Arrive in Buenos Aires, where you will be greeted and transferred by your private driver to your hotel. You can start to explore the city on your own.
This morning your private guide picks you up for a complete city tour. The tour includes attractions such as the 9 de Julio Avenue, the Obelisk and Corrientes Street. The first stop will be in the Plaza de Mayo so as to visit the Cathedral and the Cabildo (Old City Hall). After that, the trip will continue towards the most traditional neighborhood of Buenos Aires, San Telmo, which is characterized by its old colonial houses and the cobblestoned streets. Then, the tour will go to La Boca Neighborhood located in the south of the city. There will be a new scheduled stop so as to look around the colorful zinc houses that make up this area of Buenos Aires and that used to be the refuge and home for the first immigrants and popular artists. After that, the vehicle continues to Puerto Madero – the old port of the city that was turned into one of the most exclusive gastronomic and residential areas in Buenos Aires. The tour will go to Palermo: one of the most extended areas in the city and where it is possible to find the popular woods of Palermo with more or less 300 ha (741 acres) of gardens and artificial ponds surrounded by elegant buildings. Finally, the last point in the tour is Recoleta, which is one of the most selected neighborhoods and where, among other attractions, the Recoleta Cemetery can be found. Also, there are bars, cafes and fancy restaurants that are worth a visit. Here will be the last stop so as to walk to the cemetery area and its surroundings. You could have a lunch and walk around or go back to your hotel. The afternoon is free to spend your time at your leisure.
Café de los Angelitos - Dinner Tango Show Excursion - transfers included
“Cafe de los Angelitos” is a live witness of more than one hundred years of Buenos Aires history. The mystical coffee house became a meeting point for “compadritos” (swaggerers) and “malandras” (scoundrels) towards the end of the 19th Century. With rudimentary premises and a dirt floor, the place was a scenario for the verbal duels of gaucho minstrels Gabino Ezeiza, Higuito Cazon and Jose Betinotti. Remodeled again following an ambitious architecture project, conformed by three levels, it exhibits luxury and distinction every night with 21 artists that perform this live tango show.
Today you private driver takes you to the Aeroparque airport for your flight to Iguazu. On your arrival at the Puerto Iguazu airport you will be transferred to your hotel.
After your breakfast, you explore the area with your private guide/driver. The park was created in 1934 with the main aim to protect the majestic Iguazu Falls. In 1984, the UNESCO declared this place Natural World Heritage due to the beauty of the scenery and the biological diversity in this subtropical rainforest. The visit to the Iguazu National Park can be done via 3 circuits and on catwalks, best known as Lower Path, Higher path and the Devil´s Throat Path. You will decide with your guide what you prefer. The Lower Path is a 1,200-metre-walk (0.8 miles) that gives a great view of the majority of the rapids and falls from a front and lower point of view. The distances range from a bird’s eye point of view of The Devil’s Throat together with several Brazilian rapids, to spectacular close-ups to other falls. This walk has some high difficulty level due to the number of steps along the way. (Approximate duration: 2 hours). The Higher Path is a 1,300-metre-walk (0.9 miles) that will raise every visitor´s adrenaline level because of the vertigo of being at the edge of some waterfalls. This walk has breathtaking sceneries from a cliff-point outlook and this is the less effort demanding walk of the three traditional ones. No steps along the way. (Approximate duration: 1 hour). The Devil’s Throat has to be access via the Ecological Jungle Train, and everyone must get off at the stop named after this waterfall. From there, it is a stroll along the catwalk which is a winding path that goes around the islands for 1,100 meters (0.7 miles) and ends in the large balconies located on the edge of falls. There are no steps along the path.
Today, your driver takes you to the Puerto Iguazu airport for your flight to El Calafate. On your arrival at the Calafate airport you will be transferred to your hotel.
Today, you will leave in the morning with your private guide and driver to visit the renowned Perito Moreno glacier, unique on the planet for its constant forward movement. Along the 85 km (53 mi) that you will drive to get to the park, you will discover many Andean pre-cordillera sites that are worth seeing or recording on camera and by the Argentino Lake you will access the National Park “Los Glaciares”. Along Brazo Rico River you will start to spot the floating icebergs until you finally are able to grasp this natural wonder considered World Heritage by the United Nations in all its awe . You will take the paths and enjoy some time to observe and to have lunch. Then, in the afternoon you will go back to the hotel.
After your breakfast, your guide takes you to Punta Bandera port to embark for a 3 hour cruise. You will be sailing among icebergs and stunning scenery overlooking the western front of the Upsala glacier and then through Cristina Canal, you will get to the point of disembark at the Estancia. Estancia Cristina was founded in 1914 by Joseph Percival Masters, an Englishman who came to Patagonia with his wife in 1900. Having heard marvels about the Patagonian lands of Southern Argentina and being in search of a promising future, he decided to embark with his wife towards Buenos Aires, to later travel to Patagonia. The Upsala Glacier is just a few kilometers from the Estancia and it is one of the largest in Los Glaciares National Park.
Then, you will have a guided visit to the Costumbrista museum located in the old shearing shed. After that, you will get on 4x4 vehicles so as to go uphill for about 9.5 km (5.9 mi) through mountainous roads and arrive at the Continental ice shelter. You will get off the vehicle and will hike for about 30 minutes. The views that you will get to the oriental side of Upsala Glacier, Lake Guillermo, Southern Patagonian Ice and Andes will be amazing. Then you will return to the farm house of the Estancia and board the vessel at 5:30 pm and will arrive at Puerto Banderas at 7:00 pm approximately. Head back to the hotel with your private driver.
This morning your guide takes you to the Calafate airport for your flight to Buenos Aires. On your arrival at the Aeroparque airport you will be transferred to your hotel. Time at your leisure for your last day.
After your breakfast, your private driver transfers you to the Ezeiza airport for your flight home
