Impressions of Argentina: Ushuaia, El Calafate, Jujuy, Salta and the Iguazú Falls

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Impressions of Argentina: Ushuaia, El Calafate, Jujuy, Salta and the Iguazú Falls

All of Argentina in sixteen days, from south to north

Argentina

Impressions of Argentina: Ushuaia, El Calafate, Jujuy, Salta and the Iguazú Falls

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

Buenos Aires and Patagonia

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.

Arrival in Buenos Aires

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.

Buenos Aires

Day 3

Buenos Aires

A free day: optionally an estancia and its gauchos, a wine tasting or a tango dinner show.

Buenos Aires

Day 4

Buenos Aires – Ushuaia

Flight to Ushuaia.

Buenos Aires – 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.

Ushuaia

Day 6

Ushuaia – El Calafate

Flight to El Calafate.

Ushuaia – El Calafate

Day 7

The Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers

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

The Upsala and Spegazzini glaciers

Day 8

Perito Moreno

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

Perito Moreno
Buenos Aires and Patagonia — photo 1
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The North-West and Iguazú

Days 9-16

Colourful mountains and great falls.

Day 9

El Calafate – Jujuy

Flights to San Salvador de Jujuy, in the Andean North-West.

El Calafate – Jujuy

Day 10

Humahuaca – Purmamarca

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

Humahuaca – Purmamarca

Day 11

Salinas Grandes – Salta

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

Salinas Grandes – Salta

Day 12

Cafayate

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

Cafayate

Day 13

Salta – Iguazú

Flight to Puerto Iguazú.

Salta – 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.

Iguazú Falls

Day 15

Foz do Iguaçu – flight home

Fly to France from Foz do Iguaçu.

Foz do Iguaçu – flight home

Day 16

Arrival in France

Arrival in France during the day.

Arrival in France
The North-West and Iguazú — photo 1
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