HIGHLIGHTS OF ARGENTINA – FAMILY ADVENTURE

In the morning you will be picked up at your hotel to enjoy our traditional Buenos Aires city tour. During 5 hours you will be swept away by the highlights of our beloved Buenos Aires.

Over the course of a half day you will have the chance to visit the historical and political center of the city around May Square (Plaza de Mayo) and the Pink House (the presidential house). Walk San Telmo with its cobblestone streets, the oldest residential neighborhood,  and La Boca where Buenos Aires turns colorful and tango is ever present: walk Caminito street with your kids and dare them to dance with the locals. The next stop will be the chic and aristocratic Recoleta, where the big palaces remind us that Buenos Aires was once the “Paris of the South”. At the end of this enchanting city tour you’ll be driven back to your hotel to rest and prepare for your next immersive experience.

In the evening we’ll picked you up from your hotel to take you to a mystical place where you’ll discover one of our most ancient traditions.

Tango is more than our national dance. Tango is: our immigrant origins, the talent of our local artists, the sensuality of the Argentine woman and our way to deal with a broken heart, dancing our way through tragical and yet eternal love stories. Tonight you will enjoy a 3 hour long professional display of tango and music with a group of local artists onstage immersed in an elegant and alluring place. The manners, ambience, clothes and dance steps which tango lovers used to practice 100 years ago will come to life again and you will travel in time for a night.

This spectacular demonstration of the finest local dancing will be accompanied by delicious Argentine and international cuisine. Dinner is à la carte, beverages included so you can lose yourself in the ethereal taste of Malbec wine. At the end of the evening, around midnight, you will be driven back to your hotel, fully in love with the bohemian spirit of our beloved Buenos Aires.

Why you will love this day: it will be a full cultural and architectural immersion. The private tour will allow your family to discover the city at your own place, and you will enjoy a relaxing dinner in one of the finest tango corners of Buenos Aires.

Why your kids will love this day: the tour guide will answer all their questions in a didactic and professional way. Encourage their curiosity! They will be amazed by the outstanding technical skills of tango dancers, the costumes and staging. Would them be able to copy their tango steps? What a challenge!                                                                         

Today we’ll pick you up at your hotel to visit Tierra del Fuego National Park, just 12 km (7.4 miles) away from the city and lying on the shore of the famous Channel sailed by Charles Darwin.

This 8-10 hours trip starts at Ensenada Bay where you will have time to enjoy the view over the Beagle Channel before start hiking along the coast. Six kilometres (3.7 miles) of wild trail await you where you’ll discover native flora and wild fauna. Discover the remains left by the Yamanas, the native inhabitants of the área. After this 3 hour-long hike, you will reach Lake Roca  where lunch will be served.

After a full homemade picnic you will start the second part of this adventure. Take your oar and plunge to start a 1 hour 30 canoeing trip (only available for children over 5 years old) along Lapataia River. Make all the way till Lapataia Bay,  where the Panamerican Highway and  National Route 3 ends at an awe-inspiring landscape. After discovering the unique vastness of the setting, you won’t regret a second of this haunting journey.

Why you will love it: this is a very special place for most travelers. Standing up at Lapataia Bay, starring the Beagle Channel you get to feel the greatness of all good endings…play with your kids in the wild and tell them they’re far away from home—more than ever, at 10.000 miles of Alaska! If Paddling seems a bit too adventurous for you, you can switch for a ride in the Tren del Fin del Mundo (the End of the World Train), a kids favorite.

Why your kids will love it: they will be in contact with nature the whole day, exploring the park—there will be native wild rabbits jumping everywhere, clear, full rainbows can be seen periodically. They will learn about the nature, ecology and geology in an exciting and engaging way, all while unearthing some of the most photogenic sites in Argentina.

On this day we’ll drive you to the airport to take a short flight to El Calafate, another favorite of adventurous families who chace to unearth the most spellbinding natural wonders, like the Perito Moreno Glacier.

The Perito Moreno glacier is one of the only glaciers in the world that’s still advancing.  Though it’s not the only glacier in the area is the one that made the city of El Calafate worldwide famous. For many years now, El Calafate has been considered capital of the glaciers. Located at the shore of Lago Argentino (the southernmost, largest Patagonian lake) it’s also home of the Spegazzini glacier, which forms the natural border between Argentina and Chili, and the Upsala glacier, named Glaciar del Gigante (Giant’s glacier), it was named this after its discovery and today it’s the biggest glacier that sits at the mouth of Lake Argentino.

Is El Calafate all about the glaciers? Well, yes and no…glaciers are main attractions that you can visit via hiking or a boat ride, but you have lot more to discover about Argentine rural culture. From Calafate you can also visit a typical Patagonian finca (ranch), learn all about the gaucho culture  and enjoy a great asado (barbecue). You’ll soon realize that Calafate is much more than the gateway to the Perito Moreno glacier.  

Upon arrival you will be taken to the hotel and have the rest of the day to relax or explore the areas around the town.

Say Hueque Tips

Our advice: if you feel like exploring a bit on your own, go on the 1 km (less than a mile) hike out to Laguna Nimez for a beautiful Patagonian sunset. If you want to know more about El Calafate, take a look at our Calafate Travel Guide to find more practical information about the city:

“If we got this further, why stop now?”—that’s what most travelers say who want to make the best of their time in Patagonia. Go ahead, here is an idea to keep on exploring Glaciers National Park in a  different way!

We recommend that you take a full day tour to Estancia Cristina (located inside the park and only accessible by boat) to learn about Patagonian rural culture, gauchos and, most important of all…eat asado. Some of the activities included at the ranch: a boat ride at Lake Argentino to spot glaciers (like the Upsala Glacier), a hike through the forest, a visit to a cascade. Spend a day learning about local tradition and having some multi-sport fun with your kids.

Today we’ll pick you up at your hotel to start this full day trip to the Iguazú National Park, on the Argentine side.

The falls are surrounded by a humid subtropical forest where the exuberant vegetation is home to many different animals and birds. Our guide will help you spot some of them: ant birds, toucans, manakins, parrots  just to name a few of the most common birds. Lower and upper walkways weave in and around falls permitting up close and personal experiences with this magnificent spectacle of nature. You will meet “The Devil’s throat”: the largest of the falls and for many the most spellbinding. To get to the “Devil’s throat” you take the ecological train and then walk out along boardwalks.

After walking and taking pictures of animals and plants, you will have some free time to eat lunch in this amazing environment. This exciting, 6-7 hour long excursion is highly recommended in order to experience the true power of Iguazú Falls.

Why you will love it: you’ll get to see this alluring natural wonder assisted by a local expert. For most people being in front of the falls is a very touchy experience…Also the walkways are stroller-friendly.

Why your kids will love it: they will wander around myriad of paths and stairways surrounded by dense vegetation. They will have fun spotting coatis (a raccon type native mammal) which are everywhere! There are more than 200 waterfalls to discover in the park—welcome to endless fun.

Say Hueque tips

Would you love to have a Great Adventure? The Gran Aventura (great adventure) is an optional tour you can add on this day. You will take an open air jeep through the rainforest and then a zodiac open air boat ride up the river to the base of the falls. This Iguazú’s parrot will tell you all you need to know about this adventurous tour:

Welcome back to the city of porteños (inhabitants of the port city of Buenos Aires). How you would like to spend your last day of vacation? Here are some ideas.

You can explore the cobblestone, tree-lined streets of Palermo Soho in search of one-of-a-kind Porteño fashion store. Can your kids discover the masterpieces of the graffiti circuit? Take your time to stroll the area with them. You may also stop by one of our cafés notables (historic cafés) located all over the city and have a cortado, the most popular Argentine coffee choice. If you’re leaving on a Saturday or Sunday, you can visit one of the city markets, only open on  weekends.

At the appropriate time you will be transferred to the international airport for your flight back home, ¡buen viaje!

Say Hueque tips

“Those are some great ideas, tell me more”…. Ok, we don’t want to be tight-fisted so here you have some ideas of truly local souvenirs and where to find them (be prepared to become really popular among your beloved ones back home…)