
Argentina
From the gauchos of the Pampas to the glaciers of Patagonia and the Andean lakes
Argentina
Argentine Patagonia in a group of 18 at most: Buenos Aires and a day at an estancia in the Pampas, Ushuaia and the Beagle Channel, El Calafate, the cruise to the Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers, Perito Moreno, then two days in Bariloche and the lake district. With the Iguazú Falls (15 days) from €6,771 per person.
When
October to April
Price
From 5 487€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
10 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-3
City and gauchos.
Day 1
Arrival in Buenos Aires
Flight to Buenos Aires, welcome and transfer to the hotel.

Day 2
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires: Plaza de Mayo and the Casa Rosada, Recoleta cemetery, the colourful houses of La Boca and San Telmo, birthplace of the tango.

Day 3
The Pampas
A day at an estancia in the Pampas: a gaucho show, an asado and a horse ride.

Days 4-8
Ushuaia and the glaciers.
Day 4
Buenos Aires – Ushuaia
Flight to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.

Day 5
Ushuaia
Ushuaia, the town at the end of the world, Tierra del Fuego national park and a sail on the Beagle Channel, its lighthouses and sea lion colonies.

Day 6
Ushuaia – El Calafate
Flight to El Calafate, on Lake Argentino.

Day 7
The Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers
A cruise on Lake Argentino to the Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers and their blue icebergs.

Day 8
Perito Moreno
The Perito Moreno glacier, a sixty-metre wall of ice crashing into Lake Argentino, seen from its walkways.

Days 9-13
Argentina's Switzerland.
Day 9
El Calafate – Bariloche
Flight to San Carlos de Bariloche, on Lake Nahuel Huapi.

Day 10
Bariloche
The Circuito Chico, its lakes, forests and Cerro Campanario, then Bariloche's alpine centre and its chocolate makers.

Day 11
Bariloche – Buenos Aires
Flight to Buenos Aires.

Day 12
Buenos Aires – flight home
Free time depending on your flight, then transfer to the airport and fly to France.

Day 13
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.


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