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Ushuaia and El Calafate
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Escorted Tour-Domestic Air Included
6 Day2/ 5 Nights
2009/2010 Departures:
September 6
October 4
November 1 and 29
December 27
January 24
February 21
March 21
USHUAIA is the capital of the Province of Tierra del Fuego; Ushuaia is the southernmost city of the planet. Ushuaia -which in the Yimana language means "bay overlooking the west"- is surrounded by Mount Martial to the west and by Mounts Olivia and Cinco Hermanos to the east. Located on the shores of the Beagle Channel, it offers a unique landscape, which combines mountains, sea, glaciers and forests.
With a whimsical geography, Ushuaia has adapted its features to modern construction, thus developing a very quaint city. It has a very good hotel and gastronomy and infrastructure which pleases the expectations of international visitors.
As a result of its location, close to the South Pole, in the summer it has approximately eighteen hours of light, whereas in the winter, it only has seven or eight.
Its people, its origins, its mysticism and its nature are discovered in every step we make. Ushuaia: the end of the world and the beginning of everything
In EL CALAFATE you will find yourself at the gateway to the majestic world of glaciers.
This town is near Lago Argentino, a green water surface covering 1600 km2. El Calafate is 316 km. from Rio Gallegos, over Lago Argentino, 185 m. above sea level, and receives its name from the small bush calafate, indigenous of Patagonia; its fruit is a delicious berry very good for the making of jam. According to tradition, whoever eats calafate will return for more. But reality indicates that who visits Calafate wants to stay forever
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In a double room $1159
Tour operates with a 2 person minimum.
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| Package Includes: |
5 nights tourist class hotel accommodation both with private facilities
Breakfast each morning
English speaking tour escort
Sightseeing as per itinerary
Entrance fees to the national parks
Economy class airfare-Buenos Aires-Ushuaia-El Calafate-Buenos Aires
Hotel taxes and service charges
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Itinerary
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Day 1 Buenos Aires-Ushuaia
Upon arrival to Ushuaia you will be met and taken to your hotel. Remainder of the day is at leisure to begin your exploration of the world's southernmost city. Overnight Hotel Tolkeyen or similar.
Day 2 Ushuaia
Early departure to Tierra del Fuego National Park. This 63.000-hectar park, extending from the Beagle Channel in the south along the Chilean border to beyond Lago Fagnano in the north, has one of the most beautiful Sub-Antarctic forests of the world. Mostly green in summer, it turns to wonderful reds and browns in autumn, and it becomes completely snowed in winter. In a half-day tour, you will pass the Pipo River, the Panoramic Point, Roca Lake, Ovando River, Green Lagoon, Black Lagoon, ending at Lapataia Bay. In this beautiful National Park you can admire the extreme south Patagonian flora and fauna, as well as the very typical beavers dam. In the afternoon you will enjoy a 2 hour cruise through the Beagle Channel. Leaving from Ushuaia's Port, you will admire the Ushuaia Bay, the Beagle Channel, the Bridges Island, the Birds Island, the Seals Island, and the "Les Eclaireures" lighthouse, an unforgettable experience. Return to the Hotel for overnight.
Day 3 Ushuaia-El Calafate
After breakfast at leisure until your transfer to the airport for your flight to El Calafate. Upon arrival you will be met and taken to the Hotel Tehuel or similar for overnight.
Day 4 El Calafate
After breakfast you will enjoy a full day tour to the Perito Moreno Glacier. After a 2 hours drive by bus you arrive to Perito Moreno where, after a short walk, you will get the fist view of the glacier, whose wall of about 100 meters high stands in front of you. This glacier is one of the few in the world still advancing. Overnight in El Calafate.
Day 5 El Calafate
After breakfast you have the full day at leisure or you can take an optional (prices available upon request) full day tour by catamaran to visit Upsala & Onelli Glaciers. Departing from Puerto Bandera, situated 20 miles away from El Calafate, the catamaran sails among beautiful icebergs, reflecting different colors and forms. After two hours sailing, you will arrive at the Onelli Glacier with a magnificent view of the ice wall. From there, the boat continues to the Onelli Bay where, after disembarking you will walk through the forest visiting the whole area. Lunch box is included during the tour. Return to El Calafate for overnight.
Day 6 El Calafate-Buenos Aires
After breakfast at leisure until your tranfser to the airport and flight to Buenos Aires. Tours ends at airport. You add nights in Buenos Aires or continue to Iguazu, Mendoza, the Northwest, Uruguay,Chile or Brazil.
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