From Iguazu Falls to Perito Moreno Glacier
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A classic sample 7 day tour featuring the best of Buenos Aires, the magical Iguazu Falls and the majestic Perito Moreno Glacier. Can be customized with more days, with private day tours, add a tango dinner and show, etc. Just tell us what you want.
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Day 1 - arrive Buenos Aires and transfer to hotel.
Afternoon city tour, starting around 2pm. The tour is 3 hours long and visits the most important spots in the spectacular city of Buenos Aires. At the first stop you will discover the history of “May Square”, the site of the most important historical events and where their protagonists made history since its foundation where you can see its surroundings, the most emblematic buildings, and learn all about them. Then enjoy May Avenue and wonder in awe at the oldest residential neighborhood in Buenos Aires: San Telmo. Walk along its cobble-stoned streets and discover its antiques shops and picturesque buildings. Live and feel the original Tango in the neighborhood of La Boca: walk along “Caminito Street” and enjoy the dancers and souvenir shops. See the mythical Boca Juniors soccer stadium. Contemplate the modernization of the city whilst traveling along “Madero Port” and its exclusive docks, full of excellent restaurants and large office buildings. Pass through the Retiro neighborhood and move on to see Palermo and its most exclusive residential area before finally arriving at Recoleta. Once there, discover the final resting place of Eva Peron, “Evita” and wander through Recoleta Cemetery where she is to be found. Day 2 - breakfast, then full day Tigre and Delta tour. This group tour of Tigre is unique within the market due to the services and characteristics that it offers, such as the navigation of the channels in an excellent launch and lunch at an exclusive restaurant in the Delta.To start the tour you will be taken to San Isidro where you will visit the town’s historical center. Later the tour continues to the port in Tigre, where you will board the launch and navigate the best and most serene channels and streams of the Delta. After that you will enjoy an exquisite lunch at ‘Villa Julia’ restaurant, located in front of the river. At the end of the lunch you will visit the Puerto de Frutos where you can walk the market and other areas of Tigre. Day 3 - Buenos Aires / El Calafate | Meals: Breakfast Private transfer from Hotel to the airport. Arrival at Calafate. Transfer from Airport to downtown hotel. Accommodation for 03 nights at selected hotel, breakfast and local taxes are included. At the afternoon, the tour departs from the different hotels from El Calafate and takes 35km over the mountain line located behind the town. The track takes you to marvelous landscapes with an incredible variety of vegetation in high altitudes. Reaching 1050 m over the sea level, our first stop is a natural viewpoint where you will enjoy the most stunning sights of El Calafate and the central part of the Lake Argentino. You will also enjoy sights of the magnificent Andes mountain range at the back and at certain times, the area of accumulation of the glaciers, towards Boca Del Diablo, (the narrowest part of the lake, on the road to the Upsala arm). Even more, If the weather conditions are favorable you will be able to see Mt Fitz Roy and Mt Torre in El Chalten and maybe you can delight with the flight of the condors. An unforgettable sight. Afterwards, you continue the way up to the Laberinto de las Piedras. This is a formation of the Cretaceous period, 85 million years ago, once a river, nowadays, fossils are found to take you back and make you witness of the history. A snack will be served at the Huyliche restaurant and from there you will start the descent by the north slope of the mount to the Piedra de los Sombreros, exotic iron formations only found in four places around the world. After this trip to remote eras of the history of the planet, you return to el Calafate with the omnipresent view of the Lago Argentino. Day 4 - El Calafate | Meals: Breakfast Take in the rare and breathtaking beauty of the Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the UNESCO JEWELS. The tour guide will pick you up at your hotel in the morning for a full day tour on the Perito Moreno Glacier. On the way to the park, they will explain the importance of the glacier and share interesting details and facts about the park and Perito Moreno. Your first stop will be at a series of walkways for views of the glacier and to take photos. From there the bus will continue and you will get to see the amazing views and natural beauty that the park has to offer. You will get to walk along the walkways to see the glacier and watch as the chunks of ice break off and crash into the water. At the end of the day the bus will take you back to your hotel. Day 5 - El Calafate / Iguassu | Meals: Breakfast
Transfer from hotel to the Airport. Arrival at Puerto Iguazú, Shared transfer from Airport to the hotel. Accommodation for 03 nights at selected hotel, breakfast and local taxes are included. |
Day 6 - Iguassu | Meals: Breakfast
Argentine Falls tour: One of the 7 wonders of the world. Begins early in the morning with the pick up in your hotel to take you to the National Park. The pick-up time will depend on the area where you are staying, approximately between 7:20 a.m. to 8:20 a.m. The traditional circuits will be visited: Lower, Upper and Devil's Throat. The tour includes the Ecological Jungle Train. *Lower Circuit: At a length of 1,700 meters, runways venture into the lush jungle to take direct contact with the breaking of the Dos Hermanas, Chico and Ramirez. Walking down a runway you can be at the foot of a huge seawall water which is the fall of Salto Bosetti and you will enjoy the steep falls in the Saltos Alvar Nuñez, Elenita and Lanusse. -Duration: This ride is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes. -Level Of difficulty: Medium. Access with no stairs to the Bosetti jump and lookout balcony *Cannon Falls: Upper circuit: a walk of 1,300 meters (round trip). Elevated runways will take you on the fall line of several major jumps, reaching the edge thereof. It provides an overview of the complex from a greater height. -Duration: This ride is approximately 1 hour. -Level Of difficulty: Easy. Access without stairs. *Devil's Throat: Accessed through the Rainforest Ecological Train, descending into Devil's Throat Station. From there, after 1,000 meters walk along the runways, you will reach the grandiose 'Devil's Throat', where Iguazu is expressed with all his strength. You can combine this tour with the following additional tours: Nautical Adventure rides and Photo safaris within the National Park. (Optional excursions are not included). Day 7 – Iguazu / Buenos Aires | Meals: Breakfast Breakfast. The tour begins early in the morning with your pick-up at the hotel to take you to the National Park. The pick-up time will depend on the area where you are staying, approximately between 7:20 am and 8:20 am. You will visit the Brazilian Falls and their traditional 1,200 meters long walkways where you can get a spectacular view of the 275 waterfalls that make up Iguazu Falls, of which in the Brazilian side are four: Floriano, Deodoro, Benjamin Constant and Union or Devil's Throat. After the tour you will have access to the panoramic elevator that will reach you to the bus that will take you back to the hotel. Shared transfer to the airport. Flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival, private transfer to the international airport or to a hotel, unless you are doing an extension within Argentina |
