Best of Argentinean Patagonia (APC)

We welcome you at Ezeiza Intl airport and transfer to your downtown hotel. During the afternoon, we visit the city main attractions: Plaza de Mayo, Casa Rosada (Goverment place), Cabildo (historic independence building), la Catedral, Avenida de Mayo, Parliament, Theater Colón, La Boca and Recoleta neighbourhood.

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Alter breakfast, according to your flight Schedule, we transfer to the local airport to take your flight to Trelew. Upon arrival to Trelew, we transfer to Puerto Madryn, a picturesque town on the shores of Golfo Nuevo, south of Peninsula Valdes. The town was populated since 1886 over the construction of the railway, which attracted Welsh, Italians and Spanish immigrants; the Welsh culture, language and traditions are still present in the area.

• Hosteria double or single room with private bathroom / Meals we provide: Breakfast

After breakfast we drive to Peninsula Valdes, World Heritage and paradise for wildlife enthusiasts. We start our visit in the Visitor Centre, which is located in the Isthmus Florentino Ameghino, from where we get panoramic views of both New and San José Gulfs. We continue to Puerto Pirámide, small village in the south shores of the Peninsula Valdes. That is our key point to see Southern Right Whales, which visit the area from May thru December. An optional boat trip to have close up views of the whales is available. We continue our visit to Caleta Valdés, which offers a wide range of both marine and land life, including sea lions. We then visit the Light House of Punta Delgada. We also visit today the Great Salt Depression, possibly the deepest depression of land in South America, and then the Isle of Birds with its incredible variety of birds. We get back to Puerto Madryn by 6 pm.

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This day we visit Punta Tombo, the biggest Magellan penguin rockery in the continent, if the tour is taken between the months of September and March (since this is the season when they arrive to the area). If it is taken in any other time out of the range of months we’ll go to Punta Loma, where we’ll watch the colony of sea lions. In the afternoon we will visit Gaiman, a beautiful town founded by the Welsh community in 1870. It still maintains its traditions and original architecture. Gaiman offers to us (as an optional) a delicious tee with typical welsh cakes. In the evening we get back to Puerto Madryn.

• Hosteria double or single room with private bathroom / Meals we provide: Breakfast

Alter breakfast we transfer to Trelew airport to take our flight to our next destination, Ushuaia. The flight follows the Atlantic coastline. The city of Ushuaia, in the Island of Tierra del Fuego, is located at the foot of the Andes Range and on the shores of the Beagle Channel. The combination of mountains and fiords is one of the big attractions of the area, together with its variety of wildlife and birds and the traces of the original cultures that inhabited the area. We welcome you at the airport and transfer to your hotel. On route we show you the most interesting locations in town. As an optional for today, you can visit the Navy Museum and the former Presidium of town.

• Hosteria double or single room with private bathroom / Meals we provide: Breakfast

Alter breakfast, we transfer to the tourist pier from where we start our boat trip in the legendary Beagle Channel. We visit Island Alicia to see sea lions and then we visit the Island of Birds to see Cormorants. Eventually we visit Light House Les Eclaireurs built up by 1919. With spectacular views (weather permitting) over the ice capped Darwin range and the Andes behind Ushuaia, we get back to the dock. In the afternoon we transfer to Tierra del Fuego National Park, visiting Lake Roca and enjoying a wide range of birds and flowers; we will also see traces of old “yamana” settlements.

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A short flight takes us from Ushuaia to Calafate. If there are no clouds, we will be able to see the spectacular Darwin Range and its snow caped mountains as we leave them behind. After flying through the Magellan Strait and the Patagonian high plains, we arrive to El Calafate, gateway for Los Glaciares National Park.
This picturesque village has grown rapidly upon the tourist activity. It is located at the shores of Lake Argentino and you can see the mountains from any high point of the town.
Welcome at local airport, transfer to town and check in to your hotel. Time at leisure to visit downtown and shop some souvenirs.

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We dedicate this day to one of the World’s Natural Wonder: the Moreno glacier. This ice field- type glacier flows down from the Patagonian Ice field, and big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometres is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favourable local conditions, this glacier is the only one in the world that shows a closure and rupture process. The road leads to the very front of the glacier, which will be only meters away from your eyes. A beautiful, short trail, will lead us from the shores of the lake to the upper viewpoints. The roar of the chunks of ice falling inside the glacier or from the glacier into the lake, the frequent collapse of the front seracs into the turquoise water, makes out of this day a very special and unique experience. We will drive 80 km (1 and a half hour) to get and come back from the glacier across the steppe, watching a wide variety of birds. As an OPTIONAL activity we can take a Minitrekking on ice over the Moreno Glacier.

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This free day gives you the chance to take one of the many activities available at Calafate. The most popular one is to sail Lake Argentino to visit the big glaciers calving into the west fjords of the Lake. This boat trip starts at Puerto Bandera, and sailing west visits glaciers Upsala and Glacier Spegazzini. A stop on Bahia Onelli gives the chance for a short walk under forest to visit Onelli Lagoon and the glaciers that surround it. The itinerary of the excursion might change depending on how many icebergs are on the lake. Other alternatives in Calafate are horse riding, 4 wheel drive vehicle excursions and visits to estancias (ranches).

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We transfer to the local airport to take our flight to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival, we are transfer to our hotel where we check in.

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Today you can make a half day visit to the Delta del Tigre (north area of Buenos Aires, where the rivers Parana and Uruguay form the Rio de la Plata and the area is a broken mirror of rivers, streams, islands and jungle); or you can visit some of the Estancias (Ranches) that feature our Pampas. During the evening you can go for a tango show and have dinner in any of the many classic argentine restaurants.

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After breakfast, at the scheduled time, we transfer you to the International Airport where the tour ends.
Meals we provide: Breakfast