ARGENTINEAN HIGHLIGHTS - 10 DAYS
DAY
01:
Buenos Aires. Arrival, reception and transfer with local guide
to the hotel. At the time scheduled with the guide, half day City tour through
Buenos Aires. You will visit Plaza de Mayo, Casa Rosada, the Metropolitan
Cathedral, and the Cabildo. Then you will arrive at La Boca neighbourhood to
walk around Caminito Street and see how the first immigrants who arrived in
Buenos Aires used to live. Overnight.
DAY
02:
Buenos Aires. Breakfast. Day at leisure. Optional tour: Delta
del Tigre. Sailing in a modern boat along the different arms of this delta, to
discover Paraná River and thousands of islands all around. Overnight.
DAY
03:
Buenos Aires - El Calafate. Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take the
flight to El Calafate. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. It is a small village
located on the south coast of Lake Argentino, in the southwest of the Province
of Santa Cruz. It was named after a typical thorny bush of southern Patagonia. The
Calafate blooms in the spring with yellow flowers and in summer with purple
fruits. According to tradition those who eat this fruit will always return to
Patagonia. El Calafate is an important tourist destination as the hub to visit
different parts of Los Glaciares National Park, including the Perito Moreno
Glacier (one of the most visited in the world), Cerro Chaltén and Cerro Torre. Overnight.
DAY 04:
El Calafate. Breakfast. Full day Perito Moreno Glacier tour. The
majesty of nature at its best. Departure from El Calafate bordering the
southern arm of the Argentine Lake to get to Los Glaciares National Park (90 km
away) and reach the paths to the Glacier. Perito Moreno Glacier is about 30.000
years old. Its surface is 192 km2, the front wall is 5 km long and some of its
peaks are 80 metres high. The deep blue base is almost as dark as the water
that surrounds it. The deep silence is suddenly interrupted by the tremendous
noise of huge pieces of ice that crack from the glacier and fall into the lake
to float on the Canal de los Tempanos (Icebergs Channel). Overnight.
DAY
05:
El Calafate. Breakfast. Optional tour: Full day navigation
Upsala and Onelli Glaciers. Overnight.
DAY
06:
El Calafate - Catarates del
Iguazú. Breakfast and at
scheduled time transfer to the airport to take the flight to Buenos Aires and
the connection to Iguazú. Reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel.
Overnight.
DAY
07:
Catarates del Iguazú. Breakfast. Half day excursion to Cataratas del
Iguazú (Brazilian side), to enjoy a panoramic view of the Falls during a
walking tour through the passages that connect the different observation
points. Cataratas del Iguazú are located at the northern extreme of Misiones
Province in the border with Brazil. The Iguazú Falls are the highlight of the
Argentine/Brazil rainforest. The falls are the widest and most imposing water
falls on Earth. Their name in the native tongue, guaraní, means Big Waters and
this is, undoubtedly, the perfect name for them. Overnight.
DAY
08:
Catarates del Iguazú. Breakfast. Full day excursion to Cataratas del
Iguazú (Argentinean side). The Garganta del Diablo (Devil's Throat) is the most
impressive of all the falls, and marks the border between Argentina and Brazil.
On the Brazilian side there is a long walkway along the canyon with an
extension to the lower base of the "Garganta del Diablo". The
Argentinian access is facilitated by the Tren Ecológico de la Selva (Rainforest
Ecological Train), which brings visitors to different walkways. Optional tour: La Gran Aventura. Overnight.
DAY 09:
Catarates del Iguazú - Buenos Aires. Breakfast.
Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and
transfer to the hotel. At the evening pick up at the hotel to attend a dinner
and tango show. Overnight.
DAY
10:
Buenos Aires. Breakfast and at the time scheduled transfer to
the airport to take the flight back.
