Welcome to Argentina, on arrival at Buenos Aires International Airport, please clear customs and immigrations and collect your checked baggage, further proceed to arrival hall where you will be met by local representative, English speaking driver who will assist in your transfer to hotel. Check in, freshen up and have dinner (on own)
Overnight at hotel
Meals: -
Take enough rest in the morning, as your city tour start only in the afternoon.
Embark on a 4 hour regular Buenos Aires historic city sightseeing excursion. Sense, feel & soak up the emotions & ambiance of South America’s most glittering capital city. Take in all the major plaza & their elegant neighborhoods of Palermo & Belgrano. You’ll see the historic civic buildings, fountains & monuments for which this city is standout: pause in Plaza 25 de Mayo at the Presidential Palace - Casa Rosada, the reverence within Buenos Aires Cathedral, the famous Cabildo & the iconic Obelisco, all the while gaining a knowledge & education through the descriptions & in-depth commentary provided by your local expert bi-lingual English speaking guide. At the conclusion of the morning’s historic sightseeing excursion you will be returned to your city hotel.
Evening proceed for Tango Show and late night back to hotel.
Overnight at hotel
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast this morning, transfer to Buenos Aires airport by English speaking guide, for your flight to Bariloche. Arrive Bariloche and further you will be met by local representative who will assist in your transfer to hotel.
Overnight at hotel
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast this morning you will be picked up & by way of a regular of coach taken on a half day “circuito chico” (little circuit) tour of Bariloche and surrounds. You will drive through the stunning Bustillo Avenue which runs parallel to the Nahuel Huapi Lake shore, enjoying some of the most amazing views of the lake and the mountains. Llao Llao Village is one of the highlights of this tour, as well as Cerro Lopez, and the magnificent Panoramic Point, from where the view will leave you speechless. El Trebol Lake, will be the balm on the way back to the city. After a morning of "wow" landscapes in every corner, you will return to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure
Overnight at hotel
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast this morning you will be picked up & by way of a regular of coach taken on a full day tour to Cerro Tronador. This very special tour will take you to one of the most beautiful areas of the Nahuel Huapi National Park, where you’ll visit forests, lakes, beaches, mountains and waterfalls, as well as see the highest mountain in the area, Tronador, which rises to 3478 meters above sea level and forms a natural frontier between Argentina and Chile. Besides the magnificent scenery, there are unusual natural wonders such as the “black glacier” Ventisquero Negro, which originates from the spotless white ice at the top of the Tronador.
Overnight at hotel
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast this morning, check out form hotel and transfer to airport by english speaking guide,who will assist in your check in for flight to Punta Arenas. Arrive Punta Arenas and transfer to hotel by english speaking guide, check in at hotel and rest of evening at leisure.
Overnight at hotel
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast this morning, you have the morning free of any organized activity, so we suggest you have a look at the Brown Menendez museum, located 30m from the main plaza that has Ferdinand Magellan`s statue at its center. This is a colonial mansion owned originally by the Brown Menendez family who were prominent merino sheep farmers in this region. It is original with all of the antique furnishings of the period it was built.
Please make sure you comply with the mandated check-out time from your hotel room & be aware that anytime from 1300hrs until 1645hrs you can check in with your luggage for the cruise departure with Australis at their office, located at 990 Magallanes Street. Boarding of the cruisevessel commences at 6:00 pm & to do so, you need to be at the Punta Arenas pier were beside the main gate, there is the Australis pre-boarding briefing that commences at 1730hrs.
Once you are aboard you will be shown to your assigned cabin. Your passort will be kept by the Purser of the vessel, then given back to you prior to disembarking. There will be a welcome cocktail reception offered by the Captain& his crew in the aft-guest lounge & the vessel will cast off the shorelines & sail for “the uttermost part of the earth” as you are being summoned to your first gourmet dining experience in the dining room. This voyage takes you through the Strait of Magellan & the awesome Beagle Channel to explore one of the most breathtaking wilderness regions in the world: Southern Patagonia, the myriad of amazing glaciers & Tierra del Fuego.
Sleep will likely come easily this evening as you anticipate the dawn & the adventures ahead.
Overnight on cruise
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
At dawn, the vessel will be navigating through Almirantazgo Sound, arriving at Ainsworth Bay, which is in Alberto De Agostini National Park. From a distance coming into this fiord you will see Marinelli Glacier descending from Darwin Mountain Range, no doubt appreciating how the land comes back to life after the ice has retreated in years gon by on certain rocky prominentaries. After disembarking the cruise vessel & heading off in zodiacs with an expert expedition guide once ashore you will take a walk to a beaver dam in the stunning sub-polar Magellan forest. On the beach, if they are in residence you might well enjoy the view of Southern Elephant Seals, although sighting cannot be guaranteed due to colony’s unpredictable location. After the shore excursion & you are back on board, the cruise vessel will sailing to Tuckers Islets while you are enjoying lunch. After lunch, again on an off-vessel expedition aboard Zodiacs, we will be sailing to get close to a colony of Magellan Penguins (endemic to the Southern Hemisphere) & Red beak cormorants. In September & April this excursion is replaced by a short walk to a nearby glacier at Brookes Bay as it is unusual for the penguins or cormorants to be in residence at those times.
Back aboard the cruise vessel, drinks are available as you wish at any time from the adt guest lounge bar & dinner will be served in the dining room starting at 7.30pm. You may dine at the time you wish.
Overnight on cruise
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
When you wake this morning the vessel will be navigating along the Northwest arm of the Beagle Channel to reach Pia Fjord, where disembarking is scheduled. We will take a short hike to a panoramic viewpoint from which we can appreciate the spectacular Pia Glacier whose main tongue extends from the Andean mountain tops down to the sea. The expedition guides will mount an off-vessel recce & you can takea walk on the rocky landing point, mere meters from the terminal face of this majestic river of ice. After this unforgettable experience, the cruise vesel sails along the Beagle Channel, & in a short 90minute time span, passes through the majestic “Glacier Alley” with it`s seven huge rivers of ice that commence at the Andes maindivide & each one terminates in the ocean. These glaciers were names after countries in Europe; there`s the German Glacier, French Glacier, Italian Glacier & Spanish Glacier to name but four of them. A brilliant sight that will live on in your memory undoubtedly for a lifetime.
Overnight on cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
When you wake this morning , the vessel will be sailing through Murray Channel & Nassau Bay to reach Cape Horn National Park, where (weather permitting) all guests can disembark in the zodiacs for a shore landing at Cape Horn.
The mythical Cape Horn was discovered in 1616 & is a sheer 425 meter (1,394-foot) high rocky promontory. For many years it was an important but perilous navigation route for sailboats to circumnavigate between the Pacific & Atlantic oceans & it is still referred to as the “End of the Earth”. The National Park was declared a World Biosphere Reserve in 2005. Ashore, you will have to climb the staircase up to the grassland & from there, to the southern-most Post Office ion our planet, manned by a man, his wife & teenage daughter, the only inhabitants of this Chilean administered territory. There is also a monument a few hundred yards away that makes for a wonderful photo opportunity.
Back on the cruise vessel & after lunch, in the afternoon, a shore excursion by zodiac will be staged at historical Wulaia Bay, originally the site of one of the region’s largest Yamana aboriginal settlement. Charles Darwin landed there in 1833, during his voyage on the HMS Beagle. This area is also renowned for the mesmerizing beauty of its vegetation & topography. Walk through a Magellan forest of lengas, coigües, canelos, ferns & other endemic vegetation following a gurgling stream, to reach a panoramic viewpoint.
Back aboard the cruise vessel, change out of your expedition gear into casual attire, head to the aft guest lounge to engage in pre-dinner drinks, which will be followed by dinner in the dining room from 7.30pm onwards. This evening in the aft guest lounge, an `auction` of the cruise vessels navigation chart takes place. This is always a lively affair as it is a sensataional souvenir for the lucky highest bidder.
Overnight on cruise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
This morning when you wake the cruise vessel will be tied up alongside Ushuaia wharf. Ushuaia is Argentina’s most important southern port, located on the island of Tierra del Fuego. It is also the southern-most city in the world. Disembarking is scheduled after breakfast from 8:00 a.m.
You will be met at the public entrance to the wharf & by air-conditioned transfer vehicle, conveyed to your Ushuaia hotel. Check in there for a one (1) night stay, B&B basis inclusive of tax. From late November until the middle of March, daylight in this southern region is much extended from that of (say) Buenos Aires. The sun rises by 0500hrs or earlier & sets after 9.30pm & in January, not until 11.30pm, so there are hours of daylight to explore at your own pace, your new surrioundings. Ushuaia is famous for its seafood restaurants & King Crab tops the list of much sought after delicacies.
Overnight at hotel
Meals: Breakfast
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