16-Day Contrasts of Argentina Trip: from South to North

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival in Buenos Aires
1 stop
1
According to your flight itinerary, a driver will be waiting for you at the airport, holding a sing with your name, to safely take you to your hotel in downtown Buenos Aires. Check-in and rest of the day free.
Admission ticket free
Day 2
Walking Tour and Tango Show
2 stops
2
Buenos Aires
The day starts with a walking tour of the city. Around 10 am we departure from our offices to explore the city, it's most beautiful and interesting places. The tour is done walking and travelling by public transport, to visit the Centre, San Telmo, La Boca and Recoleta, where our tour ends. Ideal walk to take photos and tour areas outside the massive tourist circuit. The tour ends around 4:30 pm.
5 hours • Admission ticket free
3
At night, between 8 and 8:30 we will pick you up at your hotel to enjoy a beautiful dinner accompanied by an unforgettable Tango Show. The event will take place in El Querandí, one of the most popular Tanguerías in the neighbourhood of San Telmo. You will taste a gourmet three-course dinner with a wide selection of typical dishes and regional wines. Then, witness an incredible show, which reviews the History of Tango with different dance partners and singers. At the end, around midnight, you will be returned to your hotel.
4 hours • Admission ticket included
Day 3
Arrival in Ushuaia
1 stop
4
Ushuaia
Our shuttle service will take you to the airport to board your flight. Once you arrive in Ushuaia, you will be transferred to your hotel to register and enjoy the rest of the day free.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Tierra del Fuego National Park
1 stop
5
Tierra del Fuego National Park
Departure from the hotel by minibus heading to Ushuaia National Park, where we will enjoy beautiful views of the Beagle Channel and we will start the trekking through the coastal path. The 7 kilometers of travel allow us to spot diverse flora and avifauna of the channel, as well also the traces of ancient settlements. After a 3 hours walk we will get to access the Lago Roca where we will get a hot lunch. Then we will start the canoe ride down the river Lapataia. This river brings us closer to our goal: the Lapataia bay in the Beagle Channel, precisely where the Panamerican Route and Nacional Route No. 3 culminates. Return to Ushuaia in mini bus.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Off Road Lakes
1 stop
6
We will pick you up between 8 and 8.30 am to head to the lakes. We start descending from the Garibaldi passageway, a panoramic point from which you will be able to see: the Escondido and Fagnano lakes. Land Rovers vehicles allow to get to places with impossible access otherwise, because of the forest, the clay and rocks. First we got to Fagnano lake, which will amaze us with its immensity. Around 1.30 pm, arrive at the refuge where a delicious asado criollo (typical barbecue) will be served. While the guides prepare the food, you can have a walk around to appreciate the forest and beavers dams. After lunch, the adventure continues through an intern path leading to the Escondido lake, with minor dimensions but surrounded by an incomparable landscape. The tour ends with the drop off at your hotel round 4.30 pm
10 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Arrival in Calafate
1 stop
7
El Calafate
We will take you from your hotel to the airport. There you will board your flight to El Calafate. Upon your arrival, a driver will be waiting for you to take you to your hotel. After the check in, you will have the rest of the day free to start discovering El Calafate.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 7
Minitrekking on the Perito Moreno Glacier
1 stop
8
Perito Moreno Glacier
This full-day excursion will take you to walk over the glacier, fully equipped and accompanied by our certified bilingual guides. You will also have access to the Glacier's balconies during a whole hour in order to get the best views and landscapes of the National Park before going for this one of a kind experience! The excursion includes a 20 minutes navigation to the Perito Moreno Glacier and a long walk over the Ice to discover every corner of the Glacier. You will have to bring your own lunch as we will eat in a refuge in at the foot of the glacier. Both transfers are included. The National Park fee is not included.
10 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 8
Free Day in El Calafate
1 stop
9
El Calafate
Enjoy your day as you please. Among the activities you can do, a navigation on the lago Argentino, a visit to the balconies of El Calafate in 4x4, a day trip to El Chalten or a visit to the Laguna Nimez natural reserve in El Calafate.
Admission ticket free
Day 9
Arrival to Iguazu
1 stop
10
Puerto Iguazu
We will take you from your hotel to the airport. There you will board your flight to Puerto Iguazu. Upon your arrival, a driver will be waiting for you to take you to your hotel to do the check in. The rest of the day is free to enjoy as you please.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 10
Argentine Falls
1 stop
11
Iguazu Falls
Once we’re through the entrance, we’ll head on to the main station where you’ll be able to hop on a train to either the falls station or the Devil’s Gorge station. The other way to reach the falls circuits is via the 600m forest walkway, which begins at the Visitor Centre and takes you all the way to the falls station. From here, you’ll be able to take the following trips: Upper circuit, lower circuit, and Devil’s Gorge. The three circuits last each of them 2 hours. Transfers included.
8 hours • Admission ticket not included
Day 11
Arrival in Salta and City Tour
1 stop
12
Salta
We will take you from your hotel to the airport, where you will board your flight to Salta. Once there, a driver will be waiting for you holding a sign with your name, to take you safely to your hotel in downtown. After checking in, go for a half day sightseeing tour through the city's highlights and mains spots.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 12
Great Salt Flats
3 stops
13
After picking you up to your hotel around 07am, we will travel to the ruins of Tastil to arrive at San Antonio de los Cobres. There, have a lunch break.
5 hours • Admission ticket free
14
Afterwards, we drive by National Route No 40 until reaching Salinas Grandes or Great Salt Flats, right on the border between Salta and Jujuy. There, we will have free time to take pictures and enjoy this unique natural environment, where the large extension of white salt contrasts with the blue of the sky.
3 hours • Admission ticket free
15
Then, we start the descent down Cuesta de Lipán where we usually see condors. After that, we will visit the typical Purmamarca village and its Cerro de los Siete Colores. We will back to Salta around 8pm.
5 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 13
Quebrada de Humahuaca
1 stop
16
An incredible trip through the Quebrada de Humahuaca! Declared a World Heritage Site, this area where the landscape and the colours of the hills mix with the equally colourful cultures, is an ideal destination for those who want to know more about Argentina's past and heritage. It is a journey of social contact and a ancestral cultures.
13 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 14
Cafayate Tour
2 stops
17
Quebrada del Rio de las Conchas
We will travel through the Lerma Valley, passing through tobacco fields and colonial villages of German style architecture, where it used to be the end point of the Belgrano railway. We enter the Quebrada del Río Las Conchas where the curious formations eroded by wind and water will be the main attraction: the dunes, the toad, the bishop, the devil's throat, castles, amphitheatre, among others.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
18
Cafayate
Then, continue along the National Route No 68, arriving in Cafayate, the youngest city in the Calchaquíes Valleys, internationally recognised for its wine production, in particular the Torrontés, which can be tasted on visits to its wineries, whether Crafts or industrial type. We finally return to Salta by the same route, but with a completely different lighting, giving us another perspective on the landscape.
8 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 15
Back to Buenos Aires
1 stop
19
Buenos Aires
Leave your hotel with our transfer and head to the airport, to board your flight back to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival, be received by a private driver to go to your hotel, where you spend the night. Rest of the day free.
6 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 16
Farewell of Argentina
1 stop
20
According to your flight itinerary, you will be transferred to the airport, to continue your journey or return home. End of the services.
3 hours • Admission ticket free

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