The Big Contrast.
City, jungle falls and Patagonian ice in under two weeks. The classic first trip, paced so you are not living in airports.
The route.(06)
It drops Ushuaia and the north on purpose. Two flights fewer means two more days actually seeing things.
- Buenos Aires 3 nights
- Iguazú 2 nights
- El Calafate 2 nights
- El Chaltén 3 nights
- El Calafate 1 night
- Buenos Aires 1 night
Day by day.
1–3
Buenos Aires
Arrive and slow down. San Telmo and Plaza de Mayo, Recoleta, an evening at a milonga, a long Palermo dinner.
4–5
Iguazú
A short flight north. Afternoon on the Brazilian side, then a full day on the Argentine catwalks and the Devil’s Throat.
6
Travel day
The long one: Iguazú back through Buenos Aires and down to El Calafate. Arrive for dinner.
7
El Calafate
The Perito Moreno glacier: walkways in the morning, a boat to the ice face in the afternoon.
8–10
El Chaltén
Three hours north by road. Laguna Torre, Laguna de los Tres on the clearest day, and a spare day for weather.
11
El Calafate
Back south. A gentle afternoon by Lago Argentino.
12
Buenos Aires
Fly north for a last night in the city before the flight home.
Travel budget.
Typical times, worked out from the same model as the distance check.
How we count- 12nights in Argentina
- 4domestic flights
- 28 hdoor to door between places
- 3.5days spent travelling
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01
Buenos Aires → Iguazú
Typical door-to-door time.
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02
Iguazú → Buenos Aires → El Calafate
Typical door-to-door time.
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03
El Calafate → El Chaltén
Typical door-to-door time.
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04
El Chaltén → El Calafate
Typical door-to-door time.
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05
El Calafate → Buenos Aires
Typical door-to-door time.