Lakes, Glaciers and Bohemian Buenos Aires

4.9Based on
9 daysDuration
Private TourPrivate experience, no group joining
99 peopleMaximum group size
5 - 79 yearsAge range for participants
English, SpanishGuide language
Moderate
Involves sustained activity requiring a reasonable level of fitness and endurance.

Highlights

Visit Bariloche, Argentina's Lake District

Tour the Perito Moreno Glacier

Enjoy tango in Buenos Aires

Enjoy a delicious ice cream or chocolate bar in Bariloche

Itinerary

Craving a journey that fuses untamed natural beauty with the electric pulse of a world-class city? This 9-day trip, "Lakes, Glaciers and Bohemian Buenos Aires," is tailored for adventurous young adults eager for both excitement and discovery. Begin your Argentine adventure in Buenos Aires, where the cobbled streets and lively outdoor cafes set the stage for immersive city exploration. Experience the city’s bohemian spirit and rich cultural heritage, topped off with an unforgettable tango show.

Venture south to witness the legendary Perito Moreno Glacier—one of the planet’s rare glaciers that continues to grow. Feel the chill and awe from various vantage points, then cruise the icy waters for an up-close perspective. For those seeking the ultimate thrill, there’s even an option to trek across the glacier’s surface when the schedule allows.

Your journey continues in Bariloche, Argentina’s famed Lake District nestled in the Andes’ foothills. This region is a paradise for nature lovers and chocolate enthusiasts alike, offering stunning lake views and the chance to indulge in local treats. The trip’s moderate activity level ensures plenty of active sightseeing and unique experiences, making it ideal for energetic travelers who want more than just passive sightseeing.

What sets this tour package apart is its blend of iconic Argentine destinations—each offering a distinct flavor of adventure, culture, and natural wonder. Dive into Argentina’s best, from Buenos Aires’ vibrant streets to the glacial majesty of Patagonia and the serene beauty of Bariloche’s lakes. This is the trip for those who want to experience diverse landscapes, vibrant city life, and a touch of bohemia—all in one unforgettable getaway.

day 1 - Arrive in Buenos Aires

In the evening, you will go on your own to Palermo neighbourhood to live a unique night with this fun culinary Experience, combining what many travellers are looking for on an evening out in Buenos Aires: great food. fun. laughs and social interaction with people from all different backgrounds.

The night includes an empanada competition and what we believe is the best steak in town.

Led by passionate local and expat hosts, the evening quickly turns to shared laughter and joy as you take a unique look at some curious quirks and customs that make Argentineans some of the most interesting and passionate people of Latin America.

Type of service: Shared

Duration: 3 hs

Included: Dinner with beverages

Not included: Transportation from/to the hotel (can be included for an additional price)

Age restriction: From 14 years (accompanied by an adult)

Transfer from Ezeiza airport to hotel, private service with English-speaking guide

Welcome to Argentina!

Upon your arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel and have the rest of the day to enjoy at your own pace.

Buenos Aires is a marvelous and furious cosmopolitan city, full of colors and different kinds of architecture. Capital of Argentina and described as the Paris of South America, Buenos Aires proudly embraces this title, as well as showing off plenty of its own culture!

Argentines are usually eager to host visitors: if you walk the streets with a map, someone will surely stop and ask if you need directions. That’s our spirit! So, for this first day, feel free to wander the cobblestone streets lined with outdoor cafes, enjoy the mouthwatering aroma of prized Argentine beef sizzling on an open “parrilla” (barbecue) and browse the local antique and artisan markets that offer plenty of bargain shopping. And to travel deeper and have a firm grip of the Argentine spirit, find the perfect leather jacket or handbag (Buenos Aires is home to some excellent local designers) and explore the colorful Palermo Soho neighborhoods.

Type of service: Private

Included: Transportation mentioned above, English-speaking guide

Guide assistance during transfer.

Accommodation:2 Star Hotel at L'Hotel

day 2 - Buenos Aires city tour & tango show

In the morning, you will be picked up from your hotel to enjoy our traditional Buenos Aires City Tour.

Over the course of the tour, you will have the chance to visit the historical and political center of the city: the May Square (Plaza de Mayo), San Telmo with its cobblestone streets, La Boca where Buenos Aires turns colorful and tango is ever present, and the chic and aristocratic Recoleta, where the big palaces remind us that Buenos Aires was once the Paris of the South.

At the end of this tour, you will be taken back to your hotel.

Type of service: Shared

Duration: 3 hs

Included: Transportation mentioned above, bilingual guide (English/Spanish)

Dinner & Tango Show

In the evening you will be picked up from your hotel (shared service) to be driven to a mystical place where you’ll discover one of our most ancient traditions.

Enjoy a memorable night out in Buenos Aires and experience the passion of the Argentine tango. Tango is: our immigrant origins, the talent of our local artists, the sensuality of the Argentine woman and our way to deal with a broken heart, dancing our way through tragical and yet eternal love stories. Tonight, you will enjoy a professional display of tango and music with a group of local artists onstage immersed in an elegant and alluring place. The manners, ambience, clothes and dance steps which tango lovers used to practice 100 years ago will come to life again and you will travel in time for a night.

Dinner is à la carte, beverages included so you can lose yourself in the ethereal taste of Malbec wine.

At the end of the evening, around midnight, you will be driven back to your hotel (shared service), fully in love with the bohemian spirit of our beloved Buenos Aires.

Duration: 3-4 hours.

Included: transportation mentioned above, dinner with drinks.

Note: formal dress is not required

Accommodation:2 Star Hotel at L'Hotel
Meals:Breakfast, Dinner

day 3 - From Buenos Aires, travel to Patagonia: El Calafate

At the appropriate time, you will be taken to the domestic airport to take your next flight.

Type of service: Private

Included: Transportation mentioned above

Guide assistance during transfer.

Transfer El Calafate Airport / El Calafate Hotel

Welcome to Southern Patagonia!

The town of El Calafate is located in the Patagonian steppe, an extreme and deserted place with an amazing landscape.

It is on the border of Lago Argentino (Argentina’s biggest lake) and it is considered the capital of the glaciers. It is the gateway to visit the world-renowned Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the only glaciers in the world that is still advancing.

Upon arrival at El Calafate, you will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel.

Type of service: Shared.

Included: Transportation mentioned above.

Accommodation:2 Star Hotel at Cauquenes de Nimez
Meals:Breakfast

day 4 - El Calafate: Perito Moreno Glacier Tour

We will pick you up from your hotel early in the morning to take you to Los Glaciares National Park located at 50 miles from El Calafate, home of the magnificent Perito Moreno Glacier.

Los Glaciares National Park has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981 when its almost 200 glaciers were discovered. Half of the park is occupied by the Patagonian ice field, the second largest ice field after Antarctica.

Upon arrival to the National Park, your guide will show you the different walkways from where you will be able to walk in front of the colossal ice wall, and, if you are lucky, perhaps see some landslides.

When the ice breaks and falls, the world holds its breath: all other sounds stop at the earth's surface.

You will start the adventure from the main balcony and then, have some free time to wander freely until the meeting time agreed with your guide. For lunchtime, the National Park offers a service area with a restaurant and a snack bar (lunch is not included).

For a different perspective of this impressive glacier, you can take a 1-hour boat ride to sail along the massive glacier wall that rises 240 feet above Argentino lake and in between floating icebergs (not included, but may be added and paid for on the spot, subject to availaility).

After exploring the park, you will be taken back to your hotel.

Type of service: Shared

Duration: 8/9 hours

Included: Transportation mentioned above, bilingual guide (English/Spanish)

Not included: Entrance fee to the National Park, Lunch

Difficulty: Low

Nautical Safari tour

The departure point is “Bajo de las Sombras” pier, located about 6km away from the Glacier’s walkways. On this tour, you will go on a cruise across Lake Rico, passing in between icebergs that have calved off the front of the Perito Moreno glacier. Reaching the Icebergs Channel, the boat will stop at a safe distance from the glacier to continue to sail down its front, allowing for spectacular views of the ice wall and any breaking and floating icebergs.

This excursion lasts approximately one hour and provides a totally different perspective of the Perito Moreno glacier, with almost constant falling walls of ice from its front. That is what makes this option the best complement for the conventional visit to the walkways.

Type of service: Shared

Duration: 1 hour. Hourly departures from 10 am to 3 pm (Note: timetables may change)

Not included: Entrance fee to the National Park

Difficulty: Low

Accommodation:2 Star Hotel at Cauquenes de Nimez
Meals:Breakfast

day 5 - From El Calafate to Bariloche

At the appropriate time, you will be transferred from your hotel to El Calafate Airport.

Type of service: Shared

Included: Transportation mentioned above

Transfer Bariloche Airport / Bariloche Hotel

Welcome to Bariloche!

Upon arrival, you will be transferred to your hotel.

You can explore the Swiss-like town plaza, try some of the delicious locally made chocolates or walk by the lake on your own to start feeling the magnificence of the lake district.

Type of service: Private

Included: Transportation mentioned above

Accommodation:2 Star Hotel at Costas del Nahuel
Meals:Breakfast

day 6 - Bariloche Tours: History and Nature

At the appropriate time, we will pick you up at your hotel to enjoy an active excursion along the classic circuit of San Carlos de Bariloche.

While visiting stunning viewpoints of the area, such as Campanario Hill and Llao-Llao Hotel, the guide will explain how this little mountain village has got to be one of the most attractive tourist towns in Patagonia.

We will enjoy the beauty of Moreno and Nahuel Huapi lakes, as well as Lopez and Capilla mountains. We will also go for a nature-oriented walk through Llao-llao Nature Park to discover an impressive forest of Arrayanes trees. The tour finishes with a visit to a local microbrewery for beer tasting.

At the end of the tour, we will take you back to your hotel.

Type of service: Semiprivate

Duration: 5/6 hours (Walking time: 1.30 hours)

Included: Transportation mentioned above, beer tasting, bilingual guide (English / Spanish)

Not included: Campanario Hill chairlift ticket, lunch.

Difficulty: Easy

Travel season: All year - this tour operates only on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays

Accommodation:2 Star Hotel at Costas del Nahuel
Meals:Breakfast

day 7 - Bariloche Tours: Blest port & Cantaros waterfall

At the appropriate time, you will be transferred from your hotel to Puerto Pañuelo where the tour will really start!

We will sail west towards the Blest arm of Nahuel Huapi Lake, passong by Centinela Island, where Perito Moreno, creator of the Argentine National Parks, rests. After an hour of navigation, we will arrive at Puerto Cántaros, where we will get in the Valdivian Jungle and make an ascent by a stepped path to Los Cántaros Lake, whose drainage feeds the homonymous waterfall. Some viewpoints on the path will allow you to contemplate the beauty of the falls that slide over the rocks.

Then we will return to the boat and cross to the opposite shore, disembarking in Port Blest to have lunch and to return to the city after having visited this beautiful Argentine National Park's cradle.

Optionally this excursion can be extended to navigate the green waters of Lake Frias and contemplate a wonderful view of the three peaks of Mount Tronador.

At the end of the tour you will be taken to your hotel.

Type of service: Shared

Duration: 10 hs

Included: Transportation mentioned above, navigation, bilingual guide (English / Spanish)

Not included: Lunch, National Park Entrance Fee

Accommodation:2 Star Hotel at Costas del Nahuel
Meals:Breakfast

day 8 - From Bariloche, travel to Buenos Aires

At the appropriate time, you will be transferred to the airport to take your flight.

Type of service: Private

Included: Transportation mentioned above

Transfer Buenos Aires Jorge Newbry Airport / Buenos Aires Hotel

Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, you will be transferred to your hotel (private service).

Accommodation:2 Star Hotel at L´Hotel
Meals:Breakfast

day 9 - Buenos Aires, end of your Adventure in Argentina!

At the appropriate time, you will be transferred to the international airport (private service) for your flight back home. ¡Buen viaje!

Meals:Breakfast, Lunch
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What's Included

Destination host local supportBuenos Aires tour, dinner as well as a tango showPerito Moreno Glacier tour and cruiseBariloche, Lake Nahuel Huapi tours with lunchAll transfers mentioned, including airport pickups and dropoffsDaily breakfasts and other meals mentioned in the itineraryBilingual local guides (English / Spanish)3 nights in Buenos Aires, 2 in El Calafate, 3 in Bariloche

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