Journey Through Argentina

(17 Days - Departs Daily on a Private Basis)
Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls, Salta, Purmamarca, Mendoza, El Calafate, Bariloche

This comprehensive private tour is the ultimate luxury tour of Argentina.

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, visit Iguazu Falls, one of the most spectacular natural attractions in the world. Enjoy a direct view of the falls from your hotel room and private balcony. With your private guide, explore hundreds of waterfalls streaming over high cliffs, travel through the jungle on an open train as butterflies flit about, and cruise up the Iguazu River for an unforgettable experience of the force of Iguazu Falls from below.

Explore 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 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.

Fly to Mendoza, one of the world’s most notable wine regions. During private touring, visit the most interesting and upscale local wineries, and sample Malbec, Torrontes and other locally produced wines. Mendoza also has some of the best restaurants in Argentina, and there will be opportunities to dine at acclaimed restaurants on the grounds of vineyard estates.

Then, fly to El Calafate to experience southern Patagonia’s vast open steppe and the impressive peaks, glaciers and pale blue lakes of Los Glaciares National Park. One day, visit magnificent Perito Moreno Glacier—one of the few advancing glaciers in the world—to see (and hear!) icebergs calving from it, and perhaps opt to take a guided trek on top of the glacier itself.

Continue 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.

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.

All Artisans of Leisure tours are private and depart daily.
Call us at (800) 214-8144 for more information regarding the above tour, or to begin customizing your own itinerary.