Day by Day Itinerary

DAY 01: BUENOS AIRES

Arrival at Ezeiza International Airport. Reception and transfer to the selected Hotel.

Accommodation for three nights with daily breakfast.

DAY 02: BUENOS AIRES

Morning city tour.

Along ‘9 de Julio Avenue’, the widest in the city, it is possible to spot the Obelisk, the monument that symbolises the city, and the famous Colon Theatre (Opera House), a masterpiece of architecture with superb acoustics, The tour continues to San Telmo neighbourhood, birthplace of the city, and to May Square, historical and political centre, surrounded by the Government House or ‘Casa Rosada’, site of the national government, the Cabildo, historical building which was centre of the colonial political life, the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Town Hall, site of the city government. Then on to La Boca district, picturesque neighbourhood where the Italian immigrants settled and famous for ‘Caminito’ street. The tour continues along May Avenue, typically Spanish, to get to ‘Plaza de los dos Congresos’ just in front of the Congress Building. Heading north, the tour gets to aristocratic Recoleta district, known for its Cemetery and to Palermo, wide and beautiful park located in the heart of one of the most elegant areas in the city.

Evening dinner and Tango show at of the best places in the city.

Taste Argentine cuisine specialities accompanied by excellent wines and finish the evening enjoying a Tango and folklore show long to be remembered. (The tour includes round trip transfers and can also be taken without the dinner)

DAY 03: BUENOS AIRES

Transfer to the domestic Airport

 PUERTO MADRYN

Reception at Trelew Airport and tour to Punta Tombo ending in Puerto Madryn.

Punta Tombo is located on the Atlantic Ocean coast, 150 km from Puerto Madryn. During the warm months (September to April) Punta Tombo reserve is home to the world's largest colony of Magellanic penguins. Spending much of their lives in the water, these penguins return yearly to the Patagonian coast to court, breed, and raise their young. Approximately half of the colony of penguins that nest at Punta Tombo burrow underground. Males arrive prior to the females, preparing and settling into their old nests. When the females arrive, they search out their lifelong mate through a series of calls and a chorus of answers. After an elaborate courtship, the female will lay one egg and both male and female will share the two-month incubation. Once the baby penguin, or chick, hatches, the parents will forage for food, feeding the chick by regurgitation until it can fend for itself. After the chicks learn to swim, the family will return to the ocean and migrate north to southern Brazil. Some Magellanic penguins may migrate 3000 miles round-trip between Brazil and Patagonia. When the immature penguins return to Punta Tombo the following year, they will moult their feathers, and breeding will once again resume. Besides penguins it is also possible to see many other kind of birds in the area.  During the transfer to Puerto Madryn, the tour stops at Gaiman, one of the oldest Welsh colonies in the area, where it is possible to taste an excellent tea with home made cakes.

Accommodation at the selected hotel for two nights with daily breakfast.

DAY 04: PUERTO MADRYN

Full day tour to Peninsula  Valdes.

Early morning departure to Isthmus Carlos Ameghino from where it is possible to see at the same time Nuevo and San Jose Gulfs, visit the Interpretation Centre and see the Birds’ Island. This is a small island connected to the continent during low tides where visitors are not allowed. A wide variety of birds arrive during their breeding season: seagulls, flamingos, herons, cormorants, ducks and penguins among others. The tour continues to Caleta Valdes where there is an important settlement of Southern Elephant seals and Punta Delgada. After lunch, drive to Puerto Piramides, a nice beach surrounded by cliffs. Whale watching tours by boat leave from this port. On the return to Puerto Madryn, the tour passes by Salinas Grande and Chica, a natural depression 42 mts. below sea level.

DAY 05: PUERTO MADRYN

Transfer to Trelew Airport.

 USHUAIA

Reception at the airport and transfer to the selected hotel.

Accommodation for two nights with daily breakfast.

Afternoon city tour and visit End of the World Museum.

The city is located on the Martial Range and is a succession of picturesque ups and downs. The tour visits the old area, the port and the narrow roads that climb the hills. During the ride the different views are nice and colourful. A visit to the End of the World Museum is included as a chance to see the artefacts of the primitive Ona and Yagan inhabitants and also mementoes from the first European settlers, the Bridges and Haberton Families.

DAY 06: USHUAIA

Morning tour to Tierra del Fuego National Park.

This Park, 12 km from Ushuaia, is the only National Park with ocean coast in the country. In its 63.000 hectares surface protects innumerable ńires, lengas, cherry trees, calafates and notros and flowers as violets and orchids. The walk in the park offers marvellous panoramic views of the Beagle Channel surrounded by mountains and an opportunity to feel nature at its best. The Pan American road that joins America from north to south, starts in Alaska and finishes at Lapataia Bay, a dreamt paradise that together with Laguna Verde and Lago Roca is the highlight of the tour.

Afternoon navigation on the Beagle Channel.

Transfer to the tourist port to board a catamaran and sail the waters of the Beagle Channel, which unites the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. As the catamaran leaves the shore, the view of the city is spectacular. The tour circles Bridges and Archipielago Islands, Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse and several rocks where sea mammals and birds find shelter. This is an excellent chance to see them in their habitat without interrupting their activities.

DAY 07: USHUAIA

Transfer to the Airport

EL CALAFATE

Reception at Rio Gallegos Airport and surface transfer to El Calafate.
Accommodation at the selected hotel for three nights with daily breakfast.

DAY 08: EL CALAFATE

Full day Perito Moreno Glacier tour.

Departure from El Calafate bordering the southern arm of the Argentine Lake to get to Los Glaciares National Park (90 km away). The road turns winding and bordering Brazo Rico leaves behind the Sighs Curve and reaches 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). The continuos advance of the glacier eventually separates this Channel from the rest of the Lake. As the Channel is its only communication with the rest of the lakes in the area, the lake grows to reach over 30 metres above its normal level and floods the surrounding areas. Such pressure opens a tunnel in the ice wall forming an arch that eventually collapses in the world famous ‘breaking of the glacier’. This breathtaking phenomenon takes place every 4 years or so.

Optionally, it is possible to take a boat for a short sail along Brazo Rico to get close to the ice walls. The navigation takes about one hour.

DAY 09: EL CALAFATE

Day at leisure.

(Optional: full day navigation on Lago Argentino to Upsala and Onelli Glaciers)

DAY 10: EL CALAFATE

Surface transfer to Rio Gallegos Airport.

BUENOS AIRES

Reception at the domestic airport and transfer to the selected hotel.

Accommodation for one night with breakfast.

DAY 11: BUENOS AIRES

Transfer to the domestic airport.

IGUAZU

Arrival at the Argentine Airport.  Reception and transfer to Sheraton Internacional Hotel. Accommodation for two nights with daily breakfast.

Afternoon tour to the falls on the Argentine side.

This tour visits Iguazu National Park walking along the paths that cross the jungle and lead to the falls. The lower path runs along about 1.200 metres by the river to see the foot of some of the cascades. The upper path allows the view from the top of the falls. After this walk and a short bus ride the tour gets to Puerto Canoas to board a small motor boat to the footbridge over Devil’s Throat. The feeling of the magnitude and strength of the water falling is overwhelming and unpaired. The wild noise is so high that it can be heard various kilometres away. The mist over the Devil’s Throat is such that endless rainbows are formed.

DAY 12: IGUAZU

Brazilian Falls tour.

Departure towards Tancredo Neves International Bridge to cross the border to Brazil. After clearing customs, the tour continues to Das Cataratas Hotel, beautiful building in Portuguese colonial style from where it is possible to get an incredible panoramic view of Devil’s Throat and the semicircle of the falls. An elevator allows a different perspective equally spectacular.

DAY 13: IGUAZU

Transfer to the Argentine Airport.