
Argentina
Four nights cruising the fjords of Tierra del Fuego, with 14 travellers at most
Argentina
The great southern adventure in a small group: Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, then four nights on an expedition cruise to Cape Horn, Wulaia Bay, the Pía, Porter, Águila and Cóndor glaciers and the penguins of Magdalena Island, Punta Arenas, Torres del Paine, El Calafate, the glacier cruise and Perito Moreno. With the Iguazú Falls (18 days) from €10,103 per person.
When
October to April
Price
From 8 450€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
13 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-4
The capital and the end of the world.
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
Buenos Aires
A free day: optionally an estancia and its gauchos, a wine tasting or a tango dinner show.

Day 4
Buenos Aires – Ushuaia
Flight to Ushuaia.

Days 5-9
Cape Horn and icy fjords.
Day 5
Boarding in Ushuaia
Boarding the expedition ship and sailing the Beagle Channel.

Day 6
Cape Horn – Wulaia Bay
A landing at Cape Horn, weather permitting, then Wulaia Bay, former Yagán territory.

Day 7
The Pía and Porter glaciers
Glacier Alley and the Pía glacier, by Zodiac to the ice front.

Day 8
Seno Agostini – the Águila and Cóndor glaciers
The Agostini fjord, the Águila and Cóndor glaciers and elephant seals.

Day 9
Magdalena Island – Puerto Natales
The Magellanic penguin colonies of Magdalena Island, landing at Punta Arenas and the drive to Puerto Natales.

Days 10-16
Giants of ice and granite.
Day 10
Torres del Paine
Torres del Paine park, its granite towers, turquoise lakes and guanacos.

Day 11
Puerto Natales – El Calafate
Back into Argentina across the steppe to El Calafate.

Day 12
The Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers
A cruise on Lake Argentino to the Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers and their blue icebergs.

Day 13
Perito Moreno
The Perito Moreno glacier, a sixty-metre wall of ice crashing into Lake Argentino, seen from its walkways.

Day 14
El Calafate – Buenos Aires
Flight to Buenos Aires.

Day 15
Buenos Aires – flight home
Free time depending on your flight, then transfer to the airport and fly to France.

Day 16
Arrival in France
Arrival in France during the day.


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