Buenos Aires Patagonia (Bariloche / Calafate / Ushuaia) 10 Days 9 Nights, Starting at US$2499

DAY 01 Buenos Aires

Reception and transfer to hotel.
Breakfast.

Activity: “City tour full day” you will meet the most interesting
places in Buenos Aires.

Discover the beauty and wonders of Buenos Aires; view the National Congress, The Metropolitan Cathedral next to the Government House in may square area. Admire the Colon Theater, one of the most important opera houses in Latin America.

Visit San Telmo, traditional neighborhood where Tango performances can be seen in many bars and restaurants. Stop at La Boca colorful neighborhood, which was, seat of immigrants - manly Italians - and now home of some artists. Lunch at typical restaurant included.

DAY 02 Buenos Aires To Bariloche

Breakfast.
Morning flight to Bariloche.

Activity: “Cruce de Los Lagos”

In the morning Departure from the Puerto Varas's bus station to Petrohué, bordering lake Llanquihue with a fantastic view of Osorno and Calbuco volcanoes. Visit to Vicente Perez Rosales National Park which features Petrohué Falls. Arrival at Petrohué, Free time to stroll around Then Departure to Peulla, sailing through Todos Los Santos Lake enjoying and evens more spectular view of Osorno volcano, Puntiagudo and Tronador Hills.

13:00 pm Arrival at Peulla, ecological town, paradise of nature lovers (Optional lunch)

Then Departure by bus to Puerto Frías, Chilean Customs Point, Cross the Andes Mountain range at approx. 976 meters above sea level and continue down the winding road that leads to Puerto Frías, Cruise on Lake Frías to Puerto Alegre. Arrival at Puerto Blest. Visit to Cántaros Falls. (Optional lunch)

Departure from Puerto Blest on the last cruise to Puerto Pañuelo, upon arrival, board the bus that will take you on the last stretch to Bariloche, Argentina, a city that beckons tourist all-year round with its wide variety of ski resorts, shops, hotels, restaurants and entertaining nightlife.

Arrival at Bariloche and transfer to hotel.

Lodge at hotel.

NOTES:

Cruce de Lagos: Lake crossing is a touristic trip, timetable is referential. Weather conditions and amount of passengers
can change it.

Overnight: The Lake Crossing trip Bariloche to Puerto Montt/Puerto Varas and viceversa can be interrupted in both ways, staying more than one night, and continue on the following day at the scheduled time.

DAY 03 Bariloche

Breakfast.

Optional Activity: “Excursión to Ruta de los Siete Lagos”

Going from Bariloche to Villa La Angostura and visit Parque Nacional Los Arrayanes. Continue to San Martin de Los Andes and then back to Bariloche via Lago Meliquina and Confluence.

Drive north out of Bariloche along Route 237, following the shoreline of Lake Nahuel Huapi to Villa La Angostura. Then drive on through forests along the “Ruta de los Siete Lagos” (Seven Lakes Route), past Lakes Espejo, Correntoso, Escondido, Villarino, Falkner and Machónico, to Lake Lácar and the town of San Martín de los Andes standing on its shore. Visit the Chapelco tourist complex, Quila Quina and Catitre beaches, and the Arrayanes drive, affording a beautiful view of the city and lake. Return by driving past Lake Meliquina, through Paso Córdova, following Traful River till it flows into Limay River in Valle Encantado (Enchanted Valley).

DAY 04 Bariloche - Calafate

Breakfast - Transfer to Airport to fly to Calafate
Transfer to Hotel and lodge.
Transfer to Airport to fly to El Calafate Arrival at noon At 17.30
Hrs Visit to Estancia Alice with dinner; this is a typical Patagonian Farm with show of country work as well as flora and fauna in a 1.5 walk circuit. Return to El Calafate at 22.30 Hrs.

DAY 05 Calafate: “Full day excursion: Walk over the Ice of Moreno Glacier” (guide needed)

Activity: ” Excursión to Moreno Glacier”.

 It is a colorful place, located at the foot of the hill that has the same name and between the borders of the Argentino Lake, 185 m.over the sea level. On the way to the Glacier "El Calafate" is located 315 km away from Rнo Gallegos, Capital City of the Province of Santa Cruz and 2750 km away from Buenos Aires. El Calafate, was founded by National Decree on December 7th, 1927, with an actual population of approximately 4000 inhabitants, emphasizing the shared in common and communicative sense of its people, signs of vital importance for the traveller. Its climate is dry.In summer, the average temperature is 18,6°C in winter, the average temperature is - 1,8°. The daylight hours vary according to the season of the year, in summer the longest day is December 21st with the sun showing up at 05:30 am and the sunset is approx at 11 pm. In winter the shortest day is June 21st, with 8 hours daylight (09:30 am to 05:30 pm).

Breaking of the Glacier P. Moreno (optional)

The National Park and Natural Reserve "Los Glaciares", declared by UNESCO Site of World-wide Patrimony (natural), are constituted by the lakes Viedma, Argentino and his environs, and that part of the ice field includes the glaciers Moreno, Onelli, Agassiz and Upsala with a front of 5 km descend. The most amazing glacier is the Perito Moreno that descends to the Argentino Lake.

DAY 06 Calafate- Ushuaia

Breakfast - Transfer to Airport to fly to Ushuaia.
Transfer to Hotel and lodge.

DAY 07 Ushuaia

Morning excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park” Excursión with “Tren del Fin del Mundo” (guide needed)

Activity: “Excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park and The Train of End of the World”
Time: 6 Hrs. Total

Distance: 20 Km. approximate Duration: 4 hs

It is located 11 km away from the city. We will be able to appreciate lakes, lagoons and rivers within its limits, and their exit towards Beagle Channel, characteristic that makes the difference with the other national parks of our country. Departing from the Maipu Avenue towards the southwest by the national route nro. 3, we will drive out of the city passing by the slope of the Susana Mount, witness of the work of the priosners of the old prison, where now the Southern Fuegian Railway is located. Here we will stop for this optional tour.

Continuing through the valley to the deviation that take us to the Ensenada Bay, where we will be able to contemplate the Redonda and Estorbo Islands and on the other coast of the Channel of Beagle, the snow-white Mountains of the Sampaio Chain (Chile). Back again on the national route #3 with the fuegian forest and its flora close to the road we will go to the Roca Lake to do a long walk by the lake coast and by the Lapataia river, originated in the lake. From this point we can see the Cóndor Hill natural border with Chile. We will go towards the other end of the Park, where finalizes the route nro. 3 at Lapataia Bay, on the way to the mentioned bay we will observe the Green Lagoon and the Black Lagoon, large growing peat bog. Finally we will pass by the beaver dams, whose footpath will lead to Lapataia Bay.

Train of the End of the World

At the Pipo River´s valley, we can find the Sothern Fuegian Railway Station, after a brief visit of its buildings we will start the train tour that will take us visiting part of the old railway used by the prisoners of the Old Prison. We will cross bridges and peat bogs and we will stop at the Macarena Cascade. After a small description of the zone that we visited we will continue our trip, entering the National Park Tierra del Fuego, towards where the old Lombardich sawmill and to the end of the railway we meet the National route #3 ending our train tour.

DAY 08 Ushuaia “Penguin Colony And Gable Island With Canoes” Country Lunch

Optional Activity: “Excursion to Wolf Island and Penguin Colony”

The sailing route is the same as the one to the Hamberton "Estancia" with the difference that we do not visit the "estancia", sailing back to Ushuaia, without entering the Harberton Bay. In this excursion we visit Remolino "Estancia", in whose coast it lies the hull of the cargo vessel and passengers Mte. Sarmiento. The old main house of this "estancia" was refaced, and in one of their rooms the history and recovered objects of this shipwreck are exhibited.

After the excursion return to hotel.

DAY 09 Ushuaia / Buenos Aires

Morning flight to Buenos Aires or other desire destination.

DAY 10 Departure From Buenos Aires

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Price Per Person Based On Double Occupancy, Starting at US$2499