ITINERARY:
Day 1: Buenos Aires
Arrival, reception and transfer to the selected hotel.
Rest of the day at leisure. Lodging.
Day 2: Buenos Aires
Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning we will visit the city: Enjoy the city on a guided tour of its main attractions. This excursion transmits the emotion of a multiple Buenos Aires. We will visit the symbol of our city: the Obelisk. We will visit squares such as the squares of Mayo, San Martin, Alvear; and avenues such as Corrientes, De Mayo, 9 de Julio, among others; neighborhoods with history such as La Boca, San Telmo, sumptuous as Palermo and Recoleta, modern as Puerto Madero; the parks, Lezama and Tres de Febrero, commercial and financial areas, Soccer Stadium and much more.
Free afternoon. Overnight.
Day 3: Buenos Aires - El Calafate
Breakfast at the hotel. At the indicated time, transfer to Jorge Newbery airport to take the flight to the city of El Calafate.
Arrival, reception and transfer to the selected hotel.
Rest of the day at leisure. It is suggested to walk along the main street, which is where the commercial area is located, both souvenirs and gastronomic.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 4: El Calafate
Breakfast at the hotel.
In the morning we will depart for a visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier: We will leave El Calafate towards the Glaciers National Park about 50 km by paved road (declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1981), continuing 30 km inside the Glaciers National Park until we reach the Perito Moreno Glacier. From the beginning the trip offers pleasant surprises. Leaving the town, on the right we can see Lake Argentino with its Bahía Redonda (Round Bay).
In the first 40 km we cross the Patagonian steppe, passing later to the entrance of the National Park to observe the arboreal vegetation belonging mostly to the "notofagus" family (ñires, guindos, lengas) and one or another cinnamon tree, and flowers of diverse colors, among which the notro stands out for its intense red color corresponding to the Andean Patagonian Forest.
Once on the glacier, we go to the main balcony, and then walk the walkways freely, until the meeting time agreed with the guide. The walkways offer from their viewpoints different perspectives of the glacier, allowing you to enjoy this incredible natural spectacle. The glacier is named after the great Argentine explorer of the last century, and is one of the few in the world in advance. This has made it one of the greatest natural spectacles in the world. In its advance it dams the waters of the Brazo Rico of Lake Argentino, with which the level of the latter rises up to 30 meters above that of Lake Argentino, putting pressure on the ice. First, a tunnel with a vault of more than 50 meters is created through which the waters of the Brazo Rico flow down to Lago Argentino. The erosion caused by the water finally causes the collapse of the vault, in one of the most impressive spectacles that can be witnessed.
For lunch, the park has a service area with a restaurant and a snack bar.
During this tour, we will also navigate the northern arm of the lake on the Safari Nautico, which allows us to appreciate the majestic south wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier. This glacier ice wall is approximately 60m high and more than 100m below the lake level.
The boat approaches about 200m from the place where the glacier touches the Magellan Peninsula, and then travels along the entire length (almost 3km) of the south wall allowing you to enjoy the daily detachments and the magical beauty of its seracs, crevasses and intense blues.
This service is carried out with the Yagán boat, with capacity for 110 passengers.
The embarkation takes place at the port located in the bay "Bajo de las Sombras", approximately 7 km before the glacier viewpoint. It is highly recommended to complete the visit to the glacier since from the walkways the south wall is not visible in all its magnificence.
At the end of the afternoon walk, return to the hotel.
Accommodation
Day 5: El Calafate
Breakfast at the hotel. Free day, we recommend taking the Todo Glaciares navigation.
Day 6: El Calafate - Buenos Aires
Breakfast at the hotel. Free time until the indicated time to take the transfer to the airport.
Arrival, reception and transfer to the selected hotel.
Rest of the day at leisure.
Day 7: Buenos Aires
Breakfast at the hotel. At the indicated time we will take the transfer to the international airport of Ezeiza, to take the flight to your place of origin.
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