Trips to Argentina |Patagonia Trips | Buenos Aires and El Calafate

Day 1: Buenos Aires City Tour

Arrival at the International Airport in Ezeiza and transfer to the chosen hotel in the city of Buenos Aires. In the afternoon we go on a city tour visiting Plaza de Mayo, where you will also see the Metropolitan Cathedral and Casa Rosada (Government House), Teatro Colón, La Boca district with its famous Caminito street and modern Puerto Madero where docks were refurbished to allocate sumptuous restaurants along the river. Transfer back to the hotel.

Day 2: Buenos Aires – El Calafate

Breakfast and transfer to the airport in the city of Buenos Aires to board the flight to El Calafate. Arrival and transfer to the chosen hotel. Rest of the day, free.

Day 3: Visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier

Breakfast and a full day activity to the Perito Moreno Glacier, the most famous of the glaciers, declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. The glacier covers an area of 195 square meters, its width is 5 km and the height of its ice walls is up to 60 meters above the lake’s level. As you follow the catwalks you will be led to face the glacier and admire it in all its grandeur. Consult about the extra charge for the minitrekking activity on the glacier, a two hour circuit accompanied by mountain guides. Then you will stop for lunch at a shelter (take a lunch box with you) and then back to the catwalks where you will spend an hour and a half watching the most incredible views and calving activity. Back to the hotel.

Day 4: Free Day for Optional Activities

Breakfast. On this free day we recommend an optional activity to the ranch “Estancia Cristina”. The activity involves navigating the Lago Argentino among huge ice floes and magnificent views of the western front of the Glaciar Upsala, continuing through the Cristina Canal to the disembarkation point at the Estancia Cristina where there are many activities to do. Another good option is Navegación Todo Glaciares (navigating all the glaciers) visiting the front of the Glaciar Upsala and disembarking at Bahía Onelli (only if the ice barrier allows it), then navigating the surroundings of the Glaciar Perito Moreno. Another shorter and cheaper option is Navegación Ríos de Hielo (navigating frozen rivers), navigating the Lago Argentino, but without passing the sites which have been mentioned, this is an excellent option for those who have already visited the Perito Moreno Glacier before. Back to the hotel.

Day 5: El Calafate – Buenos Aires

Breakfast and transfer to the airport in El Calafate to board your flight to the city of Buenos Aires. Arrival in Buenos Aires and transfer to the chosen hotel.

Day 6: Free Day - Tango Show Dinner Night

Breakfast and free day. As an optional activity we recommend going to the Tigre Delta to spend the day. At night we go to a Dinner Show in one of the many Tango houses where you will enjoy a delicious dinner and a Tango show of international quality.

Day 7: End of the Tour

Breakfast and transfer to the international airport in Ezeiza to board your return flight.

Price includes

3 nights accommodation in Buenos Aires
City Tour in Buenos Aires
Tango Show Dinner Night
3 nights accommodation in El Calafate
Activity to the Perito Moreno Glacier
All Breakfasts
Transfers to and from all airports
Tickets to National Parks

Not Included

Domestic air-tickets Buenos Aires – El Calafate – Buenos Aires
Airport and security taxes
Extra charges and optional activities or meals not mentioned in the itinerary

Notes

Reservations are subject to availability. In case the hotel booked is not available, we will provide a hotel in the same category or higher.

Prices per person

Activities

Ice Trekking at Perito Moreno Glacier

Frequency: Daily / Full Day (mid July to May)

Ice Trekking at the Perito Moreno Glacier offers amazing sights of this imposing glacier and its south wall during the sailing along the Tempanos Channel. Once on the shore we will have a short walk to the glacier itself where we will start the trek becoming in a unique and astonishing experience.

Ice Trekking at Perito Moreno Glacier

Frequency: Daily / Full Day (mid July to May)

Perito Moreno Glacier

Frequency: Daily
Length: Full Day (all year round)

The Perito Moreno Glacier tour is a unique and unforgettable experience. We will tour the Patagonian steppe, getting a wonderful view of forests and mountains, and the glacier itself, once we enter the Los Glaciares National Park.

Perito Moreno Glacier

Frequency: Daily
Length: Full Day (all year round)

Buenos Aires City Tour

Frequency: Daily
Length: Half-day (all year round)

During this tour we will visit relevant corners of this city: Colón Theatre, Obelisk, the historical Plaza de Mayo, Cathedral, Casa Rosada (Government House),the Cabildo. Also different Neighborhoods: La Boca, San Telmo, Puerto Madero, Palermo, Recoleta.

Buenos Aires City Tour

Frequency: Daily
Length: Half-day (all year round)

Tango Show Dinner Night

Frequency: Daily
Length: Evening (all year round)

The Tango Show Dinner at El Querandí “Casa de Tango” has one of the best tango dinner shows in a San Telmo historical House, where Travelers will enjoy the real Tango porteño while dining, and learn the history of this Argentine typical dance.

Tango Show Dinner Night

Frequency: Daily
Length: Evening (all year round)

Hotels

5 * | Hotel Madero

Madero Hotel defines a contemporary and urban style, which invites to experiment a new concept in the hotel business. Situated in the strategic zone of Puerto Madero, the most modern district in the city of Buenos Aires, only 5 minutes from the center. Here you can enjoy the river and be near places for entertainment and tourist interest.

5 * | Hotel Madero

4* | Rochester Hotel Calafate

The Rochester Hotel is nowadays a hotel chain, which is leader in innovation and guest satisfaction. With balance, it fuses the personality of independent hotels with its experience of more than 20 years in the hospitality industry. Located in the best scenery, with avant garde architecture, it offers unique sensorial experiences.

4* | Rochester Hotel Calafate

5* | Xelena Deluxe Suites

Comfort, hospitality and the latest technology combined in a heavenly place: on the shore of the Lago Argentino, surrounded by breathtaking natural beauty; one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Argentine Patagonia. Comfort and warmth in its style, are perfectly combined to enjoy it any time of the year.

5* | Xelena Deluxe Suites

Destinations

Buenos Aires

Capital city of the Argentine Republic and one of the principal cities in Latin America, Buenos Aires surprises with its architecture. Its style reflects the influence of Spaniards, French and Italians in buildings and landscaping. The city has wide avenues, mansions, buildings, extensive green areas, hundreds of sculptures and many churches which are incorporated as a whole with houses, office and apartment blocks, and modern sky scrapers.

Buenos Aires

Calafate

El Calafate is located in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, on the shore of the Lago Argentino, an incredible place to enjoy peace and nature. From there you can appreciate the characteristic Patagonian landscape, its flora and its fauna. The Calafate creek, which divides the city in two, is a backwater with a rocky bed, surrounded by willows growing on its banks. This city is the nearest place to the Glaciers National Park and its famous Perito Moreno Glacier.

Calafate