WELCOME TO ARGENTINA

The incomparable Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city, is our first destination on this tour and we enjoy a few days of exploring the sights of this dazzling metropolis that would alone warrant a trip to Argentina. We tour cathedrals and fascinating historic landmarks, before getting closer to nature by visiting wildlife reserves and gazing in awe at the unrivalled natural beauty of glacial peaks, crystal clear lakes, deep fjords and lush forests. We travel across the lake from Bariloche and the Argentinian Lake District into Chile, where we explore the famous Torres del Paine National Park, before heading to Ushuaia and an exciting cruise on the Beagle Channel, named after the ship on which Darwin sailed through in 1832. We then return to Buenos Aires with time to sample this cosmopolitan city's colourful night life before heading home.

ITINERARY IN BRIEF
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Day 1 • Welcome to exciting Buenos Aires, cosmopolitan home of the tango.

Day 2 • Buenos Aires city tour; evening tango show.

Day 3 • Buenos Aires sightseeing continues with a half-day walking tour.

Day 4 • Fly to Bariloche in Argentina's beautiful Lake District; "Small Circuit" regional tour.

Day 5 • Full day in Bariloche—Patagonian Museum and Cerro Viejo Eco-tourist Park. Explore this charming town.

Day 6 • Scenic full-day Andean Lakes Crossing into Chile and Puerto Varas, the "City of Flowers."

Day 7 • Travel road to Torres del Paine, considered the finest national park in all of South America—turquoise lakes, roaring waterfalls, rivers and creeks, dense forests and sprawling glaciers.

Day 8 • Full day exploring Tores del Paine.

Day 9 • Today we travel by road to El Calafate, a resort town on Lake Argentino situated at the entrance to the Glacier National Park.

Day 10 • Parque Nacional Los Glaciares and its centrepiece, the Perito Moreno Glacier.

Day 11 • A picturesque boat trip across turquoise waters to the Upsala Glacier. The boat lingers in front of the vast wall of ice at the nose of this massive glacier.

Day 12 • Fly to Ushuaia, and visit Tierra del Fuego National Park.

Day 13 • Beagle Channel Cruise; fly to Buenos Aires.

Day 14 • Departure from Buenos Aires.

INCLUSIONS Accommodation Internal transportation Breakfasts and most dinners Sightseeing and entrance fees Tips for hotel, porters, drivers Transfers (Land/Air) Services of a Tour Leader

EXCLUSIONS Lunches and some dinners Drinks Items of a personal nature Air departure taxes/fuel surcharges Visa fees (if applicable) Transfers (if early/late) Transfers (if Land Only) Tour Leader gratuities

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OUT FACTOR

Recent liberalization in the laws effecting gays and lesbians in Argentina, plus the devaluation of the Peso, has prompted a boom in gay tourism. In 1996 measures forbidding discrimination on the basis of, amongst other things, sexual orientation were introduced, making Buenos Aires the first Spanish-speaking city in Latin America to do so. Outside of the capital, things are more conservative in this predominantly Catholic country, though not as much as one might expect from a Latin American country. Chile has some catching up to do, but the guanacos and Andean condors don't really care who you are.

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