El Calafate - Buenos Aires - Bariloche
PAQUETES Argentina
ITINERARIO DIA A DIA
Day 1 - Arrival in Buenos Aires – Argentina Vacations
Reception at the Ezeiza airport, help with your baggage and private transportation to your hotel.
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Day 2 - Buenos Aires City Tour
To discover the beauty of Buenos Aires we will visit it’s Civic Center, the impressive National Congress Building and the May Square (Plaza de Mayo), surrounded by the Government House (Casa Rosada), the Metropolitan Cathedral and the City Hall from colonial days. We will visit as well the famous Colon Theater, one of the world’s best-known opera houses and the cultural price of the Portenos. Next we will tour the traditional San Telmo with its Flea Market. A stop at La Boca, home of the first Italian immigrants where you will observe the picturesque and colorful architecture. Finally we will go to La Recoleta, the city’s most exclusive district full of elegant boutiques, gourmet restaurants and side walk cafes under the ficus (Gomeros).
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Day 3 - Tango Show and Dinner in Buenos Aires
Tango in Argentina is definitely Folk Music. This part of the Argentinean culture can be witnessed in the paved streets of San Telmo or in the famous "Tanguerias" where besides of getting drunk with the music and dance, you can taste the best meats in Argentine Cuisine. Our guide will pick you up at your hotel to take you to Carlos Gardel Tango Show and enjoy a delicious dinner.
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Day 4 – Fly from Buenos Aires to Bariloche Argentina
Breakfast and mid day transportation from your hotel to the domestic Airport in Buenos Aires for your next flight to the city of Bariloche. Reception and transfer from Bariloche's airport to your hotel.
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Day 5 - Bariloche Half Day Small Circuit Tour
This small circuit tour is perfect to enjoy all the beauty of the Bariloche landscapes. Different points on the way are natural observation sites like Bahia Lopez and Punto Panoramico. The Air-Chair of Cerro Campanario located in the center of the stage, takes you to the perfect altitude just to be amazed by the wonderful views of the area. As part of this tour you will enjoy as well many Tea houses and restaurants that will add the typical Argentinean flavor to your trip. In front of Puerto Panuelo, the Llao Llao Hotel and the Capilla San Eduardo are the best attractions offering that unique Swedish colony taste to the visit. The handcraft is present as well so you could find typical candles, woven clothing.
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Day 6 - Bariloche – Victoria Island and Arrayanes Woods
This great tour start at your hotel and then to Puerto Panuelo. Then a 30-minute navigation to Puerto Anchorema located in the central and narrower area of the Victoria Island. Here an Air-Chair will take us to the Bella Vista Mount from where we will appreciate the most amazing views of the Bahia, Llao Llao and Puerto Panuelo. Then comes the second navigation to Arrayanes woods located at the Quetrihue Peninsula. Here you will enjoy more than 600 meters of paths to observe great examples of this specie that here became amazing trees forming a forest, unique in the world for its characteristics. Some of the trees can measure up to 18 meters and more than 300 years old.
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Day 7 - Bariloche day at leisure – Argentina Vacations
Enjoy the city by yourself. Many activities are always available for you.
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Day 8 – Fly from Bariloche to El Calafate
Early departure from the hotel to the airport in Ushuaia for your next flight to El Calafate. Arrival and transfer to the hotel of your selection at el Calafate.
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Day 9 – Perito Moreno Glacier at El Calafate Argentina
The Glacier Perito Moreno is a river with solid waters in constant movement with an specific speed. The process of formation of the glacier occurred due to the accumulations of frequent snowing during centuries. The fundamental conditions for the glacier formation are huge snows and a constant temperature through the year that allows the ice consistence.
We will depart from el Calafate and after a 45 minutes ride we will arrive at the Glaciers National Park located 85 kilometers from the city. The entrance fee of U$13.00 will let you access to one of the most amazing world heritage sites. We will continue for about 20 more minutes till we get to the Perito Moreno Glacier. Perito Moreno is 35 kilometers wide ice field descending towards the lake. The glacier ends in a 210 fee tall wall above the lake being the most impressive view of the Patagonia Nature. The trails are located right in front of the wall. You start walking from the top and descend almost to lake level.
You could buy some snacks and basic food from the parlors at the parking but we suggest you to take your lunch box and enjoy it overlooking the Perito Moreno Glacier as one of the most amazing settings in the planet. The things you will remember is the massive view of such a huge ice field, and silence that penetrates your ears, and the noise of the ice falling into the lake. Tour operators usually allow 3-4 hrs to watch the glacier and around 3pm buses depart to arrive at El Calafate by 5pm.
Los Glaciares National Park covers a surface of some 600.000 has. with 47 glaciers, like Marconi, Viedma, Moyano, Upsala, Agassiz, Bolado, Onelli, Peineta, Spegazzini, Mayo, Ameghino, Moreno and Frías, all of them draining to the Atlantic. From El Calafate you can go on excursions by bus or in modern ships. Expert bilingual guides and travel agencies organize tours and outings to the classical viewpoint of Glaciar Perito Moreno or the audacious expeditions to cross the glaciers.
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Day 10 – Argentino Lake and Upsala Explorer Navigation - El Calafate
Breakfast at the hotel in Calafate and we will go to Punta Bandera to visit Argentino Lake. First we'll tour at the northern part of the lake where we'll see the icebergs floating adrift and then to the Upsala Glacier. Upsala Glacier forms a 50 km. long, 10 km. wide and several hundred meters thick ice stripe. In its central part you will observe a dark sector, the central moraine, where rocks, sand and clay transported by minor glaciers tributaries of the Upsala are deposited. Then we'll go back to Onelli Bay where we'll go ashore. Through a forested path we'll reach one of the most beautiful panoramic points of the tour , the confluence of the Glaciers Onelli, Agassiz and Bolado.
When you land there, some Mercedes Benz unimogs will be waiting for you and in these trucks you will travel around the region, cross the swamp to the panoramic point from where you can observe Cristina Bay, Lake Tanhauser de Oeste and all the area influenced by the Estancia. Then you will go to the restaurant in the old "quincho" of the Estancia and enjoy lunch, a typical lamb with salad, home-made bread and traditional cakes, all of which is included in the price of the excursion. If you wils to go for a horse ride at the estancia instead of travelling in the unimog should say so when they hire the excursion. On our way back to the hotel we will be able to see the Boca del Diablo.
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Day 11- Fly from El Calafate to Buenos Aires and back home
Private transfer from your hotel to the airport of El Calafate for your flight to Buenos Aires and immediate connection back home.
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