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The Tango & Patagonia + Iguazu Falls holiday allows you to take the following optional excursions:
Historic Buenos Aires | Tango Dinner Show | Patagonia Four Wheel Drive | Estancia Cristina | Argentinean Iguazu Falls | Argentinean Excursion Package
This half day excursion visits the principal areas of Buenos Aires, starting with the Plaza de Mayo in the centre, where you can see the Pink House, from where ‘Evita’ Peron addressed the masses. Then visit the historic area of San Telmo, and La Boca, the old port, with colourful painted houses, where the first immigrants arrived in the city, and where locals sometimes dance tango on the streets. You also visit La Recoleta, one of the most elegant neighbourhoods of the city. The beautiful cemetery here houses the tombs of many famous Argentineans.
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Tango has had a resurgence in recent years in Buenos Aires, and a visit to a tango show allows you to appreciate the elegance and sensuality of this dance. Our excursion visits the Esquina Carlos Gardel theatre, with musicians and singers playing classic tango while professional dancers perform complicated routines on stage. A good dinner, with wine or soft drinks, is included at your table. You are collected from your hotel in the evening and taken back after the show.
This three-hour excursion takes you across the Patagonian steppe by four wheel drive vehicle. You drive past estancias before ascending the east face of the Cordon Huyliche to 1,100 metres, from where there are wonderful views of the granite Mount FitzRoy and Lake Argentino. Then continue driving, stopping to admire the strange rock formation and the vegetation of Patagonia, before returning to El Calafate.
This excursion includes an English speaking driver. For groups of up to 12 people the vehicle used is a Land Rover; for larger groups up to a maximum of 24 people, a larger off road vehicle is used. Previously, only Land Rovers were used. This excursion can be with people of different nationalities. As some of the excursion is off road, this can be very bumpy.
You are collected from your hotel and drive for an hour to the port of Puerto Bandera, where you board your ship for a boat ride across Lago Argentino, sailing among the icebergs. You visit Estancia Cristina, a ranch built by an Englishman in 1914, beautifully located in the shadow of the mountains and close to glaciers. Here, you visit the farmhouse and the small museum in the old shearing shed. Then take a four-wheel drive tour along mountain roads to a lookout point to see the impressive Upsala glacier, where there is time for a short walk. You return to the farmhouse before sailing back to Puerto Bandera and arriving in El Calafate in the evening. A packed lunch is provided. This excursion is carried out with tourists of other nationalities. The guides are provided by the Estancia Cristina. The transfer coach from El Calafate to the port does not have a guide on board.
A morning excursion visiting the Argentinean side of the falls. You take the visitors train to the one- kilometre walkway over the River Iguazu, where you see the mighty Devil’s Throat Falls from above. You then walk the upper circuit, from where you see many of the other falls from above, before descending to the lower circuit, where you see the falls from below. The tour lasts about 4 hours. You have free time in the area to explore some of the trails by yourself or you can also take an optional, adrenalin-filled (and drenching) boat ride to the base of the falls.
Take our Historical Buenos Aires, Tango Dinner Show, Patagonia 4 Wheel Drive and Estancia Cristina excursions for a special price.