Day 1: Buenos Aires
Transfer from international airport to Hotel.
City Tour: A three and a half hour sightseeing tour visiting the Plaza de Mayo, the Government House, the Cathedral, Columbus Square, La Boca district, San Martín Square, Santa Fé Avenue, Recoleta Cemetery, Grand Bourg Square, Palermo Chico district, Polo grounds, Horse Race Track, Palermo Park, Rose Garden, Libertador Avenue, Congress Hall, 9 de Julio Avenue, and the famous Colon Opera House.
Overnight at Alvear Palace Hotel.Day 2: Buenos Aires
Breakfast.
Half Day Tour Delta Tigre and Coastline Train: A pleasant journey along the River Plate's coast and through beautiful residential areas in Buenos Aires : private neighborhoods, sailing clubs, marinas and slips.
The enchantment of the renewed old English train stations allows visitors to enjoy one of the most modern trains in the country and a great variety of entertainments. San Isidro , the biggest train station, is the only outdoor mall in Argentina . This commercial area has movie theatres, restaurants of different style and menus, and many shop. The ride ends in Delta station where the greatest amusement park in South America , "Parque de la Costa ", invites you to enjoy the attractions and shows.
Overnight at Alvear Palace Hotel.Day 3: Buenos Aires
Day at leisure.
Dinner and Show at El Querandi: The Tango is part of the typical music of Buenos Aires . This tour will be to enjoy a special "porteña" music night at one of the excellent tango places, where typical songs and dances are performed.
Overnight at Alvear Palace Hotel.Day 4: Buenos Aires / Ushuaia
Transfer from Hotel to Buenos Aires domestic airport to take a flight to Ushuaia.
Arrival in Ushuaia and transfer to Hotel.
Half Day Tour Tierra del Fuego National Park: It was created in 1960. It is the southernmost park in Argentina . In a half-day tour we will meet its forests and fauna while driving along National Route 3 until we get to Lapataia Bay . In accordance with the mountains' hugeness, the sea and valleys, the flora and fauna outline outrageous landscapes that we will discover little by little while we enjoy air purity, silence and sounds in this magic land.
Overnight at Tierra de Leyendas Hotel.Day 5: Ushuaia
Breakfast.
Half day Beagle Channel Navigation: you will sail in new comfortable ships from which we will have one of the best views of the southernmost city in the world and the mountains that surround it as well, while in Ushuaia Bay. You will see Sea Lions' and Birds' Islands as well as Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse; all of them embellished by the typical nature in the area. By the end we will see a Magellan Penguins' colony. We will stop for a while to take some pictures and watch the penguins. Return to Ushuaia Bay.
Overnight at Tierra de Leyendas Hotel.Day 6: Cruise aboard Mare Autralis Ship
Breakfast.
Transfer from Hotel to the port.
Check in at 245 San Martín Street , Ushuaia and embark on the "Mare Australis" expedition cruise ship. The crew headed by the Captain will welcome you aboard for cocktails with your cruise companions. We will set sail to Punta Arenas navigating through the Beagle Channel and the Patagonian channels. Begin a great adventure.
Overnight aboard Mare Autralis ship.Day 7: Cruise aboard Mare Autralis Ship
Navigation through the Beagle Channel and Murray Channel to disembark at the Cabo de Hornos ( Cape Horn ) National Park, weather permitting. We will visit Horn Island to get a panoramic view of the famous and mythical Cape Horn, the place where the Pacific and Atlantic oceans merge and the last promontory of South America . Disembark at Wulaia Bay , a historical indigenous settlement with places of high archeological value. Additionally, this place offers a very beautiful visual spectacle due to its vegetation and geography.
Overnight aboard Mare Autralis ship.Day 8: Cruise aboard Mare Autralis Ship
Disembark at the Bay of the Günter Plushow Glacier and hike near the glacier. After this unforgettable experience, we will continue navigating through O'Brien and Ballenero Channels, Bahía Desolada, Paso Aguirre and Cockburn Channel.
Overnight aboard Mare Autralis ship.Day 9: Cruise aboard Mare Autralis Ship / Puerto Natales
Early in the morning, in the Strait of Magellan, we will disembark in Magdalena Island , the home of an enormous penguin colony with over 120.000 specimens in different stages of development. We will take a walk to the lighthouse, which was used to guide the exploring sailors on their way across the Strait of Magellan . After our visit we will arrive to Punta Arenas , where passengers may disembark from 11.30 am onwards. Our great adventure ends.
Transfer from Punta Arenas Port to bus Station Punta Arenas.
Transportation from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales by bus.
Arrival in Puerto Natales and transfer to Hotel.
Overnight at Charles Darwin Hotel. Day 10: Puerto Natales
Breakfast.
Full Day Tour Torres Del Paine National Park: Torres del Paine has been declared Biosphere World Reserve by UNESCO in 1978. The Payne massif is constituted by several mountains, among which stand out three granite columns erected between two mountains known as Payne Horns: Mount Almiral Nieto ( 2.670 m .) and Big Payne ( 3.050 m .) The excursions to the Torres del Paine National Park usually start very early. This way, excursionists can make the most of sunlight. We started the super hiking tour to the base of the towers.
Overnight at Charles Darwin Hotel.Day 11: Puerto Natales / El Calafate
Breakfast.
Transfer from hotel to bus station in Puerto Natales.
Transportation by bus to El Calafate. Arrival in El Calafate.
Transfer to Hotel.
Overnight at Calafate Parque Hotel.Day 12: El Calafate
Breakfast.
Full Day Perito Moreno Tour: Moreno Glacier is the most important of the 13 glaciers in Los Glaciares National Park and a worldly known attraction for the incredible breaking of the ice. Along your way you will pass by Cerro de los Elefantes and then arrive at the access gate to the National Park. Then you will see Brazo Rico of Lake Argentino on your left and the first forests of lengas, cypresses, guindos, calafates and alerces, and if you are lucky, you may also see some grey fox, guanaco, armadillo, red fox or puma. After Curva de los Suspiros (photograph) where you will see the glacier for the first time, and contemplate astonished this 70 m . ice wall of a thousand blue tones.
Overnight at Calafate Parque Hotel.Day 13: El Calafate
Full Day Upsala and Onelli Tour: To get to these glaciers you will embark at Punta Bandera to navigate through the northern branch of lake Argentino to get to Glacier Upsala and Onelli Bay , where the catamaran stops for three hours. Upsala Glacier forms an ice spit of some 60 km . long and 10 km . wide and constitutes the biggest glacier in the area. Its surface is approximately 595 km², about three times as big as Buenos Aires . Navigation goes on until Onelli Bay , where passengers disembark and go for a short walk through the forest until Onelli Bay , where glaciers Onelli, Bolados, Agassiz and Heim meet. During the hike you will enjoy these beautiful landscapes with a variety of shapes and colors in the immense icebergs detached from Upsala Glacier. The navigation continues to Spegazzini Glacier, amazing for its high walls reaching 110 mt. On the way back condors might be seen.
Overnight at Calafate Parque Hotel.Day 14: El Calafate / Buenos Aires
Breakfast. Transfer out hotel to El Calafate Airport to take a flight to Buenos Aires .
Arrival in Buenos Aires and transfer to hotel.
Overnight at Alvear Palace Hotel.Day 15: Buenos Aires
Breakfast and transfer out Hotel to Buenos Aires Airport.