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Argentina & SouthAmerica TOURBOOK 2021

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Travel with freedom in Argentina with Eurotur! Dear colleagues, These are times we could have never imagined would happen, a sci-fi novel! Too many things have happened in the past year, good and bad, should it be a year to forget? Believe not, we remember in grief our loved ones who have passed away, and learnt how to deal with such disasters. Tourism is one of those industries which have been most severely affected, but always, there is “light at the end of the tunnel”. At Eurotur we never stopped working, training and supporting our clients, using our energy and precious time adapting to new challenges and prepare for the return of travel, that most expect to have an explosive V shape! Safety was in the agenda from day one, Eurotur was the first in Argentina to get the SafeTravels seal for our local branches and partners. Last December we hosted a group of eclipse fans; it proved that all trainings and protocols are fully reliable, allowed the travelers to enjoy safely and securely the viewing of the event and extra touring. Cannot express the happiness of being able to do what we are passionate about! The team worked hard to finalize this new edition of our tourbook, having in mind the major post-covid travel trends, and how to travel with freedom in Argentina: “privatized” itineraries for families and small groups of friends; fixed departure and seat-in-coach tours, with a heavily reduced number of participants; new sections; new itineraries and traditional ones geared to open spaces, glamping, self-drive, honeymooners, local culture and history, wellness, small towns, and not limited to Argentina but in combination with Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. We are patiently expecting, fully operational and prepared to support your needs. News tend to be obsolete by day-end, so surely by the time you read this, we will be already discussing lack of flight seats or hotel rooms to accommodate your clients! Travel with freedom in Argentina with Eurotur! Sincerely yours,

What in Argentina & South America

El Hornocal. Humahuaca gorge

Patagonia Park, Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz

Villa La Angostura, Neuquen

Courtesy of @Visitargentina

Tourism bureau. PH Pablo Godoy

Courtesy of @visitargentina

The Hidden Treasures To be Argentinian is more than being born in the same place as Messi or Maradona, or where tango puts a melody to feelings. to be Argentinian is not only the pride of having the best meat, but IT also is to not understand why dulce de leche has not been declared World Heritage by THE UNESCO. Being Argentinian is not just one feeling, it’s several, in which traditions and customs, besides building our cultural identity, define us in such a passionate way that it’s difficult to explain but impossible to resist.

The Dark Side of the Puna. Jujuy NEW

Catamarca, Land of Volcanoes NEW

Secrets of the Andes Beyond the End

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Treasures of Nature: La Estrella and Iberá Wetlands 14

Torres del Paine N.P, Chile

The Best Sellers

À la Carte

South America

Passion is a word of Latin origin, which means “to suffer, tolerate”, something that the Argentineans carry in their DNA. We are passionate about what we idolize, think, have and love and we do not skimp on words and gestures when we want to express it.

In Argentina, gastronomy is almost a cult and for these, faith moves our apetite and heart. For Argentinians, gathering around a table is more than JUST EATING, it is to put together the food that identifies us, feelings, it is A MEETING and union, it is to entertain, honor and share.

If there is something in Argentina that is lived as a ritual, IT IS WITHOUT DOUBT FOOTBALL: a shirt with the colors of the club that is proudly worn as a uniform, the hands and the rags (flags of the club) that are waved to the sound of the songs that constitute a hymn at the time of encouraging the players and when the goal arrives, a shout with force that moves the cement and alters heartbeats. An Argentine feeling that moves a whole world.

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Buenos Aires

Puerto Iguazú

Iberá Marshes

Salta

Córdoba

Mendoza

Puerto Madryn

Highlights of Brazil and Peru 122 Wonders of South America

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Wildlife in the Valdés Peninsula 80

From the Incas to the World’s End

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Ushuaia

Southern Jewells

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El Calafate

Wines of South America

El Chaltén

Ecuador: Tradition and Nature 127

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Esquel: Los Alerces NP

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Bariloche

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Lake Crossing

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Torres Del Paine from Puerto Natales

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Buenos Aires: Cultural Encounter

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Santiago de Chile

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Football, Tango and Evita

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San Pedro de Atacama

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Porteños’ Cuisine w

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Easter Island

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Tango Experience

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Essential Uruguay

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Gauchos’ Land

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Essential Rio

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Córdoba: Tradition and Hills 138

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Perito Moreno Glacier, Los glaciares N.P, Santa Cruz

Iguazu Falls National Park, Misiones

Cafayate, Salta

Courtesy of @visitargentina

Salta’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism PH Celine Frers

Patagonia

Mesopotamia

Self Fly and Drive

For ARGENTINIANS everything is a matter of pride. The longest avenue, the widest river, the highest peak in South America and the southernmost city in the world.

Do you need more reasons? we were also blessed with the best meat, the best wine, a queen and a pope. Sorry, I forgot, we don’t have the best player in the world but the two best players on the planet. A pride worthy of the Guinness.

discover Argentina through its food is to embark on a journey of a hundred aromas, thousands of sensations that will not only invade your palate but also conquer your travelling heart. We share with you our diet where the goal is not to lose weight but to gain emotions.

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Enchanted Lakes

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Wildlife in El Pedral and Bahía Bustamante

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National Route 3: Natural Patagonia

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Del Desierto Lake: Hidden Treasure w 151 Ranch and Glamp

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Authentic Patagonia The Two Islands

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Active Patagonia

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Malvinas. Wildlife Watching 157

Northwest Tucuman and Valleys

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Classic North

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Northwest’s Valleys and Puna 173 Valleys and Puna with Atacama Altitude Wines w

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Along the Humahuaca Gorge in Jujuy 176

Jesuit Circuit and Iguazú Falls 188 Deep Rainforest

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Green Corridor Mate & Nature NEW

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Cuyo Wine and Adventure w

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The Wine and Cuisine Route w

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From Mendoza to Salta

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Beyond the Boundaries of time

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Antarctica & Cruises

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The Best of the North

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Wines, Lakes and Mountains. Route 40 NEW 224 Nature´s Paradise

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From the Ocean to the Andes NEW

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In the Depths of Nature

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Hiking Paine and Fitz Roy NEW 232 Adventure at El Chaltén

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Horseback riding: Hidden Glaciers

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Horseback riding: Mitre Peninsula

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Around the World’s End

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Horseback riding: The Marshes

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Biking in the Quebrada

Skorpios Cruise: Chonos Route 217

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Wellness & Spa Tours Traveling through Argentina MEANS TO TRANSFORM a meeting into a ceremony and a MOMENT IS synonymous to union, brotherhood and friendship.

A Connection with Nature NEW

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A Healing Journey

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Special Interests Astrotourism

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Community-based Tourism

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Palaeontology

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Archaeology

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Adventure

Exclusive Antarctica

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Along the Austral Route

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From the Heights

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Classic Antarctica

Southern Pearls

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Andean Wonder. Route 40 North NEW

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Overnight at King George Island

Secret of Humahuaca Gorge NEW The Jewel of the Puna: Tolar Grande

Natural Cordoba

House of Jasmines, Salta

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Why Argentina Map 250

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Hidden Treasures

El Hornocal. Humahuaca gorge, Courtesy of @Visitargentina

The Dark Side of the Puna: Jujuy HIDDEN

7 Days / 6 Nights Salta / Purmamarca / Abra Pampa / Cusi Cusi / Santa Catalina

TBK 1510 What’s included • Accommodation: 6 nights Salta (1) - Purmamarca (1) Abra Pampa (1) - Cusi Cusi (1) Santa Catalina (2) • Tours: Salta: City tour with MAAM (Archaeological Museum of High Mountain) Jujuy: Puna. • Meals: 6 breakfast, 6 lunches and 4 dinners.

Day 1 Salta. Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, visit the city of Salta that awaits for us to explore its cobbled streets, abundant churches and colonial buildings. During the tour, we will visit the MAAM (Archaeological Museum of High Mountain), in charge of

spreading and preserving one of the most relevant archaeological discovering of the latest decades, the mummies of the “Children of Llullaillaco”. Maximum altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.380 ft).

Day 2 Salta / Purmamarca. B L Departure towards the Humahuaca Gorge, UNESCO’s Mankind’s Cultural and Natural Heritage, to share an experience of Community Tourism during which we will be both guests and actors. According to the availability of the seasonal crop, we will unveil different secrets of the Northern Andean gastronomy, alongside a local chef who will receive us at his own farm at the Cuesta de Lipán foothills to participate in a cooking lesson or to simply chat away the afternoon in the company of this very special local character. We will prepare and share some tea,

blended with herbs that are native to the Gorge and the Puna, along homemade rolls and pastries that she will have taught us to prepare while letting us know of her story and that of the community she represents. Accommodation in Purmamarca.

the mountain of 14 colors. Totally worth a visit! Afterwards, we will continue to Abra Pampa to spend the night.

Total distance travelled: 156 km (98 miles) Travel time: 3 hours Maximum Altitude: 2.300 MASL (7.545 ft)

Day 4 Abra Pampa/ Cusi Cusi. B L D In the morning, a short

Day 3 Purmamarca / Abra Pampa. B L D In due time, we start our transfer to Maimara, a tiny town in the Humahuaca Gorge, famous for its cemetery, the Painter’s Palette formation on a nearby hillside, and the altitude wineries. We will visit Fernando DuPont’s winery, at 2.500 masl (8.200 feet above sea level), where we will enjoy lunch. In the afternoon, visit to the Sierras of Hornocal, also known as

Total distance travelled: 202 km (126 miles) Travel time: 6-7 hours. Maximum Altitude: 3.507 MASL (11.500 ft)

drive will take us to Cochinoca, a town once located on the Inca trail that passed by this place. We will walk by and learn about the history of this town, which in the 17th century had 600 to 800 inhabitants, used to possess 5 churches and was an important mining hub, but which over time lost its relevance. Moving on along Route 71, we will pass by the Peñas de Ascalte ravines, formations of volcanic origin that resemble animal shapes. After

HIDDEN Moon Valley, Cusi Cusi, Jujuy. Courtesy of Tourism Bureau. PH Gustavo Arévalos

partaking in lunch at a local house, we will continue towards Cusi Cusi, another small town, with less than 250 inhabitants devoted to sheep, lamas and donkeys breeding, small-scale mining, handicraft production, and most recently the production of quinoa. A short walk in the town will allow us to learn about its history and the everyday life of these people. Accommodation in Cusi-Cusi. Total distance travelled: 154 km (97 miles) Travel time: 6 hours Maximum Altitude: 3.800 MASL (12.400 ft)

Gastronomía , Jujuy. Courtesy of Tourism Bureau. PH Walter Reinaga

willing for activity will have the chance to descend towards the bottom of the valley (1-hour walk). In the afternoon, we continue along the mythical National Route 40 to Santa Catalina, passing by tiny towns such us Paicone, Misa Rumi, San Juan de Oros, Timón Cruz, Oratorio, among others. In Paicone, it is interesting to see the “sounding stones”, igneous rocks which on being hit toll like a bell. The scientific name of these rocks is phonolite rockstone and they are very rare in the world. However, the most notable sight in the area is that of the surrounding mountain slopes that seem to be huge yellow, white, crime and purple claws. We will afterwards continue to Santa Catalina for the night.

Day 5 Cusi Cusi / Santa Catalina B L D Some 5 kilometers from Cusi-Cusi is the so-called Moon Valley or Mars Valley, a site of volcanic rocks and scoria, with 100-meters (330 feet) high colorful rock walls where white, grey, Total distance travelled: 103 km (6 miles) and various shades of red are Travel time: 3/4 hours. protagonists. At this point, those

Maximum Altitude: 3.636 MASL (11.930 ft).

Day 6 Santa Catalina. B L D In the morning, we will visit El Angosto, the most northern town in Argentina. It is located at 3.581 meters (11.750 ft), lain over the slope of the 4.000-meter-high (13.200 ft) Mt. Branqui, on which summit we find the boundary marker of the frontier with Bolivia. After lunch, we will visit the Mirador del Morrito lookout, a hill of barely 10 meters with a dry lagoon on its summit and some pre-Hispanic rupestrian art. Total distance travelled: 90 km (56 miles) Travel time: 3/4 hours Maximum Altitude: 3.800 MASL (12.470 ft).

Day 7 Santa Catalina/ Jujuy. B L Early departure towards La Quiaca passing by Casira, a wellknown town due to the excellence of its pottery. After a short visit to La Quiaca, we will continue to Yavi, declared National Historic Town

due to its general architecture, its church and the famous Marquis’ House, seat of the only marquisate ever existing in Argentine. Continuation to the city of Jujuy or Salta. Total distance travelled: 202 km (126 miles) Travel time: 6-7 hours Maximum Altitude: 3.507 MASL (11.480 ft). Operacional Notes Day 1: the tour can either start or end in the cities of Salta or Jujuy. In the case of starting in Jujuy, the only change in the itinerary will be that the Salta city tour will not be included. To keep in mind • The accommodation in Abra Pampa, Cusi Cusi and Santa Catalina, is in basic bed-and-breakfasts or inns.

Catamarca: Land of Volcanoes HIDDEN

10 Days / 9 Nights Catamarca / Fiambala / Belén / Antofagasta de la Sierra / Cafayate / Salta

TBK 01506 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 9 nights Catamarca (1) - Fiambala(3) Belén (1) - Antofagasta de la Sierra (3) - Cafayate (1) • Tours: Catamarca: The Adobe Route - The Seismiles - Taton Dunes - Shincal Ruins - Antofalla Salt Flat - Galan Volcano - Pumice Field Salta: Quebrada de Cafayate • Meals: 9 breakfasts - 7 lunches 7 dinners • Entrances to reserves and museums required u Season: OCTOBER TO Aprilt

Day 1 Catamarca. D Arrival at Catamarca airport and after a brief tour of the city we stay in a country house ideal for relaxation.

Day 2 Catamarca / Fiambalá. B L D We set off on the Adobe Route, a tourist circuit between Tinogasta and Fiambala, which runs through old colonial buildings as they are built of Adobe, a mixture of mud, straw and dung kneaded and dried in the sun which is then transformed into blocks or bricks. Before reaching Fiambala, we pass through Batungasta, an Inca site declared a National Historic Monument since its current constructions date back to the time of the Inca rule (1471-1536). Arrival and visit to the Museum of Man which was born with the discovery of three naturally mummified bodies that date back 500 years. Travelled distance: 325 km (202 miles) Travel time: 6/7 hours Maximum altitude: 1.575 MASL (5.167 ft)

Day 3 Fiambalá. B L D Today we enjoy the Seis miles Route, a section of National Route 60 that begins in Fiambalá and ends at the San Francisco Pass, and runs through a region with several peaks that exceed 6.000 metres, and is considered the second highest area in the world after the Himalayas. During the tour we pass through the Quebrada de la Angostura, we will see the Ojos del Salado volcano, the most active volcan of the planet, the Inca Huasi Summit, Tres Cruces, San Francisco and El Muerto volcanoes, to arrive to Las Grutas customs complex from where we can observe a mountain lake with flamingos.

Thermal Baths, a thermal complex with waters at 38 degrees. In the afternoon we enjoy the Taton Dunes, a sea of sand that contains some of the largest dunes in the world, such as the Federico Kirbus dune, which is over 1,200 metres high. Travelled distance: 91km (56 miles) Time travelled: 3/4 hours Maximum altitude: 1.200 MASL (3.937 ft)

Travelled distance: 400 km (249 miles) Travel time: 9 hours Maximum altitude: 4.726 MASL (15.505 ft)

Day 5 Fiambalá / Belén. B L In the morning we take Route 60 to join National Route 40 and head towards Londres to visit the Shincal (or Shinkal) Ruins of Quimivil, a pre-Columbian archaeological site on the Inca Trail or Chapaq Ñan, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. After a tour of the interpretation centre and structures, we continue to Belen

Day 4 Fiambalá. B D Free morning to enjoy the Fiambala

Travelled distance: 210 km (130 miles) Travel time: 4/5 hours

HIDDEN Purnice Field Stone,Catamarca. Courtesy of Tourism bureau. PH Gustavo Cherro

Maximum altitude: 1.300 MASL (4.265 ft)

Day 6 Belén / Antofagasta de la Sierra. B L D We leave Belen along the mythical National Route 40 passing through Hualfin, Cuesta de Randolfo and the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Laguna Blanca at 3.620 metres above sea level, a wetland that is also a Ramsar Site. We continue to Antofagasta de la Sierra to visit the Los Negros volcanic field with its bell stones, so called because of the sound that emanates when hitting them, and the Archaeological Museum, with its 3000 year old mummies. Travelled distance: 320 km (199 miles) Travel time: 9 hours Maximum altitude: 4.000 MASL (13.123 ft)

Day 7 Antofagasta de la Sierra. B L D Departure to the Indigenous Community

Fiambala, Catamarca. Courtesy of Tourism bureau

of Antofalla, located near the Volcano and Salar of the same name, the latter being considered the longest in the world. During the tour we’ll go through the Quebrada de Calalaste and Quebrada del Diablo, a route of contrasts. Travelled distance: 220 km (136 miles) Travel time: 10 hours Maximum altitude: 4.620 MASL (15.157 ft)

Day 8 Antofagasta de la Sierra. B L D Get to know the Galan volcano with the largest crater on the planet with a diameter of 40Km. During the journey we pass by the Laguna Grande with a large concentration of flamingos from December to March, already inside its crater by the Vega del Real Grande, to enter the world’s largest volcanic boiler with its 42 km2 diameter. Inside, we will

see the Lagunas Diamante and Pabellon, some geysers with thermal waters at 82°C, and outside of the crater, we will visit Laguna Grande with a large concentration of flamingos from December to March. Travelled distance: 350 km (217 miles) Travel time:12 hours Maximum altitude: 4.760 MASL (15.617 ft)

Day 9 Antofagasta de la Sierra / Cafayate. B L We leave the village to go in land on a trail that will take us to one of the jewels of the Puna, the Pumice Field. On the way, we admired the Carachi Pampa volcano, its slag heap, and when we arrive, we walk through the field, the product of erosion for millennia. Due to its importance it was declared Natural Protected Area. We continue towards Cafayate.

Travelled distance: 458 km (285 miles) Travel time: 11 hours Maximum altitude: 4.050 MASL (13.287 ft)

Day 10 Cafayate / Salta. B After a brief visit of the city, we return to Salta through the Quebrada de Cafayate with its strange formations resulting from water and wind erosion. Transfer to Salta airport. Travelled distance: 192 km (119 miles) Travel time: 4 hours Maximum altitude: 1.660 MASL (5.446 ft) Operational notes: Day 10: The departure flight must be after 8PM. To keep in mind: • Due to the altitude at which this program takes place, as well as the roads and distances to be covered, this itinerary is not recommended for hypertensive or hypotensive passengers. Consult your doctor.

Secrets of the Andes HIDDEN

9 Days / 8 Nights Mendoza / San Rafael / Malargue

TBK 01505 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights Mendoza (1) - San Rafael (2) Malargue (3) - Uco Valley (2) • Tours: Mendoza: Horseback riding at sunset - Atuel Canyon - La Payunia - Malacara Volcano and Llancanelo Lagoon • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 5 lunches 5 dinners

Day 1 Mendoza. D Arrival at the airport and transfer to the selected hotel. In the afternoon, we go horseback riding through places of outstanding beauty. After an hour and a half, we return to the base, where we enjoy a Creole dinner accompanied by Mendoza wine. At the end, we return to the city.

Day 2 Mendoza / San Rafael. B L D Departure on Route 40 towards the south, passing through the wine regions of Tunuyan and San Carlos. On the way we stop for lunch at the Piedra infinita winery, awarded as one of the best in the world. We continue to San Rafael to stay in a hotel surrounded by vineyards with a winery at 800 meters above sea level. Travelled distance: 250 km (155 miles) Travel time: 5 hours

Day 3 San Rafael. B L D Today we explore the Atuel Canyon, a true geological marvel millions of years old where the wind and waters of the Atuel River carved different figures. During the tour it is possible to observe areas where you can do activities such as mountain biking, condor

watching, mountaineering, hiking, trekking, among others.

Travelled distance: 305 km (190 miles) Travel time: 7 hours

Travelled distance: 172 km (107 miles) Travel time: 6 hours

Day 5 Malargue. B L Today we explore the Payunia Reserve, a vast volcanic region located at the foothills of the Mendoza mountain range, which geology makes it unique in the world. La Payunia is an area that had an intense volcanic activity in remote times. Volcanoes, fragmented lava, black sand (of basaltic origin), fields of “bombs” (material in liquid or creamy state, ejected by the volcano and then hardened, with curious shapes), bushes and pastures give us the possibility to imagine how the land was in its beginnings. During the tour, on board the 4x4, we will discover Malacara Volcano, Campo de Bombas Pyroclasticas, Pampas Negras, Horseshoe Volcano and

Day 4 San Rafael / Malargue. B L Taking Route 140 we join Route 40 to continue to El Sosneado and through a provincial route we reach the Sosneado Lagoon, located at 2100 meters above sea level. As we continue, we observe Cerro Sosneado, an extinct “volcano” from the Cenozoic Era and one of the highest peaks located in the Southern Hemisphere. A few kms further on and at 2,176 m above sea level, we find the ruins of a Hotel, where we can appreciate the remains of the building and the thermal water pools. We return to Route 40 to continue to Malargue City located at the foothills of the mountain range

HIDDEN Malacara volcan, Mendoza

El Morado Volcano where we will walk to its aportillado crater. The Payunia area is not only relevant from a vulcanologist point of view but also for the conservation of the flora and fauna of the place. Due to its importance, it was declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. Travelled distance: 420 km (261 miles) Travel time: 10/12 hours

Day 6 Malargue. B L The adventure today takes us through two attractions of the area: the Malacara Volcano, which owes its name to a type of horse with a spot on its forehead, named this way by the country people, and the Llancanelo lagoon. We set off to explore the volcano in a different way than the day before. We arrive at its base and from there we start a 2-hours walk of

Malacara volcan, Mendoza

moderate intensity, to the bowels of this natural wonder. The erosion and wear caused by the wind and water gave rise to passages, gullies (cavities produced by water in the form of rain) and chimneys that reach 30 metres in height. After a tour of two of its gullies, we go to a viewpoint from where we can see the Llancanelo lagoon, the impressive Andes Mountains and the largest concentration of volcanoes in the world. In the afternoon we visit the Llancanelo Lagoon, a Ramsar wetland, considered important due to its biological richness and because it serves as a refuge for a significant number of birds. If the weather conditions allow it and the road is enabled, we visit the “Trapal Volcano”, and after a60 minutes ascension, we reach a place from

where we will get an impressive panoramic view of the Reserve Travelled distance: 190 km (118 miles) Travel time: 7 hours

Day 7 Malargue / Valle de Uco. B D Taking Route 40 northwards we reach the area of Valle de Uco, one of the most important wine producing areas of the province. The accommodation will be in a wine lodge in a luxury dome (glamping) where you can enjoy a stay with all the comfort, designed to relax while admiring the impressive surroundings and all within walking distance of the main lodge. Travelled distance: 257 km (160 miles) Travel time: 3/4 hours

Day 8 Uco Valley. B D Day at disposal to enjoy the wine lodge, visiting the winery to taste an excellent variety of wines from

the region, enjoying a glass at sunset with excellent views of the impressive Andes Mountains. Day 9 Valle de Uco / Mendoza. B Morning at disposal and at the appointed time, transfer to Mendoza airport. Travelled distance: 110 km (68 miles) Travel time: 2 hours Operational notes: Day 1: Arrival by midday flight required. Day 7: Access to the Morado Volcano is subject to weather conditions. To keep in mind: • If you wish to explore the high mountain area in Mendoza or the vineyards of Lujan and Maipu, we suggest adding extra nights in the city.

Beyond the End HIDDEN

13 Days / 12 Nights El Calafate / Torres del Paine / Punta Arenas / Tierra del Fuego Island ARG-CHI

TBK 01510 What’s included • Accommodation: 13 nights El Calafate (2) - Torres del Paine (3) Punta Arenas (1) - Caleta Josefina (1) - Lago Blanco (1) - Alakush Boat (2) Estancia Rolito (1) - Ushuaia (2) • Tours: El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier South Glacier Adventure Torres del Paine: Lodge activities Tierra del Fuego: CHI: King Penguin Park - Darwin Expedition ARG: Cape San Pablo • Meals: 13 breakfasts - 10 lunches 8 dinners

A proposal for the Chilean and Argentinean Southern Route designed for explorers eager to know corners where nature treasures the silence of the unique and the landscapes wait expectantly to be admired.

u Season: November to Marcht

enjoy the Torres del Paine National Park.

Travelled distance: 135 km (84 miles) Travel time: 4 hours

Day 1 El Calafate. Arrival in El Calafate in the morning so you can spend the afternoon visiting the Perito Moreno Glacier, declared a World Natural Heritage Site. Day 2 El Calafate. B L Today we will explore one of the least visited areas, but without doubt one of the most amazing. The journey includes two navigations and two hikes that will take us to the Amphitheatre of the Glaciers to contemplate the valley composed by the Grande, Cubo and Dickson glaciers. Day 3 El Calafate / Torres del Paine. B L D In the morning, we leave for the border with Chile (Cancha Carrera-Cerro Castillo) to continue our trip to the Lago Toro area where we will stay in a Glamping site from where we can

Travelled distance: 331 km (206 miles) Travel time: 6 hours

Day 8 Estancia Caleta Josefina / Lago Blanco. B L D We leave the Estancia to visit the King Penguin Park, the only penguin colony of its kind outside of Antarctica, which can be observed from a distance. The reserve is open all year round, the number of penguins may vary according to season and physiological or reproductive status. After a 2 hours visit we continue our journey towards Lago Blanco passing through Cameron, a picturesque village with zinc houses. Arrival at Lago Blanco, a paradise for fishing lovers.

Day 4 & 5 Torres del Paine. B L D Enjoy the activities of the lodge which will allow you to know why it is considered the eighth Wonder of the World. Day 6 Torres del Paine / Punta Arenas. B At the appointed time, transfer to Punta Arenas, the largest and most populated city in the Magallanes Region. Travelled distance: 310 km (193 miles) Travel time: 5 hours

Day 7 Punta Arenas / Estancia Caleta Josefina. B L D Departure from the hotel to board the barges that will allow us to cross the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego Island. In Porvenir, we visit a dolphin colony and the town, before continuing to Estancia Caleta Josefina.

Travelled distance: 140 km (87 miles) Travel time: 4 hours

Day 9 Lago Blanco / Caleta Maria-Alakusk (embarkation). B L D Morning at disposal to

HIDDEN Exploration, Darwin Experience, Tierra del Fuego Island

rest and enjoy the surrounding landscape and at midday, transfer to Caleta Maria, where we embark to Jackson Bay, where we can see the protagonists of the Bay, the elephant seals, as well as the possibility of seeing condors, black-browed albatross, various types of ducks, guanacos and typical flora of the area. Overnight on board. Travelled distance: 85 km (53 miles) Travel time: 2 hours

Day 10 Alakush. B L D Navigation through Seno Almirantazgo to reach Parry Fjord, recently declared a Marine Protected Area of Multiple Uses by the Chilean State. We disembark on board the zodiacs to reach the beach of the Nueva Zelanda Glacier to start a trekking along an ice-cold lagoon. On the way

The Crab, Ushuaia. Courtesy of IN.FUE.TUR. PH Rogelio Espinosa

we will go through an old lenga forests and after an hour we will reach the imposing wall of the Nueva Zelanda Glacier, where we will also be able to observe the remains of the fuselage of an Argentine bomber plane that fell in 1950.On the way back, we continue sailing through Sueno Cuevas to the glacier of the same name and then continue the sea crossing to the very centre of the Darwin Mountain Range. Day 11 Alakush / Caleta

Maria / Estancia Rolito. B L D In the morning we appreciate the impressive view of the Pared Glacier and then continue sailing and disembark again in Caleta Maria. From there we head to Lago Deseado and Despreciado. Lago Deseado, shared between Argentina and Chile and a

fishing paradise, is one of the last ecosystems in Chile that remains pristine and wild. We continue the trip to return to Argentina and take the Estancias route to reach Estancia Rolito where your hosts are waiting to share with us a little bit of their history. Travelled distance: 235 km (146 miles) Travel time: 5/6 hours

Day 12 Estancia Rolito / Ushuaia. B L In the morning we enjoy the Estancia and then we visit Cape San Pablo where through a walk we arrive at the Lighthouse from where we can see the abandoned ship Desdemona. In the afternoon we return to the city of Ushuaia after having visited some remote and amazing places in the island. Travelled distance: 151 km (94 miles) Travel time: 2 hours

Day 13 Ushuaia. B Days to get to know other landscapes of the island, Gable Island and the waterfall of the Larsifasaj River, an ideal destination to observe the Gentoo penguins. Day 14 Ushuaia. B At the appointed time, transfer to Ushuaia airport to board your next destination. Operational notes: Day 7: The crossing takes about 2 hours by barge and then 2 hours by land. On Mondays this alternative is not viable. Day 9: Embarkation and disembarkation of the Alakush is done by zodiac. Day 11: Due to major circumstances the border of the Radman pass will be closed. In that case we might have to cross through the San Sebastian pass extending the duration of the journey.

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10 Days / 9 Nights Buenos Aires / Bañado La Estrella / Esteros del Iberá / Puerto Iguazú

TBK 01509 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 9 nights Buenos Aires (2) - Las Lomitas (1) - Formosa (1) - Concepción del Yaguareté Cora (2) - Santa Inés (1) Puerto Iguazú (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour Formosa: La Estrella Wetlands Corrientes: mentioned activities in the Iberá Marshes Misiones: Argentinian Falls - Brazilian Falls Meals: 9 breakfasts - 5 lunches 5 dinners • Needed tickets to the Parks

Day 1 Buenos Aires. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. City tour, exploring

the most interesting places of Buenos Aires. Return to the hotel. Day 2 Buenos Aires / Las Lomitas. B L D Arrival at Formosa airport and transfer to Las Lomitas, located 3 hours away, from where we will have accessto La Estrella. This “Bañado” is a very young wetland because its formation has been produced since1940 because of a series of overflows of the Pilcomayo River, intensified even more since 1966, what caused a unique microclimate. In very few other places on the planet, it is possible to appreciate so many species: birds of prey such as the caracara, wading birds, kingfishers, storks, flocks of neotropic cormorants and the Jabirú, the biggest bird of the area. After lunch, we head for an area called “El Vertedero”

which is the most accessible site for admiring the “Bañado”. It is a water mirror that is full of dried trunks with branches where thousands of biguas sit; undoubtedly, the wetland’s first postal. There, if water conditions allow us, we sail while we enjoy the sunset. On the way, we visit Campo del Cielo (Field of the Sky), an aboriginal community of the Pilagáethnic group. Travelled distance: 298 km (185 miles) Travel time: 3.30 hours

Day 3 Las Lomitas / Formosa. B L D Very early in the morning, we head for Fortín la Soledad, to board a boat that leads us into the wetlands’s heart, to spot a different landscape than El Vertedero. Sailing and paying attention, we can find animals such as the anteater, the yacaré,

the capybara and the vizcacha, and hundreds of different species of plants, including one that can only be found in this place, called “champanes” by the locals, that is a kind of creeper. Return to Formosa. Travelled distance: 428 km (265 miles) Travel time: 7 hours

Day 4 Formosa / Concepción del Yaguareté Cora. B L D In the morning, we start the trip to the Ibera Marshes and Concepción de Yaguareté Cora, a Corrientes’ village that still preserves some of its traditions, in addition of being the access to the marshes. Accommodation at La Alondra. After lunch, introductory talk and visit to the Iberá Natural Reserve’s Interpretation Centre. Travelled distance: 370 km (229 miles) Travel time: 5 hours

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La Estrella Wetlands, Formosa. PH Ramon Maldonado

Day 5 Concepción del Yaguareté Cora. B L D In the morning, we head for Puerto Julí Cué, located 45 minutes from La Alondra, where we board small boats to sail the Carambola stream, where itsmain attraction is the wildlife watching. Halfway, we change our boat to cross the estuary coast in a typical Ibera’s canoe as the islanders originally used to travelin this region. Day 6 Concepción del Yaguareté Cora / Santa Inés. B L D We head towards the province of Misiones, passing through other Iberá’s accesses such as San Antonio and Loreto. Lunch upon arrival at Estancia Santa Inés. In the afternoon, we enjoy the estancia, which was

Ibera Wetlands, Corrientes. @Visitargentina

owned by a pioneer in yerba mate plantations in the province. Travelled distance: 297 km (184 miles) Travel time: 3/4 hours

Day 7 Santa Inés / Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, departure to San Ignacio Miní Jesuit Reduction (1632) to visit some of the best-preserved ruins. UNESCO declared this reduction a Cultural Heritage Site as well as Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria la Mayor. After lunch (not included), we continue to Puerto Iguazú. Travelled distance: 292 km (181 miles) Travel time: 4 hours

Day 8 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we go to Iguazú National Park in order to visit the Iguazú Falls, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and

one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. The tour includes the three circuits of the Park: Garganta del Diablo, The Upper and The Lower Trails. During the tour, free time to have lunch (not included) and the chance to take optionally The Great Adventure, a boat ride that takes you into the very heart of the falls, followed by a walk through the jungle. Day 9 Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires. B We leave Puerto Iguazú to get to Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil and visit the waterfalls on that side, walking along the only path that leads to the viewpoint of Garganta del Diablo. Return to Puerto Iguazú and transfer to the airport. Arrival at Buenos Aires and transfer to the hotel.

Day 10 Buenos Aires. B Transfer to the airport. To keep in mind: • La Estrella Wetland: From April to September there is a great concentration of fauna due to the flow of water. Boat trip is subjected to navigability conditions. • Iberá Marshes: There are accommodation options at Rincón del Socorro or Posada Uguay, to which the transfer from Formosa can be by air taxi. • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta del Diablo can be interrupted because of a rise in river flow. Incase of taking The Great Adventure, please consult its restrictions. • Due to the frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at the time of booking.

Parque Patagonia, Santa Cruz. Oficina de Turismo de Santa Cruz. PH Pablo Godoy

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10 Days / 9 Nights Buenos Aires / Bariloche / El Calafate / Puerto Iguazú

TBK 0114 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 9 nights Buenos Aires (2) - Bariloche (2) El Calafate (3) - Puerto Iguazú (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner Show Bariloche: Small Circuit with ascent El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian Falls Brazilian Falls • Meals: 9 breakfasts - 1 dinner - 1 beer tasting • Needed tickets to the National Parks

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city, exploring its most relevant landmarks: Plaza de Mayo, La Boca and finishing in Recoleta. In

the evening, we attend a dinner show where you will enjoy the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to explore the city. Day 3 Buenos Aires / Bariloche. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Bariloche. Arrival and accommodation. In the afternoon, we explore Bariloche through the Small Circuit. Our trip borders the Lake Nahuel Huapi until we reach Campanario Hill, where we ascend to obtain great views of the surroundings lakes. Then, we arrive at a natural balcony from where it is possible to admire the Lake Moreno and Llao Llao Peninsula. After that tour, we participate in a craft beer tasting. Day 4 Bariloche. B Day at leisure in order to take optional activities. You can sail through Lake Nahuel Huapi, visit the

Tronador Hill, which is ideal for trekking lovers; or just explore the lakes region with the Big Circuit or the Lakes Corridor to San Martín de los Andes. Day 5 Bariloche / El Calafate. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to El Calafate. Arrival and reception. Afternoon at leisure to explore the city, visit the Glaciarium, a museum dedicated to glaciology or participate in an activity to get to know the steppe while you enjoy a lunch or dinner. Day 6 El Calafate. B Visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier, located in Los Glaciares National Park and declared Humanity’s Natural Heritage. During the tour, a walk along the footbridges located in front of the glacier allows us to admire this impressive natural wonder from different angles. We recommend that you should take

optionally a boat ride that will enable you to admire the glacier from water level. Free time for lunch and return. Day 7 El Calafate. B Day at leisure ideal to make a boat trip through the Lake Argentino or to enjoy activities that will allow you to explore unique landscapes. Day 8 El Calafate / Puerto Iguazú. B Morning at leisure to explore El Calafate. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Puerto Iguazú. Arrival and accommodation. Day 9 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we go to Iguazú National Park to visit the Iguazú Falls, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of the Natural World. During the tour, we go through the three circuits of the Park: Garganta del Diablo, The Upper and The Lower Trails.

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During the tour, you have free time to have lunch (not included) and to take optionally The Great Adventure. In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 10 Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires. B We leave Puerto Iguazú to arrive at Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil and visit the Brazilian Side, to be able to appreciate a different perspective of the waterfalls. Transfer to the airport. To keep in mind: • This program is available as fixed departure. Please, ask about our exclusive benefits. • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta Del Diablo can be interrupted because of the rise in river flow. • In case of taking The Great Adventure, check its restrictions. • Due to the frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at the time of booking.

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Northwest’s Valleys and Puna 6 days / 5 nights

TBK 0601 What’s Included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 5 nights Salta (3) - Cafayate (1) Purmamarca (1) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Calchaquíes Valleys Jujuy: Salinas Grandes Salt Flat Humahuaca’s Gorge • Meals: 5 breakfasts • Needed tickets to the Museums

Day 10 Salta. Arrival and reception at Salta’s airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we explore Salta’s city and we visit the MAAM (High Mountain Archeology Museum).

Maximum Altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 11 Salta / Cafayate. B We leave the city of Salta to begin our tour of Calchaquíes Valleys, visiting Cachi, the National Route Nº 40 and De las Flechas Gorge, and finally arriving at Cafayate. Maximum altitude: 3.400 MASL (11.154 ft.)

Day 12 Cafayate / Salta. B In the morning, we visit the city and after lunch (not included), we drive through Salta, visiting De las Conchas Gorge, with its curious formations. Arrival at Salta. Maximum altitude: 1.660 MASL (5.249 ft.)

Day 13 Salta / Purmamarca. B We leave early travelling along Del Toro Gorge, in Jujuy’s Province, in order to continue through the Puna to Salinas Grandes Salt Flat and Purmamarca Town. Accommodation. Maximum altitude: 4.170 MASL (13.681 ft.)

Day 14 Purmamarca / Salta. B Today we explore the

Humahuaca Gorge, a Natural and Cultural Heritage Site, as we step by Tilcara, Uquia and Humahuaca. Maximum altitude: 3.000 MASL (9.842 ft.)

Day 15 Salta. B Morning at leisure. At due time, transfer to the airport. Maximum Altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.) Operational notes: Day 10: In case of taking the extension, the Brazilian Falls will be visited the same day of Argentinian Falls. The Town Hall and MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel Market closes on Sundays. During these days, the itinerary could be modified. Day 12: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. To keep in mind: • From January to March, the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season.

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9 Days / 8 Nights Buenos Aires / El Calafate / Puerto Iguazú

TBK 0104 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights Buenos Aires (3) - El Calafate (3) Puerto Iguazú (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner tango show El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls Brazilian falls • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 1 dinner • Needed tickets to National Parks

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D 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, to enjoy the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to explore the city. Day 3 Buenos Aires / El Calafate. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to El Calafate. Arrival and reception. Afternoon at leisure to explore the city, visit the Glaciarium, a museum dedicated to glaciology or participate in an activity to get to know the steppe while you enjoy a lunch or dinner. Day 4 El Calafate. B 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 with the height of the front wall that varies between 50 to 60 meters (165 to 200 ft.) above lake level. During the tour, a walk along the footbridges located in front of the glacier allows us to admire this impressive natural wonder from different angles. This tour can be enhanced by a one-hour boat ride, that provides a different view of the front of the glacier from the water level, which helps us appreciate its real height. Free time for lunch (not included). In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 5 El Calafate. B Day at leisure. Ideal to make a boat trip through the Lake Argentino or to enjoy activities that will allow you to explore unique landscapes. Day 6 El Calafate / Buenos Aires. B Free morning to enjoy El

Calafate. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. Day 7 Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazu. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Puerto Iguazú. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Afternoon at leisure. Day 8 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we visit the Iguazú National Park, Argentinian part of the falls, declared 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: Garganta del Diablo (to reach the balcony and viewpoint of the most imposing falls of the Park), The Upper Trail (which provides a view of the falls from above) and

BEST Iguazu Falls NP, Misiones. Courtesy of @VisitArgentina

The Lower Trail (which 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. Day 9 Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires. B We leave Puerto Iguazú to get to Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil and visit the waterfalls on the Brazilian side. Once inside the the National Park, as we walk along the only catwalk within the Brazilian Park that leads us to the viewpoint of Garganta del Diablo, we appreciate a view of almost all the waterfalls. Return to Puerto Iguazú to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival, connection to the International Airport if necessary.

La Boca, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @ArgentinaTravel

To keep in mind: • This program is available as fixed departure. Please, ask about our exclusive benefits. • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta Del Diablo can be interrupted because of the rise in river flow. • In case of taking The Great Adventure, check with us its restrictions. • When staying in Iguazú, there are options of accommodation at the Argentinian side (Puerto Iguazú) or at the Brazilian side (Foz do Iguaçu). • Due to the frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at time of booking.

Ushuaia

3 days / 2 nights

TBK 0204 What’s Included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tour: Tierra del Fuego National Park • Meals: 2 breakfasts • Needed ticket to the National Park

Day 1 Ushuaia. Arrival and reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, it is possible to sail through the Beagle Channel in order to admire the Sea Lions Island, Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse and Ushuaia’s Bay from the sea. Day 2 Ushuaia. B Departure from the city towards Tierra del

Fuego National Park, to get to know Ensenada Bay reaching Lapataia Bay where the National Route 3 ends and Lake Acigami (former Lake Roca), featured by its changed-by-weather water’s colour. Return to the city. In the afternoon, we suggest taking an optional excursion to Martillo Island, where it is possible to walk among Papuan penguins (please, consult season). Day 3 Ushuaia / Buenos Aires. B Depending on your flight schedule, enjoy an optional tour. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: In order to take this pre-tour, arrival at Buenos Aires 2 days prior to beginning of main program is required.

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9 Days / 8 Nights Buenos Aires / Ushuaia / El Calafate

TBK 0111 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights Buenos Aires (3) - Ushuaia (2) El Calafate (3) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner tango show Ushuaia: Tierra del Fuego National Park – Beagle Channel boat trip El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 1 dinner • Needed tickets to the National Parks

where we are able to appreciate the surrounding buildings. We continue to La Boca, where we explore its colourful streets due to the ‘conventillos’ and the famous Caminito street. Our last stop is Recoleta to discover the aristocratic part of the city, where Recoleta’s Cemetery is located. Back to the hotel. In the evening, we attend a Dinner Show, to enjoy the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to enjoy an optional tour. Day 3 Buenos Aires / Ushuaia. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Ushuaia. In the afternoon, boat trip through the Beagle Channel, gaining an excellent panoramic view of the city surrounded by mountains. During the trip we

spot Birds and Sea lions Islands, an interesting colony of sea lions. This offers the unique opportunity to see, at the same time, both South American sea lions and South American Fur seals, to understand their differences, and finally reach Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, from where the return to the city begins. Day 4 Ushuaia. B Departure from the hotel heading west to Tierra del Fuego National Park, framed by excellent panoramic views of the Beagle Channel. A journey through beaver dams leads to Lapataia River and Verde Lagoon and then continues along the final stretch of National Route 3, which finally ends at Lapataia Bay. From here, the return to Ushuaia begins, making a stop on the way to admire the the Lake Acigami (former Lake Roca),

featured by the its changed-byweather water’s colour. Afternoon at leisure to continue discovering the destination. If you are a nature lover, we suggest you should visit Martillo Island, one of the few sites where it is possible to walk with Papuan penguins. Check the available options according to your trip date. Day 5 Ushuaia / El Calafate. B Transfer to the airport. Arrival, transfer and accommodation. Afternoon at leisure to explore the city, visit the Glaciarium, a museum dedicated to glaciology, or participate in an activity to get to know the steppe while you enjoy a lunch or dinner. Day 6 El Calafate. B Departure from the hotel towards Perito Moreno Glacier, located in Los Glaciares National Park, a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. The

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glacier is an impressive mass of ice with an area of 257 square kilometres and a front wall that has a height between 50 and 60 meters (165 to 200 ft.) above lake level. During the tour, a walk along the paths located in front of the glacier, allows us to admire this impressive natural wonder from different angles. This tour can be enhanced by a one-hour boat ride that provides a different view of the front of the glacier from water level, which helps us to appreciate its real height. Free time for lunch (not included). Return to the hotel. Day 7 El Calafate. B Day at leisure. Ideal to make a boat trip through the Lake Argentino or to enjoy activities that will allow you to explore unique landscapes.

Perito Moreno Glacier, Santa Cruz. Courtesy of Patagonia Profunda

Day 8 El Calafate / Buenos Aires. B Morning at leisure to explore of El Calafate. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. Day 9 Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 3: If it is not possible to take Beagle Channel boat trip due to arrival flight time, it will be modified for day 4. To keep in mind: • This program is available as a fixed departure. Please, ask for our exclusive benefits. • Due to the frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at the time of booking.

Puerto Iguazú 3 days / 2 nights

TBK 0207 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tours: Argentinian falls - Brazilian falls • Meals: 2 breakfasts • Needed tickets to the National Parks

Day 9 Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú. Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Puerto Iguazú. Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. Day 10 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we head for Iguazu National Park to visit the Iguazu Falls, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural

World. During the tour, we visit the three circuits of the Park: Garganta del Diablo, the Upper and the Lower Trails. Day 11 Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires. B In the morning, we visit the falls on the Brazilian side to appreciate a different view of the falls. At the indicated time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival, connection to International airport if necessary. Operational note: Day 9: It is recommended taking the extension from this day. To keep in mind: • In case of taking The Great Adventure, consult its restrictions. • The access to Garganta del Diablo can be interrupted because of the rise in river flow.

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TBK 0115 What’s included • Needed transfers. • Accommodation: Buenos Aires (3) - Ushuaia (1) Cruise (4) - Puerto Natales (2) El Calafate (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - dinner show Ushuaia: National Park Australis Cruise: programmed activities and excursions Puerto Natales: Torres del Paine El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier • Meals: 12 breakfasts - 4 lunches 5 dinners • Needed tickets to Parks and Reserves

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival and reception at the airport, transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city. We

start at Plaza de Mayo, witness of the most important events of the country since 1810, to then continue to the neighbourhood of La Boca and finish in Palermo and Recoleta. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to appreciate the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to explore the city. Day 3 Buenos Aires / Ushuaia. B Transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Ushuaia. Arrival and reception at the airport, transfer to de hotel. Accommodation. Day 4 Ushuaia / Australis Cruise. B D In the morning, excursion to the Tierra del Fuego National Park to enjoy excellent panoramic views of the Beagle Channel, surrounded by mountains, lenga forest,

cherries, notros and flowers. In the afternoon, we conclude with the boarding formalities and later, transfer to the port. Once on board, the captain and crew welcome us. Set sail. Day 5 Australis Cruise / Cape Horn / Wulaia Bay. B L D We sail along the Murray channel and Nassau bay towards Cape Horn National Park, where we land if the climatic conditions allow us. The mythic Cape Horn, known as “the World’s End”, was declared as Worldwide Biosphere Reserve in 2005. In the afternoon, we land at Wulaia Bay, historic site that used to be one of the biggest settlements of native canoeists called Yamanas. We walk to a viewpoint from where we can appreciate the beauty of the vegetation and geography.

Day 6 Australis Cruise / Pía Glacier / Garibaldi Glacier. B L D We start the day sailing through the northwestern arm of the Beagle Channel to land at the Pía fiord to walk towards its viewpoint. In the afternoon, we enter the Garibaldi fiord to have a walk to the base of a glacial waterfall. Return to the cruise. Day 7 Australis Cruise / Agostini Sine / Águila Glacier / Cóndor Glacier. B L D Today we push out into the Agostini Sine, where it is possible to appreciate the glaciers that comes down from the centre of the Darwin Mountain Range, some of them reach the sea. During the morning, we land in Zodiac boats to make a soft walk around a lagoon that emerged from the Águila glacier. In the afternoon,

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we return to the Zodiac boats to come closer to the Cóndor Glacier. We learn about the formation of the glaciers and its influence in the sharp geography of the Patagonian channels. Day 8 Australis Cruise / Puerto Natales. B Early in the morning we arrive at Magdalena Island, if the climatic conditions allow it, which was a must-stop for the supply of ancient sailors and discoverers. During our walk towards the lighthouse, we can appreciate a wide colony of Magellanic penguins. Finally, we arrive at Punta Arenas. The land is at 11:30 AM. Regular shuttle to Puerto Natales. Day 9 Torres del Paine. B L Full day excursion to Torres del Paine National Park. The Park was declared Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO in April 1978. The

Magdalena Island, Chile. Courtesy Aaustralis Cruise

variety of flora and fauna along the landscapes and geography makes this area one of the most ideal places to practice adventure sports. We admire lakes as the Sarmiento, Nordenskjold and Pehoe, among others. The fauna you may observe are foxes, guanacos and other species. During the tour, there is a huge variety of birds easy to see. We take a short walk towards the Salto Grande, which is a part of the water supply system of the park. The circuit continues to the administration leading to Lake Grey, where it is possible to take a short thirty-minute walk through a native wood in order to reach the lake’s coast and admire the icebergs that break off the glacier and now are located at the beach. Box Lunch. Return to the hotel. Accommodation.

Day 10 Puerto Natales / El Calafate. B Regular shuttle to El Calafate. Arrival and reception. Accommodation. Day 11 El Calafate. B Way out from the hotel to the Perito Moreno Glacier, located at the Los Glaciares National Park. Perito Moreno Glacier is an impressive mass of ice that descends from the Southern Ice Field, causing detachments during its advance, which makes it the only glacier in the world that is constantly moving. This is an awesome spectacle, not only for its beauty but also for the detachments’ roars. It was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its beauty. Day 12 El Calafate / Buenos Aires. B Time at leisure for optional activities. At due time, transfer to the airport to board

the flight towards Buenos Aires. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Day 13 Buenos Aires. B Transfer to the airport to board scheduled flight. Operational note: Day 8: During September and April, the landing at Magdalena Island is replaced by a landing at Marta Island, where South American sea lions can be spotted from the Zodiac boats. To keep in mind: • This program is available as a fixed departure. Please, consult for our exclusive benefits. • Because of the frequent flight reschedules, we suggest consulting needed flights at the time of booking.

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TBK 0101 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 10 nights Buenos Aires (3) - Puerto Madryn (2) Ushuaia (2) - El Calafate (3) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner tango show Puerto Madryn: Valdés Peninsula with penguin colony of San Lorenzo Ushuaia: National Park - Beagle Channel Boat Trip El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier • Meals: 10 breakfasts - 1 dinner • Needed tickets to the Parks and the Reserves

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D 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 and then towards the neighborhood

of La Boca, finishing in Palermo and Recoleta, where its famous cemetery is located. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to enjoy the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to enjoy the city. According to your preferences, we suggest having a look at the options we have for you. Day 3 Buenos Aires / Puerto Madryn. B Transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Trelew. Arrival and transfer to Puerto Madryn. Once there, afternoon at leisure to explore this maritime city. Day 4 Puerto Madryn. B Full day visit to Valdés Peninsula, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its geography, flora and fauna, characteristics that make it a nature’s paradise. During the tour, we visit Puerto Pirámides, from where we can

(optionally) make the southern right whale watching from July to November. We continue to Estancia San Lorenzo in order to visit a Magellanic penguin colony and finally we arrive at Punta Norte, from where we can see sea lions. Returning to Puerto Madryn, we make a stop at the Interpretation Center. Day 5 Puerto Madryn / Ushuaia. B Morning at leisure. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Ushuaia. Arrival and reception. In the afternoon, we sail the Beagle Channel to admire the Sea lions Island, Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse and Ushuaia´s Bay from the water. Day 6 Ushuaia. B Departure from the city to Tierra del Fuego National Park to visit Ensenada Bay and Lapataia Bay, where National Route 3 ends, in addition

to Lake Acigami (former Lake Roca), which is featured by its changed-by-weather water’s colour. Afternoon at leisure to continue discovering the destination. If you are a nature lover, we suggest you should visit Martillo Island, one of the few sites where it is possible to walk with Papuan penguins, while we observe their nests and learn about their habits. Check the available options according to your trip date. Day 7 Ushuaia / El Calafate. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to El Calafate. Arrival and transfer to the selected hotel. Day 8 El Calafate. B Departure from the hotel towards the Perito Moreno Glacier, located in Los Glaciares National Park and declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Perito Moreno Glacier

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is an impressive river of ice with an area of 257 square kilometers, and a height in its front walls between 50 to 60 meters (165 to 200 ft.) above the level of the lake. During the tour, a walk along the paths located in front of the glacier allows us to admire this impressive natural wonder from different angles. This tour can be enhanced by a one-hour boat trip that provides a different view of the front wall of the glacier from the water level. Free time for lunch (not included). In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 9 El Calafate. B Day at leisure. Ideal to make a boat trip through the Lake Argentino or to enjoy activities that will allow you to explore unique landscapes. Day 10 El Calafate / Buenos Aires. B Morning at leisure to

Colon Theatre, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @TravelBuenosaires

explore El Calafate and at due time, transfer to the airport to return to Buenos Aires. Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. Day 11 Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 3: From April to mid-September, Peninsula Valdes with San Lorenzo is replaced by Southern Peninsula Valdes visiting Puerto Piramides, Punta Cantor and Caleta Valdes. Day 5: If it is not possible to take the Beagle Channel boat trip due to arrival flight time, it will be modified for day 6. To keep in mind: • Program available as fixed departure. Ask for our exclusive benefits. • Due to the frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at time of booking.

Puerto Iguazú 3 days / 2 nights

TBK 0207 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tours: Argentinian falls - Brazilian falls • Meals: 2 breakfasts • Needed tickets to the national parks

Day 11 Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú. Transfer to the local airport to board the flight to Puerto Iguazú. Arrival, reception and accommodation. Day 12 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we leave for the Puerto Iguazu National Park to visit the Iguazu Falls, declared a Natural

World Heritage by UNESCO and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature. During the tour we go through the three circuits of the Park: Garganta del Diablo, The Upper and The Lower Trails. Day 13 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we visit the Brazilian side that provides a different view of the falls. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight. Operational note: Day 11: Extension suggested from this day. To keep in mind: • In case of taking the Great Adventure, ask for restrictions. • The access to Garganta del Diablo can be interrupted because of the rise in river flow.

The Essential of Deep Patagonia: Routes

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12 Days / 11 Nights Buenos Aires / Los Antiguos / Lago Posadas / Gobernador Gregores / El Chaltén / El Calafate

TBK 0119 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 11 nights • Buenos Aires (2) - Los Antiguos (2) Lago Posadas (1) - La Angostura (1) El Chaltén (2) - El Calafate (3) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner tango show Los Antiguos: Jose Ormachea Petrified Forest - Marble Chapel Route 41 - Lago Posadas De Las Manos Cave El Chaltén: Torre Lagoon El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier • Meals: 11 breakfasts - 5 lunches (box lunch) - 2 dinners • Needed tickets to Parks and Reserves u Season: November to Marcht

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city. We start at Plaza de Mayo, witness to the most important events of the country since 1810. Then continue towards La Boca and finish at Palermo and Recoleta. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to appreciate the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires / Los Antiguos. B L Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Comodoro Rivadavia. After arrival, we begin the trip to our first stop, the Petrified Forest José Ormachea, where we do a hike by a path, which helps us to understand more about the characteristic of this Petrified Forest. Then, continue towards

Los Antiguos, located next to the Coast of the Buenos Aires Lake, the largest one in South America after Titicaca Lake. Travelled distance: 490 km (304 miles) Travel time: 7-8 hours

Day 3 Los Antiguos / Marble Chapels / Los Antiguos. B L Today we cross the border into Chile to reach Chile Chico. Once we carry out the migratory process, we begin to border the General Carreras Lake by a mountain road. As we move forward, we reach a bay, where we embark to sail to the curious formation known as the Marble Chapels. This natural monument, formed by water erosion, features three mineral formations: the Marble Cathedral, the Marble Chapel and the Marble Cave. During the boat trip, we have the chance to access some of their

corners. Finally, we have lunch (box lunch) before returning to Los Antiguos. Travelled distance: 490 km (304 miles) Travel time: 9-10 hours

Day 4 Los Antiguos/ Ruta del Zeballos/ Lago Posadas. B L We travel along Route 41, one of the most beautiful routes in the entire Patagonia, which connects Los Antiguos with Lago Posadas and is the gate to some of the Argentinian Patagonia Park’s landscapes. We start from Lago Buenos Aires at 220 M.A.S.L. and start ascending to the top of the plateau at 1500 MASL in order to go through four welldifferentiated environments: steppe, Andean forest, high grassland and the high mountain. This journey lead us to the viewpoint of the impressive

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40 and 41

Los Tres Lagoon, El Chalten, Santa Cruz. Courtesy of Explora

Monte San Lorenzo (3.706 mts – 12.158 ft.). Then, descend to the valleys of Posadas and Pueyrredón Lakes. After lunch at some panoramic point, explore the Jurassic Coast of Lago Posadas, Arco de Piedra, Cueva del Puma, the dry lagoons of different colours and the Isthmus which separates Lago Posadas from Lago Pueyrredon. Travelled distance: 159 km (99 miles) Travel time: 8/9 hours

Day 5 Lago Posadas/ Estancia la Angostura. B L D Departure from Lago Posadas towards “el Cañadón del Río Pinturas”. Once there, and after a short walk, we reach the Patagonia’s main archaeological site, declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999, “Cueva de las Manos” (Painted Hands Cave). Explore the site and after lunch we continue

Cerro Torre, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

to Gobernador Gregores to spend the night at an authentic Estancia Patagonica, located in a unique area next to the route 40. Total Distance: 332 Km(200 miles) Travel time: 9-10 hours in excursion.

Day 6 Estancia La Angostura. / El Chaltén. B L Time at leisure to enjoy the Estancia and at due time we continue towards Chalten, National Capital of trekking. Total Distance: 390 Km (242 miles) Travel time: 7 hours

Day 7 El Chaltén. B Today we spend our day walking along one of the emblematic paths of El Chaltén: Torre Lagoon, where we get an impressive view of Mt. Torre, Adela Mountain Range, Mt. Solo and different glaciers. Difficulty: intermediate Walking time: 7-8 hours

Day 8 El Chaltén / El Calafate. B Free time to take an optional

hike, such as Cóndor Lagoon or De Los Cóndores Viewpoint. You can also take a Safari to Lake Del Desierto, to enjoy the dazzling landscape of the Lengas forest (Nothofagus Beech), a paradise of centenary trees. Travelled distance to El Calafate: 217 km (134 miles) Travel time: 3-4 hours

Day 9 El Calafate. B Visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier, within Los Glaciares National Park, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. During the tour, a stroll along the walkways located in front of the glacier provides views from different perspectives. The visit can be enhanced by a one-hour boat trip (optional), which allows to get a better dimension of the height of its peaks. Free time for lunch (not included).

Day 10 El Calafate. B Time at leisure to take optional tours. Depending on your interests, we suggest you take a look to the different options we prepared for you. Day 11 El Calafate/ Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board your flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. Day 12 Buenos Aires. B Time at leisure until the transfer to the airport, to board your scheduled flight. Operational note: Boat trip to Marble Chapel is subject to weather conditions. To keep in mind: • Due to several rescheduling, please consult the needed flights at the time of booking.

The Essential of Argentina

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15 Days / 14 Nights Buenos Aires / Puerto Madryn / Ushuaia / El Calafate / Salta / Cafayate / Puerto Iguazú

TBK 0100 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 14 nights Buenos Aires (3) - Puerto Madryn (2) Ushuaia (2) - El Calafate (2) - Salta (2) Cafayate (1) - Puerto Iguazú (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner tango show Puerto Madryn: Valdés Peninsula with penguin colony of San Lorenzo Ushuaia: Tierra del Fuego National Park - Beagle Channel boat trip El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian Falls - Brazilian Falls Salta: Walking Tour with MAAM, Calchaquíes Valleys Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge • Meals: 14 breakfasts - 1 dinner • Needed tickets to Parks and museums

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city. We start in Plaza de Mayo, witness to the most important events of the country since 1810, to then continue to the neighbourhood of La Boca and finish in Palermo and Recoleta. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to appreciate the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires / Puerto Madryn. B Transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Trelew. Arrival and transfer to Puerto Madryn. Once there, afternoon at leisure to explore this maritime city. Day 3 Puerto Madryn. B Visit to the Valdés Peninsula, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. During the tour, we visit Puerto

Pirámides, from where we can (optionally) make the southern right whale watching. We continue to Estancia San Lorenzo in order to visit a Magellanic penguin colony and finally we arrive at Punta Norte, from where we can see sea lions. Returning to Puerto Madryn, we make a stop at the Interpretation Center. Day 4 Pto. Madryn / Ushuaia. B Morning at leisure. Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Ushuaia. Arrival and reception. In the afternoon, we sail the Beagle Channel to admire the Sea Lions island, Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse and Ushuaia´s Bay from the water. Day 5 Ushuaia. B Departure from the city to Tierra del Fuego National Park to visit Ensenada Bay, Lapataia Bay, where National Route 3 ends, in addition to Lake Acigami (former Lake Roca) which

is featured by its changed-byweather water’s colour. Afternoon at leisure to continue discovering the destination. If you are a nature lover, we suggest you should visit Martillo Island, one of the few sites where it is possible to walk with Papuan penguins, while we observe their nests and learn about their habits. Check the available options according to your trip date. Day 6 Ushuaia / El Calafate. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to El Calafate. Arrival and transfer to the selected hotel. Day 7 El Calafate. B Visit the Perito Moreno Glacier, located in Los Glaciares National Park and declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. During the tour, a walk along the walkways located in front of the glacier allows to

BEST Iguazu Falls NP, Misiones. Courtesy of @VisitArgentina

Salinas Grandes Salt Flat, Jujuy. Courtesy of Jujuy Tourism Bureau. PH Hernan Paganini

admire it from different angles. The visit can be enhanced by a one-hour boat trip that helps to acquire a better dimension of the height of its peaks. Return to the hotel. Day 8 El Calafate / Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure until the time of the suggested flight. We suggest a boat trip through Lake Argentino to complete your experience. Day 9 Buenos Aires / Salta. B Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Salta. Arrival, reception and transfer to hotel. In the afternoon, we explore Salta and the High Mountain Archaeology Museum (MAAM). Max. Altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 10 Salta. B Today we go on a tour to the Jujuy province, to get to know the Humahuaca

Gorge, Cultural and Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Total travelled distance: 476 km (296 miles) Time travelled 12 hours Max. Altitude: 3.012 MASL (9.882 ft.)

Day 11 Salta / Cafayate. B Departure to the Calchaquíes Valleys, by going through Del Obispo Slope, Del Tin Tin Straight, Los Cardones National Park, Cachi and De las Flechas Gorge. Arrival at Cafayate and accommodation. Total travelled distance: 320 km (199 miles) Time travelled: 11-12 hours Max. Altitude: 3.348 MASL (10.984 ft.)

Day 12 Cafayate / Salta/ Puerto Iguazú. B Early in the morning, we depart to Salta by visiting the Cafayate Gorge, with its strange stone formations. Arrival at the airport and departure to Puerto Iguazú. Arrival and reception. Total travelled distance: 197 km (122 miles) Time travelled 5 hours Max. Altitude: 1.683 MASL (5.522 ft.)

Day 13 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we get to Iguazú National Park to visit the Iguazu Falls, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature. During the tour, we explore: Garganta Del Diablo, The Upper and The Lower Trails. Day 14 Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires. B In the morning, we visit the falls on the Brazilian side to appreciate a different view of them. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and reception. Day 15 Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight. Operational notes: Day 2: From April to midSeptember, Valdes Peninsula with San Lorenzo is replaced with Southern Valdes Peninsula, visiting

Puerto Pirámides, Punta Cantor and Caleta Valdés. Day 4: If it is not possible to take the Beagle Channel boat trip due to arrival flight time, it will be modified for day 5. Day 9: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel Market closes on Sundays. Day 11: Pablo Díaz Museum and the Vine and Wine Museum close on Mondays. To keep in mind: • This program is available as a fixed departure. Please, ask about our exclusive benefits. • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta Del Diablo can be interrupted because of the rise in river flow. • In case of taking The Great Adventure, consult its restrictions. • Due to the frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at the time of booking.

The Essential of Salta and Jujuy

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10 Days / 9 Nights Buenos Aires / Salta / Cafayate / Purmamarca / Puerto Iguazú

TBK 0112 What’s included • Needed transfers. • Accommodation: 9 nights Buenos Aires (2) - Salta (3) Cafayate (1) - Purmamaca (1) Puerto Iguazu (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - dinner tango show Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian Falls Brazilian Falls Salta: Walking Tour with MAAM included - Calchaquíes Valleys and Del Toro Gorge Jujuy: Salinas Grandes Salt Flat Humahuaca Gorge • Meals: 9 breakfasts - 1 dinner • Needed tickets to Parks and museums

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel.

In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city. We start in Plaza de Mayo, scenery of the most important events of the country since 1810, to then continue to the neighbourhood of La Boca and finish in Palermo and Recoleta. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to appreciate the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires / Salta. B In the afternoon, the city awaits us to explore Salta by a walk through its streets, churches and colonial buildings. During the tour, we visit the MAAM (Museum of High Mountain Archaeology), which is in charge of sharing and conserving the “Niños del Llullaillaco”, one of the most important archeological discovers in the last decades. Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 3 Salta / Cachi / Cafayate. B Departure from Salta to start our trip through the Calchaquíes Valleys. During the trip, we stop at Del Obispo Slope, del Tin Tin Straight and Los Cardones National Park. In Cachi, we enjoy free time for lunch (not included) and walk around the town. Then, we continue towards Cafayate through National Route 40, passing by enchanting towns such as Seclantas, Molinos and Angastaco, apart from the amazing De Las Flechas Gorge, which is a curious rocky formation. Arrival at Cafayate. Travelled distance: 320 km (199 miles) Travel time: 11/12 hours Max. Altitude: 3.348 MASL (10.984 ft.)

Day 4 Cafayate / Salta. B In the morning, we explore the city, The Vine and Wine Museum and a winery. After lunch (not

included), departure towards Salta visiting De Las Conchas Gorge, characterized by its curious formations such as the Amphitheatre and the Devil´s Throat, both consequence of wind and water erosion. Arrival in Salta and accommodation. Travelled distance: 197 km (122 miles) Travel time: 7 hours Max. Altitude: 1.683 MASL (5.522 ft.)

Day 5 Salta / Purmamarca. B Early departure travelling along Del Toro Gorge to reach the town of San Antonio de los Cobres and discover part of the route that the Train of the Clouds used to do. After lunch (not included), we continue along the Puna to reach Salinas Grandes Salt Flat, the third largest in the world. Then, we descend along De Lipan Slope to Purmamarca, where well-known

BEST De las Flechas Gorge, Salta. Courtesy of @VisitArgentina

De los Siete Colores Hill is located. Accommodation. Travelled distance: 338 km. (210 miles) Travel time: 10 hours Max. Altitude: 4.170 MASL (13.681 ft.)

Day 6 Purmamarca / Salta. B Today we explore Humahuaca Gorge, a Humanity Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, visiting typical and colourful villages such as Tilcara with its Pucara, Uquía and Humahuaca. On the way back to Salta, we stop at Maimará, to admire Paleta Del Pintor (the Painter’s Palette). Travelled distance: 319 km (198 miles) Travel time: 10-11 hours Max. Altitude: 3.012 MASL (9.882 ft.)

Day 7 Salta / Puerto guazú. B Morning at leisure in order to continue exploring the city. At due time transfer to the airport to embark towards Puerto Iguazu. Arrival and reception.

Gastronomy of Salta, Salta. Courtesy of @Visitargentina

Day 8 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we go to Iguazú National Park to visit the Iguazú Falls, which has been declared Natural Heritage Site and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature. During the tour, we go through the three circuits of the Park: Garganta Del Diablo (to reach the balcony and viewpoint of the most imposing waterfall of the Park), The Upper (which provides a vertical view) and The Lower (which offers a closer contact with the vegetation and the falls). During the tour, we have free time for lunch (not included) and the chance to take optionally The Great Adventure, an excursion that combines a boat ride at the foot of some waterfalls and a crossing through the jungle. In the afternoon, return to the hotel.

Day 9 Puerto iguazú / Buenos Aires. B We leave Puerto Iguazú to get to Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil and visit the waterfalls on the Brazilian side. We enter the Park and walk along the only path that leads to the viewpoint of Garganta del Diablo. While we walk, we are able to appreciate a view of almost all the falls. Return to Buenos Aires. Day 10 Buenos Aires. B Time at leisure. If your flight allows it, we suggest you continue discovering Buenos Aires’ secrets. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight. Operational notes: Day 2: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel Market closes on Sundays. Day 3: Pablo Díaz Musem closes on Mondays.

Day 5: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. To keep in mind: • This program is available as a fixed departure. Please, ask for our exclusive benefits. • From January to March, the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season. • Due to the altitude, atmospheric pressure and reduction of oxygen of the Puna, we recommend that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases, take special care. • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta Del Diablo can be interrupted because of the rise in river flow. • In case of taking The Great Adventure, ask for its restrictions. • Due to frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at time of booking.

The Essential of the Puna

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10 Days / 9 Nights Buenos Aires / Salta / Purmamarca / Tolar Grande / Antofagasta de la Sierra / Cafayate

TBK 0103 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 9 nights Buenos Aires (1) - Salta (1) Purmamarca (2) - Tolar Grande (2) Antofagasta de la Sierra (2) Cafayate (1) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner Show Salta: Walking tour with MAAM - Tolar Grande - Salta’s Puna - Cafayate Gorge Jujuy: Quebrada de Humahuaca Las Señoritas Gorge - El Hornocal Catamarca: Catamarca’s Puna - Pumice Stone Field • Meals: 9 breakfasts - 7 lunches (4 box lunch) - 5 dinners - Snacks • Needed tickets to Reserves and museums

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel.

In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city. We start in Plaza de Mayo, witness to the most important events of the country since 1810, to then continue to the neighborhood of La Boca and finish in Palermo and Recoleta. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to appreciate the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires / Salta/ Purmamarca. B L Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Salta. Upon arrival, we briefly visit the city that awaits for us to explore it by foot through its streets, colonial churches and buildings and visit the MAAM. After lunch, departure to Purmamarca. Travelled distance: 207 km (129 miles) Travel time: 4 hours Max. altitude: 2.324 MASL (7.625 ft.)

Day 3 Purmamarca. B L Today we enjoy the Humahuaca Gorge, a Cultural and Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. In addition to the typical villages, we will get to know Las Señoritas Gorge and El Hornocal, also called the Fourteen Colours Hill. Travelled distance: 319 km (198 miles) Travel time: 9/10 hours Max. altitude: 4.380 MASL (14.370 ft.)

Day 4 Purmamarca / Tolar Grande. B L D In the morning, departure towards Salinas Grandes and San Antonio de los Cobres, where we have lunch. We start our journey to Tolar Grande, passing by a landscape of deserts and salt flats that astonishes us as we explore it. Travelled distance: 319 km (198 miles) Travel time: 9 hours Max. altitude: 4.500 MASL (14.764 ft.)

Day 5 Tolar Grande. B L D Departure to La Casualidad Camp, located at 4.200 MASL (13.779 ft.), which used to be the most important sulfur mine of the region. This visit unveils the history and secrets of what today is a ghost town. On the way back, we visit the Cono de Arita, an eyecatching 122-meter-high (400 ft.) volcanic formation. Travelled distance: 283 km (176 miles) Travel time: 09/10 hours Max. altitude: 4.550 MASL (14.928 ft.)

Day 6 Tolar Grande / Antofagasta de la Sierra. B L D Before leaving Tolar Grande, we visit Ojos de Mar (Sea Eyes), lagoons of turquoise water that contain some curious microorganisms. We begin our way to Antofagasta passing by Antofalla Salt Flat, the largest of Argentina. After lunch we ascend

BEST Pomez Stone Field, Catamarca. PH Carolina Cabrera

through the Calacaste Gorge. Arrival at Antofagasta de la Sierra.

mirror due to the colour of its waters.

Travelled distance: 283 km (176 miles) Travel time: 9/10 hours Max. altitude: 4.620 MASL (15.157 ft.)

Travelled distance: 280 km (174 miles) Travel time: 8/9 hours Max. altitude: 4.760 MASL (15.617 ft.)

Day 7 Antofagasta de la Sierra. B L D We start the trip to Galán Volcano, the largest crater on the planet. On the way there, we pass by the Grande Lagoon (4.150 MASL-13.615 ft.), that during summer months (from December to March) attracts a population of over 10.000 flamingos. For that reason, it has been declared a RAMSAR Site (International Treaty of Conservation and Rational Use of Humidity) because in during summer months it attracts a population of over 10.000 flamingos. Once inside the crater we see the Diamante Lagoon, a striking

Day 8 Antofagasta de la Sierra / Cafayate. B L We leave the village to start the road to Cafayate but first, we visit the jewels of the Catamarca’s Puna: the Pumice Stone Field. We immerse in a trail while we admire the Carachi Pampa Volcano and its lava field. Once we arrive there, we descend and walk through a stone field, result of millenary erosion, which has been declared a Natural Protected Area due to its importance. After a time at leisure, we continue towards Cafayate by De Randolfo Slope, Barranca Larga Hualfin and Quilmes Ruins, finally arriving at Cafayate. Travelled distance: 458 km (285 miles)

Travel time: 11 hours Max. altitude: 3.400 MASL (11.155 ft.)

Day 9 Cafayate / Salta. B After a short visit to the city, we return to Salta through the Cafayate Gorge, characterized by its strange formations product of water and wind erosion. Arrival and accommodation. Travelled distance: 192 km (119 miles) Travel time: 4 hours Max. altitude: 1.660 MASL (5.446 ft.)

Day 10 Salta / Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board your scheduled flight to Ezeiza. Operational notes: Day 2: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel Market closes on Sundays. During these days, the itinerary may be modified. Day 5: The visit to La Casualidad Mine’s Camp is subject to weather

conditions. If it is not possible to arrive there, it will be replaced by Santa Maria Lagoon and El Arenal. Day 7: The trip to Galan Volcano can be done by the traditional or by an alternative. It remains subjected to weather and route conditions. Day 9: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. To keep in mind: • This program is available as a fixed departure. Please, ask for our exclusive benefits. • It is recommended taking this itinerary from September to May. During the rest of the year, it is subject to weather conditions. • Due to the altitude, atmospheric pressure and reduction of oxygen of the Puna, we recommend that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases, take special care. • Due to the frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at time of booking.

The Essential of the Altiplanic Deserts

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15 Days / 14 Nights Buenos Aires / Salta / Cafayate / Purmamarca / Atacama / Malku Cueva / Colchani

TBK 0108 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 14 nights Buenos Aires (2) - Salta (3) Cafayate (1) - Purmamaca (2) Atacama (3) - Malku (1) - Colchani (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner tango show Salta: Walking tour with MAAM De Las Flechas, Cafayate and Del Toro Gorges Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge Atacama: Altiplanic Lagoons Atacama Salt Flat - El Tatio Geysers - De La Luna Valley Uyuni: Colores Lagoons - De la Mañana Geysers - Uyuni Salt Flat • Meals: 14 breakfasts - 4 lunches 4 dinners • Needed tickets to the Parks, Reserves and museums

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city, visiting the most relevant places. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to appreciate the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires / Salta. B Arrival and reception at Salta’s airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, the city awaits us in order to explore it by foot, walking along its streets, churches, colonial buildings and visiting the MAAM. Max. Altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 3 Salta / Cafayate. B Departure to start our trip through the Calchaquíes Valleys, passing by the Obispo Slope, Del Tin Tin Straight, Los Cardones National Park, Cachi and De Las Flechas Gorge. Arrival at Cafayate.

Travel time: 12 hours Max. Altitude: 3.348 MASL (10.984 ft.)

Day 4 Cafayate / Salta. B In the morning, we visit the town and after lunch (not included), we head back to Salta visiting the Cafayate Gorge. Travel time: 7 hours Max. Altitude: 1.683 MASL (5.522 ft.)

Day 5 Salta / Purmamarca. B Early departure travelling through Del Toro Gorge in order to get to know the small town of San Antonio de los Cobres. After lunch (not included), we continue across the Puna up to Salinas Grandes Salt Flat and then we start descending through De Lipán Slope to Purmamarca. Travel time: 10 hours Max. Altitude: 4.170 MASL(13.681 ft.)

Day 6 Purmamarca / Atacama. B In the morning, departure towards San Pedro de Atacama,

passing by Paso de Jama border crossing. Arrival at this oasis in the middle of the desert. Travel time: 7 hours Max. Altitude: 4.400 MASL(14.436 ft.)

Day 7 Atacama. B Departure to the Altiplanic Lagoons, which represent one of the seven sectors that embrace Los Flamencos National Reserve along with Chaxa Lagoon in the Atacama Salt Flat. During the tour, we visit the Miscanti, Miñiques and Toconao Lagoons. Travel time: 7-8 hours Max. Altitude: 4.220 MASL(13.845 ft.)

Day 8 Atacama. B Early departure to El Tatio Geysers, the highest geothermal field in the world where we observe the steam and fumaroles produced by the high temperatures of its craters. During the afternoon we

BEST Moon Valley, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Courtesy of Explora

enjoy the sunset in De La Luna Valley. Travel time: 9 hours Max. Altitude: 4.320 MASL(14.173 ft.)

Day 9 Atacama / Malku. B L D Departure to Hito Cajón, the border with Bolivia. On the way to Malku Cueva, we visit landscapes such as Verde Lagoon, Dali Valley with the thermal springs of Chaviri, De la Mañana Geysers and Colorada Lagoon, where we appreciate James flamingos. Travel time: 8 hours Max. Altitude: 4.990 MASL (16.371 ft.)

Day 10 Malku / Colchani. B L D In the afternoon, we visit a valley of stones and then continue to Uyuni passing by the towns of Culpina and San Cristóbal. During the trip and before going to Colchani, we visit the Cemetery of Trains to finally arrive at Colchani where we stay at a salt hotel.

Uyuni Great Plains, Bolivia

Travel time: 8 hours Max. Altitude: 3.550 MASL (11.647 ft.)

Day 11 Colchani. B L D Today we explore Uyuni Salt Flat, the largest in the world. During the tour, we will visit a salt processing plant, the Incahuasi Island where we can observe the giant Cactus, and the Pucara de Ayque. After enjoying lunch, which will be served on the Salt Flat, we have fun with a photo session and then we enjoy the sunset. Max. Altitude: 3.600 MASL (11.811 ft.)

Day 12 Colchani / Purmamarca. B L Very early in the morning, departure towards Atocha’s mining centre and Tupiza, in order to arrive then at La Quiaca, from where once we do the migrations procedures, we continue through the Humahuaca

Gorge, a Cultural and Natural Heritage of Humanity. Travel time: 12 hours Max. Altitude: 4.220 MASL (13.845 ft.)

Day 13 Purmamarca / Salta. B We explore the Humahuaca Gorge, Humanity’s Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Travel time: 3 hours Max. Altitude: 3.000 MASL (9.843 ft.)

Day 14 Salta / Buenos Aires. B In the morning, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Day 15 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 2: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel Market closes on Sundays. Day 4: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays.

Day 6: Please, ask about the frequency of the bus Purmamarca S.P. de Atacama. Day 9: The access to Colores Lagoon and De la Mañana Geysers in Bolivia can be affected due to weather conditions Day 11: During the rainy season (from December to March) the salt flat is flooded and for that reason, we do not visit the Incahuasi Island neither the Pucara de Ayque.. To keep in mind: • This program is available as a fixed departure. Please, consult for our exclusive benefits. • During the rainy season (from December to March), the itinerary could be modified. • Due to the altitude, atmospheric pressure and reduction of oxygen of the Puna, we recommend that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases, take special care.

The Essential from Tango to Samba

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9 Days / 8 Nights Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú / Rio de Janeiro

TBK0110 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights Buenos Aires (3) - Puerto Iguazú (2) Rio de Janeiro (3) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner tango show Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls Brazilian falls Río: Corcovado - Pão de Açúcar • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 1 lunch 2 dinners • Needed tickets to the Parks

Day 1 Buenos Aires. Reception and assistance at Ezeiza International Airport. Transfer to the selected hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour around the city. We start in Plaza de Mayo

(historic square), witness to the most important events of the country since 1810, from where we can appreciate the surrounding buildings, such as the Casa Rosada (Pink House), the Cathedral and the Cabildo (ancient Town Hall). Our second stop is La Boca, but on the way we pass through icons of the city such as the Obelisk and the Colon Theatre, one of the five best opera theaters in the world. Upon arriving at La Boca, we vsit its colorful streets; we pass by the conventillos and its wellknown Caminito alley, where we can appreciate some handicrafts produced by local artists. We leave the southern part of the city to head north towards the neighbourhoods of Palermo and Recoleta, where we make a final stop to appreciate the contrast of what we have just seen with this

clearly well-off district, famous for hosting the Recoleta cemetery where relevant personalities are buried. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B D Day available to enjoy the city or discover the its corners through its viewpoints, museums, parks and bars, where you can enjoy the typical Buenos Aires coffee. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to enjoy the magnetism of tango. Day 3 Buenos Aires. B Day at disposal to enjoy the surroundings of Buenos Aires. Very close to the city it is possible to enjoy a delta navigation or a day in the countryside, in a relaxed atmosphere that contrasts with the cosmopolitan rhythm of the previous days.

Day 4 Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú. B Transfer to the airport. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Day 5 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we head for Iguazú National Park, in order to visit Iguazú Falls, declared 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: Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s Throat), the Upper Trail and the Lower Trail. We have time to have lunch (not included) and take optionally The Great Adventure. In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 6 Foz do Iguaçu / Rio de Janeiro. B D We depart from Puerto Iguazú and head for Foz do Iguaçu, with the aim of visiting Iguaçu National Park. Once inside the reserve, as we walk along the only catwalk within

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the Brazilian Park we appreciate a panoramic view of the full arc of the falls, until reaching the lookout of Garganta del Diablo. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Rio de Janeiro. Arrival and reception. Day 7 Rio de Janeiro. B L Departure from the hotel to visit one of the most famous sites in the city: the statue of Christ the Redeemer, recently chosen as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. From its summit, we enjoy a panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro and discover why it is known as the “Marvelous City”. After lunch, we visit the famous Pão do Açúcar (Sugar Loaf) located at 395 MASL (1.296 ft.) that has become an icon of the city. From its summit, we are able to glimpse some of the historical sites of the city, such as the cathedral and the municipal theater.

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Day 8 Rio de Janeiro. B Day at leisure to explore a city with a lot of life, culture and beaches. Do not miss the opportunity to visit Santa Teresa by its “bondinho”, the last electric train. Day 9 Rio de Janeiro. B Transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 6: The ascent to Cristo Redentor is by Corcovado’s Train To keep in mind: • We suggest adding Early Check in the first day. • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta del Diablo may be interrupted because of the rise in river flow. • In case of taking The Great Adventure, please ask its restrictions • When staying in Iguazú, there are options of accommodation on the Argentinian side (Puerto Iguazú) or on the Brazilian side (Foz do Iguaçu).

• Due the frequent flight reschedules, please consult the needed ones at the time of booking.

El Calafate

4 days / 3 nights

TBK0202 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tour: Perito Moreno Glacier • Meals: 3 breakfasts • Needed ticket to the National Park

Day 1 El Calafate. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the chosen hotel. Day 2 El Calafate. B Visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier, within Los Glaciares National Park, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO.

During the tour, a walk along the walkways located in front of the glacier allows us to admire this impressive natural wonder from different viewpoints and you can optionally take a one-hour boat trip which allows to enjoy a different view of the front of the glacier from the water level, to appreciate the height of its peaks. In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 3 El Calafate. B Day at leisure to take optional tours. We suggest completing your experience with a boat trip. Day 4 El Calafate / Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: For the El Calafate Pre-tour, arrival at Buenos Aires 3 days prior to beginning of main program is required.

The Essential from the Falls to the Lakes

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11 Days / 10 Nights Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires / Bariloche / Puerto Varas / Santiago de Chile

TBK 0105 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 10 nights Puerto Iguazú (2) - Buenos Aires (2) Bariloche (2) - Puerto Varas (2) Santiago de Chile (2) • Tours: Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls Brazilian Falls Buenos Aires: City tour Dinner tango show Bariloche: Small Circuit with Mt. Campanario Lift and Lake Crossing Puerto Varas: Frutillar with Puerto Octay Santiago de Chile: City tour • Meals: 10 breakfasts - 1 dinner • Needed tickets to Parks and museums

Day 1 Puerto Iguazú. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we get to Foz do

Iguaçu in Brazil and visit the waterfalls on the Brazilian side. Once inside the National Park, as we walk along the only catwalk within the Park that leads us to the viewpoint of Garganta del Diablo, we appreciate a view of almost all the waterfalls. Day 2 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we visit Iguazú National Park, Argentinian part of the falls, which has been declared a Natural Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. During the tour, we go through the three circuits of the Park: Garganta del Diablo (to reach the balcony and viewpoint of the most imposing falls of the Park), The Upper Trail (which provides a view of the falls from above) and The Lower Trail (which offers a closer contact with the vegetation

and the falls). During the tour, free time to have lunch (not included) and the chance to take optionally The Great Adventure. This boat ride takes you into the very heart of the, followed by a walk through the jungle. Get ready to get soaked! In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 3 Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires. B D At due time, transfer to the airport to take the flight to Buenos Aires. Reception and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city. We start in Plaza de Mayo, witness to the most important events in the country since 1810. Then continue towards La Boca where we walk through its streets with “conventillos” and the traditional Caminito alley, and we finish

in Palermo and Recoleta, the aristocratic areas of the city. Return to the hotel. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to appreciate the magnetism of tango. Day 4 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to explore the city with a varied cultural and gastronomic offer. Day 5 Buenos Aires / Bariloche. B Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Bariloche. Arrival, reception and transfer to hotel. In the afternoon, we explore Bariloche through the “Small Circuit”, which borders Nahuel Huapi Lake to Mt. Campanario Hill, where we ascend to get excellent views of the surrounding lakes. Once back, we continue to Llao Llao Peninsula, San Eduardo Chapel and Pañuelo Port. In

BEST Seven Lakes Route, Neuquen. Courtesy if Neuquen Tourism Bureau

this area, we make a short hike through a forest of myrtle trees. Finally, we stop by a natural balcony from where we admire Moreno Lake and the Llao Llao Peninsula. Day 6 Bariloche. B Day at leisure for optional tours. Bariloche offers active, sailing and cultural options. Day 7 Bariloche / Puerto Varas. B Early in the morning, we depart towards Pañuelo Port to start the Andean Lake Crossing. First, we cruise Nahuel Huapi Lake towards Blest Port. We continue by bus to Alegre Port, and cross Frias Lake on a catamaran. Once at Frias Port we carry out the migration process and then continue by bus to Peulla. At this place, time for lunch (not included). In the afternoon, we sail De Todos los Santos Lake to Petrohue, from

San Martín de los Andes, Neuquen. Courtesy of Neuquen Turism Bureau

where we continue by bus to Puerto Varas. Day 8 Puerto Varas. B Departure to Frutillar, a town located next to Llanquihue Lake. We begin the tour approaching Llanquihue, a city founded by Germans and located on the shores of the lake of the same name. Continue along the “Route the Settlers”, until we arrive at Frutillar Alto and visit the German Colonial Museum, where it is possible to appreciate vestiges of the German colonization and its buildings. Continue to Puerto Octay, which stands out for its eclectic architecture and historical reflection of the German colonization. Back to the hotel. Day 9 Puerto Varas / Santiago de Chile. B Transfer to the airport to take the flight to

Santiago de Chile. Arrival, reception and accommodation. In the afternoon, we visit the city beginning with the main streets of the civic district, the government headquarters called Palacio de la Moneda and the traditional Plaza de Armas, surrounded by buildings of high historical value. We head then to Mt. Santa Lucía, emblematic urban park at the heart of the city. The drive continues through the Forestal Park to end in Bellavista neighbourhood, the charming bohemian district of Santiago. At the end of the tour, return to the hotel. Day 10 Santiago de Chile. B Day at leisure to explore Santiago de Chile that has natural surroundings, which are ideal for outdoor activities and relax. In addition the city offers cultural

options such as Negra Island, one of Pablo Neruda’s houses, or Valparaíso, declared Humanity Heritage by UNESCO. Day 11 Santiago de Chile. B Free time until departure of your flight. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 8: The Colonial Museum in Frutillar closes on Mondays. Day 9: The National Historic in Santiago closes on Mondays Private service includes a visit to Mt. San Cristobal, instead of Mt. Santa Lucía. To keep in mind: • We suggest adding Early Check in the first day. • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta del Diablo can be interrupted by the rise in river flow.

The Essential from the Andes to the Falls

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8 Days / 7 Nights Mendoza / Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú

TBK0106 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 7 nights Mendoza (3) - Buenos Aires (2) Puerto Iguazú (2) • Tours: Mendoza: Wines and Olive - Uco Valley Experience Buenos Aires: City tour Tango dinner show Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls Brazilian Falls • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 2 lunches 1 dinner - mentioned tastings • Needed tickets to wineries and Parks

Day 1 Mendoza. Arrival, reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we visit the city

exploring the Old City historical centre, Independencia Square, Civic Centre, General San Martín Park and Cerro de la Gloria Monument. Day 2 Mendoza. B L Mendoza has excellent wineries but also an important olive oil industry and this tour offers the perfect combination of both. We start by visiting an olive oil factory where we get to know their facilities, enjoy an oil tasting and understand the importance of olive in this province. Our next stop is Tempus Alba Winery to enjoy a wine tasting and learn the history of immigrants and their influence in the wine industry. Then we visit Luigi Bosca Winery to finally have lunch at Clos de Chacras Winery, a winery

with a family tradition which produces high-end wines and offers a unique wine tourism and gastronomic experience. Day 3 Mendoza. B L Today we visit the Uco Valley, with its wineries located at up to 1.500 MASL (4.920 ft.), which provides wines of unique attributes. During the tour, we visit Salentein, Domaine Busquet and Andeluna wineries. Salentein is a winery focused on quality, classic varietal plantations, preservation of old vines and reintroduction of European artisan techniques along with the use of advanced technology, which results in a variety of international well-accepted top wines. In this winery, we also visit the Killka

Space, an interesting space of Argentinian art. We continue to Domaine Bousquet, a winery that has kept its tradition of fine wines for four generations. Finally, Andeluna, located at the base of the Tupungato Volcano, is the ideal place to learn the special features of this region. Wine tasting is included at each visited winery, as well as lunch at one of them, paired with their own wines. Day 4 Mendoza / Buenos Aires. B D In the morning, transfer to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Reception and transfer to the hotel. At due time, we join a panoramic tour around the city. We start in Plaza de Mayo (historic square), witness to the most important

BEST Iguazu Falls NP, Misiones. Courtesy of @VisitArgentina

events of the country since 1810. There, we are able to learn about the current situation of the country, while we appreciate the surrounding buildings, such as the Casa Rosada (Pink House), the cathedral and the Cabildo (ancient Town Hall). We pass through icons of the city such as the Obelisk and the Colon Theatre, one of the five best opera theaters in the world before arriving to La Boca. Once at La Boca, we visit its colorful streets; pass by the conventillos and visit its well-known Caminito alley, where we can appreciate some handicrafts produced by local artists. We leave the southern part of the city to head north towards Palermo and Recoleta, where we make a final stop to appreciate the contrast of what we have just

Algodon Estate Lodge, Mendoza

seen with this aristocratic district, famous for hosting its cemetery where relevant personalities are buried. Return to the hotel. In the evening, we attend a dinner show to enjoy the magnetism of tango. Day 5 Buenos Aires. B Buenos Aires offers a wide range of activities. During this day, we suggest you experience the city through its history, art, gastronomy and passions. Please, consult our varied options of tours. Day 6 Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú. B Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Day 7 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we depart towards Iguazu National Park to visit Iguazu Falls, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and

one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature. The falls consist of 275 waterfalls, of 70 meters high (230 ft.). We visit the three circuits of the Park: Garganta del Diablo, the Upper Trail and the Lower Trail. We have time to have lunch (not included) and to take optionally The Great Adventure, a trip through the river on board a zodiac combined with a walk through the jungle. In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 8 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning, we reach Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) and visit the falls on the Brazilian side. As we walk along the only catwalk that leads to Garganta del Diablo. We can appreciate almost all the waterfalls. At due time, transfer to the airport.

Operational notes: Day 1: City Tour in Shared Services operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Day 2: The regular Wine and Olive tour is available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Day 3: The regular Uco Valley Experience operates on Thursdays and Sundays. Salentein Winery and Espacio Killka close on Mondays. To keep in mind: • The order of tours and visited wineries may vary due to operational reasons. • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta del Diablo can be interrupted by the rise in river flow. • In case of taking The Great Adventure, please ask for its restrictions.

The Essential of South America

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15 Days / 14 Nights Lima / Cusco / Machu Picchu / La Paz / Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú / Rio de Janeiro

TBK 0113 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 14 nights Lima (2) - Aguas Calientes (1) Cusco (1) - Puno (1) - Huatajata (1) La Paz (1) - Buenos Aires (3) - Puerto Iguazu (1 ) - Rio de Janeiro (3) • Tours: Lima: City tour Cusco: Machu Picchu Ruins Lake Titicaca: Puno- Del Sol Island Huatajata La Paz: City tour- De La Luna Valley • Buenos Aires: City tour Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls – Brazilian falls Rio de Janeiro: Pao de Açucar Corcovado • Meals: 14 breakfasts – 3 lunches • Needed tickets to Parks and museums

Day 1 Lima. Arrival at Lima and transfer to the hotel.

Day 2 Lima. B Today we explore the historic centre of Lima, declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. During the tour, we visit some of the most representative buildings of the colonial architecture, such as the Cathedral. At the end, return to the hotel. Afternoon at leisure. Day 3 Lima / Cusco / Aguas Calientes. B Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Cusco. After arrival, we make a tour through the city including the main square, the Cathedral and the Archeological Park of Sacsayhuaman, one of the most characteristic sites of the Inca heritage. In the afternoon, we head for Ollaytantambo, where we take the train to Aguas Calientes. Arrival. Day 4 Aguas Calientes / Machu Picchu / Cusco. B L We depart

towards Machu Picchu Ruins, declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. In the “Ciudadela “, we visit the Intipunku (Sun’s Gate), the Inca Bridge, and the Wayna Picchu (subject to availability). After lunch we take the train and bus back to Cusco. Day 5 Cusco / Puno. B L We leave towards Puno, and on the way, we get to know Raya, considered “The Sistine Chapel of the Americas” and the highest point of the road between Puno and Cusco; the Ruins of Racchi to visit the Temple of Wiracocha (God Sun of the Incas) and the Museum of Pucara. Lunch on the road and arrival at Cusco. Day 6 Puno / Huatajata. B L Departure towards Copacabana and upon arrival, visit the

Cathedral and the “Indian Virgin”, one of the most important pilgrimages centers for Bolivians and Peruvians. Then, aboard a hydrofoil, we visit and get to know the history of the Moon Island. Continue towards Sun Island, where we have lunch before returning to Copacabana. From there, we continue to Huatajata, and visit the Ecoladea and the Altiplano Museum. Day 7 Huatajata / La Paz. B Today we visit the Archaeological Site of Tiwanaku and get to know the history of one of the oldest civilizations in America. We continue to La Paz but before arriving at the hotel, we enjoy an aerial view of the city from the local cable car. In the afternoon, we visit the city and Valle de la Luna (Moon Valley) where we will

BEST The Obelisk, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @TravelBuenosAires

find clay deposits which resemble the moon`s surface. Day 8 La Paz / Buenos Aires. B Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Day 9 Buenos Aires. B At due time we join a panoramic tour around the city. We start in Plaza de Mayo (historic square), witness to the most important events of the country since 1810 where we are able to appreciate the surrounding buildings, such as the Casa Rosada (Pink House), the cathedral and the Cabildo (Town Hall). We continue towards San Telmo, one of the oldest neighborhoods where the cultural and architectural heritage of the city has been best preserved. Our next stop is La Boca in order to explore its streets that are surrounded by “conventillos” and

Machu Pichu, Peru

its traditional Caminito alley. We finally visit Recoleta, the aristocratic area of the city. Day 10 Buenos Aires. B Buenos Aires offers a wide range of activities. We suggest you experience the city through our history, art, gastronomy and passions. Consult for ours tours. Day 11 Buenos Aires / Iguazu. B Transfer to the airport and flight to Iguazu. Arrival and departure to Iguazu National Park to visit Iguazu Falls, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature. During the tour we visit the three circuits of the Park: Garganta del Diablo, the Upper and the Lower Trails. During the tour, we have free time to have lunch (not included) and take optionally the tour “The Great Adventure”, a trip through the river

on board a zodiac combined with a walk through the jungle. In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 12 Iguazú / Rio de Janeiro. B In the morning, we visit the falls on the Brazilian side where we walk along the only catwalk that leads us to Garganta del Diablo’s Viewpoint. While we walk, we appreciate a panoramic view of almost all the waterfalls. At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Rio de Janeiro. Arrival and reception. Day 13 Rio de Janeiro. B Departure from the hotel to visit the highlights of the city and admire the natural beauty of Rio de Janeiro. We arrive to the base of Mt. Corcovado to ascend to the top and enjoy a panoramic view of the city. There we admire the statue of Christ the Redeemer, declared as one of the Seven

Wonders of the Modern World. Then, continue towards the famous Pão de Açúcar which offers a 360º view of Rio de Janeiro, including Botafogo, Copacabana beaches, Mt. Corcovado and the city center. Day 14 Rio de Janeiro. B Day at leisure to get to know Rio de Janeiro. Day 15 Rio de Janeiro. B Day at leisure. At due time, transfer to board the scheduled flight. To keep in mind: • Puerto Iguazú: The access to Garganta del Diablo may be interrupted by the rise in river flow. • In case of taking The Great Adventure, please ask its restrictions. • When staying in Iguazú, there are options of accommodation on the Argentinian side (Puerto Iguazú) or on the Brazilian side (Foz do Iguaçu).

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Villa La Angostura, Neuquen. Courtesy of @visitargentina

Buenos Aires

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4 Days / 3 Nights

La Boca, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0200 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tour: classic city tour (3 hours) • Meals: 3 breakfasts

Day 1 Arrival, reception at Ezeiza International Airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city. We start in Plaza de Mayo, witness to the most important

events of the country since 1810. There, we are able to appreciate the surrounding buildings like the ‘Pink House’ (Government house), the Cathedral and Town Hall. We continue towards La Boca to walk along the famous Caminito alley and its colourful “conventillos”. We leave the southern area of the city to head north towards Palermo and Recoleta, where we make a final stop to appreciate the contrast of what we have seen with this aristocratic district,

famous for its cemetery where relevant personalities are buried. Return to the hotel. Day 2 & 3 B Days at leisure. Buenos Aires offers many options. During these days we suggest you experience the city through its history, art and gastronomy, in order to understand the passion that generates. Please, consult the great variety of tours we offer. Day 4 B At due time, transfer to the local or international airport, to board the scheduled flight.

To keep in mind: In private service we suggest adding a guided visit to Colon Theatre, one of the five best Opera´s theatres in the world, a stop at a remarkable bar or at El Ateneo Grand Splendid, considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. In the evenings, do not miss the opportunity to enjoy a gastronomic tour or enjoy a Dinner Tango Show, a must-see.

Tigre, Buenos Aires

Gaucho Party, Buenos Aires

Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Dinner Tango Show

Tigre

Gaucho Party

Full Day Colonia

Tango is the music of Buenos Aires par excellence and the best way to enjoy it is with a dinner and a later tango show where dancers and orchestra invite us to learn about its history.

Visit the northern area of the city through residential areas in order to get to Tigre where we enjoy a one-hour boat ride through the River Delta while observing the particular lifestyle of the Tigre’s islands.

Enjoy a day in the outskirts of the city and get the chance to learn about gaucho´s traditions and their skills. At noon, time to taste the Asado, the typical barbecue which is a classic in our local cuisine.

We board a ferry in order to go to Uruguay, crossing De la Plata River. When we arrive there, we visit this small city declared Humanity’s Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. A tour through its streets makes us travel back in time.

Operates: Daily Duration: 4 hours AM/PM

Operates: Daily, except for Mondays. Duration: 8 hours Meals: Lunch

Operates: Daily Duration: 8 hours Meals: Lunch

Operates: Daily Duration: 4 hours Meals: Dinner To keep in mind: Tango lessons or Wine tasting are available before the show.

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Tango Show, Buenos Aires

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Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Viewpoints of Buenos Aires Get to know the city from its heights and enjoy its architectural heritage. We begin at El Cabildo (Town Hall) and from its balcony, view of Plaza de Mayo we get a unique panoramic view, Plaza de Mayo. Continue towards Galeria Guemes, a viewpoint that offers a 360-degree view of the city and end at Barolo Palace where Dante’s

Divine Comedy is present in the atmosphere. Operates: WED/THU/FRI/SAT PM Duration: 4 hours Meals: drink To keep in mind: • Cabildo close on Monday, Güemes Gallery on Saturday. During those day seach viewpoint will be replaced by the one in the English Tower.

Domes of Buenos Aires, Courtesy of @travelBuenosAires

Divine Buenos Aires Get to know the city and its lights from the ground as well from the sky. Visit Barolo Palace to learn about the history of this building where the allegory of Dante Alighieri`s Divine Comedy is present. Arrive at its dome from where you can see how the lighthouse illuminates the city. After enjoying the view, we visit an office, which is set like 1920,

and taste a glass of wine while we hear a violin, a tango or cello depending on the day. Operates: MON/WED/THU/FRI/SAT PM Duration: 3 hours Meals: Glass of wine To keep in mind: • Access to the Barolo Palace lighthouse is not suitable for people with reduced mobility.

View form Barolo Palace, Buenos Aires. Courtesy @travelBuenosAires

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

The Authentic Tour bus and taxi. While travelling by taxi, we learn more about the origin of the bus and its eternal rivalry with the yellow-roofed cars. As we travel, learn about Porteños’ customs, idioms and idiosyncrasies. Operates: Daily Duration: 4 hours Meals: one drink at a Remarkable bar

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If you seek to know the city and at the same time discover how “being a Porteño”, this tour is for you. During the tour, we visit some of the sites that have an importance for those who live in the city: The Obelisk, Plaza de Mayo, La Boca and La Recoleta. In order to reach the different attractions, we move by subway, The Obelisk, Buenos Aires. Courtesy @travelBuenosAires

Discover the historic center of the city starting at the site where the first foundation of the city took place: the Lezama Park. Through a walk along Defensa street we join this point with Plaza de Mayo as we pass by buildings and churches of great historical value. Option to enter Zanjón de Granados, historic tunnel.

Operates: Daily except Sundays. AM / PM Duration: 3 hours Meals: 1 drink at Remarkable Bar Distance: 3 kms (1,8 mile) To keep in mind: • We suggest not taking the tour on Sundays, due to San Telmo’s Fair • It is possible to add the visit to Zanjon de Granados except Saturdays.

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Walking Tour Southern Area

San Telmo Market, Buenos aires. Courtesy of @travelbuenosaires

Walking tour Northern Area The tour begins in Plaza San Martin where we get to know part of its history as well as the surrounding palaces. We continue towards 9 de Julio Avenue and then walk along Alvear Avenue, where we find a series of aristocratic residences, which provides to the avenue a Parisian atmosphere. During the tour we pass by the sophisticated Alvear

Palace, the Recoleta Cemetery and La Isla, a small sector characterized by its passages with stairways. Operates: Private daily except Sundays. AM/PM Duration: 3 hours Meals: 1 drink Distance: 4 kms (2,4 miles)

Floralis Generalis, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @visitargentina

La Boca

Colourful tenements on Caminito, Buenos Aires

This tour is for those who want to learn about the history of a neighbourhood, which is important in the construction of the Porteño. Football, tango and pizza are breathed in every corner of this part of the city. During the tour we get to understand how the arrival of immigrants changed inhabitants’ life and how their idioms and customs gave rise to lunfardo (Porteños’ slang) and

tango. Also how pizza and football are main characters of its streets. At the end, we visit La Bombonera Museum and we learn about the story of Boca Juniors and its rivality with River Plate. Operates: Daily Duration: 4 hours Meals: Pizza tasting To keep in mind: Only available in private service

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Pizzerias Tour

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Through this tour, get to know a little of our history, the Genoese, Sicilian and Neapolitan influence, as well as the difference between the Argentinian and the Italian versions of pizza. We suggest these routes: Corrientes Avenue, San Telmo or Palermo in order to discover the secrets of the

dough and taste their specialty to learn more about this traditional meal, which defines ourselves gastronomically and culturally. Operates: Daily Duration: 3 hours Meals: pizza and empanada tasting, with beverage

Pizzeria tour, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @visitargentina

Bodegones Tour Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Enjoy dinner as Argentinians do. A “bodegón” originally was a meeting place, then it began to be a bar, and finally turned into a restaurant where porteños eat like at home. The tour shows us the history and influence of immigrants in our food and customs. For this reason, we visit

a ‘vermuteria’ and learn about this gastronomic ritual, which grew through years, and enjoy dinner. Not recommended for those on a diet. Operates: Daily, except Saturdays and Sundays Duration: 4 hours Meals: appetizer and dinner

Bodegones Tour, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of visit@argentina

Fogón Asado Experience A closed-door gastronomic experience that explores new ways of serving typical Asado’s meat cuts. At the bar, you will see, feel and experience in a close and personal manner the different techniques of grill cooking (“a la parrilla”). The Chef has designed the tasting menu in order to combine the new grill techniques with true and tasted Argentinian

recipes, which take the Asado to a higher level. The wines have been chosen to enhance the ingredients flavours, proposing some of the best boutiques wines from Argentina. Operates: Daily Duration: 3 hours Meals: Dinner

Fogon Experience, Buenos Aires

Argentine Experience This tour is for those who want to learn about the fascinating gastronomy of our country. Learn how to repulse the patty (sealing mode), to ask for the meat cooking point and to talk with gestures. After dinner, prepare the typical alfajores and mate, the

Argentine Experience, Buenos Aires

most famous argentine infusion. Everything accompanied by a good talk and excellent wines. Operates: Daily except Sundays. Duration: 3 hours Meals: Dinner

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Sharpa Food Tour Then visit a Bodegon to finally end at Santa Evita restaurant where the allegory to Evita is present in the menu and atmosphere. Operates: Daily Duration: From 3 to 4 hours Meals: Drinks tasting and dinner

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We invite you to a unique culinary experience in Palermo, a neighbourhood where bohemia is tangible. The tour includes four stops. The starting point is a ‘vermuteria’ the perfect place for meeting friends. We continue through La Malbequeria, which is the ideal place for a wine tasting.

Sant Evita Restaurant, Sharpa Food tour, Buenos Aires

To taste a wine we just need the nose, the taste buds, the brain and the desire to spend a good time. For this reason, we propose a guided tour of 18 wine dispensers ready to taste at any time. During the tourwe will find 140 labels from different regions of our

country and the world, curated by the sommelier. Do not forget to enjoy the wine with an octopus tapa. Operates: WED to SAT Duration: From 2 to 3 hours

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Wine Tasting

La Malbequeria, Wine tasting, Buenos Aires

Cooking Lesson The kitchen includes, unites and stimulates team work. We propose you attend a cooking lesson where you can learn about our gastronomy but also cook different delicacies. The proposal includes “criolla” (local) cooking lesson in which typical Argentinian meals are prepared according to the season. Moreover, “empanadas”

and “asado” (barbecue) lessons where we learn about meat’s cuts, contemporary Argentinian food or Argentinian baking. Lunches and dinners are accompanied by Argentinian wines. Operates: MON to FRI Duration: From 3 to 4 hours Meals: There are lunch, afternoon snack or dinner options

Cooking class, Espacio Azai, Buenos Aires

Mate tasting We invite you to experiment the mate’s world in a playful and sensorial way in order to discover flavours, savours and rituals related with this infusion which has more than 3 centuries of antiquity. We start with a tour through a Guaraní legend that tells us how and where the yerba

mate’s tree was born, get to know the needed elements to this ritual and delve into some urban myths. During the tasting, we will see different kinds of yerba that are exclusively made and learn to “cebar” and taste. Operates: MON to FRI Duration: 3 hours

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Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Museums Tour Visit two of the most representative museums, dedicated to different aspects and times of Argentinian art and culture. We propose visiting two museums and end at Errazuriz Palace, a unique French style residence where we recover strength and enjoy its patisserie. You can choose between: MALBA (Museum of Latin American Art),

Fine Arts Museum which exhibits paintings of renowned artists such as El Greco, Goya, Van Gogh, Manet; the Popular Art museum or the National Museum of Decorative Art. Operates: Daily Duration: 4 hours To keep in mind: MALBA closes on TUE / Rest of the museums close on MON

Museum of Decorative Art, Buenos Aires

Urban Art In recent years, the city has been decorated by artists who express their art in different neighborhoods, turning Buenos Aires into one of the world capitals of Street Art. As we walk through the streets, we admire these giant murals and in some cases, the story behind them. This tour is ideal for those who seek

Urban art, Buenos Aires

to discover the city through its graffiti and murals. To enhance the experience we recommend taking an aereosol class and creating your own designs on the walls of the city. Operates: Private daily. Regular TUE / THU / SAT. PM Duration: 3/4 hours

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Bares & Cafés Notables (Remarkable Bars) “cortado” (typical coffee with a dash of milk), which is a must and an unforgettable experience for travellers. The tour includes bars from San Telmo, Congreso, Barrio Norte and Recoleta. Operates: Every day except for Sundays Duration: 4 hours. AM / PM Meals: 2 drinks

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Some bars in the city used to be a meeting place for musicians, writers, actors and politicians. Many of them, by antiquity, architecture or local relevance, were considered “remarkable” and are part of the cultural heritage of the city. Feel welcome and share a coffee chat, enjoying a classic Remarkable bar, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @travelbuenosaires

Mataderos´s Fair, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @travelBuenosAires

Just half an hour from downtown, the city’s physiognomy changes with the Mataderos Fair. In front of the old Hacienda Market (where cattle arrived to be controlled and sold), there are more than 700 stalls where it is possible to find from fine pieces of silverware to mates, ponchos, blankets and leather objects. An authentic folkloric fair in the middle of the city.

Duration: 5/6 hours Season: March to December Operates: Sundays during daytime Meals: lunch To keep in mind: The fair does not operate in January. In February, it can just operate during the night subject to confirmation

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Mataderos Fair

Tunnels of Buenos Aires Get to know the colonial Buenos Aires through its old buildings such as the Zanjón de Granados which tells us 4 centuries of history; the Church of San Ignacio de Loyola, the oldest in the city, and the Museum of the Casa Rosada, located at the same place where the Fort of Buenos Aires and Taylor Customs used to be.

Duration: 5 hours Meals: snack in a Remarkable Bar To keep in mind: • The order in which we visit the attractions may vary according to language and availability • On Sundays the visit to Zanjon de Granados is shorter than the rest of the days

Operates: WED /THU /FRI /SUN Zanjon de Granados, Buenos Aires

Evita: Beyond the Myth A tour of the relevant sites that help us to understand why Eva was one of the most important female personalities in the Argentinian history. During the tour, we pass by Retiro area, the Luna Park Stadium, the CGT (General Confederation of Labour) that was her foundation’s headquarters, Plaza de Mayo and La Recoleta, where we visit her

grave. Meanwhile, we stop at Tabac Café, a Remarkable bar with a story to learn. Operates: MON to FRI Duration: 4 hours Meals: 1 beverage in a Remarkable Bar To keep in mind: • The visit to the CGT or “Legislatura Porteña” (City Legislature) is subject to its scheduled activities

Evita, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Tango’s Origins We explore the neighbourhoods that gave origin to tango and deep into some aspects which help us understand why it was declared Humanity’s Immaterial Heritage by the UNESCO. Our tour takes us through 4 neighbourhoods where tango developed: La Boca, where some people say the tango was born; San Telmo, where it was

developed; Boedo and Almagro, cradle of personalities and tango bars. We finish in Las Violetas bar which was chosen as the best city’s Remarkable Bar, where we will enjoy a light lunch. Operates: MON-FRI Duration: 6 hours Meals: Tea - Light lunch

Bandoneón, Buenos Aires

Carlos Gardel’s History If we speak about Tango, anything better than knowing a bit about Carlos Gardel’s history, the most important tango singer of all times. The tour includes two relevant neighbourhoods: San Nicolás, passing by some sites where he was raised, Tortoni Café and Los Angelitos Café, and Abasto neighbourhood which gave him the nickname “Morocho

del Abasto”. We visit the house where he lived that nowadays is a museum, the Zelaya Passage where there are murals of him, the Gardel Walk with his monument and the Chanta Cuatro Corner where there was a tanguería. Operates: MON-FRI Duration: 4 hours To keep in mind: Option with lunch, 6 hours

Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires

Milongas Tour This option allows us to discover tango in a different way. The “Porteños” who dance tango, prefer to go to the milongas, and here is where we are going to take you. Do you want to know what the “cabeceo” (nod) is? Why is music heard in “Tandas” and why are the tables distributed around the track? Why do dancers circulate against the hands of the

clock? For three to four hours, you are able to learn about tango, take a lesson and enjoy tango with locals. Operates: Private daily. Regular MON / WED / SUN Duration: 3/4 hours To keep in mind: The selected milonga can be modified according to availability

Milongas Tour, Buenos Aires

Tango Lesson Tango is a characteristic dance of the Rio de la Plata region, which was spread throughout the world. It is characterized by the close embrace of the couple, the tango walk, the “corte” and “quebrada”, and the improvisation. Enjoy an hour with a tango instructor to learn the basics of this dance that makes people from all over the world fall in love with Tango, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @travelBuenosAires

it. Taking one or several tango lessons during your stay and then attending a typical milonga is a good way to experience this dance in the most authentic way. Operates: Daily except for Sundays Duration: 1 hour To keep in mind: The duration of the tour is according to the passengers’ preference

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Southern Bike Tour where we share one of the most symbolic rituals of Argentinian culture: the “mate”. The tour finishes in Plaza de Mayo (Mayo’s Square). Operates: Daily Duration: 5 hours Meals: Lunch Distance: 17 km (10 miles) Difficulty: Low

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We start our tour at one of the oldest and with great diversity of cultures in Buenos Aires City: San Telmo neighbourhood. We continue towards La Boca to explore the neighbourhood and then go on to Puerto Madero, the city’s most modern and sophisticated neighbourhood. While in this area, we arrive to the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Biking, Costanera, Buenos Aires

A tour that includes: Lezama Park, La Boca neighbourhood discovering the tango’s origins, its art and the typical colourful “conventillos”. Continue towards Puerto Madero, the city’s most modern and sophisticated neighbourhood. There we make our main stop to have lunch in a classic parrilla. Then continue to the Costanera Sur Ecological

Reserve, Plaza de Mayo (May’s Square), the aristocrat Buenos Aires with its parks and palaces, and finally Recoleta’s Cemetery, the oldest and most famous in the city. Operates: Daily Duration: 7 hours Distance: 26 km (16 miles) Difficulty: Medium

Buenos Aires Optional Tours

Northern Bike Tour

Biking, Palermo, Buenos Aires

Tigre with Kayak An adventure day: train, bike and kayak in the Delta del Paraná. After an introduction and safety talk, we take the train to the point where we begin our trip by bike to Tigre and the Delta. After exploring Tigre, the Puerto de Frutos (Port of Fruits) and Victorica Walk, we change the bikes and helmets for lifejackets and kayak in order to start the activity. We

arrive to an island where the typical asado is waiting for us. After that, return in the same way. Operates: MON-WED-FRI Duration: 9 hours Meals: Lunch Distance: 30 km (18 miles) by bike and 5 km (3 miles) by kayak Difficulty: Medium-high

Tigre, Buenos Aires

Polo day It is an excursion planned to make you a polo player for a day. The day starts with a talk about the game and polo’s horses, while we taste “empanadas” and a good Argentinian wine. After learning about the rules, equipment and the different tailshot’s techniques, we attend a live professional polo match.

After lunch, we have a polo lesson where you will learn to ride a horse and to handle the stick. It concludes with a mini polo match. We finish this day with a horseback riding. Operates: Daily Duration: 8 hours Meals: Lunch Difficulty: Experience is not required

Polo Day, Buenos Aires

Puerto Iguazú

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3 Days / 2 Nights

Devil´s Throat, Iguazu N.P, Misiones. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0207 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tours: Argentinian falls and Brazilian falls • Meals: 2 breakfasts • Needed tickets to National Parks

Day 1 Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Day 2 B In the morning, we depart towards the Iguazú

National Park to visit the Iguazú 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: Garganta del 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 The Great Adventure (optional). This boat ride takes you into the very heart of the falls followed by a walk through the jungle. In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 3 B In the morning, we visit the Brazilian side of the Falls. Once inside the National Park, we walk along the only path that leads us to Garganta del Diablo viewpoint. As we walk, we appreciate a view of almost all the waterfalls.

At due time, transfer to the airport. To keep in mind: • Accommodation in Iguazú can be on the Argentinian side (Puerto Iguazú) or on the Brazilian side (Foz de Iguazú). • The access to Garganta del Diablo can be interrupted because of the rise in river flow. • In case of taking The Great Adventure, check with us its restrictions.

San Ignacio Ruins, Misiones

Macuco Safari, Do Iguaçu N.P., Brazil

The Great Adventure

San Ignacio Ruins

Macuco Safari

To enhance the Argentine falls tour, this boat ride takes you into the very heart of the falls, followed by a walk through the jungle.

Visit to the Ruins of San Ignacio Miní, declared Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. On the way you can visit the Wanda Mine, dedicated to the extraction of semiprecious stones, as well as observe the plantations of tea and yerba mate.

This activity is an enhancement to the Brazilian Falls that combines a trip through the jungle with a zodiac sail on the river.

Operates: Daily Duration: 1.20 hour To keep in mind: Not suitable for children under 12 years. Please, consult restrictions.

Operates: Private daily Regular WED & SAT Duration: 8 hours

A fly-over allows us to enjoy a fascinating aerial view of the waterfalls, which shows the immensity and peculiarities of a unique geological formation. Operates: Daily Duration: 10 minutes

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Aerial view, Iguazú N.P., MIsiones

Puerto Iguazú Optional Tours

The Great Adventure, Iguazú N.P., Misiones

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puerto iguazú Optional Tours

Ecological Trip to Cataratas Station, where the traditional circuits start. Operates:Daily Duration: 30 minutes To keep in mind: This trip does not require any physical conditions. It is only available when Argentinian Falls is taken in private service.

Ecological floating, Iguazu N.P, Misiones

Full Moon During 5 nights per month, on the Garganta del Diablo Trail of the Iguazú Falls, the luminosity of the moon allows us to be the audience of an unique show. We invite you to plan your journey, thus being able to enjoy this wonder. Operates: 5 nights per month. Ask timetable. Duration: 3 hours Full Moon, Iguazú N.P., Misiones. Courtesy of @visitargentina

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From Garganta del Diablo Station and through paddle rafts, we sail downstream for 2,5 km (1 mile). That is ideal to connect with the flora and fauna of the place. This peaceful trip finishes at Tres Marías Port. From there and by foot, it is possible to return

Argentine Experience We invite you to a gastronomic experience in which, in addition to taste a dinner with typical dishes from the region, you learn the most interesting features of Argentinian culture. The night begins with a demonstration of the local gastronomy. We taste the starter, main course and dessert, as we familiarize ourselves with the gestural language, the way

of ordering meat, how to prepare traditional sweet delicacies or to drink the mate, a typical infusion of Argentina. Operates: MON to SAT Duration: 3/4 hours Meals: Dinner with drinks. There are vegetarians options

Argentina Experience, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones

La Lorenza: Jungle and Culture

La Lorenza, Puerto Iguazu, Misiones

After a 45 minutes drive from Iguazú, we arrive to this private property where we will make a walk through a path in the rainforest, which is full of plants and birds, many of them endemic to the ecoregion. There, we will find a typical local house to capture the local life’s atmosphere. After a 2-km walk we rest on a deck which looks out over the magnificent Paraná River, the

ideal site to enjoy mate or tereré (cold mate) while we exchange experiences. Operates: Daily AM/PM Duration: 5 hours Meals: Snack To keep in mind: Not suitable for children under 8 years old.

Puerto Iguazu Optional Tours

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La Lorenza: Yasi Waterfall + Kayak + Walk

Juan B. Alberdi Yasi waterfall, Misiones

continues with a walk through a path which leads us to a deck where we will enjoy lunch with a river view.

A full experience in contact with nature. We begin with a boat trip through Paraná River and after 20 minutes, we arrive at Yasy Waterfall, a true hidden jewel. Once at the coast, kayaks will be waiting for us to explore the Urugua-í River, a river with calm water which is ideal to contemplate the nature and rainforest from a different perspective. The adventure

Operates: Daily. Only in private Duration: 7 hours Meals: Lunch with drinks Difficulty: Low To keep in mind: Not suitable for children under 8 years old.

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4 Days / 3 Nights Iberá Marshes

Capybara at Ibera Marshes, Corrientes. PH Rafael Abuin

TBK0227 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tours: Activities at the Lodge • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 2 Lunches 3 dinners

Day 1 Iberá Marshes. D In the morning meeting at Posadas or Corrientes’s airport and transfer to one of the Park’s access according to the selected lodge. Once there, a staff member will explain the

different activities we will be able to do during the following days. Day 2 Iberá Marshes. B L D In the morning, embark in a boat to watch wildlife. Upon return, lunch at the Lodge and free time to relax. In the afternoon, walk through the jungle and interpretation trails with a visit to the Interpretation Center. Day 3 Iberá Marshes. B L D Today we can choose from two half-day activities or a full day horseback riding through the estuaries and Iberá marshes.

In case of choosing two halfday excursions, in the morning we make the second departure embarked in a boat to watch wildlife and in the afternoon a walk through an area of grassland called Savanna, which is famous for its varied bird-watching in the jungle or enjoy the afternoon at leisure. Day 4 Iberá Marshes. B Free time to enjoy any activity of the Lodge until the time of the transfer to the airport or selected city.

To keep in mind: The activities as well as their organization are subject to the selected Lodge. Access and Airports: From Posadas: Laguna Ibera Access (Colonia Carlos Pellegrini) Uguay Access: Uguay Lodge, Rincón del Socorro Cambyreta Access: Puerto Valle. From Corrientes: San Nicolás Access Carambola Access (Concepción de Yaguareté Cora)

Salta

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4 Days / 3 Nights Salta / Cafayate

Salinas Grandes Salt Flat, Jujuy. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0208 What’s includedd • Needed tranfers • Accommodation: 3 nights Salta (2) - Cafayate (1) • Tours: Walking tour with MAAM, De Las Flechas, Cafayate and Humahuaca Gorges • Meals: 3 breakfasts • Needed tickets to museums

Day 1 Salta. Arrival and reception at the airport. In the afternoon, we go on a walk

through city and visit the MAAM (High Mountain Archaeological Museum). Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 2 Salta. B Today we explore Jujuy Province to get to know the Humahuaca Gorge, a Cultural and Natural Heritage Site. On our way, we make stops at typical towns such as Purmamarca, Tilcara, Uquía and Humahuaca. On the way back, we visit Maimará, to admire the Painter’s Palette. Travelled distance: 476 km (295 miles) Travel time: 12 hours

Max. altitude: 3.012 MASL (9.881 ft.)

Day 3 Salta / Cafayate. B Departure towards the Calchaquíes Valleys passing by Del Obispo Slope, Del Tin Tin Stretch, Los Cardones National Park and De Las Flechas Gorge, with its curious formations. Arrival at Cafayate. Travelled distance: 320 km (199 miles) Travel time: 11/12 hours Max. altitude: 3.348 MASL (10.984 ft.)

Day 4 Cafayate / Salta. B We visit Cafayate and then, depart towards Salta, visiting De

las Conchas Gorge, which is a result of wind and water erosion. Transfer to the airport. Travelled distance: 197 km (122 miles) Travel time: 5 hours Max. altitude: 1.683 MASL (5.521 ft.) Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel market closes on Sundays. Day 4: The Wine Museum closes on Mondays. A return flight after 8.00 PM is required.

Salta Optional Tours

San Bernardo Hill day or the drawings of its lights at night. The descend is by cable car or by foot, if you prefer. Operates: daily Duration: 1 hour To keep in mind: It can be added to the Walking tour.

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For those who would like to enjoy more of Salta city, San Bernardo Cable Car is one of funniest ways to get to know the city from the heights. Close to the historic center, the cable car will take us, after 10 minutes ride, to the top of the hill from where we can admire the beauty of the city during the

San Bernardo Hill, Salta. Salta’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. PH Celine Frers

The Peñas are the faithful reflection of how Salta’s people like to live, who worship their traditions and customs inherited from their ancestors respecting family’s meals and how their grandmother cooked. In the Peñas enjoy the local cuisine, listen to Andean music and if you are encouraged, the dance post awaits you.

Some of the frequented Peñas are in Balcarce Street, one of the richest in Salta’s history and because of the railroad, it was a neuralgic point of the economic and cultural movement of the province.

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Folkloric Peñas

Operates: Daily Duration: 2/3 hours Meals: Dinner

Peña, Salta. Salta’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. PH Celine Frers

Train to the Clouds The tour begins at the San Antonio de los Cobres train station where we embark to the Polvorilla Viaduct. The route will be one hour up to the Viaduct at 4.200 MASL (13.779 ft), where the most imposing engineering work of the past century is traversed. After 1 hour, the return to San Antonio de los Cobres begins.

Season: All year round. Operates: TUE/THU/SAT. Check Calendar Duration: 3 hours Maximum altitude: 4.200 MASL (13.779 ft.) To keep in mind: Although the tour operates as a Full day from Salta, we suggest adding it with an overnight in S.A. de los Cobres to continue then to Humahuaca Gorge.

La Polvorilla Viaduct, S.A. de los Cobres, Salta. PH Celine Frers

Hornocal Safari An adventure which will take us through a pallete of colours visiting Purmamarca and its well– known ‘Paseo de los Colorados’ where a trekking will allow us to explore the colours of this formations. Our trip continues towards Humahuaca to get to the climax of this adventure at 4300 MASL, the Hornocal mountains, a pallete of 33 colours that dazzle

visitor with its beauty. We start our way back by the same route stopping in Uquia and Maimara to take a photograph of the Painter’s Pallette. Operates: daily Duration: 1 hour Max Altitude: 4.380 MASL (14.370 ft) To keep in mind: Take precautions due to altitude.

El Hornocal, Jujuy. PH Juan Aranda

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Acsibi Caves We depart early towards Seclantas and we continue along the stony bed of a dry river to then walk for two hours through a magnificent red ravine to a point where we crouch down and enter the splendid caves. In these reddish caves, the rays of light sneak through minimal spaces providing a unique spectacle. After lunch, we start the return.

Location: Seclantas, Calchaquíes Valleys Operates: daily Duration: 8 hours Meals: box lunch Difficulty: low / intermediate To keep in mind: We recommend taking the tour from Cachi to finish at Molinos or return to Cachi.

Acsibi Caves, Seclantas, Salta

Empanada Cooking Lesson Excursión

We invite you to live a different gastronomic experience within very special surroundings. We invite you to get to know the secrets of Salta’s ‘empanadas’ and their history in northern Argentina. Our chef and cook team will provide a practical lesson on how to prepare the dough and the filling, and how to

fix and cook them in a mud oven. You will later on have the chance to taste your own production paired with some torrontés wine. Location: Cafayate Operates: daily Duration: 2 hours Meals: lunch

Empanadas, Salta. Courtesy of @visitargentina

Cheeses of the Valleys Owner of uniquely fascinating landscapes that seem postcards, Cafayate has been recognized as one of the best wine regions in the world due to weather, altitude and soils, among other reasons. In this tour, we visit a winery where we will be offered a wine tasting

accompanied by assorted regional cheeses among which the goat cheese is the prime variety. Location: Cafayate Operates: daily Duration: 2 hours Meal: paired-winetasting (7 wines and 7 cheeses)

Cheese Tasting at Piatelli Winery, Cafayate, Salta

Horseback riding in the vineyards To visit the fields on horseback allows a closer approach to the vineyards. The guide will take us to explore the farm near the winery to see where the grapes are grown and how they are cared for to achieve a better production. It will be also possible to appreciate the local vegetation, particularly the giant cactuses, Piatelli vineyards, Cafayate, Salta

while learning about the history of the Cafayate Valley. After that, we visit the winery and enjoy a wine tasting. Location: Cafayate Operates: daily Duration: 3/4 hours Refreshment: water during activity.

salta Optional Tours

Northern Species - Community Tourism kitchen supplies are organized and put to good use, we will get to know this remarkable woman: mother, farmer, entrepreneur, struggler, leader, and a fighter for the rights of her community. Location: Tumbaya, Humahuaca Gorge Operates: daily Duration: 4/5hours Meal: Andean style dinner

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We invite you to share a one-of-akind experience! Far more than a simple dinner or a typical cooking lesson. We will be received by Celestina at her own home, where she regales her guests with the typical dishes of the Humahuaca people and provides the chance to participate in its preparation. There will be introductions as first courses, and then, while the Based Tourism, Humahuaca gorge, Jujuy, PH-.Walter Reynaga

Very close to Purmamarca, within the natural magical environment of the Lipan foothills, we find Jairo’s Farm, a local chef passionate for the northern cuisine flavors and scents. After receiving us at home, he invites us to participate in a very special regional cooking class, in different open air spaces, enjoying nature

and an unparalleled surrounding landscape. While getting to know his stories and his passion for the local cuisine, we will enjoy an authentically typical lunch.

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Andean Fires - Community Tourism

Location: Purmamarca, Humahuaca Gorge Operates: daily Duration: 6 hours Meal: Regional lunch

Gastronomy, Humahuaca Gorge, Jujuy PH Walter Reinaga

De las Señoritas Gorge From Uquía, we will start a walk back in time, along ancient formations, caverns and tectonic cracks that go back one to three millions years. The name “Señoritas” (ladies in Spanish) is due to a series of white formations that resemble feminine figures. As we walk, we will learn about the

legend of these brave ladies and their hidden treasure. Location: Uquía, Humahuaca Gorge Operates: daily Duration: 3 hours Difficulty level: easy To keep in mind: Ideal addition to your private day visit to the Humahuaca Gorge when staying at any of the gorge towns.

De las Señoritas Gorge, Uquia, Jujuy

High-altitude wines We invite you to visit a very special winery that produces highaltitude wines. Once there, and on board of a 4WD vehicle, our host will drive us uphill towards Moya vineyards located at 3.329 MASL (11,000 ft. above sea level) and shortly afterwards the highest cellar in the word, at 3.640 MASL

(12,000 ft. above sea level). The cellar was built into an old mining shaft which turned out to offer the perfect conditions for wine aging. Location: Uquía, Humahuaca Gorge Operates: daily Duration: 4 hours

Zuchino Winery, Uquia, Jujuy. Courtesy of Jujuy Tourism Bureau. PH Walter Reinaga

Córdoba

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3 Days / 2 Nights

Traditional Gastronomy, Cordoba

TBK0214 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tours: Walking Tour with Jesuit Block • Meals: 2 breakfasts • Needed tickets to museums

Day 1 Arrival at Córdoba Airport. Reception and transfer. In the afternoon, we make a walking tour around the foundational area of Córdoba visiting the

Jesuit Block, which is located in the heart of the city and has been declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. It includes the Domestic Chapel, the National College of Monserrat, the Church of La Compañía de Jesús, the former headquarters of the National University of Córdoba and the Residence. These constructions compose some of the maximum expressions of baroque art in Latin America. Return to the hotel.

Day 2 B We suggest you should continue getting to know the city of Córdoba and its surroundings, which have options for all kinds of interests. If you are a history lover, the Jesuit Estancias Road is an excellent option to discover the history behind the Jesuits arrival at Córdoba. Whether you are keen on outdoor activities, Córdoba has landscapes that worth visiting by a walk or horseback riding through the Hills. In the evening, do not miss the

opportunity to explore the nearby neighbourhoods such as Paseo Güemes or Nueva Córdoba, both of them offer quite a rich cultural side in addition to a gastronomic pole where it is possible to taste regional dishes. Day 3 B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to your next destination. Operational note: Day 1: The Jesuit Block remains closed on Mondays.

City Gourmet We suggest you to get to know the bohemian and artsy side of the city of Córdoba, by visiting the district known as Nueva Córdoba (“New Córdoba”). The tour ends with a gourmet “picada” (assorted cold cuts, cheeses and appetizers). Operates: Daily Duration: 3 hours Meal: regional ‘picada’

Alta Gracia Museum, Cordoba

Santa Catalina Church, Córdoba

Alta Gracia

Jesuit Estancias

We invite you to know Alta Gracia, in a not-to-be-missed cultural tour. During the tour, we will visit the Viceroy Liniers Museum, housed within the magnificent ancient building of a former Jesuit Estancia, and the house where Ernesto “Che” Guevara lived during his years in Córdoba.

Learn about the “Road of the Jesuit Estancias”, declared Cultural Heritage of Mankind by UNESCO. During this tour, we will visit three of these former Jesuit ranches: Colonia Caroya, Jesús Maria and Santa Catalina. Operates: daily (except Mondays) Duration: 8hours

Operates: daily Duration: 4hours

Horseback riding, Cordoba

Hill Horseback riding in Sierras Chicas Horseback ride in the hills to get panoramic views of Córdoba outskirts, old limestone quarries and deep ravines. This activity does not require previous riding experience. Operates: daily on private basis. Mo/We/ Fr on SIB Basis Duration: 8/9hours Meal: lunch Difficulty level: Low (4 hours riding)

Córdoba Optional Tours

Picada gourmet, Cordoba

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cordoba Optional Tours

Wine Route

Wine tasting, Cordoba

The circuit starts with the visit to the Museo Jesuítico Nacional (National Jesuit Museum in the former Jesús María jesuit ranch) where the winemaking activity in the province first started. The tour continues then with a visit and wine tasting at La Caroyense, a centennial winery where we will learn about the traditional methods of wine production as led by the first immigrants that

settled in the region. Afterwards, we will visit Bodega Terra Camiare, a modern high-end winery where after the visit we will enjoy lunch, to taste the traditional cuisine of the Italian region of Friuli, from where the first settlers arrived. Operates: daily Duration: 4 hours Meal: lunch

Trekking Quebrada del Condorito National Park We depart from the city of Córdoba towards Las Pampillas, where is the access to the National Park and from where the trekking starts. We will hike for two hours to the North Balcony, from where we will appreciate a great view of the large 700-metre deep gorge. The main attraction in the area are the condors, overflying high in the pristine sky, along with the Trekking at Condorito Gorge, Cordoba

variety of endemic flora and fauna species. Duration: 9 hours Operates: daily on private basis. Tu/Th on SIB basis. Level of Difficulty: Low Trekking distance: 14 km Elevation gain: 350 m To keep in mind: The Park has nowhere to buy food or drink. It is necessary to carry your own food and abundant water.

Mendoza

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3 Days / 2 Nights

Vineyards, Mendoza

TBK0201 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tour: Half day Wineries visit • Meals: 2 breakfasts

Day 1 Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Mendoza is one of the largest wine regions in the world, with more than 1.500 wineries distributed in three areas:

Luján de Cuyo, Uco Valley and Maipú. During the circuit we visit Luján de Cuyo and / or Maipú. To understand about the wine process, we visit two wine establishments that use traditional methods and the latest available technology. During the visit, the winery’s guide teaches us about fermentation, bottling and labeling methods. At the end of the tour, we taste some of the wines. The tour is complemented with a visit to an olive establishment, where we

observe the process of making olive oil and then we taste the product. Day 2 B Day at leisure. If you are a landscape lover, we highly recommend you taking the High Mountain Tour, which allows you to admire the Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in America. For those who wish to learn more about wine and be part of the process, we suggest taking a tour to Uco Valley where the vineyards grows at more than 1500 MASL.

However, if what you want is to know Mendoza through the experimental we suggest you take a cooking class, participate in the harvest, prune or special tastings. Day 3 B Time at leisure. At agreed time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 1: The regular tour is available from Mondays to Saturdays in the afternoon. It requires an arrival flight before midday.

High Mountain, Mendoza

City Tour

Argentine Sundays

High Mountain

Visit the most important and relevant points of the city such as the Foundational Area, the heart of the historic center of the Old City, the Civic Center, General San Martin Park and the monument of Cerro de la Gloria.

A tour during which we visit the Benegas winery, where we will taste its wines while learning about the history of this pioneering family in the wine production in the region. Our next stop will be at Foster Lorca winery, were we will feast on a complete Argentine barbecue.

Tour of one of the most beautiful routes in Mendoza visiting the Uspallata Valley, Picheuta Historical Bridge, Penitentes, Las Cuevas, Christ the Redeemer (only from January to March), the Bridge of the Incas and the viewpoint of the imposing Mount Aconcagua.

Operates: Sundays Duration: 6 hours Meal: Argentine barbecue

Operates: Private daily Regular TUE to SUN Duration: 11/12 hours

Operates: Private daily AM-PM Regular TUE/THU/SAT AM Duration: 4/5 hours

De los Horcones Lagoon, Mendoza

Aconcagua Experience An experience that combines the traditional uphill High Mountain road with a visit to the Mt. Aconcagua Provincial Park, where we will walk to the Horcones Lagoon to get is a great view of Mt. Aconcagua, the highest peak in America.

Mendoza Optional Tours

Barbecue, Mendoza

Cerro La Gloria, Mendoza

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mendoza Optional Tours

Operates: Private daily. Regular MON/THU/SAT Duration: 11 hours. Meals: Lunch

Maipú’s wines & flavours In the eastern outskirts of Mendoza city, Maipú takes us to the past, back to the origins of the winemaking beginnings in the region. During this tour, we will visit some of the wineries that gave birth to the wine tradition and that preserve even nowadays their family traditions. We will discover the stories behind the production of the wines while

tasting them. As a perfect ending to the day, we will enjoy a lunch purposely designed for this tour. Operates: Private daily. Regular TUE/ THU/SAT Duration: 8/9 hours Meals: 2 wine tastings, 1 olive oil tasting and a 3-courses lunch with wine

Picnic in a winery, Mendoza

Mendoza Wine and Olive Mendoza has excellent wineries in addition to an important olive oil industry. For that reason, with this tour we try to show and learn through large processors of these products located in the main crop area of Mendoza: Luján de Cuyo and Maipú. To do so, we visit an olive oil plant, where we make a tasting of oils and

delicatessen products (such as olive paste, dehydrated tomatoes accompanied by homemade bread). The visit is completed with two wineries. Operates: Private daily Regular MON/FRI/SUN Duration: 8 hours Meals: 2 wine tastings, 1 olive oil tasting and a 3-courses lunch with wine.

Olive tasting, Mendoza

mendoza Optional Tours

Luján de Cuyo Experience

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This top-notch tour includes hand-picked wineries for you to partake in a perfect day experience. We suggest spending the day in small groups of kindred spirits that share the love for quality wines. This will allow all participants to appreciate each detail while interacting

with the wine and each other in an intimate experience... and the perfect ending, a complete gourmet lunch with a superb view of the Andean Range. Operates: Private daily. Regular WED/SAT. Duration: 8 hours Meal: 2 wine tastings, Gourmet lunch with haut-de-gamme wines

Winery, Mendoza

Cooking Lessons Mendoza Optional Tours

It is a good option to share, taste and enjoy with friends. During the activity, one dish from the menu is prepared, apart from the typical creole empanadas. For that reason, unusual ingredients are provided, to encourage you to create your own version. In a pleasant and relaxed atmosphere, we enjoy a glass of wine while we discover some secrets of cuisine.

After the lunch preparation, we sit down at the table to enjoy the full menu paired with wines from the winery. Operates: Daily Duration: 5 hours Meals: paired lunch To keep in mind: Only available in private service.

Cooking lesson, Mendoza

Working the Land Visitors are able to experience details of vineyard care at every productive stage from the winter pruning, the disbudding, the summer thrinning, the grape harvest and the olive harvest. After the activity, we make a visit through the winery, finishing at the cellar for a tasting. At the

end, we have lunch. The visited areas and wineries are subject to modifications. Season: Check the activities calendar Operates: Daily Duration: 4/ 5 hours Meals: Tasting at winery- Paired lunch To keep in mind: Only available in private service.

Learning to harvest, Mendoza

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mendoza Optional Tours

Uco Valley Experience Salentein (in private), Domaine Busquet and Andeluna (subject to changes depending on availability). Operates: Private TUE to SUN Regular THU/SUN Duration: 9/10 hours Meals: 2 wine tastings- Lunch paired with wines To keep in mind: Ask for Premium Wineries.

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Salentein winery, Uco´s Valley, Mendoza

If you have only one day available to visit wineries, we suggest visiting those located in Uco Valley. The weather conditions in which the vine is cultivated make this area one of the preferred by wineries, since grapes grow at 1.200-1.400 MASL(3.937-4.593 ft). It is a tour that allows you to experience aromas and flavours of altitude wines. During the tour, we visit the following wineries:

Boasting over 100 years and 4 generations in the industry of winemaking, the history of Catena Zapata resumes the history of Argentine wines. This high-end tour offers a visit to the winery of the family that led the Argentine wine to the world and it is designed to get to know the best of the wines of our terroir. The selected wineries for this one-

of-a-kind experience are Catena Zapata, Bodega Caro and Casa El Enemigo. This latest was inspired in the childhood of Mr. Alejandro Vigil (Chief enologist of Catena Zapata). Operates: Private MON-SAT-Regular TUE/ FRI Duration: 9 hours Meal: 2 wine tastings, Gourmet lunch paired with Casa El Enemigo’s wines.

Mendoza Optional Tours

Catena’s World

Catena Zapata Winery, Mendoza

Sparkling Wine Experience This tour brings us closer to the conception and birth of sparkling wines. We visit the Cruzat Winery (Champenoise Method) where we taste directly from the tanks. Then we get to know Chandon Winery, trying great and classic sparkling wines. Our last stop is Séptima Winery, where we enjoy

an exquisite gourmet sampling menu, in its restaurant, paired with Premium and soft sparkling wines. Wineries are subject to modifications. Operates: Private daily Duration: 7/8 hours Meals: 2 wine tastings- Gourmet lunch paired with wines

Sparkling, Mendoza

Espacio Trapiche A whole new different proposal, enjoying the architecture, the excellent cuisine and the superb wines of this traditional winery of Mendoza by night. We will get to know Trapiche Winery and finish the evening with a fine dinner that follows the philosophy of ‘less impact, greater care’,

which is led by the principle of shortening the distance between the raw materials and the table, to guarantee the quality and freshness of the products. Operates: THU/FRI/SAT Duration: 4 hours Meal: Gourmet dinner with wines

Dinner at Trapiche winery, Mendoza

mendoza Optional Tours

Horseback Riding among the Vineyards the end of the tour we eat the typical empanadas and a full roast accompanied by varietals from the winery, to finish with a visit and tasting. Operates: Private daily Regular WED/FRI Duration: 5 hours (1.30 hour horseback riding) Meals: Tasting and lunch at winery Difficulty: low

Horseback riding among vineyards, Mendoza

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We head for Nieto Senetiner, which in spite of have been passed through different hands finds its origin in the arrival of the Italian immigrants who founded and planted the first vineyards in Luján de Cuyo. When we arrive, the horses wait for us to start a horseback ride among the vineyards, while we learn about the cultivation of the vine. At

The aim of this activity is to enjoy the fresh air of new experiences, ride the tree-covered streets of Luján de Cuyo by bicycle in order to visit three wineries, learn in the guided tours and taste the renowned wines of the region, getting impressed with the imposing landscape of vineyards and mountains. At the end of

the activity, we have a complete lunch. Operates: Private daily. Regular TUE/ THU/SAT Duration: 8/9 hours Meals: 2 wine tastings- Gourmet lunch Difficulty: Low. The entire route by bicycle consists of 12 km

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Bike Tour among the Vineyards

To keep in mind: Bicycle and mechanical assistance are included.

Biking in the vineyards, Mendoza

Trekking to Confluencia This trip was designed for those who are not satisfied with just a short visit to the Aconcagua Provincial Park. We offer you the possibility to approach as never before the highest mountain of South America. Through a walk along the same trails that goes through the expeditions, we experience a high altitude walk and get to know the ‘Confluencia’

camp, an obligatory step for many expeditions that seek to conquer the summit. Season: November to March Operates: Private daily. Regular TUE/FRI/ SUN Duration: 12 hours (6 hours walk) Meals: box lunch Difficulty: Medium Altitude: 3.390 MASL (11.122 ft.).

Trekking to Confluencia, Mendoza

Adventure Day We leave the city of Mendoza behind towards the mountain town Potrerillos. Our proposal includes an activity during the morning and another in the afternoon, choosing from the following: Rafting: 1 hour through 13 km (8 miles). Trekking with Rapel: An adventure to an 18-metres waterfall (59 ft.). Rafting, Mendoza

Canopy: 700 metres through a mountain harness (2.297 ft.). Season: All year round Operates: Daily Duration: 9 hours Difficulty: Intermediate To keep in mind: Rafting activity is not available for children under the age of 8. From November to March, it is only permitted for people older than 18 years old.

Puerto Madryn

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3 Days / 2 Nights

Meeting the whales, Puerto Piramides, Chubut

TBK0205 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tour: Southern Valdés Peninsula • Meals: 2 breakfasts • Needed ticket to the Natural Reserve

Day 1 Arrival, reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. If your flight arrives early, do not miss the opportunity to visit

Punta Tombo, the largest colony of Magellanic penguins in the country. This tour is available from mid-September to March. During the tour, we take a walk through the interpretative trails. Afterwards, time for lunch (optional). At the end, return to Puerto Madryn. Day 2 B Full day in Valdés Peninsula, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its geography, flora and fauna. Departure from Puerto Madryn towards Puerto Pirámides. There

from July to November, it is possible to take a boat trip where you will experience watching the Southern Right Whale (optional). Continue visiting Punta Piramides where we can see a colony of South American sea lions. After lunch (not included), we arrive at Punta Cantor and Caleta Valdés from where it is possible to observe an elephant seal colony. Back to Puerto Madryn, we stop at the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus to visit the interpretation center.

Day 3 B At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes Day 1: To take Punta Tombo excursion upon arrival, ask for required flight. Day 2: The excursion to the Southern Peninsula Valdes could be replaced by Northern Peninsula visiting San Lorenzo penguin colony from mid-September to March.

PUERTO MADRYN Optional Tours

Whale-Watching an unforgettable and unique experience. The sail is also available in zodiac boats and with a semisubmersible vessel for subaquatic watching.

We will set sail from Puerto Pirámides in a motor boat, to sail the coasts of Nuevo Gulf. Along the way, we will have the chance to spot the Southern-Right whale, which reaches these coasts to mate and give birth to its calves. The behavior of these magnificent mammals is at the same time amazing and endearing, and the possibility to watch them from a short distance proves

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Meeting the whales, Puerto Piramides, Chubut. Courtesy of @visitargentina. PH A. Gelves

Season: July to November. Start and end of season may slightly vary due to migration behavior of the natural species. Operates: daily Duration: 1.5 hour

Penguin Rookeries

Penguins at San Lorenzo Rookery, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut

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San José Gulf

P. Loma

Valdés Cave

Punta Delgada Natural Reserve

Punta Delgada

P. Ninfas

Punta León Natural Reserve

Trelew Gaiman

Nuevo Gulf

Golfo Nuevo Natural Reserve

Pto. Madryn

Puerto Madryn Optional Tours

Punta Norte Natural Reserve

Pt. Pirámides El Doradillo

Punta Norte

San Matías Gulf

P. Quiroga

Dolavon

Season: September to March Operates: daily Duration: Punta Tombo: 8 hours. San Lorenzo: 12 hours

Tours in Puerto Madryn

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San Lorenzo located within the Península Valdés Natural Reserve, which makes it possible, from mid-September to November, to admire both the whales and the penguins on a single day tour.

From mid-September to the end of March, Magellan penguins visit the area to mate, give birth and feed their chicks, so they can be observed in: Punta Tombo, south from Puerto Madryn. Flight permitting, it is recommended to visit it on the same day of arrival directly from the airport or on departure day before heading directly to the El Calafate airport.

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3 Peninsula Experience 4 El Pedral Safari 5 Punta Tombo Penguin Rookery

Punta Tombo 5 Natural Reserve

puerto madryn Optional Tours

El Pedral Safari in order to walk among these birds and their nests. We return to the main house and enjoy a Patagonian lamb. Time at leisure after lunch, and then return to Puerto Madryn. Season: September to April Operates: daily Duration: 8/9 hours Meals: lunch with beverages

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One hour from Puerto Madryn, in Punta Ninfas, you will find El Pedral. This is a Wildlife Refuge that is part of UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Before arriving at the lodge, we make a stop to contemplate the landscape from the cliffs. We arrive at the hull of the estancia and then leave in the direction of the penguin colony, El Pedral, Punta Ninfas, Chubut

The proposal consists of cooking in wild locations, outdoors, surrounded by pure nature. The places are carefully chosen depending on different conditions, such as weather, distances, the group’s schedule, and most importantly spaces with little to no presence of other

people. The activity can be held in all the Peninsula Valdes region, and can even be offered within the traditional circuits. The menus are elaborated using fresh and carefully selected local products. Operates: daily Meal: lunch with drinks

Puerto Madryn Optional Tours

Gourmet Experience

Gastronomy, Peninsula Valdes, Chubut

Doradillo Adventure Ideal activity for those arriving on an early flight or leaving on a late one. By Land Rover trucks in groups of 8 people per vehicle maximum, we go to the Doradillo beach, located only 15 km (9 miles) from the city. From there we make an interpretive walk of

1 km (0,6 mile) and then move to a river stone beach, where we appreciate the coastal view and enjoy lunch or a snack. Season: JUN-OCT Operates: daily. AM/PM Duration: 4 hours Meals: AM light lunch / PM snack

Doradillo Adventure, Puerto Madryn, Chubut

Diving with Sea Lions An excellent option in Puerto Madryn, declared National Diving Capital. The boat departs from Puerto Madryn to Punta Loma, after 20 minutes you will reach the diving area. Once there, either with snorkel or with scuba dive equipment, you will enjoy a natural interaction with sea lions,

an experience which provides direct contact with one of the most friendly marine mammals. Opera: daily. With high tide. Duration: 4 hours To keep in mind: It does not require swimming knowledge. It is offered after 6 years of age.

Snorkelling, Puerto Madryn, Chubut

Wildlife in the Valdés Peninsula

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5 Days / 4 Nights Puerto Madryn / Puerto Pirámides

Adventure in Peninsula Valdes, Chubut

TBK0218 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights Puerto Madryn (3) - Puerto Piramides (1) • Tours: Southern Valdés Peninsula Northern Valdés Peninsula with San Lorenzo Penguin Colony - Safari at El Pedral • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 1 lunch • Needed tickets to Reserves

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Day 1 Puerto Madryn. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Afternoon at leisure. Day 2 Puerto Madryn / Puerto Pirámides. B Departure from Puerto Madryn to Puerto Pirámides. There you can enjoy, between June and December, optionally, a boat trip which main attraction is the whale watching. Continue towards the Sea Lions Colony where we can see South American Sea Lions and then have lunch (not included). We continue through Punta Cantor, Caleta

Valdes and Puerto Piramides. Accommodation. Day 3 Puerto Pirámides / Puerto Madryn. B We head towards Estancia San Lorenzo, from where we visit the only colony of penguins of the peninsula. Due to the controlled number of visitors, it keeps its surroundings intact. Then, we visit Punta Norte. On the way back to Madryn we stop at the Interpretation Centre. Day 4 Puerto Madryn. B L Today we explore one of the less

visited penguins colony: the Punta Ninfas Wild Life Natural Refuge. After travelling for an hour, we arrive at an authentic hull of a Patagonian estancia: El Pedral. After a brief tour of the hull, visit the colony of penguins and walk among their nests, to contemplate and learn about those curious animals. Then try the typical lamb at lunch and have some free time before returning to Madryn. Day 5 Puerto Madryn. B At due time, transfer to the airport.

Puerto Pirámides Optional Tours

Sunset Sighting undoubtedly, the ideal activity for lovers of nature and photography. Season: SEP - Early DEC Operates: Daily Duration: 2 hours Departure at 6 PM To keep in mind: We suggest spending the night in P. Pirámides.

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The last whale watching of the day is called “Sunset”. The peculiarity of this tour is the orange colour of the setting sun, which provides a greater mysticism than a common departure. The starting point of the excursion is Puerto Pirámides. This tour is,

Meeting the whales at Sunset, Puerto Piramides, Chubut

On this trip, we start by kayak from Puerto Pirámides to Pardelas Bay, one of the most spectacular beaches of the Nuevo Gulf, due to the clearness of its waters. During the boat trip, we are able to watch whales, different species of seabirds and explore a sector of caves and high cliffs. After lunch at Pardelas beach, we return to

Puerto Pirámides, by kayaking or trekking. Season: JUN-DEC Operates: Daily Duration: 6 hours Meals: picnic with drinks Difficulty: low Distance: 12 km (7 miles) To keep in mind: Previous experience is not required.

Valdés Peninsula Optional Tours

Kayaking in the Nuevo Gulf

Kayak at Puerto Piramides, Chubut

Mountain Bike We depart from Puerto Pirámides towards a colony of sea lions located in the middle of cliffs and restingas. From there, we head towards the caves, crossing giant dunes, passing through a cemetery of old settlers that used to work in Península Valdés’ salt flat. Once in the caves, we go on

a trekking to the cliffs area, where are able to observe whales from June to December. In summer, it is possible to swim in natural pools. Operates: Daily Duration: 2 hours Difficulty: Low Distance: 15 km (9 miles)

Biking at Puerto Piramides, Chubut

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Ushuaia

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3 Days / 2 Nights

End of the world´s Train, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Courtesy @visitargentinal. PH Facundo Santana

TBK0204 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tour: Tierra del Fuego National Park • Meals: 2 breakfasts • Needed ticket to National Park

Day 1 Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon we suggest taking, optionally, a boat trip to the Beagle Channel, available according to your travel date.

Choose between a traditional navigation by visiting Birds Island and Faro Les Eclaireurs, or some of the available combinations with Martillo Island penguin colony where it is possible to take a zodiac crossing to walk among Papuan penguins while observing their nests. The penguin season is from October to March, but there is a small colony from July to September which allows us to know them. Day 2 B Departure from the city to Tierra del Fuego National

Park, one of the few National Parks in Argentina which protects the coastline. During the tour, we make a series of stops such as Lapataia Bay, where National Route 3 ends, Ensenada Bay, where it is possible to observe Redonda Island and Acigami Lake, characterized by the colour of its water, which varies according to weather conditions. Day 3 B Free morning to enjoy an optional excursion. Transfer to the airport.

Operational note Day 2: The shared excursion to the National Park operates in the morning. From October to March, ask for afternoon departures. To keep in mind: According to the arrival time, we suggest visiting the National Park on the 1st day, and take a day at leisure on the 2nd day in order to go on an optional full day boat trip, on a trekking or on an activity over 4x4 vehicles.

The End of the World Train Optional complement to the National Park. Explore the way that prisoners used to make from the city in search of wood, on board a small train with steam locomotive. Finishing in the Park to continue with the tour. Operates: daily Duration: 1 hour To keep in mind: Ask for different available classes.

City Tour, Ushuaia. Courtesy of IN.FUE.TUR. PH Rogelio Espinosa

City Tour We suggest a visit around one of the most southern cities in the word, on board of a doubledecker bus. To get to know the city, we will have several stops to enjoy beautiful views of the Beagle channel, the Andean mountains and the glacier as a backdrop. Season: October to April on SIB basis. Operates: daily Duration: 1 hour

Presidium museum, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

Maritime Museum & Presidium Both museums keep testimonies of past times in the southern territories. While one tells the stories of the great men that experienced amazing adventures in the southern seas, the other tells the stories of men that lived incarcerated.

Museum, Ushuaia. Courtesy of IN.FUE.TUR. PH Rogelio Espinosa

World’s End Museum It offers permanent and temporary exhibitions, and preserves an ample historical archive. It features different rooms with information about the presidium and the origins of the city, as well as local bird species. Operates: daily Duration: 1/2 hours

Ushuaia Optional Tours

End of the World’s Train, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Courtesy of @visitargentina

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Operates: daily Duration: 1/2 hours

Cape San Pablo and Estancia Rolito Explore an unknown part of Tierra del Fuego. We take Route 3 and then, the Route of the Patagonian Estancias, which takes us to Cape San Pablo. Upon arrival, we walk to the old lighthouse and spy the Desdemona, an aground ship on the shores of the Argentinian Sea. On the way back, we stop

at Estancia Rolito, a magnificent country house, where we share a snack while we listen to the stories of its inhabitants. Season: November to March Operates: Daily Duration: 10 hours Meals: Picnic and snack

Cape San Pablo, Tierra del Fuego. Courtesy of IN.FUE.TUR. PH Rogelio Espinosa

The Route of the King Crab Today we enjoy one of the most exquisite meals on the island: the King crab. We leave Ushuaia and take a path to stop after a while and start walking through the forest to a hectic waterfall, product of Lasifashaj River Valley squeezing. The trip continues to Puerto Almanza, the most southern fishing port in Argentina,

to access a fishing village where we embark to make a crab catch to learn about cooking and taste it. Season: November to March Operates: Daily Duration: 9 hours Meals: lunch

King Crab Fishing, Puerto Almanza, Tierra del Fuego. Courtesy of @visitargentina

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Beagle Channel Boat Trip

Beagle Channel Boat Trip, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. IN.FUE.TUR PH.Martin Gunter

concheros and its splendid view of the Chilean and Argentinian coasts. Undoubtedly, the ideal complement.

A classic excursion which allows us to sail the waters of Beagle Channel and to get excellent views of the city. During the trip, we observe South American sea lions and South American Fur seals colonies. We also admire Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, an icon of the city. If you want to explore a little more, we suggest taking the sail with descent in the Bridges Islands, famous for its Yámana

Operates: daily AM / PM Duration: 2.30 conventional tour / 4 hours with descent in Bridges Islands

Ushuaia Optional Tours

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To keep in mind: • It does not include descent to Martillo Island. • The season can be modified according the presence of penguins

Boat trips in Ushuaia

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Season: Mid OCT-MAR Operates: daily AM / PM Duration: 5 hours

We sail Beagle Channel through Birds and Sea Lions Islands and Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse. We continue to Martillo Island, where we watch a colony of Magellanic and Papua penguins. On the way back, we sail close to the coast, which allows us to see the flora and fauna and appreciate the estancias Túnel and Remolino, where the half-hull of the Vapor Monte Sarmiento ship is located.

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Beagle + Estancia Harberton + Penguins It is also possible to visit the Actushun Museum of Austral Birds and Mammals, knowing the exhibition and its laboratories. Season: Mid-OCT-MAR. Subject to modification Operates: daily Duration: 8 hours

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This option offers the same route as the Beagle boat trip with penguin colony. After stopping at Martillo Island to admire the Magellanic penguin colony, we descend at Estancia Harberton. During the tour, we visit the shearing shed, carpentry and the boat house, transiting the history of the Bridges and Lawrence families. Estancia Harberton, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

We leave from Ushuaia by land towards Estancia Harberton. After visiting some of the old buildings of the ranch, we board the zodiac to reach Martillo Island, where a colony of penguins lives permanently. After spending an hour walking between them and their nests we return by the same route to Ushuaia. Arbol Bandera (Flag Tree), Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

Operates: daily PM Duration: 6/7 hours To keep in mind: From July to September, depending on the presence of penguins, a winter option tour can operate without visiting Harberton and with a 30-minute trekking.

Ushuaia Optional Tours

Harberton + Walk with Penguins

Season: Mid OCT-MAR. Subject to modification

Beagle Channel + Harberton + Walk with Penguins

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We sail Beagle Channel through the Sea Lions Island and Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse. Further on, we arrive at Estancia Harberton from where we take a 15-minute boat trip to Martillo Island, where we walk accompanied by a tour guide between Magellanic and Papuans penguins. After approaching to their nests and

their habitat, we return to the Estancia where we have time to visit some of its facilities, apart from visiting the Acutushun Museum and having lunch (not included). Season: Mid-OCT-MAR. Subject to modification Operates: daily Duration: 9 hours

Penguins, Gable and Canoes We start from Ushuaia by National Route 3 and then take a complementary route. Arriving at the Lashifashaj River, we begin the preparations to row inflatable canoes along the river and the Beagle Channel. While sailing, we are able to appreciate a great variety of seabirds and some sea lions until we reach Estancia Harberton, from where we take

a motor boat to Martillo Island and from the boat, we observe penguins in their breeding site. We continue sailing to the Gable Island, where we have lunch, take a walk and then return to Ushuaia. Season: Mid-OCT-MAR. Subject to modification. Operates: MON / WED / FRI / SAT Duration: 10/11 hours Meals: lunch with drinks

Canoes, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

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Overflight to Ushuaia

Helicopter, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Courtesy of Tierra del Fuego’s Tourism Institute

Flying over Ushuaia is an invitation to feel the adrenaline of the air. At Ushuaia airport, we make a safety briefing talk and we take off to the west to appreciate the Beagle Channel and Mount Susana, turn right to the east to enjoy the city of Ushuaia, the Andes, the Martial Glacier, the Cinco Hermanos Mountains and the emblematic Mount Olivia. We fly over downtown area

with its characteristic buildings such as the Prison Museum, the Government House and the local port. Then return to the heliport. Operates: daily Duration: 7 minutes of flight To keep in mind: Ask for other itineraries.

Ushuaia Optional Tours

National Park, Trekking and Canoes

Canoes at Tierra del Fuego N.P, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

We depart towards Tierra del Fuego National Park and once there, we get to know the most relevant attractions through a trekking along a coastal trail. Once at Acigami Lake, we have lunch. After lunch, we have a technical briefing and start floating in canoes along the Lapataia and Ovando rivers, ending at Lapataia Bay. Undoubtedly, the best way to explore the Park.

Operates: SUN-FRI Duration: 8 hours (walk 3.30 hours, canoes 1 hour) Meals: lunch Difficulty: intermediate (trekking) / low (canoes) Distance: 7 km (4,5 miles) of trekking Slope: 170 mt (560 ft.) To keep in mind: From June to September with modifications.

Trekking Martial The Martial Glacier, one of the icons of Ushuaia and panoramic viewpoint, offers a challenge to share in the snow. This half-day excursion allows you to conquer the height and experience of one of the most magical and emblematic places in the city. During the ascent with the snowshoes (or crampons) every step will take you to discover

increasingly extraordinary panoramas. After lunch, the tour will end with a short walk until you reach the Martial base to take your trip back to your hotel. Season: JUL-SEP Opera: daily Duration: 5 hours Meals: lunch

Martial glacier, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

Penguins & Trekking We depart from Ushuaia along National Route 2, towards Estancia Harberton, where after learning about its history, we will embark on a zodiac boat to Martillo Island, to admire a rookery of Magellan and Gentoo penguins. Once back in the estancia, we will continue towards Cambaceres Bay for lunch and afterwards a hike to Lasifashaj river cascade. We will Larsifasaj Waterfall, Tierra del Fuego

finally visit Puerto Almanza, the southernmost fishing village in Argentina. Season: November to March. Operates: daily Duration: 10 hours Meal: Lunch To keep in mind: The schedule may change subject to the time of the crossing to Martillo Island.

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Turquesa Lagoon and Mount Carabajal enjoy lunch and after recovering strength, we will go back to the starting point. Season: Nov-mid Mar Operates: daily Duration: 7 hours (5 hours walk) Meals: picnic Difficulty: intermediate Distance: 8,5 km (5,2 miles) Slope: 650 mt (2.132 ft.)

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This hike takes us to one of the least visited places in Ushuaia. We leave the hotel, towards the Tierra Mayor Valley, from where we start an intense walk and after an hour of walking, we begin to enjoy incredible views. In addition to the small turquoise lagoon, if you continue along a rocky edge, you will reach the top of Mount Carbajal where we will Turquesa lagoon, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

In the morning, we leave from the hotel to Andorra Valley to start our hike. We cross a peat extraction site and then ascend through a changing landscape until we reach De los Témpanos Lagoon, which, although it lacks of ice due to the glacier retreat, it is worth discovering. We continue along

the edges of Vinciguerra Glacier and at its base, we enjoy lunch. Return to the hotel. Season: From November to April Operates: Private daily Duration: 8/9 hours (5/6 hours walk) Meals: picnic Difficulty: intermediate -high Distance: 11 km (7 miles) Slope: 750 mt (2460 ft.)

Ushuaia Optional Tours

Trekking to the Vinciguerra Glacier

Vincinguerra glacier, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

Cerro Pelado

Trekking, Cerro Pelado, Tierra del Fuego

This walk of medium-high intensity, reaches a viewpoint at 850 meters above Ushuaia. It is a proposal of about 7 hours designed for those who love the heights and enjoy a 360-degree view. The walk will offer us an amazing view of the Olivia and Cinco Hermanos mountains, the Carbajal and Andorra valleys, the Beagle Channel, the Murray Pass, the

Navarino and Hoste Islands and the best view of Ushuaia. Season: From November to April Operates: Consult Duration: 7/8 hours Food: pic nic Difficulty: medium Distance: 7 kms Elevation: 650 meters To keep in mind: It requires a good physical condition due to the steepness of its slope.

Horseback riding Contemplate a majestic view riding to the top of Monte Susana from where you can get a view of the city with the mountain range which surrounds it, the Beagle Channel and the Navarino and Hoste Islands. As we descend, discover the history and culture of the Yámanas that you will see riding along the coast of the Beagle Channel. An ideal

option for those who wish to be in contact with nature from a historical-cultural perspective, exploring the forest and the Fuegian coast. Season: From October to April Operates: to coordinate Duration: 2/4 and 7 hours Difficulty: from low to medium according to selected duration

Horseback riding, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego

El Calafate

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4 Days / 3 Nights

Los Glaciares N.P. El Calafate, Santa Cruz. Courtesy of @Argentinatravel

TBK0202 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tour: Visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier • Meals: 3 breakfasts • Needed ticket to the National Park

Day 1 Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the selected hotel. If you have time, do not miss the opportunity to visit the Glaciarium, a glaciological

museum, or enjoy one tour which will allow you to discover the steppe landscape with lunch or dinner. Day 2 B Departure from the hotel towards the Perito Moreno Glacier, within Los Glaciares National Park, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. This glacier is an impressive ice river with a surface of 257 square kilometers (99 square miles) and the height of the front wall oscillates between 50 and 60

meters above lake level. This frozen river descends from the continental ice field and in its slow advance, causes detachments and outbursts that make the glacier a wonder in constant movement. The visit can be complemented (optionally) with a one-hour boat trip, which allows us to enjoy a different view of its front and get a better dimension of the height of its peaks. Time for lunch (not included). In the afternoon, return to the hotel.

Day 3 B Day at leisure ideal to take boat trip through Lake Argentino or enjoy one of the many activities which will allow to get to know unique landscapes. Day 4 B At due time, transfer to the airport. To keep in mind The visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier could be replaced, with addittional cost, by the hiking on the glacier. Please consult us about the restrictions and the allowed age for this activity.

Moreno Spirit, Los Glaciares N.P, Santa Cruz

Glaciarium Museum, El Calafate, Santa Cruz

Dinner at Safari Experience, el Calafate, Santa Cruz

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Optional excursion to Perito Moreno Glacier tour. We sail through Rico Branch to admire the southern wall of the glacier. We are able to appreciate a totally different perspective of the glacier with walls in constant detachment.

Optional excursion to the Perito Moreno Glacier tour. We sail from Puerto Moreno, located on the footbridges of the coast. From there, the boat sails to admire the northern wall of the glacier, the zone of rupture, the height of its walls and its detachments.

It is ideal for an arrival or departure day and allows to discover the Patagonian landscape by seeing guanacos, condors, foxes, among others that are part of the native fauna.

Operates: daily Duration: 1 hour

Close to the city, get to know the Glaciarium Ice Museum, a modern center dedicated to the dissemination of Patagonian icefield and its glaciers, besides being one of the few glaciological interpretation centers in the world. The contents are presented, with interactions and exhibitions. Visitors can enjoy a drink at the Ice Bar.

Season: NOV-APR Operates: daily AM/PM. Duration: 5 hours Meal: Lunch or dinner with drinks

El Calafate Optional Tours

Nautical Safari, Los Glaciares N.P, Santa Cruz

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Operates: daily Duration: 2 hours

Day in the Countryside Departure from El Calafate through a route that leads us on the Estancias Road in order to reach an authentic ‘estancia’ with over 100 years of history, located in Los Glaciares National Park. Upon arrival, we explore its facilities and you will be able to participate in some activities, such as a shearing

demonstration, the sheep roundup and demonstrations of Creole skills. During the tour, you would optionally take one of the available horseback rides. The end: a Patagonian roasted lamb. Season: From OCT-APR Operates: daily AM / PM Duration: 6 hours Meals: Patagonian lamb

Nibepo Aike Ranch, El Calafate, Santa Cruz

Native Experience Ideal for arrival or departure day. This tour offers an anthropological approach, making a journey through time on the passage of man in these lands and rediscovering stories of the first expeditions that arrived into the unknown. The excursion focuses on the first contacts of the expeditionaries with the natives

and then enter into the Tehuelche world. On the lake’s coasts, there are caves where thousands of years ago this culture left its marks on the rock and nowadays introduce us to its interpretation on board the 4x4. Operates: daily AM / PM Duration: 3 hours Meals: lunch or dinner with drinks

Native Experience, El Calafate, Santa Cruz

el calafate Optional Tours

Minitrekking

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From Bajo de las Sombras Bay we cross the Rico Branch to reach the southern wall of Perito Moreno Glacier. From there we walk along the coast of the lake until the place where we put on the crampons and receive instructions to walk along the ice and appreciate a great variety of ice formations such as crevices, sinkholes and small lagoons. At

the end, we visit the walkways to get a different perspective of such an amazing landscape. Season: AUG-MAY Operates: daily Duration: 10 hours (walk on ice for about 1.30 hours) Difficulty: low intermediate To keep in mind: Bring a box lunch. Check for restrictions.

Minitrekking, Los Glaciares N. P, Santa Cruz

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El Calafate Optional Tours

If you are looking for a more demanding trek, this is the right option. We begin a walk along a moraine and after an hour, we reach a viewpoint where we put on crampons, harnesses and access to ice. During the walk, we observe lagoons, crevices, sinkholes, caves and the unique feeling of being in the middle of

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Mayo Spirit Trek to observe Negro Glacier. Finally, we sail towards the northern wall of Perito Moreno Glacier, and descend in Moreno Port to walk along the walkways and balconies. Season: OCT-MAR Operates: daily Duration: 10 hours To keep in mind: Bring a box lunch

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This tour will allow us to navigate an unexplored area of Los Glaciares National Park. Once departing from the port, we pass by Punta Bandera and get into Seno Mayo. There we disembark and make two walks in the forest. The first stop is at Toro Bay where we enjoy a interpretative walk through the Andean forest and the second one is at Negro Hill

Departure towards Roca Lake, by the Route of the Estancias. Upon arriving at one of them, Nibepo Aike, we go on a brief tour and taste the typical Patagonian lamb. After lunch, we embark to sail Rico Branch, until we reach Las Monedas beach. We walk up to a viewpoint of the imposing Perito Moreno Glacier. We cross the Rico

Branch to Bajo de las Sombras Bay and from there, we move to the walkways, where we stay, admiring the glacier. Late in the afternoon, return to the city. Season: OCT-MAY Operates: daily Duration: 10 hours Meals: pic nic

El Calafate Optional Tours

Glaciar Sur Pioneers

Perito Moreno Glacier. Los Glaciares N.P. Santa Cruz

Perito Moreno Kayak Experience

Perito Moreno Kayak Experience, Los Glaciares N.P, Santa Cruz

Experience Perito Moreno Glacier from a kayak, enjoying a different perspective. We start at the operational base where we put on our suits and receive a safety talk. Once ready, we go out in kayak from De Los Témpanos Beach, paddling towards the front of the glacier, approaching about 600 meters (0,3 mile) away. Finally, we return to the base, have lunch and return to the city.

Season: all year round except June and July Operates: daily Duration: 7/8 hours (kayak 1.30 hour) Meals: pic nic Difficulty: intermediate. Experience in the activity is not needed. To keep in mind: You must be older than 14 years old.

Darwin Experience The Santa Cruz River was the route of one of the most emblematic explorers in Patagonia: Charles Darwin. On board 4x4 vehicles, we take the Route 40 towards Santa Cruz River and from there we start kayaking downriver, while we see geological formations and a great variety of fauna. After 15 km. (9 miles), we reach Estancia

El Rincón, where we have lunch. Then, return to El Calafate. Operates: Daily AM Duration: 5 hours (kayak 1.30 hours) Meals: Lunch with drinks Difficulty: Intermediate. It does not require experience Kayaking tour: 15 km To keep in mind: The minimum age is 16 years old.

Darwin Experience, El Calafate, Santa Cruz

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All Glaciers From Punta Bandera Port, we start sailing the Lake Argentino Northern Branch and Upsala Channel, in order to navigate among the big icebergs that fall out from the Upsala Glacier. Then, we enter the Spegazzini Channel, where we see the Seco Glacier, the front face of the Spegazzini Glacier, in addition to Heim Sur and Peineta Glaciers.

At Spegazzini Base, we land and see the Glaciers Bay from a path. Return to El Calafate. Operates: Daily. Please ask for MAY-JUL. Duration: 9 hours To keep in mind: Seeing Upsala Glacier is subject to weather conditions. Bring box lunch.

All Glaciers Boat Trip, Los Glaciares N. P., Santa Cruz

Estancia Cristina Discovery El Calafate Optional Tours

Boat trip through the Lake Argentino to admire the western front of the Upsala Glacier and visit the Estancia Cristina. After disembarking, we board a 4WD vehicle and start to ascend the Feruglio mountain chain to a point where we begin a short hike on glacial erosion terrain to reach the Upsala Glacier Viewpoint. Upsala Glacier Lookpoint, Los Glaciares N.P. Santa Cruz

Back to the hull of the ranch, where we have lunch (not included) visit the Costumbrista Museum and its surroundings. Season: OCT-APR Operates: daily Duration: 11 hours To keep in mind: Bring a box lunch or reserve lunch in advance.

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Estancia Cristina Horseback Riding the landscape. After lunch (not included) at the Pearson Lagoon Post, we return to the Estancia to visit its facilities. Season: OCT-APR Operates: daily Duration: 11 hours To keep in mind: Box lunch is required.

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Navigate Lake Argentino to admire the western front of Upsala Glacier and then continue to Estancia Cristina. When disembarking we go to the stables where a horse will be assigned with the necessary equipment. After the safety instructions, we start the ride to the Caterina River Valley to enjoy the immensity of Horseback riding, Estancia Cristina, Santa Cruz

Departure from Puerto Banderas towards Upsala Glacier, which we will be able to see if weather conditions allow it. We continue through the Spegazzini Channel and at Puesto de las Vacas we go on a short walk. Back on board we sail towards Spegazzini Glacier and in the middle of this landscape, we have lunch. Later,

we admire the northern wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier. Operates: daily. MAY-SEP consult the operational days Duration: 10 hours Meals: lunch To keep in mind: The boat has a Premium sector with limited places.

El Calafate Optional Tours

Glaciers Gourmet

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Glaciar Sur Adventure We head to Estancia Nibepo Aike and in its proximity, we embark to sail the southern branch of the lake to its southern end, where we disembark and enter in an unexplored site. We walk towards Frias Lake and cross it boarding zodiacs. Then we go on a trekking to a valley which takes us to the Amphitheatre of the Glaciers. We

have lunch and return by the same path. Season: OCT-APR Operates: TUE/THU/SUN Duration: 11 hours (6 hours walk) Meals: box lunch Difficulty: intermediate Distance: 14 km (9 miles) trekking To keep in mind: You must be 14 to 60 years old.

Glaciar Sur Adventure, El Calafate, Santa Cruz

Trekking to La Leona El Calafate Optional Tours

We leave El Calafate bordering part of Lake Argentino and La Leona River until we arrive at La Leona hotel. Nearby, the Petrified Forest and La Leona Paleontological Site, declared a “Protected Area” by UNESCO, are located. It was here that an archaeological expedition found the largest dinosaur skeleton discovered at the time. We walk

through the Petrified Forest and imagine how Patagonia was 150 million years ago. Season: OCT-MAR Operates: daily Duration: 8 hours Meals: box lunch Difficulty: Low To keep in mind: You must be older than 7 years old.

La Leona Petrified Forest, Santa Cruz

Safari Bike Tour We leave El Calafate on board 4x4 vehicles to ‘La Sección’ of Estancia 25 de mayo, where MTB bicycles are waiting for us. After a technical talk, we begin the adventure that allows us to see a great variety of fauna, in addition to reach a ‘chenque’ (former Tehuelche cemetery), where we see the Patagonian immensity.

Returning to ‘La Sección’, we enjoy lunch. Season: Mid-NOV to APR Operates: daily AM Duration: 5 hours Meals: lunch with drinks Difficulty: high Bikes tour: 16 km (10 miles) (2 hs) Slope: 200 metres Minimum age: 12 years old

Safari Bike Tour, El Calafate, Santa Cruz

Cañadón Experience It is a medium-difficulty trekking that allows us to explore the bed of Calafate Stream, until we reach ‘La Sección’ of Estancia 25 de mayo. A few kilometres from its exit, we arrive at the beginning of a walk that will allow us to see a large number of birds, characteristic flora of the steppe

Cañadon Experience, El Calafate, Santa Cruz

and geological formations. When we return to ‘La Sección’, we enjoy lunch and then return to El Calafate. Season: Mid-NOV to APR Operates: daily AM

el calafate Optional Tours

El Chalten with trekking Season: October to April Operates: daily Duration: 12/13 hours Meals: box lunch Difficulty: low To keep in mind: You must be older than 12 years old. An adult must accompany children between 12 and 18 years old.

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Trekking, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

Departure towards El Chalten, making a stop at La Leona Hotel de Campo (located in the countryside). When we arrive to El Chalten, we have time to get to know the town or make some of the self-guided trails such as Capri Lagoon or Fitz Roy, Torre or De Los Cóndores viewpoints. For this reason, we provide maps and suggestions depending on your physical condition.

From El Chalten, we take Route 23 to enter the mountain range and arrive at Del Desierto Lake, where we embark in order to reach the Vespignani Reserve. During the boat trip, we contemplate Huemul and Vespignani glaciers. In the reserve, we receive information of 3 self-guided paths with exigent, intermediate and low difficulty.

From the two most demanding circuits, it is possible to appreciate closely the Vespignani Glacier and the northern face of Fitz Roy. Season: OCT-APR Operates: daily AM / PM Duration: 12/13 hours Difficulty: low or intermediate, depending on the chosen path

El Calafate Optional Tours

Del Desierto Lake and Vespignani Glacier

Del Desierto Lake, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

Chalten Rafting Experience We depart towards El Chalten. Upon arrival, we receive our box lunch and we go on short walks. In the afternoon, we receive a safety talk and we start the activity. The first part consists of 6 km (4 miles) of calm waters, while the second part takes place along the canyon area. After the initial rapid, we find a succession of 9

km (5,5 miles) of them. Return to the hotel. Season: NOV-APR Operates: TUE / THU / SAT / SUN Duration: 13 hours (2 hours paddling) Meals: box lunch Difficulty: intermediate. Experience in the activity is not needed To keep in mind: You must be older than 12 years old.

Rafting, El Chalten, Santa Cuz

Torres del Paine National Park

Torres del Paine N.P., Chile

We depart from El Calafate in an overland truck, in order to visit the most characteristic landscapes of Torres del Paine National Park. We visit Amarga Lagoon and Paine Waterfall, where we have lunch while admiring Las Torres. We continue to Grande Waterfall, passing through different viewpoints and approaching to Cuernos del Paine Viewpoint. The last stop is at Pehoe Lake

Viewpoint, from where we enjoy an amazing landscape: Los Cuernos, Del Francés Valley, Pehoe Lake and Nordenskjold Lake. Season: OCT-APR Operates: daily Duration: 13/14 hours Meals: box lunch Difficulty: low To keep in mind: Not suitable for pregnant women.

El Chaltén

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3 Days / 2 Nights

El Chalten, Santa Cruz. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0203 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tour: trekking to Torre Lagoon or De Los Tres Lagoon • Meals: 2 breakfasts u Season: October to early Aprilt

Day 1 El Calafate / El Chaltén. Depart from El Calafate and take the mythic Route 40, that leads us to El Chaltén, at the foothills of the Mount Fitz Roy, the national

capital of trekking. Reception and accommodation. Depending on the arrival time, we suggest a short walk that allows you to access important panoramic points. Some suggested short walks: De los Condores Viewpoint, Capri Lagoon or Chorrillo del Salto. If you prefer adrenaline, do not miss the chance to enjoy rafting through De Las Vueltas River. Day 2 El Chaltén. B Today we spend the day walking along one

of the emblematic paths of El Chaltén. You can choose between: • Torre Lagoon: A must-see trekking where we are able to enjoy an impressive view of the Torre Mount, Adela Mountain Range, Solo Hill and its different glaciers. Difficulty: Intermediate Walking time: 7-8 hours • De Los Tres Lagoon: Trekking

through impressive landscapes and forests to reach the base of the mythical Mount Fitz Roy, approaching lagoons of different

shades, imposing glaciers and camps of climbers of world-wide fame. Difficulty: High Walking time: 8-9 hours

Day 3 El Chaltén / El Calafate. B At due time, transfer to El Calafate. To keep in mind: If on 3rd day the return to El Calafate is after 6 PM, you can take one of the recommended trekkings for Day 2 on Day 3 and leave 2nd day to take optionally the trekking to Cagliero glacier (Difficulty: High).

el chaltén Optional Tours

Condors and Eagles Viewpoint Viedma Lake. It is the perfect option for those who arrive at noon, to understand the area, enjoy an afternoon or simply contemplate the beauty of nature. Season: OCT-APR Operates daily. Only private. Duration: 2/3 hours Difficulty: low Distance: 4 to 6 km (2.5 to 3.7 miles) Slope: 100 meters (328 ft.)

Eagles´s viewpoint, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

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Is the shortest walk from El Chaltén and reaches a natural viewpoint located above the town, with an exceptional panoramic view of the massifs Adela, Torre, Fitz Roy and De las Vueltas River´s Valley. As an optional tour, you can access a second viewpoint on a natural balcony towards the steppe from where you can see the great

Departure from the town by the route which borders De las Vueltas River. Little by little, we enter a zone of ñires and finally reach the waterfall. This is the last section of the Chorrillo River before its flows into the De las Vueltas River. This walk is ideal for those who have little time to explore the area or for those who arrived in the morning and return in the afternoon bus.

El Chalten, Santa Cruz

Season: all year round Operates: daily. Only private. Duration: 3 hours Difficulty: low Distance: 6 km (3,7 miles) Slope: 10 meters (32 ft.) To keep in mind: It is one of the few trails which allows arriving close to the waterfall, by car.

El Chaltén Optional Tours

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Capri Lagoon The walk begins in the village and after crossing a stepped path for an hour, we reach a point where we get a great view of De Las Vueltas River. We continue for another hour until the bifurcation of Capri Lagoon and Mount Fitz Roy. If you have more time, you can walk 15 more minutes towards the Fitz Roy, to

access a natural viewpoint on a rock, from where you have the chance to admire Piedras Blancas Glacier. Ideal to take it during the afternoon on the arrival day. Season: OCT-APR Operates daily Duration: 4/5 hours Difficulty: low-intermediate Distance: 8 km (5 miles) Slope: 200 meters (656 ft.)

Capri Lagoon, El Chalten, Santa Cruz. Courtesy of @visitargentina

Torre Lagoon El Chaltén Optional Tours

One of the classic walks of El Chaltén which leads you to Adela Mountain Range and the incredible Cerro Torre. Just approaching the viewpoint, two hours from El Chaltén, the passenger is able to witness one of the most capricious mountain landscapes in the world and one of the oldest mountains in Patagonia: Cerro Torre. Moreover,

during the spring it is possible to observe an infinity of wild Patagonian flowers. Season: OCT-APR Operates: daily Duration: 7/8 hours Difficulty: intermediate Distance: 18 km (11 miles) Slope: 250 meters (820 ft.) To keep in mind: Bring a box lunch.

Towards Torre lagoon, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

De Los Tres Lagoon The most classic, spectacular and unforgettable trekking of southern Patagonia. Hike through impressive landscapes and forests to reach the base of the mythical Mount Fitz Roy, approaching lagoons of different shades, imposing glaciers and camps of climbers of worldwide fame. If you border the lagoon, you reach Sucio Glacier and Sucia Lagoon.

Season: October to April Operates daily Duration: 8/9 hours Difficulty: high Distance: 17 km (10,5 miles) Slope: 750 meters (2460 ft.) To keep in mind: Transfer to El Pilar is included. Bring a box lunch.

De Los Tres Lagoon, El Chalten, Santa Cruz. courtesy of @visitargentina

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Pliegue Tumbado, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

A trekking through one of the less visited paths of the Park, to access a 360° viewpoint from where we can appreciate Fitz Roy, Torre and Toro Valleys, the Patagonian Steppe and the huge Viedma Lake. In the last part of the tour, we are able to appreciate a large number of ancient marine fossils. Feel the wind of Patagonia as we look out over a natural viewpoint located at an approximate height

of 1500 MASL (4.921 ft.) to get a view of the Torre and Fitz Roy summits. Season: OCT-APR Operates daily Duration: 7/8 hours Difficulty: high Distance: 21 km (13 miles) Slope: 1000 meters (3280 ft.) To keep in mind: Bring a box lunch.

el chaltén Optional Tours

Del Desierto Lake and Vespignani Glacier two most demanding circuits, it is possible to appreciate closely the Vespignani Glacier and the northern face of Mount Fitz Roy. We stay for 2 hours and return to El Chalten. Season: OCT-APR Operates: daily AM / PM Duration: 5/6 hours Difficulty: low / intermediate depending on the chosen path

Vespignani Glacier, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

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From El Chalten, we take Route 23 to enter the Andes range and arrive at Del Desierto Lake. Once at Punta Sur, we embark and after 30 minutes of boat trip, we contemplate the huemul and Vespignani glaciers, we arrive at the Vespignani Glacier Reserve Area to descend and choose the path to trek: difficult, intermediate or easy. From the

Estancia Los Huemules is a private nature reserve, about 20 km (12 miles) from El Chaltén, which has a network of trails with an area of more than 25 km (15 miles), including 1 hour walks without slope, to 3 hours walks in progressive ascent by lands where erosion is minimal. Recommended trails: Azul Lagoon (low difficulty)

or Del Diablo Lagoon (a bit more demanding). Season: OCT-MAR Operates: daily Duration: 8/9 hours Difficulty: low to intermediate, depending on the chosen path To keep in mind: Bring a box lunch. The reserve remains open from 9 AM to 6 PM.

El Chaltén Optional Tours

Estancia Los Huemules

Los Huemules Reserve, El Chalten Santa Cruz

Trekking to the Cagliero Glacier From Estancia Los Huemules we start a trekking ascending for 2 hours, until we reach Del Diablo Lagoon. Once in the dome, we put on the harness and continue a few more minutes along a path of stones to the beginning of a hill which we climb by Via Ferrata. In a second dome, we put on crampons and climb the ice,

where we have lunch (subject to weather) and descent down the same way. Season: NOV-APR Operates: daily Duration: 10 hours Difficulty: High. Good physical condition To keep in mind: Bring a box lunch. Not suitable for people with vertigo.

Cagliero Glacier, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

Piedra del Fraile and Pollone Glacier This is a less travelled path which is done through one of the most beautiful Lenga forests of the region. It takes us to Piedra del Fraile camp, the starting point for all the expeditions which cross the Southern Ice Field. To reach the Pollone Glacier it is needed to continue 2 more hours. We recommend starting at Estancia Nicanor.

Season: NOV-APR Operates: daily Duration: 8/9 hours Difficulty: low until Piedra del Fraile. Intermediate until Pollone Glacier Slope: 80 meters (49 ft.) to Piedra del Fraile. 190 additional meters (118 ft.) to the Pollone Glacier To keep in mind: Bring a box lunch.

Access to Del Fraile Stone, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

Esquel: Los Alerces National Park

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4 Days / 3 Nights

Millenary Larch Tree, Los Alerces N.P., Chubut

TBK0215 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tour: Los Alerces National Park • Meals: 3 breakfasts • Needed ticket to the National Park

Day 1 Arrival at Esquel, reception and accommodation. In case you arrive from Bariloche, we suggest leaving early to arrive

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at noon to Esquel in order to enjoy La Trochita Train, an icon from Patagonia. Due to its value, this steam train was declared National Historic Monument. Day 2 B Today we visit Los Alerces National Park, recently declared Natural Heritage Site by the UNESCO and created for the protection of larches, one of the oldest trees in the continent, which used to be in danger of extinction.

The tour includes the visit to Villa Futalaufquen and its lake, Limonao port, Irigoyen waterfall and the walkways of Arrayanes River where we take a short walk to see a young larch of 300 years old, appreciate Verde Lake and finally get to Chucao Port by the shore of Lake Menendez. From this point, the boat trips to a millennial larch departs. In the afternoon, we return to Esquel. Day 3 B Free day to take an optional excursion. If you like

adventure, we recommend taking the tour to Piedra Parada, an amazing place to discover. Day 4 B Free morning and at due time, transfer to the Esquel airport to board your scheduled flight. To keep in mind: La Trochita operates on Saturdays mornings but depending on the demand, an additional departure in the afternoon is offered. Ask for schedule.

esquel Optional Tours

La Trochita stands where they sell typical crafts of the area. While the train makes maneuvers to return to Esquel, passengers visit the community. Operates: On Saturdays Duration: 3 hours To keep in mind: Train Calendar may change, please check.

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Old Patagonian Express, Esquel, Chubut

The Old Patagonian Express, known as “La Trochita”, is one of the best-preserved historical trains in the world and due to its importance, this relic of 75 cm (29 inches) of gauge was declared a National Historic Landmark. The route is carried out for 18 km (22 miles) of the original one until reaching the Nahuel Pan station where a Mapuche community lives. There is a museum and

In the middle of the steppe, this stone of volcanic origin rises. The place was the caldera of an ancient volcano, whose chimney solidified and gave rise to very peculiar geoforms. After travelling 140 km (86 miles), we enter the steppe towards the Valley of Chubut River where Piedra Parada is located. We cross the river to the entrance of De La Buitrera Canyon,

a fault in the rock, and walk through its interior discovering strange shapes. After lunch, we go on a hike of medium-high difficulty to contemplate a small petrified forest. Operates: daily Duration: 8 hours Meals: box lunch Difficulty: intermediate

Esquel Optional Tours

Piedra Parada (The Standing Stone)

The Standing Stone, Chubut (PH Lisandro Crespo-MINTUR)

Torrecillas Glacier We leave from Esquel towards Lake Verde area in Los Alerces N.P. There we begin a 30-minute walk to Chucao Port, where we embark on a 40-minute boat trip to Nuevo Port, to start a moderate climb to Del Antiguo Lagoon, located at the foot of the Torrecillas Glacier. There, we have the chance to see the basins where snow began to

accumulate and glacial ice formed in the last ice age. Return and lunch. Season: DEC-MAR Operates: daily Duration: 5/6 hours Meals: box lunch Difficulty: medium Distance: 6 km (4 miles) Slope: 250 meters (820 ft.)

Tour to the Torrecillas Glacier, Los Alerces N.P., Chubut (PH MINTUR)

Rafting Corcovado River We depart from Esquel towards Corcovado. The staff provides us the appropriate safety equipment (neoprene, helmet, dry jacket, life jacket). We have a technical safety talk and then start rafting. This river offers different 2-hours circuits to paddle on class II and class III rapids. Feel the adrenaline rush!

Season: NOV-MAR Operates: daily Lunch: box lunch Duration: 7 hours (2/3 hours paddling) Difficulty: low Distance: 15 km To keep in mind: • You must be older tan 12 years old • Bring spare shoes, swimsuit and towel

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Bariloche

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3 Days / 2 Nights

De las Nalcas waterfalls, Rio negro. Courtesy of EMPROTUR Bariloche

TBK0206 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tour: Small Circuit with chair lift ticket to Campanario Hill • Meals: 2 breakfasts

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Day 1 Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, depart from the hotel bordering Nahuel Huapi Lake, passing by Bonita Beach and Campanario Hill. We take the

chair lift which leads us to the top (1.050 MASL-3.444 ft.), from where we are able to admire one of the most beautiful and fascinating landscapes of this region. We gaze at Nahuel Huapi and Perito Moreno Lakes, Trébol Lagoon, San Pedro and Llao Llao Peninsulas, Victoria Island; Otto, Lopez, Goye and Cathedral Hills, as well as the city of Bariloche. We continue and pass through the Llao Llao Peninsula, San Eduardo Chapel and Pañuelo Port. Further on, we arrive at the panoramic point, a

natural balcony from where it is possible to admire Moreno Lake and the Llao Llao Peninsula. At the end, return to the city, Day 2 B Day at leisure to take optional tours. Bariloche offers different alternatives to navigate Nahuel Huapi Lake and get to know unique sites such as the Arrayanes Forest, unique in the world, Puerto Blest and Frias Lake. Day 3 B At due time, transfer to the airport. If you want to continue your trip to Chile, we suggest taking the Lake Crossing,

which connects the Argentine Patagonia with Puerto Varas in Chile. Operational note: Day 1: To take the Small Circuit, it is necessary to arrive to the city before noon. In case it is not possible, it can be taken on 2nd day, complemented with a boat trip or on 3rd day but in this case, a flight after 3 PM is required.

San Martín de los Andes We visit Villa La Angostura and explore the Seven Lakes Circuit, passing by Correntoso, Espejo, Escondido, Falkner, Villarino, Machónico and Lacar Lakes. At Lacar lake’s shores, San Martín de los Andes City is located. Time at leisure to explore and have lunch. Return. Operates: Daily Duration: 11 hours

Tronador Mt, Bariloche, Rio Negro

Villa Traful, Neuquen

El Bolson, Rio negro

Tronador Hill

Great Circuit

El Bolsón

Depart from Bariloche taking the Route 40. After bordering the Gutiérrez and Mascardi Lakes, we enter the Manso River Valley and go to Pampa Linda to reach the Ventisquero Negro. The Tronador Hill owes its name to the roars which the ice blocks detachments produce.

A tour which combines the Patagonian steppe with lakes. Visit the valley of Limay river, Valle Encantado, Traful panoramic viewpoint and Villa La Angostura.

Depart towards the south of Route 40 to an area known as Comarca Andina. Once in El Bolson we visit the local fair, which offers many local products, and then continue towards Lago Puelo with its turquoise waters

Operates: Daily Duration: 9 hours

Season: OCT-ABR Operates: Private daily. Regular MON/ WED/FRI Duration: 6 hours To keep in mind: Tour subject to weather conditions.

Operates: Private daily. Regular TUE/ THU/SAT Duration: 9 hours

Bariloche Optional Tours

Correntoso lake, Neuquen

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bariloche Optional Tours

Small Circuit and Beer Tour This proposal combines two musts: landscapes and beer. At the end of the Small Circuit, which allows us to discover the Campanario Hill, Pañuelo Port and Punto Panorámico (Panoramic Point), we visit a brewery where we learn more about the different types of beer they make, their raw materials, the recognition

room and the fermentation room. The visit ends with a beer pairing of three steps which combines Patagonian flavors. Operates: daily Duration: 6 hours Meals: Dinner paired with beer To keep in mind: The activities at the brewery are subject to availability.

Beer tasting, Bariloche, Rio Negro. Courtesy of EMPROTUR Bariloche

Small Circuit with Trekking This excursion runs along Bustillo Avenue to the Llao Llao area where we start the first trekking of 1:30 hour visiting the Cerrito Llao Llao, a path which will take us to a viewpoint where we can enjoy a view of the Nahuel Huapi Lake. From there we enter the Municipal Forest of Llao Llao, protected area within the town,

to make a one-hour walk ending at Los Troncos Beach where after resting we take the Small Circuit road passing through López Bay and Campanario Hill. Operates: daily Duration: 6 hours Difficulty: Low- Medium

Trekking to Llao Llao forest, Bariloche, Rio Negro. Courtesy of EMPROTUR Bariloche

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BARILOCHE Optional Tours

Victoria Island and Arrayanes Forest at Victoria Island. We visit this island following a well-marked path. Back to Pañuelo Port and Bariloche.

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Navigate from Pañuelo Port Nahuel Huapi Lake, which will take us to two amazing attractions. We start by visiting the Arrayanes forest, a unique tree formation, declared a natural monument. From there, we enjoy an 800 meters walk to admire this unique forest. Then we continue navigating towards Anchorena bay and disembark

Operates: daily AM/PM Duration: 6 hours Operational note: We suggest taking a Box lunch.

Victoria Island, Nahual Huapi, N.P. Rio Negro. Courtesy of EMPROTUR Bariloche

Puerto Blest and De los Cantaros Waterfall

Operational note: The extension to Frias lake requires previous reservation.

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Bariloche Optional Tours

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coming from the friction of the glacier with the walls of Cerro Tronador.

Starting at Pañuelo Port, in Llao Llao Peninsula, this excursion gives us the opportunity to navigate Nahuel Huapi Lake up to Puerto Blest and get to know De los Cantaros waterfall, located in the middle of the Valdivian jungle. From Puerto Blest we suggest taking the extension to Frias Lake in order to admire the green color of its water given by the minerals

bariloche Optional Tours

Explore Tristeza Arm of the Andean forest. Back to the boat to enjoy lunch. Season: OCT-APR Operates: Private daily Duration: 6 hours Meals: Lunch Difficulty: Low

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Navigate an unexplored area of Nahuel Huapi Lake. From Bahia Lopez port, depart towards Tristeza arm, a narrow fiord of 14 km long flanked by Lopez, Capilla and Captain Hills. The boat will stop at different waterfalls to enjoy the landscape and finally we disembark at one point where we make a short walk to Arroyo Frey waterfall, located in the deepest Tristeza Arm, Bariloche, Rio Negro. Courtesy of EMPROTUR Bariloche

Trek to Tronador Mt, Rio Negro. Courtesy of EMPROTUR Bariloche

We will visit the access zone to Tronador Hill, passing through three trails: the Moscos’ Trail; another one which takes us to Saltillo de las Nalcas where we can appreciate a 40-meter high waterfall that falls without being in contact with the rocks, and another trail which leads us to the beautiful Cesares Waterfall. During the tour, we visit the Ventisquero Negro viewpoint too.

Season: NOV-MAR Operates: Private daily. Regular TUETHU-SAT Duration: 10/11 hours Difficulty: Low – Medium To keep in mind: • Minimum age: 10 years old (accompanied by an adult). • In shared services, check for the minimum of passengers. • Bring a box lunch.

Bariloche Optional Tours

Trekking to Tronador

Rafting on the Lower Manso River The most requested adventure excursion, ideal for taking the first steps into Mountain Rivers. Depart towards Steffen Lake and once there, the guides prepare the equipment and give us a brief safety talk to begin the descent. After an hour and a half, we stop at a beach where we have lunch to recover energy and continue

paddling to the Lower Manso Valley. Season: OCT-MAR Operates: daily Duration: 9 hours Meals: box lunch Requirement: low Minimum Age required 6 years To keep in mind: Bring a swimsuit and a change of clothes for after the activity.

Rafting, Manso river, Rio Negro

Kayak in Lake Moreno We start the kayak sail from López Bay, in the Nahuel Huapi Lake and after a short trip, we cross to the Moreno Lake by the Angostura Stream. Already in Moreno Lake and within the Llao LLao Municipal Park, we are able to appreciate some of the most amazing views of Bariloche: Lopez and Goye hills, De Los Conejos

Island and we distinguish the LLao Llao hotel in the distance. During the tour, we stop to take pictures while we have a snack on board the kayak. At the end, return to Bariloche. Season: OCT-APR Operates: daily Duration: 4 hours (2 hours paddling) Difficulty: low

Kayak, Bariloche, Rio Negro. Courtesy of EMPROTUR Bariloche

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Lake Crossing

Lake Crossin

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2 Days / 1 Nights Bariloche / Puerto Varas

Tenaún, Chiloé. Chile

TBK0210 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 1 night • Tour: Lake Crossing Bariloche - Puerto Varas or Puerto Montt • Meals: 1 breakfast

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Day 1 San Carlos de Bariloche/ Lake Crossing / Puerto Varas. Early in the morning, we depart from Bariloche towards Pañuelo Port to start the Lake Crossing, which allows us to connect

Bariloche with Puerto Varas. Once in Pañuelo Port we embark to navigate Nahuel Huapi Lake up to Puerto Blest. At this point, we take a bus to Alegre Port where we take another boat to cross Frias Lake. After a short boat trip, we arrive at Frias Port and complete the border procedures in order to continue by bus to Peulla where we have lunch (not included). The trip continues navigating De Todos Los Santos Lake and if weather allows, we are able to admire Osorno and Puntiagudo

Volcanos and Tronador Hill. We disembark in Petrohue and on the way to Puerto Varas; we make a stop at Petrohue Falls to then continue bordering Lake Llanquihue until Puerto Varas. Day 2 San Carlos de Bariloche/

Lake Crossing / Puerto Varas. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board your flight. Operational note Day 1: The visit to the Petrohué Fallsis subjected to the arrival time.

The ticket and port tax are not included. To keep in mind: • Extension suggested as a Post tour of Bariloche, since it requires a previous night and a subsequent one in Puerto Varas. • If you prefer returning to Bariloche, we suggest adding one night in Puerto Varas and return through Puyehue Pass, which takes you to Villa La Angostura from where you can return by land or by boat to Bariloche.

lake crossing Optional Tours

Puerto Montt and Puerto Varas we visit the highest point of the city, from where we will have a beautiful panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean and Tenglo Island. Operates: daily Duration: 3 hours

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We begin our tour in Puerto Varas where we visit its main highlights such as the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, an exact replica of a Black Forest Church in Germany and the Old Quarter, where the first German settlers settled down. We continue our tour by taking the Route of Los Colonos, passing by the town of Alerce and accessing Puerto Montt where Puerto Varas, Chile

We get to know this city, reminiscent of Bavaria, where its first settlers came from. The city was founded in 1856 as a boarding pier and soon other activities appeared such as tanneries, mills and breweries. Walk around its old Germanstyle houses and enjoy its incomparable view of the Osorno and Puntiagudo volcanoes. During

the tour, we visited the German Colonial Museum, which shows the life of the settlers. From there, we go to Puerto Octay, marked by German influence and the main port of agricultural products to Osorno. Walk around its old streets and Plaza.

Lake Crossing

Frutillar and Puerto Octay

Operates: daily Duration: 4 hours

Frutillar, Puerto Varas, Chile

Chiloé Island: Ancud, Dalcahue and Castro We will start our excursion on the way to the town of Pargua, south of Puerto Varas, where we will board a ferry to navigate through the Chacao Channel, which separates the continent from the Big Island of Chiloé. During navigation, we can observe sea lions, pelicans and marine birds typical of this region. Upon arrival

we head towards Ancud to visit its fortress. Then continue to Dalcahue with its emblematic gastronomic market and finally to Castro, capital of the Big Island of Chiloé. Operates: daily Duration: 10 hours

Chiloe, Puerto Varas, Chile

Osorno Volcano and Petrohue We begin the journey towards Osorno Volcano, bordering Llanquihue Lake until we reach Ensenada sector from where we start ascending until reaching the Ski resort and Mountain Osorno Volcano located at 1240 M.A.S.L. After enjoying the landscape, we continue towards Petrohue sector, located on the coast of De Todos

los Santos Lake. There, we walk some of the trails of the Park to admire the falls. At the end we go to the Port of Petrohue where you can relax taking, optionally, a navigation on the De Todos los Santos Lake. Operates: daily Duration: 8 hours

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Torres del Paine from Puerto Natales

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3 Days / 2 Nights

Hike, Torres del Paine N.P, Chile

TBK0253 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tour: Torres del Paine National Park • Meals: 2 breakfasts and 1 lunch (box lunch) • Needed ticket to National Park

Day 1 Arrival to Puerto Natales bus terminal, reception and transfer to the hotel.

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Day 2 B L Visit to Torres del Paine National Park, declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, in 1978. During the tour, we visit Del Milodón Cave and a small museum, which shows Prehistoric flora and fauna of the region. We continue towards the Park and once inside, from the Nordenskjold Viewpoint, we are able to appreciate a panoramic view of the Paine Massif. Bordering Pehoé Lake, we make it to our next destination:

an imposing waterfall called Salto Grande. To reach it, we walk a short distance and find a viewpoint where it is possible to observe its flow. We have lunch (box lunch) surrounded by a landscape of mountains, and later we visit the area of Grey Lake and Grey Glacier, where we go on a one-hour trekking to admire, from the coast, lots of icebergs with different shapes and sizes. Return to Puerto Natales.

Day 3 B Transfer to El Calafate (Argentina) or Punta Arenas (Chile), to board the flight to your next destination. To keep in mind: • Suggested extension from El Calafate • The bus from and to El Calafate may interrupt its services from May to September inclusive. • We recommend adding one night in Puerto Natales and sailing through Señoret Channel to the Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers.

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Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers through a forest until we get very close to the wall of Serrano Glacier, where we enjoy lunch.

Once embarked, we begin to sail through Última Esperanza Fjord towards Bernardo O’Higgins National Park. At the beginning of the trip, we pass by Puerto Bories (Historic National Monument), the Waterfalls and Cliffs of the Condors and Mount Balmaceda to appreciate the glacier of the same name. We continue to disembark at Puerto Toro to start walking

To keep in mind: Additional night in Puerto Natales is required.

Balmaceda and Serrano glacier, Chile

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Season: OCT-MAR Operates: daily Duration: 10 hours Meals: Patagonian lunch

arrive at the front of the glacier, which is divided in two by a kind of central island (Nunatak). Return to the hotel.

This boat trip starts from Hotel Lago Grey in Torres del Paine National Park. Later, depending on the conditions of the lake, a walk between 30 to 40 minutes may be necessary to reach the boarding place. After approximately 35 minutes of navigation between . V i zice floating icebergs due to Rthe ca detachments of the glacier, we h a s

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Santiago de Chile

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3 Days / 2 Nights

Santiago de Chile, Chile

TBK0250 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tour: City tour • Meals: 2 breakfasts • Ascent to San Cristóbal or to Santa Lucía hills

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Day 1 Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, enjoy the city of Santiago de Chile. This tour offers an entertaining encounter

with the best attractions of Santiago. We start visiting the main streets of the civic district, on the way to Cerro Santa Lucía (emblematic urban park located in the heart of the city), the government headquarters (Palacio de la Moneda) and the traditional Plaza de Armas (the main square). In this traditional meeting point, we are able to appreciate the most diverse and multicultural side of Santiago, in addition to its many buildings of high historical value such as

the Metropolitan Cathedral, the National Historical Museum and the Central Post Office. The walk continues through the Forestal Park, a column of green landscape which accompanies the hectic urban epicenter of the city. Visit to the Fine Arts Museum and to Bellavista neighborhood, area which gathers the best of the bohemian panorama of Santiago. At the end, return to the hotel. Day 2 B Day at leisure to explore Santiago de Chile which has natural surroundings, ideal for

outdoor activities and relax, and cultural options such as Negra Island, one of Pablo Neruda’s houses, or Valparaíso, declared Humanity Heritage by UNESCO. Day 3 B Morning at leisure. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 1: Private Service includes a visit to San Cristobal Hill, while shared service includes a visit to Santa Lucía Hill. National Historical Museum closes on Mondays.

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Valparaíso and Viña del Mar located next to some hills that can be reached by alleys, long stairs and diverse lifts which were built between the end of XIX century and early XX century. Operates: Daily Duration: 8 hours To keep in mind: The private service includes a tasting in Viña del Mar.

Valparaiso, Santiago de Chile

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Departure from the hotel towards the Pacific Ocean through Casablanca Valley known due to its vines. When approaching to the coast, visit the beaches and Viña del Mar City in order to continue to the picturesque Valparaíso’s Port. Due to its particular architecture, UNESCO declared its historic centre Humanity’s Heritage. The city is

Departure from the hotel to visit the beach area in Negra Island, which is characterized by its dense vegetation and big pine trees. There, the housemuseum of Pablo Neruda, who was a Chilean poet and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is located. In the house’s interior, find his collections of bottles, figureheads,

conchas and other objects that the poet collected along his life. This house was built in 1939 and its architecture is very particular due to the low cost materials combination and the artistic wealth. After the excursion, return to the hotel. Operates: TUE/SUN Duration: 8 hours

Santiago de Chile Optional Tours

Negra Island

Isla Negra, Santiago de Chile

Concha and Toro Departure from the hotel to Maipo Valley, Pirque’s area, famous because of its high quality in wines productions, to visit the vineyard Concha and Toro. Founded in 1883, it is the biggest wines exporter in Chile. The tour includes a walk through the gardens, the park, the house’s exterior side and

the storage cellars such as the centenary Casillero del Diablo, which has a legend that surprises its inhabitants. The tour includes reserve wines tastings and a visit to the wine shop where you will find all its products. Operates: Daily Duration: 4 hours

Vineyards, Santiago de Chile

Colchagua’s Route Departure from the hotel to Colchagua’s Valley, two and a half hours to the south of Santiago, where is possible to visit two of the following vineyards: Casa Silva Vine, Estampa, Jacques & Francois Lurton, Laura Hartwig, Montes, Mont Gras, Viu Manent or Viña Bisquertt, according to the day. After doing the visits

with included tasting, we have lunch (included) and continue to another vineyard or to Colchagua’s Museum, which has one of the biggest and most important PreHispanic art collections in Chile and a very significant exhibition of the Chilean colonial period. Operates: Daily. Only in Private Duration: 10 hours

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San Pedro de Atacama

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4 Days / 3 Nights

San Pedro De Atacama, Chile

TBK0252 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tours: El Tatio Geyser Field De La Luna Valley • Meals: 3 breakfasts • Needed tickets to reserves

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Day 1 Arrival at San Pedro de Atacama. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, departure from the hotel to visit De La Sal Mountain Range and De La

Muerte Valley. During the trip, we arrive at Las Tres Marias, an interesting geological formation, located close to an old salt mine and to De La Luna Valley (Moon Valley), named after its similarity with the lunar landscape. Enjoy a unique sunset. Day 2 B Free day to take an optional excursion. We suggest visiting Altiplanic Lagoons, one of the 7 areas which embrace Los Flamencos National Reserve (“flamencos” means flamingoes), with Chaxa Lagoon in Atacama

Salt Flat. Volcanoes and mountainous relief, standing out Miscanti and Miñiques Lagoons, characterize the landscape. On the way back, we visit Toconao.

vapor fumaroles produced by the high temperatures of its watery craters. It is surrounded by hills that reach 5.900 MASL (10.356 ft.).

Max. altitude: 4.220 MASL (13.,845 ft.)

Day 4 B At due time, departure transfer.

Day 3 B Early in the morning we depart towards El Tatio Geyser Field, a geothermal field located in the Andes Mountain Range, which is the highest geyser field in the world ( 4.200 MASL- 13.779 ft.). It is visited during the first hours of the day because at that time, it registers an impressive activity of

Max. altitude: 4.320 MASL (14.173 ft.)

To keep in mind: Due to the area’s characteristics such as altitude, atmospheric pressure and reduction of oxygen, we recommend people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases, should take special care.

san pedro de atacama Optional Tours

Archaeological Tour great social organization that the Atacama’s ancestors had against the Spanish conquers. These ruins are located at the slope of a small hill, which gave them a strategical location.

We leave the hotel to visit Tulor’s Village which is around 3.000 years old and its architecture was made with circular clay constructions. After that, we visit the Atacama’s fortress known as Pukará de Quitor, which was built in the XII century. The Pukará de Quitor’s ruins show us the

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Archeological tour, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

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Cejar Lagoon On this tour we visit a series of lagoons in the interior of the Atacama Salt Flat, the largest salt flat in Chile. Then continue to Cejar and Piedra lagoon, surrounded by green and yellow grass which highlights the colour of the water, contemplating a unique landscape of turquoise water and volcanoes. In Piedra

Lagoon, we enjoy a different bath, due to its saline water that allow the bodies to float and remain without sinking, because the salt load is greater than the weight of the person. After sunset, we return to S.P. de Atacama. Operates: daily. P.M Duration: 4 hours Altitude: 2400 MASL (7874 ft.)

Cejar lagoon, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

San Pedro de Atacama Optional Tours

Quitor & Catarpe Bike Tour We start an active bike ride with more than 6 river crossing. Feel the adrenaline of going by the Cordillera de la Sal. Catarpe is the only green valley in this area and stands out for its small church and the walk, which we will take to the summit of Pucara de Quitor, ruins of an old fortress from the XI century. This pre Inca construction was declared

a National monument in 1982 for being a key testimony, which shows the development and evolution of these communities in the Antofagasta region. Operates: daily Duration: 4 hours Altitude: 2530 MASL (8300 ft.)

Pukara of Quitor, S.P. Atacama, Chile

Altiplanic Lagoons, Atacama Salt Flat and Toconao

Altiplanic lagoons, San Pedro de Atacama

We travel 350 kilometers (217 miles) approximately, visiting the towns of Toconao and Socaire, the Valley of Jeri and the Chaxa Lagoon in the Salar de Atacama, habitat of pink flamingos. The excursion continues to the high plateau lagoons, 18 kilometers (11 miles) south of Socaire, in one of the 7 areas which embrace

Los Flamencos National Reserve. These lagoons are surrounded by imposing volcanoes caused by the rise of the Andes, in remote geological times. Operates: daily Duration: 8 hours Altitude: 4.500 MASL (14.763 ft.)

Monks of Pecana and Tara Salt Flat The tour leaves from San Pedro through Jama International Pass at an approximate height of 4.000 meters. On the way, we observe the Quepiaco river wetland, which contrasts with the colours of the mountain range. Later we reach the area where the Pacana Monks are located, which are a group of imposing stone pillars Salar de Tara, San Pedro de Atacama

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formed by the erosion of wind and water located in the middle of the desert. We continue towards Tara Salt Flat ascending to 4.000 meters where we walk along its lagoon. Time for lunch and return to San Pedro. Season: OCT-MAR Operates: Daily Duration: 6/7 hours

Easter Island

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4 Days / 3 Nights Easter Island

Easter Island, Chile. Courtesy of Exlplora

TBK0251 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tours: Akahanga - Rano Raraku Volcano - Ahu Tongarik Anakena Rano Kau, Orongo and Vinapu - Ahu Akivi - Puna Pau • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 1 lunch • Needed tickets to Reserves

Day 1 Reception at Mataveri Airport and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.

Day 2 B L Visit to Rapa Nui National Park, Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO, representing almost half of the island’s total area. We visit the Ruins of the Temple of Akahanga, famous for its legend about the King being buried in its ground, in addition for being a strategic astronomic point. Continue to Rano Raraku Volcano, area with the highest concentration of statues in the island and place where the moais used to be carved. Finally, Ahu Tongariki, the biggest ceremonial site in the island, where many of the huge moai were

destroyed by a large tsunami in 1960. The tour ends at Anakena which contains two ceremonial sites. Day 3 B The tour starts visiting Vinapu in order to continue to Ranu Kau, volcano of 310 MASL (1.017 ft), whih contains a huge crater of 1.6 km (1 mile) diameter and a 11 mt. deep (36 ft.) fresh water lagoon. Next to the volcano is the ancient ceremonial city of Orongo, area of the island where we can find the greatest concentration of petroglyphs. In the afternoon, excursion to Ahu Akivi, a

ceremonial site which is particularly interesting not only because of its location in the centre of the island but also because of the legends about its Seven Moais. Then, we visit Puna Pau, located on the east side of Hanga Roas town, in a small red stone crater. Day 4 B At due time transfer to the airport. To keep in mind: The itinerary can be modified according to flights or weather conditions.

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Essential Uruguay

Essencial Uruguay

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3 Days / 2 Nights Montevideo / Colonia del Sacramento

Plaza de Toros (Bull Ring), Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

TBK0260 What’s included • Needed transfers • Hydrofoil Buenos Aires/Montevideo Colonia/ Buenos Aires • Accommodation: 2 nights Montevideo (1)-Colonia del Sacramento (1) • Tours: City tour Colonia - City tour Montevideo • Meals: 2 breakfasts

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Day 1 Buenos Aires / Montevideo. Fast Ferry from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, during the morning (included). After arrival, transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, enjoy a threehours tour which shows us the most important and characteristic places in the city, in order to get the feeling of understanding the Uruguayan lifestyle and culture. During the excursion, we visit Independencia Square (the main square), the Legislative Palace, the traditional Prado neighborhood, Carrasco residential zone, the Old

City and its pedestrian streets, the Town Hall, the Cathedral and the typical Port Market. In the evening, we suggest a dinner show with performance related to Tango, Candombe and other typical Uruguayan music. Day 2 Montevideo / Colonia. B Full day tour to Colonia Del Sacramento, an old city declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. We walk through the cobblestone streets, the old edifications, the forts, the Spanish and Portuguese Museums, the port, downtown, Ferrando Beach,

the Coastal Rambla which borders Colonia from the Old City to Real de San Carlos area, where we visit the bullring and the old port. Day 3 Colonia / Buenos Aires. B Time at leisure and transfer to the port to take the Fast Ferry to Buenos Aires. Operational note: Day 1: Ferry Buenos AiresMontevideo takes 3 hours Day 3: Ferry Colonia – Buenos Aires takes 1 hour with the express service.

Uruguay Optional Tours

Eastern Wine Route and Jesuit Ruins included in the tour). We continue to Cordano Winery and then, El Legado, one of the smallest and most elegant in the region where Syrah and Tannat are produced. Operates: Only in private Duration: 8 hours To keep in mind: It requires an overnight stay in Colonia.

Calera de las Huerfanas, Carmelo, Uruguay

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Enjoy a tour to “La Calera de las Huérfanas” Jesuit Ruins and two wineries in the area. The trip begins visiting “La Calera de las Huérfanas” Jesuit Ruins where Uruguayan wine’s history started and we still can see the Zubizarreta’s vineyards in the same place where the first vines were planted (the visit to Zubizarreta Winery is not

We depart from Montevideo and on the way, we visit Piriápolis to go to San Antonio Hills top, from where we will have a wonderful view of the city. Then, we continue visiting Punta Ballena and the pinturesque “Casapueblo” which was built by the famous Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró. When we arrive at Punta del Este, we will visit the residential neighbourhoods, the strange bridge

in “La Barra de Maldonado” and the beaches called Brava and Mansa, in order to visit after that the Peninsula with enough time for walking around the main avenue, Gorlero, and have lunch (not included). Operates: Daily Duration: 8 hours

Essential Uruguay

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To keep in mind: It requires an overnight stay in Montevideo.

Casapueblo, Uruguay

Garzon Town and Garzon Winery

Garzon Winnery, Montevideo, Uruguay

We visit a town surrounded by a rural atmosphere but with restaurants, art galleries, design shops and one of the Uruguay’s most important wineries. When visiting the winery, we will be able to discover its corners and its vineyards where the most iconic wines are produced. After the visit, enjoy your lunch and the fires cooking of the style of Francis Mallmann in a private terrace,

and a chef who serves you with a gastronomic proposal, which is especially elaborated for this event. Operates: WED to SUN. Only in private Duration: 9 hours Meals: Lunch To keep in mind: It requires an overnight stay in Montevideo.

Candombe-Tango-Folklore Dinner Show A night dedicated to Uruguayan tradition, including a musical demonstration. The show starts with Candombe, the Afro-Montevideo culture’s most significant demonstration and the rhythm of the tambours that always tell a story. Then, it will be Tango and Milonga’s time: a live orchestra will captivate the spectators with its fascinating

sounds, while the dancers delight with their abilities. Finally, the Candombe returns and makes the place a private carnival. Operates: Only in private Duration: 2/3 hours To keep in mind: It requires an overnight stay in Montevideo.

Candombe´s Show, Montevideo, Uruguay

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Essential Rio

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3 Days / 2 Nights Rio de Janeiro

Santa Teresa neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

TBK0270 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 2 nights • Tours: Sugar Loaf and Corcovado • Meals: 2 breakfasts - 1 Lunch

Day 1 Rio de Janeiro. Arrival to the airport and transfer to the hotel. Time at leisure to enjoy the city, which offers a very rich cultural life and a landscape where the jungle, the sea and

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mountain join to make Rio de Janeiro a unique city. Due to its 450 years of history and beauty, Rio became the first city in the world to be declared a Cultural Human Heritage by UNESCO. At night, we suggest visiting Ginga Tropical, a perfect show to know Brazil history thought its music and typical dances. Day 2 Rio de Janeiro. B L Visit the most famous attraction and one of the most visited places in the city, the “Wonder

of Rio”, better known as Crist the Redeemer. After taking a panoramic tour along the beaches, we arrive to the station to board the train, which will take us to Corcovado. Apart from being an ecological refuge, Corcovado is part of Floresta de Tijuca National Park, the largest urban forest in the world. From its summit we are able to admire a unique view. After lunch,depart towards The sugar loaf, a 395 M.A.S.L. hill, located in the middle of

Guanabara Bay. The ascent, done in two stages allows us to reach its top, which gives us a wonderful panoramic view of the city. After this, return to the hotel. Day 3 Rio de Janeiro. B Time at leisure to explore the city. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 2: Ascent to Corcovado is done by regular train.

RIO DE JANEIRO Optional Tours

Jeep Tour Botanical Garden and Tijuca Forest on the beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana, the Guanabara Bay and the Sugar Loaf Mountain. On the way back to the hotel, we stop at Pepino beach to see the delta wings. Operates: daily Duration: 3 hours

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Visit the Botanical Garden, the only park that has a great variety of rare and exotic species brought from all over the world, such as the imperial palms or water lilies. Then, a visit to the Atlantic Tijuca Forest, the largest urban forest in the world with a magnificent view

Jeeptour, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Santa Teresa is a charming neighbourhood. It is culturally and historically important to Rio, as it has preserved very well the characteristics of the Old Rio. With large houses and historic buildings, it tells stories of the past, housing craft galleries and the traditional trolley bus, known

as “bondinho”. The tour passes through the district of Cosme Velho, Castelinho, the Park of the Ruins to enjoy a spectacular view of Rio de Janeiro and ends at Largo do Guimarães, the heart of the neighborhood. Operates: daily in private Duration: 3 hours

Rio de Janeiro Optional Tours

Santa Teresa

Streetcar, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Petropolis Departure from the hotel to Petrópolis, located in the Serra dos Orgaos, one hour away from Rio de Janeiro. On the way, stop at the Imperial Museum which served as the summer home of the imperial family during the 19th century. There you will find various historical pieces such as the sceptre and crown of Emperor Don Pedro II, historical

documents, royal jewellery and works of art. During the excursion you will visit the Crystal Palace, the Cathedral of San Pedro de Alcántara and the house of Santos Dummont. Opera: Private TUE-SUN/ Regular: TUE/ THU/SAT Duration: 8 hours Meal: Lunch

Petropilis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Tropical Ginga It is the perfect show to know the history of Brazil through its dances and its musical rhythms. It is an interactive and dynamic show that starts with a samba class, popular dance in Rio de Janeiro, land of carnival, football and a welcoming city for travellers. Then, with the ringing of the bells and the opening of the curtain,

the show begins, which travels through Brazil from north to south: available with or without dinner. Opera: TUE/THU/SAT Duration: 4/5 hours To keep in mind: The option with dinner includes dinner in a different space than where the show takes place.

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Highlights of Brazil and Peru

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9 Days / 8 Nights Lima / Cusco / Foz do Iguaçu / Rio de Janeiro

Local artisans, Peru

TBK 0719 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights Lima (1) - Cusco (2) - Foz do Iguaçu (2) - Río de Janeiro (3) • Tours: Lima: City tour Cusco: City tour - Machu Picchu Ruins Foz do Iguaçu: Brazilian falls Río: Corcovado - Pão de Açúcar • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 2 lunches • Needed tickets and fees

Day 1 Lima. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Today we visit Lima, city that was declared Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. We walk through Del Amor Park in Miraflores, the Government Palace, the Town Hall, the Cathedral and San Francisco Covent, all of them located at the main square. At the end, return to the hotel.

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Day 2 Lima / Cusco. B Transfer to the airport and flight to Cusco. Arrival and accommodation. In the afternoon, we visit the Archeological Park of Sacsayhuaman, Del Puma Sanctuary, Korikancha Temple, Del Dios Sol Temple, Santo Domingo Church and the main square, where the cathedral is located. Day 3 Cusco. B L Today we arrive at Aguas Calientes by train, then ascend the winding road to Machu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and declared a Cultural and Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO; as it is considered an important religious, political and administrative center of the Inca period. Built in the fifteenth century, Machu Picchu is divided into two large sectors: the agricultural comprising a vast network of artificial terraces, and the urban area, consisting of various buildings and squares, including the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of Three Windows, the

Main Temple and the Temple of the Condor. We have spare time and lunch. In the afternoon, return to Cusco. Day 4 Cusco/ Foz do Iguaçu. B Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Lima, and then connect to Foz do Iguaçu. Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. Day 5 Foz do Iguaçu. B In the morning, we visit the falls on the Brazilian side. We enter the National Park and cross the only path that takes us to the viewpoint of Garganta del Diablo. As we walk, we appreciate a view of almost all the falls. Day 6 Foz do Iguaçu/ Rio de Janeiro. B Transfer to the airport of Foz. Arrival and reception in Rio. Transfer to the hotel. Time at leisure. In the evening, we suggest a spectacular samba show with the characteristic rhythm of Carnival. Day 7 Rio de Janeiro. B L Departure from the hotel to visit one of the most famous sites in

the city: the statue of Christ the Redeemer, recently chosen as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. From its summit, we enjoy a panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro and discover why it is known as the “Marvelous City”. After lunch, we visit the famous Pão do Açúcar (Sugar Loaf) located at 395 MASL (1.296 ft.) that has become an icon of the city. From its summit, we are able to glimpse some of the historical sites of the city, such as the cathedral and the municipal theater. Day 8 Rio de Janeiro. B Day at leisure to get to know Rio de Janeiro through its culture and nature. Day 9 Rio de Janeiro. B In due time, transfer to board the scheduled flight. To keep in mind: • The access to the Garganta del Diablo Balcony could be interrupted by a rise of the river flow

Wonders of South America

Machu Picchu, Peru

TBK 0722 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 11 nights Rio (2) - Lima (1) - Cusco (3) Puerto Iguazú (2) - Buenos Aires (3) • Tours: Río: Corcovado - Pão de Açúcar Lima: City tour Cusco: City tour - Sacred Valley Machu Picchu Ruins Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls Brazilian falls Buenos Aires: City tour - dinner tango show • Meals: 11 breakfasts - 3 lunches 1 dinner • Needed tickets

Day 1 Rio de Janeiro. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Day 2 Rio de Janeiro. B L Depart to visit Corcovado Hill, where the statue of Christ the Redeemer is located. After lunch, a visit to the Pão de Açúcar. From the top, enjoy a panoramic view of the entire city. Return to the hotel.

Day 3 Rio de Janeiro / Lima. B Transfer to the airport to board a flight to Lima. Transfer to the hotel. Today we visit Lima, declared Cultural Heritage Site. We walk through Del Amor Park in Miraflores, the Government Palace, the Town Hall, the Cathedral and San Francisco Covent, all of them located at the main square. At the end, return to the hotel. Day 4 Lima / Cusco. B Transfer to the airport and flight to Cusco. Arrival and accommodation. In the afternoon, we visit the Archeological Park of Sacsayhuaman, Del Puma Sanctuary, Korikancha Temple, Del Dios Sol Temple, Santo Domingo Church and the main square, where the cathedral is located. Day 5 Cusco. B L Get to know the Sacred Valley of the Incas, going through the Market of Piscac, where beautiful handicrafts are made. After lunch, we get to Ollantaytambo, characterized by its temple, used as a fortress

during the resistance of Incas. In the evening, return to Cusco. Day 6 Cusco. B L Today we arrive at Aguas Calientes by train, to later ascend through the winding way to Machu Picchu, Cultural Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of the World. This lost city of the Incas astonishes us with its terraces, ceremonial sanctuaries, stairs and urban zones. Time to walk round the ruins and have lunch. In the evening, return to Cusco. Day 7 Cusco / Puerto Iguazú. B Transfer to board the connecting flight to Foz do Iguaçu. Arrival and transfer to the selected hotel. Day 8 Puerto Iguazú. B Departure from the hotel towards Iguazú National Park, Natural Heritage Site and one of the Seven Wonders of the World. During the walk along the paths, it is possible to get a panoramic view of San Martin Island and Bossetti, San Martin and Tres Mosqueteros Waterfalls. Return to the hotel. Day 9 Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires. B In the morning, we visit

the falls on the Brazilian side. We enter the National Park and cross the only path that takes us to the viewpoint of Garganta Del Diablo. As we walk, we appreciate a view of almost all the falls. Transfer to Puerto Iguazú to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrive and transfer to the hotel. Day 10 Buenos Aires. B D Today we discover the city through its most interesting places: the historical Centre, La Boca neighborhood, with its famous Caminito Street, Palermo and La Recoleta neighborhoods. In the evening, feel delighted by a dinner and tango show. Day 11 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to take optional tours. We suggest “Gaucho Party” or “Tigre Delta”. Day 12 Buenos Aires. B Transfer to the airport.

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12 Days / 11 Nights Rio de Janeiro / Lima / Cusco / Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires

To keep in mind: The access to the Garganta del Diablo Balcony could be interrupted by the rise of a river flow.

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From the Incas to the World’s End

From the Incas to the World`s End

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16 Days / 15 Nights Río de Janeiro / Lima / Cusco / Puerto Iguazú / Buenos Aires / Ushuaia / El Calafate

Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro

TBK 0723 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 15 nights Rio (2) - Lima (1) - Cusco (3) Puerto Iguazú (2) - Buenos Aires (3) Ushuaia (2) - El Calafate (2) • Tours: Rio: Corcovado - Pão de Açúcar Lima: City tour Cusco: City tour - Sacred Valley Machu Picchu Ruins Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls Brazilian falls Buenos Aires: City tour - dinner tango show Ushuaia: National Park - Beagle Channel boat ride El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier • Meals: 15 breakfasts - 3 lunches 1 dinner • Needed tickets and fees

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Christ the Redeemer statue is located. After lunch, we visit the Pão de Açúcar. From the top, enjoy a panoramic view of the city, the first urban place declared Cultural Heritage Site. Day 3 Rio de Janeiro / Lima. B Transfer to Rio’s airport. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we visit the Historical Center of Lima, declared Cultural Heritage Site of Humanity. Day 4 Lima / Cusco. B Transfer to the airport. Arrival at Cusco and accommodation. In the afternoon, we visit the city. Day 5 Cusco. B L Visit to the Sacred Valley, including Pisac Market and Ollantaytambo. In the evening, return to Cusco. Day 6 Cusco. B L Today we visit The Ruins of Machu Picchu, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, declared a Cultural and Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Spare time to explore the place and have lunch. In the afternoon, we return to Cusco.

Day 7 Cusco / Puerto Iguazú. B Transfer to board the connecting flight to Foz do Iguaçu. Arrival and transfer to the selected hotel. Day 8 Puerto Iguazú. B Visit to the Argentinian Side of the Falls, one of the first protected areas of South America, declared Natural Heritage Site, and one of the 7 Wonders of Nature. Day 9 Puerto Iguazú/ Buenos Aires. B In the morning we visit Foz do Iguaçu National Park. In due time, transfer to Puerto Iguazú to board the flight towards Buenos Aires. Transfer to the hotel. Day 10 Buenos Aires. B D During the morning, visit the city through the historical center, La Boca, Palermo and La Recoleta neighborhoods. In the evening, enjoy a dinner tango show. Day 11 Buenos Aires / Ushuaia. B Morning at leisure. Transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Ushuaia. Arrival and transfer to the hotel.

Day 12 Ushuaia. B In the morning, excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park. In the afternoon, cruise through the Beagle Channel, admiring Lobos Island and Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse. Transfer to the hotel. Day 13 Ushuaia / El Calafate. B In due time, transfer to the airport. Arrival at El Calafate and transfer to the hotel. Day 14 El Calafate. B Day at leisure. Do not miss the chance of cruising through ice floes or enjoying the millenary landscapes of El Chaltén or Torres del Paine. Day 15 El Calafate/ Buenos Aires. B Departure from the hotel towards the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Los Glaciares National Park, declared Natural Heritage Site. Time for lunch (not included) and enjoy the walkways. In the afternoon, transfer to the airport. Arrival and accommodation. Day 16 Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport.

Southern Jewels

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19 Days / 18 Nights Quito / Lima / Cusco / Sacred Valley / Puno / La Paz / Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú / Rio

Uros Island, Peru

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Day 2 Quito. B Visit to the city through La Compañía de Jesús What’s included Church. In the afternoon, we reach • Needed transfers Zero Latitude and then we visit the • Accommodation: 18 nights inti Ñan Museum. Quito (2) - Lima (1) - Cusco (2) Day 3 Quito / Lima. B Transfer Sacred Valley (1) - Puno (2) to the airport to board the flight La Paz (2) - Buenos Aires (3) to Lima. Accommodation. In the Puerto Iguazú (2) - Rio (3) afternoon, we visit the historical • Tours: center. Quito: City tour and Middle of the Day 4 Lima/Cusco. B Transfer to World the airport to fly to Cusco. Arrival Lima: City tour and reception. Transfer to the Cusco: City tour - Sacred Valley hotel. In the afternoon, citytour. Machu Picchu Ruins Puno: Lakes Day 5 Cusco /Sacred Valley. Crossing - De Los Uros Island BL Today we visit the Sacred Del Sol Island Valley of the Incas going across La Paz: City tour - De La Luna Valley Urubamba Valley and after lunch, Buenos Aires: City tour - dinner the Inca Fortress of Ollantaytambo. tango show Accommodation. Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian Falls Day 6 Sacred Valley / Machu Brazilian Falls Rio: Corcovado Hill - Pão de Açúcar Picchu / Cusco. BL Today, we are astonished by a Wonder of • Meals: 18 breakfasts - 6 lunches the World and a Cultural Heritage 1 dinner Site: Machu Picchu Ruins. Return • Needed tickets and fees to Cusco. Day 7 Cusco / Puno. BL Day 1 Quito. Arrival and Departure to Puno on a touristic reception at the airport. Transfer to bus. On the way, we make stops to the hotel. Accommodation. enjoy the wonderful landscapes of

this route. Lunch. Arrival at Puno. Accommodation. Day 8 Puno. B In the morning, we visit the Uros artificial islands and in the afternoon, the Pre-Inca Cemetery of Hatun Chiefs. Return to the hotel. Day 9 Puno / La Paz. BL We cross Lake Titicaca. Visit Del Sol Island with the Del Inca Garden and the famous Del Inca Fountain. Lunch. Continue towards La Paz. Arrival and accommodation. Day 10 La Paz. B The city tour starts at Médicos Brujos Market, followed by the Colonial Church of San Francisco, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Government Palace and the Parliament. Finishes at De La Luna Valley. Afternoon at leisure. Day 11 La Paz / Buenos Aires. B In due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Transfer to the hotel. Day 12 Buenos Aires. BD In the morning, city tour along the most interesting places. In the evening, dinner and tango show. Day 13 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to take optional tours.

Day 14 Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazú. B In due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Puerto Iguazu. Arrival. Accommodation. Day 15 Puerto Iguazú. B Today we visit the Iguazú Falls, declared Humanity’s Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Natural and Modern Wonders. During the tour, we explore the three trails of the Argentinian Park: the Garganta del Diablo, the Upper and the Lower Trails. Day 16 Puerto Iguazú/Río de Janeiro. B In the morning, we visit Foz do Iguaçu National Park. Transfer to the airport of Foz to board the scheduled flight to Rio de Janeiro. Arrival. Accommodation. Day 17 Rio de Janeiro. BL We visit Corcovado Hill and Pão de Açúcar, from where we get excellent views of the city. Day 18 Rio de Janeiro. B Day at leisure to enjoy the city. Day 19 Rio de Janeiro. B Morning at leisure. At due time, transfer to the airport.

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Wines of South America

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11 Days / 10 Nights Santiago de Chile / Mendoza / Buenos Aires / Montevideo (Uruguay)

Wines of Chie, Santa Cruz, Chile

TBK 0724 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 10 nights • Santiago (3)- Mendoza (2)- Buenos Aires (3)- Montevideo (2) • Tours: Santiago: City Tour - Colchagua Wine Route Mendoza: Trapiche Space - Catena World Buenos Aires: City tour- Wine tasting Montevideo: City Tour- Garzon Winery • Meals: 10 breakfasts - 3 lunches 2 dinners- mentioned tastings

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Day 1 Santiago. Reception at the airport in Santiago and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, departure to Discover the city by visiting the main streets of the civic neighbourhood, Parque Forestal, and the Bellavista neighbourhood; an area that brings together the best of Santiago’s bohemian scene. At the end, return to the hotel.

Day 2 Santiago. B L Departure from the hotel to the Colchagua Valley to enjoy the local wineries through a wine tasting and lunch. During the tour we also visit the Colchagua Museum, which hots one of the largest and most important collections of preHispanic art in Chile. Day 3 Santiago. B Free day to visit Santiago de Chile, we suggest visiting Isla Negra, one of Pablo Neruda’s houses or Valparaiso, declared World Heritage by UNESCO. Day 4 Santiago / Mendoza. B D Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Mendoza. Arrival and accommodation. At night, dinner at Espacio Trapiche where we attend an experience that awakens our senses and our appetite. Day 5 Mendoza. B L We leave the hotel to discover the Catena World. This High Range Tour offers us an insight on the family that brought Argentine wines to the world and is designed to get to

know, taste and enjoy the best wines of our terroir. The wineries to be visited are Catena Zapata, Bodega Caro and Casa El Enemigo, inspired by the childhood of Alejandro Vigil, head winemaker of Catena Zapata. Day 6 Mendoza / Buenos Aires. B Free morning to continue discovering the city. At the indicated time, transfer to the airport to board the plane for Buenos Aires. In the evening, we attend a wine tasting where we discover the world of Malbec and other varieties that have brought Argentine wine to a privileged place. Day 7 Buenos Aires. B D In the morning, we will explore the city, visiting its most emblematic sites. In the evening, we enjoy a gastronomic experience that explores new ways of serving the typical Argentinean Asado (barbecue). Day 8 Buenos Aires. B Free day to experience the city through our history, art, gastronomy and passions.

Day 9 Buenos Aires/ Montevideo. B Departure to the port to board the ferry that will take you to Montevideo. Upon arrival, transfer to the hotel to then go on a city tour. Day 10 Montevideo. B L We visit a village surrounded by a rural atmosphere, but with restaurants, art galleries, design shops and one of the most important wineries in Uruguay, Bodega Garzón. After the visit, enjoy your lunch with Francis Mallmann Day 11 Montevideo. B Free time. At the agreed time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 4: Trapiche Space operates THU/ FRI/SAT. Day 5: Catena World operates TUE (FRI on regular and MON to SAT on private). Day 10: Visit to Bodega Garzón operates from WED to SUN only in private.

Ecuador: Tradition and Nature

Blue Footed Bobies, Galapagos Island, Ecuador

TBK 0717 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 7 nights Quito (3) - Puerto Ayora (Galápagos) (4) • Tours: Quito: City tour and Middle of the World Galápagos: Turtles Reserve - Scientific Station of Darwin - Lava Tunnels Tortuga Bay and Lobería - 2 boat rides to other Islands of the Archipelago • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 2 lunches • Needed tickets and fees

Day 1 Quito. Arrival and reception at the airport. Accommodation. Day 2 Quito. B L After breakfast, we start a walk through La Calle Ronda, letting us imagine how local inhabitants used to live in the 1600s. Afterwards, we visit the colonial city of Quito including Santo Domingo Square, the City Museum, San Francisco Square, La Merced Church, the Presidential Palace, the Cathedral

and other important buildings. Our last stop is La Compañía de Jesús Church, one of the most beautiful ones around the world. After visiting Itchimbia, we get at the historical site where Zero Latitude was found in 1736. Lunch at a restaurant. We visit the Ethnographical Museum and the Inti Ñan Museum. Return to the hotel. Day 3 Quito. B Day at leisure. We suggest visiting the Handcraft Market of Otavalo, famous for its textiles, tapestries and traditional shops. Day 4 Quito / Puerto Ayora. B In the morning, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Santa Cruz, one of the Galápagos archipelago‘s islands, famous for its numerous endemic species and the studies of Charles Darwin that led him to establish his Theory of Evolution by natural selection. UNESCO declared the Galapagos Islands as a Natural Heritage Site and as a Biosphere Reserve. It is also a National Park and the sea

that surrounds the islands was declared a Marine Reserve. In 2001, UNESCO added other recognitions such as Whale Sanctuary and RASMAR Site (for the protection of wetlands). Once we arrive and cross the Itabaca Channel, we begin the trip to Puerto Ayora. On the way, we visit the lava tunnels, a giant turtle reserve and at Puerto Ayora, the Charles Darwin Scientific station. It is possible, though perhaps unlikely, that among the remaining giant tortoises of the Galápagos Islands, there exists an old-timer that was a hatchling at the time of Charles Darwin’s famous visit in 1835. Giant tortoises are the longest-lived of all vertebrates, averaging over 100 years. Modern Galápagos tortoises can weigh up to 417 kg (919 lb). Accommodation. Day 5 Puerto Ayora. B In the morning, departure to Tortuga Bay. After a walk, we get at one of the most beautiful beaches of the Galapagos, where we have the chance to rest and

enjoy the place before returning to Puerto Ayora, spare time for lunch. In the afternoon, we go through La Lobería, a posting of sea lions, where we are able to do snorkel. Continue towards Del Amor Channel and De Los Perros Beach. Day 6 & 7 Puerto Ayora. B L Excursion by yacht to one of the following Islands: Plazas, Seymour, Bartolomé, Santa Fe or similar. Lunch included. Return to Puerto Ayora. Day 8 Puerto Ayora / Quito or Guayaquil. B Transfer to the airport, to board the flight back to Quito or Guayaquil, according to your next destination.

Ecuador. Tradition and Nature

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8 Days / 7 Nights Quito / Puerto Ayora (Galápagos Island)

Operational note: The operation of the tours in Galapagos is subject to availability, changes in the itinerary, operational days, etc. To keep in mind: • Excursions in Galapagos are not recommended for children under the age of 5 years old, pregnant women, elderly people or people with limited mobility.

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Buenos Aires, Pampas and Hills

Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @travelBuenosAires.

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Buenos Aires: Cultural Encounter

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5 Days / 4 Nights Buenos Aires

Gato Negro, Remarkable Bar, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0407 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights • Tours: City tour with Colón Theatre Museums Tour - Graffiti Tour Mataderos’ Fair - Remarkable Bars • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 1 lunch 2 snacks • Needed tickets to museums

Day 1 Buenos Aires. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, panoramic tour of the city starting at Plaza de Mayo, witness of some the most important events of the country from 1810. Then continue to the neighbourhood of La Boca, and finish in Palermo and Recoleta. During the tour, we visit a city’s icon: the Colón Theatre, considered one of the best opera houses in the world, recognized for its acoustic and artistic value of its construction. We have the opportunity to visit: The Foyer, The Golden Room, the Gallery of the

Busts and Main Room. At the end, return to the hotel. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B Morning at leisure. In the afternoon, departure from the hotel to visit two of the most representative museums dedicated to different aspects and periods of argentinian art and culture. According to the preferences of each passenger, it is possible to choose between the following museums:National Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Decorative Art, Jose Hernández Museum and Buenos Aires’ Museum of Latin American Art(MALBA).At the end of the tour, we enjoy a coffee in Errazuriz Palace that is home to the Museum of Decorative Art, which is a fitting example of the Belle Epoque in ‘porteño’ area. Finally, return to the hotel. Day 3 Buenos Aires. B Morning at leisure and in the afternoon encounter with Urban Art. Discover why Buenos Aires is one of the world capitals of Street Art. At this tour, you can contemplate the work of more than 50 urban

artists and the fascinating stories behind their murals. You may explore different areas of the city and photograph giant walls not listed in the tourist guides. We finish the tour with a stop at a bar where you can breathe urban art. Day 4 Buenos Aires. B L We leave the city and drive to the neighbourhood of Mataderos (in Spanish, ‘mataderos’ means slaughterhouses), where the countryside and the city lived for a while since in 1889, a slaughter of cattle was founded. When the neighbourhood began to populate with workers attracted by the new activity, it received the nickname ‘Nueva Chicago’ (the New Chicago), in allusion to the city from the United States, centre of the meat industry. Nowadays, an outdoor fair is held in the neighbourhood, in which is possible to see a mix of horse dressage and runs, lasso throwing, guitar-playing, live music and typical dances. At lunch time, we can taste some of the typical foods of the country such as

empanadas and locro (meat and vegetable stew). Day 5 Buenos Aires. B In the morning we visit some bars of the city, that have special historical relevance and for that reason deserve to be called ‘Remarkable’. During the tour, we stop at El Ateneo Splendid. It is an antique theatre that nowadays functions as a bookstore, which is known as one of the most beautiful libraries in the world, by the newspaper The Guardian. At due time, transfer to the airport to board your flight. Operational notes: Day 2: The National Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Decorative Art, and Jose Hernández Museum close on Mondays. MALBA (Buenos Aires’ Museum of Latin American Art) closes on Tuesdays. Day 3: The Graffiti Tour operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satuday in the afternoon, in a shared service. Day 4: Mataderos’ Fair only operates on Sundays except from January to March. During those months, it is replaced by San Telmo Fair.

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Football, Tango & Evita

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4 Days / 3 Nights Buenos Aires

La Bombonera Stadium, La Boca, Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @travelBuenosAires

TBK0403 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tours: Walking tour through the historical center - History of Carlos Gardel - Evita Beyond the Myth - La Boca: Football Passion - Dinner tango show • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 2 lunches 2 dinners - 1 snack • Needed tickets to museums

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Day 1 Buenos Aires. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a walking tour through the historic center of the city. Our walk takes us from the Plaza de Mayo, witness since 1810 of many popular expressions, to San Telmo Neighborhood, where we breathe a bohemian atmosphere. During the walk, we sit in a ‘remarkable’ bar to enjoy a tradition of people from Buenos Aires: coffee. In the meantime, we talk about some of the passions that we will

understand better in the following days. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B D We get to know some details of the life of a figure who aroused mixed feelings, throughout history: Evita, who was Argentina’s First Lady and became a massively popular celebrity and icon to Argentinians, as well as a source of great controversy. The tour takes us to places that tell us about her life, since the moment she arrived at the city, passing by those places that had historic relevance in the development of her legacy, to her final resting in Recoleta’s cemetery. After having a drink in a bar related to her history, we return to the hotel. In the evening, dinner at Santa Evita, a themed bar that pays tribute to Eva Perón. Day 3 Buenos Aires. B L D If we talk about Tango, we’d better know about the history of Carlos Gardel, the greatest tango singer of all times. The tour covers important neighborhoods: San Nicolas, passing by some places where he was raised, Café

Tortoni and Café Los Angelitos, both remarkable bars that he frequented; El Ateneo Grand Esplendid, one of the most beautiful libraries according to foreign reviews, where used to function a theatre in which Gardel performed at some concerts; moreover, we visit Abasto, area that gave him the nickname of ‘Morocho del Abasto’ (Brunette from Abasto). Through a walking tour, we visit the house where he lived, today turned into a museum, Zelaya Passage with the singer’s murals, Paseo Gardel with his monument and the corner ‘Chanta Cuatro’ where a ‘tanguería’ (where tango shows take place) called ‘Esquina de Carlos Gardel’ (Carlos Gardel’s Corner) was located. On the way back, we have lunch at a traditional restaurant related to the history of Gardel. In the evening, we take a tango lesson and attend a dinner show, in order to continue discovering the magnetism of tango. Day 4 Buenos Aires. B L We say goodbye to the city, taking

part at one of the passions that divides ‘porteños’: Football. We drive to the neighborhood of La Boca, where Boca Juniors Club has its Stadium. While we walk its streets, we observe its colourful buildings and we discover that the neighborhood turns around yellow and blue, the colours of Boca Juniors. We visit the Museum of the stadium to tour its facilities and understand why it is called ‘Bombonera’. We have lunch at El Cuartito, famous pizzeria for its fugazzetta (it is a pizza full of onions and mozzarella on a thick crust) and its walls decorated with photographs, flags and football team shirts. We taste pizza, part of the football ceremony. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 2: According to availability, passengers will visit one of the buildings where her foundation had offices: the CGT (General Confederation of Labor) or ‘Legislatura Porteña’. Santa Evita Restaurant closes on Sundays. Day 3: Carlos Gardel’s Museum closes on Tuesdays.

Porteños’ Cuisine

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4 Days / 3 Nights Buenos Aires

Tabern of Buenos Aires. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0410 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tours: Walking tour including Zanjón de Granados - Bodegones Tour - Fogón Asado Experience - Pizzerías Tour • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 1 lunch 2 dinners

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival and reception. At due time, walking tour through the historical center of the city. Our tour takes us from Plaza de Mayo, witness since 1810 of various popular expressions, to San Telmo neighbourhood, where we breathe a bohemian atmosphere. During the walk, we enter the San Telmo Market and we sit in a typical bar to enjoy a porteño custom (porteño is the nickname that the inhabitants of Buenos Aires’ city receive): coffee. At the end, we visit the Zanjón de

Granados, where it is possible to visit a tunnel with more than four centuries of Buenos Aires’ history. In the evening, we go on a Tour of Bodegones (taverns), former stores where the gauchos and criollos used to meet, that evolved into restaurants where Argentinians eat like at home. We start with a stop to take a vermouth or appetizer. This drink was originally made from medicinal or digestive herbs, but then evolved into spicy wines or signature cocktails. We try an aperitif, while the guide tells us a little more about this ritual and the Spanish and Italian influences in Argentinian cuisine. We end at a bodegón, where we have dinner, that lacks of gourmet touches, but we guarantee that your palate will be grateful. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B D Day at leisure in order to enjoy an optional tour. We suggest that you should get to know the city’s north area by making a

walking tour, in which you will admire the architecture of one neighbourhood of the city. At night, we enjoy a closed-door gastronomic experience, which explores new ways of Argentinian Barbecue ‘Fogón Experience’. The five-step tasting menu was designed to combine new grill techniques with truly and tasted Argentinian recipes, that raise the Asado to a new level, combining some of the best boutique wines of Argentina. Day 3 Buenos Aires. B L A little before noon, we start with this tour that leads us to taste one of the typical meals of Buenos Aires: pizza. While we move around pizzerias, we approach to its history, we understand the Genoese, Sicilian and Neapolitan influences and the main differences that set us apart with Italian pizza. In order to know the Argentinian pizza you can choose one of these circuits that we have prepared. In these routes,

we visit three historical pizzerias where we will understand their importance in Buenos Aires’ gastronomy once we taste their speciality. We recommend combining this experience with a tour around La Boca, where you can breathe pizza’s culture. Day 4 Buenos Aires. B Time at leisure to continue discovering the different gastronomic corners of the city and make a short stop at a historical café (remarkable bars) to enjoy a ¨cortado´ (coffee prepared with a few drops of milk) to say goodbye to Buenos Aires. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 3: Pizzerías Tour could be at noon or at night, except its Palermo version that is only available at night, except its Palermo version that is only available at night.

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Tango Experience

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5 Days / 4 Nights Buenos Aires

Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires. Credit @travelBuenosAires

TBK0402 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights • Tours: The Origins of Tango and its evolution - History of Carlos Gardel Malevo Circuit - Tour of Milongas 2 tango shows • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 3 lunches 2 dinners

Day 1 Buenos Aires. L D Arrival, reception and transfer to the hotel. We begin to introduce ourselves into the world of tango and have dinner at The Querandí where we enjoy the meal and a show that tells the history of the tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B L Today we walk along the neighbourhoods that gave rise to the tango, and we go into details that help us to understand why UNESCO declared it an Intangible Cultural Heritage. Our tour takes us around four neighbourhoods where the Tango was developed: La Boca,

mentioned as the birthplace of the tango by the influence of immigrant people: San Telmo, where it expanded in bars such as Bar Sur, the first Tango show and the corner of El Viejo Almacén, considered the temple of the tango that was declared as City Heritage; Boedo and Almagro, birthplace of many characters and bars of tango. At the end of the tour, we stop at Las Violetas, chosen as the best remarkable bar of the city, where we will enjoy a different lunch. Day 3 Buenos Aires. B Today we explore one of the most aristocratic neighbourhoods of the city, La Recoleta, which at that time when tango was not accepted by the high society, kept the secret in bars where the malevos and compadritos gathered around to enjoy the tango. We tour the sites where used to be located the Hansem’s Café, El Pabellón de las Rosas, Armenonville and the Palais de Glace. In the latter it is where the tango released for the

high society and the only that is still open. The tour includes some curiosities as the tango’s sidewalk where the basics steps of tango are drawn and a stop at the Esquina de Aníbal Troilo, a remarkable bar in honour of an exponent of the tango’s golden age, to take a break. In the evening, we attend at a tour of milongas where besides learning some traditions about this rhythm, we are going to take a tango lesson by professors. Day 4 Buenos Aires. B L D If we talk about Tango, what is best way of knowing the history about Carlos Gardel, the greatest tango singer of all time? The tour covers San Nicolas neighborhood, walking by some places where he raised, Café Tortoni and Café los Angelitos, both remarkable bars that he frequented. Moreover, we visit El Abasto, the area that gave him the nickname of ‘Morocho Del Abasto’ (Brunette from Abasto). Through a walking tour, we visit the house where he lived, today turned into

a museum, Zelaya Passage with murals dedicated to him, Paseo Gardel with his monument and the corner “Chanta Cuatro” where a ‘tanguería’ (where tango shows take place) called ‘Esquina de Carlos Gardel’ (Carlos Gardel’s Corner) was located. On the way back, we have lunch at a traditional restaurant related to the history of Gardel. We say goodbbye to the city attending a dinner show at Rojo Tango in El Cabaret, an intimate place inspired in the tango’s clubs of the city in 1920. Day 5 Buenos Aires. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board on the scheduled flight. Operational notes: Day 3: The choice of the milonga is subjected to availability. In regular, operates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays. In private, it is daily. Day 4: The Carlos Gardel Museum closes on Tuesdays.

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Gauchos’ Land

BUE

4 Days / 3 Nights Buenos Aires / San Antonio de Areco

Gaucho skills, Ombu de Areco Ranch, Buenos Aires

TBK0408 What’s included • Needed transfers • Acommodation: 3 nights Buenos Aires (1) - Estancias (2) • Tours: City Tour with Museum - Tour at San Antonio de Areco • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 3 lunches 2 dinners

Day 1 Buenos Aires. Reception at the Buenos Aires’ International Airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, city tour passing by some of the most interesting spots Plaza de Mayo, Goverment’s House, Cabildo (City Hall), the Metropolitan Cathedral, Avenida de Mayo, Congress, Colón’s Theatre, La Boca neighbourhood, Palermo, the Planetarium and La Recoleta. Then, we make a short visit at the Popular Art’s Museum of Jose Hernández that has been dedicated to collect, document, investigate, exhibit and promote the popular art. It has collections of many specialities and

handcrafts (silverware, textiles, leather, glasses, basketry, poles and bones). Day 2 Buenos Aires / San

Antonio de Areco. B L D Early in the morning, transfer to San Antonio de Areco, a village located at 110 km(69 miles) from Buenos Aires and it is famous due to the conservation of the creole customs. In our way, we learn about one of the most popular traditions of the Argentinian people: the ‘mate’. This drink represents a language and code that are worth to share. As soon as we arrive at the historic quarter and beforeour first visit, we stop at some historic bars at the city where rural people used to socialize with city people. Many of these bars were stores and there is a lot of history over 200 years in their walls. After an aperitif, we visit the Gauchesco Ricardo Güiraldes Museum where we can appreciate the creole cultural heritage.

It has seven exhibition halls, a recreation of the centery pulpería ‘La Blanqueada’ and objects that belonged to important characters of the Argentinian history. These buildings as well as the San Antonio de Padua Parochial Church, the Municipal Intendence’s house and the old quarter of Estancia La Porteña were declared National Historic Monument. Return to the historic quarter for lunch and then we have time for a walk along the centric roads that are perfect for the Antique and silverware lovers. In the afternoon, we accommodate at a traditional Estancia of San Antonio de Areco called ‘La Porteña’, built over 2 centuries ago and one of the oldest of the region. Day 3 San Antonio de Areco. B L D Day at leisure to enjoy the activities the Estancia offers. - Tour around the historic quarter, Ricardo Güiraldes’ room and his

desk, named ‘El Rincón del Poeta’ (The Poet’s Corner). - Guided walks and horse rides through the Estancia as well as the forest, to the Areco River, passing through different pastures with views to the agriculture. - Carriage rides. - Show of creole skills. Day 4 San Antonio de Areco / Buenos Aires. B L Time at leisure to enjoy the Estancia’s activities. After lunch, transfer to the airport to board on the scheduled flight. Operational notes: Day 1: Popular Art’s Museum of Jose Hernandez closes on Tuesdays. Day 3: If Ricardo Güiraldes’ room is booked, it will not be possible to visit his desk. The show of creole skills is during weekends and it is subject to weather conditions. To keep in mind: The activities of the Estancia are subject to their own schedule.

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Córdoba: Tradition and Hills

BUE

6 Days / 5 Nights Córdoba / Estancia La Paz Town

Flavors of Cordoba, Cordoba

TBK0412 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 5 nights Córdoba (3) - Estancia La Paz (2) • Tours: Cordoba city: Cultural and historic City tour Jesuit Estancias: Alta Gracia Jesús María • Meals: 5 breakfasts 5 lunches - 5 dinners • Needed tickets

Day 1 Córdoba. D Arrival at Córdoba Airport. Reception and transfer. In the afternoon, we make a walking tour by the Foundational Area of Córdoba, visiting the Jesuit Block, located in the centre of the city. Its great historical, architectural, testimonial and cultural value made UNESCO declared it as a Humanity’s Heritage in 2000, along with the Road of Jesuit Estancias. This includes: the

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Domestic Chapel, the National College of Monserrat, La Compañía de Jesús Church, the former headquarters of the National University of Cordoba and the Residence. Day 2 Córdoba. B L D We continue exploring the city, while we experience the fervent activity of the commercial, popular and market area. After lunch, we discover another side of the city through cultural walks, museums and emblematic buildings to finish the afternoon enjoying the little streets and bohemian passages of Güemes. Day 3 Córdoba. B L D After breakfast we begin a special tour, visiting Alta Gracia, which contains a Jesuitical Estancia, declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. This important productive establishment consisted of the Residence, the Obraje (‘the Manufacturing’ that nowadays is a school), the productive land (where houses were built), the

Tajamar (nowadays, a recreation center and promenade), the church and the sanctuary. After lunch, we continue our tour, touching historical aspects of Argentina. We approach Che Guevara’s life, spending some time at Guevara’s family house, La Perla and Museum of Memory, that involves recent aspects of the Argentinian history. Day 4 Córdoba / Estancia La Paz Town. B L D In the morning we head north to the province to discover a journey full of history, culture and traditions through Jesuit Estancias, former agricultural establishments administered by the Jesuit order, declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. We visit Estancia Jesus Maria, Bodega and Chacra in Colonia Caroya, with lunch included. In the evening, we arrive at Estancia La Paz Town. This is a place rich in native and Jesuit history, furthermore its importance consists in that it

has been Julio Argentino Roca’s summer house (ex-president) and, in fact, during that period it reached its greatest splendor. Day 5 Estancia La Paz Town. B L D Day at leisure to enjoy the place and live a true rural experience, take advantage of the facilities and the environment. In the afternoon, we enjoy a fun horseback ride to the river. Besides the Estancia’s activities, there are golf, polo and relax experiences. Day 6 Estancia La Paz Town / Córdoba. B L Morning at leisure and after lunch we return to Córdoba, through Sierras Chicas circuit, visiting Ascochinga, La Granja and Candonga Chapel. Transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 1: The Jesuit Block remains closed on Mondays. Days 3, 4 & 5: The Estancias remain closed on Mondays. Day 6: It is required a flight after 7 PM.

Wine Route

BUE

5 Days / 4 Nights Córdoba / San Javier

Harvest time, Córdoba. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0411 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights Córdoba (2) - San Javier (2) • Tours: Córdoba: Walking tour Jesuit Block Wine route - Traslasierra Valley • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 4 lunches 2 dinners - Tastings • Needed tickets to museum

Day 1 Córdoba. Arrival at Córdoba’s Airport and transfer to the selected hotel. In the afternoon, we make a walking tour where we visit the Jesuit Block which the main buildings of the former Jesuit Province of Paraguay: the church, the Jesuit priests’ residence, the university and Colegio Convictorio de Monserrat. Then time at leisure to relax.

Day 2 Córdoba. B L We leave the city towards a region full of history, culture and local traditions. The first visit is Jesuit Estancia of Jesús María. In 1618, the Jesuits acquired twenty thousand grape varieties, the mill and animals. After years of work, the Jesuits could make the first American wine served in Europe and they namedit ‘Lagrimilla de Oro’. After such interesting history dose, it is time to explore other side of the region: The viniculture. We will visit three wineries: a small winery, another one with a traditional vineyard and long tradition in the industry; and Terra Camiare: a gourmet vineyard where we discover its wine and local products such as cheese and salami, which is a famous sausage in the area. Return to Córdoba. Day 3 Córdoba / San Javier. B L D In the morning, we go to a mountain area with excellent

views and stunning landscapes: San Javier, a quiet town located at the foot of Champaqui Hill in Traslasierra Valley. There, we will visit a winery where red, white and rosé wines are elaborated by locals. During the guided visit, we will be able to appreciate its facilities, which are famous because they have two fermentation tanks and a wine cellar where 28 oak barrels store more than 6000 litters. After that, we continue towards Posada Rural La Matilde which is a benchmark of the region due to its philosophy based on biodynamic, sustainability and ecological practices. Accommodation and dinner. Day 4 San Javier. B L D Day to enjoy your stay inLa Matilde, walking across the vineyards, farm, garden and corrals. Its location, temperature conditions, annual precipitation and

sunlight add to its terroir unique characteristics which allow La Matilde to develop organic and biodynamic varieties of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Tannat. Day 5 San Javier / Córdoba. B L After breakfast, we start our trip back to Cordoba’s airport. On the way, we discover Altas Cumbres by visiting small towns or a vineyard with its locals artisans and turns this trip into an unique experience. At some point of the trip, we enjoy a gourmet picnic in middle of the mountain landscape. After this we continue towards Cordoba’s airport. Operational notes: Day 1: The Jesuit Block remains closed on Mondays. Day 2: Wineries’ order may be modified due to operational reasons. Day 5: Picnic is subject to weather conditions. If it is not possible, it will be replaced by lunch at a restaurant.

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Romang

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Mar Chiquita Lagoon

Sarmiento

Colonia Caroya

Los Potreros

Córdoba

Rafaela

San Francisco

Carlos Paz 8 La Matilde

EstanciaVa. Gral.Belgrano Las Cañitas Finca El Tala Río Tercero

Paraná

Coronda Gálvez Diamante

Va. Dolores

Santa Fe

Sto.Tomé

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Cda. de Gómez

San Lorenzo

Rosario

Rio Cuarto

Gualeguay

San Nicolas 178

Venado Tuerto

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Pergamino

Los Toldos 226

Trenque Lauquen

Castelli 29

Ayacucho

Balcarce

Tres Arroyos

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Bahia Blanca

San Clemente Sta. Teresita Mar de Ajó

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Tornquist PP Carhué

Samborombón NR

Pinamar Villa Gesell

Tandil 86

Dolores

Azul

Olavarría

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Chascomús

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Bolívar

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Monte

Saladillo

Carlos Casares

Pehuajó

San José de MayoEpígrafe

Cañuelas Lobos Cnel. Brandsen

La Pampena

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Santa Rosa

Bragado

Florida

Colonia del Sacramento

Tigre

Luján Mercedes 1 Suipacha Villa María 3 Estancia Puesto

Lincoln

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San Pedro

Carmen de Areco

Junín

TBK0920

Durazno Trinidad

Carmelo 4 2 La Bamba de Areco 2 Campana La Becasina Ombú de Areco Escobar San Antonio de Areco

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Gualeguaychú

Va. Gdor. Gálvez

Santa Catalina

Paysandú Concepción Del Uruguay

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Pre Delta NP

Villa María

Tranquera

Concordia Salto

Necochea

Mar Del Plata

Las P Pando Atlá

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Calchaquí

Ceres

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Salinas Grandes

Goya

Malabrigo

Sumampa Salinas de Ambargasta

Accommodation in Buenos Aires & Córdoba

Reconquista

Tostado

Recreo

Santa Lucía

Ciuda La C

Location: Máximo Paz (Buenos Aires) Distance to: City of Buenos Aires: 60 km (37 miles) Facilities: • 1 Master Suite, 3 Suites, 4 Superior and 2 Family Suites • Living room • Outdoor swimming pool

• Library Season: All year round Activities: • Trekking • Horseback riding • Biking • Tennis Cuisine: Regional homemade food and international dishes

Villa Maria, Máximo Paz, Buenos Aires

La Bamba de Areco

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Location: San Antonio de Areco (Buenos Aires) Distance to: City of Buenos Aires: 120 km (75 miles) Facilities: • 11 rooms • “La Pulperia”: oldest building in the Estancia • Library • Massage Room • Country House and stable

• Main House • Swimming pool • Boutique Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Swimming pool • Argentinian bowls game • Polo: You may attend trainings. (only during high season). Cuisine: Traditional and international

Accommodation in Buenos Aires & Córdoba

Villa María

BUE

Accomodation in buenos aiRes & córdoba

Ombú de Areco

Location: San Antonio de Areco (Buenos Aires) Distance to: City of Buenos Aires: 110 km (68 miles) Facilities: • 12 rooms • Living room • Swimming pool Season: All year round

Activities: • Horseback riding • Old carriage riding • Folklore’s show • Farming and livestock estancia Cuisine: International or regional, accompanied by local wines. Barbecue

Ombu de Areco, S.A. de Areco, Buenos Aires

Estancia Puesto Viejo

Location: Cañuelas (Buenos Aires) Distance to: City of Buenos Aires: 60 km (37 miles) Facilities: • 10 double en-suite rooms • Swimming pool • 6 polo fields • Training field • Soccer court

• Volley court • Club house for events • Vegetal maze • Dressing rooms • Stables Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Carriage ride • Biking Cuisine: Regional (full board)

Estancia Puesto Viejo, Cañuelas, Buenos Aires.

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Accomodation in buenos aiRes & córdoba

Accommodation in Buenos Aires & Córdoba

BUE

La Becasina Delta Lodge Location: Arroyo Las Cañas, Delta del Tigre Distance to: City of Buenos Aires: 57 km (35 miles) Facilities: • 10 double rooms Season: All year

Activities: • Pedal boats along the surrounding streams • Kayaks (instructor is not included) • Walks through self-guided paths • Bikes Cuisine: Signature dishes.

4 La Becasina Delta lodge, Arroyo Las Canas, Delta, Buenos Aires

La Pampeana

5 La Pampeana, La Pampa

Location: La Pampa Distance to: Santa Rosa: 230 km (143 miles) Facilities: • 4 rooms • Reading and play room Season: All year Activities: • Horseback riding • Swimming pool • Trekking

• Polo’s field • Countryside’s day • Bird watching • Fishing Cuisine: International or “criolla” (local), accompanied by local wines. “Asado” (barbecue).

Finca El Tala – Hotel & Winery

Location: San Javier (Córdoba) Distance to: Córdoba: 201 km (125 miles) Facilities: • 5 double rooms. • Summer swimming pool • Winery where seven red varieties are elaborated: Malbec, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Tannat, Petit Verdot

La Pampeana, La Pampa

and Ancellotta; and a white variety: the Chardonnay. • Botanical garden and vegetable orchard Season: All year Activities: • Guided visit around the botanical garden and winery • Wines and home-made cold cuts tasting • Local artists’ works exhibition Cuisine: Home-made and familiar

Estancia Las Cañitas

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Finca El Tala, San Javier, Cordoba

Location: Valle de Calamuchita (Córdoba) Distance to: City of Córdoba: 95 km (59 miles) Facilities: • 10 cottages for 2, 3 and 5 people • Guest house • Organic vegetable garden • Winery • Vineyard Season: All year

Activities: • Playroom with board games • Visit to the winery • Hiking • Horseback riding • Biking • Flora and fauna watching Cuisine: Signature dishes made with regional ingredients and products

8 La Matilde, San Javier, Cordoba

Location: San Javier, Valle de Traslasierra (Córdoba) Distance to: Merlo: 61 km (37 miles) City of Córdoba: 179 km (111 miles) Facilities: • 10 rooms • Responsible architecture • Swimming pool and solarium • Parking

• “0 km” concept restaurant • Organic and biodynamic farming • Wineries and vineyards • “Criollos” horse breeding Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Garden Cuisine: Traditional plates, using products from the estancia

Estancia Los Potreros

Location: Sierras Chicas (Córdoba) Distance to: Ciy of Córdoba: 40 km (25 miles) Facilities: • 8 rooms with private bathroom • Living room • Dining room • Swimming pool • Kitchen for cooking lessons • Stables

Season: All year round, except May and June Activities: • Polo • Horseback riding • Trekking • Birdwatching • Observation of gaucho´s culture Cuisine: Traditional dishes, using products from the estancia

Accommodation in Buenos Aires & Córdoba

La Matilde Posada Rural

BUE

Accomodation in buenos aiRes & córdoba

Los Potreros, Cordoba

Dos Lunas

Location: Ongamira (Córdoba) Distance to: City of Córdoba: 120 km (44 miles) Buenos Aires: 850 km (528 miles) Facilities: • 3 apartments with 2 connected rooms, with bathroom and 2 suites with private bathroom • Dining room • Living room

• TV room • Swimming pool and solarium • “Quincho” • Bar Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Walks • Condor watching Cuisine: Gourmet and regional

Estancia Dos Lunas, Ongamira, Cordoba

Estancia La Paz Town

Location: Ascochinga (Córdoba) Distance to: City of Córdoba: 60 km (37 miles) Facilities: • Standard, Deluxe, Premium and Suites rooms • Swimming pool and solarium • Tennis court • 18 hole golf course

• Polo field • Exclusive access to Ascochinga River Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback ride and sulky rides • Polo and golf lessons • 4x4 Experience • Tennis Cuisine: Gourmet and regional

Estancia La Paz, Cordoba, PH G Viramonte

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Perito Moreno Glacier, Los glaciares N.P, Santa Cruz. Courtesy of @visitargentina

PAT

Patagonia

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Nature and Glamping Isla Victoria / Huemules, Mountain Reserve

Nature and glamping

PAT

7 Days / 6 Nights

Isla Victoria Lodge, Barilohe, Rio Negro

TBK0929 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 6 nights Isla Victoria (3) - Huemules mountain reserve (3) • Tours: Isla Victoria: Lodge’s activities Huemules: Glamping activities • Meals: 6 breakfasts - 4 lunches 4 dinners

Day 1 Bariloche. Arrival at Bariloche airport on a morning flight. After reception, transfer to Puerto Tunquelen, 25 km from Bariloche city centre, meeting point to set sail to the Island. The 30 minutes navigation is very scenic. After crossing part of the Blest arm, you enter the calm waters of Anchorena Bay, where the host waits at the pier to welcome you and comment on the activities planned during your stay. The island is 11 km long and covers a total of 3700 hectares,

most of which are covered with old coihues, cypresses and myrtle islets. Walking around is a journey through time. Day 2 & 3 Bariloche. B L D Days at disposal to enjoy daily activities, programmed by Baqueano guides, such as cycling, kayaking, horseback riding or hiking. During your free time you can enjoy the facilities prepared for your rest and relaxation such as the outdoor swimming pool, sauna, Scottish shower, hydro massage, enjoy a good book in the library or simply relax by the fireplace. In the evenings enjoy the stone cellar that hosts an excellent collection of wines from Argentinean labels that are paired with a cuisine of prestigious reputation. Day 4 Bariloche / Esquel /

Huemules Reserve. B D Around noon, we leave Puerto Tunquelen to drive southwards to Esquel to stay in Huemules, a glamorous mountain reserve,

nestled in the Patagonian forest with domes overlooking nature. After receiving you, the host will explain about the different activities to be carried out during your stay. Day 5 & 6 Huemules Reserve. B L D Days at disposal for activities according to your preference and physical conditions. The reserve offers 6200 hectares of Andean-Patagonian forest with countless circuits. You will be able to make a daily full day excursion or two half day excursions to choose between trekking, horseback riding and mountain biking options in summer, and horseback riding, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in winter. During the stay, we recommend you to book or add one night to visit Los Alerces National Park, a protected natural area, recently included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage list, created to protect the alerces, one of the longest living trees on

the continent that has become endangered. Day 7 Huemules Reserve / Esquel. B Morning at leisure to connect with the nature. At the agreed time, transfer to the airport to take the scheduled flight. Operational note: Day 1: The crossing from Puerto Tunquelen to Victoria Island operates regularly on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon. In case of arrival on another day of the week or on any flight after 09:30, a private transfer must be hired. Day 4: The accommodation in Huemules is in Domos with the comodities of a hotel: sommier queen size, safety box, biodegradable amenities, private bathrooms, wood stove. Day 5: The excursion to Los Alerces National Park is not included in the menu and therefore has an extra cost.

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Enchanted Lakes

Enchanted Lakes Excursión

PAT

6 Days / 5 Nights Bariloche / Puerto Varas

Valdivian forest, Lake crossing, Chile

TBK0918 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 5 nights Bariloche (3) - Puerto Varas (2) • Tours: Bariloche: Small Circuit with lift ticket to Campanario Hill Lakes Crossing: Bariloche - Puerto Varas • Meals: 5 breakfasts - 1 beer tasting

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Day 1 Bariloche. Arrival and receptionat the airport. After we check in, we explore Bariloche through the small circuit. Our tour borders Nahuel Huapi Lake to Campanario Hill, to which we ascend to obtain excellent views of the surrounding lakes. We continue to Llao Llao Peninsula, San Eduardo Chapel and Pañuelo Port, near there we make a short hike to a forest of Arrayanes. Further on, we arrive at a natural balcony from where we can admire Moreno Lake and Llao Llao Peninsula, from there we start our

way back to stop at a brewery to taste some handmade beer. Beer, a tradition brought by immigrants, is one of the main gastronomic and tourist products of the city. An excellent way to end the day. Day 2 Bariloche. B Among the infinite options that Bariloche offers, those trekking lovers can choose to reach the Castaño Overa Glacier. During the walk, they will be able to see through the forest a waterfall that emerges from the hanging glacier and further, the Tronador Hill, which is another alternative for trekking. It owes its name to the roars that the ice blocks detachments produce. Day 3 Bariloche / Lakes

Crossing / Puerto Varas. B Early in the morning, we depart to Pañuelo Port and start the Lake Crossing or Andean Crossing. First, we sail towards Puerto Blest, from there we take a bus to Puerto Frias. At this point, we embark to sail the Frias Lake until we reach Frias Port where

we must complete the border procedures. We continue by bus to Peulla and after lunch (not included), we set sail for Petrohue sailing the De Todos Los Santos Lake. If weather allows, we can enjoy views of Osorno Volcano, Puntiagudo Volcano and Cerro Tronador. We continue to Puerto Varas bordering Llancquihue Lake. Arrival at Puerto Varas and transfer to the hotel. Day 4 Puerto Varas. B Day at leisure to enjoy this maritime city making an optional excursion to the Chiloé’s Archipelago, an island with cultural and natural riches that deserves a visit. Explore this mythical island with its colorful wooden churches, 16 of which have been declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Day 5 Puerto Varas / Bariloche. B Today we return to Argentina by land, enjoying the magnificent view of the Osorno Volcano. We reach Frutillar, Puerto Octay and Puyehue, finally arriving at

the border Crossing Paso Cardinal Samore, where we carry out the migratory procedures. Once in Argentina, our next stop is Villa La Angostura from where we take a boat trip to Arrayanes´ Forest, packed of 300-year old tree specimens, declared an Intangible Area and Natural Monument. From there we begin the return sailing to Pañuelo Port. Transfer to the hotel. Day 6 Bariloche. B Morning at leisure to take an optional kayaking tour in Moreno Lake. At due time, transfer to the local airport to board the scheduled flight. Operational note: Day 1: Arriving at midday is required. Day 5: Time of stay in Villa La Angostura varies depending on the time of the year. That day there is an option to return to Bariloche by land from Villa La Angostura, in case passengers do not want to sail.

Wildlife: El Pedral and Bahía Bustamante

PAT

6 Days / 5 Nights Bahia Bustamante / El Pedral

Watching Whales, Puerto Piramides, Chubut. PH Luis Burgueño

TBK0919 TBK0000 What’s included • Needed • Requiredtransfers transfers • Accommodation: • Accommodation: 5 nights Pedral (2) - Bahia Bustamante (3) • El Excursions: • Tours: • Meals: El Pedral: tickets Activities offered by the • Required lodge Bahia Bustamante: Activities offered Day 1 Ciudad. by the lodge B L D Arrival and reception at the • Meals: 5 breakfasts - 5 airport. lunches 5 dinners • Needed tickets to reserves u Season: October to Aprilt

Day 1 Trelew / El Pedral. L D Arrival and reception at the airport of Trelew and transfer to El Pedral, a countryside hotel, located in Punta Ninfas, part of Peninsula Valdes Biosphere Reserve. As soon as we check in, the guide explains us about the activities offered during the stay. Day 2 El Pedral. B L D We keep on enjoying the activities offered by the lodge among which you can select:

• Visit to Punta Ninfas Lighthouse • Walk with Penguins Visit to the

penguin rookery • Walk with Elephant Seals • Self-guided trails.

If you visit the lodge in October or November, we suggest optionally a whale watching to observe them approaching to the coasts of the Golfo Nuevo. This watching requires leaving the lodge in order to go to Puerto Pirámides, from where the activity takes place. Day 3 El Pedral / Bahía Bustamante. B L D Departure to Bahía Bustamante, a Patagonian estancia surrounded by 360 ° of pure nature. Close to the sea, within Patagonia Austral National Park, declared an Area of Importance for Bird Conservation, being one of the few places in the world which concentrates such abundance and diversity of birds and marine mammals. Day 4 & 5 Bahía Bustamante. B L D Days to enjoy the activities offered by Bahia Bustamante, which are planned

the previous night, according to the weather forecast and the tide. • Boat ride: (3 /4 hours approx.) We cruise along seaweed meadows of Malaspina Cove, to watch penguins and birds such as petrels, terns, olrog’s seagull and oyster catchers. • The Peninsula: (4 hours approx.) Ideal to visit by walking, biking, 4x4 or horseback riding. • Petrified Forest: (4/5 hours approx.) A trekking in this place is a living proof of how the landscape looked 60 million years ago. • Penguin Island: (3 hours approx.) During times of low tide, this island is connected to the mainland allowing us to visit and watch the penguins and their nests from nearby. On the way, it is also usual to see maras, choiques and armadillos. • Cape Aristizabal: (4 a 5 horas approx.) A 4×4 drive to reach Cape Aristizabal, an important rockery cape, characterized by its imposing landscape,

dominated by the sea, the stone beaches and fauna. • De Piedra Canyon: (4-5 hours approx.) Trekking through a canyon where a river used to be, until reaching the sea shore. Its 15-metres-high walls (50 ft.), are composed of rocks originated from the Jurassic period of the Mesozoic era. • Historical and Seaweeds Tour: (1-2 hours approx.) Walk through the village to learn about the history, its founder and its inhabitants. • Rural activities: (4 hours approx.) Day 6 Bahía Bustamante /

Trelew or Comodoro Rivadavia. B At due time, transfer to the selected airport. Distance from Comodoro Rivadavia: 163 km (101 miles) Distance from Trelew: 259 km (161 miles) Operational note: Day 1: Arriving in a flight before midday is needed.

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8 Days / 7 Nights Puerto Madryn / Puerto Pirámides / Comodoro Rivadavia / Puerto Deseado

Towards Penguin Island, Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz . Courtesy of Tourism Bureau of Santa Cruz. PH Pablo Godoy

TBK0922 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 7 nights Puerto Madryn (2) - Puerto Pirámides (1) - Comodoro Rivadavia (2) - Puerto Deseado (2) • Tours: Chubut: Southern and Northern Valdés Peninsula Santa Cruz: Comodoro Rivadavia - Jaramillo Petrified Forest - Del Deseado Estuary - Darwin Viewpoint from Puerto Deseado • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 4 lunches 3 dinners u season: NOVEMBER to END OF MARCH t

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Day 1 Trelew / Puerto Madryn. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Day 2 Puerto Madryn / Puerto Pirámides. B L Full day in the Valdés Peninsula, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. We visit Puerto Pirámides where, from July to November, it is possible to do whale watching (optional). We drive through a gravel road

to Punta Cantor and Caleta Valdés and then return to Puerto Pirámides to stay that night. Travelled distance: 258 km (160 miles)

Day 3 Puerto Pirámides / Puerto Madryn. B L We head for Punta Norte and reach Estancia San Lorenzo, arriving at the only penguin colony in the Peninsula. Due to the controlled number of visitors, it keeps its environment intact. At the end, we visit Punta Norte and return to Puerto Madryn. Travelled distance: 232 km (144 miles)

Day 4 Puerto Madryn / Comodoro Rivadavia. B L D Morning departure to National Route 3 towards Camarones Bay. On the way, we visit Cape Dos Bahías penguin colony, and very close, an amphitheatre where an enormous colony of South American sea lions and South American Fur seals shelter is located. After lunch (box lunch), we take again the Route 3 to arrive at Comodoro Rivadavia. Travelled distance: 440 km (273 miles)

Day 5 Comodoro Rivadavia / Puerto Deseado. B L D Departure by National Route 3 to Fitz Roy/ Olivia Cove and continue to the Petrified Forest of Jaramillo (National Monument of Petrified Forest). This is the oldest forest and the largest fossil trees in the world. After lunch (box lunch), we continue towards Estancia La Madrugada where we appreciate the breeding of sheep. Visit to Duraznillo Canyon, where one of the world’s most important reserves of sea lions and sea elephants is located. Arrival at Puerto Deseado. Travelled distance: 544 km - 170 gravel road (338 miles-105 gravel road)

Day 6 Puerto Deseado. B D Today we enjoy a boat trip to meet the Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), which is 60 cm (23’) high and has a weight between 3 and 3,5 kg (6 or 7 lb). It is also known as Silly Jumper Bird because of its special manner of moving: jumping. In order to meet them we sail to the Penguin Island, declared

Marine Park since it is one of the Patagonian sites with more marine biodiversity. This location is the only Penguin Colony where the Rockhopper and the Magellanic Penguins live together. Day 7 Puerto Deseado /

Comodoro Rivadavia. B Morning at leisure to enjoy the city and visit the museum of Swift Corvettet, important English warship sunk in 1770. In the afternoon, return to Comodoro Rivadavia. Total distance travelled: 293 km (187 miles)

Day 8 Comodoro Rivadavia. B Morning at leisure. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 5: Visit to Duraznillo Canyon is subject to authorization. Day 6: The boat trip is subject to climatic conditions. To keep in mind: We suggest adding an extra night in Puerto Deseado and take the sailing to Del Deseado Estuary or visit the Darwin Camp.

Del Desierto Lake: Hidden Treasure

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9 Days / 8 Nights El Calafate / El Chaltén / Del Desierto Lake

Trekking, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

TBK0917 What’s included • Required transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights El Calafate (3) - El Chaltén (2) Aguas Arriba (3) • Tours: El Calafate: Tour to Perito Moreno Glacier El Chaltén: Trekking to De Los Tres Lagoon or Torre Lagoon Aguas Arriba: Activities offered by the lodge • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 3 lunches 3 dinners • Needed ticket to the National Park u season: NOVEMBER to mid-MARCH t

Day 1 El Calafate. Arrival and reception at the airport. If you have time, do not miss the visit to the Glaciarium, one of the few glaciological interpretation centers in the world. Day 2 El Calafate. B Visit to Perito Moreno Glacier, within Los Glaciares National Park, declared

a Natural Heritage by UNESCO because of its beauty. During the tour, we admire the ice mass from the walkways and we are able to take an optional boat trip to get a different view of the glacier. Day 3 El Calafate. B Day at leisure to take optional tours. We suggest you enhance your experience with a boat trip through the Lake Argentino to see some of the glaciers of the National Park. Day 4 El Calafate / El Chaltén. B In the morning, departure towards El Chalten, through the mythical Route 40. Due to the diversity of trails, its topography and Mount Fitz Roy, it is known as the National Capital of Trekking. In the afternoon, we suggest you take a short walk that will allow you to enjoy the landscape. Day 5 El Chaltén. B Today we walk through one of the most emblematic trails of El Chaltén. You are able to select between: • Torre Lagoon (7/8 hours). Medium/high difficulty.

• De los Tres Lagoon (8/9 hours)

• Fitz Roy Viewpoints: This is the

Medium/high difficulty. Day 6 El Chaltén / Aguas Arriba Lodge. B L D We leave El Chaltén towards Del Desierto Lake. Our final destination is Aguas Arriba Lodge, a privileged place with incredible views of the northern front of Mount Fitz Roy and Vespignani Glacier. In order to reach this site, it is possible to cruise for 15 minutes, or to embark the baggage, while we trek 3 hours until we reach the lodge. Once we accommodate, we have lunch and we begin to enjoy the activities offered by the lodge. Day 7&8 Aguas Arriba Lodge. B L D Day dedicated to enjoy the activities of the lodge, which are: • Punta Norte & Hito Fronterizo: After walking 3 hours, it is possible to reach Punta Norte. Once at the police checkpoint, we are able to arrive at Larga Lagoon and the Chilean Border.

area surrounding the lodge, there are more or less long distances with great diversity and contrasts. • Suspension Glaciers: only on days when the lake tide is calm, it is possible to cruise the west shore of Del Desierto Lake. You can hike along the shore of the lake. • Fly fishing. Day 9 El Chaltén / El Calafate. B In the morning we depart towards El Chalten and after more than 3 hours of travel, we arrive to El Calafate, where we have free time until our flight to the next destination . Operational note: Day 8: The trail from Del Desierto Lake to El Calafate takes 5 hours, we suggest a flight after 5 PM. To keep in mind: Aguas Arriba Lodge: In case of full day activities the lunch will be a picnic.

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8 Days / 7 Nights Estancia Nibepo Aike / Chaltén Camp / El Calafate

View from Chalten Camp, El Chalten, Santa Cruz

TBK0931 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 7 nights Estancia Nibepo Aike (3) - Chaltén Camp (3) - El Calafate (1) • Tours: Estancia Nibepo Aike: South Glacier Pioneers - Activities in the ranch Chalten Camp: Trekking to Laguna de los Tres - Activities in the camp • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 5 lunches 6 dinners • Necessary admissions u season: OCTOBER TO APRILt

Day 1 El Calafate / Estancia Nibepo Aike. D Arrival and reception at El Calafate Airport. Transfer to Estancia Nibepo Aike where, after checking in, you will have some spare time to start enjoying the experience of real country life. Day 2 Estancia Nibepo Aike. B L D Today we will taste the true Patagonian lamb and in the afternoon,we will sail across Lake Argentino. We will disembark at

De las Monedas beach, for a short hike through a lenga-tree forest to a lookout from where we will gain our first view of the imposing Perito Moreno glacier. Then, crossing back the lake towards Bajo de las Sombras pier, we will move on overland to the catwalks of Los Glaciares National Park. A walk along them will allow you a different approach to the glacier from a new perspective. Day 3 Estancia Nibepo Aike. B L D Day at leisure to enjoy the activities offered by the estancia: sharing the rural and orchards labors, watching sheep sharing and rein skills on horseback exhibitions, or discover the local vegetation and fauna on horseback or hiking. If you would rather a more active proposal, we suggest some trekking towards the Grande, Cubo and Dickson glaciers. A unique and exclusive scenery reserved to just a few. Day 4 Estancia Nibepo Aike / Chaltén Camp. B L D We leave behind the estancia along the so-called Route of the

Patagonian Estancias and on along the mythical Route 40 towards El Chaltén. A few kilometers onwards, we reach our final destination: a glamping site deep in the forest, with views of Mt. Fitz Roy. Upon arrival, time at leisure to start relaxing and breath the pristine air. Travelled distance:270 km(169 miles)

Day 5 Chaltén Camp. B L D Being in the Argentine capital of trekking, we cannot do better than an amazing day trek. After passing by various lookouts and hiking along luscious lenga-tree woods, we will reach our destination: the outstanding Laguna de los Tres with the image of Mt. Fitz Roy reflecting in its pure waters. Travelled distance: 17 km (11 miles) by vehicle, 20 km (12 miles) hike Elevation gain: 750 m.(2,500 ft.) Difficulty level: Medium/High

Day 6 Chaltén Camp. B L D Day at leisure to recharge batteries in your comfortable dome or enjoying the activities included by Chaltén Camp: mountain biking, birdwatching or visiting

the Madsen Museum. If you prefer some other relaxed activity, we suggest a boat ride in Del Desierto Lake followed by a short easy hike to the Vespignani glacier (optional). However, if you prefer something more challenging, the trekking to Cagliero Glacier is undoubtedly your choice (optional). Day 7 Chaltén Camp / El Calafate. B Free time until your transfer back to El Calafate. Accommodation. Travelled distance: 216 km (135 miles)

Day 8 El Calafate. B In due time, transfer to the Airport. Note: Activities included at Nibepo Aike and Chalten Camp are shared with other guests. To keep in mind: • Activities available at Nibepo Aike can vary due to weather conditions and the schedule of rural activities. • Lunches at excursion in Chaltén Camp are box lunches.

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5 Days / 4 Nights El Calafate / Estancia Cristina

Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares N.P, Santa Cruz

TBK0920 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights El Calafate (2) - Estancia Cristina Lodge (2) • Tours: El Calafate: Sur Pioneros Glacier Boat trip to Estancia Cristina Estancia Cristina: activities offered by the lodge • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 3 lunches 2 dinners • Needed ticket to the National Park u season: October 15th to April 15th t

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Day 1 El Calafate. Arrival and reception at the airport. If you have time, do not miss the opportunity to visit the Glaciarium, a museum dedicated to glaciology, or to do some activity that allows you to get to know the steppe by enjoying lunch or dinner. Day 2 El Calafate. B L Today we explore part of Los Glaciares National Park, declared a Natural

Heritage Site by UNESCO. We leave from the hotel by the Route of the Patagonian Estancias, until we reach Nibepo Aike, where we enjoy lunch. In the afternoon, we sail Lake Argentino and we disembark in Playa de las Monedas to make a walk until the viewpoint of the glacier. We continue to Bajo Las Sombras Bay from where we transfer to the footbridges and we have the chance to admire the glacier from a different point of view, at a moment of the day when the silence and the detachments make this spectacle even better. Day 3 El Calafate / Estancia Cristina. B L D Departure to Puerto Banderas where we embark to sail Lake Argentino and to arrive at a unique corner, Estancia Cristina. First, we sail through the Northern Arm in order to admire the Upsala Glacier and then we take Cristina Branch to finally arrive to Estancia Cristina. Founded in 1914, the Estancia still retains its essence, keeping alive

the history of this pioneer family that made this place their home. After checking in, a host will explain to us about the activities we can do during our stay. Day 4 Estancia Cristina. B L D We are able to choose between the following activities offered by the lodge:

Hiking/ Trekking: • De Los Perros Cascade: 2,5 hours

roundtrip. Low difficulty. • Pesca Lagoon: 3 hours roundtrip.

Low difficulty • Carnero Hill: 4,5 hours roundtrip.

Medium difficulty, good physical condition is recommended • Del Hielo Viewpoint: 3,5 hours one way. Medium/high difficulty (steep slope the last 40 minutes). • Upsala Viewpoint: 2,5 horas one way. Medium difficulty. • Cristina Viewpoint: 6 hours roundtrip. Medium/high difficulty. • Cañadón de los Fósiles: 6 hours roundtrip (one way trip in 4x4). Medium/high difficulty.

Good physical condition is recommended.

Horseback riding: • Cristina Viewpoint: 5/7 hours

roundtrip. Ride through Valley of River Caterina, ascending the western mountainside of Mesón Hill, to Puesto Los Perros. • Pesca Lagoon: 2/3 hours roundtrip. Mínimum difficulty. Day 5 Estancia Cristina / El Calafate. B In the morning, we embark to return to Punta Banderas from where we will take the transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 5: A departure flight after 8 PM is required. In case of spending an extra night in El Calafate, the return from Estancia Cristina can be in the afternoon after lunch at the estancia. To keep in mind: • The observation of the Upsala Glacier is done at a distance of 12 km, therefore it is subject to visibility.

The Two Islands

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9 Days / 8 Nights Ushuaia Isla Tierra del Fuego ARG - CHI / Puerto Williams (Chile)

Nueva Zelanda glacier, Darwin Expedition, Tierra del Fuego ARG-CHI

TBK0932 What’s included • Accomodation: 8 nights Ushuaia (3) - Ship Alakush (2) Puerto Williams (3) • Tours: Ushuaia: National Park in 4X4 Tierra del Fuego ARG-CHI: Darwin Expedition Puerto Williams: Activities at the lodge • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 6 lunches 5 dinners • Entrance fees to Parks and Reserves u season: Novembre to Marcht

Day 1 Ushuaia. Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we visit the Tierra del Fuego National Park in an active way, hiking to little explored trails and on board 4x4 vehicles.. Day 2 Ushuaia / Alakush (Boarding). B L D Very early in the morning, we set off for Radman Pass, at the border with Chile, and we arrive at Caleta Maria, where

we embark for Jackson Bay, from where we will be able to see the Bay’s protagonists, elephant seals. Overnight on board. Travelled distance: 385 km Travel time: 6/7 hours

Day 3 Alakush. B L D Navigation through Seno Almirantazgo to reach Parry Fjord, recently declared a Marine Protected Area of Multiple Uses by the Chilean State. We disembark aboard zodiacs to reach the beach of the New Zealand Glacier to begin a trekking along an ice-cold lagoon. On the way we will cross ancient lenga forests and after an hour we will reach the imposing wall of the New Zealand Glacier. On the way back, we continue sailing through Seno Cuevas until we reach the glacier of the same name and then continue the sea crossing until the very centre of Darwin’s Mountain Range. Day 4 Alakush / Ushuaia. B L In the morning we appreciate the impressive view of the Pared Glacier and then continue sailing

and disembark again in Caleta Maria. From there we head to Lakes Deseado and Despreciado. Lago Deseado, shared between Argentina and Chile and a fishing paradise, is one of the last ecosystems in Chile that remains pristine and wild. We continue the trip to the city of Ushuaia. Travelled distance: 385 km Travel time: 6/7 hours

Day 5 Ushuaia / Puerto Williams. B L D In the morning we set off to the Port of Ushuaia to embark towards Puerto Navarino and from there to Puerto Williams where we will overstay. In the afternoon, we will visit the little town of Puerto Williams and get to know the southernmost territory of Chile. Day 6 Puerto Williams. B L D Today we dedicate the day to trekking activities. The available trails are of different lengths and invite you to contemplate the island.

Day 7 Puerto Williams. B L D Today you can enjoy a kayak trip to discover the magic of the island, along the path of the ancient canoeists. Day 8 Lago Fagnano / Ushuaia. B At mid-morning we leave the lodge to go to Puerto Navarino and embark back to the city of Ushuaia. Free afternoon for optional activities. Day 9 Ushuaia. B Free time and at scheduled time, transfer to the airport to board your scheduled flight. Operational notes: Day 2: It is possible that due to major circumstances the Radman Pass border will be closed. In that case, we will have to cross through San Sebastian Pass, extending the duration of the journey. The Alakush is embarked and disembarked by zodiac. Day 5 & 8: The crossing to Puerto Williams does not operate on Sundays. The luggage allowance is one hand luggage per person.

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7 Days / 6 Nights Ushuaia / El Calafate

Darwin Experience, El Calafate, Santa Cruz

TBK0924 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 6 nights El Calafate (3) - Ushuaia (3) • Tours: Ushuaia: Trekking to Turquesa Lagoon or Tierra del Fuego National Park with trekking and canoes - Gable with canoes El Calafate: Minitrekking - South Glacier Adventure - Darwin Experience • Meals: 6 breakfasts - 5 lunches (box lunch) • Needed tickets to the National Parks u season: mid-October to March t

Day 1 Ushuaia. Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the selected hotel. Day 2 Ushuaia. B L Today we invite you to a day of trekking and for that we have prepared two proposals so you can select according to your preferences: To know one of the emblematic landscapes of Ushuaia like the

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National Park Tierra del Fuego or to visit a lagoon, far from the most crowded paths of the island, the Laguna Turquesa. The National Park activity consists of an 8 km trekking combined with a boat trip in inflatable canoes through the waters of Lapataia River. The walk to the Laguna Turquesa is one of the most beautiful places in Ushuaia, far from the beaten paths and with beautiful panoramic views. Day 3 Ushuaia. B L We leave by National Route Nº3 and then we take Route J, which takes us towards the east of the island. At midday we arrive at Larsiphashaj River, where we begin preparations to row in inflatable canoes along the river and then through the Beagle Channel to Harberton Estancia. Once the activity finishes and we reach the hull of the estancia, we take a boat in the direction of Martillo Island, where we have the chance to see penguins in their breeding place from the boat. The boat trip

continues to Gable Island, where we have lunch and enjoy a walk. Day 4 Ushuaia / El Calafate. B Day at leisure until the scheduled time of the transfer. Arrival at El Calafate. Day 5 El Calafate. B L We leave to Los Glaciares National Park, declared a Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. From Bahia Bajo las Sombras, we cruise Rico Branch until we reach the shelter, starting point of a short walk in which we use crampons to climb to the ice and stay for almost two hours. On our way back to the shelter, we have lunch (box lunch) and then head for the walkways where we spend an hour to admire it from another perspective. The glacier is an impressive river of ice with an area of 257 square kilometers, and with front walls up to 50 to 60 meters above the level of the lake. Day 6 El Calafate. B L Today we explore an area where few people have access. The road leads us to Roca Lake, where we embark

to sail Sur Branch, until we reach the starting point of our one-hour walk to Frías Lake. After crossing the lake in zodiac, we begin the last part of the trekking by a riverbed, until we get Anfiteatro de los Glaciares. Here, we have lunch (box lunch) while we admire Grande, Cubo and Dickson Glaciers. We return for the same path. Day 7 El Calafate. B L In the morning we prepare to do a kayaking activity in the Santa Cruz River or if you prefer a biking or hiking. Lunch is included in the three options, prior to departure to the airport. Operational notes: Day 2: National Park with trekking and canoes does not operate on Saturdays. Day 3: Gable Island with canoes operates on MON/WED/FRI/SAT. Day 5: Glaciar sur Adventure operates TUE/THU/SUN To keep in mind: The difficulty of the activities is medium, except for the day 6 that has more restrictions and difficulty.

Malvinas: Wildlife Watching

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8 Days / 7 Nights Sea Lion Islands / Pebble Island / Saunders Island / Stanley Island

King Penguins, Malvinas Islands

TBK0923 What’s included • Needed transfers • All domestic flights: Mount Pleasant/ Sea Lion Island/ Pebble Island/ Saunders Island/ Stanley Island Accommodation: 7 nights Sea Lion Island (2) - Pebble Island (2) - Saunders Island (2) - Stanley Island (1) • Tours: Sea Lion Island: Introductory tour Pebble Island: full day guided tour Port Stanley: City tour - visit to the museum • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 5 lunches 6 dinners (in Saunders Island, meals are boxed) u Season: September to March t

Day 1 Sea Lion Island. D Arrival at Mount Pleasant Aiport early in the afternoon, flight transfer to the island. Sea Lion Island is one of the smallest islands of the archipelago but with an abundant wildlife, which makes it indispensable in any itinerary.

Day 2 Sea Lion Island. B L D During our stay, we receive some advice to make a safe fauna watching and with a map in our hands we go out to admire some specimens such as Caracá, Southern Giant Petrel, sea lions, sea elephants and orcas, if we are lucky. Day 3 & 4 Pebble Island. B L D Transfer by FIGAS (Falkland Islands Government Air Service) to Pebble Island. This island is the perfect combination between history and nature. Colonies of penguins, black-necked swans, raptors and some sea lions, is only a part of the fauna that can be found on this island where it also has several sites related to the 1982 war between Argentina and United Kingdom. To the west, we find the memorial to HMS Coventry, sunk on May 25, 1982, and a little further away, the memorial in commemoration of five Argentine soldiers who died when their recognition flight was shot down.

Day 5 & 6 Saunders Island. B L D Transfer by FIGAS (Falkland Islands Government Air Service) to this island of volcanic origin. On the island, we have the chance to visit The Neck, an isthmus where you can observe diverse fauna such as: sea elephants, black-browed albatross and four species of penguins, King Penguin, Magellanic, Papua and Yellow Turtle. For those who like history, very close to the town are the ruins of Port Egmont (Port of the Crusade), the first British settlement, built on January 25, 1765. In 1770, a Spanish expedition expelled the British, but after this conflict, it was restored to the English again in 1771. Three years later, in 1774 the British left the island leaving a plaque in which they proclaimed their sovereignty over the territory. In the year 1776, the Spanish sent the plaque to Buenos Aires. Day 7 Stanley Island. B Transfer by FIGAS to Stanley

where we enjoyed a tour of the city, which includes the old and historic part of the city and the modern area visiting the museum and the picturesque Gipsy Cove, a small beach area, where you can see penguins and a canyon from the Second World War which was left behind. In this area, there were battles between British and Germans during the war. Day 8 Port Stanley / Mount Pleasant. B Transfer to Mount Pleasant to catch your flight. Operational note: Days 5 & 6: Accommodation on Saunders Island is in cabins, where the priority is the contact with nature. For that reason, during these days the gastronomy is available in food boxes. To keep in mind: Please, check the flight frequency from Córdoba, Río Gallegos or Punta Arenas. Weather conditions determine all the activities.

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ICE FIELD SUR

San José Gulf

Playa El Doradillo

Bustamante Bay

Cave

Camarones

Punta Marqués Reserve

Los Perito Moreno Chile Antiguos16Painted Chico Hands’s

Rio Tarde

Punta Norte De Los Pájaros Reserve Island Reserve

Cdoro. Rivadavia

San Matías Gulf

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ICE FIELD

Sarmiento

Don José

Pt. Ibáñez

Pt. Tranquilo Pt. Guadal

Bahia Bustamante

Alto Río Senguer

Punta Tombo Natural Reserve

Laguna San Rafael NP

C HU B UT

La Antonieta

CHILE

Gdor. Costa

Río Pico

Valdés Peninsula

Peuma Hue

Tecka

Coihaique

Pto.0 Madryn

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Trevelin

Carmen de Patagones

Las Grutas

Correntoso Lake and River

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Lodge 7 Castro Sendero Los Huemules

Peuma Hue Puerto Varas Victoria Island Pto. Montt Aralauquen

Osorno Nahuel Huapi NP

M O U N T A I N

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Piedra del Águila

La Unión

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Porvenir King I núti

Pengüin

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Alberto de Agostini NP

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Valdivia

Bernardo O´Higgins NP

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Villarrica

Ancud

San Sebastián Bay

Río Grande

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27 Hostería Kaiken 29 Harberton sula De Los Estados Rolito Tolhuin Island Ushuaia Beagle Channel Mitre Penin Pto.Williams Errante Lodge

Freeway Route 40 Paved road Unpaved road NP Park/reserve

Accommodation UNESCO

Don José

AccomModation in patagonia

Chochoy Maillin Ranch, Neuquen

• Sportfishing from November to March • Bird watching • Livestock activities: Guests may participate as observers of: marking, change of tables, vaccination, insemination or shearing in case of sheep, if they coincide with their stay Cuisine: Proposal based on regional flavours

La Escondida

2 La escondida, Villa Pehuenia, Neuquen

Location: Villa Pehuenia (Neuquén) Distance to: Neuquén: 315 km Bariloche: 382 km San Martin de los Andes: 211 km (131 miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms • Living • Decks overlooking Lake Aluminé • Restaurant

View: Lake Aluminé Activities: • Canopy • Fly fishing in lakes, lagoons and rivers (November to May) • Skiing in the winter season • Lake tours • Rafting, Kayaking • Walks • Bird watching-Mountain bikes • Trekking Cuisine: Patagonian

Accommodation in Patagonia

Location: Paraje Chochoy Maillin (Neuquén) Distance to: Neuquén: 438 km (272miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms (3 en-suite) • Living • Dining Hall • Wine Cave Activities • Horseback riding

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Estancia Chochoy Maillin

Peuma Hue

3 Peuma Hue, Bariloche, Rio Negro

Location: Nahuel Huapi National Park (Rio Negro) Distance to: San Carlos de Bariloche: 28 km (17 miles) Villa La Angostura: 110 km (68 miles) Facilities: • 11 rooms distributed in houses/ huts and 2 yurts • Ecumenical Temple

Activities: • Trekking • Horseback riding • Kayaking • Fly fishing • Wine tasting (only in private) • Yoga • Massages • Wellness activities ( natural walks, meditation) • Rafting Cuisine: Patagonian handmade

Luma

4 Luma, Villa La Angostura, Neuquen

Location: Villa La Angostura (Neuquén) Distance to: Bariloche: 85 km (52 miles) San Martin de los Andes: 106 km (65 miles) Neuquén: 481 km (298 miles) Facilities: • 8 rooms • Living room with fireplace • Wine cave • Snack bar

• Deck overlooking the lake • Swimming pool • Spa • Small room for events View: Nahuel Huapi Lake Activities in Villa La Angostura: • Horseback riding • Kayak • Mountain bikes • Trekking Cuisine: Proposal based on seasonal products

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Correntoso Lake River Hotel

Accommodation in Patagonia

Location: Villa La Angostura (Neuquén) Distance to: Bariloche: 85 km (52 miles) San Martín de los Andes: 106 km (65 miles) Facilities: • 49 rooms distributed in 4 categories • Restaurant • Terrace

Correntoso Lake & River, Villa La Angostura, Neuquen

• Indoor and outdoor swimming pool • Fully equipped spa View: Correntoso Lake and River Activities: • Navigation and trekking in the Rincón Arm • Fly Fishing in Espejo Lake, Limay and Correntoso River • Kayaking in Lake Nahuel Huapi and Lake Espejo Cuisine: Patagonian

Hosteria Victoria Island

3 Isla Victoria Lodge, Bariloche, Rio Negro

Location: Victoria Island, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Neuquén Distance to: Bariloche Airport: 40 km (24 miles) and a 30’ navigation Facilities: • 20 double rooms and 2 suites • Living rooms and library • Terrace and solarium spa with swimming pool • Bar with fireplace

• Stone cellar View: Anchorena Bay, Nahuel Huapi Lake and the Andes Range Activities: • Horseback riding • Kayak • Bicycle tours • Trekking Cuisine: Integrates local products with Mediterranean techniques

Aralauquen Lodge

3 Arelauquen lodge, Bariloche, Rio Negro

Location: Lago Gutiérrez, SanCarlos de Bariloche, Río Negro Distance to: Bariloche: 28 km (17 miles) Facilities: • 27 rooms • Restaurant • Lobby Bar • Gym • Heated indoor/outdoor swimming pool-available all year

• Golf, tennis and polo courses (fee) • Stone cellar Season: All year Activities within and outside the Lodge: • Golf • Tennis • Kayak • Mountainbike • Trekking Cuisine: Patagonian

Hosteria Futalaufquen

5 Hostería Futalaufquen, Los Alerces National Park, Chubut

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Location: Los Alerces National Park (Chubut) Distance to: Esquel: 50 km (31 miles) Trevelin: 30 km (18 miles) Facilities: • 4 rooms, 4 apartments and 6 cabins • Dining room with wood-burner View: Futalaufquen Lake Season: November to mid-April

Activities: • Trekking by Huella Andina Trail. • Horseback ride • Fly-fishing • Boat trip to Alerzal Milenario y Glaciar Torrecillas • Kayaking Cuisine: Gourmet dishes based on fish, lamb, meat, vegetables

AccomModation in patagonia

El Aura Patagonia, Los Alerces N.P,Epigrafe Chubut

View: Verde Lake Season: November to mid-April Activities: • Fly fishing • Horseback Riding • Hiking • Bird-watching • Kayaking Cuisine: Argentinian. Restaurant “Huet-Huet”

Sendero Lodge

6 Sendero Lodge, Trevelin,Epigrafe Chubut

Location: Futaleufu River (Chubut) Distance to: Trevelin 35 km (22 miles) Esquel 60 Km (37 miles) Facilities: • 8 rooms with view and exit to the river • Hydromassage • Wi-fi • satellite TV • security box

• Located on the river coast • Outdoor pool Season: November 1 to May 1 Activities: • Fly fishing • Horseback riding • Walks • Rafting • Visit to vineyards Cuisine: Patagonian

Accommodation in Patagonia

Location: Lago Verde, Los Alerces National Park (Chubut) Distance to: Esquel: 70 km (43 miles) Bariloche: 240 km (149 miles) Facilities: • 3 cabins with two double bedrooms + living room with fireplace and private deck with grill • 2 cabins with bedroom en suite and living room with salamander

PAT

El Aura Patagonia

Huemules Mountain Refuge - Glamping

Location: Esquel (Chubut) Distance to: Esquel 23 km (14 miles) Bariloche 300 km (186 miles) Facilities: • 10 domes with private bathroom and private deck • Dome Living • Wi-fi Season: All year

Activities according to the season: • Trekking: Pinar, Torta Hill, Silent Valley, El Cruce • Horseback riding: Pinar • Mountain bike: Limit, South Apex • Snow rackets • Ski touring Cuisine: With local ingredients. Steer and Patagonian lamb.

Los Huemules Glamping, Esquel, Chubut

Don José Guen Guel

8 Don Jose Guen Guel, Rio Mayo, Chubut

Location: Rio Mayo (Chubut) Distance to: Comodoro Rivadavia: 276 km (173 miles) Perito Moreno: 126 km (79 miles) Facilities: • 2 cabins, 2 rooms with shared bathroom and a house with 3 rooms • Living room • Grill area

Seasons: October to April Activities: • Horseback riding • Visit to the breeding of guanaco’s area • Panoramic spot • Visit to the mineral water bottling plant • River fishing • Self-guided walking tour Cuisine: Traditional and handmade

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PAT

Rincón Chico

Accommodation in Patagonia

Location: The Valdés Peninsula (Chubut) Distance to: Trelew: 230 km (140 miles) Puerto Madryn: 170 km (103 miles) Facilities: • 8 rooms with private bathroom • Living room • Dining room Season: September to March

Activities: • Wildlife watching tours in the property that has 70 km2 & 16 km of beaches • Self-guided path, by walking or biking. Cuisine: Homemade & traditional dishes of Patagonian landscape, made with local products

Estancia Rincón Chico. Península Valdés. Patagonia

El Pedral Hotel de Campo

Location: Punta Ninfas (Chubut) Distance to: Trelew:100 km (62 miles) Puerto Madryn: 70 km(45 miles) Facilities: • 8 rooms with private bathroom • Dining room • Swimming pool • Mountain bikes • Quincho

Season: September to April Activities: • Visit to Punta Ninfas Lighthouse • Observation of a rookery of elephant seals • Whales watching from the beach • Self-guided walks • Biking • Guided walk among Magellanic penguins Cuisine: Patagonian food

El Pedral, Punta Ninfas, Chubut

La Antonieta

11 La Antonieta, Dos Pozos, Chubut

Location: Dos Pozos, (Chubut) Distance to: Trelew: 100 km (62 miles) Punta Tombo: 20 km (12,4 miles) Facilities: • 11.000 has and 13 km of seashore • Country house with 4 rooms with private bathrooms • 100% solar energy system • Countryside restaurant for 70 people

Season: September to early-April Activities: • Visit to the Colony of Elephant Seals, interpretative walks • Sheep Breeding • Trekking to spot eagles, Tehuelches’ ruins and stars • Horseback riding through the coast and Estancia’s surroundings Cuisine: Country cuisine based on ovine meat from own production.

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Patagonia Glamping, Chubut163 A Bahía Bustamante Lodge, Bahía Bustamante, Chubut. Ph Fede Trevisan

Location: Cerro Condor (Chubut) Distance to: Trelew: 395 km (245 miles) Esquel: 321km (199 miles) Facilities: • Six geodesic domes for 2 people • Sanitary trailer with hot water showers • A geodesic dome living room • Kitchen trailer

• Electricity in bathrooms and kitchen tent Season: October to April Activities: • Visits to palaeontological sites • Participation in scientific field work • Walks with scientific interpretation of geology, flora and fauna • Argentinean cooking classes given by the Chef Cuisine: Patagonian

AccomModation in patagonia

Bahía Bustamante Lodge, Bahía Bustamante, Chubut

Season: October to April Activities: • Boat trip and wildlife animals watching • Trekkings + 4x4 wheel drives: beaches, Petrified Wood, Penguin Island • Day in the countryside Cuisine: Regional and homemade food with ingredients of own production

Darwin Camp

Location: Estancia Cerro el Paso (Santa Cruz) Distance to: Comodoro Rivadavia: 320 km (198 miles) Puerto Deseado: 110 km (68 miles) Facilities: • 4 rooms distributed in two sectors: 3 rooms with shared bathroom in the House and a room in El Carro, ideal for those who look for privacy.

• Dining room-restaurant Season: November to March Activities: • Trekking • Kayak • Sailing to Penguin Island (with additional cost) • Sailing to the Estuary (with additional cost) • Horseback riding (additional cost) Cuisine: Local and handmade

Accommodation in Patagonia

Location: Bahía Bustamante (Chubut) Distance to: Comodoro Rivadavia: 180 km (99 miles) Trelew: 250 km (155 miles) Facilities: • 4 Superior Ocean View + 2 Standard houses: full board and activities included • 5 Steppe Houses: Only acommodation

PAT

Bahia Bustamante Lodge

Darwin Eco Lodge, Puerto Deseado, Santa Cruz

Doraike Hosteria de Campo

Location: Rio Gallegos (Santa Cruz) Distance to: Rio Gallegos 237 km (147 miles) Puerto Santa Cruz: 50 km (31 miles) Monte León National Park: 25 km (15 miles) Facilities: • 4 rooms (2 with shared bathroom) • 1 cabin • Living room

• Fishing room • Playing room Season: November - April Activities: • Bikes • Boat trip on the Santa Cruz River • Trekking Cuisine: Patagonian style regional food. Typical dishes and gluten free food

Doraike, Comandante Luis Piedrabuena, Santa Cruz

La Posta de los Toldos

16 Posta de los Toldos, Santa Cruz

Location: Patagonia Park (Santa Cruz) Distance to: Perito Moreno: 54 km (33 miles) Bajo Caracoles: 74 km (45 miles) Comodoro Rivadavia Airport: 460 km (285 miles) Facilities: • 9 rooms. • Living • Wifi in common areas • Space for motorhomes and campin

View: Those typical of a mountain refuge immersed in nature Season: October to April Activities: • Trails • Bonfires • Talks with speakers • Stargazing • Fauna watching Cuisine: Patagonian flavours

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PAT

Rio Tarde

Accommodation in Patagonia

17 Rio Tarde Casa Patagonica, Santa Cruz

Location: Lago Posadas (Santa Cruz) Distance to: Los Antiguos: 310 km (193 miles) Comodoro Rivadavia: 660 km (410 miles) Facilities: • 5 rooms and 2 apartments • Heating by individual radiators • Café • Dining room • View point

• Solarium • Parking • Private Parking Season: October to April Activities (recommended, not included): • Lake Ghio and Painted Hands Cave • Indios Mount • Fishing • Historical-cultural circuit Cuisine: Regional

La Maipú

18 La Maipu, Santa Epigrafe Cruz

Location: Lago San Martín (Santa Cruz) Distance to: El Calafate: 266 km (165 miles) El Chaltén: 227 km (141 miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms • Welcoming common spaces View: Andes Ranges and the lake Season: October to April Activities:

• Trekking and horseback riding • Fishing • Bird watching • Visit to the home museum of the first inhabitants Cuisine: homemade and patagonian Please note: There is no telephone signal and there is only electricity for 3 hours a day.

Estancia La Angostura

Location: Gobernador Gregores (Santa Cruz) Distance to: Gobernador Gregores: 50 km (31 miles) El Chaltén: 280 km (174 miles) El Calafate: 335 km (208 miles) Los Antiguos: 414 km (257 miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms with private bathroom

and 3 rooms with shared bathroom • Camping area Seasons: mid-October to March Activities: • Bird watching • Horseback riding • Trekking Cuisine: Traditional and homemade

Estancia La Angostura, Gobernador Gregores, Santa Cruz

Aguas Arriba Lodge

20 Aguas Arriba Lodge, on the shores of Lake del Desierto, Santa Cruz

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Location: Lago Del Desierto (Santa Cruz) Distance to: El Chaltén: 37 km (22 miles) El Calafate 213 km (143 miles) Facilities: • 5 rooms with views of Del Desierto Lake and the Vespignani Glacier • Terrace and dining room View: Del Desierto Lake/ the Vespignani Glacier/ Mount Fitz Roy

Season: early November to end of March Activities: • Trekking • Fly fishing • With additional cost: Kayaking, rafting, horseback riding, fly flishing with private guide Cuisine: Regional and homemade food

AccomModation in patagonia

Season: October to April Activities: • Mountain bike • Visit to the Madsen House Museum • Hiking in the surroundings • Birdwatching at extra cost • Kayaking in Rio de las Vueltas • Climbing clases Cuisine: Patagonian homemade

Chalten Camp, glamping, Santa Cruz

Puesto Cagliero

Location: Estancia los Huemules (Santa Cruz) Distance to: Estancia Los Huemules: 7 km of trekking through Valley of Diablo River El Chaltén: 17 km (10 miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms with bathroom • Living room with dining area

Season: October to April Activities: • 25 km of self-guided trails • Trekking and climbing • Ice trek with mountain guide Cuisine: Lunch includes pizza and salad, and soup or “guiso” on cold days. The Patagonian dinner includes a 3-step menu

Accommodation in Patagonia

Location: El Chaltén (Santa Cruz) Distance to: El Chaltén: 27 km (16 miles) El Calafate: 237 km (147 miles) Facilities: • 3 Domes • Lounge/dining room in a 80 m2 dome • Private bathrooms, wood heating View: Panoramic to the Fitz Roy

PAT

Chaltén Camp

Puesto Cagliero, El Chaltén, Santa Cruz

Explora El Chaltén

Location: Reserva Los Huemules, El Chalten (Santa Cruz) Distance to: El Chaltén: 17 km (10 miles) El Calafate: 227 km (141 miles) Facilities: • 20 rooms Restaurant • Explorers‘ Bar • Living • Spa

Explora Chalten, Santa cruz

View: Electrico Valley and Marconi Glacier Season: October to April Activities: • The guest will be able to enjoy 2 half-day or one full-day exploration. The explorations are as varied as the surrounding landscape, from the traditional trails to the less visited ones. Cuisine: Patagonian Gourmet

Helsingfors

Location: Los Glaciares National Park (Santa Cruz) Distance to: El Calafate: 150 km (93 miles) El Chaltén: 180 km (112 miles) Facilities: • 9 rooms • Fireplace in the living area • Restaurant

View: Viedma Lake, Mount Fitz Roy and the Andes Season: November to March Activities: • Trekking and horseback riding to Azul Lagoon • Cruising and trekking to Del Morro Lagoon Cuisine: Sophisticated and regional

Helsingfors, Santa Cruz

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La Estela

Accommodation in Patagonia

Location: Between El Calafate and El Chaltén (Santa Cruz) Distance to: El Calafate: 112 km (70 miles) El Chaltén: 115 km (72 miles) Facilities: • 6 suites • Living room • Restaurant • Stables

• SUM View: Viedma Lake, Mount Fitz Roy or Patagonian Steppe Season: October to April Activities: • Horseback riding • Mountain Bike • Archery • Fishing Cuisine: Regional

Estancia La Estela, on the shores of Lake Viedma, Santa Cruz

Nibepo Aike

Location: Los Glaciares National Park (Santa Cruz) Distance to: El Calafate: 56 km (35 miles) Punta Banderas: 50 km (31 miles) Facilities: • 10 rooms (8 Standard - 2 Superior) • Dining Room • Grill area

Season: September 15th to May 15th Activities: • Sheep shearing & rural activities demonstration • Horseback riding • Hiking • Biking Cuisine: Traditional

Nibepo Aike, Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz, by Florian von der Fecht

Estancia Cristina

Location: Los Glaciares National Park (Santa Cruz) Distance to: Puerto Banderas: 50 km (31 miles). From there, 2:30 hours cruising. Facilities: • 20 rooms • Restaurant, living room, bar, internet, view point

View: Norte Hills, Pfifter, Moyano and its hanging glaciers Season: October 15th to April 15th Activities: • Experiences by 4x4 • Horseback riding • Hiking Cuisine: Regional gourmet

Estancia Cristina, Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz

Sur 54º Lodge

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Sur 54º Lodge, Fagnano Lake, Tierra del fuego

Location: Fagnano Lake (Tierra del Fuego) Distance to: Ushuaia 70 km (43 miles) Río Grande 153 km (95 miles Tolhuin 44 km (27 miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms and 2 suites • Wi-Fi • Wood heating • Lobby bar • Living room with fireplace

• Library - Viewpoint • Restaurant • Deck • Pier Season: November to March Activities: • Walks along nearby paths • Boat trip through Fagnano Lake • Fishing Cuisine: Patagonian cuisine. Exclusive wineries wine

AccomModation in patagonia

• Private visit of the Historical Estancia • Private visit to the Acatushun Museum • Guided or self-guided hike on the Harberton Peninsula • Mountain bike • Free access to the Isla Martillo Penguin Rookery Cuisine: Based on local and homemade products.

Estancia Harberton, Tierra del Fuego

Estancia Rolito

Location: Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego) Distance to: Rio Grande: 89 km (55 miles) Ushuaia: 151 km (94 miles) Tolhuin: 49 km (30 miles) Facilities: • 6 double rooms with all the comforts of a country house. • Living • Dining room

• Vegetable Garden • Barbecue area • Shed Season: Octobre - April Activities: • Horseback riding • Hikes • Photo safari Cuisine: Based on local and homemade products

Accommodation in Patagonia

Location: Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego) Distance to: Ushuaia: 82 km (51 miles) Facilities: • 4 cabins. • Acatushun Museum • Acawaia Restaurant Season: Octobre - April Activities in the all-inclusive program:

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Estancia Harberton

Rolito Ranch, Tierra del fuego

Hostería Kaiken Location: Tolhuin (Tierra del Fuego) Distance to: Ushuaia: 104 km (167 miles) Facilities: • 19 rooms • Bar with fireplace • Restaurant

• TV room • Pool table • own viewpoint over Fagnano Lake Season: All year round Activities: Interpretive trail Cuisine: Typical dishes, international and Mediterranean cuisine

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Errante Lodge

Location: Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Navarino Island (Chile) Distance to: Puerto Williams: 12 km (7 miles) Ushuaia: 42 km (26 miles) Facilities: • 7 rooms. • Bar and cafeteria • Fully equipped and shared kitchen View:

Beagle Channel Season: Octobre - April Activities: • Puerto Williams City tour • Scenic Heritage Route • Omara Ethnobotanical Park • Cerro La Bandera Trekking • Sport fishing • Glacier navigation Cuisine: Homemade

Errante Lodge, Puerto Williams, Chile

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Zuchino Wineries, Uquia, Humahuaca Gorge. Courtesy of Jujuy’s Tourism Secretary. PH Walter Reinaga

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Tucumán and Valleys

Tucumánand Valleys

8 Days / 7 Nights Tucumán / Tafi del Valle / Cafayate / Salta

Trekking, The Yungas, Tucuman

TBK0603 What’s included • Needed transfers • Acoomodation: 7 nights Tucumán (2) - Tafí del Valle (2) Cafayate (1) - Salta (2) • Tours: Tucumán: City tour - Short Circuit Tafi del Valle - Wine Route - Calchaqui Valleys Salta: Cafayate - Walking city tour with MAAM Museum Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 4 lunches 2 dinners • Needed tickets to the museums

Day 1 Tucumán. L Arrival at the Airport of Tucumán, capital of the province of the same name, which boasts a great variety of landscapes in spite of being the smallest in the country. After check-in, we will take some time for a walking visit to this city, so important in the Argentine history because for being the site of the declaration of our Independence. During the tour, we will pass by

the Mercado del Norte, a local market where we will get the ingredients to join later on a cooking lesson of “empanadas”, probably the most classic meal in the country. Day 2 Tucumán. B L Today we will visit the outskirts of the city, reaching Villa Nogues, with its Gothic chapel, El Siambon with its Benedictine Monastery, ideal place to taste some typical sweet treats, and the summer village of San Javier, with its lookout that offers a great View of the capital city and its surrounding sugar cane plantations. Travelled Distance: 116 km (72.5 miles) Travel Time: 6 hours Maximum altitude: 1.200 MASL (3,950 ft.)

Day 3 Tucumán / Tafí del Valle. B L D Today we head to Tafi del Valle along the Los Sosa river gorge, a steep 30-kilometers canyon carved by the river within the lush subtropical forest. After a short visit to the village, we continue to Estancia de Las Carreras, an old Jesuit ranch dating back to 1718.

Travelled Distance: 116 km (72.5 miles) Travel Time: 3/4hours Maximum Altitude: 2.000 MASL (6.550 ft.)

Day 4 Tafí del Valle. B L D Day at leisure to enjoy the estancia and the activities it offers such as visiting its museum and its goat cheese factory. Day 5 Tafí del Valle / Cafayate. B We will travel today along the Wine Route, appreciating the wineries and its vineyards that boast 350 sunny days per year. Along the way, we will visit the first communitarian winery in South America, in Amaicha del Valle. A short drive afterwards, we will take a detour to visit the Quilmes Aborigine Ruins, one of the most important pre-Hispanic settlements in the Calchaqui Valleys. Arrival in Cafayate. Travelled Distance: 141km (88 miles) Travel Time: 6/7 hours Maximum Altitude: 2.000 MASL (6.550 ft.)

Day 6 Cafayate / Salta. B After visiting the Wine Museum and visiting a winery, we will move on to Salta, along the Cafayate Gorge. Travelled Distance: 197 km (123 miles)

Travel Time: 7 hours Maximum Altitude: 1.660 MASL (5.440 ft.)

Day 7 Salta. B Today we will seize the day to visit the Humahuaca Gorge, declared Cultural and Natural Heritage of Mankind by UNESCO. Travelled Distance: 476 km (297.5 miles) Travel Time: 12 hours Maximum Altitude: 3.012 MASL (9.880 ft.)

Day 8 Salta. B Before leaving the city, we will visit the city and the MAAM (Archaeological Museum of High Mountain), which holds the mission of preserving the so-called Llullaillaco children (Incan mummies), one of the most relevant archaeological discoveries of the latest decades. After the visit, transfer to the Airport. Operational notes: Day 1: It is recommended to arrive on an early morning flight. Day 5: The Wine Museum is closed on Mondays. Day 7: It is recommended to take a flight in the afternoon.

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Classic North

Classic Northwest

7 Days / 6 Nights Salta / Cachi / Cafayate / Tafi del Valle

Cafayate Gorge, Salta. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0613 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 6 nights Salta (2) - Cachi (1) - Cafayate (2) Tafi del Valle (1) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Calchaquíes Valleys Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge Tucumán: Quilmes Ruins Tafí del Valle • Meals: 6 breakfasts • Needed tickets to museums

Day 1 Salta. Arrival and reception at Salta’s airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, the city of Salta awaits for us to explore it. During the tour, we visit the MAAM (High Mountain Archaeological Museum), responsible for spreading and preserving the ‘Children of Llullaillaco’, one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last decades.

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Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 2 Salta. B Today we explore Humahuaca Gorge in the Province of Jujuy, Natural and Cultural Heritage Site. The tour includes stops at Purmamarca, Tilcara with its Pucará, Uquia and Humahuaca. On the way back, we stop at Maimará to admire Paleta del Pintor (Painter´s Palette). Travelled distance: 476 km (296 miles) Travel time: 12 hours Max. altitude: 3.012 MASL (9.882 ft.)

Day 3 Salta / Cachi. B We leave the city of Salta to begin our tour through Calchaqui Valleys. During the trip we stop at Del Obispo Slope, Tin Tin Straight and Los Cardones National Park. We arrive at Cachi where we stay and we enjoy the afternoon. Travelled distance: 163 km (101 miles) Travel time: 4 hours Max. altitude: 3.348 MASL (10.984 ft.)

Day 4 Cachi / Cafayate. B Morning at leisure. Departure towards Cafayate, driving along National Route Nº40, passing by Seclantas, Molinos, Angastaco and De Las Flechas Gorge, with

its curious formations caused by water and wind erosion. Finally, arrival at Cafayate. Travelled distance: 157 Km (97 miles) Travel time: 6 hours Max. altitude: 2.220 MASL (7.283 ft.)

Day 5 Cafayate. B In the morning, we explore De Las Conchas Gorge, where the action of wind and water have created curious formations such as the Amphitheatre and the Devil’s Throat. In the afternoon, we visit a winery of the area, where we explore its installations and make a wine tasting. Finally, we visit the Vine and Wine Museum in order to complement the knowledge about the wines processes. Max. altitude: 1.683 MASL (5.522 ft.)

Day 6 Cafayate / Tafí del Valle. B We leave Cafayate towards Tafi Del Valle. On the way, we visit the Quilmes Ruins (an aborigines’ citadel), where the largest pre-Columbian settlement ruins of Argentina are located. We continue and then,

accommodation at Estancia Las Carreras. Travelled distance: 118 Km (73 miles) Travel time: 3 hours Max. altitude: 3.042 MASL (9.980 ft.)

Day 7 Tafí del Valle / Tucumán. B Morning at leisure to enjoy the activites offered by the Estancia. Departure towards Tucumán along De Los Sosa Gorge. Before going to the airport, we have a brief city tour. Travelled distance: 106 km (66 miles) Travel time: 3 hours Max. altitude: 1.900 MASL (6.234 ft.) Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel´s Market closes on Sundays. During these days. The itinerary could be modified. Day 3: Pablo Díaz Museum closes on Mondays. Day 5: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. To keep in mind: • From January to March the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season.

Northwest’s Valleys and Puna

6 Days / 5 Nights Salta / Cafayate / Purmamarca

Salinas Grandes, Jujuy. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0601 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 5 nights Salta (3) - Cafayate (1) Purmamarca (1) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Calchaquíes Valleys Jujuy: Salinas Grandes Salt Flat Humahuaca Gorge • Meals: 5 breakfasts • Needed tickets to museums

Day 1 Salta. Arrival, reception at Salta’s airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, the city of Salta awaits us to explore it by walking through its streets churches and colonial buildings. On the way, we visit the MAAM (High Mountain Archaeological Museum), responsible for spreading and preserving the ‘Children of Llullaillaco’, one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last decades. Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 2 Salta / Cafayate. B Departure from Salta to start our trip through Calchaquíes Valleys. During the trip, we stop at Del Obispo Slope, Tin Tin Straight and Los Cardones National Park. In Cachi, we have time for lunch (not included) and also to walk around the town. Then, we continue towards Cafayate through National Route 40, passing by enchanting towns such as Seclantas, Angastaco and Molinos, apart from amazing De Las Flechas Gorge, a curious rocky formation. Arrival at Cafayate. Travelled distance: 320 km (199 miles) Travel time: 11/12 hours Max. Altitude: 3.348 MASL (10.984 ft.)

Day 3 Cafayate / Salta. B In the morning, we visit the city and after lunch (not included), we drive to Salta, visiting De las Conchas Gorge, characterized by its curious formations, such as the Amphitheatre and the Devil’s Throat product of wind and water erosion. Arrival at Salta and accommodation.

Travelled distance: 197 km (122 miles) Travel time: 7 horas Max. altitude: 1.683 MASL (5.522 ft.)

Day 4 Salta / Purmamarca. B Early in the morning, we travel along the Del Toro’s Gorge to discover the town of San Antonio de Los Cobres and explore part of the Train to the Clouds’ trail. After lunch (not included), we continue through the Jujuy’s Puna until Salinas Grandes, the third largest in the world. Then, descend by the Cuesta de Lipán to Purmamarca, where is located the well-known De los Siete Colours Hill. Accommodation. Travelled distance: 338 km (210 miles) Travel time: 10 hours Max. altitude: 4.170 MASL (13.681 ft.)

Day 5 Purmamarca / Salta. B Today we explore the Humahuaca Gorge, which is a Natural and Cultural Heritage Site, visiting typical and colourful villages such as: Tilcara, Uquia and Humahuaca. On the way back to Salta, we stop at Maimará to admire the Painter’s Pallete.

Travelled distance: 319 km (198 miles) Travel time: 10/11 hours Max. altitude: 3.012 MASL (9.882 ft.)

Day 6 Salta. B At due time, transfer to the airport. Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.) Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel´s Market closes on Sundays. During these days the itinerary could be modified. Day 2: Pablo Díaz Museum closes on Mondays. Day 3: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. Day 5: Please, ask for the extension to Hornocal (De los 14 Colores Hill). To keep in mind: • From January to March the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season. • Due to the altitude, atmospheric pressure and reduction of oxygen of the Puna, we recommend that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases, take special care.

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Valleys and Puna with Atacama

10 Days / 9 Nights Salta / Cafayate / Purmamarca / San Pedro de Atacama (Chile)

Cejar lagoon, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

TBK0609 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 9 nights Salta (3) - Cafayate (1) Purmamarca (2) - Atacama (3) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Calchaquíes Valleys Jujuy: Salinas Grandes Salt Flat Humahuaca Gorge Atacama: Atacama Salt Flat - Del Tatio Geiser - De La Luna Valley • Meals: 9 breakfasts • Needed tickets to reserves and museums.

Day 1 Salta. Arrival, reception at Salta’s airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we do a walking tour where we discover its streets, churches and colonial buildings. The visit includes the MAAM (High Mountain Archeological Museum) which is in charge of sharing and conserving the ‘Children of Llullaillaco’, one of

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Purmamarca, located next to De los Siete Colores Hill.

Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Travelled distance: 338 km (210 miles) Travel time: 10 hours Max. altitude: 4.170 MASL(13.681 ft.)

Day 2 Salta / Cafayate. B We depart for a tour around the Calchaquíes Valleys. We pass by Del Obispo Slope, Tin Tin Straight, Los Cardones National Park, Cachi and De Las Flechas Gorge. Arrival at Cafayate. Travelled distance: 320 km (199 miles) Travel time: 12 hours Max. altitude: 3.348 MASL (10.984 ft.)

Day 3 Cafayate / Salta. B In the morning, we visit the town. After lunch (not included), departure to Salta passing by De Las Conchas Gorge. Travelled distance: 197 km (122 miles) Travel time: 7 hours Max. altitude: 1.660 MASL (5.446 ft)

Day 4 Salta / Purmamarca. B Early in the morning, we depart travelling along Del Toro Gorge in Jujuy’s province to discover San Antonio de los Cobres. Then, continue through the Puna to Salinas Grandes Salt Flat and

Geysers, the highest geothermal field in the world, where we witness the steam fumaroles activity produced by the high temperatures of its craters.

Day 5 Purmamarca. B Today we explore the Humahuaca Gorge, a Natural and Cultural Heritage Site.

Max. altitude: 4.320 MASL (13.944 ft.)

Travelled distance: 476 km (296 miles) Travel time: 12 hours Max. altitude: 3.000 MASL (9840 ft.)

Max. altitude: 2.447 MASL (8.028 ft.)

Day 6 Purmamarca / Atacama. B Early in the morning, departure towards Paso de Jama in order to continue to San Pedro de Atacama. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Time at leisure. Max. altitude: 4.400 MASL (16.608 ft.)

Day 7 Atacama. B Today we get to know the Atacama Salt Flats and Chaxa Lagoon, which is part of Los Flamencos National Reserve. In the afternoon, we enjoy a beautiful sunset at De la Luna Valley. Max. altitude: 2.500 MASL (8.300 ft.)

Day 8 Atacama. B Very early in the morning, departure to El Tatio

Day 9 Atacama / Salta. B At due time, return to Salta. Day 10 Salta. B Transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel´s Market closes on Sundays. The itinerary could be modified. Day 2: Pablo Díaz Museum closes on Mondays. Day 3: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. Day 5: Please, ask for the extension to Hornocal (De los Catorce Colores Hill). To keep in mind: • From January to March the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season.

Altitude wines

7 Days / 6 Nights Salta / Purmamarca / Colomé / Cafayate

El esteco winery, Cafayate, Salta. Courtesy of @Visitargentina

TBK0619 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 6 nights Salta (2) - Purmamarca (1) Colomé (1) - Cafayate (2) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Calchaquíes Valleys - Colomé Winery - Bike tour in Cafayate - Wineries (2) Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge - Salinas Grandes Salt Flat - Wineries (2) • Meals: 6 breakfasts - 4 lunches 2 dinner - mentioned tastings • Needed tickets to museums

Day 1 Salta. D Transfer Arrival and reception at Salta’s airport and then, transfer to hotel. In the afternoon, the city of Salta awaits us to explore it by a walk through its streets, churches and colonial buildings, in addition to a visit to the MAAM (High Mountain Archaeology Museum). In the evening, dinner at Jose Balcarce Restaurant, dedicated to Andean cuisine. Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 2 Salta / Purmamarca. B We leave Salta and go towards Humahuaca Gorge. Our final destination is Purmamarca. On the way there, we visit a winery of the area to taste wines that have special characteristics. After a break in Purmamarca, we go to Salinas Grandes Salt Flat in order to enjoy the sunset and a good glass of wine.

Total travelled distance: 319 km (198 miles) Travel time: 10 hours Maximum altitude: 3.640 MASL (11.942 ft.)

Total travelled distance: 293 km (182 miles) Travel time: 4 hours Maximum altitude: 4.170 MASL (13.681 ft.)

Travelled distance: 228 km (142 miles) Travel time: 6 hours Maximum altitude: 3.348 MASL (10.984 ft.)

Day 3 Purmamarca / Salta. B L In the morning, we depart towards Uquía to visit a quite special winery that has the highest wine cellar in the world, which is located at 3.640 MASL. Once there, the host welcomes us and on board 4x4 we ascend to Moya’s Vineyard at 3.329 MASL. From there, we visit an abandoned mining cave that presents the ideal natural conditions to the store and maturation of high altitude wines. Finally, we continue visiting the Humahuaca Gorge. Return to Salta.

Day 4 Salta / Cachi / Colomé. B D Departure for a tour around Calchaquíes Valleys. After reaching the Route 40, we take a detour towards Colomé, where one of the oldest wineries of Argentina is located 2.300 to 3.111 MASL (7.545 to 10.207 ft.).

Day 6 Cafayate. B L The day begins with a brief tour in the Museum of Vine and Wine, and then we head to Piatelli Winery, where we make a bike tour through the vineyards. After that, we enjoy picnic in the garden. Afternoon at leisure. Maximum altitude: 1.660 MASL (5.446 ft.)

Day 7 Cafayate / Salta. B L Before returning to Salta, we visit a winery of the area where we enjoy lunch. Then, we explore Cafayate Gorge. Transfer to the airport.

Day 5 Colomé / Cafayate. B L During our stay, we enjoy a guided tour at the winery and James Turrel Museum, one of the world’s most renowned contemporary artists, who is mainly concerned with light and space. After enjoying a wine tasting and a lunch, we continue towards Cafayate, passing through De Las Flechas Gorge.

Travelled distance: 197 km (122 miles) Travel time: 4 hours Maximum altitude: 1.660 MASL (5.446 ft.)

Travelled distance: 131 km (81 miles) Travel time: 4 hours Maximum altitude: 2.270 MASL (7.448 ft.)

To keep in mind: • From January to March, the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season.

Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel Market closes on Sundays. Day 6: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. Day 7: It requires a departure flight after 8 PM.

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Along the Humahuaca Gorge in Jujuy

6 Days / 5 Nights Salta / Purmamarca / Iruya

Salinas Grandes Salt Flat, Jujuy. Courtesy of Jujuy’s Tourism Secretary

TBK0606 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 5 nights Salta (3) - Purmamarca (1) - Iruya (1) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour With MAAM Cafayate Gorge - Iruya Jujuy: Salinas Grandes Salt Flat Humahuaca Gorge - El Hornocal Hill • Meals: 5 breakfasts - 1 dinner • Needed tickets to museums

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Day 1 Salta. Arrival, reception at Salta’s airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, the city of Salta awaits us to discover it by a walk through its streets, churches and colonial buildings. On the way, we visit the MAAM (High Mountain Archaeological Museum), responsible for spreading and preserving the ‘Children of Llullaillaco’, one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the last decades. The Children of Llullaillaco are the names with which three Incas

children are known. They has been exceptionally conserved by around five hundred years and were found at 6.739 MASL (22.109 ft.), near the top of the Llullaillaco Volcano, located in western Salta’s province. Maximum altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 2 Salta. B Today we visit De Las Conchas Gorge, with its curious formations such as the Amphitheatre and the Devil´s Throat, produced by the erosion of wind and water. Arrival at Cafayate, city tour and visit to the museum. Travelled distance: 394 km (245 miles) Travel time: 11 hours Max. altitude: 1.660 MASL (13.681 ft.)

Day 3 Salta / Purmamarca. B Early in the morning, we depart towards Del Toro Gorge in order to discover San Antonio de los Cobres town. After lunch (not included), we continue through the Puna up to Salinas Grandes then descend through De Lipan Gorge to Purmamarca, at the foot of De los Siete Colores Hill.

Travelled distance: 320 km (199 miles) Travel time: 10 hours Max. altitude: 4.170 MASL (13.681 ft.)

Day 4 Purmamarca / Iruya. B D Today we enjoy the Humahuaca Gorge, a Natural and Cultural Heritage Site, visiting typical and colourful villages such as Tilcara, Uquía and Humahuaca. We continue through a mountainous path, until we reach Abra del Cóndor, the highest place on the way to Iruya. Arrival at that magical town, located at 2.780 MASL (9.120 ft.), within the Yungas Biosphere Reserve. Our first impression is that Iruya is a town hanging from the mountains. Travelled distance: 143 km (89 miles) Travel time: 7 hours Max. altitude: 4.000 MASL (13.123 ft.)

Day 5 Iruya / Salta. B In the morning, we depart on our return to Salta. Once we reach Humahuaca, we take a detour in order to get to know El Hornocal. This is a hill in which it is possible to see 33 colour shades. On our

way to Salta, we stop at Maimará to admire the Painter’s Palette. Total distance: 322 km (200 miles) Travel time: 8/9 hours Maximum altitude: 4.380 MASL (14.370 ft.)

Day 6 Salta. B Morning at leisure. At due time, transfer to the airport. Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.780 ft.) Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel’s market closes on Sundays. During these days the itinerary could be modified. Day 2: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. To keep in mind: • From January to March the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season. • Due to the altitude, atmospheric pressure and reduction of oxygen of the Puna, we recommend that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases, take special care.

Secrets of Humahuaca Gorge

5 Days / 4 Nights Salta / Purmamarca / Tilcara

Artisan, Humahuaca Gorge, Jujuy. Courtesy of Jujuy’s Tourism Secretary. PH Hernan Paganini

TBK0602 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights Salta (1) - Purmamarca (1) - Tilcara (2) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge - El Hornocal • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 2 lunches 1 dinner • Needed tickets to museum

Day 1 Salta. Arrival, reception at Salta’s airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, the city awaits us to explore Salta by a walk through its streets, churches, colonial buildings and the MAAM (Museum of High Mountain Archaeology), which is in charge of sharing and conserving the ‘Niños del Llullaillaco’. Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 2 Salta / Purmamarca. B L We leave towards Humahuaca Gorge, Natural and Cultural Heritage Site, in order to share a community-based tourism

experience, in which we will be both actors and guests. According to availability, we will be able to discover the secrets of northern gastronomy thanks to a local chef who will receive us in a farm located at the foot of Del Lipán Slope, to give us a regional cooking lesson or just enjoy a different afternoon in the house of someone very special. With this person, we will prepare and drink tea, using herbs that are native from the gorge and Jujuy’s Puna, with bread-derived products that we will learn how to cook while we learn the history of that community. Accommodation in Purmamarca. Travelled distance: 156 km (96 miles) Travel time: 3 hours Max. altitude: 2.300 MASL (7.045 ft.)

Day 3 Purmamarca / Tilcara. B We begin this day stopping at Tilcara to visit the Pucará, which is the town’s ancient fortress, and then continue towards Humahuaca, where we will have time to explore the town and have

lunch (optional). In the afternoon, we visit El Hornocal, best-known as the Fourteen Colours Hill, which is a colour palette that totally deserves being contemplated. After that, we return through the Gorge to Tilcara.

wines. We choose the wine to pair lunch and then we descend to taste local products. In the evening, we enjoy a dinner in a local restaurant in order to continue discovering the Andean cuisine.

Travelled distance: 172 km (106 miles) Travel time: 10 hours Max. altitude: 4.380 MASL (14.370 ft.)

Travelled distance: 70km (43 miles)Travel time: 6 - 7hours Max. altitude: 3.640 MASL (11.942 ft.)

Day 4 Tilcara. B L D In the morning, we go to Uquía in order to visit quite a special winery. Once there, we meet the host and on board 4x4 we will ascend to visit high altitude vineyards. Among breath-taking landscapes we cross Moya’s vineyard located 3.329 MASL in order to reach the highest wine cellar in the world, which is situated 3.640 MASL and from where every August the wines from the previous year are transferred on the back of llamas in order to store them in bottles. It is an abandoned mining cave that was transformed into a wine cellar which presents the ideal natural conditions to the store, ideal for the maturation of high altitude

Day 5 Tilcara / Salta. B Time at leisure. At due time, transfer to the city of Salta. Max. altitude: 1.200 MASL (3.937 ft.) Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and Museum of High Mountain Archaeologyclose on Mondays. San Miguel’s Market closes on Sundays. During these days, the itinerary could be modified. Day 2: Community-based tourism activities are subject to availability. To keep in mind: • Due to Puna’s characteristics we recommend that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases should take special care.

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From the Heights

5 Days / 4 Nights Salta / San Antonio de los Cobres / Tilcara

Train to the Clouds, San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta. Courtesy of Salta’s Culture and Tourism Ministry

TBK0617 What’s included • Needed transfers • Acommodation: 4 nights Salta (1) - San Antonio de los Cobres (1) - Tilcara (2) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Tastil’s Ruins - Train to the Clouds Jujuy: Salinas Grandes - Humahuaca Gorge - El Hornocal • Meals: 4 breakfasts • Needed tickets to museums

Day 1 Salta. Arrival and reception at the airport of Salta. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, the city of Salta awaits us to explore it through a walk in which we visit the MAAM (Archeological Museum of High Mountain) and ascend by cablecar to the San Bernardo Hill that has one of the most complete views of the city of Salta. Max. altitude: 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

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Day 2 Salta / San Antonio de los Cobres. B We leave through the Toro’s Gorge towards San Antonio de los Cobres. On the way, we stop at the Tastil’s Ruins that was the biggest precolumbium city located at the current territory of Argentina at 3.200 MASL (10.498 ft.). We visit the Site’s Museum where there is a series of items and objects that belong to the archaeological site, which is a part of the Andean Road Sistem called Qhapaq Ñan. At San Antonio we board the Clouds’ Train, an engineering work that take us to La Polvorilla’s Viaduct at 4.200 MASL (13.779 ft.). Travelled distance: 105 Km (330 miles) Travel time: 4 hours Max. altitude: 4.220 MASL (13.845 ft.)

Day 3 San Antonio de los Cobres / Tilcara. B In the morning, we leave through Jujuy’s Puna towards Salinas Grandes where, we will descend along the Cuesta de Lipán until Purmamarca at the foot of De los Siete Colores

Hill. In that town, we have time for lunch, tour the handcraft fair and visit Los Colorados, a trail that goes behind the Siete Colores Hill, which is a result of million years of river and lake-sediments’ accumulation. In the afternoon, we continue to Tilcara. Travelled distance: 181 km (112 miles) Travel time: 8 hours Max. altitude: 4.170 MASL (13.681 ft.)

Day 4 Tilcara. B Our day starts at the Pucará de Tilcara, archeological site formed by many constructions made by native tilcaras at a strategic spot of the gorge. Our next stop is Humahuaca in order to reach then the Hornocal. From its viewpoint, it is possible to appreciate a hill which some people assure that has 33 colour shades. In the afternoon, return to Tilcara stopping at Uquia to visit its church and Maimará to admire the Painter’s Palette. Travelled distance: 140 km (87 miles) Travel time: 8/9 hours

Max. altitude: 4.380 MASL (14.370 ft.)

Day 5 Tilcara / Salta. B Morning at leisure to do some of the activities that Tilcara offers. We recommend visiting the Devil’s Throat and a cañadón over the Huasamayo River, produced by thousand of years of erosion. At scheduled time, transfer to Salta to board the flight. Travelled distance: 296 km (184 miles) Travel time: 3 hours Max. altitude: 2.645 MASL (8.677 ft.) Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and High Mountain`s Museum closes on Mondays. San Miguel’s Market closes on Sundays. During these days, the circuit may be modified. Day 2: The Clouds’ Train operates on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and occasionally on Thursdays. Please, ask for its departures. To keep in mind: • During the months of January to March, the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season.

The Jewel of the Puna: Tolar Grande

5 Days / 4 Nights Salta / Purmamarca / Tolar Grande

Tolar Grande, Salta. Courtesy of Salta’s Culture and Tourism Ministry. PH Celina Frers

TBK0612 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights Salta (1) - Purmamarca (1) - Tolar Grande (2) • Tours: Salta: Walking tour with MAAM Tolar Grande: Cono de Arita - La Casualidad Mine Camp - Ojos de Mar Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge - Salinas Grandes Salt Flat - El Hornocal Hill • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 2 lunches 2 dinners • Needed tickets to museums

Day 1 Salta. Arrival and reception at Salta’s airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, the city invite us to explore through a walk by its streets, churches and colonial buildings. On the way, we visit the MAAM (High Mountain Archeology Museum) in charge of sharing and conserving the

“Children of Llullaillaco”, one of the most important archeological discoveries in the last decades. Maximum altitude 1.152 MASL (3.779 ft.)

Day 2 Salta/ Purmamarca. B We get ready for a long day exploring the Humahuaca Gorge, a Natural and Cultural Heritage Site, apart from El Hornocal Hil. Max. altitude: 4.380 MASL (14.370 ft.)

Day 3 Purmamarca / Tolar Grande. B L D We depart to the Puna along Salinas Grandes and San Antonio de los Cobres. After lunch we continue driving until we reach Tolar Grande, passing by Pocitos and Diablo Salt Flats and Siete Curvas. Arrival at Tolar Grande, located in Salta’s Puna. Total travelled distance: 319 km (198 miles) Travel time: 9 hours Max. altitude: 4.660 MASL (15.289 ft.)

Day 4 Tolar Grande. B L D During the day, we explore the area beginning with a visit to La Casualidad Mine Camp. There, it

used to function one of the most important sulphur exploitation camps of the region. A visit through its facilities tells the story of the ghost town that nowadays we find there. On the way back to Tolar, we stop by Cono de Arita, which is a curious volcanic formation where we enjoy a walk in the middle of Arizaro Salt Flat. Travelled distance: 262 km (163 miles) Travel time: 9/10 hours Max. altitude: 4.180 MASL (13.713 ft.)

Day 5 Tolar Grande / Salta. B We leave Tolar Grande behind and we visit Ojos de Mar (it means Sea Eyes), where nowadays a few live stromatolites are located. Return to Salta by Abra del Gallo and after lunch (not included), we visit a museum in Santa Rosa de Tastil. Arrival at Salta and transfer to the airport. Travelled distance: 359 km (223 miles) Travel time: 9/10 hours Max. altitude: 4.660 MASL (15.289 ft.)

Operational notes: Day 1: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San Miguel’s Market closes on Sundays. During these days the itinerary could be modified. Day 4: When La Casualidad Mine Camp is not reachable due to weather issues, this visit is replaced by a visit to Santa María Lagoon, where it is possible to see pink flamingos during most of the year (except from June to September). Another option is a walk to Arenal, giant dunes from where we get stunning views of the Andes. Day 5: A flight after 8 PM is required. To keep in mind: • In Tolar Grande, there is only a tiny inn. For that reason, accommodation could be at family houses. • Due to the altitude, atmospheric pressure and reduction of oxygen of the Puna, we recommend that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases, take special care.

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Accommodation in Northwest

Yavi

Atacama Toconao Salt Flat

Padcaya La Merced

De Los Pozuelos Lagoon

Sanandita

Entre Ríos

Campo Pajoso

Villazón La Quiaca

Colorada Lagoon

San Lorenzo Santa Ana

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Tarija

AccomModation in northwest

Estancia Las Carreras • “La Quesería” • Conference hall Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Trekking • Visit to the cheese factory Cuisine: Regional with local ingredients

Location: Tafi del Valle (Tucumán) Distance to: Tucumán Airport: 116 km (72 miles) Cafayate: 113 km (70 miles) Facilities: • 10 rooms • Living room • Play room • Restaurant

Estancia Las Carreras Tafi del Valle, Tucuman

2 Estancia Zárate, S. P de Collalao, Tucumán, by Florian von der Fecht

Location: Between San Pedro de Collalao and Trancas (Tucumán) Distance to: San Miguel de Tucumán: 80 km (50 miles) Tafí del Valle: 188 km (117 miles) Facilities: • 3 rooms and 3 apartments • Living Room • Playing room • “Quincho”

• Galleries • Wood-burner and underfloor heating system Season: From mid-March to November Activities: • Horse breeding • Hiking • Horseback riding • Participation in tasks with livestock • With charge: polo classes Cuisine: It includes full board, with activities and drinks included.

Accommodation in Northwest

Estancia Zárate

Finca Albarrosa

Location: Amaichá del Valle (Tucumán) Distance to: Santa María de Catamarca: 15 km (9 miles) Quilmes Ruins: 5 km (3 miles) Facilities: • 9 rooms with private bathroom • Living room

• Dinning room Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Swimming pool (in high season) Cuisine: Regional and italian

Finca Albarrosa, Amaicha del Valle, Tucuman

Altalaluna

4 Altalaluna, Tolombon, Tucuman

Location: Tolombon (Tucumán) Distance to: San Miguel de Tucumán: 210 km (130 miles) Tafí del Valle: 104 km (65 miles Cafayate (Salta): 14 km (9 miles) Facilities: • 20 rooms with vineyards and garden views • Living • Swimming pool

• Spa: Dry sauna and Scottish shower Season: All year round Activities: • Trekking through the vineyards • Walks • Horseback riding in the hills • With extra cost: Golf in Cafayate’s Estancia Cuisine: Altitude regional meals.

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AccomModation in northwest

Viñas de Cafayate Wine Resort

Location: Cafayate (Salta) Distance to: Cafayate center: 3 km (2 miles) Salta: 190 km (118 miles) Facilities: • 22 rooms • Restaurant • Own vineyard • Underground winery • Swimming pool & solarium

• Lounge with fireplace and library • Interior courtyard View: Vineyards, Cafayate Gorge and San Isidro Hill Season: All year round Activities: • Wine-tastings • Mountain bike rides Cuisine: Regional and gourmet food or Andean fusion.

Viñas de Cafayate, Cafayate, Salta

Accommodation in Northwest

Patios Cafayate

Location: Cafayate (Salta) Distance to: Salta: 190 km (118 miles) Cachi: 162 km (101 miles) Facilities: • 32 rooms in 4 categories • Living room • Courtyards and gardens • Restaurant • Spa and gym

View: To the garden and vineyards Season: All year Activities: • Bikes at disposal to explore the vineyards • With extra cost: Golf, trekking, special tastings, etc Cuisine: Regional gourmet

Grace Cafayate, Cafayate, Salta

Estancia Colomé

Location: Colomé (Salta) Distance to: Salta: 228 km (142 miles) Cafayate: 131 km (81 miles) Facilities: • 9 rooms • Living and dining rooms • Play room • Swimming pool • Tennis courts

Season: All year (subject to changes) Activities: • walks through the vineyards and orchard • visit to Colomé Winery and James Turrell Museum Cuisine: A la carte

Estancia Colomé, Colomé, Salta

Hacienda de Molinos

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Hacienda de Molinos, Molinos, Salta

Location: Molinos (Salta) Distance to: Salta: 184 km (114 miles) Cachi: 48 km (30 miles) Cafayate: 116 km (72 miles) Facilities: • 18 rooms (standard and superior) • Restaurant • Exclusive wine selection • Swimming pool

• Living room • Board Games Activities: (previous reservation) • Tradicional cuisine lessons • Massages • Wine tasting Season: All year round Cuisine: regional food, dishes with Andean ingredients, classical recipes and international cuisine

AccomModation in northwest

Location: San Agustín (Salta) Distance to: Salta: 26 km (16 miles) Cafayate: 172 km (107 miles) Purmamarca (Jujuy): 211 km (131 miles) Facilities: • 2 en-suite rooms (double) • Bar • Restaurant

Estancia San Agustin, Salta

• Stable and stud farm where Peruvian pasohorses are bred • Library • Picture gallery • 20.000 hectares park • Covered parking Season: All year round Activities: • Visit to the Stables • Visit to the chapel with ancient images Cuisine: Regional

Estancia San Agustin

9 Hosteria de las Nubes, San Antonio de los Cobres, Salta

Location: Chicoana (Salta) Distance to: Salta: 48 km (30 miles) Cafayate: 163 km (101 miles) Purmamarca (Jujuy): 229 km (142 miles) Facilities: • 5 rooms • Restaurant • Heated swimming-pool • Garden

Season: All year round Activities: • Guided walk around the farm, explaining about the farming and livestock activities • Bikes With extra cost: • Regional cooking lessons • Horseback riding • Trekking Cuisine: Regional meals.

Accommodation in Northwest

Finca Las Margaritas

Guachipas Golf Club

10 Guachipas Golf Club, Salta

Location: Guachipas (Salta) Distance to: Dique Cabra Corral: 48 km (30 miles) Salta: 106 km (66 miles) Cafayate: 110 km (68 miles) Facilities: • 9 rooms equipped with airconditioning, satellite cable, Wi-Fi, bathroom with Jacuzzi, balcony, security box • Living room and gallery with terrace

• Swimmingpool, spa, gym • Parking lot • Club House with restaurant • Play room • Golf course Season: All year round Activities: • Golf • Rental bikes • Horseback riding Cuisine: Regional dishes, clay oven

Hosteria de Iruya

11 Hosteria iruya, Iruya, Salta

Location: Iruya (Salta) Distance to: Salta: 290 km (180 miles) Humahuaca: 74 km (46 miles) Tilcara: 117 km (73miles Facilities: • 15 rooms • Living room

• Restaurant • Terrace Season: All year round Activities: • Walks to San Isidro • Condors watching • Patronal Feasts Cuisine: Regional

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AccomModation in northwest

Eco-Portal de Piedra

Location: Villa Monte (Jujuy) Distance to: San Salvador de Jujuy: 140 km (87 miles) Salta: 200 km (124 miles) Facilities: • Fully equipped cottages at a distance of each other of almost half a kilometer

View: Landscapes of a natural protected area with a great variety of flora and fauna Season: All year round Activities: • Hiking • Bird watching • Nature photography • Rides through the forest by 4x4 trucks

Eco Portal de Piedra, Jujuy

Accommodation in Northwest

Casa Andina

13 Casa Andina, Tolar Grande, Salta

Location: Tolar Grande (Salta) Distance to: Salta: 357 km (222 miles) Antofagasta de la Sierra: 238 km (148 miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms with private bathroom • Living room with kitchenette Activities: It is possible to walk to: • Ojos de Mar: 5 hours

• Del Hombre Muerto Tunnel: 2 hours • Del Oso Cave: 3 hours • Trekking to El Arenal: 4 hours By van: • Cono de Arita • Lake Santa Maria • La Casualidad Mine Camp Season: All year round Cuisine: There is no restaurant. Light self-service breakfast

Pueblo del Sol

Location: Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca) Distance to: Tolar Grande: 233 km (145 miles) Belén: 259 km (161 miles) Catamarca: 585 km (364 miles) Facilities: • 7 rooms Season: All year round

Activities: From the inn you can hire excursions to: • Campo de Piedra Pómez (Pumice Stone Field) • Galán Volcano • Antofalla Salt Flat • Del Hombre Muerto Salt Flat Cuisine: There is no restaurant

Pueblo del Sol, Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca

Hotel de Adobe Casa Grande

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Hotel de Adobe Casagrande, Tinogasta, Catamarca

Location: Tinogasta (Catamarca) Distance to: Catamarca: 309 km (192 miles) La Rioja: 225 km (140 miles) Villa Unión: 265 km (165 miles) Facilities: • 10 rooms • Bar, restaurant and room service • Living room • Indoor Jacuzzi, laundry, massage, • Parking

• Unheated swimming pool • Winery Season: All year round Activities: From the hotel, you can take the following tours: • Paso San Francisco • Thermal springs of Fiambalá • Adobe Route • Bikes and sandboard rental Cuisine: Traditional

AccomModation in northwest

Casona del Pino • Laundry service Season: All year round Activities: From the hotel, you can take the following tours: • tour-guides and excursions • Sandboard rental Cuisine: Home-made breakfast. Gluten free products are available.

Location: Fiambalá (Catamarca) Distance to: Catamarca: 320 km (199 miles) Facilities: • 4 double rooms and 1 cuadruple room • Playroom • Living room

Casona del Pino, Fiambalá, Catamarca

17 Cortaderas, Catamarca

Location: Cortaderas (Catamarca) Distance to: Catamarca: 453 km(281 miles) Fiambalá: 100 km (62 miles) Paso San Francisco: 120 km (75miles) Facilities: • 3 apartments for 6 people and 20 rooms • Heating • Garage

• Playing room • Satellite TV in a common area • Electricity and hot water produced by hydroelectric generator Season: All year round Cuisine: Dishes on request To keep in mind: the electrical service is interrupted during the night. Hot water is available only during a few hours. The telephone and Internet signal is very weak and intermittent.

Accommodation in Northwest

Cortaderas

Las Cardas Posada

18 Las Cardas, Belén, Catamarca

Location: Belén (Catamarca) Distance to: Catamarca: 327 km (203 miles) Fiambalá: 203 km (126 miles) Facilities: • 5 rooms with private bathroom • Swimming pool and solarium • Individual terraces • Jacuzzi • Large park • Wi-fi

Activities: To do on your own, or with a guide, upon additional payment • Visit to textile craftsmen • Hikes through the mountains of Belén • Visit to Shincal de Londres Season: All year Cuisine: Without restaurant but located in gastronomic pole of the area.

La Aguada

19 La Aguada, Catamarca

Location: San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca Distance to: Catamarca: 6 km (4 miles) Tucumán: 229 km (142 miles) Facilities: • 5 rooms with private bathroom • Reading room and library • Living room with fireplace • Dining room in a covered gallery with barbecue

• Bar • Swimming pool • Park and lagoon Season: All year round Activities: • Equestrian tourism • Archaeological tourism • Mountain tourism: Climbing and walk Cuisine: Regional

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Iguazú National Park, Misiones. Courtesy of @visitargentina

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Jesuit Circuit and Iguazú Falls

5 Days / 4 Nights Posadas / Jesuitical Ruins / Puerto Iguazú

San Ignacio Ruins, Misiones

TBK0800 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights Posadas (2) - Puerto Iguazú (2) • Tours: Jesuitical ruins: Paraguay’s Ruins (Encarnación and Tavarangue) - Brazil’s Ruins (São Miguel Das Missões) - San Ignacio Miní’s Ruins Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls Brazilian falls • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 3 lunches 2 dinners • Needed tickets to Parks and Reserves

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Day 1 Posadas / Encarnación / Posadas. D Arrival and reception at Posadas Airport. Transfer to Encarnación (Paraguay) in order to visit two Jesuit Reductions, declared Cultural Heritage Site. We start with Trinidad del Parana Ruins, where we visit the remains of its imposing church and admire this sophisticated construction. Then, we continue to Jesus of Tavarangue Ruins, the only ones

with Moorish style, three big gates and well-conserved buildings. After the visit, return to Posadas for accommodation. Total travelled distance: 164 km (102 miles) Travel time: 6 hours

Day 2 Posadas / São Miguel / Posadas. B L D Departure towards San Xavier Pier to cross Uruguay River and then continue towards the Ruins of São Miguel Das Missões (1634), which was the capital of the Missions in Southern Brazil. Its renaissance style church was built in 1735, with stones brought by the aborigines from 20 km away. We visit the interesting museum, which includes pieces from the missions spread all over the region. In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Total travelled distance: 560 km (348 miles) Travel time: 11 hours

Day 3 Posadas / Puerto Iguazú. B L Departure towards Puerto Iguazú. On the way, we approach to the Jesuit history, passing through the Santa Ana and

Nuestra Señora de Loreto Ruins (1632). Arrival at San Ignacio Mini Ruins (1632) and visit to one of the best preserved ruins. UNESCO has declared these three ruins and Santa María La Mayor as Cultural Heritage Site. After that visit, we continue towards Puerto Iguazú while we observe the yerba mate plantations. Accommodation. Total travelled distance: 308 km (191 miles) Travel time: 7 hours

Day 4 Puerto Iguazú. B L In the morning, we visit the Argentinian side of the Iguazú Falls, declared Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. We explore the Garganta del Diablo Balcony, Upper and Lower walkways from where you are able to take the Great Adventure as an optional tour, sailing in a zodiac that provides a closer contact with the falls, to then visit the rainforest. Return to the hotel. Day 5 Puerto Iguazú. B At the morning, we arrive at Foz

do Iguaçu (Brazil) and visit the waterfalls on the Brazilian side. We enter the Park and walk along the only path that leads to Garganta del Diablo’s viewpoint. While we walk, we are able to appreciate a panoramic view of almost all the falls. Return to Puerto Iguazú to board your scheduled flight. Operational notes Day 1: It is required a flight arriving early in the morning. Please, avoid starting the tour on Saturdays or Sundays due to the high flow at the border. Day 5: It is required a departure flight after 3 PM.

To keep in mind: • The access to the Garganta del Diablo Balcony could be interrupted by the rise of the river flow • When staying at Iguazú, there are options of accommodation on the Argentinian side (Puerto Iguazú) or on the Brazilian side (Foz do Iguaçu). • In case of taking The Great Adventure, please consult its restrictions.

Deep Rainforest

7 Days / 6 Nights Puerto Bemberg / Saltos de Moconá / Santa Inés

Experiencia in Don Mocona Lodge, Misiones

TBK0808 TBK0920 What’s included • Needed • Requiredtransfers transfers • Accommodation: • Accommodation: 6 nights Bemberg (3) - Don Mocona • Puerto Excursions: • Lodge Meals: (2) - Santa Inés (1) • Tours: • Required tickets Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian falls Activities offered by Puerto Bemberg, Day Ciudad. Don1Moconá Lodge Inés Band L Santa D Arrival and reception at the • Meals: 6 breakfasts - 5 airport. lunches 6 dinners • Needed tickets to Parks and Reserves

Day 1 Puerto Iguazú / Puerto Bemberg. D Arrival and reception at the airport; before we check in at Puerto Bemberg, we visit Iguazú National Park to get to know the Iguazú Falls, declared Natural Heritage by UNESCO and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature. During the tour, we explore the three paths of the Park: Garganta del Diablo; the Upper trail and the Lower Trail. After that, we go to Puerto Bemberg Lodge, which is located in the middle of Misiones

jungle surrounded by paths, falls, rivers and typical fauna. Accommodation. Total travelled distance: 51 km (32 miles) Total travel time: 10 hours

Day 2 and 3 Puerto Bemberg. B L D Day at leisure to enjoy the activities of the Lodge: • Bird Watching & Natural History: through the trails of the Reserve. • Kayaking in the Guatambú stream. • Walks and bikes • Visit to the Chapel and to Andrés Johnson Museum. • Traditional tea: Learn the history of yerba mate, its uses and tradition. • Boat Trip on Paraná River and Yasi Falls (ask its cost) Day 4 Puerto Bemberg / Don Moconá Lodge. B L D We leave Puerto Bemberg to visit Salto Encantado Provincial Park. Walking its trails, we are able to admire this waterfall and to know the legends of the place. After lunch, we continue to Mocona Lodge. Accommodation.

In case river’s level conditions allow us, we suggest you should take optionally a boat trip to admire the Saltos del Moconá that make a unique spectacle in the world because of a geographical failure in Uruguay River. Total travelled distance: 321 km (199 miles) Total travel time: 6 hours

Day 5 Don Mocona Lodge. B L D Day focused on enjoying the activities offered by the lodge: • Trail of the Black Sheep to admire Horacio Falls, with a height of 18 mts (59 ft). • Viewpoint of the Tapirs. Night activity to observe and understand the surroundings. • Mensu’s Camp-fire. Excellent opportunity to enjoy a calm moment of connection with nature, tasting two typical dishes. Day 6 Don Moconá Lodge / Santa Inés. B L D In the morning, departure to Estancia Santa Inés. On the way we enjoy the Jesuit history through the Ruins of San Ignacio Miní. This

reduction, along with Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria La Mayor, were declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Total travelled distance: 302 km (188 miles) Total travel time: 5 hours

Day 7 Santa Inés / Posadas. B Morning at leisure to enjoy a centenary estancia, one of the first ones with yerba mate plantations. Choose between walks, horseback riding or a photographic safari. At due time, transfer to the airport of Posadas. Total travelled distance: 23 km (14 miles) Total travel time: 1 hour

Operational notes Day 4 or 5: The river’s water level varies daily. For that reason, when the height of Uruguay River is higher than usual the waterfalls are not visible and consequently, the park and sailings turn disabled.

To keep in mind • The access to the Garganta del Diablo Balcony can be interrupted by the rise of the river flow.

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Exclusive Nature and Rainforest

6 Days / 5 Nights Awasi Lodge / Puerto Valle Lodge

Sailing the Paraná River, Puerto Valle, Corrientes

TBK0809 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 5 nights Awasi (3) - Puerto Valle Lodge (2) • Tours: Awasi Lodge and Puerto Valle: Activities of the lodges • Meals: 5 breakfasts - 4 lunches 5 dinners • Needed tickets to Parks

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Day 1 Awasi Iguazú. D Arrival and reception at the airport; transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the exclusive Awasi Iguazú Lodge. Once you check in, your private guide will assist you in order to organize an itinerary based on your interests. Day 2 & 3 Awasi Iguazú. B L D Awasi proposes to visit the area through different experiences that are divided according to the geographical areas and durations: full day (6-8 hours) or half day (2-5 hours): • Falls Area: Visiting Iguazú National Park through its three

trails, Península Port, Natives communities, Triple border. • Upper Paraná Zone: Sailing along the Paraná waters, Yerba Mate plantations. • Atlantic Forest Zone: Excursion to the reserve Yacu-í. • Urugua-í Provincial Park Area: Puerto Uruzú – Visit to Urugua-í Provincial Park. • Jesuit Ruins Area: Jesuit Missions, Tetu Cuare, Horacio Quiroga’s house. Day 4 Awasi Iguazú / Puerto Valle. B L D In the morning, during our trip to Puerto Valle we visit one of the three Jesuit Missions’ ruins, which were all declared as a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO: San Ignacio Miní, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Ana, ideal for history lovers. Arrival at Puerto Valle, accommodation and talk about the activities. Travelled distance: 355 km (221 miles) Travel time: 4 hours

Day 5 Puerto Valle. B L D During the stay, we enjoy the scheduled activities.

• Discovering the Wetlands:

Just driving 10 km (6,2 miles), we reach the pier, which is the starting point to embark on a journey along a waterway leading to Valle Lagoon. Duration: 4-5 hours • Safari Iberá National Park:

Departure to the Cambyretá Access that is the Iberá National Parks north entrance. Ideal for fauna and photography lovers. Duration: 4-5 hours • Sailing the Parana River: From

the pier, it is possible to navigate the Parana River to get into the Parana’s rainforest. Duration: 2 hours • Kayaking: A voyage along the

quiet river waters is an adventure for sports and nature lovers. Duration: 1 to 3 hours • Riverside trail: An invitation to

enter into the lush vegetation in search for the traces of howler monkeys. Duration: 1 hour • Horseback riding: Ideal activity

to enjoy the colourful sunsets of

Corrientes. Duration: 2 hours • Visit to the park, plant nursery

and orchard. Duration: 1 hour

Day 6 Puerto Valle / Posadas. B At due time, transfer to Posada’s airport to board the scheduled flight. Travelled distance: 55 km (34 miles) Travel time: 1 hour

To keep in mind: • The Awasi Lodge’s services are exclusive because each villa has a vehicle and a guide assigned during stay. Activities will be scheduled with passengers according to their likes, preferences and physical aptitudes. • The access to the Garganta del Diablo Balcony can be interrupted by the rise of the river flow. • The activities at Awasi and Puerto Valle lodge are available with Spanish and English speaking guide. Another language under requirement and possible cost.

Green Corridor: Mate & nature

Iguazú Falls, Misiones. Courtesy of @visitargetina

TBK0810 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 7 nights Ituzaingó (3) - Santa Inés (1) Puerto Iguazú (3) • Tours: Corrientes: Iberá Park’s Accesses - Yerba mate plantations Puerto Iguazú: Argentinian Falls - Brazilian Falls - Experience at La Lorenza • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 3 lunches 1 dinner • Needed tickets to Parks

Day 1 Posadas / Ituzaingó. Arrival at Posadas’ airport and transfer to Ituzaingó in the province of Corrientes. After checking in, we have time to explore its streets, squares and the Yacireta Dam, if you are interested into it, which is a binational project between Argentina and Paraguay and provides 50% of the country’s energy. Total travelled distance: 97 km (60 miles) Travel time: 2 hours

Day 2 Ituzaingó / Cambyreta Access. B L In the morning, we depart towards Iberá Park in order to get to know one of the biggest wetlands of the world. Our first approach will be from Cambyreta Access and we will immerse into the marshes’ heart through a walking trail, in order to see flora and fauna that are characteristics of this environment such as yacaré, monkeys, marsh deer (province’s heritage) and a wide variety of unique birds of the country. Total travelled distance: 90 km (56 miles) Travel time: 8/9 hours

Day 3 Ituzaingó / San Nicolás or Galarza Access. B L We continue exploring the marshes by visiting a second access to admire flora and fauna from the water. From Galarza the trip will be by boats, whereas from San Nicolás it will be by canoes with punting poles. It is indeed an experience to live Iberá’s culture, as the marshes inhabitants still do.

Total travelled distance to Galarza Access: 182 km (113 miles) / To San Nicolás Access: 300 km (186 miles) Travel time: 8/10 hours

Day 4 Ituzaingó / Las Marias / Estancia Santa Inés. B L D In the morning, we head to Las Marías Establishment that is the largest yerba mate producer and indeed, the perfect place to learn step by step all the secrets of a good ‘mate’ while exploring its facilities. After lunch, we depart to Estancia Santa Inés, pioneer in yerba mate plantations. Total travelled distance: 188 km (117 miles) Travel time: 8 hours

Day 5 Estancia Santa Inés / Puerto Iguazú. B We travel to Puerto Iguazú and on the way, we visit San Ignacio Ruins, declared Cultural Heritage Siteby UNESCO. Continuation towards Puerto Iguazú. Total travelled distance: 308 km (191 miles) Total travel time: 7 hours

Day 6 Puerto Igazú. B Today we spend the day in Iguazú

National Park to visit the Iguazú Falls that have been declared Natural Heritage by UNESCO and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature. During the tour, we explore the three trails of the Park: Garganta del Diablo in addition to the Upper and Lower trail. Day 7 Puerto Igazú. B In the morning we visit the Brazilian side of the Falls and in the afternoon we enjoy an experience at La Lorenza, a private reserve where we take a boat to reach the Yasy waterfall, a hidden jewell in this area where we can enjoy a floting or swimming. At the end, a deck with view to Paraguay, will wait for us, to enjoy an appetizer and endless local stories and curiosities. Day 8 Puerto Igazú. B At due time, transfer to the airport.

Green Corridor: Mate & nature

8 Days / 7 Nights Ituzaingó / Esteros del Iberá / Puerto Iguazú

Operational notes Day 1: It is required an arrival flight early in the morning. Day 3: The visited access is subject to route’s condition.

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Awasi

Villarrica

Ybytyruzú NP

L. Ypoá NP Juan B. Alberdi

Caaguazú NP

Ybycuí NP

Accommodation in Mesopotamia

PAR

La Alondra Guest House

Corrientes

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ANÁ 12

Empedrado

Mburucuyá NP

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San Lorenzo

Santa Rosa

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San Miguel

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Posadas

Bella Vista

Cambyreta

San Alonso

10 Concepcion de Yaguarete Cora

Posada Uguay

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São Luís Gonzaga Entre Ijuís S. Antônio das Missões

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Mocoretá

Mondaí

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São Francisco de Assis

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San José de Feliciano

Moconá PP Moconá Falls

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Santa Rita

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Santo Tomé

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Yaboti Biosphere Reserve Esmeralda Reserve

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Colonia Carlos Pellegrini

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A. del Valle San Ignacio Salto

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Accommodation in Mesopotamia

Puerto Bemberg

1 Don Puerto Bemberg, Puerto Libertad, Misiones

Location: Puerto Libertad, Puerto Iguazú (Misiones) Distance to: Puerto Iguazú: 45 km (28 miles) Iguazú Falls: 42 km (26 miles) Facilities: • 12 superior rooms and 1 suite • Open swimming pool • Living room: It has a library with more than 2500 books. • The ‘Cave’

• Puerto Bemberg’s house View: It is immersed in a park near the fall Season: All year round Activities: • Sailing to Yasy Waterfall • Bikes • Falls • Jungle trek • Visit to the chapel Cuisine: Local and international meals

Awasi Iguazú, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones

Season: All year round Activities: • Exclusive excursions, created by biologists who take care of all details in order to make guests able to enjoy the jungle at their own pace. • Bird-watching • Jungle walks Cuisine: Culinary experience highlighting local ingredients

Yacutinga Private Reserve

3 Yacutinga, Puerto Iguazú, Misiones

Location: Comandante Andresito (Misiones) Distance to: Puerto Iguazú: 120 km (75 miles) Foz do Iguaçu: 140 km (87 miles) Facilities: • 20 Jungle View rooms and 1 Suite Yatei • Restaurant • Bar-Living • Fire place • Garden and swimming pool

• Yoga room and Meditation tower • 570 hectares of Private Reserve Season: From July to April Activities: • Interpretational walks • Kayaking • Night walk • Birds watching • Yoga & meditation Cuisine: Traditional and gourmet

Accommodation in Mesopotamia

Location: Yriapú Rainforest, Puerto Iguazú (Misiones) Distance to: Puerto Iguazú: 5 km (3 miles) Iguazú Falls: 15 km (9 miles) Facilities: • 13 Villas and 1 Master Suite • Outdoor pool in each villa • Living and Dining room View: Immersed in a rainforest area

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Moconá Virgin Lodge by Don

4 Moconá Virgin Lodge by Don, El Soberbio, Misiones

Location: El Soberbio (Misiones) Distance to: Posadas: 340 km (210 miles) Moconá Provincial Park: 5 km (3 miles) Facilities: • 14 rooms with views to the Jungle and Arroyo Yabotí • Cascade with natural swimming pool • Organic orchard • Swimming pool and solarium

View: Located in front of the Arroyo Yabotí and surrounded by jungle, rivers and trails Season: All year round Activities: • Boat ride to Moconá waterfalls • Trails with different difficulty levels • Rappel • Tubbing Cuisine: Regional and International. Tea House.

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Tacuapi Lodge

5 Tacuapi Lodge, A. del Valle, Misiones

Location: Aristóbulo del Valle (Misiones) Distance to: Posadas 150 km (93 miles) Saltos de Moconá: 180 km (111 miles) Facilities: • 7 cottages • Lobby • Dining Room • Swimming pool and deck • jacuzzi

View: Parana’s rainforest Season: All year round Activities: • Vegetable trail walk: Low difficulty • Tacuapi traik walk: Medium difficulty • Olla walk: High difficulty • Visit the falls • Excursion to Moconá Falls and Enchanted Falls • Flora and fauna interpretation Cuisine: Regional

• Swimming pool • Parks with trails Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Interpretative walks by historical yerba plantations • Flora and fauna watching Cuisine: Regional plates with recipes passed down from generation to generation

Santa Inés, Posadas, Misiones

Puerto Valle

7 Puerto Valle Lodge, Corrientes

Location: Ituzaingó (Corrientes) Distance to: Posadas: 55 km (34 miles) Puerto Iguazú: 350 km (217 miles) Facilities: • 13 rooms • Library • Living room • Swimming pool • Palapa • Grill area

Season: All year round Activities: • Expedition to Valle Lagoon • Photographic safari to Iberá National Park (Portal Cambyreta) • Boat trips in Paraná River • Kayaking • Horseback riding • Birds and local fauna watching Cuisine: Traditional menu prepared with local ingredients

Accommodation in Mesopotamia

Location: Posadas (Misiones) Distance to: Puerto Iguazú: 300 km (186 miles) Saltos del Moconá: 240 km (149 miles) Facilities: • 2 rooms with private bathroom and 2 jointed rooms with shared bathroom • Living - dining room

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La Alondra - Guest House

8 La Alondra Guest House, Corrientes

Location: Corrientes City (Corrientes) Distance to: Resistencia: 27 km (17 miles) Posadas: 322 km (200 miles) Facilities: • Guests house: 2 standard rooms, 4 suites, 1 dúplex; all of them have views to the yard • El Salvador Area: 3 suites, 5 standard rooms; all of them have views to the city and make perfect

harmony between modernity and style • Dining and living rooms • Bistró • Hallof meetingsand library • Swimming pool • Yards • Salvador Area: gym, art gallery and exclusive living room for guests called ‘El Galpón’ Season: All year round Cuisine: Regional

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Posada Mboy Cuá

9 Mboy Cua Inn, Iberá Marshes, Corrientes. PH Martin Rebak

Location: Paraje Mboy Cua, Esteros del Iberá (Corrientes) Distance to: Posadas: 216 km (134 miles) Corrientes: 171 km (106 miles) Facilities: • 8 rooms • Dining room • Library • Barbecue area • Swimming pool

• Pier Season: All year Activities: • Boat trips • Horseback riding • Walks • Animals watching • Biking • Kayaking Cuisine: Regional cuisine

Accommodation in Mesopotamia

El Tránsito - Casa del Iberá

10 El Tránsito, Iberá Marshes, Corrientes

Location: Concepción del Yaguareté Corá, access to Iberá by Portal Carambola (Corrientes) Distance to: Corrientes: 154 km (96 miles) Resistencia: 174 km (108 miles) Puerto Iguazú: 585 km (364 miles) Facilities: • 14 rooms • Own landing strip • Room service

Activities: • Cooking lessons • Horseback riding • Boat rides; cultural canoeingwith punting pole; kayak • Sport fishing • Bird watching Cuisine: With agricultural products and inspired in ‘guaraní’ and international gastronomy

La Alondra – Marshes’ House

10 LaAlondra, Concepción del Yaguarete Corá, Corrientes

Location: Concepción del Yaguareté Corá (Corrientes) Distance to: Corrientes: 190 km (118 miles) Facilities: • 4 rooms • Cold-warm air conditioning • Mini bar • Bath robes • Feather pillows and anti-allergy sheets

• Bikes • Hair dryer Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback ridings • Trekking • Sailing with fauna watching • Strolls around the village and visit to museums • Visit to Mburucuyá National Park Cuisine: Local.

San Alonso

11 Estancia San Alonso, Iberá Marshes, Corrientes

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Location: Iberá Marshes (Corrientes) Distance to: Corrientes: 166 km (103 miles) Posadas: 211 km (131 miles) Facilities: • 2 apartments with 2 rooms. 1 bedroom. • Library • Solar electricity • Landing strip for private flights

• Children under 12 years old are not accepted. Weak Wifi Season: All year round Activities: • Wildlife observation • Birdwatching • Horseback riding • Navigation in kayak or powered boats • Guided walks • Cultural visits Cuisine: regional and organic

Accommodation in Mesopotamia

Posada Uguay

Location: Iberá Marshes (Corrientes) Distance to: Posadas: 249 km (155 miles) Mercedes: 90 km (56 miles) Facilities: • 4 bedrooms • Books and board games • To take into account: intermittent electricity. Weak Wifi signal

Season: All year Activities: • Wildlife observation • Birdwatching • Horseback riding • Boat trips • Cultural visits • Biking Cuisine: regional and organic

Posada Uguay, Iberá Marshes, Corrientes, by Matias Rebak

Rincón del Socorro, Corrientes. PH Florian Von Der Fecht

• Dining Room Season: All year round Activities: • Birdwatching • Horseback riding • Boat trips • Trekking • Night Safari • Bikes • Kayaking Cuisine: Homemade dishes, own organic orchard

Estancia Iberá

14 Estancia Iberá, Iberá Marshes, Corrientes. PH Florian Von Der Fecht

Location: Colonia Carlos Pellegrini (Corrientes) Distance to: Posadas: 210 km (130 miles) Mercedes: 120 km (75 miles) Puerto Iguazú: 500 km (311 miles) Facilities: • 3 houses with a total capacity for 22 people • Miriñay House for 12 people, Iberá House for 6/7 people

and Yurumí House for 4 people • Barbecue area Season: All year round Activities: With extra cost and booking with local suppliers • Horseback riding • Sailing with fauna watching • Walks • Canoeing • Bird watching Cuisine: Not included

Accommodation in Mesopotamia

Location: Iberá Marshes (Corrientes) Distance to: Posadas: 240 km (149 miles) Mercedes: 92 km (57 miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms located in the main house, 3 cottages and 1 house • Living room with library and winter garden • Outdoor swimming pool (closed during winter)

Rincón del Socorro

Posada Aguape

14 Aguape Lodge, C. Pellegrini, Corrientes

Location: Colonia Carlos Pellegrini (Corrientes) Distance to: Posadas: 210 km (130 miles) Puerto Iguazú: 500 km (311 miles) Facilities: • 12 rooms divided in 2 houses • Reading room • Large living room • Board games

• Bicycles Season: All year, except at Christmas and New Year’s Eve Activities: • Horseback ridings • Sailing with fauna watching • Trekking • Canoeing • Bird watching Cuisine: Local, homemade delicatessen

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Vineyards, Mendoza. Courtesy of @visitargentina

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Wine and Adventure

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Salentein Winery, Uco Valley, Mendoza. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0511 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights Mendoza (3) - Uco Valley (1) • Tours: Mendoza: Horseback ride during the sunset - Trekking to Aconcagua Biking Tour in Lujan de Cuyo Uco Valley Experience • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 3 lunches 1 dinner - mentioned tastings • Needed tickets to reserves and wineries

Day 1 Mendoza. D Arrival at Mendoza. Reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we move to the place from where our first adventure begins. After a security talk, we start the horseback ride, crossing Mendoza Piedmont, passing by places of outstanding beauty. After an hour and a half, we return to the shelter, where we enjoy a creole dinner paired with wines from Mendoza. Return to the city.

Day 2 Mendoza. B L We leave the hotel in the morning to go towards the highest peak of the American continent: the Aconcagua. After 3 hours travelling, we arrive at the Office of the Forest Rangers, where we process paperwork to enter. There begins the path that leads to the Horcones Lagoon (2.950 MASL - 9.678 ft.) and after an hour, reaches the Hanging Bridge over the Horcones River. Entering the Park, we arrive at Confluencia Camp at 3.400 MASL (11.154 ft.). We have lunch (box lunch) and rest a little bit in order to return then to Mendoza. Day 3 Mendoza. B L Today we enjoy Lujan de Cuyo’s vineyards in an original and fun way. During the tour we visit Nieto Senetiner and Vistalba wineries, where we learn about the process of wine and enjoy a tasting of those renowned of the region. The tour ends in Bodega Kaiken, where we enjoy a lunch paired with wines.

Travelled distance by bicycle: 12 km (7 miles)

Day 4 Mendoza / Uco Valley. B L This high-end tour is designed to enjoy and share an excellent wines day. Today we visit wineries located at up to 1.500 MASL (4.920 ft.). That height provides unique attributes to wines. We begin visiting Salentein Winery, where we taste its wines and visit Killka Space, area dedicated to the exhibition and sale of works of well-known local, national and international artists. Its schedule presents four annual exhibitions, one in each season, which is unique in Mendoza. Then, we continue to Domaine Busquet Winery that is characterised by the production of high-quality organic grapes. Finally, we go to Andeluna, where we have lunch. After that, transfer to a lodge in the area. Day 5 Uco Valley / Mendoza. B Morning at leisure to enjoy the activities offered by the lodge.

At due time, transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight. Operational notes: Day 1: Arriving before midday is required. Day 2: Aconcagua Trekking operates from November to March. In regular service, it operates on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. From April to October the Traditional High Mountain Tour replaces it. Day 3: The regular bike tour operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Bike, helmet, mineral water and mechanic assistance are provided. Day 4: The regular Uco Valley Experience operates on Thursdays and Sundays. Salentein Winery and Espacio Killka close on Mondays. Day 5: A departure flight after 4 PM is recommended in order to enjoy the morning in the lodge. To keep in mind: The wineries that we visit and its order during the tour, are subject to availability.

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Piedra Infinita Winery, Uco Valley, Mendoza. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0515 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tours: Gourmet Night Espacio Trapiche - Sparkling wines tour - Uco Valley Premium Experience - Catena’s World • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 3 lunches 1 dinner - mentioned tastings • Needed tickets to wineries

Day 1 Mendoza. D Reception at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Afternoon at leisure. In the evening, we go to Maipú to enjoy a gourmet night at Trapiche winery. We begin with a night tour through the winery that finishes in Espacio Trapiche where we have a three-step paired dinner with the best winery’s varietals. Day 2 Mendoza. B L Today we enjoy a day dedicated to sparkling wines. Our day starts visiting Cruzat Winery, specialized in Champenoise method. This is the procedure to make a sparkling wine as Champagne region style.

There we make a wine tasting directly from the tanks, tasting three sparkling wines. The second winery we visit is Chandon and then, Norton. In both of them we do a historical tour and in the end, a wine tasting. This tour finishes in Séptima Winery where we have lunch paired with premium sparkling wines and soft wines. Day 3 Mendoza. B L This highend tour is designed to enjoy and share an excellent wines’ day. We begin visiting Salentein winery where we taste their wines and explore the Killka Space used by well-known local, national and international artists to exhibit and sale their works. Our next stop is Zuccardi Uco Valley, which won the first place between the best fifty wineries in the world in the World’s Best Vineyards ranking. The new winery was built with natural elements from the stone walls to the concrete pools where the wines rest; that is one of its main characteristics. In this winery, there are not stainless

steel tanks because they seek the maximum respect to the wine, in a neat and silent environment. Visiting this winery allows us to explore its vineyards while we discover the different soils’ characteristic and particularities that give identity to the wines. At the end, we have lunch in Piedra Infinita, where we can enjoy a fourstep menu produced with regional products paired with Zuccardi wines. Day 4 Mendoza. B L During this day, we have a tour focused on Catena Zapata, a family that took Argentinian wines to the world. Our first stop is in Caro winery. Its aim was choosing the best terroirs to magnify the pairing between Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. Then, we continue through Catena Zapata winery and we discover the Catena Zapata World’s secrets: its wines, wineries, history and passion, in order to finish having lunch in Casa Vigil, which in 2017 was called the best winery restaurant in Argentina

and one of the best in Mendoza. The restaurant, also known as The Enemy, has a winery where the pure Cabernet Franc wine has the highest mark ever given to a wine by The Wine Advocate written by Robert Parker. After lunch, transfer to the airport.

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4 Days / 3 Nights Mendoza

Operational notes: Day 1: Espacio Trapiche is available in shared service on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Day 2: Sparkling Wines Tour only operates in private service. It does not operate on Sundays. Day 3: Uco Valley is available from Tuesdays to Sundays. Killka Museum at Salentein winery remains closed on Mondays. Day 4: Catena World is available in shared services on Tuesdays and Fridays. It requires a departure flight after 7 PM. To keep in mind: The order of the scheduled excursions and the wineries selection may change depending on their operation.

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9 Days / 8 Nights Mendoza / Salta / Cafayate / Buenos Aires

Escorihuela Gascón Winery, Mendoza. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0514 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights Mendoza (3) - Salta (2) Cafayate (1) - Buenos Aires (2) • Tours: Mendoza: Wine and Olive Uco Valley Experience Salta: Walking tour- Visit to 2 wineries in Cafayate - Cooking ‘empanadas’ lesson Jujuy: Humahuaca Gorge Buenos Aires: City Tour – Pizzerias tour – Fogón Asado Experience • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 5 lunches 3 dinners- mentioned tastings • Needed tickets to wineries and museums

Day 1 Mendoza. D Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the evening, we have dinner at one of the most renowned restaurants of the city. Day 2 Mendoza. B L Mendoza has not only excellent wineries,

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but also an important olive oil industry, so in this tour we enjoy both looking for regional flavours. After visiting the olive oil factory and wineries of the area, we enjoy lunch in a well-known winery. Day 3 Mendoza. B L Today we explore Uco Valley wineries. This is an area where the climatic conditions, in which the vine is cultivated, provide unique characteristics to the wines. During the tour, we visit three emblematic wineries and enjoy a delicious lunch paired with wines of the region. Day 4 Mendoza / Salta. B D Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Salta. Arrival and reception. In the afternoon, the city of Salta awaits us to explore it by a walk through its streets, churches, and colonial buildings. During the tour, we visit the MAAM (High Mountain Archaeology Museum). Dinner at a Restaurant dedicated to highaltitude cuisine.

Day 5 Salta. B Today we go on a tour to the Province of Jujuy to get to know the of the Humahuaca Gorge, a Cultural and Natural Heritage Site. Day 6 Salta / Cafayate. B L Departure to Cafayate visiting De Las Conchas Gorge, with its curious formations that are the consequences of wind and water erosion. After arrival, we go to Finca Quara to visit the winery and enjoy a lunch made with regional products. Accommodation. Day 7 Cafayate / Buenos Aires. B L In the morning, we visit the Vine and Wine Museum. After that, the Piatelli Winery, where we learn how to cook ‘empanadas’ in order to have lunch then and enjoy a torrontés wine. At the end, transfer to the airport, visiting the Cafayate Gorge. Arrival at Buenos Aires, reception and transfer. Day 8 Buenos Aires. B L D By mid-morning, we visit the most emblematic places of the city and while we enjoy the tour, we

make some stops in order to taste one of the porteños’ gastronomic specialities: the pizza. In the evening, we enjoy a closed-door gastronomic experience that explores new ways of serving the typical meat cuts of the Argentinian Asado. Day 9 Buenos Aires. B Morning at leisure. At indicated time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 2: The regular Wine and Olive tour is available on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Day 3: The Uco Valley Experience operates in shared service on Thursdays and Sundays. remain closed on Mondays. Day 4: The Town Hall and the MAAM close on Mondays. San MIguel market closes on Sundays. Day 7: The Vine and Wine Museum closes on Mondays. Day 8: Fogón Asado Experience closes on Mondays.

From Mendoza to Salta

Ischigualasto Provincial Park, San Juan. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0505 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 11 nights Mendoza (2) - Barreal (1) - Villa Unión (2) - Belén (1) - Cafayate (1) Cachi (1) - Purmamarca (1) - Salta (2) • Tours: Mendoza: City tour Lujan de Cuyo Experience San Juan: El Leoncito National Park – De La Luna Valley La Rioja: Talampaya N.P. - Famatina Catamarca: Shincal Ruins Tucumán: Ruins of the Quilmes Salta: Calchaquíes Valleys Walking tour Jujuy: Salinas Grandes Salt FlatHumahuaca Gorge • Meals: 11 breakfasts - 1 lunch 4 dinners • Needed tickets

Day 1 Mendoza. Arrival at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, visit to the city. Day 2 Mendoza. B L Day focused on visiting wineries at

Luján de Cuyo’s area. Day 3 Mendoza / Barreal. B D Departure towards Barreal through the Route 7 until Uspallata. In the afternoon, we visit the Astronomical Observatory CASLEO located in El Leoncito National Park. After the tour through its facilities we have dinner and, if sky conditions allow us, we enjoy a night observation of planets, double stars, galaxies, stars clusters, among other objects. Travelled distance: 235 km (146 miles) Travel time: 5/6 hours

Day 4 Barreal / Villa Unión. B D We depart towards Villa Unión passing by Iglesianos Valleys. Arrival in Villa Unión. Travelled distance: 433 km (269 miles) Travel time: 7 hours

Day 5 Villa Unión. B D Today we visit Ischigualasto P.P. (De La Luna Valley) and Talampaya National Park, both of them declared Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Day 6 Villa Unión / Belén. B D In the morning, we depart

towards Famatina through De Miranda Slope where we visit the the station of the Cableway of La Mejicana Mine, along with its museum. We continue to Belén. Travelled distance: 327 km (126 miles) Travel time: 7/8 hours

Day 7 Belén/ Cafayate. B Early departure towards Londres to visit the ruins of El Shincal de Quimivil. It was an administrative city of the Inca state, that is National Historical Monument. Later, we take the Route 40 towards Cafayate, passing by De Los Quilmes Ruins. Travelled distance: 249 km (154 miles) Travel time: 7/8 hours

Day 8 Cafayate / Cachi. B In the morning, we visit Cafayate Gorge and in the afternoon we depart towards Cachi. On the way, we visit De Las Flechas Gorge. Travelled distance: 207 km (128 miles) Travel time: 4 hours

Day 9 Cachi / Salta. B In the morning, departure to Salta through Del Obispo Slope and Del Escoipe Gorge. Arrival at Salta.

Travelled distance: 168 km (104 miles) Travel time: 4 hours

Day 10 Salta / Purmamarca. B Early departure towards San Antonio de los Cobres to continue across the Jujuy’s Puna up to Salinas Grandes Salt Flat. Then, we start to descend through Lipan Slope to the little town of Purmamarca.

From Mendoza to Salta

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12 Days / 11 Nights Mendoza / Barreal / Villa Unión / Belén / Cafayate / Cachi / Salta / Purmamarca

Total distance travelled: 320 km (199 miles) Travel time: 10 hours

Day 11 Purmamarca / Salta. B Enjoy a full day excursion to the Humahuaca Gorge, Natural and a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Arrival at Salta. Travelled distance: 319 km (198 miles) Travel time: 10-11 hours

Day 12 Salta. B In the morning, we explore the city and visit the MAAM. Transfer to the airport. Operational notes: Day 3: Avoid full moon for night observation.

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Brava Lagoon Provincial Reserve, La Rioja. Courtesy of @visitargentina

TBK0504 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights San Juan (1) -Villa Unión (2) • Tours: San Juan: City tour - De La Luna Valley La Rioja: Talampaya National Park Brava Lagoon • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 1 lunch (box lunch) • Needed tickets to Parks and Reserves

Day 1 San Juan. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. At scheduled time, visit to the city and its most relevant attractions. Day 2 San Juan / Villa Unión. B We leave the city to drive towards De La Luna Valley, also known as the Ischigualasto Provincial Park, declared Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. Ischigualasto is the only place on Earth where it is possible

to observe a full sequence of continental sediments, dating back to the Triassic Period. During the tour, we will be able to visit the most famous landforms of this Park: The Mushroom, the Submarine, the “Bochas” Court and Painted Valley. In addition, we visit the William Museum, where we can see real fossils and observe how archaeologists work with them. The traditional circuit finish when we visit the Interpretative Center, where we appreciate Ischigualasto’s scientific value and observe the timeline from the Triassic period up to present. Continue to Villa Unión. Travelled distance: 400 km (249 miles) Travel time: 9 hours

Day 3 Villa Unión. B L Early in the morning, we leave Villa Unión towards De La Troya Gorge, passing by formations like the Pyramid, which are the result of wind and water erosion. Little by

little, we begin the ascent to the Andes Mountain Range by the multi-coloured Del Peñón Gorge, to finally arrive to Portezuelo’s Lagoon (4.350 MASL-14.271 ft.), access to Brava Lagoon. From October to March we are able to contemplate the magnificent pink flamingos that feed on plankton of icy salt water. If weather allows, we reach the lagoon’s refuge, where we observe striking formations which are the geysers of Brava Lagoon. Return to Villa Unión. Travelled distance: 376 km (233 miles) Travel time: 9 hours

Day 4 Villa Unión / La Rioja or San Juan. B Today we visit the Talampaya National Park, declared Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO. In this park, we observe geological formations of the Triassic period, different from those seen in Ischigualasto. To visit its attractions, we take

an internal tour making stops at different stations, where we appreciate how wind and water erosion shaped formations such as The Gothic Cathedral, The Monk, The Tower, among others. Finally, return to La Rioja or San Juan’s airport. Travelled distance: 210 km (130 miles) Travel time: 7/8 hours

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4 Days / 3 Nights San Juan / Villa Unión

Operational notes: Day 1: Early arrival in the morning is required. Day 3: between June and October, the access to Brava Lagoon is subject to weather and roads conditions. In some cases, it turns impossible to reach Brava Lagoon so it is necessary to return 10 km (6,2 miles) before reaching it. Day 4: The included internal circuit is Safari 4x4 for 4 hours. If it is not available, it is replaced by the traditional of 3 hours. Departure flight must be after 9 PM.

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Accommodation in cuyo

Club Tapiz Hotel & Restó

Location: Maipú, Mendoza Distance to: Mendoza: 17 km (10 miles) Facilities: • 11 Rooms • Vineyards • Pool and Spa • Event hall

View: Vineyards Season: All year round Activities: • Wine tasting • Cooking lessons • Visits to wineries Cuisine: Steps menu, tasting and à la carte: signature cuisine with local products.

Club Tapiz, Maipú, Mendoza

Rosell Boher Lodge, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza

• Spaces for events View: vineyards and mountains Season: All year round Activities: • Bike rides through the vineyards • Hiking circuit • Horseback riding • Wine tasting Cuisine: A la carte menu and paired menu stipulated by chef and sommelier

Casa de Uco Vineyards & Wine Resort

Location: Uco Valley, Mendoza Distance to: Mendoza: 100 km (62 miles) Facilities: • 7 rooms, 9 suites and 3 vilas • Underground wine cava • Swimming pool & Spa • Restaurant • Tennis Court

View: Andes and vineyards Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Rafting • Mountain bike • Cooking lessons and Wine tasting Cuisine: International menu. Barbacue among vineyards

Accommodation in Cuyo

Location: Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza Distance to: Mendoza city: 70 km (43 miles) Facilities: • Guest House with 3 rooms and bathroom • 8 Vine Houses • Swimming pool • Restaurant • Living room • Wine cellar and tasting room

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Rosell Boher

Casa de Uco, Uco Valley, Mendoza

Casa Petrini

Location: Uco Valley, Mendoza Distance to: Mendoza: 120 km (74 miles) Facilities: • 8 rooms in independent modules • Business center • Restaurant • Swimming pool • Spa • Solarium

View: Andes, vineyards, Las Dunas river, Tupungato volcano, Uco Valley, Cordón del Plata mountain chain Season: All year round Activities: • Activities in farm and vineyards • Hiking Cuisine: Signature cuisine

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Accommodation in cuyo

The Vines Resort & Spa

5 The Vines, Uco Valley, Mendoza

Location: Uco Valley, Mendoza Distance to: Mendoza: 80 km (50 miles) Facilities: • 21 Villas • Spacious interior and exterior space • Swimming pool with private sunbeds & hydromassage • Spa & Fitness Center • Bocce Ball Court

• Winery & Winemaking Activities • Private patio View: Andes and vineyards Season: All year round Activities: • Winery Visit • Horseback riding • Harvest activities • Cooking Class Cuisine: “Siete Fuegos” Restaurant, by the internationally acclaimed chef Francis Mallmann

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Alpasion Lodge

Location: Uco Valley, Mendoza Distance to: Mendoza City: 110 km (68 miles Facilities: • 5 double and 1 familiar rooms, each one with private terrace • Glamping area with 3 tents • Wine cellar • Dining room • Living room and library

Accommodation in Cuyo

Glamping, Alpasión Lodge, Mendoza

• Garden patiosurrounded by olive trees • Roof terrace with outside fireplace View: Andes Mountains Season: All year round Activities • Access to the swimming pool and jacuzzi Cuisine: Meals with Argentinian style and gourmet touch

Algodon Wine Estates

Location: San Rafael, Mendoza Distance to: Mendoza City: 232 km (144 miles) Facilities: • 5 Superior and 3 Classic rooms. • Restaurant • Swimming pool (only in summer) View: Andes Mountains Season: All year round

Algodon Wine Estates, San Rafael, Mendoza

Activities: • Golf lessons • Tennis full day • Bikes to explore the place • Tourthrough the vineyards with agricultural engineer • Visit to the winery. Passengers can preparetheir own Blend Cuisine: In its restaurant,they show the best of the traditional Argentinian and provincial cuisine

Posada Paso de los Patos

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Location: Barreal, San Juan Distance to: San Juan: 204 km (126 miles) Mendoza: 236 km (147 miles) Facilities: • 10 rooms split in 5 independent modules • Restaurant • Swimming pool

• Living room with wifi View: Andes Mountains Season: All year round Activities: • Horseback riding • Astronomic tour • Trekking • Rafting in Los Patos River Cuisine: Regional and home-made

Accommodation in cuyo

Tres Cruces Wine Lodge

Location: Villa Unión (La Rioja) Distance to: La Rioja: 280 km (174 miles) National Park Talampaya: 55 km (34 miles) Facilities: • 9 rooms (3 quadruples, 5 dobles and one Suite) • Vineyards • Park

• Swimming pool, barbecue, clay oven • Winery (under construction) View: vineyards and mountains Season: All year Activities: • Wine tasting • Walks in the vinyeards • Wineries visits • Bikes Cuisine: There is no restaurant

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El Chiflón Posta Pueblo, La Rioja

• Swimming pool • Parking Season: All year round Activities with additional cost: • Trekking in El Chiflón Provincial Park • Night safaris to De la Luna Valley on full moon nights • Talampaya National Park • Visit to Ciudad Perdida, Arco Iris Canyon and Brava Lagoon Cuisine: Regional

Posada del Olivo

Location: Notogasta, La Rioja Distance to: La Rioja: 185 km (116 miles) Facilities: • 6 rooms • Dining room • Solarium/swimming pool • Sauna • Gym • Little lake

Season: All year round (Check availability in Christmas and New Year Eve) Activities: • Cycling • Trekking • Bicycle rental • Ping pong table • Olive oil tasting Cuisine: Homemade and regional

Accommodation in Cuyo

Location: El Chiflón, La Rioja Distance to: La Rioja: 145 km (90 miles) San Juan 298 km (185 miles) De La Luna Valley: 32 km (20 miles) Talampaya National Park: 60 km (37 miles) Facilities: • 38 rooms • Restaurant • Living room

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El Chiflón Posta Pueblo

Posada del Olivo, Nonogasta, La Rioja

Chañarmuyo Hotel De Vino

Location: Near Famatina, La Rioja Distance to: La Rioja: 230 km (143 miles) Facilities: • 8 rooms • Living room • Dining room • Open swimming pool • Restaurant

Season: All year round Activities: • Bikes • Trekking to La Cruz Viewpoint and Tres Cerritos • Visit to the winery Cuisine: Regional

Hotel del Vino Chañarmuyo, Famatina, La Rioja, by Diego Díaz

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Antarctica & Cruises

Chilean glaciers, Ventus Cruise, Australis

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5 Days / 4 Nights Punta Arenas / Frei Base at King George Island

Penguins, King George Island, Antartica

TBK1100 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 4 nights Punta Arenas (3) - King George Island (1) • Tours: Sail to Ardley Island and Collins Glacier - Walks through Villa Las Estrellas, Base China and Las Elefanteras • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 2 lunches 4 dinners • Needed taxes u sEASON: December to March t

Day 1 Punta Arenas. D Arrival at the airport or bus terminal and transfer to the hotel. At the hotel reception, we will receive an envelope with all the information about the meeting that we must attend. During a specialized briefing, an Antarctic guide explains the itinerary. Day 2 Puntas Arenas. B D Day available as a requirement of the

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program since the flight is subject to weather conditions. We will fly over the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, Darwin Mountain Range and the mythical Cape Horn. Then, the flight will cross the stormy Drake Sea to reach King George Island. In Argentina, it is known as 25 de mayo Island whereas in Russia, as Waterloo Island. It is the largest of the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica, with a surface of 1.150 km2 (115.000 ha), a length of 95 km (59 miles) and a maximum width of 25 km (15 miles). In addition, it is the gateway to the Antarctic Continent and the area that concentrates the largest number of Scientific Bases in Antarctica. There are three big bays: Fildes, Almirantazgo and King George. Day 3 Puntas Arenas / Frei

guides experts in Antarctica, who take us to visit different areas of the island, such as Villa Las Estrellas (first settlement inhabited by civilians) and the Orthodox Russian Church (At Bellingshausen Station). Moreover, we sail on a zodiac boat to Ardley Island to visit some penguin colonies (Adélie, Chinstrap and Gentoo) and we go on a boat trip around Collins Glacier. After all the activities of the first day, passengers are transferred to an Ice Camp, next to Collins Glacier. There are a thermal tent (module) as a dining room, a thermal tent for basic hygiene and three thermal tents, each one for two people, to spend the night. Lunch and dinner. Day 4 Frei Base at King George

Base at King George Island. B L D Transfer from the

Today we make other activities such as a walk to La Elefanteras in order to see Elephant Seals and other species of the area. Besides, we walk to the Chinese Base Great Wall and if weather permits, we

hotel to the airport in Punta Arenas to board a flight to King George Island (Antarctica). We are welcomed by our touristic

Island / Punta Arenas. B L D

could visit other interesting areas before returning to Punta Arenas. Day 5 Punta Arenas. B At due time, transfer to the airport.

Cruise Departures 2021: Departures to be informed Operational note: Day 1: As the briefing is mandatory, passengers must arrive before 5 PM. To keep in mind: • For security reasons, alcoholic beverages will not be served on flights to Antarctica. • Do not forget gloves, appropriate shoes and waterproof jacket. A special jacket and boots (with return) will be provided if needed. • We suggest carrying a backpack that does not exceed 10 kilos (22 pounds). • The making of this program and its activities are subject to weather conditions.

Classic Antarctica

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11 Days / 10 Nights Ushuaia / Antarctica

Weddell Seals, Antartica

TBK1101 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 10 nights Ushuaia (1) - Antarpply Cruise (9) • Tours: Ushuaia: Tierra del Fuego National Park Cruise: Included activities and landings • Meals: 10 breakfasts - 8 lunches 9 dinners • Needed tickets to Parks and port taxes u Season: November to march t

Day 1 Ushuaia. Arrival and reception at the airport, transfer to the hotel. accommodation. Day 2 Boarding day. B D In the morning, visit to Tierra del Fuego National Park, return to the city and at due time, transfer to check in and then board the expedition boat. We are welcomed and begin

to sail the Beagle Channel through the Mackinlay Pass. Day 3 Drake Passage. B L D We begin to cross the Drake Passage, named after Francis Drake who sailed these waters in 1578. While we sail the passage, the cruise staff help with the identification of the wide variety of birds. Day 4 Drake Passage. B L D During this day and the previous one, thanks to an open bridge policy, we are able to accompany the officers on the bridge and learn some aspects concerning navigation. As we approach the South Shetland Island, weather conditions permitting, we go on the first disembarkation, where we spot some penguins and seals. Day 5-8 Antarctic Peninsula

and South Shetland Islands. B L D During these days, in addition to penguins, Antarctic fur seals, Southern elephant seals and seabirds, you will be able to see

Crabeater, Weddell and Leopard seals, as well as Humpback and Minke whales and orcas. We hope to sail some of the most beautiful channels, depending on ice conditions of the ice such as: the Strait of Gerlache, the Neumayer Channel, the Lemaire Channel and Paraiso Bay, where we try to descend and visit the active colonies of Adélie penguin (more than 100,000 pairs breed there) and Imperial cormorant on Paulet Island. Other possible explorations could take us to the Melchior Islands, Cuverville Island, Portal Point, Neko Harbor, Pléneau Island, and ice conditions permitting, to Petermann Island to visit the most southern colony of Gentoo penguin. Day 9 & 10 Drake Passage to Ushuaia. B L D We leave the Antarctic Peninsula and head north, crossing the Drake Passage. Join the the search for seabirds

and whales, and enjoy some of the final lectures. Day 11 Ushuaia. B Early in the morning, we arrive at Ushuaia, where we disembark after breakfast.

Cruise departures 2021 November December

03 01 - 10 2022

February March

08 - 27 17 - 26

To keep in mind: • Please, consult the clothing required for the expedition. • The itinerary that we describe is only a guide. The route and program could change to take advantage of the local weather, the ice conditions and opportunities to see wildlife.

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Exclusive Antarctica

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12 Days / 11 Nights Ushuaia / Antarctic Peninsula

Antarctica, Silversea Cruise

TBK 1102 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 11 nights Ushuaia (1) - Silversea Cruise (10) • Tours: Ushuaia: 4WD trail to the lakes Cruise: Included activities and landings • Meals: 11 breakfasts - 9 lunches 10 dinners • Needed tickets to Parks and port taxes u Season: November to February t

Day 1 Ushuaia. Early arrival in the morning in order to enjoy a 4WD lakes crossing during the afternoon. During the excursion, we have a “countryside” snack and try our best to watch beavers. We return to Ushuaia in the evening. Day 2 Ushuaia-Boarding. B D Transfer to the port. In the afternoon, we board the Silver Cloud or Silver Wind Expedition cruise.

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After being welcomed, we meet the crew and attend an obligatory talk about security. Then, we leave Tierra del Fuego. Day 3 & 4 Drake Passage. B L D As we begin the expedition, do not miss the chance to participate in debates about wildlife, geography and history. Day 5 Northern Antarctic Peninsula. B L D We start the experience in the upper part of the Antarctic Peninsula. Depending on weather and ice conditions, we could visit Brown Bluff and Hope Bay, where there is one of the largest colonies of Adélie penguins. A zodiac ride allows us to see some penguins and Weddell seals. Day 6-9 Antarctic Peninsula. B L D During the voyage, the itinerary will be flexible. Each day, the expedition’s leader and the captain will determine the best course depending on weather, ice conditions and fauna of that

day. Some of the places we can visit are: • Cuverville Island, whose rocks are ideal as a nesting site for Gentoo penguins. • Paraiso Bay: We sail beyond Argentina’s ‘Brown Station’, one of the many Antarctic research stations. Ideal for observing cormorants and crabeater seals. • Petermann Island, where we are able to observe colonies of Adélie Penguins and Gentoo Penguins. • Pleneau Bay, where Gentoo penguins, Cook Gulls and South Polar Skuas reproduce. • Neko Harbor offers a visit to small penguin colonies. • Deception Island: An extinct volcano with warm waters. • Port Lockroy, Goudier Island: The British built a listening station there during World War II, which was then used as a research station in the 1950s and since 1996 as a museum, gift shop and post office.

Day 10 & 11 Drake Passage. B L D Sailing our way back through the Drake Passage. Day 12 Ushuaia. B After breakfast, disembarkation and transfer to the airport.

Cruise departures 2021 November December

30 11 2022

January February

05 - 15 - 29 20

To keep in mind: • Accommodation is in a private cabin. • Kayak activities: depending on weather, the opportunity to practice kayaking in a small group is offered. • Please, consult the clothing required for the expedition. • The itinerary that we describe is only a guide. The route and program could change to take advantage of the local weather, the ice conditions and the opportunities to see wildlife.

Around the World’s End

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10 Days / 9 Nights Buenos Aires / Ushuaia / Australis Cruise / Santiago de Chile

Cape Horn National Park, Chile

TBK 1105 What’s included • Needed transfers • Acommodation: 9 nights Buenos Aires (2) - Ushuaia (1) Cruise (4) - Santiago de Chile (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour - Dinner show Ushuaia: National Park Australis Cruise: Scheduled activities and excursions Santiago de Chile: City tour • Meals: 9 breakfasts - 3 lunches 6 dinners • Needed tickets to parks and reserves u Season: September to April t

Day 1 Buenos Aires. D Arrival and reception at the airport transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, we make a panoramic tour of the city. We start at Plaza de Mayo, witness of the most important events of the country from 1810, to then continue to the neighbourhood of La Boca and finish at Palermo and Recoleta. In the evening, we attend a

dinner show to appreciate the magnetism of tango. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B Day at leisure to enjoy an optional tour as Tigre or Fiesta Gaucha, in addition to the chance of learning more about Buenos Aires. Day 3 Buenos Aires / Ushuaia. B Transfer to the airport to board the scheduled flight to Ushuaia. Arrival and reception at the airport transfer to de hotel. Accommodation. Day 4 Ushuaia / Australis Cruise. B D In the morning, excursion to the Tierra del Fuego National Park. In the afternoon, we conclude with the boarding formalities and later, transfer to the port. Once on board, the captain and crew welcome us. Set sail. Day 5 Australis Cruise / Cape Horn / Wulaia Bay. B L D We sail along the Murray Channel and Nassau Bay towards Cape Horn National Park, declared Worldwide Biosphere Reserve and known as ‘the World’s End’. In the afternoon, we land at Wulaia Bay

to have a walk towards a balcony, from where we can appreciate the beauty of its vegetation and geography. Day 6 Australis Cruise / Pía

Glacier / Garibaldi Glacier. B L D We start the day sailing through the north-western arm of the Beagle Channel to land at the Pía fiord. In the afternoon, we enter the Garibaldi fiord to have a walk to the base of a glacial waterfall. Day 7 Australis Cruise /

Agostini Sine / Águila Glacier / Cóndor Glacier. B L D Today we push out into the Agostini Sine, where it is possible to appreciate the glaciers that comes down from the center of the Darwin Mountain Range; some of them reach the sea. During the day, we enjoy two landings on board of Zodias boats. Return to the cruise. Day 8 Australis Cruise / Santiago de Chile. B Early in the morning, we arrive at Magdalena Island and, if weather conditions allow it, we descend

to walk until the lighthouse and appreciate a wide colony of Magellanic penguins. Arrival at Punta Arenas, disembark and transfer to the airport. Arrival at Santiago de Chile, reception and accommodation. Day 9 Santiago de Chile. B In the morning, enjoy a city tour seeing the Civic neighbourhood, Santa Lucia Hill, Palacio de la Moneda, Plaza de Armas and Bellavista neighbourhood, which has the best bohemian landscape of Santiago. At the end, return to the hotel. Day 10 Santiago de Chile. B Leisure time until scheduled flight. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes: • Day 5: Landing is subject to weather conditions. • Day 8: During September and April, the landing at Magdalena Island is replaced by a landing at Marta Island, where South American Sea Lions can be spotted from the Zodiac boats.

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Southern Pearls

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4 Days / 3 Nights El Calafate / Santa Cruz Cruise

Towards Seno Mayo, Los Glaciares National Park, Santa Cruz

TBK 1106 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights Santa Cruz Cruise (2) - El Calafate (1) • Tours: Activities offered by the cruise • Meals: 3 breakfasts - 2 lunches 2 dinners • Needed tickets to parks u Season: end of September to April t

Day 1 El Calafate / Santa Cruz Cruise. D Arrival and reception in El Calafate. In the afternoon, transfer to Punta Bandera to embark and begin sailing towards Alemana Bay/ Puesto de Vacas. During the following days, we sail Lake Argentino. Day 2 Santa Cruz Cruise. B L D In the morning, we disembark at Puesto de Vacas for a walk to the Viewpoint of the Spegazzini Glacier. On the way back, we

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embark to sail in front of the glacier, while we have lunch. Our expedition continues through the Northern Branch of Lake Argentino, towards the Upsala Glacier and later to the Toro Bay and Mayo Gulf. There, we spend the night on board. Dinner. Day 3 Santa Cruz Cruise / El Calafate. B L In the morning, we disembark and walk by an Andean-Patagonian forest, having as a natural landscape the Mayo and Negro glaciers. At the end, we embark to sail to De Los Témpanos Channel, to reach the Perito Moreno Glacier. We descend at Moreno Port to make a short visit to the walkways. Return to Punta Bandera to disembark and return to El Calafate. Day 4 El Calafate. B Day at leisure until the time of the flight.

Operational note: Day 1: Arriving in a flight at midday is required because boarding starts at 5.30 PM.

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2021: Departures to be informed

To keep in mind: Dates may be modified. Please, consult at the moment of booking.

SUGGESTED EXTENSION

Beyond Ushuaia 4 days/3 nights

TBK 1107 What’s included: • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights • Tours: National Park with Trekking - Hiking in Martillo Island - Cape San Pablo • Meals: 3 breakfasts • Needed tickets to parks

Day 1 Arrival and transfer to the hotel in Ushuaia.

Day 2. B We explore Tierra del Fuego National Park. In the afternoon, we drive to Estancia Harberton, from where we board a zodiac to Martillo Island. We descend and stay an hour walking between the penguins and their nests. Then we return to Harberton Port and make a visit to the museum. Return to Ushuaia by land. Day 3 B First, we take Route 3 and then the Route of the Patagonian Estancias that takes us to Cape San Pablo. After our arrival, we walk to the old lighthouse and visit the Desdemona, a ship that ran aground on the coast of Argentinian Sea. Day 4 Ushuaia / El Calafate. B Transfer to the airport. Operational note: Day 3: the tour to Cape San Pablo in shared service operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

Skorpios Cruise: Chonos Route

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9 Days / 8 Nights Bariloche / Puerto Montt / San Rafael Glacier

San Rafael glacier, Chonos route, Skorpios Cruise

TBK 1108 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights Bariloche (2) - Puerto Montt (1) Skorpios Cruise (5) • Tours: Bariloche: Small Circuit - Lakes Crossing Cruise: Mentioned explorations • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 5 lunches 5 dinners • Needed tickets to the Parks u Season: September to April t

Day 1 San Carlos de Bariloche. Arrival and reception at the airport. Check in and Small Circuit, visiting Campanario Hill, San Eduardo Chapel, Pañuelo Port and the Panoramic Point, a natural balcony with excellent views of Lake Moreno and the Llao Llao Peninsula. Day 2 San Carlos de Bariloche. B Day at leisure. Day 3 San Carlos de Bariloche / Lakes Crossing / Puerto Montt. B In the morning, we go to Pañuelo Port to start the Lakes Crossing or Andean Crossing. We

sail from Pañuelo Port to Blest Port, sailing through Lake Nahuel Huapi. Once there, we take a bus bordering the Frias River until we arrive at Alegre Port and then continue on another boat through Lake Frías. In this tour, we enjoy the view that the Tronador Hill offers us. After a short boat trip, we arrive at Frías Port where we carry out the border procedures. We continue by bus to Peulla, while we enjoy stunning views of the Andes Mountains. After lunch (not included), we start sailing towards Petrohue, by Lake Todos los Santos. We continue towards Puerto Varas bordering Lake Llancquihue. Arrival at the Lakes Crossing Office and transfer to the hotel. Day 4 Puerto Montt. B L D At noon, departure from Puerto Montt. In the afternoon, we disembark on Chiloé Island, where we visit an artisan center, its streets and cafés, as well as the house-museum of the Chilean writer Francisco Coloane. We keep on sailing. Day 5 Skorpios Cruise. B L D

In the morning, we arrive at Puerto Aguirre and disembark in this fishermen’s village, in order to continue then to Barrientos Island, where we disembark in boats to contemplate the largest number of marine birds in Aysén region such as Imperial Cormorants, Southern Gulls and South American Fur Seals. Day 6 Skorpios Cruise. B L D Early in the morning, we enter San Rafael Lagoon where, weather permitting, we descend in boats to sail between multicoloured icebergs. In the afternoon, we set sail for the Quitralco Fjord. Day 7 Skorpios Cruise. B L D In the morning, we berth at Quitralco dock. Time to visit the hot springs or walk by the trails. Voyage to Chiloé by sailing through Moraleda and Pérez Norte channels. Day 8 Skorpios Cruise. B L D We sail along the eastern coast of Chiloé to reach the Conejos Islet, descend in motorboats and admire a colony of Magellanic penguins and numerous birds.

Sailing, we approach Lemuy and Chelín Islands. In the evening, captain’s dinner. Day 9 Skorpios Cruise / Puerto Montt. B Disembarkation and transfer to the airport.

Cruise departures 2021 September October November December

17 02 - 09 - 16 - 23 - 30 06 - 13 - 20 - 27 04 - 11 - 18 - 24 - 31

January February March April

2022 08 - 15 - 22 - 29 05 - 12 - 19 - 26 05 - 12 - 19 - 26 02 - 09 -16 - 23 - 30

Operational note: Day 1: The tour begins on Wednesdays, except for the cruise departures mentioned below. To keep in mind: • Cruise departures are on Saturdays, except for the first departure in September 2021 and those on December 24th and 31st, which are on Fridays.

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Self Fly and Drive

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Natural Cordoba

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8 Days / 7 Nights Cordoba / Miramar de Ansenuza / Estancia Los Potreros

Xanaes river´Bay, Miramar, Cordoba

TBK 0311 What’s included • Accommodation: 7 nights Cordoba (2) - Miramar de Ansenuza (2) - Estancia Los potreros (3) • Meals: 7 Breakfast, 3 lunches, 3 dinners • Car rental: 7 days

Day 1 Cordoba. Arrival at the airport and pick up of the car rental. Free time to visit the city of Cordoba and its surroundings such as Nueva Cordoba and Barrio Guemes Day 2 Cordoba. B Free day to discover the “Camino de las Estancias Jesuíticas”, which has been declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. During this day you can visit Colonia Caroya, Jesús Maria and Santa Catalina. Day 3 Cordoba/Miramar de Ansenuza. B Departure towards the northeast of Cordoba, passing through Santa Rosa de Rio Primero, La Para and Marull to

finally reach Miramar, known for being the only coastal town to the Mar Chiquita Lagoon. Miramar de Ansenuza (goddess of the sea) has one of the Natural Wonders of the province of Cordoba, the Mar Chiquita Lagoon, the largest closed sea in Argentina, the largest salt lake in South America and fifth in the world. With a unique biodiversity (more than 300 species of fauna registered) this water mirror is ideal for watching water birds, among which herons, gulls and pink flamingos stand out, a symbol of the town. In the afternoon we recommend you to visit the Natural Science Museum and the Natural Reserve Bañados del Río Dulce and Laguna Mar Chiquita, ideal at sunset. Day 4 Miramar de Ansenuza. B We recommend you to take exploration, in the Mar chiquita lagoon, an unforgettable and different exploration, in direct contact with nature. The lagoon

is rich in flamingoes as of the six species of flamingoes in the world, three of them are present in Mar Chiquita, one on a permanent basis (austral) and the other two that migrate to this area, the parina grande or Andean and the parina chica or James. During this day you can navigate the lagoon visiting its highlights or if you are a bird watching lover you can opt for a navigation to the estuary of the Xanaes river or to the Orihuela Island, where landing is possible. Day 5 Miramar de Ansenuza/ Rio Tercero. B D Departure to the town of Rio Tercero to reach the Estancia Los Potreros, which offers a unique experience in rural

tourism. Whether your passion is horseback riding, bird watching or exploring scenic trails, or perhaps just relaxing between tradition and local culture, this is the ideal place to do it. Day 6 & 7 Los Potreros B L D Day to carry out the activities offered by the estancia. Day 8 Los Potreros/ Cordoba. B L At the appointed time, drive to Cordoba airport to drop off the vehicle and take your scheduled flight Operational notes Day 4: Consult the best options for sailing according to the season and interests.

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15 Days / 14 Nights Mendoza / Barreal / El Chiflón / Chañarmuyo / Cafayate / Cachi / Salta / Purmamarca

La Mejicana mine, Chilecito, La Rioja

TBK 0307 What’s included • Accomodation: 14 nights Mendoza (3) - Barreal (1) El Chiflón (2) - Chañarmuyo (1) - Cafayate (2) - Cachi (1) - Salta (2) Purmamarca (2) • Car rental: 14 days • Meals: 14 breakfasts

Day 1 Mendoza. Arrival at the airport and pick-up of the rental car. If you have time, take a tour to the vineyards in Maipú or Lujan de Cuyo. Day 2 & 3 Mendoza. B Free days to visit the different wine regions, take the High Mountain Route to admire the Aconcagua

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Peak or an adventure activity such as rafting, tirolyn or horseback riding. Day 4 Mendoza / Barreal. B Departure to the province of San Juan to reach Barreal, a unique valley. During the night we recommend you to observe the sky in the Provincial Park El Leoncito. Day 5 Barreal / El Chiflón. B Departure for Ischigualasto Provincial Park to visit the Moon Valley. After an intense day, we arrive at El Chiflón, an ideal stop on the way for resting. Day 6 El Chiflón. B In the morning, departure for the Talampaya National Park, where we continue to discover curious

formations. In the afternoon we recommend a walk through the El Chiflón Provincial Park. Day 7 El Chiflón / Chañarmuyo. B Departure in a northerly direction to cross the Cuesta de Miranda and arrive in Chilecito where the highest cable car in the world is located. After a tour of the town, continue on to Chilecito. Day 8 Chañarmuyo / Cafayate. B We suggest you start early to visit the ruins of Shincal in Catamarca, then continue to the ruins of Los Quilmes in Tucumán and finish the day in Cafayate. Day 9 Cafayate. B Day at your disposal to visit the vineyards of the region and the Quebrada de Cafayate.

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Distance to drive KM (miles)

11 (6)

235 (146)

434 (269)

26 (16)

327 (203)

411 (255)

41 (25)

157 (97)

162 (100)

188 (116)

137 (85)

188 (116)

Gravel road KM (miles)

118 (73)

Driving hours

20 min.

5/6

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5/6

6/7

3/4

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Day 10 Cafayate / Cachi. B Departure on route 40 towards Cachi passing through the unique landscape of the Quebrada de las Flechas. Day 11 Cachi / Salta. B Departure by route 33 passing through Los Cardones National Park, Quebrada del Escoipe and Cuesta del Obispo. Arrival in Salta. Day 12 Salta. B Free day to visit the city and its surroundings. Day 13 Salta / Purmamarca. B Departure for Purmamarca in the heart of the Quebrada de Humahuaca. Once there, we suggest you take a tour of the village, take a walk around Los Colorados or drive to the Salinas Grandes via the Cuesta de Lipan. Day 14 Purmamarca. B Spend the day visiting the Quebrada de Humahuaca, UNESCO’s natural and cultural heritage of humanity. We recommend you to make a detour to El Hornocal. Day 15 Purmamarca / Salta. B Drop off of the rental car at Salta airport.

The Best of the North Salta / Purmamarca / Molinos / Cafayate

The Best of the North

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7 Days / 6 Nights

Salinas Grandes, Jujuy . Courtesy of Jujuy’s Tourism Secretary. PH Alberto Castagnolo

TBK 0305 What’s included • Accommodation: 6 nights Salta (3) - Purmamarca (1) Molinos (1) - Cafayate (1) • Car rental: 6 days • Meals: 6 breakfasts

Day 1 Salta. Arrival at the airport and pick up of the car rental. After the necessary procedures, drive for a short distance to the city of Salta. Leave the vehicle and explore Salta through its colonial streets and churches.

Day 2 Salta / Purmamarca. B Depart early driving through Del Toro Gorge, reaching the town of San Antonio de Los Cobres, from where you can take the Train to the Clouds if you wish. In the province of Jujuy, continue to Salinas Grandes Salt Flat and then, descend De Lipán Slope to Purmamarca. Day 3 Purmamarca / Salta. B Spend the day exploring the Humahuaca Gorge, Natural and Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO. If you are brave, you could get to El Hornocal (Hill of the 14 Colours). Return to Salta.

Day 4 Salta / Molinos. B Enjoy the Calchaquíes Valleys, through Del Obispo Slope. Tin Tin Straight and Los Cardones National Park. In Cachi, we have time for lunch (not included) and also to walk around the town. Then, we continue towards Molinos. Day 5 Molinos / Cafayate. B Continue along National Route 40 to tour De las Flechas Gorge, a curious formation produced by the erosion of water and wind. After admiring the landscape, continue to Cafayate where vineyards will welcome you.

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Distance to drive KM (miles)

9 (5)

338 (210)

319 (198)

210 (130)

116 (72)

198 (123)

9 (5)

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143 (89)

42 (26)

46 (28)

92 (57)

Driving hours

20 min.

8/9

5/6

20 min

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1200 MASL

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3012 MASL

3400 MASL

1660 MASL

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1152 MASL

Suggested Season

Avoid December to March, because of the rainy season

Day 6 Cafayate / Salta. B On the way to Salta, we visit De las Conchas or Cafayate gorges, characterized by its curious formations such as the Amphitheatre and the Devil’s Throat, product of wind and water erosion. Arrival at Salta and accommodation. Day 7 Salta. B End of the adventure. Please, allow plenty of time for you to return your rented car at the airport. Operational note: Day 2: The Train to the Clouds has fixed departure days starting at noon from S.A. de los Cobresand returning at 3PM. To keep in mind: • From December to March, the itinerary could be modified due to the rainy season. • The Puna is a very special environment that is characterized by the height and reduction of oxygen, high atmospheric pressure which makesit necessary that people with respiratory, cardiac or pressure diseases, take special care.

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Wines, Lakes and Mountains

Wines, lakes and mountains

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17 Days / 16 Nights Mendoza / San Rafael / Malargue / Varvarco / V. Pehuenia / S. M de los Andes/ V. Traful / Bariloche

Los Bolillos, Varvarco, Neuquen. Cortesy of Neuquen´s Tourrism Bureau

TBK 0308 What’s included • Accomodation: 16 nights Mendoza (3) - San Rafael (2) Malargue (2) - Varvarco (2) - Villa Pehuenia (2) - S. M. de los Andes (2) - Villa Traful (1) - Bariloche (2) • Car Rental: 16 days • Meals: 16 breakfasts

Day 1 Mendoza. Arrival at the airport and pick up of the car rental. Free time to visit the wineries in Maipú or Lujan de Cuyo. Day 2 & 3 Mendoza. B Days available to visit the different vineyard areas or take the High Mountain Route to admire the Aconcagua Summit.

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Day 4 Mendoza / San Rafael. B Departure by Route 40 passing through the wine region of Valle de Uco. If you have time you can stop at the Piedra infinita winery, awarded as one of the best in the world. Continue towards. Day 5 San Rafael. B An ideal day to get to know the Atuel Canyon, a geological wonder that is millions of years old. These formations are the result of wind and water erosion. Day 6 San Rafael / Malargue. B Taking Route 147, it joins Route 40 to continue the journey, crossing the Cuesta de los Terneros, El Sosneado and Las Leñas, a famous ski resort offering impressive landscapes during the summer.

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Distance to drive KM (miles)

10 (6)

250 (155)

140 (87)

Driving hours

20 min.

4/5

Suggested Season

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Day 7 Malargue. B Visit La Payunia, an area that had an intense volcanic activity at the end of the Triassic period constituting a landscape of volcanoes. We recommend taking a 4X4 excursion. Day 8 Malargue / Varvarco. B On the way to Varvarco, you will pass through Cuesta del Chihuido and Bardas Blancas, crossing small villages until you reach your destination. Day 9 Varvarco. B Enjoy the surroundings as: Varvarco Lagoons, Epulauquen Lagoons or hiking in the Domuyo Protected Natural Area. Day 10 Varvarco / Villa Pehuenia. B Departure to Villa Pehuenia by RN 40 and RP 13,

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passing through small villages such as Las Lajas and Zapala. Day 11 Villa Pehuenia. B Free day to rest. Day 12 Villa Pehuenia / San Martín de los Andes. B Drive southward along the Andes, passing through Junin de los Andes until you reach your destination. Day 13 San Martín de los Andes. B We suggest visiting Lake Huechulaufquen. Day 14 San Martín de los Andes / Villa Traful. B Drive south along the Seven Lakes Road until you join Route 65 which will take you to Villa Traful, a charming village on Lake Traful. Day 15 Villa Traful / Bariloche. B Drive along Lake Traful to Villa la Angostura, where we recommend you to visit Bahia Manzano and its port from where the boats leave for the Arrayanes forest. Continue to Bariloche. Day 16 Bariloche. B Day off. Day 17 Bariloche. B Drive to the airport to leave the vehicle and take the scheduled flight.

Deep Patagonia: Route 40 South

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16 Days / 15 Nights Bariloche / Esquel / Rio Mayo / Los Antiguos / Lago Posadas / El Chaltén / El Calafate

National Route 40, Santa Cruz. Courtesy of @ArgentinaTravel

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Day 3 Bariloche / Esquel. B Leave Bariloche to the south towards Esquel. If you arrive at midday, we suggest you check the La Trochita departure calendar. Day 4 & 5 Esquel. B We suggest you to visit Los Alerces National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Piedra Parada, a curiosity in the middle of the steppe or if you prefer adrenaline, enjoy rafting down the Corcovado River. Day 6 Esquel / Rio Mayo. B Continue exploring National Route 40, towards Rio Mayo. It’s a five-hour drive, with a few stops along the way to admire the view and enjoy the remote scenery. Day 7 Rio Mayo / Los Antiguos. B In the morning, departure to

What’s included • Accomodation: 15 nights Bariloche (2) - Esquel (3) Rio Mayo (1) - Los Antiguos (2) - Lago Posadas (2) - Gobernador Gregores (1) - El Chaltén (2) - El Calafate (2) • Car rental: 15 days • Meals: 15 breakfasts

Day 1 Bariloche. Arrival and delivery of the rental car at the airport. Start your journey in Bariloche. Day 2 Bariloche. B Free day to take some boat trip to Blest Port or Victoria Island or take the car and drive by the Seven Lakes route.

Gobernador Gregores. B Departure to take route 40 and

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Distance to drive KM (miles)

14 (8)

50 (31)

284 (176)

70 (44)

Gravel road KM (miles)

40 (25 )

300 (186)

159 (99)

Driving hours

30 min.

9/10

5/6

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Los Antiguos, located in the heart of Patagonia. On the way we suggest you take a detour to the Petrified Forest of Sarmiento. Day 8 Los Antiguos. B Free day to explore the region by crossing into Chile to visit the Marble Chapels formation. Day 9 Los Antiguos / Posadas Lake. B Travel along Route 41, which connects Los Antiguos with Lake Posadas. A scenic route that seeks to preserve the local fauna. Day 10 Posadas Lake. B Free day to explore the Patagonia Park or visit the Cueva de las Manos, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Day 11 Posadas Lake /

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arrive at a village with a privileged location. Day 12 Gobernador Gregores / El Chaltén. B Continue along RN 40 south to reach El Chalten, the National Capital of Trekking. Day 13 El Chaltén. B Enjoy the variety of hikes available in El Chaltén. Day 14 El Chaltén / El Calafate. B At the desired time leave the National Capital of Trekking to reach the land of the Glaciers. Day 15 El Calafate. B Visit the Perito Moreno Glacier, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Day 16 El Calafate. B Free time until the time of your flight. Operational note: Day 6: The Chile Chico border is open from 8 am to 8 pm, depending on the date of the year. To keep in mind: • We suggest modifying the accommodation in Esquel, for a stay in the Huemules Mountain Reserve, a glamping in the middle of a natural environment.

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Nature’s Paradise

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8 Days / 7 Nights PuertoMadryn / Puerto Pirámides

San Lorenzo Rookery, Peninsula Valdes Reserve, Chubut

TBK 0321 What’s included • Accomodation: 7 nights Península Valdés (2) - Dos Pozos (2) Bahia Bustamante (3) • Car rental: 7 days • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 4 lunches 7 dinners

Day 1 Trelew / Península Valdés. D Arrival at Trelew’s airport and pick up of the car rental to start the journey to the Peninsula Valdes Reserve. On the way, we recommend a brief stop in Puerto Pirámides as from October to the beginning of December you can go whale watching and from mid-December

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to March you can see sea lions, cormorants and possibly bottlenose dolphins. (Boat trip not included, subject to weather conditions). Accommodation. Day 2 Península Valdés. B L D Day at disposal to enjoy the Peninsula Valdés, declared Natural Patrimony of the Humanity by the UNESCO due to its geography, flora and fauna, characteristics that make it a paradise of the nature. From September to March we suggest to visit the San Lorenzo penguin Rookery. Day 3 Península Valdés / Dos Pozos. B D Departure to Estancia La Antonieta, founded as a livestock establishment specialized in sheep breeding and

dedicated to the preservation of the natural resources of the area. Nowadays its owners continue with the family tradition of taking care of the social, cultural and tourist welfare of the community. Day 4 Dos Pozos. B D Visit the Sea Elephant Reserve at Dos Pozos. During the high season (September to November) you can see the reproductive harems of the species and meet the alpha male. Day 5 Dos Pozos. / Bahía Bustamante. B D In the morning, departure to Bahía Bustamante. This is a country house on the seashore surrounded by 360° of pure nature, located in

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Distance to drive KM (miles)

205 (127)

120 (75)

303 (188)

234 (145)

263 (163)

Gravel road KM (miles)

53 (33)

103 (64)

90 (56)

40 (25)

Driving hours

3/4

4/5

Suggested Season

October to March

Patagonia, in an area known for its relevant biological biodiversit.

Day 6 & 7 Bahía Bustamante. B L D Days to enjoy the included activities, which do not require significant physical effort. Activities offered: Boat trip (3 /4 hours approx.) The Peninsula (4 hours approx.): ideal to visit on foot, by bike, in 4x4 or on horse back. Petrified Forest (4/5 hours aprox.): Walking. Penguin Island (3 hours approx.): at low tide. Cape Aristizabal (4 to 5 hours aprox.): in 4x4. Stone Canyon (4 to 5 hours approx.): Canyon trekking. Historical and seaweed walk (1-2 hours approx.): Walk through the village. Rural activities (4 hours approx.).

Day 8 Bahia Bustamante / Trelew. B Arrival and reception at the airport. To keep in mind: • Access to Península Valdés can be affected on rainy days.

From the Ocean to the Andes

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16 Days / 15 Nights P. Madryn / P. Pirámides / Rio Mayo / Los Antiguos / L. Posadas / El Chaltén / El Calafate

Cañadón Pinturas gate (land of colors), Santa Cruz

TBK 0322 What’s included • Accomodation: 15 nights Puerto Pirámides (2) - Bahia Bustamante (3) - Rio Mayo (1) - Los Antiguos (2) - Lago Posadas (2) Gobernador Gregores (1) - El Chaltén (2) - El Calafate (2) • Car rental: 15 days • Meals: 16 breakfasts - 3 lunches 3 dinners

Day 1 Trelew / Puerto Piramides. D Arrival and pick up the car rental to start your journey to the Peninsula Valdes Reserve. In Puerto Pirámides we recommend you to go on a whale watching

boat trip, available from October to the beginning of December. Day 2 Puerto Piramides. B L D Explore Peninsula Valdes, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Don’t miss the opportunity to visit the San Lorenzo and Punta Norte penguin rookery. Day 3 Puerto Piramides / Bahia Bustamante. B D In the morning, departure to Bahía Bustamante, a country house on the seashore surrounded by 360° of pure nature, recognized by its relevant biological biodiversit. Day 4 & 5 Bahia Bustamante. B L D Days to enjoy the included activities such as: Boat trip, tour around the Peninsula,

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Distance to drive KM (miles)

205 (127)

169 (105)

418 (260)

Gravel road KM (miles)

53 (33)

169 (105)

Driving hours

Suggested Season

visit to the Petrified Forest, among other. Day 6 Bahia Bustamante/ Rio Mayo. B Today you will cross Patagonia from east to west and on the way don’t miss the Sarmiento Petrified Forest. Day 7 Rio Mayo / Los Antiguos. B In the morning, departure through Route 40 to Los Antiguos, located in the heart of Patagonia. Day 8 Los Antiguos. B Free day to explore the area, by crossing into Chile to visit the Marble Chapels formation. Day 9 Los Antiguos / Posadas Lake. B Travel along Route 41, which connects Los Antiguos with Lago Posadas. A scenic route that seeks to preserve the local fauna.

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159 (99)

240 (149)

298 (185)

297 (184)

217 (135)

35 (21)

40 (25 )

300 (186)

159 (99)

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9/10

5/6

3/4

20 min.

October to beginning of April

160 (99) 21 (13)

Day 10 Posadas Lake. B Day to explore the Cueva de las Manos and Cañadón del Rio Pinturas. Day 11 Posadas Lake /

Gobernador Gregores. B Departure to take route 40 and arrive at a village with a privileged location. Day 12 Gobernador Gregores / El Chaltén. B Continue along RN 40 south to reach El Chalten, the National Capital of Trekking. Day 13 El Chaltén. B Enjoy the variety of hikes offered by El Chaltén. Day 14 El Chaltén / El Calafate. B At the desired time leave the National Capital of Trekking to reach the land of the Glaciers. Day 15 El Calafate. B Visit the Perito Moreno Glacier, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Day 16 El Calafate. B Free time until the time of your flight. Operational note: Day 8: The Chile Chico border is open from 8 am to 8 pm, depending on the date of the year.

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Along the Austral Route

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13 Days / 12 Nights El Calafate / Torres del Paine / Punta Arenas / Caleta Josefina / Lago Blanco / Tierra del Fuego

Estancia Rolito, Tierra del Fuego

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Heritage by the UNESCO, due to its beauty. Day 3 El Calafate / Torres del Paine. B L D From El Calafate, cross the well-known border crossing Cancha CarreraCerro Castillo and carry out the corresponding procedures at each one of them. Day 4 & 5 Torres del Paine. B L D Enjoy Patagonia and its incredible views, its changing climate, its flora and fauna through the activities that the lodge has planned. Some excursions are subject to weather conditions. Day 6 Torres del Paine / Punta Arenas. B Today head towards Punta Arenas, the largest and

What’s included • Accomodation: 12 nights El Calafate (2) - Torres del Paine (3) Punta Arenas (1) - Caleta Josefina (1) - Lago Blanco (1) Estancia Rolito (1) - Ushuaia (3) • Car rental: 12 días • Meals: 12 breakfasts - 6 lunches 7 dinners

Day 1 El Calafate. Arrival at the airport and pick up of the car rental. After the necessary formalities, drive for a short distance to the selected hotel. Day 2 El Calafate. B Day dedicated to discover the Perito Moreno Glacier, declared World

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most populated city in the Magallanes Region. The city is an attraction in itself, it was declared a Free Zone and has become a shopping destination, as well as being attractive in terms of natural and cultural sights. Day 7 Punta Arenas / Estancia Caleta Josefina. B L D Today you will have to cross the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego Island to get to Porvenir, where you can visit a dolphin colony, explore the town and visit the local museum. Continue to Estancia Caleta Josefina. Day 8 Estancia Caleta Josefina / Lago Blanco. B L D Drive south to Cameron, a village on the coast of Useless Bay and visit

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Distance to drive KM (miles)

15 (9)

160 (99)

331 (205)

310 (192)

135 (84)

140 (87)

180 (112)

218 (135)

7 (4)

Gravel road KM (miles)

66 (41)

52 (32)

130 (81)

40 (24)

98 (61)

58 (36)

Driving hours

20 min.

8/9

3/4

15 min.

Suggested Season

October to beginning of April

the King Penguin Park, the only penguin colony of its kind outside of Antarctica. Then continue to Lago Blanco, one of the most beautiful villages in the Magellan region. Day 9 Lago Blanco / Estancia Rolito. B L D Return to Argentina by taking Route B, also known as the Route of the Old Estancias, into the depths of the island to drive to Estancia Rolito. Day 10 Estancia Rolito / Ushuaia. B D On the way to Ushuaia you can make a detour to Cabo San Pablo from where you can see the Desdemona, a ship abandoned on its coast. Day 11 & 12 Ushuaia. B Days to visit the corners of the island such as the National Park or the area of Estancia Harberton. Day 13 Ushuaia. B In time for your flight, drive to the airport to deliver your vehicle and take the scheduled flight. Operational note: Day 7: Check the schedule of the Hydrofoil to cross to the Tierra del Fuego Island.

In the Depths of Nature

In the depths of nature

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8 Days / 7 Nights Ituzaingo / Puerto Libertad / Puerto Iguazú

Deck at Valle lagoon, Puerto Valle, Corrientes

TBK 0306 What’s included • Accomodation: 7 nights Ituzaingo (3) - Puerto Libertad (2) Puerto Iguazú (2) • Car Rental: 7 days • Meals: 7 breakfasts - 3 lunches 5 dinners

Day 1 Posadas / Ituzaingo. D Arrival at Posadas airport and pick up of the rental car to start driving to the selected lodging. Depending on the chosen accomodation, you will have a varied driving time and difficulty.

Ituzaingo: Distance travelled 52 km (32 miles) Travel time: 1 hour

Day 2 & 3 Ituzaingo. B L D During these days we enjoy the programmed activities. Discovering the Wetlands: 4-5 hours duration Safari Ibera National Park: 4-5 hours duration Sailing on the Paraná River : 2 hours duration Kayak: Duration: 1 to 3 hours duration La Ribera path: Duration: 1 hour duration Horseback riding: Duration: 2 hours durarion Visit to the park, nursery and vegetable garden: 1 hour duration

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Distance to drive KM (miles)

52 (32)

264 (164)

44 (27)

36 (22)

21 (13)

Gravel road KM (miles)

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40 min.

30 min.

Suggested Season

All year

Day 4 Ituzaingo / Puerto Libertad. B D Departure to Puerto Libertad and on the way visit the Ruins of San Ignacio, declared Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity by the UNESCO. Upon arrival to Puerto Libertad, accommodation in Puerto Bemberg, a Lodge located in the jungle of Misiones, in a private natural reserve surrounded by trails, waterfalls, rivers, vegetation and typical fauna. Day 5 Puerto Libertad. B D Day dedicated to the activities of the lodge. Some of them with extra cost. Visit to the Andrés Johnson Chapel and Museum; Traditional tea, an activity to learn more about yerba mate, its uses and customs, boat ride on the Paraná River and visit to the Yasy waterfall, bird watching and natural history and kayaking. Day 6 Puerto Libertad / Puerto Iguazú. B Today the distance to be covered is not significant so you can spend part of your

free time visiting the Falls on the Brazilian side where the view of the falls will give you a different perspective. Day 7 Puerto Iguazú. B In the morning departure to the Iguazu National Park to visit the Iguazu Falls, declared Natural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature. During the tour you will go through the three circuits of the park: Devil’s Throat, the Upper and Lower circuits. Day 8 Puerto Iguazú. B At the scheduled time, drive to the airport to deliver the vehicle and board your scheduled flight. Operational note: Day 1: It is recommended to arrive on an early flight. Day 6: If you wish to visit the Falls on the Brazilian side, the vehicle must have a border crossing permit. Day 8: In case of visiting Brazilian Falls, it is required to leave on a flight after 3PM.

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16 Days / 15 Nights El Calafate / El Chaltén / Puerto Natales / Torres del Paine

Hiking on Grey Glacier, Torres del Paine, Chile

TBK 1220 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 15 nights El Calafate (3) - El Chaltén (2) Campsite (3) - Puerto Natales (1) Torres del Paine (6) • Tours: El Chaltén: Trekking to Pliegue Tumbado, Laguna de Los Tres Cagliero glacier El Calafate Minitrekking on Glaciar Perito Moreno Torres del Paine: Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers: W Circuit • Meals: 15 breakfasts - 11 lunches 11 dinners • Needed tickets to Parks u Season: november to MARCHt

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Day 1 El Calafate. Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel. During this journey, we will explore Los Glaciares National Park and Torres del Paine National Park. Day 2 El Calafate / El Chaltén. B D Departure to El Chaltén to begin an incredible journey that

includes impressive panoramic views. Day 3 El Chaltén / Pliegue

and enjoy a via ferrata (harness technique). At the end of the day, we will return to El Chalten.

Walking time: 7 hours Tumbado / Camp Prestadores. B L D We leave El Chaltén along Day 7 El Chaltén / El Calafate. the path leading towards Laguna B At due time, transfer to El

Toro to reach the mountain of Pliegue Tumbado, and then continue to the camp where we spend the night.

Calafate. Free time. Day 8 El Calafate. B L Today we walk on the Perito Moreno Glacier, crawling through cracks Walking time: 9 hours and exploring the peculiar ice landscape. Day 4 Laguna Los Tres / Day 9 El Calafate / Puerto Campsite Poicenot. B L D Today we start a hike overlooking Natales. B In the morning, the Madre & Hija Lagoons, Rio departure to Puerto Natales. Blanco campsite and Laguna Day 10 Puerto Natales / Paine de los Tres and then descend to Grande Refuge. B L D Today Poicenot campsite. we sail to admire Balmaceda and Walking time: 7 hours Serrano Glaciers. We arrive at Pueblo Serrano by zodiac, and Day 5 Campsite Poicenot / Los then at Pudeto, to sail Lake Pehoe Huemules Reserve. B L D Early in the morning we appreciate and reach the refuge. the sunrise on the walls of the Fitz Day 11 Paine Grande Refuge. Roy and then we start walking B L D We begin the famous “W towards the Rio Diablo Valley until Trekking Circuit”, moving towards we reach the Cagliero shelter. Grey Glacier direction. At first, to Walking time: 7 hours the viewpoint, then to the refuge and finally to the glacier. Day 6 Los Huemules Reserve/ Walking time: 8 hours El Chaltén. B L D Today we will explore the Cagliero Glacier

Day 12 Paine Grande Refuge / Los Cuernos. B L D Today we walk from Paine Grande Refuge to Los Cuernos, and we explore the Francés Valley. Walking time: 6 hours

Day 13 Los Cuernos Refuge. B L D We dedicate this day to Bader Valley, one of the still unexplored valleys of the park, with views to Torre Sur, Torre Central and Almirante Nieto. Walking time: 6 hours

Day 14 Los Cuernos Refuge / Chilean Refuge. B L D We walk from Los Cuernos to Chilean Refuge, admiring Lake Nordenskjöld. Walking time: 6 hours

Day 15 Chilean Refuge / Las Torres Refuge. B L D Early in the morning, departure to Torres Del Paine base, where we try to admire the sunrise. Later we begin the hike to Las Torres Refuge, where we end the “W”. Walking time: 6 hours

Day 16 Torres de Paine / El Calafate. B In the morning, return to El Calafate. Transfer to the airport.

El Chaltén Adventure

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7 Days / 6 Nights El Calafate / El Chaltén / Puesto Cagliero

Cagliero glacier, El Chaltén, Santa Cruz

TBK 1218 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 6 nights • El Calafate (1) - El Chaltén (1) Puesto Cagliero (4) • Tours: El Calafate: Perito Moreno Kayak Puesto Cagliero: 3 guided treks • Meals: 6 breakfasts - 5 lunches (box lunch) - 4 dinners • Needed tickets to the parks u Season: november to early aprilt

Day 1 El Calafate. Arrival at El Calafate and spare time. Day 2 El Calafate / El Chaltén B L Today we get to know the Perito Moreno from a kayak. We have some time to enjoy the landscape from the walkways and then go to the base of operations, where we put the suits on. After a safety talk, we start to row from De los Témpanos Beach, until we are 600 meters far (1968 ft.) from the Perito Moreno glacier. Return to El Calafate to take the afternoon

bus to El Chaltén. Arrival and accommodation. Day 3 El Chaltén / Puesto Cagliero. B L D Transfer from El Chaltén to Estancia los Huemules. We get to know the Visitors’ Center and hike down the Diablo River’s Valley to Puesto Cagliero. The tour lasts an average of 2.5 hours and allows us to enjoy the Andean Patagonian forest, the river and the hills that delimit the valley (30th Anniversary Hill, Neumeyer and Loma del Diablo). Day 4 Puesto Cagliero. B L D The hike to the 30th Anniversary Hill begins, which includes a safe climbing with ropes to the viewpoint of the hill. From there, we go on a walk to the Neumeyer Glacier. The total ascent takes around 4 hours. It rises from 800 MASL (2.624 ft.) until the 1450 MASL (4.757 ft.). From the height, we appreciate the view of the hills and glaciers. During the excursion, we make a stop at the Neumeyer lagoons where we have lunch, and then make an Ice Trek with crampons

on the glaciers. Return to the The highlights during the tour refuge. are Mount Fitz Roy, Torre Hill, Day 5 Puesto Cagliero. B L D Marconi Hill, Pollone Glacier, 30th Anniversary Hill, Neumeyer, We go on the Ice Trek on the Cordón del Bosque, Diablo Cagliero Glacier. We start skirting the northern margin of Del Diablo River, Cóndor Lagoon and lakes Desierto and Viedma. Arriving at Lagoon through an irregular the summit of Loma del Diablo terrain until we reach a dome (1.750 MASL-5.741 ft.). We have where we put the harness on, to lunch. From there, a descent is start with the via ferrata. Wearing undertaken, in which you pass the equipment, we walk to the through the hidden lagoons and rock and start the activity with then reach the Diablo lagoon. a view to the lagoon for 1 km Return to the shelter around 7PM. (0, 6 mile). Then we continue walking for another hour until Day 7 Puesto Cagliero / El we reach the viewpoint of the Chaltén / El Calafate. B In the Cagliero Glacier. A short trek leads morning, we leave Puesto Cagliero us in front of the glacier, where towards Los Huemules to start the guides help us to place the our return to El Chaltén. On the crampons to start the hike on the descent to the Visitors’ Center, it ice where we stay about 2 hours. is possible to approach to Verde If weather is mild, we have lunch or Azul lagoons. Transfer to El (box lunch) on the ice. We return Chaltén and continue towards El to the refuge by the same path. Calafate. Airport transfer. Day 6 Puesto Cagliero. B L D To keep in mind: Today we start trekking to Loma The activities in Puesto Cagliero del Diablo Hill. The activity consists require good physical conditions. T of walking through 11 km (6, 8 miles) of itinerary, characterized by 2.000 mt of slope (6.560 ft.).

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Horseback Riding: Hidden Glaciers

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5 Days / 4 Nights Estancia Nibepo Aike / Patagonian “Puestos”

Hidden glaciers horseback riding, Nibepo Aike, Santa Cruz- PH Daniel Wagner

TBK 1203 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accomodation: 4 nights Nibepo Aike (1) - Puestos (3) • Tours: Horseback ride to Hidden Glaciers Trekking Glaciar Sur Adventure • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 4 lunches 4 dinners u Season: December to March t

Day 1 El Calafate / Estancia Nibepo Aike. D Departure from El Calafate through the Route of the Old Patagonian Estancias. After settling, the guide explains the program, while horses and other equipment are being prepared to leave the lodging on the following morning. Afternoon at leisure to enjoy the estancia, exploring its surroundings by bike or foot, through self-guided trails and having the chance to

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take part of the sheep-shearing demonstration using traditional hand shears. Day 2 Estancia Nibepo Aike /

Puesto La Rosada. B L D In the morning, departure by horse to start climbing Cristales Mountain Range. As we get higher, the lakes, the Southern Branch, the Rico Branch, the Lake Roca and the Frías Hill get better outlined. Once in the “abra” (mountain pass), the path goes into the Andean Patagonian Forest. Arrival at Puesto La Rosada to enjoy a picnic lunch. The historical moment is left for the afternoon: El Hito (The Minestone), end of the Estancia and of Argentina. On the other side, Chilean territory. Return to Puesto La Rosada. Day 3 Puesto La Rosada/

Puesto Laguna 3 de Abril. B L D We depart from La Rosada and we start the ascent to Puesto Cachorro where lunch awaits us.

We continue to Puesto Laguna 3 de Abril, while we recreate the path of the authentical rural workers. Arrival at Puesto Laguna 3 de Abril. Day 4 Puesto Laguna 3 de Abril. B L D After breakfast, we depart towards the glaciers. This excursion combines a boat trip and treks, in order to experience what only few people reach. We embark to travel until the Southern Branch to the take a short hike to Lake Frías. We sail in a zodiac the 3 km (1 mile) of the lake to disembark on the opposite shore, where we start to trek, bordering the river until arriving to “the Amphitheater” of the glaciers Gorra, Frías and Grande, with its lagoon and icebergs fallen from the glaciers. Day 5 Puesto Laguna 3 de

Abril / Estancia Nibepo. B L We return riding on the side of the Southern Branch until reaching the hull of the estancia at 18

km from Puesto 3 de Abril. We arrive at lunch time. Return to El Calafate. Transfer to the airport in order to board the scheduled flight. Operational notes: Day 4: the activity may be cancelled due to weather conditions that affect the navigability or the land. To keep in mind: • Regular departures: first, second and third Wednesday of each month. • Difficulty: intermediate. Riders must have experience in horseback rides of almost 6 daily hours. • Amenities at the “puestos”: both La Rosada and Puesto Laguna 3 de Abril are refuges with mutlifuntional living (kitchen, dining room and bedroom). • The program may vary according to weather conditions and / or to take better advantage of the hacienda work if there were any on the dates of the program.

Horseback Riding: The Mitre Peninsula

Mitre Peninsula horseback riding, Tierra del Fuego

TBK 1219 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 10 nights Ushuaia (1) - Tent (9) • Horseback riding and needed equipment for the activity • Meals: 10 breakfasts - 10 lunches 10 dinners u Season: November to March t

Day 1 Ushuaia. D Arrival at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Informative talk about the expedition. Day 2 Ushuaia / Puesto Chaira. B L D We head for Estancia Maria Luisa, dedicated to cattle raising and logging, from where we start the horseback ride to reach Puesto La Chiara. Overnight in a tent. Day 3 Puesto Chaira / Puesto Río Bueno. B L D We start the first long riding trail and on the way we visit some shipwrecks, such as the curious “Barca”, a

very old wooden boat, buried by centuries of sand. Day 4 Puesto Río Bueno /

Estancia Policarpo. B L D Today we wade across the Buenos and Policarpo rivers, crossing several peat bogs and on the way to the estancia, we go through the wreck “Duquesa de Albania” (Albania’s Duchess). Before arriving at the estancia, we see the “Falsa” cove and the old buildings of the estancia, that was abandoned in the 1960s and declared a National Historic Landmark. Day 5 Estancia Policarpo / Bahía Thetis. B L D The journey takes us through peat bogs that force us to dismount several times and, weather permitting, we appreciate the mythical and inaccessible Estados Island, in those land Jules Verne set his famous novel “The Lighthouse of the End at the World”. We arrive at Bahía Thetis, a former sea lions factory where they used to slaughter them for their leather and fat.

Day 6 Bahía Thetis. B L D Free day in which we propose a long and tiring walk to the Cape San Diego’s Lighthouse to enjoy a 360-degree view of the South Atlantic Ocean, Strait of Le Maire , De Los Estados Island and beginning of the Beagle Channel. Once at the lighthouse we share lunch at the edge of the Strait of Le Maire. Day 7 Bahía Thetis. B L D Free day to take short walks and discover the real End of the World. Day 8 Bahía Thetis / Estancia Policarpo. B L D Day to go back to Estancia Policarpo. Day 9 Estancia Policarpo / Puesto Río Bueno. B L D We begin the ride towards the Policarpo River while enjoying some galloping moments. Lunch in the old of hull of the “Duquesa de Albania” (Albania’s Durchess) and return to the Puesto. Day 10 Puesto Río Bueno / Puesto Chaira. B L D Free time to explore the surroundings of Puesto Río Bueno and then start walking through the Cape

Horseback riding: the Mitre Peninsula

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11 Days / 10 Nights Tierra del Fuego

Leticia. Arrival at the Puesto and farewell dinner. Day 11 Puesto Chaira / Ushuaia. B L We return to Estancia María Luisa. There we unsaddle and undertake the return to the city of Ushuaia. Transfer to the airport. To keep in mind: • The journey includes 6 to 7 hours of riding with several stops and an average distance of 30 km (18 miles) per day. • Intermediate difficulty. Basic knowledge of horse riding and a good physical and health conditions are needed. • The site is a completely isolated place without conventional sanitary services. • Consult the necessary and suggested clothing and supplies. • The program may be modified because of force majeure or security reasons, or to make the most of our time. • Consult for programmed departures.

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Horseback Riding: The Marshes

Horseback Riding: Crossing the Marshes

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4 Days / 3 Nights Concepción del Yaguareté Cora

Horseback riding, La Alondra, Corrientes

TBK 1221 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 3 nights La Alondra (2) - Refuges in Ñupuy (1) • Tours: horseback crossing to the marshes • Meals: 3 breakfasts- 3 lunches 3 dinners u Season: October - November -

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Day 1 Corrientes or Resistencia / Concepción del Yaguareté Corá. L D Arrival at the airport of Corrientes or Resistencia and transfer to the town of Concepción del Yaguareté Cora, where we stay in La Alondra Casa de Pueblo. Concepción is a picturesque town at Corrientes, whose name means “tigers corral” in guarani. Once settled in, we have time to walk down the town, visit some of its 40 chapels and Iberá Reserve’s Interpretation Center. That place is located in a colonial house that dates from

1920, with 4 exhibition halls, a microcinema, a laboratory, a kitchen, toilets, galleries and a patio. In this place, different moments of Iberá’s history are shown. On the walls you can find information Iberá’s geological history, its geographical location in the world, occupation by the aboriginal groups at the moment of Hispanic contact and a summary of the exploration and excavation activities carried out in El Disparo Island. Undoubtedly, an excellent sample that reveals different aspects of the cultures that populated this place during two thousand years. Distance from Corrientes: 190 km. Travel time: 2.30 hours Distance from Resistencia: 201 km. Travel time: 3 hours

Day 2 Concepción del Yaguareté Corá / Ñupuy B L D Today we start with a horseback ride and a unique cultural experience. A way of approaching the life of the “gauchos” from Corrientes, their customs and ability on

horseback riding, is crossing the wetlands and rivers by horseback swimming. Early departure by truck to travel a dirt road until arriving at Puerto Juli Cué, the starting point of the ride. Once saddled and prepared the horses, we undertake the adventure, crossing estuaries and rivers, by horseback swimming. This technique consists in that once the horse does not touch the bottom, it begins to swim and the rider accompanies it. After riding for almost five hours, we arrive at Ñupuy, a typical Corrientes place located in the middle of the wetlands. Upon arrival, we are cordially greeted with “tortas fritas” (a traditional flour salty fried dough) and then enjoy the sunset over the water. Accommodation takes place at a refuge located very close to the Plumero stream and a family of locals looks after us very nicely, who will be in charge of entertaining us with typical foods. In the afternoon, we visit another “Pirí” house, where we arrive on horseback (1 hour

from the refuge). This “rancho” is made of reed-like material and was the former home of the “mariscadores”, who were the hides and feathers collectors that lived hunting in the marshes area around 1900. They were “criollos” adapted to live in a nomadic way sailing a canoe with punt pole, spending the night on tiny islands where they used to dry hides. Day 3 Ñupuy / Concepción

del Yaguareté Corá. B L D After breakfast, we start our return in two parts. First, we horseback ride for approximately one hour, and then we sail the Carambola stream to Puerto Juli Cue. Upon arrival, transfer to La Alondra. Day 4 Concepción del

Yaguareté Corá-Corrientes. B After breakfast, transfer to Corrientes airport to board your scheduled flight. To keep in mind: Difficulty: Intermediate. Riders must have experience in horseback riding. Because of the climate, the horseback riding is not available all year around.

Biking in the Quebrada

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5 Days / 4 Nights Tilcara

El Hornocal, Humahuaca gorge, Jujuy

TBK 1222 What’s included • Roundtrip transfers • Accomodation: 4 nights • Mentioned tours with bicycle equipment and helmet • Meals: 4 breakfasts - 3 lunches 1 dinner

Day 1 Salta / Tilcara. Departure from Salta to the Quebrada de Humahuaca. After entering the province of Jujuy, we start crossing the impressive Quebrada de Humahuaca until we reach Tilcara, where we stay and from where we make base to visit the most outstanding places of the Quebrada. During the next few days we will not only visit the most picturesque places, but also have the opportunity to enjoy the best local food and learn more about the geological, archaeological and cultural history of the region.

Maximum altitude: 2.465 masl (8087 ft.)

Day 2 Tilcara. B L We leave from Tilcara along local roads and after 9 km we arrive at a family house for lunch. After a delicious home-cooked meal, we take a walk of approximately one and a half hour to the Pucara de Juella, which unlike the Pucara de Tilcara has not been rebuilt. Here, one can really appreciate the way the Omaguacas used to live, as well as the passage of time. The return will be by a local road to the village of Tilcara. Bicycle tour: 18 km (11 miles) Maximum altitude: 2.465 masl (8087 ft.)

Day 3 Tilcara. B L Today we head south on nearby roads visiting Maimará, Posta de Hornillos, Tunalito, Chañarcito and Purmamarca. On this journey, we travel approximately 30 km to the town of Purmamarca to visit the Paseo de los Colorados. Then, we load the bikes on a truck to go to Salinas Grandes where we ride

through the pools where salt is extracted by hand. From there we take the bikes again to descend from the 4.170 m to the town of Purmamarca, after traveling 33 km through winding roads. From there, we return by car to Tilcara. Bicycle route: 33 km (20 miles) Maximum altitude: 4.170 masl (13.681 ft.)

Day 4 Tilcara. B L D Today we leave by car through the national route N°9 towards Humahuaca. Once there we start our bike ride through the historical centre and then take the road to Peñas Blancas. After traveling about 10 km on a gravel road we arrive at the town of Cocacha where we will have a short walk through pre-Hispanic farming terraces, and we will have lunch. We continue our journey by bike, passing through the town of Valiazo where our vehicle is waiting to take us to the viewpoint of the majestic Hornocal, a formation from the late Cretaceous period.

At the viewpoint we can see the colourful veins, the triangular shapes in this particular rainbow that some assure, reaches the 33 shades. From this point, at 4.720 metres above sea level, we start a 25 km descent passing through Ocumazo and ending up at the foot of the Pucará de Calete. Bicycle tour: 35 km (22 miles) Maximum altitude: 4.720 masl (15.485 ft.)

Day 5 Tilcara / Jujuy. B Free time in the morning until the time of transfer to Jujuy Airport to take your scheduled flight. To keep in mind: • Medium difficulty. It is not necessary to be in excellent physical condition, but you should bear in mind that this excursion takes place at around 2300m above sea level (7545 feet) in the Quebrada de Humahuaca region. • The activities include transport and support vehicle during day 2 and 3, first aid kit and GPS device (SPOT).

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House of Jasmines, Salta

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A Connection with Nature

A connection with nature

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10 Days / 9 Nights Buenos Aires / Estancia Peuma Hue / Puerto Iguazu

Yoga, Peuma Hue, Rio Negro

TBK 1300 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 9 nights • Buenos Aires (3) - Estancia Peuma Hue (4) - Puerto Iguazu (2) • Tours: Buenos Aires: bike tour of the city Estancia Peuma Hue: yoga classes, massages, walks Puerto Iguazu: Falls Argentine side • Meals: 9 breakfasts - 4 lunches 4 dinners

Day 1 Buenos Aires. Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel that constitutes a true oasis in the city, with a green policy. Once you have accomodated at the hotel, we invite you to take a walk around the surroundings on the bamboo bikes available for guests. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B L The day begins, aboard a bicycle with a tour of the city through

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the neighborhood of La Boca, the Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Plaza de Mayo and the aristocratic Buenos Aires, Recoleta. During the tour we will recover our strength with a lunch and then continue pedaling. Day 3 Buenos Aires / Estancia Peuma Hue. B D Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Bariloche. Upon arrival, transfer to Estancia Peuma Hue, an Eco-lodge that combines the beauty of the Nahuel Huapi National Park, close contact with nature, wellness activities and healthy cuisine. After an introductory meeting, we take the first Yoga class. Day 4&5 Estancia Peuma Hue. B L D The days begin with a yoga session, focusing on breathing and meditation, and then a healthy breakfast. Afterwards we are ready to take a conscious walk where the goal is to connect with nature and with

yourself. In the afternoon, time to relax through a massage session. Day 6 Estancia Peuma Hue. B L D Day dedicated to continue enjoying the activities of the estancia or connect with some other landscape of Bariloche, taking an optional kayak excursion or simply some navigation. Day 7 Estancia Peuma Hue / Buenos Aires. B Free time until the transfer to embark to Buenos Aires. Arrival and accommodation. Day 8 Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazu. B At the appointed time, transfer to the airport for your flight to Puerto Iguazu. Once you are accomodated, enjoy the hotel’s facilities in the middle of a natural and unique environment. Day 9 Puerto Iguazu. B In the morning we start walking the trails of the Iguazu Falls, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature.

After connecting with nature through the Garganta del Diablo, Superior and Inferior trails, it is time to enjoy the hotel’s spa that offers a collection of relaxing and energetic rituals based on the properties of Yerba Mate, a powerful antioxidant, source of vitamins and minerals. Day 10 Puerto Iguazu. B Morning free for an optional trip to the Brazilian Waterfalls or to continue enjoying the tranquility of the hotel and its facilities. At due time, transfer to the airport. Operational notes Day 4,5 & 6: Lunches can be either at the estancia or picnic depending on the length of the walks To keep in mind • The development of the program will depend on the interests, level of Yoga and physical conditions of the guests. Horseback riding, kayaking, fly fishing and other mountain adventures are available at additional cost.

The Argentine Essence & Wellness

Spa Hamam, Entre Cielos Lodge, Mendoza

TBK 1301 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 8 nights • Puerto Iguazu (3) - Buenos Aires (2) Mendoza (3) • Tours: Puerto Iguazu: Argentine and brazilian Falls- Kayaking in La Lorenza Buenos Aires: City tour with Teatro Colon Mendoza: Catena Zapata Tour Wine therapy session • Meals: 8 breakfasts - 3 lunches 1 dinner - mentioned tastings

Day 1 Puerto Iguazu. Arrival at Iguazu Airport to visit one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature, the Iguazu Falls. Once we are in the middle of a unique and natural environment, we get ready to enjoy the hotel’s facilities. Day 2 Puerto Iguazu. B In the morning we start walking the trails of the Iguazu Falls National Park, declared a Natural

Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. After connecting with nature through the park’s trails, time to enjoy the hotel’s spa that offers a collection of relaxing and energetic rituals based on the properties of Yerba Mate. Day 3 Puerto Iguazu. B L Our day will be dedicated to an experience in La Lorenza where nature, privacy and exclusivity are guaranteed. The activity begins with a navigation on the Parana River until we reach the Yasy Falls, a true hidden jewel. We continue with a kayak trip, ideal to contemplate the nature and the jungle and we end with a walk that takes us to a deck where we enjoy a regional lunch with a view over the river. Day 4 Puerto Iguazu / Buenos Aires. B D In the morning, we visit the falls on the Brazilian side and at due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and accommodation in one of the

most emblematic hotels of the city of Buenos Aires where we enjoy dinner in one of its exclusive restaurants. Day 5 Buenos Aires. B L Today we explore the city of Buenos Aires by walking around Plaza de Mayo, scene of the most important events in the country since 1810, the neighborhood of La Boca, Palermo and La Recoleta. During the tour we visit an icon of the city, the Colon Theatre, considered one of the best theaters in the world due to its acoustics. At the end, we have lunch in one of the finest restaurants in the city to taste the Argentinean “Asado”. Day 6 Buenos Aires/ Mendoza. B We leave Buenos Aires to board the flight to Mendoza. Upon arrival we travel to one of Mendoza’s wine regions to stay at Entre Cielos Luxury Wine Hotel & Spa, an invitation to relax and connect in the first authentic Hamam in Latin America.

Day 7 Mendoza. B L We leave the hotel to discover the Catena World through a tour of Alta Gama that allows us to see some of the wineries of this family that brought Argentine wines to the world. After tasting some of the best wines, we enjoy lunch at El Enemigo. In the afternoon, time to renew yourself with the spirit of the best grapes through a wine therapy treatment. Day 8 Mendoza. B Free day to continue learning the secrets of wine or enjoy the lodge through a yoga class in the gardens, a private tasting or a circuit in its Hamman. Day 9 Mendoza. B Transfer to board the flight to your next destination.

The Argentine Essence & Wellness

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9 Days / 8 Nights Puerto Iguazu / Buenos Aires / Mendoza

Operational notes Day 5: The restaurant can be replaced by another one with a menu according to the passenger’s food requirements.

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Beauty is Health

Authentic Towns Excursión

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13 Days / 12 Nights Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazu / Salta / Cafayate / Bariloche

Massage at House of Jasmines, Salta

TBK 1302 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 12 nights • Buenos Aires (2) - Puerto Iguazu (2) Salta (4) - Cafayate (1) - Bariloche (3) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour- Mentioned treatments Puerto Iguazu: Argentine falls Mentioned treatments Salta: Quebrada de Humahuaca Quebrada de Cafayate with winery - Mentioned treatments Bariloche: Small Circuit - Mentioned treatments • Meals: 12 breakfasts - 1 lunch

Day 1 Buenos Aires. B L D Arrival at the airport and transfer to the hotel in one of the most bohemian areas of the city, surrounded by restaurants and shops: Palermo. After a long flight, there is nothing better than a treatment to forget about jet lag. Afterwards, enjoy the city.

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Day 2 Buenos Aires. B The day begins with a tour of the city through the neighborhood of La Boca, Plaza de Mayo and Recoleta. Upon returning to the hotel, enjoy an ideal activity for couples: a facial treatment to rest, moisturize and nourish the skin or to rejuvenate the skin if you prefer. Day 3 Buenos Aires / Puerto Iguazu. B At the appointed time, transfer to the airport for your flight to Puerto Iguazu, arrival and accommodation. Free afternoon, you can visit the waterfalls on the Brazilian side (optional excursion). Day 4 Puerto Iguazu. B In the morning, we walk the trails of the Iguazu Falls, declared Natural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. To end the day, enjoy an exclusive 3-hour ritual in which body and soul harmonize with the properties of yerba mate. Day 5 Puerto Iguazu/ Salta. B Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Salta. Arrival and transfer to House of Jasmines, a luxury hotel, ideal to connect with

nature, get to know the highlights of the area, exercise and tone your body outdoors. Day 6 Salta. B Today we explore the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, visiting typical and colorful towns such as: Tilcara, Uquia and Humahuaca. Day 7 Salta/ Cafayate. B L Departure to Cafayate to visit the Quebrada de Cafayate and its curious formations resulting from wind and water erosion. Arrival at the hotel to enjoy lunch in its garden or in the galleries overlooking the vineyards. Day 8 Cafayate / Salta. B In the morning, visit to El Esteco winery, where besides knowing the secrets of wine, a tasting is held. Transfer to Salta. Day 9 Salta. B Start the day with a walk around the property and then enjoy a breakfast with fresh and local products. Continue with a yoga class (with extracost) and finish your day with a body exfoliation

treatment or a massage couples in a warm and romantic atmosphere. Day 10 Salta/Bariloche. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board the flight to Bariloche. On the way to the hotel, ascent to Cerro Campanario from where you can get impressive views of the surrounding lakes. At the end, accommodation at the Llao Llao Hotel, a paradise with a view of the lake. Day 11&12 Bariloche. B During these days, in addition to enjoying the hotel, we propose to pamper yourself a little through two treatments: a day of relaxation in the mountains and a day of beauty with facial and body treatments. Day 13 Bariloche. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board towards your next destination. To keep in mind: • We recommend adding extra nights in Bariloche to get to know the highlights of the area.

A Healing Journey

A healing journey

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11 Days / 10 Nights Buenos Aires / Rio Hondo Hot Springs / Puerto Iguazú

Los Pinos Hotel, Rio Hondo, Santiago del Estero

TBK 1303 What’s included • Needed transfers • Accommodation: 10 nights Buenos Aires (3) - Termas de Rio Hondo (4) - Puerto Iguazu (3) • Tours: Buenos Aires: City tour Rio Hondo Hot Springs: Included activities Puerto Iguazu: Falls Argentine and Brazilian side. • Meals: 10 breakfasts - 3 lunches 4 dinners

Day 1 Buenos Aires. Arrival at the airport, assistance and transfer to the hotel. After setteling, we have free time to enjoy the hotel facilities. Day 2 Buenos Aires. B During the morning, we make a panoramic visit of the city starting at Plaza de Mayo and then continuing to the neighborhood of La Boca ending in Palermo and Recoleta where its famous

cemetery is located. Return to the hotel to enjoy the spa at your hotel. Day 3 Buenos Aires / Rio Hondo. B L Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Rio Hondo. Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel to start enjoying the main Thermal Center of America. The thermal baths are located on a mineralized terma with waters that range from 36 to 42ºC, which eliminate tension, improve defenses, purify the blood and are recommended for pulmonary, digestive or rheumatic conditions. Day 4, 5 & 6 Rio Hondo Hot Springs. B L D During the next few days, we propose to enjoy the thermal complex through its facilities such as: pools with thermal water, spa, recreational activities, gymnastics, yoga and relaxation classes, hiking, etc. Day 7 Rio Hondo/ Buenos Aires. B Free time until the time of your transfer for your

flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and accommodation. Day 8 Buenos Aires/ Puerto Iguazu. B Early in the morning we leave the hotel to go to the airport and embark for Puerto Iguazu. Upon arrival we head towards the Brazilian border to reach the city of Foz do Iguazu, where we stay at a thermal hotel, located on the Guarani Aquifer, a gigantic natural fresh water reservoir that extends below the surface of part of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is one of the largest known fresh water reserves on planet Earth. By volume, it is the third most important in the world. Day 9 Puerto Iguazu. B In the morning we leave the hotel to visit the waterfalls on the Brazilian side. We enter the National Park and walk the only path that leads to the viewpoint of Garganta del Diablo. As we walk, we appreciate a view of almost all the falls. We return to the hotel to rest, enjoy

its facilities and its pools with thermal waters at 36°, which have medicinal qualities and moisturizing properties for the skin. Day 10 Puerto Iguazu. B In the morning we visit the Iguazu National Park to see the Iguazu Falls, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the Seven Modern Wonders of Nature. During the tour we will go through the three circuits of the Park: Devil’s Throat (to reach the balcony and viewpoint of the most impressive fall in the park), the Upper trail (allows a vertical view of the falls) and the Lower trail (provides a closer contact with the vegetation and the falls). In the afternoon, return to the hotel. Day 11 Puerto Iguazu. B At due time, transfer to the airport to board your scheduled flight.

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Bases tourism, Caspala, Jujuy. Courtesy of Jujuy tourism bureau. PH..Walter Reynaga

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Astrotourism

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Astrotourism

Campo del Cielo, Chaco. Courtesy of Chaco tourism bureau. PH Piguen Nonaxa

Astronomical tourism or astrotourism has been gaining followers over the last decade in the cleanest skies of the world. And it is not by chance that Argentina’s skies are so clear that it makes the experience of observing celestial phenomena easier. Without doubt, it is a country with a window to the sky.

El Leoncito Astronomical Complex (CASLEO) • Location: San Juan. Pampa del

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Leoncito N.P. at 2.500 MASL (8.202 ft) • Characteristics of the area: Panoramic views of the Mercedario hill, the Ansilta mountain range and the El Tontal mountain range. • Objective: Counting with the Jorge Shade Telescope, the largest in Argentina. It moves with the precision of a clock in order to compensate the earth’s rotation when it is following an astronomical object. Its function is to collect the light from these objects, and make it converge in a focus where peripheral instruments are installed to

analyse it. • How to visit it: Day and night

visits during which you can access the facilities of the Observatory, use the telescope and receive an explanatory talk. The night visits begin with a dinner and if the sky conditions allow it, the observation of celestial objects (planets, moon, double stars, galaxies, star clusters, etc.) is carried out.

Pierre Auger Sur Observatory • Location: Malargüe, Mendoza. • Characteristics of the area:

The area has very low light pollution that has made it one of the places with the darkest sky in Latin America. This phenomenon, together with the purity of the atmosphere, latitude and altitude are optimal for the detection of cosmic rays. • Objective: To determine the origin and identity of cosmic rays and to take another step forward in the understanding of our universe. • How to visit it: Daytime and guided visits observing scientific

material, models, videos and elements that allow to understand the objective and work of the observatory.

La Punta Astronomical Park (PALP) • Location: San Luis • Characteristics of the area:

Clear skies • Objective: To support the

teaching and learning of observational astronomy’s fundamental concepts. • How to visit it: Interactive tour visiting: the Planetarium, a simulator of the San Luis sky, the wall “From the Big Bang to the Galaxies”, a work that recreates in physical and virtual form the first three minutes of the universe, and the “Buenaventura Suárez” Observatory, which allows the user to operate a remote telescope from a distance.

Macon Astronomical Centre • Location: Tolar Grande, Salta at

4.650 MASL (15.255 ft) • Characteristics of the area:

Tolar Grande is optimal for observational astronomy since

the sky is clear more than 93% of the year and it lacks light pollution for being so remote from big cities. • Objective: Once the domes are installed, data will be collected for international scientific projects. • How to visit it: Construction in progress

Sky Field (Campo de Cielo) • Location: Between the provinces

of Chaco, Santiago del Estero and Santa Fe. • Characteristics of the area: Site in which approximately 4000 years ago, impacted a metallic meteorite rain resulting from the explosion in the atmosphere of an asteroid of about 840 000 kg. • Objective: To know one of the fragments of that rain, known as the El Chaco meteorite, the third heaviest in the world with 28,840 kg. • How to visit it: Guided visits to the field and interpretation center.

Bases tourism, Maimara, Jujuy. Courtesy of Jujuy Tourism bureau.PH Walter Reinaga

What is community-based tourism? It is a type of tourism in which the small producers are the activity’s main characters and the travellers hope to live an authentic cultural exchange, while they take part and share the daily activities of familiar and community life. It is a way of looking for small communities’ sustainable development, because the aim is achieving an economically viable, socially solidary, culturally enriching and environmentally responsible touristic activity, while deep experiences are being lived. In Argentina, we find several communities that invite us to visit them.

Salta • Calchaquíes Valleys: Farmer

Tourism Network: In Santa Rosa, La Merced, Payogastilla and El Barrial communities, it is possible to enjoy an experience with farmers that produce its own products and handicrafts. They invite the tourist to join their lives for a few days and know their daily activities, their agricultural and cottage trades,

and learn about them or just seat down to talk and generate a cultural exchange. • Del Toro Gorge: Turu Yaco Community-based Tourism Corridor: There, the communities offer walks to know the cultivated fields, invite to join countryside’s duties and meal’s preparation in order to learn local recipes. To keep in mind: Visiting these communities is possible all year round, although in summer we must take extra precautions due to the rainy season. • Green North: In the Yungas

region and Tartagal and Aguaray rainforest, indigenous people that have lived together since ancient times, agree to search for responsible tourists as a path to generate employment and make them able to stay and live in their place. They consider tourism as an activity capable of transmitting their history while respecting the rainforest. To keep in mind: It is recommended visiting these

zones from April to September, when rains are not frequent and temperatures are not extreme.

harvesting and, preparing the wool and handloom woven.

Mendoza

Jujuy

• Huarpe “Paula Guaquinchay”

• Humahuaca Gorge: Ocumazo’s

Indigenous Community: At 90 km from the city, dedicated to livestock production and leather and wool handicrafts, allows knowing life in this Andean environment: we can share the craftspeople’s knowledge, participate in the craft workshops, graze goats and attend loom workshops. San Carlos de Bariloche: • Patagonian Rural Culture Network includes families located between the steppe and the forest, offering the possibility of making rural duties, agriculture, handicraft, cycling, birdwatching and fishing. And, in order to enjoy the captivating landscapes that our Patagonia has, there are trips by horse or foot in which tourists will be challenged to cross rivers and lengas’ forests.

Community: At 18 km from Humahuaca we find a community, which lives off traditional agriculture and is specialized in conserving Andean sees. Once a year, they organize a fair among small producers in which they use the barter as an exchange system. Depending on the day of the trip, you may have the incredible and unique possibility of participating in the carnival or other festivities such as Pachamama’s.

Salinas Grandes Salt Flat • “Espejo de Sal” (Salt’s Mirror)

Network proposes a new way of knowing the Puna through its communities such as Susques, Cerro Negro, Barrancas and San Francisco de Alfarcito, with activities as learning about grazing of “llamas”, daily cattle management, sowing and

Community-based Tourism

Special

Community-based Tourism

To keep in mind: November to May.

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Paleontology Excursión

Special

Paleontology

Villa El Chocón, Neuquén

About 65 million years ago, a large percentage of plants and animals suddenly became extinct. However, these past life forms did not disappear completely, but left traces that still amaze man today: fossils. Argentina has been the cradle of extremely important findings in the field of palaeontology.

Municipal Museum of Villa el Chocón, Ernesto Bachmann • Location: Villa Chocon, Neuquén • Discovery: To this day, three types

of dinosaurs are known to have inhabited the area around Villa El Chocón, but the main finding is Giganotosaurus carolinii, discovered in 1993 and still considered the largest carnivorous dinosaur of all time • Visits: The original and a complete replica of Giganotosaurus carolinii, which is approximately 100 million years old, is exhibited in the Museum rooms. This dinosaur is not only outstanding for its size, but it is one of the most complete carnivorous dinosaurs remains

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discovered in the area, with 70% of its skeleton preserved.

tour ends with a projection and a look at the laboratories.

Bryn Gwynn Geopark

José Ormachea Petrified Forest

• Location: Gaiman, Chubut. • Discovery: This park is unique

• Location: Sarmiento, Chubut. • Discovery: Discovered in 1927,

in its kind in South America allowing a journey through the 40 million year old fossil history of Patagonia. It is considered one of the best places with classic fossil reserves from the Cenozoic era in Patagonia. • Visits: Fossils of prehistoric animals found in the region are displayed on self-guided trails. It also has an interpretation centre and a guide service specialised in palaeontology.

it has a vast area where petrified trunk fossils are scattered, estimated to be 65 million years old. • Visits: The reserve has an interpretation centre with palaeontological and archaeological remains of the region.

Egidio Feruglio Paleontological Museum (MEF) • Location: Trelew, Chubut. • Importance: The Museum is an

exhibition and scientific research centre, as well as a natural history museum. • Visits: The museum exhibition is a trip to the past with fossils, scenery and original replicas. The

Jaramillo Petrified Forest National Park • Location: Jaramillo, Santa Cruz. • Discovery: It is considered one

of the most important fossil sites in the country, since the largest petrified trees in the world are found there: until the moment they were petrified they were 1,000 years old. • Visits: Museum and interpretation centre.

Ischigualasto Provincial Park (Moon Valley) • Location: Valle Fértil, San Juan.

• Discovery: It is the only place

in the world where the entire Triassic period can be seen in full view and perfectly differentiated in a complete and orderly manner. It is estimated that the geological formations of this site are between 200 and 250 million years old. • Visits: It has a traditional 4x4 circuit consisting of five stations, full moon tours, mountain biking, hiking to Cerro Morado and an interpretation centre.

Talampaya National Park • Location: Villa Unión, 216 km (134

miles) from La Rioja • Discovery: The park is an

important paleontological site. Among the fossils discovered, we have the Lagosuchus talampayensis, one of the first arcosaurs that inhabited the Earth, 250 million years ago, at the beginning of the Triassic period, and fossils of turtles that are 210 million years old. • Visits: It has tours of different duration.

Archaelogy

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Archaelogy

Santa Rosa de Tastil Ruins, Salta. courtesy of Salta´s Ministry of Culture and Tourism. PH Celine Frers)

Argentina has important archaeological sites that tell us the history of the first inhabitants, their customs and the social construction that still prevails as a living testimony in our country. A journey through a past that remains present.

Vestiges in the city of Buenos Aires • Location: City of Buenos Aires. • Importance: A tour around

colonial Buenos Aires and some of the oldest buildings, legacy of the Jesuits. • Manzana de las luces: A historical complex that gathers several buildings including San Ignacio de Loyola church, the oldest church in the city and its tunnels built during the colonial period, used for defence and smuggling. • Zanjón de Granados: In the past, this was a small stream that crossed the San Telmo neighbourhood until 1985, when the foundations of an 18th century house were accidentally

discovered along with objects from the colonial era. • Casa Rosada Museum: The museum occupies the exact space where the Fort of Buenos Aires and the Taylor Customs House used to be at the beginning of the 18th century, and maintains the brick walls of the original construction of 1855. • Visits: All of them have guided tours. Check timetables and available days.

Mummies of Llullaillaco • Location: Salta • Importance: Also called Niños de

Llullaillaco and Niños del volcán, these are the names of the bodies of three children sacrificed by the Incas and exceptionally preserved for around five hundred years, found at an altitude of 6.739 m (22.109 ft). They are currently on display at the High Mountain Archaeology Museum in Salta. • Visits: The museum has a permanent exhibition area, besides the exhibition of one

of the mummies, which is periodically rotated.

Qhapaq Ñan • Location: Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca,

Tucumán, La Rioja, Córdoba, San Juan and Mendoza. • Importance: In Quechua, “Qhapaq Ñan” means “main road”. It is a network of roads that was the backbone of the Inca Empire. It covered 23.000 km (14.292 miles) of roads and intertwined more than 2000 years of pre-Inca Andean culture. In Argentina, UNESCO has nominated over 118 km (73 miles) of road sections (13 segments in seven provinces) along with 32 associated archaeological sites. • Visits: To the museums of sites such as Ruinas de Tastil (Salta), Ruinas de los Quilmes (Tucumán), de Shincal (Catamarca) or through circuits due to the distance: Los Graneros (Salta), Leoncito National Park (San Juan), Uspallata Valley (Mendoza), among others.

Archaeological Sites in Patagonia • Location: Los Toldos, Santa Cruz. • Importance: In the province you

can find different sites • Stone Museum (Piedra Museo):

Here, a human presence has been recorded, so ancient that it questions the theories about the arrival of human kind in America. • Hands Cave (Cueva de las Manos): Its interest lies in the beauty of the cave paintings, as well as in their great antiquity: up to now, the oldest inscriptions are dated to the year 7.350 B.C. This is one of the oldest artistic expressions of the South American people. It has been designated a National Historical Monument and declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. • Los Toldos: A site where remains of human presence have been found dating back almost 13.000 years • Visits: Visits to the sites.

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You need to know that… Located in South America and therefore in the southern hemisphere of the planet, Argentina has an area of almost 3,8 million square kilometres (1.468.000 square miles): 2,8 on the continent, with approximately 54% of plains (prairies and meadows), 23% of plateaus and another 23% of hills and mountains. The rest belongs to the Antarctic. It is the seventh largest country in the world and the second in South America after Brazil. It borders Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and Chile. With this last country, Argentina shares the second-longest border of the planet, along the Andes Mountain Range. The country is divided in 6 regions and in 23 provinces. Geographically, Argentina consists of four main areas: the Andes, the North, the Pampas in the centre and Patagonia in the south. Due to its large size, as it straddles the Andes from north to south in the west, Argentina has a great diversity of climates and landscapes that allow us to enjoy the snow and glaciers in the south, the plain fertile fields and beaches in the central area, the subtropical rainforest and waterfalls in the Northeast and, the Puna and dry valleys in the northwest, among other environments.

Time Argentina corresponds to the time zone GMT-3 which means it is three hours behind Greenwich Time and generally does not use the daylight-saving time (though this situation can easily change).

Language The official language of Argentina is Spanish. In Buenos Aires it is influenced by the “lunfardo”, Buenos Aires’ slang. We have several communicational habits: - Greetings: Say “buenos días” or “buenas tardes” (good morning/ good afternoon) when you walk into a room, and accept and give “besos” (kisses) on the cheek. - Slang: “Che” is a casual word that means “Hey!” and is used with friends. - Farewells: “Adiós” or “hasta luego” means goodbye and “chau” is a casual goodbye to friends.

Religion The official religion is Roman Catholic, although there is freedom of worship. Protestantism, Judaism, Islam, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox and others are practiced too.

Currency Argentina’s official currency is the peso. The parity with US dollar or other currency fluctuates daily and can vary month to month. There are notes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 pesos, and coins of 1, 2, 5 and 10 pesos.

Electricity The current electricity in Argentina is 220 Volts, 50Hz. Several hotels may provide adapters, but it is recommended that you bring your own, even though they are available from almost any “ferretería” (hardware store).

Weather Argentina has a wide climate variety: mild and humid in the Pampas plains (country’s centre), cold and humid in the western end of the Patagonia, subtropical in the northern part of the Mesopotamia and warm in the northwest. From November to March, the country’s average temperature is 23° C (73,4° F), and from June to September, 12° C (53,6° F).

Clothing It is recommended wearing comfortable and informal clothes. For Patagonia, warm clothes, wind protection and comfortable shoes. In Buenos Aires, clothes according to the season of the visit. In Iguazú, sun and rain protection, insect repellent and comfortable swimming clothes in case you make The Great Adventure. For the north, due to its thermal amplitude between day and night, we suggest wearing light clothes and coat, especially if you visit the Puna.

Gastronomy It is distinguished by the cow meat and wines. The typical meal is the “asado” (roasted meat) in addition to the “empanadas”,

“tamales”, “locro” and “dulce de leche”. The Argentinian restaurants or “parrillas” where it is possible to taste its exquisite meats are famous as well as the “pizzerias”, another great Argentinian specialty. The characteristic drink is an infusion of “yerba mate” called “mate”. Moreover, the great variety and quality of the wines that are majority produced in the Andean regions such as Mendoza or Salta are highlighted.

Business hours In big cities, stores are open from Monday to Friday from 9 AM to 8 PM. On Saturdays, stores are open from 9 AM to 1 PM. However, stores located in major avenues remain open during the afternoon. In the provinces, it is usual to take a break at noon, usually from 1 PM to 4 PM. In shopping malls, operating hours are from 10 AM to 10 PM, even during weekends and some national holidays.

Payment methods Although the US dollar and the Euro are generally accepted in stores and shops, foreign currencies can be exchanged at banks and authorized agencies. The most accepted credit cards are American Express, VISA, Diners, and MasterCard. There may be difficulties in changing traveller’s checks outside major urban centres. In some small cities, there may not be ATMs or may not accept credit cards, so you should travel with cash and, if possible, with Argentinian pesos.

Tips It is customary and appreciated to leave a 10-15% of the bill in cafeterias and restaurants and to tip doormen, porters, drivers and guides. Some aspects to take into account: when your server is taking your bill with payment away, saying “gracias” usually implies that the server should keep the change as a tip. If you want change back, do not say “gracias” - say “cambio, por favor” instead. Moreover, tips cannot be added to credit-card bills, you should carry cash for this purpose. In addition, the “cubierto” that some restaurants charge is not a

tip: it is a sort of “cover charge” for the use of utensils and bread.

Entry requirements Foreign tourists from neighbouring countries only need their ID to enter Argentina. Visitors from other countries must have a valid passport, with or without a visa, as appropriate (passports must be valid for at least six months from date of entry and ideally past the date the passport holder leaves the country). It is recommended to check about the current legislation for each country. Once you are in Argentina, police can still demand identification at any moment, for that reason we recommend you carry at least a photocopy of your passport around at all times. Tourists can stay in the country for a maximum of 90 days. No vaccination certificates are required to enter the country. Only tourists from countries where cholera and yellow fever are endemic should present proof of being vaccinated against those diseases.

Airports Buenos Aires has two main airports: Ministro Pistarini International Airport, where most of the international flights arrive, located 40 km. (24 miles) from Buenos Aires City and Jorge Newbery Local Airport, where national flights arrive, located in the City. In addition, there is an airport of minor use called El Palomar.

Embassies and consulates They are located in Buenos Aires. Some other cities around Argentina (especially near the borders) also have the consulates of certain countries.

Security, assistance for tourists and important numbers The Tourist Ombudsman is located in Piedras 445, Buenos Aires City, (C1070AAI). Phone (5411) 4338-5581.E-mail: turistacentral@ defensoria.org.ar. Argentina country code: 54 Directory assistance: 110 International access code: 00 Police: 911 in large cities; 101

BOLIVIA Baritú NP Calama

Humahuaca Gorge (2003)

San Pedro de Atacama

PARAGUAY

Humahuaca

CHILE

Calilegua NP

JUJUY

San Antonio de los Cobres

S.S. de Jujuy

SALTA

Salta

Cachi

S A LTA

Puerto Iguazú

Cafayate

Antofagasta de la Sierra

C ATA MA R C A Qhapaq Ñan Andean Road System (2014)

Formosa

TUCUMÁN

Laguna Blanca NR

Chilecito

SAN

Mburucuyá NP

Calingasta

Colonia Carlos Pellegrini

BRAZIL

Mercedes

Talampaya S. A. del & Ischigualasto Valle Fértil Parks (2000)

Córdoba

San Juan

Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba (2000)

Sierra de las Mendoza Quijadas NP

Aconcagua PP

Santa Fe Paraná E N T R E RÍOS Rosario

San Luis C Ó R D O B A

SAN

Tigre

S.A. de Areco

LUIS

Buenos Aires

MENDOZA

U R U G UAY Montevideo

Buenos Aires

Santa Rosa

Colonia DE

PL Tango (2009) La Plata RI & Fileteado VE (2015)

A R G E N T I N A

Posadas

SANTA

LA RIOJA

Luján de Cuyo

Yaboti Reserve

CORRIENTES

La Rioja

El Leoncito NP

Santiago

Iguazú NP Urugua-í PP

MISIONES

Iberá PP

DEL ESTERO

Talampaya NP

JUAN

Corrientes

Resistencia

SANTIAGO

Santiago del Estero

Catamarca Villa Unión

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis (1983)

CHACO

San Miguel de Tucumán

Tinogasta

Iguazú National Park (1984)

Asunción

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Tolar Grande

Curutchet House (2016)

BUENOS AIRES

LA PAMPA

Mar del Plata

Bahía Blanca

N EUQUÉN

RÍO NEGRO Va La Angostura Bariloche

Puerto Montt

El Bolsón

Puerto Piramides

Peninsula Valdes NR Valdés Peninsula (1999)

Trelew

Rawson

Punta Tombo

Punta Tombo NR

CHUBUT

Pto. Madryn

Esquel

SAN MATÍAS GULF

Los Alerces NP Los Alerces National Park (2017)

Viedma

Nahuel Huapi NP Puerto Varas

40 Sarmiento

Los Antiguos

Comodoro Rivadavia SAN JORGE Caleta Olivia GULF

Rio Mayo

De Las Manos Cave (1999)

Puerto Deseado

Puerto San Julián

El Chaltén

Los Glaciares NP El Calafate

Torres del Paine

MALVINAS Monte León NP

EL calafate

ISLANDS (Falklands)

Río Gallegos

Puerto Natales Punta Arenas

Los Glaciares National Park (1981)

SANTA CRUZ

TIERRA DEL FUEGO

Tierra del Fuego NP

Ushuaia

Puerto Stanley

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