Buenos Aires, Iguazú, El Calafate, Ushuaia, Crucero Mare Australis
With the south cross as a guide you fly over the Atlantic Ocean to live an unforgettable experience in Argentina with its incredible scenery and wild nature. Enjoy your quiet flight over the ocean to take rest, and to prepare for what comes next.
The city tour lets you discover the great city located on the Rio de La Plata banks. Buenos Aires captures her visitors at first sight, specially its numerous cultural options. Highlight: 'La Reina del Plata' as it was referred to in tango, casts a spell on her guests. Theaters, restaurants, movie theaters, picturesque bars and coffee shops, allow you to discover Buenos Aires City inhabitant's identity.
Near the city, you can find different lifestyles. On a special country day, you can be indulged with a famous 'asado criollo' and a typical horse show as a part of a 'fiesta gaucha'. In short, an option you can not miss.
In Iguazu, nature offers you an unforgetabble sight. 900 meters of bridges over Rio Iguazu, and the breathtaking Iguazú falls will astonish you.
On the 'Jungle Train' you begin the ride to the heart of the Iguazu falls. A walk along the bridges allows you to stray among the waterfalls till reaching 'Garganta del Diablo'. The possibility of having a baptism by these spraying waters, on a short trip by boat, is an optional excursion that is very difficult to resist!
Enjoy the Iguazú falls from the Brazilian side through 900 meters of bridges.
The Glacier air touches your face softly as soon as you get off the plane bringing you from Ushuaia. You arrive in El Calafate city, the access to the Perito Moreno Glacier.
You reach the glacier walking along the bridges that let you contemplate the magnificent view of the glacier, it is a soundless white river, with blue tones that wait patiently to fall into the 'Lago Argentino'.
This region offers lots of options to enjoy The Glaciers National Park. We recommend the visit to Cristina Ranch situated in the middle of the hills, near Upsala Glacier.
A very short flight from El Calafate allows you to reach the southern furthest place in the world: Ushuaia, a treat to enjoy throughout the year.
The excursion to Fagnano Lake on special 4X4 off road trucks, from Ushuaia city traveling across the Southern Andes, to Garibaldi lake to taste some delicious grilled meat.
This day you sail along the waters of the Beagle Channel, and visit the uninhabited Gable Isle. You sail arround “Isla de los Pájaros”, the Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse and “Isla de los Lobos” where you can observe seals of one and two hair, and enjoy the great variety of marine species.
The Captain and crew give a welcome cocktail reception on board. Immediately afterward, the ship departs for 'the uttermost end of the earth'. These excursion will take us through Beagle Channel and the Strait of Magellan to explore one of the most captivating wilderness regions in the world: Southern Patagonia, and Tierra del Fuego. We have just embarked on a Great Adventure!
We sail through Beagle and Murray channels to reach and disembark in Cape Horn National Park (weather permitting), on Hornos Island, high rocky promontory. This mythical place is known as the 'End of the Earth'; a visit is a singular privilege. The park was declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in June 2005. In the afternoon, we go ashore in historic Wulaia Bay, once the site of one of the region's largest aboriginal settlements. This area is also renowned for the mesmerizing beauty of its vegetation and geography. We walk through a Magellanic forest of Lengas, Coigües, Canelos, ferns and other native vegetation to reach a lookout point.
In the afternoon, we view awe-inspiring Gunther Plüschow Glacier, named after the region's pioneering German aviator. Then we sail to Chico Sound, where we disembark in Zodiacs to observe majestic Piloto and Nena glaciers.
Early in the morning, we go ashore on Magdalena Island, the home of an immense colony Magellanic Penguins that we can watch during our walk to a lighthouse, which guides ships on their way through the Strait of Magellan. In September and April this excursion is replaced by a Zodiac boat ride at Marta Island, to observe sea lions. After our visit, we sail to Punta Arenas, disembarking at 11:30 a.m. Transfer in a private car to Calafate to take the flight. The plane brings you back to Buenos Aires City.
You can enjoy a different day taking an excursion to Delta, sailing on a special boat through the channels among the islands, and having lunch near the river. Otherwise you can spend the last day doing your last shopping. Our package includes a tango show dinner, to discover the secrets of the most famous Argentine dance.
Along your trip you have visited the most amazing regions of this planet. Ezeiza airport is your last stop before boarding your international flight.