Sightseeing in Argentine & Chilean Patagonia

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

Today you will be picked up at your hotel to explore Buenos Aires's major tourist attractions on this tour that hits all of the highlights of this cultural metropolis. Guided by a knowledgeable guide, learn about Porteño’s lifestyle, vibrant culture, and music.

We will visit important historical monuments on your way to Plaza de Mayo and take a moment to admire significant buildings such as the Casa Rosada or the Congress.

We will experience the European flair that has given the city its fame strolling around eclectic neighborhoods; from antique San Telmo and colorful working-class La Boca to fancy and chic Recoleta with its famous Cemetery, representing the elegant and historical Buenos Aires and containing the graves of many Argentina’s emblematic figures, such as Eva Peron.

At the end of the tour, you will have a transfer back to your hotel.

Type of service: Private

Duration: 5 hs

Included: Transportation mentioned above, bilingüal guide (Spanish / English), snack and water

Note: As a private service, the tour can be customized according to your interests and preferences as long as they fit with the schedule

Guide assistance during city tour

Recoleta's cemetery entrance fee included.

Half-Day Dinner & Tango Show

In the evening you will be picked up from your hotel to be driven to a mythical place where you will discover one of our most ancient traditions.

You will have a memorable night out in Buenos Aires and will 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 tragic and yet eternal love stories.

While having dinner, you will enjoy a professional display of tango and music with a group of local artists on stage 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.

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

Type of service: Shared (Private transfer)

Duration: 3/4 hs

Included: Transportation mentioned above, dinner with beverages, tango show

Note: Formal dress is not required

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 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

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

Day at leisure to enjoy the magnificent scenery. Visit any of the chocolate factories, walk along the lakeshore o take one of the many Optional Tours available in the area.

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

Type of service: Private

Included: Transportation mentioned above

Lake Crossing to Chile, Patagonia

This day you are visiting a National Reserve. Please remember that National Park Fees are not included. Check at the end of your itinerary the corresponding fee, to be paid locally in national currency.

In the morning, you will be taken to Puerto Pañuelo to start the Lake Crossing to Chile.

This journey includes crossing the Andean lakes partly by boat and partly on bus through the various unpaved passes to the other side.

The pristine lake waters and the mountains on both sides are an embodiment of calmness and peace. During the trip you will cross Lago Nahuel Huapi where it is joined by the Rio Negro with its ethereal green waters (due to the suspended minerals reflecting the sunlight), Lago Frias, with its completely different colors, and Lago Esmeralda (Lago Todos los Santos).

The lakes, surrounded by Tronador Mountain, Osorno volcano and Volcan Punta Gudo, as well as protected and untouched forest are a gift from the nature that you will experience in a long day that deserves every minute.

The Andean Lakes Crossing is the most scenic way to travel from Argentina to Chile.

Transfer Puerto Varas Hotel / Puerto Montt Airport

Gate of Chilean Lake District, beautiful Puerto Varas is settled in the shores of Llanquihue Lake, with the back of Osorno Volcano.

The area has a big German influence, from its wooden houses and alerce trees to its German Jesuit churches, it is a wonderful place to enjoy any of the outdoor available options (from Osorno Volcano trekking to Petrohue rapids, including options to visit the nearby little German style towns).

Or maybe you prefer just to relax on the shore of the lake, tasting one of the locally brewed delicious beers.

Upon arrival, you will be transferred to Puerto Natales (private service).

Guide included

Boxed lunch included.

Leave Puerto Natales to make the first stop at Milodon Cave, which is located 24 kilometers north of Puerto Natales. This natural monument is composed of three caverns and a rocky conglomerate called "Silla del Diablo". Before getting to the cave, we will pass by La Silla del Diablo (Devil's chair); its name comes from the popular imagination that the rock has a chair shape. The oldest men of Patagonia say that in this place the devil appeared to those who came to look for him on the dark nights.

Later on, we will continue our excursion to Torres del Paine National Park. On the way, we can see this stunning massif as well as Sofia Lagoon, Prat Range, Porteño Lake, Mesa Hill, Del Toro Lake, Del Toro, and Ballena Hill. Here we can see the beautiful landscape that surrounds us from the Grey Lake viewpoint. A couple of kilometers later, we will go over the Serrano bridge to continue to the Grey lake sector. In this area, we can walk along the shore of Grey Lake. If the conditions are good, we can keep walking until Grey's viewpoint. When we go back to the parking lot, we will continue our excursion until a restaurant to rest and have lunch (Lunch is not included in our service).

Once we are ready, we will begin the second part of our visit to Torres del Paine National Park, heading to the Salto Grande sector. We will visit the Nordenskjold lake viewpoint and we will continue enjoying the spectacular views of this sinuous route which will approach us to the Amarga Lagoon area. Before that, we will visit Paine waterfall which is a beautiful place where we can see the turquoise waters that come from the Paine River.

After enjoying this pleasant show, you'll be dropped in Torres del Paine and take the shuttle to your hotel inside the park.

Welcome to Hosteria Las Torres

Upon arrival at Hosteria Las Torres you will be contacted by the hosts; he/she will explain you the activities available for the next couple of days. Depending on your arrival time, you will be able to do a half day excursion, such as rock climbing, a short trekking through the lenga forest or visit our organic garden.

All activities of the menu and meals will be included during your stay, bear in mind that the activities don't operate daily, please check on arrival the best plan according to your stay.

Have you decided what to do today?

We recommend: Trekking to Base Torres Viewpoint

Walk the park’s main trail to a famous viewpoint, from where you can observe the slender, granite peaks that give the national park its name. The excursion begins in Hotel las Torres, where we will begin a hike through Ascencio Valley, crossing a beautiful forest of Lengas and later arriving to a rocky area (La Morrena), the most difficult section of the trail, and finishing at the spectacular Torres Base Viewpoint.

After a snack and allotted time for photography, we will follow the same trail back to the hotel.

Duration: 8 hs

Difficulty: High

Time to say goodbye to Torres del Paine!

Depending on your departure time, you can do a half day excursion, such as a horseback riding to different areas of the park or learn about the Patagonian ranch culture spending some time with our baqueanos.

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 which 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

Difficutly: Low

Full Day Perito Moreno Glacier

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

Today you will have a free day in the city.

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

Type of service: Shared

Included: Transportation mentioned above

Transfer Ushuaia Airport / Ushuaia Hotel

Welcome to Ushuaia!

Ushuaia is a small town, really easy to get around on foot. The Yamanas, its first inhabitants, called it Ushuaia which means 'protected bay' in their language. It was officially incorporated into the Republic of Argentina in 1884, and it soon became a penal colony, in order to establish a permanent Argentine settlement.

Upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.

According on your arrival time, you can explore the town or visit one of its curious museums, like the Thematic Gallery of the Historia Fueguina, to see the more than 120 character life-size figures that will tell you all about the history of Ushuaia, or unearth the story of the scariest and dangerous criminals at the Prison Museum.

And please, don't forget the local gastronomy! Ushuaia is the best place to eat seafood. We suggest you try the finger-licking Blake Hake.

Type of service: Shared

Included: Transportation mentioned above

Today, you will be picked up from your hotel to go on a tour to Tierra del Fuego National Park, which hosts beautiful natural landscapes.

After traveling for about 6 miles, we will get to the park. Upon arrival, we will go for a hike along an undulating 4-mile-long Coastal Path. As you continue to walk down this path you will be in constant contact with nature and will be able to admire beautiful views from the lakes, sea and surrounding mountains.

After the hike, we will access Acigami Lake or Roca Lake, and near the border of Lapataia River you will enjoy a comforting hot lunch with a great panoramic view from inside a heated dome-tent, to avoid wind or rain.

Afterwards, you will be equipped with rubber boots, coverpants and lifejackets. The excursion will continue from Lake Acigami down the freshwater of Lapataia river aboard inflatable canoes (duckies) until reaching the sea in Lapataia Bay. After a 1-hour paddle (paddling time is subjetc to weather conditions) your tour will end at the mentioned bay, where the National Route Nº 3 meet its southern end.

From there, you will be driven back to your hotel.

Type of service: Shared

Duration: 8 hours

Hiking difficulty: Moderate - Canoeing difficulty: Easy

Total trekking lenght: 4,4 miles (it's a 3-and-a-half-hour walk)

Age restriction: Canoeing ride is only available for children over 5 years old

Included: Transportation, bilingual guide (English/Spanish), lunch, drinks and canoeing equipment

Not included: Gratuities, National Park entrance fee

Notes: Times described are estimated and may vary due to bad weather conditions

In 1833 Charles Darwin sailed the Beagle Channel and discover something great. Today it is your turn: become another explorer of this channel, primitively named Onashaga Channel since the Onas were its first sailers.

At the appropriate time, you will go on your own to the tourist pier (located in the center of the city). You will embark on a 3-hour long boat trip along the famous Beagle Channel. You will gain panoramas of Ushuaia Bay, where the city lies proudly crowned by the Martial Glacier. Unearth the diverse marine wildlife, such as cormorants (flying birds, closely related to penguins) and fur seals which frolic their time away on Alicia Island.

Argentina standing at your left and Chile at your right, you will sail this natural border till reaching the iconic Les Eclaireurs lighthouse, the ancient guard of the bay.

On our way back, we will stop at Bridges Island to walk a wildlife interpretative path, hear about Yaman’s history (the native inhabitants) and see the largest shelly deposits of the region. During the excursion, you can enjoy a delicious hot chocolate with cookies or try the Mate (strong green tea) the favorite Argentine drink.

Once we get back to the port, you will make your own way back to your hotel.

Type of service: Shared

Duration: 3/4 hours

Included: Bilingual guide (English/Spanish)

Not included: Port tax (2 dollars), transportation to and from the port

Note: Departure time is at 10 AM and 3 PM from Patagonia Explorer Stand, located in the tourist pier

Transfer Ushuaia Airport / Ushuaia Hotel

Welcome to Ushuaia!

Ushuaia is a small town, really easy to get around on foot. The Yamanas, its first inhabitants, called it Ushuaia which means 'protected bay' in their language. It was officially incorporated into the Republic of Argentina in 1884, and it soon became a penal colony, in order to establish a permanent Argentine settlement.

Upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.

According on your arrival time, you can explore the town or visit one of its curious museums, like the Thematic Gallery of the Historia Fueguina, to see the more than 120 character life-size figures that will tell you all about the history of Ushuaia, or unearth the story of the scariest and dangerous criminals at the Prison Museum.

And please, don't forget the local gastronomy! Ushuaia is the best place to eat seafood. We suggest you try the finger-licking Blake Hake.

Type of service: Shared

Included: Transportation mentioned above

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

Upon arrival in Buenos Aires, you will be taken to your hotel.

Type of service: Private

Included: Transportation mentioned above, English-speaking guide

Guide assistance during transfer.

Day at leisure to explore the cobbled, tree lined streets of Palermo Soho in search of one of a kind Porteño fashion, to sit in café and enjoy a perfectly aged glass of malbec, or perhaps to sip yerba mate (local tea) out of your newly purchased mate gourd while people watching in one of the parks that make up the Palermo Bosques.

At the appropriate time, you will be transferred to the international airport for your flight. ¡Buen viaje!

Type of service: Private

Included: Transportation mentioned above, English-speaking guide