Day 1 BUENOS AIRES
Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, transfer from the airport to the hotel.
Day 2 BUENOS AIRES (B)
After breakfast you will visit the most important sites during a city tour. You will drive to the Plaza de Mayo, with the Casa Rosada, the pink house, seat of the government, the Cabildo (town hall) and the Metropolitan Cathedral, home of the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. The tour goes onto the district of San Telmo. Until 1888 this part of the city was a river port, today San Telmo is one of the most modern and desired places to live in Buenos Aires. The worker district La Boca is famous for its colourful tin-houses and its history as the living district of Italian seamen and dock workers in the 19th century. The Barrio Norte called Recoleta is the quarter of the rich of Buenos Aires. On the cemetery of Recoleta one will find the grave of Eva Duarte who became famous as Evita Perón. Continue along the widest avenue in the world, the Avenida 9 de Julio, and continue to the Plaza Lavalle with the Federal Court of Justice and the Teatro Colón, to Palermo with its parks and gardens. Return to the hotel.
Afternoon free at leisure – in the evening the following optional tour can be booked, contact us for price:
Optional: half day Tigre Tour. From your hotel we will drive along the northern residential districts of the city, arriving at San Isidro, a colonial and aristocratic area. You will see the mansions and houses in front of the River Plate. You will continue driving to Tigre, a charming area near Buenos Aires city where a great number of summer residences, yacht clubs and rowing clubs attract the weekend activity of many “porteños”. The Tigre Delta with its rivers, streams and numerous green islands is one of the most attractive areas for visitors. The continuous sediment of the Paraná River, which gives the river and estuary their particular brownish-red color, forms the Delta islands. Enjoy a boat excursion (1 hour) along the innumerable channels of the Paraná-Delta to see some of the hundreds of islands covered with luxuriant vegetation. Drive back to the city to your hotel via the Panamericana Highway.
Optional: Visit of a Tango Show incl. dinner at the Restaurant Viejo Almacen.
Day 3 BUENOS AIRES – USHUAIA (B)
In the morning transfer to the national airport and flight to Ushuaia. Upon arrival transfer to your hotel.
Day 4 USHUAIA (B)
In the morning you will go on a half day tour to the Tierra del Fuego National Park, where you will get the impression of time going slower than anywhere else.
The long stormy winters and the width of the sky formed a very simple and modest way of living. The National Park is crossed by many rivers which flow into the Beagle Channel.
Drive through the park to enjoy the landscapes and have a little stroll.
In the afternoon the following optional tour can be booked with our office:
Optional: Catamaran tour on the Beagle Channel
The Beagle Channel has its name due to the expedition from Charles Darwin. You will pass through the Casco Island where a lot of nest from seabirds and sea lions can be seen onto the Island Los Lobos to see the sea lions.
Day 5 USHUAIA – CALAFATE (B)
Transfer to the airport and flight to El Calafate. Pick up at the airport by our local guide and transfer to the hotel.
The afternoon is at leisure – the following optional tour can be booked with our office:
Optional: Half day Glaciarium Museum- (duration approximately 2 hour 30 min) – The Glaciarum Museum is the first museum in South America dedicated to the glaciers and Patagonia ice. It has a privileged location, situated close to El Calafate town (20 minutes drive) on the way to Los Glaciares National Park.
The whole complex is a last generation interpretation centre which will offer the visitors an interactive exhibition with the aim to learn about the glaciers.
It’s an interactive museum with theme rooms, exhibitions showing recent investigations, scenic & lighting effects, multimedia programs and audiovisuals.
It also counts with a permanent exhibition focused on global climate changes and the environmental problems on earth.
Day 6 CALAFATE – PERITO MORENO – CALAFATE (B)
Today guests will go on a full day tour to the Perito Moreno Glacier. After a drive through the National Park Los Glaciares you will arrive suddenly in a forest full of colours, before seeing – equally unexpected – the glacier Perito Moreno. This is one of the few glaciers that are still growing. Every 4 to 5 years it covers the gap between the mainland and itself and grows into the Lago Argentino. Eventually the ice cannot resist the enormous pressure of the water and crashes with a frightening noise. One can watch this glacier spectacle every day when single ice blocks fall into the lake. Considering that the glacier is 5 km long and 70 m high one can imagine the noise this makes. Here we will have 2 hours to experience the glacier before driving back to Calafate.
Day 7 CALAFATE – BUENOS AIRES (B)
Transfer to the airport for the flight back to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel.
Day 8 BUENOS AIRES (B)
Transfer to the airport for flight back home.
End of Services
Food Code = (B) – Breakfast, (L) – Lunch, (D) – Dinner.
LHSTBUE001 *Please note, prices based on twin share, per person shared basis, informed accommodation. Optional tours not included and are at extra cost. The itinerary & pricing can change at any time due to availability of activities and services. Please check our website for full terms and conditions*.
