|
Services Included:
- Hotel accommodations as mentioned in the program with daily buffet breakfast
- Meals indicated in the program
- Transfers and sightseeing tours in seat in coach basis
- Services of an english speaking local guide
- Entrance fees for national parks (Iguazu Argentine side, Arrayanes)
- Porterage fees
Not included:
- Flight tickets
- Airport taxes
- Drinks and meals unless mentioned in the program
- Optional excursions
- Personal expenses
- Tips for local guides and driver
- Insurances
General:
- All transport services are insured by transport provider according to Argentine law
- Rates include taxes (hotels & meals 21% VAT, transportation 10,5% VAT)
- Please note: domestic flights only allowed 15kg luggage per person
Day 1 Buenos Aires
Upon arrival at Buenos Aires international airport, meet & greet by English speaking guide. Transferred to the hotel. Overnight at Hotel De las Americas 4* or similar.
Hotel De las Americas is located in the heart of the most elegant and safe commercial and residential area of Buenos Aires, La Recoleta. Just a few meters far from the most important avenues: 9 de Julio and Santa Fe, where you will find the best luxury shops, restaurants and cafe. Short distance from the financial area, shopping, commercial buildings, embassies, consulates, air companies, and cultural centers like Colón and Cervantes Theater.
Day 2 Buenos Aires
This morning, after breakfast enjoy half-day city tour of Buenos Aires. In the afternoon, discover the Tigre and Parana River Delta.
City Tour Buenos Aires
On the 3 hours city tour you will discover the highlights of the attractive and pulsating capital of Argentina. The metropolis has the fame of being the Paris of South America and the visitor will quickly recognize it, seeing the architecture. Mainly in down town and in the centric neighborhoods, you will find testimonies of its glorious past. You will visit the heart of the city, Plaza de Mayo, with on one side the Government House (Casa Rosada) and on the other side the Cathedral (which is visited) and the City hall. Across the street is the Cabildo, the town hall of colonial times. The place is also famous for the Mothers of May Square, with their mute protests they started during the military government. From there, the bus drives you through San Telmo (a Tango district) to La Boca, with its most famous colorful and picturesque houses at Caminito Street. La Boca is the oldest harbor of Buenos Aires, most Italian immigrants in the beginning of the century made here their first steps in their new homeland. Until today it is a favorite neighborhood of the decedents of these Italian families. At the end of the tour you will visit the northern part of Buenos Aires. Wide Avenues, parks, residential houses in French style are present here, a big contrast to the recently visited “Barrio de La Boca�. Here in Recoleta you will visit the unique monumental cemetery, where Evita Peron and other historical persons are buried.
The Tigre Delta
This is a half day tour (about 4 hours), a drive through the elegant suburbs of Olivos, Martinez and San Isidro, that will show passengers streets and avenues lined by colorful trees, lovely homes, some from the mid 19th century. After about an hour drive, you arrive to Tigre, on the edge of the enormous Delta of the Rio Parana. Here you will board a typical river boat for a 60' cruise along the canals and streams that thread their way between many islands. The Rio Parana starts far in the North, in Brazil, just south of the Amazon basin, and ends in this vast Delta, before it flows into the Rio de la Plata. The vegetation in the Delta is luscious and dense and many porteños (inhabitants of Buenos Aires) have made sailing clubs and weekend homes, built on stilts because of frequent flooding. The way back to the hotel goes over the Panamericana highway.
Overnight at Hotel De las Americas 4* or similar
Meal: B
Day 3 Buenos Aires
Full day excursion „Fiesta Gaucha“at a traditional estancia, including lunch.
Fiesta Gaucha (Estancia Sta. Susana) (only Wednesday, Friday and Sunday)
Argentina is the country of Gauchos and herds of cattle – nowadays the economy of Argentina is based on the raising of these herds and at 55 million, there are almost twice as many cattle as people! Buenos Aires is situated in the “Pampa�, the fertile plain of the central and eastern part of the country. In this area you find the largest Estancias (farms) and this excursion is an excellent opportunity to get in touch with the Gauchos, traditional music and dances of the area. By coach you leave Buenos Aires in the morning and after approx. one hour you arrive at the Estancia, where you are welcomed with typical “empanadas� (meat pie snacks). You can stroll around the farm, have a look at the horses – even ride them – or take a jaunt in a carriage, inspect the museum and watch the Gauchos preparing your barbecue. After a typical lunch of meats, salads etc. all washed down with wine, beer, mineral water, soft drinks and coffee, you are entertained with traditional music, dances of the Pampa and the Gauchos’ display of horsemanship – for which you have ringside seats. After a relaxing day at the ranch, you return to Buenos Aires
Overnight at Hotel De las Americas 4* or similar
Meal: B, L
Day 4 Buenos Aires > Iguazu
Transfer to the domestic airport for your flight to Iguazu. Upon arrival transferred to your hotel. Overnight at Esturion 4* (regency room) or similar.
The Esturion Hotel offers comfortable accommodation, convenient facilities and impeccable service; surrounded by local plants, flowers and birds makes an excellent choice. The Esturion Hotel is located in the heart of Misione's Jungle and only a short distance from spectacular Iguazu Falls.
Meal: B
Day 5 Iguazu
Half day excursion to Iguazú national park (Argentina) – including boat ride „Gran Aventura“ to the waterfalls.
Half day tour to the Iguazú Falls
The Argentine part of the area surprises with its untouched nature. A small foot path drives you through the rainforest, over bridges you discover on each step a new spectacular view to the cascades and impressive details. There is one upper and one lower way. The upper way goes over the edge of the falls, over secure footbridges, and you can appreciate the height of up to 80 m, and the contrast of the quiet water, that transform itself under your foot to this spectacular rushing waterfalls. An unforgettable feeling for eyes and ears. The lower path goes through the forest, and opens marvelous sights between the vegetation. You will not stop taking pictures. The tour includes a visit to a platform on the upper edge right over the Devils gorge, the highest individual fall, where the water crashes in a breathtaking enormous waterfall from three sides downwards. Unforgettable!
Gran Aventura
This short trip in an open truck and a dinghy brings you where you never imagined you would be once…a few metres in front of the bottom of the falls! Parting in a van, you cross nearly impassable nature paths through the dense wood. The guide offers you valuable insights into the local fauna and flora. From the open van you will enjoy the beauty of this national park and will learn a lot about the parks history and the environmental issues. Arriving down at the lower trail on the shore of the Iguazú river you will mount a save dinghy with powerful motors. All along the river, you reach the bottom of the falls, where the water crashes with full speed into the lower river. Some people go with bathing suits others try to protect themselves from the water with plastic tippets. In vain, than nobody will keep dry, as the "pulverised" warm water will find its way through your cloths. Have fun and bring a plastic bag along for your camera. You will never forget this short and save adventure and the droning noise of this giant water curtain. The van will bring you back to the visitor centre.
Overnight at Esturion 4* (regency room) or similar
Meal: B
Day 6 Iguazu > Bariloche
Transfer to airport for your flight to Bariloche, Argentine’s foremost alpine resort. Upon arrival transferred to your hotel.
Overnight at Hotel Nevada 4* or similar
Hotel Nevada is strategically located in the city center, minutes away from its commercial and financial center, government buildings, port, cine, museum, plazas as well as the historic center of the city and other tourist attractions.
Meal: B
Day 7 Bariloche
Half day tour “Circuito Chico� including Campanario Mountain.
“Circuito Chico� (small circuit)
This is one of the most popular trips in the area and gives a great overview to the surroundings of Bariloche. The excursion begins with a drive along the Nahuel Huapi Lake. On suny days, spectacular views over the lake and to the snow-capped Andes mountains can be enjoyed. The road continues towards the Llao-Llao peninsula. There you will find one of Argentines most reputated hotels, the Llao-Llao resort. This magnificent hotel enjoys a superb location with incredible views. A short stop is made in order to visit the small chapel. The journey continues through thick forest, along mountain lakes, over small bridges and eventually winds up in order to get to a beautiful look out. Here you will enjoy an impressive view over the Llao-Llao peninsula, the surrounding mountains and the wild nature. The trip continues and the next stop is made at the station of a chairlift (optional USD 10 pp). A short ride brings you up to the Cerro Campanario at 1050 meters. The view is 360 degrees and is an unforgettable experience. .
Overnight at Hotel Nevada 4* or similar
Meal: B
Day 8 Bariloche
Full day tour to Victoria Island and Arrayanes forest – Overnight at the selected hotel
Victoria Island & Arrayanes forest
The bus catch you up at your hotel and brings you to the harbour Puerto Pañuelo, located on the peninsula of Llao-Llao, on the shore of Nahuel Huapi lake. The boat makes the distance of 11 km to the island in about 30 minutes. On the way to Puerto Anchorena, you will enjoy wonderful views over the dark-blue water of the Nahuel Huapi lake, to the Andean peaks and the lush green vegetation on the shore. The island must have been inhabited for thousands of years. Smoke-stained caves with cavemen's paintings can be found. The island has a great variety of fauna and flora. Species like cypresses, coihues, and ñires can be seen beside huge sequoias, thujas, eucalyptus, oak, and pinecones. Animals, like the native “pudu puduâ€? or dwarf deer, the wild boar or jabalÃ, European deer, pheasant, and a variety of birds habit the island. You even may see Imperial cormorants. This island has a surface of 3’710 ha, and a big part of it is intangible and under protection. Only the central part can be visited. From Isla Victoria, the trip continues by boat to Puerto Quetrihue, on the south of the peninsula of the same name Quetrihue. You sail about 30 minutes and will land directly at the edge of the arrayan forest. The arrayan has a reddish brown bark. This bark detaches itself in strips. Behind appear lighter layers of the same hue. The arrayan trees have small round, dark-green leaves. In the end of the summer, the trees are covered with white flowers, turning later into round black fruits. You can find trees that grow up to 15 m high and these are up to 650 years old. Along a nicely marked path, you will cross the forest. After an easy three hours walk (12 km) you will reach the resort Villa La Angostura. There you will be picked up by the bus and driven back to Bariloche all along the huge Nahuel Huapi Lake.
Overnight at Hotel Nevada 4* or similar
Meal: B
Day 9 Bariloche
Day at leisure.
Overnight at Hotel Nevada 4* or similar
Meal: B
Day 10 Bariloche > Buenos Aires
Transfer for your flight to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival, be met and transferred to your hotel. Overnight at Hotel De las Americas 4* or similar.
Meal: B
Day 11 Buenos Aires
Day at leisure. In the evening, Tango Show including dinner.
Tango show
Buenos Aires is the birth place of Tango. Italian immigrants brought this dance to the harbor bars, in the beginning last century but it took 30 years until the music got to its fame with the voice of Carlos Gardel. This latin machist dance is full of passion, erotism and pain about love and deception. For many Argentines, Tango is still an important part of life. That’s why the visit of a Tangoshow is a special highlight, which shouldn’t be missed on a visit to Buenos Aires.
Overnight at Hotel De las Americas 4* or similar.
Meal: B, D
Day 12 Buenos Aires
Transfer to the airport for your onward or homebound flight
Meal: B
|
