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Two hikers sit on the shore of Laguna Torre, with icebergs in the lake and Cerro Torre glowing gold at sunrise above the glacier.

Sample journey
October to April

4 domestic flights

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.

  • 12 nights
  • About 3.5 days travelling
  • Buenos Aires
  • Iguazú
  • El Calafate
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The route.(06)

It drops Ushuaia and the north on purpose. Two flights fewer means two more days actually seeing things.

  1. Buenos Aires 3 nights
  2. Iguazú 2 nights
  3. El Calafate 2 nights
  4. El Chaltén 3 nights
  5. El Calafate 1 night
  6. Buenos Aires 1 night

Day by day.

  1. 1–3

    Buenos Aires

    Arrive and slow down. San Telmo and Plaza de Mayo, Recoleta, an evening at a milonga, a long Palermo dinner.

  2. 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.

  3. 6

    Travel day

    The long one: Iguazú back through Buenos Aires and down to El Calafate. Arrive for dinner.

  4. 7

    El Calafate

    The Perito Moreno glacier: walkways in the morning, a boat to the ice face in the afternoon.

  5. 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.

  6. 11

    El Calafate

    Back south. A gentle afternoon by Lago Argentino.

  7. 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
  1. 01

    Buenos Aires → Iguazú

    Typical door-to-door time.

    about 4 h 30 door to door, 1 flight

  2. 02

    Iguazú → Buenos Aires → El Calafate

    Typical door-to-door time.

    about 11 h door to door, 2 flights

  3. 03

    El Calafate → El Chaltén

    Typical door-to-door time.

    about 3 h door to door, by road

  4. 04

    El Chaltén → El Calafate

    Typical door-to-door time.

    about 3 h door to door, by road

  5. 05

    El Calafate → Buenos Aires

    Typical door-to-door time.

    about 6 h door to door, 1 flight

The granite spires of Monte Fitz Roy glowing pink at sunrise above dark foothills

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We will adjust it to your dates, pace and budget.

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