Day 1 ITALY - BUENOS AIRES
Depart from Italy by intercontinental scheduled flight to Buenos Aires. Meals and overnight stay on board.
Day 2 ARRIVAL AT BUENOS AIRES
Breakfast. Transfer and accommodation at the hotel. Afternoon dedicated to visiting Buenos Aires (group service) starting at the Plaza de Armas, now known as the Plaza de Mayo, the historical, political and cultural center of the city. The Pyramid de Mayo, which stands in the center of the plaza, was the first National Historic Monument inaugurated in 1811. The square is overlooked by the Casa Rosada, current seat of the National Executive Power, the Cabildo, the first colonial-style municipal house dating from 1754, and the Catedral Metropolitana. Continue along Avenida de Mayo, one of the city's most interesting urban areas with buildings of different styles, until you reach the Palacio del Congreso, an eclectic style building with strong neoclassical influences, the seat of national legislative power. Nearby is the Plaza Congreso with the Dos Congresos Monument. From the plaza continue along Avenida de Mayo and you reach the San Telmo district one of the oldest in the city, inhabited until the end of the 19th century by aristocratic families. Today it is known for its antiques market held every Sunday and its many "tanguerias," restaurants and bars. Heading south we arrive in picturesque La Boca, with the colorful Caminito, with its distinctive multicolored tin houses still inhabited today. Boca is the cradle of great soccer in Argentina as the legendary River Plate and Boca Juniors teams were born here, the latter with its famous stadium "la Bombonera." Then we enter the modern neighborhood of Puerto Madero, with its old port warehouses transformed today into offices, housing, entertainment venues and elegant restaurants overlooking the Rio de la Plata, and the residential neighborhood of Palermo, with its elegant mansions surrounded by green spaces, to finally arrive at Recoleta. There you will find the Nuestra Señora del Pilar church, the former convent that has now become the Recoleta Cultural Center, the Buenos Aires Design shopping center and the Palais de Glace exhibition center. In the evening, dinner with show and tango lesson at a typical restaurant (driver-only transfers included). Overnight.
Day 3 BUENOS AIRES
Breakfast. Free day in Buenos Aires. Overnight.
Day 4 BUENOS AIRES - TRELEW - PUERTO MADRYN.
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Depart by flight to Trelew. Arrival after approximately 2 hours. Transfer to Puerto Madryn and check into hotel. Overnight.
Day 5 PUERTO MADRYN - PENISOLA VALDES - PUERTO MADRYN.
Breakfast. Visit to the Valdes Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. En route visit Puerto Piramides, from where Australian right whales can be spotted from July to November. Continue to Estancia San Lorenzo, a traditional farm in the area with a typical lunch of barbecued Patagonian lamb. Visit to the Magellanic penguin reserve located 7 km from the farm. Visit to the Punta Norte reserve where, starting in December, sea lions and orcas can be seen. On the way back stop at the Isthmus Carlos Ameghino,to visit an interpretive center. Later transfer to Puerto Madryn and hotel accommodation. Overnight.
Day 6 PUERTO MADRYN - TRELEW - USHUAIA.
Breakfast. Morning at leisure. In the afternoon, transfer to Trelew airport. Departure by flight to Ushuaia. Arrival after approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. Transfer and accommodation at the hotel. Overnight.
Day 7 USHUAIA
Breakfast. Departure to Tierra del Fuego National Park. The excursion begins by train, aboard the legendary Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino departing from the entrance to Tierra del Fuego National Park. We skirt the Rio Pipo, the Montes Martiales range and end the ride in the Cañadón del Toro, with a brief stop at La Macarena Waterfall where we observe a reproduction of a settlement of the Selk'nam, ancient inhabitants of the area. It continues with a walking tour of the park. The area protects the Patagonian Andean forest characterized by beech, cherry and other plant species and is the habitat of red foxes, beavers, geese and hawks. Continuing to the end of Ruta Nacional 3, you arrive at the famous Lapataia Bay, where the first inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego used to light large fires, hence the name Magellan gave the area. Free lunch. In the afternoon, transfer to the port and depart for a sail along the Beagle Channel. It starts at Ushuaia Bay where you will enjoy spectacular views of the city and the Andes Mountains. You skirt the north side, passing through the Bridges archipelago, until you reach Isla de los Pajaros where you will see several species of birds including cormorants, albatrosses, gulls and ducks. You continue to Isla de los Lobos habitat of a colony of sea lions to the famous Faro de Les Eclaireurs. Afterwards we take the return route to Ushuaia, and after disembarking we finally return to the hotel. Overnight.
Day 8 USHUAIA - EL CALAFATE.
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Departure by scheduled flight to El Calafate. Arrival after about 1 hour and 20 minutes.Transfer and check into hotel. Overnight.
Day 9 EL CALAFATE - PERITO MORENO ICE - EL CALAFATE.
Breakfast. In the morning, depart across the Patagonian steppe to the Perito Moreno Glacier.
Trails and boardwalks equipped within the park allow you to reach the immense ice wall, having the opportunity to listen to the roar of the ice falling into the waters of the lake. Included is a mini cruise of about 1 hour called Nautical Safari to get all the way under the walls of the majestic ice front. Return to El Calafate in the afternoon. Overnight.
Day 10 EL CALAFATE
Breakfast. Free day. Year-end dinner. Overnight.
Day 11 EL CALAFATE - BUENOS AIRES - PUERTO IGUAZU'
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport (driver only) and departure by flight to Puerto Iguazú, via Buenos Aires. Arrival and settling into the hotel. Overnight.
Day 12 IGUAZÚ WATERFALLS ARGENTINE SIDE.
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Full-day visit to the falls from the Argentine side, located within Iguazú National Park. Covering 67,000 hectares, this park has been declared a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site and contains 275 waterfalls. The starting point is the "Estacion Cataratas" from where two circuits depart to visit the falls: the paseo inferior and the paseo superior. The route can also be traveled aboard the Tren de la Selva that leads to the "Estacion Garganta del Diablo," from which a footbridge departs to reach a viewing platform and admire the impressive and spectacular Garganta del Diablo that plummets with an incredible roar for 70 meters. Return to the hotel. Overnight.
Day 13 PUERTO IGUAZÚ - FOZ DO IGUAÇÚ - IGUAZU WATERFALLS BRAZILIAN SIDE - PUERTO IGUAZÚ - BUENOS AIRES - ITALY
Breakfast. Morning dedicated to visiting the falls from the Brazilian side. We reach Foz do Iguaçu National Park, which offers an amazing view of the falls. Following a forest path, you can admire the falls, frontally, in all their full glory until you reach the most beautiful and panoramic point of the route: below the falls in the middle of the Garganta del Diablo. From here, an elevator ascends to a vantage point that provides an ideal overview. Transfer to the airport and fly to Buenos Aires. Arrival, transfer to Ezeiza International Airport and departure on an intercontinental scheduled flight. Meals and overnight stay on board.
Day 14 ARRIVAL IN ITALY
End of the journey.