Buenos Aires – Ushuaia – El calafate – Iguazu In 18 Days

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Argentina and its most representative Attractions

South America is one of the beautiful continents and is very rich in cultural and natural attractions. You can find here beautiful places like Patagonia in the South of Argentina, the Iguazu Falls, one of the largest in the world, the National Park Tierra del Fuego in Ushuaia and the awesome El Calafate glaciers.

ITINERARY

Day 1: Buenos Aires

Once our arrival to the city of Buenos Aires, depending on the time of your arrival, we will visit the city of Buenos Aires in the old and cultural part of the city of Buenos Aires modern neighborhood famous as the Boca and the Recoleta district.

Accommodation in Buenos Aires

Day 2: Buenos Aires – Ushuaia

After breakfast transfer from the Hotel to the airport on time for the flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia; his flight takes around 3 Hrs approx. once our arrival to Ushuaia our staff will be waiting for you to take you to the chosen hotel. In the afternoon we can make a journey by catamaran by the Beagle Channel, where you’ll see many species of marine birds as well as terrestrial mammals typical of this area. We can also see the mountains of the Martial and its glaciers, as well as part of the vessel Cervantes. In the afternoon return to the Hotel.

Accommodation in Ushuaia 

Day 3: Ushuaia

After breakfast we start walking, where we will combine a trekking and a canoeing tour in the National Park Tierra del Fuego. The trails will take us in the most beautiful places of the park where we will observe much wildlife, Giants trees similar to those seen in the film the Lord of the Rings, also we will observe many birds which are inhabit in these forests. After the walk will pass in our adventure to the sea, where in our well equipped canoes we will sail by the Beagle Channel, will visit the Island of the sea lions and the Mesa Redonda island where we will see the Imperial cormorants, then we will landed on this island where we will have a nice time to share a coffee with a beautiful view at the end of the afternoon. Our return to Ushuaia will be around 06: 00 Pm

Accommodation at Ushuaia

Day 4: Ushuaia

We will begin collecting our customers from their hotels in our bus that runs along the northern sector of the island, passing through areas of Turbas, running along the valleys of the Carbajal Huskies, Tierra Mayor and the cotorras covering about 75 kmts.

After that it crosses the Andes Cordillera by Paso Garibaldi, from where you will have a panoramic view of the Lakes Escondido and Fagnano.

From there begins the descent towards Lake Escondido, on foot if you want (45 minutes) or bus showing the Hostería Petrel (currently closed).

We keep the journey through the old route until the paved part until the board of the Lake Fagnano, stopping at the viewpoint. Begins the return to the city and on the road we will have a lunch in one of the winter refuges. This lunch is not included in the price of the excursion and usually offers a menu of fuegian lamb.

This tour takes 6 hours.

Accommodation at El Calafate

Day 5: Ushuaia – El Calafate

After our delicious breakfast, our staff will take you to the airport where we will take the flight to el Calafate (it will take 01: 30 Min. flying approximately). Once our arrival in el Calafate our staff will be waiting for you to take you to the Hotel, where you can enjoy the evening in this beautiful town with breathtaking views.

Accommodation at El Calafate

Day 6: El Calafate

After our breakfast we will leave in our full day tour visiting the Glacial Perito Moreno and the nautical Safaris; our visit to Glacial Perito Moreno will be one of the most amazing experiences in the world, because it was declared a World Natural Heritage by UNESCO. We will go by the channels that are very near of the walls and the icebergs, where we will see the spectacular ice breaking that are converted into small icebergs; this experience will be the best of your life and we are sure that you will remember this amazing part of the tour for long time, return to the city of el Calafate.

Accommodation at El Calafate

Day 7: El Calafate

After breakfast we will go for our day third in a full day tour, making navigation between glaciers and visiting the Lago Argentino, where we will take our catamaran at the port of Punta Banderas to begin our adventure passing between the icebergs and the Upsala glacier, then arriving at the Bonelli Bay, where our boat will be stop and we will have the chance to make a hike of 3 Hrs and at a of 800 Mrs. hight, Through an incredible Patagonian forest as well as observing glaciers Bonelli, Bolados Agassiz and Herin. On our road to return to the Hotel we will see the Devil’s throat, which is a very beautiful natural spectacle, this day will be the most memorable as you may know one confines of the universe, and the Patagonia is one of them.

Day 8: El Calafate

This day we will go through the Patagonian steppe from the North to the South we will arrive to the border line with Chile where we will see Cancha Carreras (2.5 hours of trip), where will begin to explore of the beautiful South of the Chilean Patagonia until entering the national Park of Torres del Paine, where we will arrive around 10: 30 pm.
On board in our vehicles we will visit the most important points of the National Park Torres del Paine, in our walk we will to access to the panoramic viewpoints of the most important natural attractions of the Park.

Once in the way again, and after making stops in various viewpoints (like swans, Mirador Nordenskjold Superior lagoon), we will arrive at the Salto Grande, where is a hike to the viewpoint of the Cuernos del Paine on the board of the Nordenskjold Lake; this hike will be guided and takes about 3 hours in total.

After this walk, we will be still going in the vehicle until a new viewpoint, this time in the proximity of the Pehoe Lake, from where it be possible to have one of the views of the most famous National Park, with the horns and the French Valley framed by Lakes Pehoe and Nordenskjold, where we will see the mount Paine Grande and Almirante Nieto. Finally returns to the village of El Calafate arriving at night.

Accommodation at El Calafate

Day 9: El Calafate – Buenos Aires

After our breakfast our staff will pick you up to the airport take the flight back to Buenos Aires (the flight should take about 4 Hrs). Once arrived to Buenos Aires our staff will pick up to the Hotel where you will have a restful break to recover the energy and introduce the visit to Iguazu falls.

Accommodation in Buenos Aires

Day 10: Buenos Aires – Iguazú

After breakfast our staff will pick you up in order to go to airport to take the domestic flight to Iguazu falls (duration of 1 to 45 Min). Upon our arrival our staff will be waiting you to take you to the Hotel where you will have a rest and be ready to make the first visit to the most impressive falls in the world.

At 2pm aprox. our guide will pick you up and take you to the half day tour in the Brazilian side of the falls, which was declared a cultural patrimony humanity by UNESCO since it has a very important South American genetic reserve. During this walk we will see a large variety of Fauna and always we will be accompanied by the roar of the 4 falls which are heard from many miles away; the view from this place is incredible, the gateways are right in front of the falls, in the afternoon we will bring you back to the Hotel.

Accommodation in Iguazu

Day 11: Iguazú

After our breakfast we will go for a tour of full day to the Iguazu falls on the Argentinean side, going by many bridges within the National Park of Iguazu. We will see around 200 waterfalls all of them are impressive we will visit the Green circuit and the superior and inferior path as well the same as the throat of the devil, and its combination with ecological train, time for lunch. In the afternoon we will have the chance to do a bit of adventure, navigating in our motor boat sailing through the falls, there are some times where we we’ll enter into the waterfalls where we have a unique experience… in the afternoon return to our Hotel in Iguazu.

Accommodation in Iguazu

Day 12: Iguazú

We will rest until noon at the Hotel and you can also enjoy the beautiful environments which has Iguazú. In the afternoon we will go for an half-day tour, it will be in the Argentina jungle including activities such as Trekking, WetRappelling, climbing, etc. Each of these activities is oriented to tourism, adventure and eco-tourism for people of all ages, a unique and fun experience in Iguazu Jungle.

Accommodation in Iguazu

Day 13: Iguazú

After breakfast, our staff will go to pick you up in order to take a full day tour to the ruins of San Ignacio and the Wanda mines.

The tour will go for the national route Nº 12, where you can enjoy the landscape of the region, passing through small towns, villages and extensive plantations of tea and yerba mate that constitute the main economic activity in the region; after that we will arrive to the magnificent Jesuit ruins.

In the route you will also visit the mines of precious stones in the city of Wanda, which are a unique attraction and hey have the particularity of being open and is easy to see them in the Paraná River, with samples of agate, quartz, Crystal rock, amethyst and topa. Our return will be at 06:00 Pm to Iguazu.

Accommodation in Iguazu

Day 14: Exploring the Waterfalls of Iguazu by our own  

This day you will have a full day to walk and visit the attractions of this incredible place, you can also join the falls from the Argentinean side and the Brazilian side and explore all the wonders that this place offer.

Accommodation in Iguazu

Day 15: Iguazu – Buenos Aires

After our breakfast our staff will pick you up to the airport and take the return flight to Buenos Aires where you will have a great and repaired break to enjoy the amazing capital city.

Accommodation in Buenos Aires

Day 16: Buenos Aires

After our breakfast we will go to visit the countryside where the gauchos are; we will meet some local people and we will have the opportunity to try the famous Argentine grills as well as typical snacks of this place. In the same way will have the opportunity to enjoy the pool where we will have a moment of relaxation before returning to Buenos Aires.

At night we will have the opportunity to appreciate a spectacular show takes place in a charming restaurant in Buenos Aires. The night begins to enjoy a dance class of Tango that will allow you to learn the basic steps and have an unforgettable time.

Accommodation in Buenos Aires

Day 17: Buenos Aires

Free day to rest in the city of Buenos Aires after a great dinner time. By afternoon will have the option to make the tour of San Isidro and the Tiger which is a traditional residential area, characterized by the beauty of its streets and its striking large houses, including some fifths from the 18th century. Tiger is the entrance to the impressive delta of the Paraná; Islands only accessible by water, impressive vegetation and houses on stilts is seen in a one-hour boat ride, so we turn to search for your hotel and will take it to visit the area north of Buenos Aires. Our first stop will be in the port of Tigre, where we embark on a catamaran to learn about the impressive Paraná Delta: an exotic subtropical forest composed of thousands of Islands and islets, which can be accessed only by water. The lush vegetation of the place and the houses of the Islanders surround a completely unusual landscape, after two hours of navigation will take the Train de La Costa, a tourist and modern train that runs along the best districts of the northern zone parallel to the Río de La Plata. We will stop at the station in the neighborhood of San Isidro. A privileged place that conserves intact the imposing 18th century mansions and new, modern residences inhabited by the wealthiest families in the country. In San Isidro we will visit its square and the artisan market. Finally we return to Buenos Aires is the elegant Avenida Libertador.

Day 18: Buenos Aires – End of Trip

After breakfast we will pick you up from the Hotel in order to go to the airport to take the flight back end of our service.

INCLUDED

  • Flights Buenos Aires – Ushuaia – El Calafate – Buenos Aires – Iguazú – Buenos Aires


BUENOS AIRES

  • 10 Hotel nights in a Hotel De Las Luces 3 stars with breakfast included in Buenos Aires.
  • Buenos Aires city tour.
  • Delta & Tigre tour.
  • Gaucho’s party, Estancia Tour.
  • Dinner and Tango show in Complejo Tango.
  • All the transfer
  • English speaking tourist guide.
  • Taxes.
  • Quality in Services

USHUAIA

  • All the transfers
  • 3 Hotel nights (3 Stars) with Breakfast included
  • City tour Ushuaia.
  • Full day tour to the Tierra del Fuego National Park with trekking and canoe ride.
  • Half day boat trip in the Beagle Channel.(Fee port + Transfers included)
  • English speaking tourist guide.
  • Taxes.
  • Quality in Services

EL CALAFATE

  • All the transfers
  • 3 Hotel nights (3 stars) with breakfast
  • Full day tour Pedrito Moreno Glaciar and Nautical Safari.
  • Full day tour “All glaciers” boat trip.
  • English speaking tourist guide.
  • Taxes.
  • Quality in Services

IGUAZU

  • Transfers in Airport – Hotel in El Calafate.
  • 3 Hotel nights ( 3 starts ) included breakfast
  • Full day tour to the Argentine side of the waterfalls with Great adventure Boat tour included.
  • Iguazú Forest
  • English speaking tourist guide.
  • Taxes.
  • Quality in Services

WE RECOMMEND TO BRING

  • Entrance fee to National Parks.
  • Boarding fee at Ushuais Airport

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