AMAZING ARGENTINA
14 nights Departures all year
Itinerary
Day 1  Fly from UK to Buenos Aires. Day 2  Arrive in Buenos Aires for a two night stay at the Claridge Hotel.  The remainder of the day may be spent at leisure. Note that tango shows and tango classes can be arranged during your stay in Buenos Aires. Day 3  A half-day tour of bustling Buenos Aires has been arranged for today. Day 4 Fly to Iguazu where you will stay at either the Sheraton or the Hotel Das Cataras Iguazu.  An afternoon tour will take you to the Argentine Falls in the lush rainforest and there will be a short train ride to the falls at Devil’s Gorge. Day 5 See the Brazilian side of the falls this morning, walk the Iguazu River canyon and enjoy the spectacular views of cascades of water.  In the afternoon you will travel on the river by jet boat and jeep to Yacutinga Lodge, deep in the Argentine Rainforest, for a two night stay. Day 6  After breakfast, a short hike will take you to the San Francisco River for wildlife watching from your canoe.  In the afternoon and early evening an escorted tour along the observation trails in the ancient jungle that is the Yacutinga Wild Life Private Reserve, will complete your day. Day 7 Leisure time today for bird watching or a walk on the ‘orchid trail’. Transfer to Iguazu Airport for your flight to Buenos Aires and the Claridge Hotel for the night. Day 8 Fly to Trelew and a tour of the Punta Tombo Nature Reserve – a rocky promontory jutting into the Atlantic – to get close to the thousands of docile Magellanic penguins that roost there from September to March.  Then you’re off to the Peninsula Valdes Hotel in Puerto Madryn for two nights.
Day 9  Today you will travel across the Patagonian plateau to the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus where you are likely to see rheas (similar to an ostrich), herds of guanacos (a relative of the llama) and Patagonian hares.  Beyond the isthmus is the Valdez Peninsula where, in the bay at Puerto Piramide, Southern Right Whales gather from May to early December and at Punte Norte you are bound to see herds of elephant seals and sea lions. Day 10 Fly to Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city and two nights at the Hotel Tolkeyen. Day 11 A half-day tour of Tierra del Fuego National Park is arranged.  It’s an awe-inspiring land of rivers, lakes, glaciers and forests.  In the afternoon a half day tour to the Beagle Channel is included Day 12 Fly to El Calafate for two nights at the Sierra Nevada Hosteria. Day 13 The day will be spent in the Glaciares National Park.  On the boundary with Chile lies the eastern side of the continental ice cap from which the majestic Perito Moreno Glacier descends into Lake Argentino forming a barrier two miles long and up to 200 feet (60 metres) high!  The sight and sounds of large chunks of ice that regularly crash into the lake below is breathtaking.
Day 14 Fly to Buenos Aires, where you will stay at the Hotel Claridge.  We have a number of tango shows including dinner.  Please advise if you would like to book one. Day 15 Transfer to the airport for your flight to the UK. Day 16 Arrive in UK.
Departure Dates and Prices
Prices are per person sharing twin room for 14 nights.  Single supplement available on request.
Departure Dates Price  1 January to 30 April 08 £2090  1 May to 31 December 08 £2175
Price Includes: Accommodation (bed and breakfast), tours as listed and transfers. Price Excludes: Flights, meals not listed, gratuities and items of a personal nature.
Options for Amazing Argentina
Estancia Helsingfors:  A 2 night extension, 150 miles north of El Calafate near the Viedma Glacier and the majestic Mount Fitz Roy, is based at this inn and includes full board.
Departure Dates and Prices
Prices are per person sharing twin room for 2 nights.  Single supplement available on request.
Departure Dates Price  1 January to 23 March 08 £360  24 March to 8 April 08 £290  12 October to 20 December 08 £305  21 to 31 December 08 £460
Price Includes: Transfers, full board, one tour. Price Excludes: Flights.
EXTENSION TO ESTANCIA LOS POTREROS Consider extending your tour or fly drive in Argentina with a stay at Estancia Los Potreros in Cordoba,  a 6,000-acre working cattle farm which has remained in the same Anglo-Argentine family for four generations.  The Estancia is very secluded on the top of the “Sierras Chicas” at an altitude of 3,000 feet.  Click here for more details.