Full Argentina Express
Get to know the whole Argentina in a trip of unique and spectacular contrast From the fabulous Iguassu Falls until the southernmost city in the world, Ushuaia. A trip that will bring you a complete perspective of the natural beauties of Argentina.
Route: Buenos Aires - Iguassu Falls - Ushuaia - El Calafate.
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* Local Payment USD 350
* Pre & post tour accommodation
* International & domestic flight and departure tax
* Travel Insurance
* Optional activities
* Meals
* Entrances to the national parks
* Tips, baggage portage and other extras not specified.
* Boat trip to Moreno Glaciar
Optional activities:
Iguazu:
Tour through the jungle and falls $40
Boat trips $5-$40
Overflight in helicopter to the falls $60
Ushuaia:
Horse back riding USD47
El Calafate:
Mountain bikes rentl $4/hora
Horse back riding s $20-$60
Moreno Glacier boat trip $15 (45 minutos) |
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Day 1: Arrive in Buenos Aires
Transfer to your hotel in down town in Buenos Aires. Your included city tour will ensure that you don't miss any of the city's major attractions, and perhaps will improve your understanding of those you have already seen. The tour will be really interesting, with lots of opportunities to enjoy and observe the sights. Stops will be made at notable places such as Teatro Colon, Obelisco, Av. De Mayo. Congresso, Plaza de Mayo, La Boca, San Telmo and Puerto Madero. Then you will have a free afternoon to explore your favourite sights, and at night, keep enjoying the great cuisine, a tango show and the nighlife.
Day 2: Iguassu Falls
Transfer to the airport to take a flights to the city of Puerto Iguassu. Transfer to the htel.
This day features a half day excursion to the Brazilian waterfalls with Spanish/English speaking guide. Entrance fee to the national park is not included.
From the Brazilian National Park you have a panoramic view of the Falls – you can see the 3 kilometres of Falls in front of you, which features 270+ cascades. You have 1,000 metres of easy walking - it takes about 1 hour, finishing in the canyon of the Devil’s throat.
Day 3: Iguassu Falls
Today is a full day tour to the Argentinian side of the falls with Spanish/English speaking guide. Entrance fee to the national park is not included.
This tour includes three different paths:
UPPER WALK: A walk of 500 metres, lasts about 45 minutes seeing the Two Sisters, Bosseti, Adam and Eve, Bernabe Mendez, Mbigu· and San MartÌn falls from the upper part.
LOWER PATH: Walk around 1.300 metres of footpath which lasts 1.30 hours. You see the falls from the middle - you might get wet.
DEVIL’S THROAT: Hop aboard a little train, and go 4 km to Devils Throat Station, at the upper part of the Iguazu River. From here, you walk on a bridge (walkway) that leads to the balcony of Devil’s throat. The most spectacular view!!
Below is an optional extension you can add on this same day.
Great Adventure excursion (1 hour): Combines a jungle trip with a sailing to the Falls.
Start with a trip through the rainforest of the National Park in a 4 x 4 jeep. Then, take a zodiac boat upstream in the lower Iguazu River, reaching a panoramic view of the Falls – then finishing with a trip directly under the falls. Back to Iguazu and overnight at hotel.
Day 4: Ushuaia
We leave the jungle to the airport to take a flight to Buenos Aires city, with connection to Ushuaia. Transfer to the hotel.
Sitting on the shores of the Beagle Channel, Ushuaia actually means 'the bay facing westward' in the language of the original Yamna inhabitants.
The town of 50,000 is also a major ski resort area for both alpine and cross-country skiers and offers magnificent hiking in Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego, the first coastal national park in Argentina.
Ushuaia is now a major tourist attraction, particularly for people cruising to Antarctica.
Day 5: Ushuaia
This morning we will visit the first coastal national park in Argentina.
We will appreciate the glacial period valleys at the train station to get into the park on board the famous Train of the End of the World. Then we will ride Ensenada Bay, Roca lake and would enjoy a hot chocolate on the shores of Lapataia River.
As the weather is very unpredictable in Ushuaia, for this tour take a rain jacket with you, (you never know what can happen)
On the way, you will spot lots of birds in those incredible forest with a breathtaking scenery surrounding the area. At the end of the tour, you will taste a real grilled lamp at one of the local restaurants in the middle of this southern forest, an unvelievable experience.
Day 6: El Calafate
We leave the southernmost city in the world to the airport to take a flight to our next destination, the city of the glaciers, El Calafate.
The southern continental ice field, the third largest on the planet is the source of all the area's glaciers, including Moreno, Onelli, Viedma and Upsala. Moreno Glacier moves down from this massive river of frozen water, huge solid piece of ice constantly crashing into the lake waters below. Very dynamic, Moreno is one of the very few advancing glaciers left in the world. It is the equivalent of the surface of the Capital city of Argentina, (Buenos Aires).
Day 7: El Calafate
Full day tour into Los Glaciares National Park, declared a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Try to spot condors, rheas, eagles or flamingos en route, but the real star of the day is the glacier itself. Sliding down from atop the southern continental ice field, Moreno's 70-m wall of ice sporadically chokes off the narrow Canal de los Tempanos, creating a natural ice dam, which eventually explodes in a dynamic display of force. Enjoy close-up views of the approaching front wall of the glacier during a one-hour boat cruise. Return to El Calafate for the night.
Day 8: El Calafate
Today Full day tour to the Ice Rivers tour, also called All Glaciers, where we will visit Upsala, Onelli and Spegazzini glaciers.
Navigation through the northern branch of Argentino Lake to the Upsala Glacier, the one with more ice surface 595km2. Its walls have between 60 and 80 metres high.
The catamaran also reaches the Onelli glacier that includes a walk at the Onelli bay with its typical patagonic woods up to the Onelli lake that is full of icebergs. Here we will have the only disembarkation of the day, where passengers can have lunch at the restaurant or take with them a box lunch.
In this place, we cross through the forest approx 800 metres getting at Onelli lagoon, where where the glaciers Onelli, Bolado and Agassi get together, and with so many ice breakings the lagoon is full of small icebergs.
Back at the catamaran we sail up to the Spegazzini glacier, the highest glacier of the park (135mts high). From here we go back to Puerto Bandera where we take the bus back to El Calafate to get there approx at 6pm.
Day 9: Buenos Aires
We say Goodbye to the beauty of Patagonia to the airport to take a flight back to Buenos Aires. Free day to explore the second most beautiful city in the world.
This city, the Paris of South America” is known for its chic shops, neat plazas, a passionate tango scene and for serving great and huge Argentinian steaks. There's something for everyone in this southern capital with a European feel.
Day 10: Depart Buenos Aires
Transfer to the airport or connection. End of your services or good time to check out our section of Tailor Made trips to extend your holidays. |
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Accommodation
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Hotel (09 nights) |
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| Trip: |
Full Argentina Express |
| Duration: |
10 days |
| Company: |
Tierras Vivas
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| Location: |
Buenos Aires |
| Region: |
Argentina,
South America |
| Price: |
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USD1654
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| Flights: |
Not Included 
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| Availability: |
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, |
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