Overview & Highlights
An economical holiday with walking in the Patagonian lake district, around Fitz Roy and Perito Moreno glacier, with a backdrop of volcanoes and jagged, icy mountains. You also have time to explore on your own.
- Guided cycle tour in Buenos Aires
- Hiking on Cerro Otto, lake district
- Guided excursion to Perito Moreno Glacier
The world's most spectacular wildernesses can be hard to reach. Not so in Argentine Patagonia, just a short drive away from the airport at El Calafate you enter the stunning Los Glaciares National Park. This budget holiday includes walks in some of the loveliest landscapes in the country including the volcano-dotted lake district.
Your trip begins and ends in cosmopolitan Buenos Aires, considered to be Latin America's most European city, with its wide boulevards, colonial architecture and café society. Fly onto the Alpine-style resort town of Bariloche in the lake district, where you can explore the snow-dusted mountains, lakes and evergreen forests along gentle walking trails. From here you continue south to the windswept landscape of Patagonia, where you get up close to the vast Perito Moreno Glacier, which calves huge chunks of ice into the water below. El Chaltén is the jumping off point for explorations of the Fitz Roy region of Patagonia, which offers you the chance to admire some of the most dramatic mountain scenery on the continent.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in Buenos Aires. Transfer to your hotel.
Day 2
Biking tour of stylish quarters of the capital.
Day 3
Fly to Bariloche, lake district (northern Patagonia), transfer to hotel.
Day 4
Guided excursion to Cerro Otto.
Day 5
At leisure in the lake district.
Day 6
Fly to El Calafate (southern Patagonia), transfer to hotel.
Day 7
Visit Perito Moreno glacier; boat cruise on the lake.
Day 8
By bus to El Chaltén; assistance to your hotel.
Days 9-10
At leisure in the El Chaltén district, optional activities.
Day 11
Return to El Calafate by public bus.
Day 12
Transfer to the airport and fly to Buenos Aires. Transfer to hotel.
Day 13
Transfer to airport.
What our clients say
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The day we visiting the Frida Kahlo and Trotsky museums and also the canal. As well as all the wonderful pyramids and the Copper Canyon extension were among my highlights. We were very impressed with our first experience of travelling with JLA. We have been to several Central and South American countries before and had underestimated the impact that Mexico would have on us. It had such a variety of experiences to offer, the colour, the music, the many different and dramatic archeological sites and political history. The ethnic mix added to the diversity and the people were all a delight to meet. JLA allowed us to experience this in its selection of places, accommodation, excursions and especially the tour leader.
JD, Buxton
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Ben Line - Travel Consultant
Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Manager of the Tailor-made Department.
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