
Argentina
All of Argentina in sixteen days, from south to north
Argentina
The grand tour of Argentina in a group of 18 at most: three days in Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, El Calafate, the glacier cruise and Perito Moreno, Jujuy, the Quebrada de Humahuaca, the Salinas Grandes, Salta and Cafayate, then the Iguazú Falls on both sides of the border.
When
October to April
Price
From 6 244€ excl. flights
(based on 2 people sharing)
How long
13 nights
Ideal length
Days 1-8
The city, Ushuaia and the glaciers.
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.

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.

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 9-16
Colourful mountains and great falls.
Day 9
El Calafate – Jujuy
Flights to San Salvador de Jujuy, in the Andean North-West.

Day 10
Humahuaca – Purmamarca
The UNESCO-listed Quebrada de Humahuaca, the Hill of Seven Colours at Purmamarca and the Andean villages of Tilcara.

Day 11
Salinas Grandes – Salta
The Salinas Grandes, a white salt desert at 3,450 metres, by the winding Cuesta de Lipán road.

Day 12
Cafayate
The Quebrada de las Conchas and its red sandstone formations, then Cafayate and its Torrontés vineyards.

Day 13
Salta – Iguazú
Flight to Puerto Iguazú.

Day 14
Iguazú Falls
The Iguazú Falls, 275 cascades in the jungle: on the Argentine side the walkways to the Devil's Throat, on the Brazilian side the great panorama.

Day 15
Foz do Iguaçu – flight home
Fly to France from Foz do Iguaçu.

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


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