Patagonia Mountain Experience

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: Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires

Today, explore some of the top spots in Buenos Aires on a private city tour.

This tour can be adapted to your personal interests and tastes.

Your guide will pick you up in the morning at the hotel to visit some of the following areas and sites:

Plaza de Mayo is home to the national government palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral. This historical, political, and foundational epicenter of the city is a great starting point for the city tour.

One of the oldest neighborhoods in Buenos Aires is San Telmo, which is a great area to visit if you’re interested in tango and the arts. The antique markets, candle streetlighting, cobbled roads, and historic buildings with original facades and décor create a lovely bohemian atmosphere. Sundays buzz with activity as the main antique market comes alive around the Plaza Dorrego.

You can also visit La Boca, a neighborhood famous for its brightly-painted houses and coventillos (communal housing tenements). It’s also home to the legendary Boca Juniors Football Club, where Diego Maradona made his name.

The city’s youngest neighborhood is Puerto Madero, which is situated on the riverside along the Río de la Plata. This major gastronomic and business hub is situated in former commercial docks. Along the canals, these former industrial warehouses were converted into elegant bars, eateries, and offices during one of the most successful urban waterfront restoration projects in the world.

Palermo, the largest neighborhood, hosts huge parks and some of Buenos Aires’ trendiest bars, clubs, and fashion boutiques. This neighborhood—which has nearly 350 acres of parks, lakes, and wooded areas—offers a peaceful retreat from the busy city.

The European style district, Recoleta, is home to an array of fashionable restaurants, cafés, boutiques, malls, and luxury hotels, which reside along tree-lined avenues.

One of the main attractions, The Cemetery, is the final resting place for generations of well-known Argentineans, including Evita Peron.

After your personalized tour, head back to your hotel to relax.

• The tour is around 4 hours. Lunch is not included.

In the evening, it’s our special welcome to Argentina with a unique Dinner & Show at

GALA TANGO.

This is one of the most exclusive places in Buenos Aires to enjoy an authentic show.

With a beautiful décor and architecture down to the finest detail, it seems as though you have stepped into the 1930s, helping to create an experience that you will never forget.

The Gala Tango venue takes place in the neighborhood of San Telmo which, being one of the oldest in Buenos Aires, is considered as the cradle of tango.

For an hour and half, you will enjoy more than 30 artists on stage, a live orchestra and four couples dancing to the rhythm of the music.

Besides tango, you will also witness a performance of traditional folk Argentine dance.

The dinner offers a variety of hot or cold starters, a choice of eight different main courses and desserts that will also be accompanied by a good choice of champagne and wine from one of the most exclusive wineries in Argentina.

• Regular pick up and drop off at the hotel is included.

Overnight: Park Hyatt Palace Duhau Hotel

Pick up at your hotel and private transfer to the airport to take your flight to Esquel city.

Upon arrival, a driver will meet you at the airport for a transfer to HUEMULES Mountain Lodge.

The ride is around one hour.

Huemules Mountain Reserve is a tourist project located in Estancia Huemules, on the Rivadavia Mountain Range, 22km from Esquel, Chubut province. It will provide the purest contact with nature without leaving aside the comfort of a big room with private bathroom, Patagonian cuisine and the kindest service, as well as a wide variety of adventurous activities within the marvelous view of our Patagonia.

The lodge offers accommodation in exclusive domes, day activities and full board meals with natural water from Huemules Reserve, wine or beer during lunch and dinner.

Rooms are surrounded by Nature. The unique experience of sleeping in the forest implies feeling how the wind caresses the lenga tree branches, hearing the birds warble and the water flowing in the creek. The domes’ layout was designed to allow maximum privacy. Each guest has his own private deck with open views from his room.

There is also a bar open during the stay with selected alcoholic beverages. Premium wines and drinks may be chosen à la carte and will have an additional cost.

Overnight: Huemules Mountain Lodge

The Reserve offers 6200 hectares of Patagonian Andean Forests with snowy mountain summits, streams and forests of original species.

There are numerous circuits for the most incredible activities in Nature.

Your stay includes daily excursions you can choose that demand different levels of physical effort.

These excursions will allow to tour the lenga and ñire forests, cross melting snow formed creeks and discover at every step new landscapes in imposing Patagonia.

You will be able to view the most representative local fauna animals: woodpeckers, caiquenes, condors, foxes and deer, among others.

Overnight: Huemules Mountain Lodge

Between November and April, Huemules offers an incredible array of landscapes to enjoy. Discover the mesmerizing spring hues with patches of snow, summer with its intense green shades and the spectacular fall with its unique palette of red hues.

During this time of the year we offer trekking, horseback riding, and mountain biking excursions, covering unique circuits with breathtaking scenery just in the company of the Patagonian immensity.

Each step is an experience and each circuit a different sensation.

Overnight: Huemules Mountain Lodge

Pick up at your hotel and transfer to the airport to take your flight to El Calafate.

Upon arrival, a driver will meet you at the airport for a transfer to EOLO Hotel. The ride is around one hour.

EOLO embodies the spirit of Patagonia, built on the land where the first creole and European immigrants of the area initially set foot, one can’t help but sense the aura of adventure that the thousands of travelers who journeyed through this area have left behind.

The hotel is conveniently located halfway between the city of El Calafate and Los Glaciares National Park, yet far from the commotion of the tourist activity in the area. The 10,000 acres property is a paradise for horseback riding, mountain bike rides, trekking, bird watching and, of course, to fully enjoy the subtle elegance of the installations.

It is a unique property that expands from a lagoon, to forests on the Cerro Frías’s slopes.

So close, and yet so far: that is exactly where EOLO is located, close to the most important southern icons: The Andes Mountains, the lakes and the glaciers – while immersed in the steppe’s windy silence.

Accessible and at the same time exclusive, EOLO offers two unusual simultaneous experiences in El Calafate. On the one hand, you will be able to experience the scenery directly: the hotel has unique activities for guests who wish to trek, horseback ride, mountain bike or bird watch. On the other, visitors can contemplate the endless horizon and give in to the peacefulness of the geography’s vastness without leaving the comfort of the hotel. The sunrises and sunsets, the moon rising, the infinite colors of the sky: all are at plain sight from ones’ bed, the restaurant or any of the other common areas in the hotel which replicate on the inside the dominant simplicity of the outside.

EOLO’s design is one that dialogues with its surroundings. All of its spaces have outside views and the structure’s dynamics center around a vital element: the central garden. This surface facilitates circulation within the installations and allows enjoyment of the outside while finding protection from the Patagonian winds. From there, guests will be able to inhale the freshness of Patagonia and relish in the simplicity of this space which changes daily based on our conviction that strength always lies in the details.

Overnight: Eolo Hotel

Patagonia, as EOLO, offers outdoor options that are in line with each guest’s interests, physical condition and available time. Our options even take into account the climate oscillations of our always temperamental Patagonia.

The activities included take place in a unique setting and are exclusive to our guests:

 TREKKING:

On the surroundings of EOLO, one can take either gentle walks or intense hiking treks.

The most frequent outings are:

1. a) climb up the Cerro Frías viewpoints (3-4 hous hiking / Intermediate difficulty)
2. b) walk to the Flamingos lagoon (1-2 hours hiking / Low difficulty)

MOUNTAIN BIKING:

Cycle rides through unique paths and trails of La Anita Valley, surrounded by the typical landscape of the area: the steppe with the mountains in the background.

Duration: Variable according to the selected route.

Difficulty: Low / Medium

BIRDWATCHING: It’s a hike to venture out and discover flora, fauna and birds that are typical to this region. You can observe a wide variety of native birds to the area, among which the condor stands out with its majestic flight.

Duration: 1 to 2 hours

Difficulty: Low

HORSEBACK RIDING: It is an unforgettable experience to get acquainted with the Patagonian Gaucho lifestyle, enjoying panoramic views in a unique and exclusive surrounding.

The activity begins at EOLO with two main options. A climb up the slopes of Cerro Frías, or a ride to the Flamingos’ lagoon.

Duration: 2 hours

Difficulty: Intermediate (no experience required)

4X4. It is a 4×4 tour to admire the stunning views and scenery surrounding EOLO without any physical effort. The trail begins by the foothills of Cerro Frías, with intermediate stops at viewpoints before reaching the top.

Duration: 2 hours

Difficulty: Low

ZIP LINE: It is a recreational activity that takes place descending amidst forests and the slopes of Cerro Frias. The zip line has unique characteristics because of its length: there are five sections of approximately 1,500 feet each, making it an unparalleled activity in the area.

Duration: 2 hours

Difficulty: Intermediate

Overnight: Eolo Hotel

After breakfast, your private guide will pick you up at the hotel to visit one of the icons of this Patagonia region: the famous Perito Moreno Glacier.

We will start our guided tour along Route 11 towards Los Glaciares National Park.
We will pass by the edge of the main body of Argentino Lake and move on towards the branch called Rico.

We will stop at the entrance of the National Park in order to pay the admission fee and, once inside the park, we will go to “Curva de los Suspiros” (“Curve of Sighs”), where we will get off the vehicle in order to see the Perito Moreno Glacier for the first time.

Further on, we will stop at the Muelle Bajo las Sombras (Pier Under the Shadows) to start the nautical safari, a one-hour group cruise which allows getting closer to the southern wall of the Glacier.

Then we will move on to the front catwalks of the glacier where we will watch it from different balconies and enjoy our free time by appreciating the various detachments.

Return to the hotel in the afternoon.

• Lunch NOT included.
• National Park entrance fee included.

Overnight: Eolo Hotel 

Pick up at the hotel and private transfer to the local airport to take your flight back to Buenos Aires.

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

Rest of day at your leisure to enjoy the city.

Overnight: Park Hyatt Palace Duhau Hotel

Today, we will explore the countryside of Buenos Aires, known as the Argentine Pampas at an exclusive ranch in San Antonio de Areco, which is known as Buenos Aires’ most traditional town.

Your guide will pick you up at the hotel and depart for San Antonio de Areco early in the morning.

The drive includes breathtaking views of the pampas and, along the way, your guide will tell you about the fascinating history of Gaucho people as well as explain their current lifestyle.

After a guided visit around San Antonio de Areco town, you will spend the day at Estancia El Ombú de Areco.

At the estancia (argentina word for ranch), you can ride a horse or go for a ride in a sulky (horse cart) while enjoying the traditional Argentinian “empanadas” and beverages.

At lunchtime, a delicious asado (barbecue) will be served using the finest quality Argentinian meat. Dessert is accompanied by a folklore show, which is followed by a demonstration of gaucho skills.

We will then depart back to Buenos Aires and you can expect to arrive at your hotel at around 6 pm.

• Full day tour.
• Lunch included.
• The estancia activity is not private.

Overnight: Park Hyatt Palace Duhau Hotel

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