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Highlights of Argentina | 15 days
This itinerary brings together some of Argentina’s extraordinarily diverse experiences. Starting in Buenos Aires with its excellent theatre, fine restaurants and gaudy flea markets, you’ll move south-east to Peninsula Valdes and its sea lions, whales and penguins. Further south still is Tierra del Fuego, whence the Antarctic beckons. Turning north the towering majesty of the Perito Moreno glacier looms above and you head to warmer climes, including Mendoza at the foothills of the Andes, home of the Argentine Malbec grape. Finally, thrill to the thundering roar of the Iguazu Falls as you take a sturdy walkway over the plunging water.
Day 1: Fly Buenos Aires
Day 2: Buenos Aires
Day 3: Fly Trelew
Day 4: Peninsula Valdes
Day 5: Fly Ushuaia
Day 6: Sailing in the Beagle Channel
Day 7: Fly El Calafate
Day 8: Perito Moreno Glacier
Day 9: Fly to Mendoza
Day 10: Mendoza
Day 11: Fly to Iguazu
Day 12: Iguazu Falls
Day 13: Fly Buenos Aires
Day 14: Fly London
Day 15: Arrive London
guide price £4,845 per person
Trip reports for South America
Fiona’s travel tips
FOR THE LESS ACTIVE: If you don’t want to trek the whole Inca Trail, take the train and hop off early to enjoy a wonderful day’s walk instead.
MY FAVOURITE PLACE: (Once I had got over a slight vertigo moment), sitting atop Wayna Picchu watching the cloud drift over the ruins of Machu Picchu spread out below me.
DON’T MISS: Superb camping at the edge of the Salar de Uyuni. The walk-in tents, though not en-suite, each have a built in stove and the view from the loo is to die for.
TOP TIP: See Lake Titicaca and its floating reedbed islands from the Bolivian side — it’s much less visited than from Peru.
BEST TIME TO GO:
Argentina: October to April
Bolivia: April to September
Chile: October to April
Ecuador: October to June
Galapagos: year-round
Peru: April to October
JOURNEY TIME:
Argentina: 16 hours (indirect)
Bolivia: 18 hours (indirect)
Chile: 18 hours (indirect)
Ecuador: 14½ hours indirect
Galapagos: 14½ hours indirect
Peru: 14½ hours (indirect)
Clients’ comments
“We loved exploring a part of the world that neither of us knew previously. Without your guidance we would not have known where to start and we felt we came away with a very good and broad experience”.
Mr and Mrs Charles Pybus, Argentina, Chile and Brazil“From the moment I contacted Fiona again, I knew that I was going to have a fabulous time. She always seems to make my trips holidays of a lifetime. I loved the dramatic way in which we travelled to the Napo Wildlife Centre and the MV Santa Cruz was great despite being quite a large ship. The guides were tremendous. I cannot thank you enough for all the hard work you put in”.
Charlotte Langley, Ecuador and the Galapagos