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Argentina & Uruguay

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ESCORTED TOUR EXPLORE NATIONAL PARK

WONDERS OF PATAGONIA

Essentials Duration: 11 days and 10 nights Highlights: • Take a scenic drive from El Calafate to Torres del Paine National Park • Enjoy a scenic cruise to the Balmaceda Glacier and Serrano Glacier • Explore Tierra del Fuego National Park and Los Glaciares National Park Includes: • 2 nights’ accommodation in Buenos Aires • 2 nights’ accommodation in Ushuaia • 2 nights’ accommodation in El Calafate • 4 nights’ accommodation in Puerto Natales • 10 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 5 dinners • Arrival and departure transfer • Daily tours, including a visit to the Prison at the End of the World and two scenic boat rides • Return international flights and internal flights

Buenos Aires | Ushuaia | El Calafate | Puerto Natales | Santiago

Experience the southern tip of South America on this escorted tour. Starting in Buenos Aires, explore the city’s sights and savour its delicious food and stunning architecture. It’s then time for the real adventure to begin. Head to Ushuaia, the world’s most southern city. Explore dramatic landscapes in Tierra del Fuego National Park and keep an eye out for red foxes, condors, eagles and beavers. Visit the Museo Marítimo y del Presidio, the Prison at the End of the World and learn about its famous prisoners. There is also the option to go out in search of sea lions and Magellanic penguins. El Calafate is up next, the gateway to Los Glaciares National Park. Here, explore massive glaciers, interconnected fjords and mountainside glacial lakes. In Puerto Natales, explore Rupestre Patagonia Park, which showcases Patagonia’s natural and cultural riches, then hop over to Torres del Paine National Park, with its waterfalls, shimmering lakes and jagged mountains.

Punta Tombo penguins

Ushuaia

El Calafate

INDEPENDENT TOUR WILDLIFE NATIONAL PARK

Essentials Duration: 9 days and 8 nights Highlights:

WILD ARGENTINA

• Admire the Patagonian Desert and see the Magellanic penguins that come to Punta Tombo during breeding season • Tour Tierra del Fuego National Park in Ushuaia, and look out for Andean foxes, rabbits and over 90 species of birds Includes: • 2 nights’ accommodation in Buenos Aires • 2 nights’ accommodation in Puerto Madryn

Buenos Aires | Puerto Madryn | Ushuaia | El Calafate

On this nine-day itinerary, you will see some incredible scenery as well as animals that you might not have seen before. First, spend a night in Buenos Aires, visit the glamorous neighbourhoods of Recoleta and Palermo and see the picturesque San Telmo, Buenos Aires’ first settlement. Then head south to Puerto Madryn; from here, you can reach Punta Tombo, where the largest Magellanic penguin colony congregates during breeding season (September to March). The next day, head to Punta Delgada, where there is the opportunity to see elephant seals, depending on the season. Other wildlife in the area includes guanacos, foxes, pichis and skunks. Further south in Ushuaia, tour Tierra del Fuego National Park, and learn about the different flora and fauna. The last destination before heading back to Argentina’s capital is El Calafate. Take a tour to Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the only advancing glaciers in the world. You might also get to see ice calvings, when blocks of ice break off from the glacier and make thunderous noises as they hit the water.

Torres del Paine National Park, Puerto Natales

• 2 nights’ accommodation in Ushuaia • 2 nights’ accommodation in El Calafate • 8 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 1 dinner • Airport transfers throughout

• Buenos Aires city tour, Tango show with dinner, Punta Tombo visit, Península Valdés tour and Tierra del Fuego National Park tour • Return international flights and internal flights

Los Glaciares National Park

Tierra del Fuego National Park

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