Argentina & Chile - Argentina, Chile

Day 1: Buenos Aires

Flight to Buenos Aires (not included)

Transfer in from airport to hotel in Buenos Aires.

Overnight in Buenos Aires

Day 2: Buenos Aires City tour and Tango show with dinner

Breakfast.

This service is unique due to its specific characteristics: small groups of people per tour, one single language per vehicle, profile and preparation of the guides.

The tour is 3 hours long and visits the most important points of the spectacular city of Buenos Aires.

At the first stop discover the history of May Square, the site of the most important historical events and their protagonists since its foundation: see its surroundings, the most emblematic buildings, and learn all about them. Then enjoy May Avenue and wonder in awe at the oldest residential neighborhood in Buenos Aires: San Telmo. Walk along its cobble-stoned streets and discover its antiques shops and picturesque buildings.

Live and feel the original Tango in the neighborhood of La Boca: walk along Caminito Street and enjoy the dancers and souvenir shops. See the mythical Boca Juniors soccer stadium.

Contemplate the modernization of the city whilst traveling along Madero Port and its exclusive docks, full of excellent restaurants and large offices. Pass through the Retiro neighborhood and move on to see Palermo and its most exclusive residential area before finally arriving at Recoleta. Once there, discover the final resting place of Eva Peron, "Evita" and wander through Recoleta Cemetery where she is to be found.

Famous for its amazing nightlife and for being the land of Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires countless gastronomic and artistic options. Tango portrays the ‘Queen of the River Plate’ (‘Reina del Plata’). We will enjoy an unforgettable night, surrender to the magic of this city that never sleeps and to the charm of this overwhelming and sanguine music —main protagonist of the night— while enjoying the best of its varied gastronomic offer.

Overnight in Buenos Aires

Day 3: Buenos Aires

Breakfast.

• OPTIONAL TOUR: Full Day Gaucha at Santa Susana Ranch
  Home to the gaucho, the humid pampa is one of the most fertile natural prairies in the world and is famous for its production of beef and cereals. Only a few kilometers away from the City of Buenos Aires, in a natural environment with beautiful landscapes, we will be honored with their typical national asado, empanadas, and excellent Argentinian wines. The wild smell of the countryside will invite us to break away from routine and discover a charming hundred-year-old rural tradition in the midst of the XXI century. Folk songs and dances, equestrian activities, and unbeatable shows of traditional gaucho skills, such as ring races, cuadreras (horse races), entrevero de tropillas (horse games): let’s live the traditional lifestyle of Argentinian ranches through the gaucho, the greatest symbol of these lands.

Overnight in Buenos Aires

Day 4: Buenos Aires - El Calafate

Breakfast.

Transfer out from hotel in downtown to domestic airport with guide

Suggested flight AR1820 AEP/FTE Departure 1600 – Arrival 1915 – not included

Transfer in from Calafate airport to hotel with English and Spanish speaking guide

Overnight in El Calafate

Day 5: Full Day Perito Moreno Tour

Breakfast.

The Perito Moreno Glacier rises majestically 80 km away from El Calafate. This is one of the largest and the only advancing glacier in the world, as well as the biggest attraction at Los Glaciares National Park, a 600,000-hectare protected area covered by an ice mantle.

We will start by penetrating the Patagonic Andean forest and make a first breathtaking stop at "Curva de los Suspiros" (Curve of Sighs), where we will enjoy a first view of this incredible natural wonder. When we approach the glacier, we will walk down the catwalks to approach the Glacier and admire from different panoramic points this wonderful creation of Mother Nature. We will be able to contemplate very closely when varied-sized ice blocks loosen and fall into the water with a great thunder becoming beautiful ice floes in the deep waters of the Lago Argentino. This day will be an unforgettable experience, a once in a lifetime delight.

• OPTIONAL TOUR: Safari Nautico Navigation Ticket
  Available: All year long - Daily - Duration: 1 hs - Departure at 10.00 / 11.30 / 14.30 / 16.00 hs

Overnight at El Calafate

Day 6: El Calafate

Breakfast.

• OPTIONAL TOUR: Full Day at Nibepo Aike Ranch with lunch or dinner, beverages
  Available from Oct to April- Daily - Departs: 8:30 or 16:30 hs/ Arrives: 15:00 or 22:00 hs

Overnight at El Calafate

·         Meals included: breakfast

Day 7: El Calafate - Puerto Natales

Breakfast.

One Way transfer out from hotel to Calafate airport with guide. Regular bus tickets from El Calafate (Argentina) to Puerto Natales (Chile)

Upon your arrival you will be meet and transferred to the selected hotel in Puerto Natales

Overnight at Puerto Natales

·         Meals included: breakfast

Day 8: Torres del Paine National Park

Breakfast.

Early in the morning departure from the hotel to visit the Torres del Paine National  Park, which covers an area of 242.242 hectares. The road is surrounded with dozens of lagoons covered with grasses and aquatic birds, contrasting with small hills where flocks of Guanacos pasture. Afterwards, the Nordenskjold Lake baths the mountainside of the Paine range with its emerald green colouring. The lake gives life to the impetuous Salto Grande, forming the quiet Pehoe Lake spilling its waters from the Nordenskjold Lake. Stop at Salto Grande for soft walking to admire the waterfall and Los Cuernos observation point, where you can see de Corns of the Paine, French valley and Big Paine mount. Later the journey continues skirting the Paine River until the Grey Lake by a surrounded road of vegetation and sharp hillsides. Stopping near of Pingo River for a one hour of walking through a delimited track, which crosses this river. Afterwards the sandy ground delimits the borders of the lake where millenary iceberg stuck on the edges can be seen. At the far end of the lake the outstanding Grey glacier that conforms a surrounded unbeatable landscape of hills, forests and part of the Paine Mountains. Return to hotel.

Overnight at Puerto Natales

·         Meals included: breakfast & Lunch

Day 9: Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas - Santiago
Breakfast. Transfer out from hotel to the bus station
Regular bus from Puerto Natales to Punta Arenas to arrive at the airport.

Suggested flight LA284 PUQ/SCL Departure 1938 – Arrival 2258 – not included

Meeting at the airport and transfer to your Hotel in Santiago.

Overnight at Santiago

·         Meals included: breakfast

Day 10: Santiago City Tour and Santa Lucia Hill

Breakfast.

Santiago is a cosmopolitan city that blends the oldness with modernity. We will show you the origins of our city and landmarks such as Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, the Post Office and the Municipality of Santiago. The tour will continue by the Government Palace and we will have the chance to walk through some of the most traditional streets and neighborhoods. Later we will go towards the east, where we’ll see modern buildings and how they have transformed the city.

• OPTIONAL TOUR: Half day Concha y Toro winery
  You will depart from Santiago to head to mountain Pirque Valley, where the worldwide renowned and favorite vineyard for foreign tourists. Viña & Toro is located. It was founded in 1883 by Melchor Concha y Toro with vines brought from the region of Bourdeaux, France. Today, this vineyard is the greatest exporter of Latin America in more than 130 countries. It is one of the most important wine brands in the world.
  Since there, you will go through the distinguished house surrounded by the beautiful park designed by a French landscapist as illustrated on the label of some Concha & Toro wines. One of the most notable aspects of Concha & Toro is that is a global company where the tradition and innovation are mixed perfectly. On the other hand, Concha & Toro is fully engaged in providing the best quality experience when tasting the wines. Besides, the Vineyard has won international fame for its brands, particularly, "Casillero Del Diablo" and “Don Melchor”. You will enjoy and be entertained when listening to the story of its legend and feel part of it.
  Also, you will go through its facilities and enjoy some of the best wines produced by Concha & Toro.
  Your visit will end at the wine stores where you will buy some gift or souvenir.

Return to the Hotel.

Overnight in Santiago

·         Meals included: breakfast

Day 11: Santiago

Breakfast.

• OPTIONAL TOUR: Viña del Mar + Valparaiso without lunch
  Departing from downtown Santiago you head toward the coast, located just 120 kilometers / 75 miles from Santiago, crossing the fertile Curacaví and Casablanca Valleys, with their beautiful vineyards, fruit tree farms, and forest reserves. En route you will visit the two major cities of the country: Viña del Mar, Chile’s main seaside town and Valparaíso, a port city founded in the sixteenth century and declared as "World Heritage Site by UNESCO."
  The tour also includes a scenic tour through National Congress, Parque O’Higgins, Parque Italia, Plaza de la Victoria, Plaza Sotomayor and "Muelle Prat Wharf located at the port itself in Valparaiso. Then visit the Museum of the famous Chilean poet, writer and Nobel Prize Literature winner (1971) Pablo Neruda La Sebastiana House-Museum. La Sebastiana was a fantasy place by Pablo Neruda wanted to run to and away from the hectic and busy pace of Santiago. “I feel the tiredness of Santiago. I want to find in Valparaiso a little house to live and write quietly. It must have some conditions…”
  This was how Pablo Neruda put it in 1959 to his friends Sara Vial and Marie Martner. The house became a reality and now has a collection of old maps, seascapes and other paintings. There are many other relics from the port and other curios such as music boxes and an old horse carved in wood.
  You will visit the elevators – cable cars that take you to the peaks around Valparaiso with amazing look outs – miradores – offering views of the city. Cerro Alegre-Cerro Conception, Sotomayor Square, Naval Heroes Monument, and Paseo 21 de Mayo at Cerro Playa Ancha are just a few sites you will see.
  Vina del Mar, also known as "the Garden City", has 300,000 inhabitants and is the country’s main beach resort. Located next to the Port of Valparaiso, it has a good selection of restaurants, a casino, cafes, discotheques and good shops.
  Past and present intermingle in this bustling tourist centre. Here, you will visit the "Flowers Clock", "Quinta Vergara", "Muelle Vergara" and "the casino", before your guide takes you for a drive along the coast to Reñaca Beach.

 At proper time you will be transferred to Airport in Santiago to take your international flight.