Awesome Argentina (trip)

Awesome Argentina

  • Buenos Aires Airport, Argentine
  • Active & Adventure
“Our Awesome Argentina trip was, frankly, one of The Great Vacations! We had some great adventures, met some wonderful people,… ”
Peninsula Valdes
, Punta Tombo Penguin Colony
, Trelew
, Ushuaia
, Beagle Channel
, Gable Island
, Tierra del Fuego NP
, El Calafate
, Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina, South America

from $2,090* per person7 DaysOctober-April
Comfort accommodations Exertion level: 4
Operator: Adventure Life Journeys 12 people max
Travel through the southern reaches of Argentina, taking in the highlights of Patagonia. Begin your trip in Buenos Aires and experience this vibrant and cultural city. Start your trip in Patagonia at the "End of the World." From our base in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, we'll explore a historic ranch and the easy walking trails of Tierra del Fuego National Park. A day trip to Perito Moreno Glacier in the famous Parque Nacional Los Glaciares completes our 8-day Argentina travel adventure!

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Locations visited/nearby

Peninsula Valdes , Punta Tombo Penguin Colony , Trelew , Ushuaia , Beagle Channel , Gable Island , Tierra del Fuego NP , El Calafate , Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina, South America

2 testimonials about this trip

  1. Reviewer: W. Keaton located in Lauderhill, FL Mar, 2006
    Our Awesome Argentina trip was, frankly, one of The Great Vacations! We had some great adventures, met some wonderful people, encountered magnificent natural beauties, and explored a fascinating culture. Food, accommodations, transportation, and the organization and care put into planning the trip were all beyond reproach.
  2. Reviewer: E. Barnes located in Cochranville, PA Feb, 2004
    The trip was awesome! The tour operators were outstanding, and especially those in the Peninsula Valdes area. Our tour guide Federico and driver Lido were by far the best. They were both knowledgeable, friendly, caring, and went out of their way to make sure that the four of us were comfortable, at ease, and that we were seeing and doing the things that interested us. We have, and will continue to recommend you to all our friends and acquaintances. Good show!

1 testimonial about the provider, Adventure Life Journeys:

  • Reviewer: S. Cook located in Santa Barbara, CA USA

    Adventure Life is one of the few organizations in the world that get what matters most - customers. Your staff and services were excellent and of quality. It is clear that everyone at Adventure Life loves what they do and do what they love.

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Special information

  • This is a custom departure, meaning this trip is offered on dates that you arrange privately with the provider. Additionally, you need to form your own private group for this trip. The itinerary and price here is just a sample. Contact the provider for detailed pricing, minimum group size, and scheduling information. For most providers, the larger the group you are traveling with, the lower the per-person cost will be.
  • May accommodate certain types of disabilities. Contact the operator for more information.

Itinerary

Day 1 Arrive Buenos Aires lodge

Arrive Argentina today and transfer independently to your comfortable hotel.  Spend your free time exploring the amazing architecture of Buenos Aires, or simply relax after your long international flight.  Optional tours today include walking city tour, cultural city tour, or a dinner tango show. Overnight.
Day 2 Fly Ushuaia lodge

Transfer this morning to the airport to board your flight to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, a must-see Patagonia travel stop. With previous incarnations as a missionary outpost and, subsequently, a prison town, Ushuaia is now most well-known as the "Gateway to Antarctica." From its dramatic setting between the Beagle Channel and the rugged glaciated peaks rising from the landscape, opportunities for hiking and exploring abound. The afternoon is free to wander local museums or explore nearby trails.
Day 3 Beagle Channel and Gable Island (B,L) lodge

This morning you cross the green central valley of Tierra del Fuego to reach Harberton Farm, a private ranch built by the first British missionaries to reach the area. After a short visit you'll board a zodiac and wind through the Beagle Channel to Gable Island, part of the Harberton estate. You'll enjoy a picnic lunch in an old, rustic shelter before embarking on a 3 hour hike around the island. Your path will lead to many amazing vantage points of the Beagle Channel, and if the weather cooperates you might even glimpse the distant town of Puerto Williams across the Chilean border. Returning to the zodiac, you resume your navigation to the penguin rookery on Martillo Island, home to Magellanic and Gentoo penguins. The location of the island makes it a birdwatcher's paradise; you'll be on the lookout for petrels, skuas, cormorants, seagulls, and albatross. You depart for Harberton and begin the return trip to Ushuaia.
Day 4 Tierra del Fuego National Park (B,L) lodge

Just north of Ushuaia is the Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego, Argentina's first coastal national park. The trail system of easy and undemanding paths makes this an ideal place to spend a relaxing day exploring Patagonia. You'll wander along the coastal path, undoubtedly the most beautiful in the park. The 3 ½ hour hike takes you through forests of both high and low deciduous beech, evergreen beech, winterbark, firebrush, and more. You'll finish the walk at Lake Roca in time for lunch. After eating your fill, you'll climb into inflatable canoes and begin the easy downstream paddle to the Ovando River. The crystal-clear water runs into Laguna Verde, one of the most picturesque, panoramic spots in the park. Your take-out point is Lapataia Bay, where you may see petrels, albatross, steamer ducks, and on occasion, penguins. You'll return to Ushuaia for dinner and a final night there.
Day 5 Fly El Calafate (B,D) lodge

Today you will fly to the lively town of El Calafate. Spend some time getting acquainted with this international village of peak baggers, trekkers, mountaineers and intrepid travelers. Once you've browsed the shops along the tree-lined streets, you'll head to the working sheep ranch of El Galpon del Glaciar (formerly known as the "Estancia Alice"). The lodge is warm and welcoming with delicious homemade food, located just 15 minutes from downtown El Calafate. The homestead covers an area of Patagonian Steppe - a unique ecosystem of rivers, lakes and lagoons. While at the homestead visit the nature reserve and enjoy its many trails - over 40 species of migrating birds pass through here so keep turning your eyes skyward! The homestead is also a working ranch and you'll have the opportunity to tour the shearing sheds and watch the working sheepdogs in action. For those who want to explore by horseback this is also an option.
Day 6 Perito Moreno Glacier Walk (B,L,D) lodge

Today you drive into Parque Nacional Los Glaciares for views of the stunning Perito Moreno Glacier. This huge advancing glacier is more than 3 miles wide at its front and over 20 stories high. You'll take a boat across Lago Argentino and pass the massive front wall of blue ice, all the while watching for icebergs. After landing on a small beach you start hiking through the beech forest to the icepack of the glacier and have the opportunity to walk on the glacier with crampons. You'll eat your lunch sitting on the lateral moraine of the glacier, where you can absorb the magnificence of the glacier's anatomy and listen to its thunderous concerto of groaning and cracking ice dropping into the lake below. Tonight, sample some of El Calafate's Patagonian nightlife!
Day 7 Fly Buenos Aires/Return Home (B)

Catch your flight to Buenos Aires and connecting flights homeward, or with more time, cross into Chile to visit Torres del Paine, travel to the coast to the Peninsula Valdes, or head north to Iguazu Falls.

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