Destination: Argentina
Destination Travel – Argentina
NB: there are many other itineraries for this country available (see the add ons!). Any of them can be bookied in conjunction with our ANTARCTICA Trip or Magellan Channel Cruises!!
Visit Argentina
- Cost: Includes: local transportation, hotel accommodations including taxes, service charges, sightseeing fees, and most entrance tickets to venues in itinerary
- Meals: Breakfast daily, plus either lunch or dinner daily.
- If you have frequent flier miles/ CC points, you are welcome to use them. Just let us know of the air travel arrangements as we coordinate program.
Proposed Itinerary – 11 days, 10 nights
DAY 1 – Buenos Aires: Arrival and reception at the airport; transfer to the hotel accommodation. Afterwards, city tour visiting the most interesting places in Buenos Aires city.
DAY 2 – Buenos Aires: Day at leisure to enjoy an optional excursion. At night, transfer to El Querandi to assist to a dinner and Show where you will enjoy the magnetism of tango.
DAY 3 – Buenos Aires / Puerto Madryn: Transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Trelew. Arrival to Trelew and departure towards Punta Tombo Fauna Reserve, the largest Magellan penguin colony in the continent.
(From Mid-April to Mid-September the visit to Punta Tombo Penguin Rookery will be replaced by a tour to Valle de Chubut, visiting Trelew, Gaiman and other welsh villages)
DAY 4 – Puerto Madryn: Full Day Tour in Peninsula Valdes, declared Mankind’s Heritage due to its geography, flora and fauna, features that turn it into a paradise of nature. In Puerto Pirámides, it is possible to embark for whale Watching, available from July to early December (optional).
DAY 5 – Puerto Madryn / Ushuaia: Morning at leisure. Transfer from the hotel to the Airport to board the scheduled flight to Ushuaia. Transfer to the hotel.
DAY 6 – Ushuaia: In the morning, excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park, the only one with coast in Argentina. In the afternoon, transfer to the pier to embark the catamaran that will take you through the waters of Beagle Channel, from where you will get an excellent panoramic view of the city.
DAY 7 – Ushuaia / El Calafate: In due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled
flight to El Calafate. Arrival and reception at the airport.
DAY 8 – El Calafate: Day at leisure. Enjoy an optional navigation to Estancia Cristina
Discovery and ascend to the lookout from where you can obtain a beautiful view of Upsala Glacier. (From April to September it could be replaced by all glaciers).
DAY 9 – El Calafate: Departure from the hotel towards Perito Moreno Glacier situated within Los Glaciares National Park. Because of its beauty it was declared a Mankind Heritage by UNESCO. During the excursion, it is possible to take an optional boat trip and enjoy a different view of the glacier wall from the water level.
DAY 10 – El Calafate/ Buenos Aires: In due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel accommodation.
DAY 11 – Buenos Aires: In due time, transfer to the Airport to board the scheduled flight.