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Duration 9 days 12 days
Price From $ 1,529 $ 672
Price Per Day $ 170 $ 56
Highlights
  • Explore Buenos Aires, cosmopolitan city of South America
  • Discover Iguazu Falls and Iguassu National Park
  • Classic tour to discover Argentina
  • Starting from the city of Buenos Aires, you will tour the city and its corners, visit the Tigre Delta and a typical estancia in the pampas.
  • Then, you will travel north to the Iguazú Falls, one of the natural wonders of the world.
  • The trip ends with 4 full days in Rio de Janeiro, one of the most important cities in Brazil and South America. 
  • The Tourist Package Buenos Aires with Iguazu Falls and Rio De Janeiro includes all nights of accommodation, excursions and land transfers.
Trip Style Small group tour Group tour
Lodging Level Standard Premium
Physical Level
  • 2- Easy
  • 2- Easy
Travel Themes
  • Nature & Wildlife
  • National Parks
  • Cultural
  • Nature & Wildlife
Countries Visited
Cities and Attractions
  • Buenos Aires
  • El Calafate
  • Iguazu Falls
  • Iguazu National Park
  • Los Glaciares National Park
  • Palermo
  • Iguazu Falls
  • Iguazu National Park
  • Rio de Janeiro
Flights & Transport NA Ground transport included
Activities
  • Culture
  • History
  • Independent
  • Nature
  • Safari
  • Wildlife viewing
  • Culture
  • History
  • Nature
  • Ruins & Archaeology
Meals Included

Breakfast

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Description

The travel Gems of Argentina, highlights the main destinations in Argentina; Buenos Aires as the capital city of the country with its attractive offer and activity, the Iguassu Waterfalls, highlighted destination of the world and El Calafate, cradle of the Perito Moreno Glacier

In this 12 day tour, you will experience a journey through incredible destinations in South America and discover impressive places in northern Argentina and Brazil in the most complete way.

Itinerary: Gems of Argentina in 9 days

Day 1: Buenos Aires

Arrival at Buenos Aires airport and transfer to your accommodation.

Day 2: Buenos Aires – City tour

During the morning visit the city of Buenos Aires. This tour gives you the emotion of a multiple Buenos Aires. We will see the symbol of our city: the obelisk. We will visit different squares such as Plaza de Mayo, Plaza San Martín, Plaza Congreso. Avenues like Corrientes, Mayo, 9 de Julio, among others. Historical neighbourhoods: La Boca, San Telmo, Montserrat. Elegant neighbourhoods such as Palermo and Recoleta, and the most modern: Puerto Madero. Parks such as Lezama and Tres de Febrero. We will also visit financial and commercial areas and a Football Stadium

Day 3: Buenos Aires – Iguassu – Brazilian Falls

Transfer to the domestic airport. Flight to Iguassu. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Today you will visit the spectacular Iguassu Falls in Brazil. Departure from the hotel toward the Foz do Iguassu National Park. The area of visit is constituted by a single circuit of walkways, 950 meters long, which is located on the cliffs of the Iguassu River, offering a panoramic view really impressive of all the falls. The route has its zenith when you get to the Mirador de La Garganta del Diablo, where the noise of the fall of the water shakes the visitor

Day 4: Iguassu Falls: Argentine side

One of the most amazing tours in the whole world, penetrating the geological formation of the Falls and perceiving from different points of view, the magnificence of more than 200 waterfalls running constantly for millions of years. An excellent tour for those passengers willing to experience an intimate contact with Nature and life.

The tour starts early in the morning with a long walk, observing the incredible landscapes and the vast typical fauna and flora of the region, including birds, butterflies, mammals, flowers and plants that gives the surrounding natural environment, an incredible touch of life in an exceptional experience.

The main objective of this tour is to take full advantage of our time in the wild, experiencing the characteristic natural sounds, images, colours and aromas of the jungle.

Day 5: Iguazú - Calafate

Transfer to the airport. Flight to Calafate. Transfer to your hotel.

Day 6: Perito Moreno Glacier with nautic safari

Departure from the morning to travel the 80 kms distance separating El Calafate Perito Moreno glacier, unique in the world in constant progress. During the trip you know beautiful places in the Andean foothills, along the south bank of Lake Argentino. After crossing the river Centinela and Mitre, was reached at Brazo Rico to enter the National Park Los Glaciares. Bordering the Lake Rico began to spot the icebergs floating on the water until we can finally appreciate the full extent of this natural wonder has been declared by the United Nations as World Heritage. Stay in place and return to El Calafate.

Day 7: El Calafate

Day at leisure

Day 8: El Calafate–Buenos Aires

Transfer to the airport. Flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and transfer to the hotel.

Day 9: Buenos Aires

Transfer to the airport.

Itinerary: Buenos Aires - Iguazu Falls And Rio De Janeiro
Day 1 - Arrival in Buenos Aires:
According to your flight itinerary, a driver will be waiting for you at the disembarkation area with a sign in your name, to transfer you quickly and safely to your hotel in downtown Buenos Aires. Check-in and rest of the day free.

Day 2 - Walking Tour and Tango Show:
The day starts with a walk around the city. Around 10 am we leave our offices to visit the most beautiful and interesting places. The tour is made walking and traveling by public transport, to visit exhaustively the Center, San Telmo, La Boca and Recoleta where our tour ends. This tour is ideal for taking pictures and visiting areas outside the massive tourist circuit. The tour ends around 4:30 pm.
 
In the evening, between 8pm and 8.30pm we will pick you up at your hotels to enjoy a beautiful dinner accompanied by an unforgettable Tango show. The event will take place in El Querandí, one of the most popular tanguerias in San Telmo neighborhood. You will be welcomed with a three-step gourmet dinner with a wide selection of typical dishes and regional wines. Afterwards, you will be able to witness an incredible show, which reviews the History of Tango with different dancing couples and singers. At the end, around midnight, you will be returned to your hotel.
 
Day 3 - Fiesta Estancia Gaucha Santa Susana:
Together with our guides we will leave the city towards Los Cardales (province of Buenos Aires) enjoying a panoramic and pleasant journey where we will travel through the Argentinean pampas to the Estancia. Once the tour is over, we will be received with a welcome reception where we will serve some typical traditional empanadas of meat, Argentine wine and soft drinks.
Our guides will take you to see some of the attractions of Santa Susana such as its traditional museum and beautiful church. Afterwards, you will enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride to explore the ranch grounds. After the tour of the ranch, the Estancia offers a delicious barbecue.
 
Day 4 - Sailing to Tigre:
The tour starts at the boat terminal in the luxurious neighborhood of Puerto Madero, where you will meet your guide at 9:45 am. From there, you will sail across the Rio de la Plata and the Delta, to enjoy the best views of the city. Once in Tigre, you will go on a touristic bus ride, to see the main attractions. We continue with a walking tour around the famous market of the Port of Fruits. Finally, we will return to Buenos Aires by train to Retiro station, where the tour ends.
 
Day 5 - Arrival to Iguazú and Falls on the Brazilian side:
Your transportation will take you to the airport to take your flight to Puerto Iguazú. There you will be met and transferred to the hotel to check in. Then, in the afternoon, the tour begins to visit the Falls on the Brazilian side.
 
The Iguassu National Park (Brazilian side) has an extension of 185,000 hectares. The route of the footbridges is 1,200 meters of path on the Iguazú River ravine. You will be able to obtain a panoramic view of the Argentinean waterfalls, which is an ideal place to take pictures. Towards the end of the tour you will arrive at the lower viewpoint of Garganta del Diablo, which is about 200 meters away. This wonderful scenery is even more enhanced by the permanent rainbow formation. 
 
Day 6 - Argentine Falls:
 
Transfer from hotels early in the morning to visit the Argentine side of the Park. Once you cross the access gate, continue to the "Central Station" where the option is to take a train service that takes you to the "Cataratas Station" and/or "Garganta del Diablo Station". The other option to access the Cataratas Circuits (Upper and Lower Walkway) is through the "Sendero Verde" Pedestrian Path, 600 meters long, which starts at the Visitors' Center and ends at the Cataratas Station. 
 
Day 7 - Arrival in Rio de Janeiro:
 
According to the selected option, your transportation will take you to the airport in Puerto Iguaçu or Foz do Iguassu, to take your flight to Rio. Once there, you will be transferred to your hotel, to check in and enjoy the rest of the day off.
 
Day 8 -Jeep Corcovado Tour with Floresta Da Tijuca and Santa Teresa:
Our walk begins with the departure from the passenger hotels to travel by jeep through the traditional neighborhood of Santa Teresa, where we will find mansions built at the beginning of the 20th century. Today it is a refuge for artists and intellectuals. Then we will continue our journey until we reach the Tijuca Forest National Park, the largest urban forest in the world, where the monument to Christ the Redeemer is located at the top of Corcovado Mountain, at an altitude of 710 meters above sea level. At that moment, passengers change vehicles to get into a van that will transport them to the entrance of Corcovado and then return to the jeep. Then we will continue with the visit to Doña Marta's viewpoint, to admire the magnificent view, as well as take a short walk to a waterfall. 
 
Day 9 - Corcovado and Pan de Azúcar:
We start with the pick up from your hotels to visit the Corcovado Hill and the statue of Christ the Redeemer, located at 710 meters high. From the summit you can see the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, the northern area and several beaches. We will be able to make the ascent in the historical train. After contemplating the wonderful panoramic view of the city, we will enjoy a delicious traditional lunch before continuing our tour.
 
After lunch we will visit the Sugar Loaf Mountain, located at 395 meters above sea level, in the middle of the Guanabara Bay. The ascent is done by cable car to the top of the mountain, from which you have a wonderful 360° view of the Guanabara Bay, Copacabana, Urca, Botafogo, Flamengo and its surroundings.
 
Day 10 - Free day:
 
This day you can take a break or visit the Olympic Boulevard and the Museum of Tomorrow on your own.
 
Day 11 - Guanabara Bay:
In this historical and touristic trip, you will take a boat that will border the Guanabara Bay, visiting points of cultural importance and great beauty. Our tour will take you to the beaches of Flamengo, Botafogo and Urca, the Pão de Açucar, the Museum of Contemporary Artthe Rio-Niterói Bridge, the Island of Enxadas and the Monument to the Dead from the Second World War, just to mention some of the places to visit.
 
Day 12 - Farewell to Rio:
According to your flight itinerary, you will be transferred to the airport, to continue your trip or return to your home.
 
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NOTE: This itinerary may be updated due to reasons beyond the responsibility of the operator
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