Cultural Highlights of Argentina

(12 Days - Departs Daily on a Private Basis)
Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Salta, Purmamarca

This private luxury tour is perfect for travelers wanting to experience Argentina’s most interesting cultural activities and scenic destinations.

Begin in vibrant Buenos Aires. With your own private guide and driver, visit the city’s most evocative neighborhoods filled with elegant architecture, historic attractions, excellent museums and other highlights. Also enjoy time to take advantage of the exciting contemporary art and design scene, world-class restaurants and great shopping. Browse lively markets. Wander the cobbled backstreets, and enjoy a tango performance at an intimate, upscale dinner theater. One day, take a private excursion to an estancia in the pampas to learn about gaucho culture and experience the traditional estancia lifestyle. Alternatively, visit charming Colonia del Sacramento and tour the historic center of this former Portuguese colony and the oldest town in Uruguay. Or, take a private excursion to Tigre and the Parana River Delta to enjoy a relaxing private cruise on the canals of this “rural Venice,” passing gardens and upscale vacation houses.

Next, fly to Bariloche, a resort town in the beautiful Lake District of northern Patagonia. Stay in the legendary Llao Llao Hotel, and enjoy spectacular views of the mountains and lakes in the surrounding national park. With your guide, enjoy a private cruise on the deep blue waters of Lake Nahuel Huapi, learn about the indigenous history of the area, and dine on a gourmet meal of local food and wine on a private, secluded beach.

Continue to fascinating but little-known Salta and Jujuy, diverse provinces bordering the Andes in Northwest Argentina. Stay at luxury resort hotels built in the finest regional style, and enjoy private touring of local wineries, stunning landscapes, pre-Columbian ruins, Spanish-colonial architecture, Andean villages and contemporary art. In Salta City, see the highlights of the city, including the acclaimed Museum of High Altitude Archaeology, and browse for locally produced crafts. Take private excursions on routes forged by gauchos, Incas and pre-Inca people. Travel through verdant subtropical valleys, desert landscapes, vast salt lakes and the puna (Andean high plateau). Stay at an upscale finca-style hotel in the tiny village of Purmamarca, and tour Spanish colonial architecture and ancient Andean villages in the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The tour concludes with two nights in Buenos Aires. All touring is flexible and can be customized to incorporate special interests such as art, tango, polo, Jewish history, family activities, adventure, gastronomy and more.