Patagonia Adventure Tour (15 nights)
Tour Overview
Start in Buenos Aires and end in Ushuaia! With the Active Adventure tour Patagonia Adventure Tour (15 Nights), you have a 16 days tour package taking you through Buenos Aires, Argentina and 4 other destinations in Argentina. Patagonia Adventure Tour (15 Nights) includes accommodation, meals, transport and more. This independent tour combines the visit to a vital South American capital like Buenos Aires, with the rough end of the continent, Patagonia, in all its different angles. Puerto Madryn is the head of the Atlantic Patagonia, and its treasures have to be found in the ocean. From there, the trip crosses the Patagonian steppe to arrive to El Calafate, the area of the Big Glaciers, lakes and forests. From there you can also visit one of the most spectacular National Parks in Chile: Torres del Paine. Finally, a last bus or flight over the steppe and into Tierra del Fuego island, the seat of Ushuaia, the city in the end of the world. And adventure you won`t forget! ...more ...less
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1 : Buenos Aires
Location: Buenos Aires
Accommodation: Hostel
Arrival in Buenos Aires. Regular transfer from Ezeiza International Airport with the Airport Shuttle. Check in at selected accommodation
Day 2 : Buenos Aires
Location: Buenos Aires
Accommodation: Hostel, Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. 9 am City Tour: Discover the beauty and wonders of Buenos Aires, see the National Congress, The Metropolitan Cathedral next to the Government House in Plaza de Mayo area. Visit the Colon Theater, one of the most important opera houses in Latin America and also, San Telmo, traditional neighborhood where Tango performances can be seen in many bars and restaurants. Stop at La Boca colorful neighborhood, which was seat of immigrants - mainly Italians - and now home of some artists.
Enjoy Palermo, an area that combines its architecture and history with entertainment and amusement in its green spaces. Finally, La Recoleta, an exclusive and elegant neighborhood where the famous cemetery is found.
Free afternoon.
Day 3 : Buenos Aires
Location: Buenos Aires
Accommodation: Hostel, Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Breakfast. Free Day. In the evening (8 pm), Tango show with dinner: Enjoy the most spectacular Tango show of the City watching the river and modern buildings of Buenos Aires from the large window of the complex. Is a place where past and present mixes and lets you create a connect with the tango that never forget. The show offered an opportunity to feel, fall in love and passion for the Tango. Live this experience with a beautiful view of the river of Puerto Madero and enjoy the best dining experience. Includes roundtrip transfer from accommodation; Three-course dinner with four choices of each dish; One drinking option (bottle of wine every two people, bottle of water, bottle of soda or beer); Oblique location to the stage with excellent visibility and shared tables.
Day 4 : Buenos Aires-Puerto Madryn
Location: Puerto Madryn
Accommodation: Hostel, Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast and check out at 11 am. Departure to Puerto Madryn by night bus.
Day 5 : Puerto Madryn
Location: Puerto Madryn
Accommodation: Hostel
Arrival in Puerto Madryn. Check in at selected accommodation. Free day.
Day 6 : Puerto Madryn
Location: Puerto Madryn
Accommodation: Hostel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. 7.30 am. Península Valdés Full Day Tour: Península de Valdés is a human world-wide heritage. Throughout its extension it locks up different unique species that find in the zone a great place to develop their life.
During this full day tour you will be accompanied by Naturists and Bilingual guides.
The first stop will be the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus Interpretation Center, where you can have fast references on fauna, flora and geology of the Peninsula. Also you will enjoy the panoramic view that the “Golfo Nuevo”, “San Jose” and the “Isla de los Pajaros” will let us observe.
Another stop is the village of “Puerto Pirámide”, where depending of the month of the year, you can take a Tour to see the Whales (Optional from 1 Jun – 30 Nov), or a Nautical strolling with Snorkeling (Optional).
Continuing the gravel road, and subject to the season, the climate or the tides, you will visit in different order or combined with other stops: “Caleta Valdés”, “Punta Cantor” and “Punta Norte” to observe Marine Elephants, Penguins and Marine Lions.
The Orcinus or ill-named “Killer Whales”, can be watch from the seaside at “Punta Norte”. The best months to see them are in March and in April. Also during September in the “Caleta Valdés” (with a bit less frequency). Back to Puerto Madryn.
Day 7 : Puerto Madryn
Location: Puerto Madryn
Accommodation: Hostel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. 7.30 am. Optional Punta Tombo Penguin Colony from the 1st of September until the 30th of March: In this Tour you will visit the most important Latin American continental “Pingüinera” or Penguin Colony (where hundred of thousands of Penguins lays their eggs in the beach).
The First stop will be at “Rawson” port, in the “Union” beach to observe the “Toninas Overas” (Optional Tour). After that, you will move towards Punta Tombo, geographic feature that serves as a habitat of the “Magallanes” Penguin. There, you will have time to observe how the Gulls, “Skuas”, “Petrels”, Cormorans, Oystercatchers and Steam Duck cohabit in the coast.
Due to a big extension area, you will also observe steppe characteristic species like “Guanacos” (typical American camaelidae), “Choiques” (small ostrichs), “Maras” (big patagonian Hares) and Foxes.
You will visit the small town of Gaiman, to admire its culture and the very particular architecture, also to taste a delicious piece of cake at a Welsh Tea House (optional).
Day 8 : Puerto Madryn-Rio Gallegos
Location: Rio Gallegos
Accommodation: Hostel, Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. Check Out. Departure to Rio Gallegos by night bus.
Day 9 : Rio Gallegos-Calafate
Location: El Calafate
Accommodation: Hostel
In the early morning, arrival in Rio Gallegos. Connecting bus to El Calafate. Arrival in El Calafate at 4 or 6 pm. Check in at selected accommodation.
Day 10 : Calafate
Location: El Calafate
Accommodation: Hostel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. At 7.00 am or 9 am depending on season, Perito Moreno Glacier Full Day Tour: People from all over the world come to this remote place in Southern Patagonia to be a witness of the Ice Age. This is one of the only moving glaciers in the planet, and a visit is not only worth, is a MUST.
You start from El Calafate early in the morning to enjoy the landscape, the nature, the fauna and the wide variety of birds (trying to arrive to the glacier before everyone). Through the gateways you visit the north face of the Perito Moreno Glacier, in different viewpoints from different altitudes. Back at the hostel or hotel at about 4-5 pm
Day 11 : Calafate
Location: El Calafate
Accommodation: Hostel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. 6.20 am, Torres del Paine Full Day Tour: The tour starts from El Calafate. You will reach the border between Argentina and Chile at 10:00 hs. and make the customs procedures. Then you make a stop in "Cerro Castillo" town. At 11:00 hs. you go on to the "Lago Sarmiento", where you stay there for a while to take photographs and to enjoy the amazing landscape.
You arrive to "Laguna Amarga" and pay the entrance to the "Torres del Paine National Park" (not included). You go to the "Nordenskjol Lake", from where you are going to admire the imposing sight to the "Cuernos del Paine". Once you arrive to "Pudeto" you visit the "Salto Grande waterfall" where you do a trek. At 17:00 hs. you leave the National Park and make 3 new stops at beautiful viewpoints where you can appreciate the "Paine Range". You arrive to Castillo Hill at 18:00 and come back to Calafate.
Day 12 : Calafate
Location: El Calafate
Accommodation: Hostel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Free day to enjoy El Calafate, El Chalten, or to take optional tours.
Day 13 : Calafate-Rio Gallegos-Ushuaia
Location: Ushuaia
Accommodation: Hostel
Check out 2 am. At 3 am, departure to Rio Gallegos, connecting another bus to Ushuaia at 8.30 – 9 am. Arrival in Ushuaia in the night. Check in at selected accommodation.
IMPORTANT NOTE: if you choose to fly from El Calafate to Ushuaia, you need to pay the supplement, and the flight departs in the late morning, at noon or in the afternoon, depending on airline schedule. It is a one hour and 20 minutes flight.
Day 14 : Ushuaia
Location: Ushuaia
Accommodation: Hostel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. 9 am, Half Day Tour to Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego
Get ready to walk along thousand-year-old paths in the only Argentine National Park that combines sea, mountains and forests. Everything right there in front of your eyes.
The list is truly moving: Lapataia Bay, the coast of the Beagle Channel, the most incredible flora and fauna with red foxes, woodpeckers, steamer ducks, condors, eagles, beaver dams and peat bogs, all rubbing shoulders in the most spectacular setting. Here you get right into this beautiful region and you experience it right up close. Back to Ushuaia at about 2 pm.
Day 15 : Ushuaia
Location: Ushuaia
Accommodation: Hostel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. 9 am, Sea Lion Colony Half Day Navigation: You will leave the local port, in the direction of Alice island to see the colony of sea lions, then you continue to the Birds Island where the king and imperial cormorants inhabit. Nearby, you will enjoy the view of the Rock Cormorants on the cliffs. Then, you navigate towards the Sea Lions Island to see them and also fur seals. Fianlly, you find Les Eclaireurs lighthouse, which was made in 1919 and it´s the actual symbol of the city. Return to Ushuaia
Day 16 : Ushuaia
Location: Ushuaia
Meals Included: Breakfast
Breakfast. Check out and Airport Drop Off
What's Included
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Accommodation
3 nights Accommodation in Buenos Aires at selected basis with breakfast 3 nights Accommodation in Puerto Madryn at selected basis with breakfast 4 nights Accommodation in El Calafate at selected basis with breakfast 3 nights Accommodation in Ushuaia at selected basis with breakfast
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Meals
Breakfasts, Lunch Box in Torres del Paine day Tour Dinner at Tango Show
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Additional Services
Ezeiza International Airport pickup with the Airport Shuttle Buenos Aires City Tour AM or PM - 3 hours OR Buenos Aires Bike Tour Tango Show with Dinner and Drinks Peninsula Valdes Full Day Excursion Perito Moreno Glacier Full Day Tour Torres del Paine Full Day Tour with Lunch Ushuaia Airport drop off Half Day Tour to Tierra del Fuego National Park Sea Lion Colony Half Day Navigation ...more ...less
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Transport
Bus from Buenos Aires to Puerto Madryn. Cama service Bus from Puerto Madryn to Rio Gallegos. Cama service Bus from Rio Gallegos to El Calafate. Standard Service Bus from Calafate to Rio Gallegos. Standard service Bus from Rio Gallegos to Ushuaia. Standard Service
What's Not Included
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Flights
International flights are not included
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Insurance
Insurance is not included
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Optional
Other activities and services not included
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Additional Services
Transfers to Buenos Aires Bus Station Optional excursions in Puerto Madryn Entrance fee to Glaciers National Park (approx 22 USD per person) Entrance fee to Torres del Paine National Park (approx 38 USD per person) Entrance fee to Tierra del Fuego National Park (approx 23 USD per person) Port Tax for Navigation (aprox 3 USD per person) Meals not specified in itinerary Towels, in case of Hostel Dorm Room ...more ...less
Check out our Q&As
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Are flights included in this tour?
No, you can ask for a quote. There are going to be some changes in the itinerary due to the overnight buses.
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Can you assist with pre or post tour accommodation?
Yes, you can ask you a quote.
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Are all entrance fees included in the price?
No, entrance fee to the parks are not included. You can buy it online in advance.
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What happens if a group doesn’t make its minimum required number of passengers?
Our tours are independent. This means you'll be meeting people during day tour and at the accommodation but from city to city you'll taking regular buses. There is not going be a group where you can join and shared the same itinerary. This tour is not going to be canceled unless you require it. ...more ...less
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Will I know the names and details of all the accommodation before I depart?
Yes, you'll receive vouchers and itinerary before departure
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Free Date Changes
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Transfer as credit to Future Tours
Hi Travel Argentina allows you to transfer existing payments to a future tour to avoid cancellation fees if you can't travel and inform hi travel argentina, 30 days before departure.
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Low Deposit
Hi Travel Argentina requires a minimum deposit of 10% or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 30 days before departure.
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Cancellation Policy
We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of hi travel argentina charges.
Up to 60 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.
At 30 days before tour starts: Forfeit 50% of booking price.
At 15 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.
Patagonia Adventure Tour (15 nights)
16 Days Starting in Buenos Aires, Argentina and ending in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
Visiting: Buenos Aires, Puerto Madryn, Rio Gallegos, El Calafate, Ushuaia
Tour operator:
Tour code:
AR9
Group Type:
Private
Specialist Group:
18-30 Somethings
Guide Type:
Partially Guided
Group size:
1 - 6
Age range:
18-99
Special diets catered:
Vegetarians