Connecting The Andes

Your private guide will be at Ezeiza International Airport ready to give you a kind welcome to Buenos Aires, helping you to familiarize with Argentina and answering any question you might have about your trip plan.

After a private ride of one hour approximately, you will be arriving at the selected hotel.

Check in and have the rest of the day at leisure to explore the city on your own.

Overnight: Casa Sur Palermo – Boutique Hotel

After breakfast, visit of the city.

At the first stop you will discover the history of “May Square”, the site of the most important historical events and where their protagonists made history since its foundation where you can see its surroundings, the most emblematic buildings, and learn all about them. Then enjoy

May Avenue and wonder in awe at the oldest residential neighborhood in Buenos Aires: San Telmo. Walk along its cobble-stoned streets and discover its antiques shops and picturesque buildings. Live and feel the original Tango in the neighborhood of La Boca: walk along “Caminito Street” and enjoy the dancers and souvenir shops. See the mythical Boca Juniors soccer stadium.

Contemplate the modernization of the city whilst traveling along “Madero Port” and its exclusive docks, full of excellent restaurants and large office buildings. Pass through the Retiro neighborhood and move on to see Palermo and its most exclusive residential area before finally arriving at Recoleta. Once there, discover the final resting place of Eva Peron, “Evita” and wander through Recoleta Cemetery where she is to be found.

• Private guide & transportation.
• Estimated duration: 4 hours.

In the evening, enjoy one of the shows of Tango’s Traditional Buenos Aires. Since 1867 this elegant presence in the historic center of the city, the Querandi , founded as a bar in 1920 and renovated in 1992 is considered the Museum of the City of Buenos Aires “Live Testimony of Civic Memory” and “Site of tourist interest by the Secretariat of Tourism of the Nation “.

• Round trip transfers included.
• Dinner & show included.
• Please adviseon any dietary requirements or restrictions at the time of booking.

Overnight: Casa Sur Palermo – Boutique Hotel

Pick up at the hotel and private transfer to the airport to take your flight to Mendoza, Argentina famous wine country.

Upon arrival, reception at the airport and transfer to your hotel.

Rest of day at leisure to explore this beautiful city full of parks and great foodie spots to take a break.

Overnight: Diplomatic Mendoza Hotel

In the morning, meeting with our host. The wine expert guide will accompany us throughout the tour. Then start heading for the central agricultural oasis to visit two wineries for the selected circuit, touring their facilities and enjoy a tasting of their wines. The guide will teach the different varietals of the region, its processes, and the care, breeding and fractionation of different types of wine. It will also include extensive information on the systems of Vines and irrigation. At noon there will be a third winery visit and participation in a traditional lunch, where we will implement the technique of sampling, and the guide will explain in detail the importance of the cork in the bottle and the use of glasses for tasting. In the afternoon return to hotel.

We will learn how to prepare “empanadas”, homemade breads and pastries typical of Mendoza quince.

The program includes breakfast, cooking class, lunch Regional Guest House, tour and tasting at the winery.

At the end of this experience we have known some of the wine and Argentinean cuisine secrets.

• Round trip transfers included.
• Lunch included.
• Please adviseon any dietary requirements or restrictions at the time of booking.

Overnight: Diplomatic Mendoza Hotel

The Aconcagua Hill is an undisputed reference of the Andes Mountains and Argentina; It is a must see for climbers and tourists from all over the world.

This tour was conceived to enjoy unforgettable landscapes and great stories that marked these roads; we will take the necessary time to get in touch with all its corners and discover its best kept secrets.

We will head southwest on Provincial Route 86, enjoying the landscapes of Cacheuta until we cross the tunnel that connects this town with Potrerillos.

We will contemplate the wonderful view of the Cordón del Plata, Mendoza’s main source of water and, of the picturesque Potrerillos Dam, a mirror of crystalline water in the middle of mountains.

We will continue along this path, contemplating the unforgettable landscape, going through tunnels and bridges, until we reach the town of Uspallata.

Again we will make a strategic stop to get a better view of the Valley as a whole.

Already back in the van, we will move a few kilometers, until we reach “Puente del Inca”. Mandatory stop icon of our mountain range.

Once we return to the route, the Aconcagua Provincial Park awaits us.

There we will obtain the corresponding permits to make a walk of approximately one hour, to the viewpoint of the Laguna de Horcones, where we can see the South Wall and the summit of the highest hill in America.

• Private guide & transportation.
• 12 hours of excursion with several technical stops for recreation and rest.
• Recommended: comfortable clothes, long pants and a coat, cash, sunglasses and sunscreen, mineral water and candy.
• Requires moderate physical activity.
• People with heart problems and women in pregnancy and some other pathology consult their doctor, the average height is 3000 meters above sea level, depending on the time of year.

Overnight: Diplomatic Mendoza Hotel

After breakfast, transfer to the Bus Terminal, bus to Santiago de Chile. Arrival in Santiago. Private transfer to the selected hotel.

In the Afternoon you will visit the most interesting sites in Santiago, beginning with a general view of the city by driving halfway up San Cristobal Hill. Then, we continue to the historic downtown district, visiting Main Square, Cathedral, Post Office Headquarters, and Santiago City Hall. We will also see the Government House “La Moneda”. Afterward, we will take you to East Santiago, where you may appreciate modern buildings, with offices, apartments, shopping centres and restaurants. Return to hotel and overnight stay.

• Private guide & transportation.
• Estimated duration: 4 hours

Overnight: Le Reve Boutique Hotel

Today we enjoy a full-day tour to the coastal cities of Viña del Mar and Valparaiso, driving  through the Curacavi and Casablanca valleys. In Viña del Mar, known as the Garden City, we will visit the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, San Martin and Peru Avenues by the ocean side. We will drive by a beautiful flower clock that shows the local time. We continue to Valparaiso, admiring the colorful neighborhoods in the traditional hills of this port city. Visit to Victory Square, Yugoslav and Atkinson corridor and Sotomayor square. We end at the port, with an optional 30-minute sailing tour.

• Private guide & transportation.
• Full day tour.

Overnight: Le Reve Boutique Hotel

We invite you to explore the green landscapes and the imposing mountains of the Valley of the Maipo, visiting the main vineyards of the region.

We will travel to the wine-growing area with the greatest tradition of Chile to know part of the history of wine and its magic, through green landscapes and imposing mountains of the valley.

The tour begins with the departure from the hotel in Santiago towards the Maipo Valley, where the most traditional winemaking area of the country is located and where the first vineyards were founded. In this valley we will visit 2 of its main vineyards.

In this way, we will enjoy the tasting of the best Maipo wines and their different varieties of strains, aromas and flavors. In addition, on both visits we will know the winemaking process, touring the vineyards, production plants, storage warehouses and seeing the final bottled product.

Finally, in the afternoon we will return to our hotel in Santiago.

• Private guide & transportation.
• Full day tour.
• Lunch included.

At indicated time, pick up at your hotel and private transfer to Santiago International Airport to take you flight back.