Arrival in Buenos Aires. Regular transfer from Ezeiza International Airport with the Airport Shuttle. Check in at selected accommodation
Itinerary
The North Argentina Route takes travelers from the civilized streets of Buenos Aires, a South American capital, to the door of the rough High Andes range. Probably Machu Pichu and Cuzco are the mecca of tourism in Latin America but there are also jewels on the way. The wonderful Iguazu waterfalls, the old colonial villages and stunning landscapes in Salta, the mysterious San Pedro de Atacama and the unforgettable Uyuni Salt Flats. This tours takes you to the north of Argentina so you can decide where to cross and what to visit next!
Highlights:
-Explore the streets of Buenos Aires by bike with a well informed guide.
-Enjoy a show of original tango music and dance while you have a great argentine dinner.
-Visit the Iguazu falls in the Brazilian side and take the best pictures while you get wet by the spray of the huge cascades a few meters away.
-If you want, take the fast boat to reach the falls from re lower side of Iguazu River.
-See the transition of the jungle to the desert while you go up from Salta to the High Plateau, being able to see the salt flats.
-Discover the Humahuaca Gorge and the colonial villages on the way.
Age range: 18-99 years old
Season: All year round
Countries visited: Argentina and Brazil
Travel Style: Independent - All our trips are independent style (not group tours)
Trip Level: For all levels of fitness
Beware of visa needs (Argentina - Brazil)
Program zájezdu
Buenos Aires
Místo startu
Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza - Ministro Pistarini (EZE), Au. Teniente General Pablo Ricchieri, Ezeiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Buenos Aires
Breakfast. 9 am City Tour: Discover the beauty and wonders of Buenos Aires, see the National Congress, The Metropolitan Cathedral next to the Government House in May Square area. Visit the Colon Theater, one of the most important opera houses in Latin America and San Telmo, traditional neighborhood where Tango performances can be seen in many bars and restaurants. Stop at La Boca colorful neighborhood, which was seat of immigrants - mainly Italians - and now home of some artists.
Enjoy Palermo, an area that combines its architecture and history with entertainment and amusement in its green spaces. Finally, La Recoleta, an exclusive and elegant neighborhood where the famous cemetery is found.
Free afternoon.
Buenos Aires
Breakfast. Free Day. In the evening (8 pm), Tango show with dinner:To watch from the most spectacular window in the city the blend of the river that brought the immigrants who would give birth to tango, with the most modern buildings of Argentina, is to acknowledge that tango is alive.
To enjoy “experiencing Madero Tango” is to really get to know where tango lives. This musical genre recently declared human heritage is much more than the memory of its golden decades. Today, tango moves your nerve, impassions you, woes you… It is definitely alive and it is the real and vivid story of everyday life. Madero Tango is the only place of its kind where the present and the past merge to create a bond between the audience and tango that is never forgotten.
Seating from the 3rd to the 5th Row, Side of the Stage, and the 1st and 2nd Rows, Running Perpendicular to the Stage. It also makes it possible for the customers to choose an entrée, a main course and a dessert from among a variety of five options. A bottle of wine, local production, every two customers of the famous Malbec, Cabernet or Chardonnay grapevines is also included. Customers will also have the option of drinking a soft drink or a beer chop per person
Buenos Aires-Puerto Iguazu
Breakfast and check out at 11 am. In the evening, departure to Puerto Iguazú by bus.
Puerto Iguazu
Arrival in Puerto Iguazu at about mid day. Transfer to selected accommodation and check in. Free day.
Puerto Iguazu
Breakfast. 8 am Full Day Excursion to the Falls, Argentine side: This Tour take will you to visit part of the Iguazú National Park. It preserves 67.000 ha. of giant trees, vines and ferns living with multicolored butterflies, birds and mammals, all of them part of the rich local flora and fauna.
The park was declared Natural World Heritage in 1984, due to its scenic beauties and the great biological diversity of the subtropical jungle. The famous falls are in the heart of this Park.
You will start the visit at the Local Museum and continue the Tour along the Lower Trail, from where you can see the " Two sisters Falls", the "Bossetti Fall", the "Hidden Fall", a panoramic view of "San Martin island " and the "Union Fall".
Later you walk the Upper Trail shifting along walkways located above major falls up to the majestic "San Martin Fall” from where you have a panoramic view of the Brazilian falls.
Finally, you go with the Train of the Jungle up to "Devil's Throat" station. From there, after 1,000 meters walk along the catwalks, you will reach the spectacular "Devil's Throat", where the Iguazu river expresses itself with all its strength and the falling water gives the illusion of magic rainbows.
Puerto Iguazu
Breakfast. 8 am Excursion to the Falls Brazilian Side, half day: Your guides take you to visit the wonderful Iguazu Falls, on the Brazilian side, from where you can enjoy a panoramic view of the Argentine water falls
You will get close to "Floriano", "Deodoro," and "Benjamin" waterfalls, and the walkways lead you also to "Santa Maria Falls." (Beware of visa needs if going to the Brazilian side, eg: Australia, USA, Canada, China, etc)
Puerto Iguazu-Tucuman
Breakfast and check out before 11 am. Bus station drop off. Depature to Tucuman city in the late evening. Night bus.
Tucuman-Salta
Arrival in Tucuman in the evening to connect with another bus heading to Salta. Arrival to Salta, late in the night. Check in selected accommodation.
Salta - Purmamarca
Breakfast. Safari to the Clouds/Purmamarca Excursion: You will travel in the same route as the famous Train to the Clouds, zigzagging on lonely roads between the blue sky and the Puna. On your way, you will visit magnificent ruins, scattered houses, small villages and amazing landscapes. Departure from Salta will be at 7 am and you will quickly reach the small town of Campo Quijano and later, the impressive Quebrada del Toro. Soon you will leave all signs of vegetation as you enter the realms of the solitary Puna. In Santa Rosa de Tastil, a pre-Inca city of the XIII century, you will do a short archeological hiking. Later, you will reach San Antonio de los Cobres, a small miner´s town rich in tradition and the Train to the Clouds final destination.
Further ahead, a desert plateau will take you to the surreal landscape of the salt flats, where you stop again to walk around and enjoy the contrasts.
In the afternoon, you will return through the overwhelming Lipan mountains and arrive at the Seven-color Hill in Purmamarca, a landmark on its own. You will overnight in this village suspended in time.
Purmamarca - Salta
Breakfast. Humahuaca Full Day Excursion:
The Humahuaca Gorge is a long narrow and arid valley surrounded by beautiful and colorful mountains. In addition to its natural beauty, this gorge follows the line of a major cultural route, the Camino Inca, offering substantial evidence of its use as a major trade route over the past 10,000 years. It features visible traces of prehistoric hunter-gatherer communities, of the Inca Empire (15th to 16th centuries) and of the fight for independence in the 19th and 20th centuries.
During the tour we visit the villages of Purmamarca and the Seven color hill, Tilcara, Uquia and Humahuaca.
Arrival to Salta at 7 – 8 pm
Salta
Breakfast. Free day to enjoy optional tours or just relax in beautiful Salta city
Salta
Breakfast. Check Out.
Koncové místo
Salta, Salta, Argentina
Podrobnosti o zájezdu
Ubytování
- 3 nights Accommodation in Buenos Aires at selected basis with breakfast
- 3 nights Accommodation in Iguazu at selected basis with breakfast
- 3 nights Accommodation in Salta at selected basis with breakfast
- 1 night Accommodation in Purmamarca at selected basis. (Note: accommodation in Purmamarca may be more simple than accommodation in bigger cities)
Doprava
- Bus from Buenos Aires to Iguazu
- Bus from Iguazu to Tucuman
- Bus from Tucuman to Salta
Pojištění
Optional
- Other activities and services not included
Letenky
- International flights are not included
Doplňkové služby
- Ezeiza International Airport pickup with the Airport Shuttle
- Buenos Aires City Tour AM or PM 3 hours
- Tango Show with Dinner and Drinks
- Iguazu Bus Station pickup and drop off
- Full Day Tour to the Falls, Argentine Side
- Half Day Tour to the Falls, Brazilian Side
- Safari to the Clouds / Purmamarca Excursion
- Humahuaca Full Day Excursion
Doplňkové služby
- Transfers to the Tango Show
- Transfers to Buenos Aires Bus Station
- Transfers to Salta Bus Station
- Transfer in from Ezeiza in different hours than the regular timetable
- Entrance fee to Iguazu National Park Argentine side (aprox 30 USD per person)
- Entrance fee to Iguazu National Park Brazilian side (aprox 30 USD per person)
- Meals not specified in itinerary
- Towels, in case of Hostel Dorm Room
Jídlo
- Breakfasts
Guide
- Guide is not included
Dobré vědět
Měna
Argentine Peso
Argentina
Konektory a adaptéry
