Argentinian Patagonia - The Glaciers

Day 1-BUENOS AIRES
Arrival to Buenos Aires. Welcome and transfer to the selected hotel, check in at the hotel. The afternoon is at leisure. Overnight.

Day 2-BUENOS AIRES
After breakfast at the hotel, you enjoy our first half-day guided panoramic City Tour, including Palermo Park, La Recoleta, a stop at Evita Peron’s Tomb, La Boca (Caminito St.) & San Telmo neighborhoods. You will also visit Plaza de Mayo, the grand boulevard of Buenos Aires with its many remarkable buildings and architecture, including the Cabildo (the Town Hall). Casa Rosada (the government’s headquarters and where once, Evita and then President Juan Domingo Peron famously gave speeches from its balcony) the Cathedral, a fantastic work of religious architecture, and the last resting place of Argentina’s independence hero, General San Martin.  Return to the Hotel. The afternoon is at leisure for shopping or personal activities. At night you will enjoy a Dinner Tango Show at a typical “Tangueria”

Day 3- BUENOS AIRES
 Breakfast at the hotel. Optional free tour to Unicenter Shopping Mall (the largest in Buenos Aires), you will get discount tickets and a buffet-lunch is included at the Jumbo restaurant (drinks are not included).
Return to the hotel and free time. Overnight.
 
Day 4-BUENOS AIRES- BARILOCHE
Breakfast. Check out from your Hotel and transfer to the airport.
Arrival to  Bariloche. Welcome and transfer to the selected hotel, check in at the hotel. In the afternoon, half day excursion “Circuito Chico”, it is approximately 60 kilometers long and begins and ends in San Carlos de Bariloche, following lake Nahuel Huapi’s waterfront along a paved road called Avenida Ezequiel Bustillo. Lake Nahuel Huapi is the largest lake of the whole region. You will discover places of uncommon beauty product of the combination of mountains, lakes and forests. Return to the Hotel.  Overnight.

Day 5 – BARILOCHE
After Breakfast, half day excursion to Victoria Island and the Arrayanes Forest. The island is 11 kilometers away and the boat sails this distance in about 30 minutes. All the way to Puerto Anchorena you will be awed by the color of the water, the Andean peaks and the abundant vegetation. This landscape was transformed by diverse geological phenomena along the course of millions of years. Return to the Hotel – Overnight.

Day 6 – BARILOCHE –CALAFATE
After breakfast, check out from Hotel and transfer to the airport. Arrival to El Calafate. Welcome and transfer to the selected hotel, check in at the hotel. The afternoon is at leisure. Overnight

Day 7 – EL CALAFATE
After breakfast, start a full day excursion at Perito Moreno Glacier. The footbridge area allows visitors to admire the front of the Perito Moreno Glacier and witness the fall of ice blocks from a close distance. Every view point offers a new perspective.  Its one of the few glaciers in the world which is in constant advance and growth.  (entrance fee is not included) Return to the Hotel.

Day 8 – EL CALAFATE
After breakfast full day excursion to Ice Rivers, departure from Punta Banderas .  Sightseeing of the Upsala Glacier, Iceberg barrier, Landing at Onelli aera. Navigation among Icebergs  . Return to the hotel.

Day 9 – EL CALAFATE
After breakfast, check out from your hotel and transfer to the airport.

Included

• Entrance fee to National Parks specified above
• Tips
• Accommodation in 4* or 5* hotels
• Meals specified above
• Guidance in English

Not Included

• International and local airfares
• International and local airport taxes
• Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages
• Personal expenses 
• Additional services not specified in above itineraries