight to Puerto Iguazú, where the largest waterfall system in the world is located. You will thus have the immense privilege of discovering the famous Iguazú Falls from both the Argentine and Brazilian sides.

• day 8

  The Iguazú Falls on the Argentine side

  

  This morning, you will discover the Argentine side of the waterfalls in Iguazú National Park. This park was created on October 9, 1934 and currently covers an area of 66,148 hectares. This wonderful nature reserve includes many areas, but the most important is undoubtedly that of the waterfalls, where you can contemplate spectacular and striking landscapes. The waterfalls can be admired either from the bottom of the falls, called Circuito inferior ("the lower circuit"), or from the top, Circuito superior ("the upper circuit"). From the visitor center, you can access these circuits by train or along a green path. The upper circuit extends over a length of 1,600 meters and the lower circuit over a length of 1,200 meters. In the waterfall area, it is possible to visit the trails of the most important waterfall of all: La Garganta del Diablo. From Cataratas station, you can take the train to Garganta station, where you can access the walkway that leads from the riverbank to the viewpoint. It is a fantastic journey and the view is amazing.

• day 9

  The Iguazú Falls on the Brazilian side and return flight.

  As travelers often point out, "on the Argentine side, you can see the waterfalls, but on the Brazilian side, you can really see them". This morning, you will visit the Brazilian side of the waterfalls and its wide open spaces. You will start the visit in the Do Iguazú National Park, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986, two years after the park was designated by Argentina. IBAMA (the Brazilian Institute of the Environment) manages this park and is currently overseeing its revitalization. The visitor area consists of a network of walkways 1,200 meters long facing the falls, offering an impressive panoramic view. This trip ends beautifully with the discovery of the wonderful Iguazú Falls. Thus, you have been able to discover the best of Argentina and will return with memories to last a lifetime. Depending on your flight time, you may take the opportunity to do some last-minute shopping before being driven to the airport by your driver.