Individual tour through Argentina, Chile, Uruguay - INTI Tours

Arrival in Buenos Aires, the "City of Tango". Transfer to your centrally located hotel. After check-in, the rest of the day is free for you to explore Buenos Aires on your own. Buenos Aires also has a lot to offer from a culinary point of view, enjoy your first delicious meal with a good glass of Argentinian wine.

After breakfast, your guide will pick you up at the hotel and show you Buenos Aires in his very special way. Bernardo Tango comes from southern Germany and has found his new home in Buenos Aires. He is an excellent bandoneon player, tango dancer and tango teacher and will show you "his city" with personal passion and a lot of internal knowledge. He will be happy to visit milongas, the typical tango dance venues, with you in the evening. Let yourself be infected by the enthusiasm of a real "Porteno" and enjoy the flair of this unique metropolis.

Today you can explore and discover Buenos Aires on your own, depending on your mood. For example, you can take an extensive city tour. Visit the harbour and artists' quarter La Boca, the Palermo district, the famous Recoleta cemetery, the Congress Palace and the Casa Rosada.

A day trip takes you to the gauchos on an estancia. On this traditional cattle farm you can visit the local historical museum. For lunch you will have a traditional parillada. In the afternoon there are horse riding competitions of the gauchos. In between, you have the opportunity for a short horseback ride or a carriage ride in the surrounding area. In the evening return to Buenos Aires to your hotel.

Transfer to the airport and onward flight to Ushuaia, the southernmost point of your journey and located directly on the Beagle Channel. Transfer to your hotel and time for a first stroll through the town.

You can organise today's travel day according to your own taste: In the morning you can take a walk through Ushuaia.
INTI travel tip: Take the opportunity to visit the very interesting "Museum from the End of the World". In the afternoon, optional boat trip through wonderful scenery to deserted rocky islands in the Beagle Channel. You can observe sea lions, cormorants and penguins.

Today you can take the bus to the Parque Nacional Lapataia and explore it. You can go on short hikes or take a short boat trip to the beautiful Isla Redonda. Rugged cliffs and threatening-looking glaciers alternate with deep, seemingly impenetrable rainforest. Enjoy the enchanting views of various bays as well as the lush vegetation with southern beech trees and surprisingly many flowering plants. You will also reach the "end of the world" in Lapataia Bay, where the legendary Panamericana ends.

Enjoy the remaining hours in Ushuaia, because in the afternoon you have to check in on the cruise ship in the port. The crew with the captain at the helm will welcome you on board and invite you and your travel companions to a welcome cocktail. Immediately afterwards, it's "Cast off!" for the journey to the southernmost point on earth. Through the legendary Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel, you will travel through Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego: the great adventure begins!

You will sail through the Murray Channel and Nassau Bay to Cabo de Hornos National Park, where you will go ashore if climatic conditions permit. The mystical Cape Horn, discovered in 1616, is a 425-metre-high, almost vertical cliff. For a long time this was an important sea route for sailing ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Cape Horn is known as the end of the world and was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in June 2005. In the afternoon you reach Wulaia Bay. At this historic site was one of the largest settlements of the Yamaná Indians, who navigated the coasts in canoes. Charles Darwin went ashore here on his voyage around the world aboard the MS Beagle in 1833. The place offers a natural spectacle with its exceptionally beautiful flora and landscape. You walk through the middle of the Magellanic jungle with its lenga, coihue and canelo trees as well as numerous ferns and other species to a lookout point.

You will navigate the Brecknock, Ocasión, Cockburn and Magdalena channels to cross the spectacularly beautiful Agostini Fjord (Seno Agostini) in the middle of the Darwin Cordillera in Tierra del Fuego. In this unique place you can marvel at the glaciers that originate in this mountain range, some of which extend down to the sea. In the evening you continue your route to the Águila Glacier, where you go ashore with the Zodiacs. On an enjoyable hike along the beach, you will circle a lagoon surrounded by mountains and reach the front of the glacier. You will have the opportunity to get to know the primeval forest of cold, humid Patagonia and understand the glacial movements that have shaped the landscape of this region.

Early in the morning - weather permitting - you will go ashore on Magdalena Island. The island in the middle of the Strait of Magellan was once an obligatory supply stop for sailors and explorers. A huge colony of Magellanic penguins lives here, which you can observe on a walk to the lighthouse that today shows ships the way through the Strait of Magellan. In September and April, anchor off Marta Island instead to spot a colony of South American sea lions from an inflatable boat. Your adventure in the extreme south ends in Punta Arenas, where you disembark in the late morning. Check-in at your hotel.

Explore Punta Arenas on your own. It is the capital of the "Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena" and has a very special flair due to its special location on the west coast of the Strait of Magellan in the extreme south of Chile. For example, at the famous "Sara Braun" cemetery, you can read as if you were reading a history book about the city. The magnificent mausoleums from the time of the 20th century tell of victory, conquest, loss, love of countless soldiers of fortune, adventurers and seafarers.

Today we head north through vast Patagonian steppe country. In the afternoon, we reach the picturesque town of Puerto Natales on the Ultima Esperanza fjord, with time to explore the town.

Continue north to the Torres del Paine National Park. The journey alone is an experience and offers fantastic views of the impressive massif. With a little luck, you will spot the first animals such as guanacos, foxes and condors. In the national park we have booked accommodation wonderfully embedded in nature. Enjoy the beautiful wild surroundings.

The Torres del Paine National Park is another grandiose highlight of your trip with breathtaking scenery. The Patagonian plain contrasts with the steeply towering mountains laden with glaciers. There are numerous blue-green glacial lakes with floating white-blue ice blocks, lagoons, rivers and waterfalls. Guanacos, grey foxes and over 120 different species of birds are native to the area and part of the incomparable scenery. You will also be captivated by the lush flora. On your group tour you will explore the different faces of the national park.

Today it is time to say goodbye to Torres del Paine National Park, as your journey continues back to Argentina. The drive takes you through untouched wild landscape past lonely sheep estancias.
ATTENTION: Please have your travel documents ready and note that no organic products and fresh food may be imported from Chile to Argentina. Towards evening you will reach the Patagonian tourist town of El Calafate and check into your hotel.

Experience one of the greatest natural spectacles in the world today, the famous Perito Moreno Glacier. Due to its special geographical location, it is one of the few glaciers in the world that still seems to be growing. The ice wall of the glacier tongue rises 60 metres high from Lago Argentino, and the constant cracking and roaring inside the glacier are unique. If you are lucky, you will experience the spectacular "calving" of the glacier, when a huge chunk of ice thunders into the water. There is also the possibility of a boat trip in front of the glacier as well as glacier trekking.

In the morning you continue your flight from El Calafate via Buenos Aires to Salta - "the pretty one", known for its colonial buildings in the city centre. Transfer to your centrally located hotel After check-in, you have the day at leisure. Stroll through the beautiful alleys of this wonderful "city of gauchos".
Optional: You can end the evening in a traditional peña in the Casa de Guemes with a good meal and folklore performances.

In the morning, you will start with a guided tour of Salta's historic city centre. From the hill of San Bernardo you will enjoy a panoramic view of the city and its beautiful surroundings. Afterwards, you will continue towards "Lesser" - an area that captivates with its villas as well as San Lorenzo, a summer resort nestled in a unique cloud forest formation. Your excursion ends with a visit to an art market.

Today you will take a breathtaking train ride on one of the most famous train routes in the world: The "Tren a las Nubes" - "Train to the Clouds" starts in Salta at an altitude of 1,187 metres and reaches its highest point on the 63-metre high and 224-metre long La Polvorilla viaduct at 4,220 metres above sea level! The routing in these natural conditions over mountain ranges and gorges represents a colossal engineering feat. Marvel as you travel over bridges and viaducts, through tunnels, up zigzagging inclines and snaking twists and turns. The entire route takes you through an extraordinarily impressive landscape with green valleys, a region of enormous cacti and finally over a wide gorge with rocks and waterfalls. After what is sure to be an unforgettable day, you will return to your hotel in Salta.

Today you go on a second spectacular day trip to the surroundings of Salta. First, you will set off for the Quebrada de Humahuaca with its historic small villages and stop in Purmamarca at the famous Seven Colours Mountain. From there, you will continue on spectacular serpentine roads high into the Andes to the Salinas Grandes, a huge salt pan, where you will also experience the salt mining of a small cooperative. Full of impressions, you will arrive back in Salta in the evening.

Today you will leave Salta and make your way to the rural areas of the region. The drive takes you past tobacco fields, soy plantations and olive groves high into the Andes and finally to the winegrowing town of Cafayate. Fabulous scenery accompanies you on the drive through the so-called Quebrada de las Conchas, where bizarre sandstone formations in fantastic colours have formed due to wind erosion. Cafayate itself is known as the "place to bury your sorrows" and is surrounded by rivers, dunes and vineyards. The wine-growing areas around tranquil Cafayate stretch up to heights of 3,000 metres above sea level and are considered the highest wine-growing area on earth! It is here that the Torrontés grape thrives better than in any other place, because the soil, the sunny days and the wonderful water from the Andes offer the best conditions. Let yourself be surprised and try the famous T orrontés with a tasty dinner.

After breakfast, you will visit the oldest winery in Argentina: Etchart. Here you will learn all about the region's viticulture and enjoy a wine tasting. After a visit to the museum, your journey continues through a wide valley covered with giant candelabra cacti to the ruins of the Quilmes Indigénas. These spread out on the mountain flanks of the Andes, a walk through the complex gives you an idea of its true dimensions. You will have plenty of time to visit the ruins at your leisure. Afterwards, the journey continues back to Salta, where you will be amazed by the lush vegetation on the eastern slopes of the Andes. Arrival in Salta in the evening and check into your hotel.

By domestic flight via Buenos Aires you reach the small border town of Puerto Iguazú. Transfer from the airport to your hotel. The rest of the day is at your leisure.

An absolute highlight is on your programme today! In the national park of the same name, you will visit the Cataratas del Iguazú waterfalls, which are among the most beautiful and largest waterfalls in the world! A magnificent natural spectacle awaits you, with over 250 individual waterfalls plunging up to 90 metres into the depths. Several footbridges have been built from which you can experience the thundering waters and the jungle up close. Marvel at thundering waterfalls, huge rainbows and drenching mist, while birds circle above the deep green jungle in the distance. The highlight is certainly the so-called "Garganta del Diablo", where enormous masses of water crash down into a rocky mountain. You can book an unforgettable boat trip directly to the falls. Afterwards, return to the hotel.

An organised excursion will take you to the Brazilian side of the falls today. (ATTENTION: Do not forget your travel documents!) Here you can take your time to enjoy the fantastic panoramic view of the entire front of the "Great Waters". Depending on the time, you can then book a helicopter flight directly at the entrance to the national park or visit the bird park with more than 150 different bird species such as macaws, parrots and toucans. Return to Argentina and your hotel.

Today you say a final "hasta la proxima" to Argentina. Depending on departure time, transfer to the airport and flight to Buenos Aires. Direct transfer to the ship's disembarkation point and boat trip across the Rio de la Plata to Uruguay. Your stay in Uruguay begins in the small town of Colonia del Sacramento. Founded by the Portuguese Don Manuel Lobo in early 1680, Colonia del Sacramento is Uruguay's oldest city. Explore the historic old quarter of the UNESCO World Heritage Site on your own. Narrow alleys and cobblestone streets invite you to stroll and you feel transported to a long-forgotten time. The "Calle de los Suspiros", for example, has often served as the setting for historical films.

In the morning, you will set off for Montevideo and check into your centrally located hotel. After breakfast, you will experience an interesting city tour through the old town with the Plaza de Constitucíon - the Independence Square and the Teatro Solis. In the Aguada district, you will visit the Mercado Agrícola, which used to be a cattle market and where fruit and vegetables are now on sale. You pass the legendary football stadium and reach "Las Letras" with a great view of Pocitos beach. And via the Rambla you reach the port district with its market and street artists.

On your last leg of the journey, you will get to know the dreamlike Uruguayan coast as well as the country's legendary seaside resorts. On your journey, you will pass through Piriápolis, for example, one of the classic seaside resorts with a beautiful beach promenade. From Mount San Antonio you can enjoy a fantastic view of the bay of Piriápolis. But the view of the coast at Punta Ballena is even more spectacular. This is also the location of the extravagant Casa Pueblo, which originally served as the studio and home of a famous artist. Finally, you arrive in the fashionable seaside resort of Punta del Este, which is visited by many internationally known and famous stars in summer. The harbour as well as wonderful sandy beaches invite you to take a walk. Check into your hotel for the next three nights.

Enjoy the beach and the sound of the Atlantic at leisure and let the many impressions of the journey linger.

Today a wonderful and impressive journey comes to an end. At the appropriate time, return to Montevideo and transfer to the airport. Return flight to Germany.