9 Days: Buenos Aires, El Calafate & Puerto Iguazú

Tour Overview:
Visit the Triangle of Argentina: Buenos Aires, Patagonia, and Iguazu Falls. Start in Buenos Aires where you will explore the city and take a Tango lesson. Travel south to pristine, beautiful Patagonia where you will visit the UNSECO Natural Heritage Site of Perito Moreno Glacier. Then travel to border shared with Brazil and Paraguay to witness the impressive Iguazu Falls.

Day 1 – Buenos Aires

Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city, starting in Plaza de Mayo to continue then to the neighbourhood of La Boca and finish at Palermo and Recoleta, where its famous cemetery is located. In the evening, we attend a dinner show where we take a tango lesson, learn the basic steps of this rhythm, and then enjoy the magnetism of tango. (D)

Day 2 – Buenos Aires

Day at leisure to explore Buenos Aires in your own way.(B)

Day 3 – Buenos Aires / El Calafate

At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to El Calafate. Arrival and reception at the airport. Afternoon at leisure to explore the city or visit the Glaciarium, a museum dedicated to glaciology that will help you understand the glaciers’ magnificence that you will know during your stay. (B)

Day 4 – El Calafate

Departure from the hotel to the Perito Moreno Glacier, located in Los Glaciares National Park, a Natural Heritage Site. The glacier is an impressive river of ice with an area of 257 square kilometers (159 square miles), and a height of the front wall varies between 50 to 60 meters (165 to 200 ft.) above the level of the lake. During the tour, a walk along the footbridges located in front of the glacier, allow us to admire this impressive natural wonder from different viewpoints. This tour is enhanced by a 1-hour boat ride that provides a view of the glacier front of the glacier from the water level, which help us to appreciate its real height. Free time for lunch (not included). In the afternoon, return to the hotel.(B)

Day 5 – El Calafate

Day at leisure to take an optional tour, ideal for visiting El Chaltén, Torres del Paine or making a boat trip through the Argentino Lake. (B)

Day 6 – El Calafate / Buenos Aires

Free morning to enjoy El Calafate. In due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Time at leisure.(B)

Day 7 – Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazu

At due time, transfer to the local airport to board the flight to Puerto Iguazú. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.Time at leisure to relax at the hotel.(B)

Day 8 – Puerto Iguazú

In the morning, we visit Iguazú National Park, Argentinian part of the falls, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. During the tour, we go through the three circuits of the Park: Gargantadel Diablo (to reach the balcony and viewpoint of the most imposing falls of the Park), The Upper Trail (that provides a view of the falls from above) and The Lower Trail (that offers a closer contact with the vegetation and the falls). During the tour, free time to have lunch (not included) and to take optionally The Great Adventure. In the afternoon, return to the hotel.(B)

Day 9 – Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires

We leave Puerto Iguazú to get to Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil and visit the waterfalls on the Brazilian side. Once inside the reserve, as we walk along the only catwalk within the Brazilian Park we appreciate a panoramic view of the full arc of the falls, until reaching the lookout of Gargantadel Diablo. Return to Puerto Iguazú to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival, connection to the International Airport if necessary.(B)

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