Day 1: Buenos Aires

Arrival in Ezeiza airport. Private transfer to accommodation. Check in and free day

Day 2: Buenos Aires

Breakfast. At about 9.00 am, Buenos Aires City Tour:  You will discover the beauty and wonders of Buenos Aires city, viewing the National Congress, The Metropolitan Cathedral next to the Government House in May Square area among other important buildings. You will catch a glimpse of the Colon Theater, one of the most important opera houses in Latin America and San Telmo, traditional neighborhood where Tango performances can be seen in many bars and restaurants. There is an important stop at La Boca colorful neighborhood, which was seat of immigrants - mainly Italians - and now home of some artists.
Enjoy Palermo, an area that combines its architecture and history with entertainment and amusement in its green spaces. Finally, La Recoleta, an exclusive and elegant neighborhood where the famous cemetery is found. Alternative at no extra cost: Buenos Aires Bike Tour. If you want a more active tour to discover the corners of Buenos Aires with a small group and pedal your way along the city streets, the bike tour is your choice

Departure time: 9:00 / 14:00 hs (depending on Hotel pick up)

Departure Point: any hotel in Buenos Aires Downtown. Note: there are hotels away from the city center so before booking please check if the city tours reaches the hotel.

Arrival Point: Downtown Buenos Aires, not the hotels, 3 hours – 3 and a half hour later, depending on traffic

Duration: 3 to 3,30 hs.

Frequency: Daily departures. Blackout 25 dec and 1 jan. Guaranteed departures 

Transport: Mini-Bus (24 pax) or Bus (40 pax)

No age limit

Activities and Services

Optional

Half Day Buenos Aires Bike Tour

Included

  • Bilingual Guide (English – Spanish)
  • Transportation

Excluded

Meals

Day 3: Buenos Aires

Free day to explore the streets of Buenos Aires, maybe going to Tigre in the outskirts.

In the late evening: Madero Tango Show and Dinner

The Executive Dinner Show at Madero Tango offers the possibility of enjoying the Best Tango Show tasting the famous Bife de Chorizo Argentino. Diagonally to the Stage, Four Options for each dinner course on the menu and an Additional Gastronomic and International Drinks. A Menu for those who like to taste special flavors in a different night.

Gastronomy: Three course dinner with four options that include the Bife de Chorizo

Seats: 3rd to 5th Lateral and sideways rows to the stage

Tables: Round tables, Shared

Transfer: In + out

Drinks: National label wine varietals or champagne FREE. Water, soda and beer FREE

Information

Activities and Services

Buenos Aires Tango Show

Included

Transfers from accommodation and back

Tango Show

Dinner

Drinks

Day 4: Overnight Travel

Breakfast and check out. Find your own way to Retiro Bus Station to take the night bus to Puerto Madryn.

Day 5: Puerto Madryn

Arrival in Puerto Madryn. Find your own way to your accommodation. Check in. Free afternoon

Day 6: Puerto Madryn, Valdes Peninsula

Breakfast. In the morning, Peninsula Valdes Full Day Tour:  Península de Valdés is a human world-wide heritage. Throughout its extension it locks up different unique species that find in the zone a great place to develop their life.
During this full day tour you will be accompanied by Naturists and Bilingual guides.
The first stop will be the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus Interpretation Center, where you can have fast references on fauna, flora and geology of the Peninsula. Also you will enjoy the panoramic view that the “Golfo Nuevo”, “San Jose” and the “Isla de los Pajaros” will let us observe.
Another stop is the village of “Puerto Pirámide”, where depending of the month of the year, you can take a Tour to see the Whales (Optional from 1 Jun – 30 Nov), or a Nautical strolling with Snorkeling (Optional).
Continuing the gravel road, and subject to the season, the climate or the tides, you will visit in different order or combined with other stops: “Caleta Valdés”, “Punta Cantor” and “Punta Norte” to observe Marine Elephants, Penguins and Marine Lions.
The Orcinus or ill-named “Killer Whales” can be watch from the seaside at “Punta Norte”. The best months to see them are in March and in April. Also during September in the “Caleta Valdés” (with a bit less frequency). Back to Puerto Madryn. The tour does not include the entrance fee to National Park

Day 7: Puerto Madryn, Atlantic Patagonia

Breakfast. Free day. If you are in Puerto Madryn and it is Penguin season you may try the Optional Punta Tombo Colony Day Tour

 

Day 8: Overnight Travel

Breakfast. Check Out. Go on your own to the bus station. Departure to Rio Gallegos by Night Bus.

Day 9: El Calafate

In the early morning, arrival in Rio Gallegos. Connecting bus to El Calafate. Arrival in El Calafate at 4 or 6 pm. Make your way to your accommodation. Check in.

   

Day 10: El Calafate, Los Glaciares National Park

Early morning pick up from your accommodation to visit Perito Moreno Glacier

Perito Moreno Glacier Day Tour - El Calafate

This Perito Moreno Glacier tour is a wonderful opportunity for travelers to explore and experience one of Argentina’s top attractions! This day tour into the Los Glaciares National Park offers exceptional views of Patagonia’s most famous glacier, the incredible Perito Moreno as you are guided along the wooden walk ways.

The Perito Moreno full day excursion will begin taking you from central El Calafate towards the Los Glaciares National Park, an area of exceptional natural beauty and a UNESCO National Heritage site. This is the classic tour to sightsee the Perito Moreno Glacier and the best option to get an overview and see it from above. A full-day tour through Los Glaciares National Park, in which Perito Moreno lies, it gives you the chance to really appreciate the glacier’s sheer magnitude, as you walk across the Pasarelas (heightened wooden walk ways) along the shores of Lake Argentino. Following the Perito Moreno tour circuit you will finally reach the boardwalks of the Perito Moreno Glacier, where you will have three hours to explore and sightsee Perito Moreno’s enormous 60-meter wall of ice floating on the surface of Lake Argentino.

The Perito Moreno Glacier is Patagonia’s most famous attraction and a truly unique, breath-taking spectacle of nature that you cannot miss 

Duration

8 hours

Departure Times

7 to 7.30 am

Day 11: El Calafate, Torres del Paine National Park

Very early morning pick up to explore Torres del Paine National Park in Chile

Torres del Paine National Park Day Tour from El Calafate

The Full Day to the world-renowned Torres del Paine National Park allows visitors visit much of the park, through the different paths around the mountain massif and to discover the beautiful landscapes of the Chilean Patagonia, directly (without prior passage through Puerto Natales). This service is provided with last generation buses, expert drivers in the area and bilingual guides authorized by the Administration of National Parks in Chile.

It starts from the town of El Calafate Argentina at 6.30hs, from the hotel where you stay, if in a radius of 3 km from the center. Keep in mind that this is the starting time for start Pick Ups from the center, therefore it is just an estimate. Around 10hs, the bus reaches the border (Cerro Castillo); and once customs procedures are made, a pause will be held in the Chilean town of Cerro Castillo. There you can change money, take a traditional breakfast, chatting with locals, etc. Then, our passengers will be transfered to smaller buses, in order to achieve group cohesion and greater interaction with the guide, the specialist who will accompany the journey and thus maximize your experience in this very special visit.
At about 11hs, our bus take its way to the park; reaching the first highlight of our journey at 11.40 pm: Lake Toro. There will be a brief stop to take your first pictures and enjoy the stunning scenery.
The next stop of this tour will be in the area of administration of the National Park where you'll need to show your entrance fee to the park. From this point, our bus will head to Lake Pehoe, which will arrive at 13:45hs. The stop for lunch (included) will be 
Around 13.45hs. After lunch the minubus will head to Pudeto, where a trekk to the Salto Grande will be made, and then continue to the viewpoint of the Cuernos del Paine.
This whole loop lasts approximately 1 hour and a half. It is a low difficulty hike.
After enjoying the ride, we will arrive to Lake Nordenskjold (around 16hs). From there, bus will return to the area of Laguna Amarga (16.50hs / 17.00hs).
At 18hs, the group will arrive at Cerro Castillo; returning to El Calafate between 22.30hs /23.00hs approximately.

Duration

16/17 hours

Departure Times

5.30 to 6 am

Day 12: El Calafate

Breakfast. Free day in El Calafate to enjoy optional tours, maybe exploring El Chalten

Recommended

Day 13: Ushuaia

Very early check out. Make your own way to the bus station. Bus to Rio Gallegos, departure at 3 am. Connection with bus from Rio Gallegos to Ushuaia, Arrival at about 8 to 9 pm. Make your own way to your accommodation. Check in. (There is an Optional Upgrade to take a flight from El Calafate to Ushuaia instead of the Bus)

Day 14: Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego National Park

Breakfast. At  about 9.00 hs, to be reconfirmed by local guides,  Half Day Tour to Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego: This is the only Argentine National Park that combines sea, mountains and forests. This half day tour takes you to the end of all argentine routes passing by splendid local flora and fauna. On one side, snow capped mountains, and on the other side, the Beagle Channel. This National park is small if you compare it with other Patagonian parks, but it preserves many miles of fragile Andean Patagonian forests. A very young ecosystem (only 8 to 10 thousand years old) that grew after the region was covered by the ice of last ice age. Take the chance to walk about the local trees, along the pebbles beaches of green and transparent waters and see if you can discover orange llao llaos or local small strawberries. Certainly this can be a calm and relaxing trip.   
Back to Ushuaia at about 2 pm.

Activities and Services

Day 15: Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)

Breakfast. At 14.00 hs, please be at the port for the Sea Lion Colony Half Day Boat Trip:

You will leave the local port, in the direction of Alice Island (to the east) to see the colony of sea lions. Maybe a smelly moment but really interesting to see! Then you continue to the Birds Island where the king and imperial cormorants inhabit, impressive birds that are the “owners” of the channel. Nearby, you will enjoy the view of the Rock Cormorants on the cliffs. Then, you navigate towards the Sea Lions Island to catch, again, a glimpse of these funny animals. Finally, you find Les Eclaireurs lighthouse, which was made in 1919 and it´s the actual symbol of the city. You have to have it´s picture! Return to Ushuaia

Duration: 2:30 hours.

Activities and Services

Day 16: End of Itinerary

Breakfast. Check out and transfer to airport. End of adventure

 

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