PATAGONIA AUSTRAL · ITINERARY

Patagonia, designed by ANDINA by Rixner DMC

Nine days between Ushuaia, El Calafate, and Buenos Aires, with every leg arranged in advance.

9 DAYS / 8 NIGHTS

The itinerary opens and closes at Buenos Aires, with Ushuaia y El Calafate at the center of the itinerary. Each section is pre-determined: transfers, guides, and accommodations, ready to be incorporated into any trip.

DURATION · TERRITORY · FORMAT

Nine days, three stages,
the same stamp

The route connects the southern tip of the continent with the Patagonian ice and the pulse of Buenos Aires.

DAY 1
Buenos Aires — City Tour

A welcome at the airport opens the itinerary, with a no-queue arrival for those arriving on international flights. Once in the city, they take a city tour visiting the emblematic Plaza de Mayo and the neighborhood San Telmo with a free lunch at their historic market, which opened in February 1897. Then they tour the neighborhood La Boca where they visit the lovely street Caminito, an emblematic open-air museum that symbolizes the identity of Genoese immigration, the origin of tango and the community recovery of urban art in Buenos Aires.In the afternoon, Caminito He displays his colors towards a traditional candy factory and a lunch in an 1890s convent, before a visit to the workshops at Teatro Colón.The next morning they fly to Ushuaia and have dinner at the hotel.

DAYS 2 – 4
Ushuaia — Beagle Channel, canoes and Martillo Island, penguin reserve.

A flight to the southern end of the continent marks the entry Ushuaia, on the banks of the Canal Beagle. The cold air of the end of the world and the silence of the forest of lengas accompany a canoe trip through the rivers. Lapataia y Ovando, Within the Tierra del Fuego National Park, With lunch under a domed tent on the water's edge. Then the wind of the Canal Beagle accompanies the navigation towards the Isla de los Lobos and the Isla de los Pájaros, with a stop at the Faro Les Eclaireurs and lunch at the Estancia Harberton, Founded in 1886 and still managed today by its descendants. Silence reigns in a restricted-access biological reserve and a guided tour is available. Isla Martillo, natural reserve and penguin colony.

DAYS 5 – 7
El Calafate — Perito Moreno Glacier and Patagonian stay

A flight to El Calafate opens the central section of the itinerary. The scale of the landscape is imposing at Cerro Frías, in a valley with views of the Lake Argentino, the Cordillera de los Andes and the Torres del Paine, With activities combining 4x4 driving, zip-lining, trekking and horse riding. The crunch of the ice accompanies every step on the trail. Perito Moreno Glacier With crampons, a toast of glacial whisky and a picnic lunch at the refuge. In the afternoon, gauchos on horseback herd sheep alongside their Kelpie dogs at a Patagonian estancia, with a hike through the nature reserve along the edge of the lake. Laguna de los Pájaros And a dinner of patagonian lamb on the grill. Another day, the steppe of guanacos and ñandúes accompanies the journey towards the river.

DAYS 8 – 9
Buenos Aires — Closing with tango

A return flight completes the Patagonian leg. Live music concludes the itinerary. Café de los Angelitos, A historical lounge, with a dinner to the rhythm of tango, before the final transfer to the airport.

INCLUDED AND NOT INCLUDED

What ANDINA by Rixner DMC solves,
What remains is the responsibility of the traveler

INCLUDED

Reception at the airport
Accommodation with breakfast at the mentioned hotels, or similar.
All the excursions and activities described in the itinerary.
The tour combines internal air transfers with full days of experiences in each destination.
Hotel selection by destination, with options that fit the profile of each commercial proposal.
5 lunches and 4 dinners included, according to the itinerary details.
Guides in the required language.
Coordination and assistance from ANDINA by Rixner DMC in each destination.