Argentina Tours and Travel

Day 1 – Buenos Aires

• Arrive at your convenience into Buenos Aires, the capital city and most populated city in Argentina which is well connected from many countries
• Pre-tour meeting will be held at the lobby of your hotel at 6:00pm to discuss the tour itinerary and to meet your guide.
• Dinner, drinks and overnight in Buenos Aires.

Day 2 – Buenos Aires

• Early Breakfast in hotel to make the most of our day in Buenos Aires
• We will start our day with a short drive to the Park of Memory, dedicated to the victims of state-sponsored terrorism of the dictatorship (1976 to 1983). We’ll also visit the museum, located in a former detention site.
• We’ll then head to the centre, where we will visit the famous Plaza de Mayo and the National congress among other landmarks.

Afternoon

• We’ll have lunch in Pizzeria Guerrín, the most famous pizzeria in Buenos Aires, that opened in 1932.
• We’ll walk past the Colon theatre and visit El Ateneo Grand Splendid, where one of the most beautiful libraries in the world is located.
• We’ll visit the Recoleta neighbourhood, with its cemetery full of huge mausoleums. A lot of famous and relevant Argentinians are buried there, including Eva Perón.
• Dinner, drinks and overnight in Beirut.

Day 3  – Buenos Aires – Rosario

• After Breakfast in the hotel, we’ll drive around 3 hours to Rosario.
• Rosario is the birthplace of Che Guevara, so we’ll be visiting his natal house, then we’ll head to the Che square, with a statue and murals.
• We’ll visit the CelChe (Center of Latin American studies Che Guevara), which holds an exhibition about him.

Afternoon

• Lunch in a traditional restaurant.
• After, we’ll head to the garden El Rosedal. In this place, the first picture of Che and his parents was taken. We’ll learn about the earliest days of the revolutionary. We’ll also visit the independence square, where he started his motorbike journey around latin america.
• Dinner, drinks and overnight in Rosario.

Day 4 – Rosario – Córdoba

• Early Breakfast in the hotel and make our way to Cordoba, which will take us around 4 hours.
• We’ll walk around this often overlooked city in Argentina, home of the oldest university in Latin America and many well preserved colonial buildings and churches.

Afternoon

• Lunch in a traditional restaurant
• We’ll visit la Manzana Jesuítica, an urban block declared world heritage by UNESCO. We’ll check a monument commemorating the fighters for the Falkland islands (Islas Malvinas as they are known in Argentina). We’ll finish by walking down la Cañada, a promenade by the river
• Dinner, drinks and overnight in Cordoba.

Day 5 – Córdoba – Alta Gracia – Iguazú

• After breakfast in the hotel, we’ll take a short drive to Alta Gracia. Che Guevara lived part of his childhood in this town, and we’ll visit his museum.
• We’ll walk around the town’s centre, visiting Tajamar, a dike built in 1659, and the public clock tower.

Afternoon

• We’ll grab some lunch before returning to Cordoba
• Transfer to the airport to take our flight to Iguazú, next to the borders with Paraguay and Brazil.
• After our hotel check-in, we’ll head out for dinner and drinks
• Overnight in Puerto Iguazú

Day 6 – Iguazú

• After breakfast, we’ll head to the famous waterfall of Iguazu, at the border with Brazil.
• We’ll take the superior hike. It takes about 1.5 hour to complete and goes through the best view points.
• Get ready to get a little wet as we discover the waterfalls from below in a speed boat trip

Afternoon

• Lunch at the park
• We’ll take the train to Garganta del Diablo (Devil’s Throat) and we’ll walk on the steel platform to have amazing views
• We’ll return to Puerto Iguazú, to rest a bit.
• Dinner, drink and overnight at Puerto iguazú

Day 7 Iguazu – Buenos Aires

• After having breakfast we’ll drive around 2 hours southway to Caraguatay. There we’ll visit the Che Guevara Provincial park. Che and his family lived in Caraguatay before moving to Cordoba.
• We’ll visit the museum and library there, and as walking around the park. We’ll get a drink in the Che themed bar.

Afternoon

• We’ll grab lunch on our drive back to Puerto Iguazú.
• Transfer to the airport for our afternoon flight to Buenos Aires
• After checking in our hotel, we’ll head for our farewell dinner, an asado, the Argentinan-style barbecue and for those inclined, farewell drinks
• Overnight in Buenos Aires.

Day 8 – Buenos Aires

• Breakfast at hotel
• Tour concludes – YPT is also able to arrange post-tour accommodation or advice for flights.