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Arrival at Buenos Aires - Iguazu
Reception at Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires. Transfer to domestic airport. Reception and transfer from Iguazu Airport to the hotel.
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Iguazu Falls - Argentina
Breakfast at the hotel. Tour to The Argentinian falls, visiting the Devil's Gorge and Iguazu Falls. A train that goes to the waterfalls and the Devil's Gorge leaves from Yvrá Retá .
We'll walk along a 600 meter path that joins the station in Cataratas with the area that goes to the footbridges. From the lower footbridges we will be able to watch the Alvar Nuñez, Bosseti and the Dos Hermanas waterfalls and the San Martin Island.
Optional: The Great Adventure
Later on we will board inflatable rafts to shoot the rapids for 2 kilometres, on Iguazù River. We will take fourwheel drive vehicles to go back through the path of Yacaratía in the jungle of Misiones.
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Iguazu Falls - Brasil
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to domestic airport. Reception and transfer from Iguazú Airport the hotel.
Tour to the Brazilian side of the falls, a sight of splendid beauty.
We'll make for Foz de Iguazú to visit the Brazilian part of the Iguazú falls and verify the saying that "the waterfalls are Argentine but the sight is Brazilian". As the saying reads, the best view of the falls is from Brazil. Later we'll visit Itaipu's Dam and we'll make a City Tour through Foz do Iguazú.
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Exit to Ushuaia
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Iguazu Airport. Reception and transfer from Ushuaia Airport to the hotel. We´ll have free time for sightseeing.
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City Tour and Beagle Channel
Breakfast at the hotel. We'll spend the morning in the city, visiting the legendary and ancient Jail of Recidivists, that keeps its impressive architecture as well as the tough history of the south of the American Continent. We'll visit the harbour, the Paseo del Centenario (a fantastic panoramic point) and the Bebán house that was bought in Sweden and built in 1911.
At the afternoon we will navigate the Beagle Channel and will visit the Island of Los Pájaros, the Island of Los Lobos, and the Les Eclaireurs lighthouse. We'll watch many species of local birds and seals.
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National Park of Tierra del Fuego - Train at the End of the World - Exit to Calafate
Breakfast at the hotel. We'll take the Train at the End of the World, from the central station to the National Park of Tierra del Fuego. The Austral Fueguino Railroad is attractive not only because of its elegance and style but also because it evokes the history of the early days of Ushuaia related to the old jail and the train of the convicts.
We'll cross Pipo River to reach our first stop: La Macarena. The second stop will show us the remains of the old sawmill. Then the train leaves the river to get to a beautiful forest. From that point we'll continue our journey to the National Park of Tierra del Fuego where we'll find the Pipo Falls, Bahía Ensenada, Roca Lake, Negra Lagoon and, finally, Lepataia Bay. Transfer to Ushuaia Airport. Reception and transfer from Calafate Airport to the hotel.
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Calafate - Puerto Natales
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from Ushuaia to Puerto Natales, Chile.
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Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine Nationalpark
Breakfast to the hotel. Visiting the Patagonia without going to Torres del Paine National Park is almost a sin. This tour departs at 8 AM from your lodging place in Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine National Park. The first stop will be the millenary Milodon Cave, a huge natural ground accident with an incalculable anthropological value, which is believed to have been inhabited by the primitive Patagonian man, and the Milodon, an extinct herbivorous animal.
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Puerto Natales - Calafate
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from Puerto Natales to Calafate, Argentina. |
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Perito Moreno Glacier
Breakfast at the hotel. We'll visit one of the greatest marvels of the world: the Perito Moreno Glacier, declared World's heritage. Its characteristic is the breaking of its external walls due to the pressure of the water of the river.
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Exit to Bariloche
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Calafate Airport. Reception and transfer from Bariloche Airport to the hotel.
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Crossing Lakes - Bariloche
Breakfast at the hotel. After leaving the hotel we travel on a bus to Puerto Pañuelo. We will sail the Blest Branch of Nahuel Huapi lake. Then enjoy lunch in the cozy restaurant of the Blest Hostal with a magnificent view of the lake.
After lunch we start a bus trip to Puerto Alegrewhich borders the Frías river where we shall have the first view of Tronador Hill. Upon arrival at Puerto Frías we clear Argentine customs and proceed on a bus through lush Andean vegetation to the Vicente Pérez Rosales pass and then 29 kms. to the Chilean customs at Peulla.
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Crossing Lakes - Puerto Montt
Breakfast at the hotel. After an early breakfast we will cross the waters of the Todos Los Santos lake. On our trip we will be able to view Mount Puntiagudo and the impressive Osorno volcano. We will arrive to Petrohué and during our trip to Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt we will do a stop for visiting the magnificent Petrohué waterfalls.
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Puerto Montt - Santiago de Chile
Breakfast to the hotel. Transfer to Puerto Montt Airport. Reception and transfer from Santiago de Chile Airport to the hotel. Pick up from the hotel to travel to the downtown area, starting at the Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago's main avenue. The main commercial activity of the city is concentrated in two pedestrian areas, Huerfanos and Ahumada.
Afterwards a visit is paid to the Plaza de Armas the Main Square of the city, surrounded by the Metropolitan Cathedral and other historical buildings.
Cross the Mapocho River to access Bellavista, a neighborhood where there are many cultural and artistic activities, as well as nightlife. Bellavista lies at the foot of the San Cristóbal, the highest hill the town.
We will drive to the top where you will have a view of Santa Lucía hill, where the city was founded, and the Parque Forestal (Park) Finally a visit will be paid to Providencia, the new nucleus of the town, and the residential areas of Las Condes and Vitacura. Free afternoon in Santiago.
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San Pedro de Atacama - Calama
Breakfast to the hotel. Transfer to Santiago de Chile Airport. Reception and transfer from Calama Airport to the San Pedro de Atacama hotel.
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Atacama Salt Deposit & Altiplanic Lagoons
Breakfast to the hotel. We pick you up in the Hostal heading 35 kms. to the South to Toconao Village. Later we stop in a second altiplanic village called Socaire with a little church set in a sunflower field.We continue having fun to Miscanti and Meñiques Lakes, part of the National Reserve of Flamingos at 4350 m above sealevel.
Later we go to a smaller Salt Flat called Capur , Talar and Tuyaito Lake, an amazing dance of colors.Return to San Pedro with a lunch stop in Socaire.
We continue to ATACAMA SALT DEPOSIT, formed by waters flowing down from the Andes which, unable to escapefrom the basin, are forced to evaporate, leaving salt deposits on earth. We walk around the area known as Chaxa Lagoon National Reserve Los Flamencos.
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Tatio Geysers and Towns
Breakfast to the hotel. We pick you up at your Hotel to Tatio Geysers, the highest geysers field in the world, 95kms. North of San Pedro at 4300 m above sea level.We walk around Geothermic Field and then we have breakfast.
Later we visit the Thermal swimmingpool to take a warm bath. Later we visit a series of charming oases and PreColumbian ruins. Thefirst one is Caspana, beautiful and fertilevalley at the foot of a steep cliff.
Later we go to Pukara de Lasana, fortress conserved as a National Monument.
Then we see Petroglyphs near to the Loaariver. Continuing we go to Inca Coya Lagoon, and Chiu Chiu town with the oldest church in our country built in 1674. Finally 33 kms. to the East we get to Calama and later return to San Pedro de Atacama Dont forget...Water, warm clothing (under 0 degree), bathing suit, towel, sun cream.
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Exit to Salta
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from San Pedro de Atacama to Salta. |
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Salta - City Tour
Breakfast at the hotel. City Tour in Salta. Ascent of Cerro San Bernardo. We will visit the Cathedral, the Church of San Francisco, the Town Hall and the Historic Museum of the North, the craft market and the San Bernardo Hill.
The Church of San Francisco is a magnificent Franciscan temple with fine architecture ornaments. The Town Hall was built in different periods, but has a predominant Baroque style. Looms and silver objects can be bought at the handicraft market.
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Train of the Clouds
Breakfast at the hotel. We'll take the Train of the Clouds to go to the viaduct La Polvorilla, ascending up to 4,220 metres above the sea level. This railroad of incredible engineering was created in 1941 to be used by heavy trains to carry minerals. It travels 220 km crossing valleys, canyons and the Puna and goes through places like the Quebrada del Toro, the zigzag of Alisal station and the La Polvorilla viaduct.
At the Alisal station, the train changes to a parallel track and the locomotive goes to the back of the train to lead it inside a tunnel. Once it crosses the tunnel the locomotive goes back to normal position. During the year, the aborigines sell their crafts, especially ponchos.
OPTIONAL - Safari to the Clouds
The train of the Clouds is open from April or May to November. The rest of the year it is replaced by the Safari to the Clouds (4x4 trucks), Salinas Grandes and Purmamarca are included in the journey.
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The Calchaquí Valley Circuit - Cafayate
Breakfast at the hotel. In our first day traveling around the Calchaquí Valleys, we will head for Cafayate. We will walk around the fertile Lerma Valley, an important tobacco growing area nowadays. A winding way skirting strange mountain shapes will lead us to the Devil's Gorge and El Anfiteatro where you will hear the echo of any sound with a perfect acoustic.
Little by little, the dryness of the landscape is replaced by great extensions of vineyards, which tells us we are near Cafayate. Land of the sun and wine that will offer us its craftsmanship, the archeological museum, the five-nave cathedral, and the most antique and famous wineries which will inebriate our souls with oak and torrontes wine. Return to Salta. |
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Quebrada de Humahuaca - Jujuy
Breakfast at the hotel. Full-day excursion to Quebrada de Humahuaca and pre-Hispanic towns. We'll leave Salta to make for San Salvador de Jujuy, where we will briefly visit the city. Then we will go on to the road that communicates Reyes with the lagoons of Yala, our first stop, to visit the lagoon in the base of the Chani Hill.
These 12 lagoons are 2000 metres above the sea level, surrounded by forests of pine trees. We'll leave Yala and El Volcán, towns that are next to the hills of Abra Blanca, Santuyo and Manzano, behind to go to Tumbaya, a place where the Omaguacas lived. Purmamarca: Here we will be able to delight in one of the greatest beauties of the Northwest: Cerro de los Siete Colores ("Hill of the Seven Colours").
First we will pass through Posta de Hornillos and Maimará, in the centre of the canyon. We'll see the multicoloured hills that complete the "Paleta del Pintor" (Painter´s Palet). We'll turn north, to go to Tilcara where we will visit the fabled Pucará. Pucará is the reconstruction of the town of the pre-Hispanic Omaguacas, a culture that lived 900 years ago. Before reaching Humahuaca, we'll take a quick look at Huacalera and Uquía. Return to Salta.
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Return to Buenos Aires - City Tour in Buenos Aires - Tango Show & Dinner
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Salta Airport. Reception and transfer from domestic airport (Buenos Aires) to the hotel
We'll get to know the National Congress and the May Square (Plaza de Mayo) including the Government House (Casa Rosada), the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Town Council (Cabildo).
Then we'll see the great Colon Theatre. We'll also go to the traditional area of San Telmo, to
La Boca, where the first italian immigrants established, famous for it's picteresques houses. We'll then go to the area of Palermo, passing through Puerto Madero. We'll finally visit Recoleta, one of the most exclusive areas in town. At night we'll enjoy a nice dinner and tango show at the Homero Manzi's Corner, better known as the Tango Corner, located in the corner of San Juan and Boedo, in the center of Boedo |
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Buenos Aires
Breakfast at the Hotel. Transfer to Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires.
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