Overview & Highlights
Spot alligators, giant storks, toucans, and, according to season, penguins and whales on this wildlife holiday. The Iberá wetlands and steppes of Patagonia are open for viewing while exotic birds populate Iguazú rainforest.
- Buenos Aires: City tour
- Iberá Wetlands: Guided expeditions from lodge
- Yacutinga: Guided excursions from rainforest lodge
- Puerto Madryn: Guided excursion to Peninsula Valdés
- Puerto Madryn: Whale watching boat trip (Aug-Dec only)
- Bahía Bustamente: Excursions from Patagonian lodge
The vast and varied territory of Argentina is home to a huge variety of observable wildlife. This holiday introduces you to the exotic birds and mammals of the remote northern wetlands and sub-tropical rainforest and the whales, penguins and sea-elephants of the wilderness steppes of Patagonia further south.
From Buenos Aires move on to a lodge in the serene Iberá wetlands, where during boat excursions on the lagoons you may spot giant storks, capybara and anteaters. Travel on to Iguazú, where you stay in a friendly lodge deep in the the rainforest is populated by birds such as toucans and parakeets and mammals including coati, opossums and deer. Close by are the monumental Iguazú Falls, visited by an abundance of birds.
It’s a dramatic change of scene when you arrive in Patagonia, a wilderness of windswept grasslands, craggy cliffs and Atlantic beaches, where penguins congregate in their thousands to breed. In season, whales can be spotted spouting and frolicking, and the remote seaweed-collecting eco-village Bahia Bustamente adds a cultural element to your wildlife viewing.
These locations, especially the Iberá wetlands and Bahia Bustamente, are truly remote, in areas of little infrastructure; but here you have the advantage of being able to stay in unique accommodation where you are well looked after by committed and knowledgeable management with a passion for their environment and an imaginative wide-ranging menu of individualised excursions and activities: you may well be the only visitors for miles around.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Buenos Aires. Transfer to your hotel in the Recoleta district.
Day 2
Guided city tour.
Day 3
Fly to Posadas in the northwest and continue to the Iberá wetlands.
Days 4-5
Guided expeditions from the lodge.
Day 6
By road to Puerto Iguazú and hotel close to the Iguazú Falls.
Day 7
At leisure to explore Iguazú Falls.
Day 8
By road to nearby rainforest lodge.
Day 9
Guided excursions from the lodge.
Day 10
Fly from Iguazú airport to Trelew in Patagonia; by road to Puerto Madryn.
Day 11
Guided excursion to Peninsula Valdés (with whale-watching by boat Aug-Dec).
Day 12
By road to Bahía Bustamente.
Days 13-14
Excursions from the lodge.
Day 15
Transfer to Comodoro Rivadavia airport and fly to Buenos Aires, overnight for final night.
Day 16
Transfer to airport for your international flight home.
Things to do
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Argentina / Valdes Peninsula and Atlantic Patagonia
Bahia Bustamante

Argentina / Valdes Peninsula and Atlantic Patagonia
Hotel Peninsula Valdes

Argentina / Iguazu Falls – Argentinian side / Iguazu Falls
Melia Iguazu Resort and Spa

Argentina / Ibera wetlands
Posada Aguape

Argentina / Buenos Aires
Recoleta Grand

Argentina / Iguazu Falls – Argentinian side / Iguazu Falls
Yacutinga Lodge
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