Which are the best Argentina tours we suggest you to include in your Argentina Vacations?
Argentina is the 8th largest country in the world and it offers a lot of amazing highlights and experiences which are unique in the world.
In Argentina you can feel the power of the widest falls on Earth: the Iguazu Falls, which is one of the finalists in the “New 7 Wonders of Nature” worldwide contest.
You can admire the natural beauty and breathtaking landscapes of Patagonia, where you can also trek on the imposing Perito Moreno Glacier or enrich your adventurous spirits enjoying unique adventure experiences in the southernmost city in the world: Ushuaia.
When its time to relax you can experience in Buenos Aires a night of passion, beauty and sensuality; a night of Tango in one of the best tango venues in the world; or enjoy some first-class wines at Mendoza’ world prized wineries (Argentina is the fifth largest wine producer in the world). You have countless exciting Argentina tours to enjoy.
The most important highlights of Argentina are:
Buenos Aires – City of Tango
Buenos Aires has been selected as the fourth best city in the world in 2009 and second best city in the world in 2008 in the “World’s Best” contest of the renowned Travel+Leisure magazine. This sensual European-style city offers exciting urban day and night activities, an incredible first-class cuisine, an impressive blend of architectural styles, a cultural scene that’s thriving, and an incredibly favorable exchange rate to shop for a bargain prices.
Buenos Aires is also know as the best place in the world to dance and listen to tango, that’s not a secret. This music has seduced millions of now tango fanatics around the world which after their first dance have decided to tango on for ever.
El Calafate – The Glacier Region
Visit the largest glaciers territory outside Greenland and Antarctica: The Glaciers National Park in Patagonia. Declared as a “Mankind’s Natural Heritage Site” by the United Nations, it is also home to the impressive Perito Moreno Glacier, one of largest and few active glaciers in the world (on which you can do an exciting and accessible 2 hour glacier trekking tour). Very now and then its 197 feet north face casts off entire walls or chunks of ice that fall into the waters of the Icebergs Canal. Smaller sections break off constantly.
Once you’ve heard the crackle of breaking ice and seen the immense sheets of ice walls plunging precipitously into the waters, you’ll realize that you are witnessing one of the most impressive natural highlight in the world and a must-see attraction of a life time.
Iguazu Falls – Largest Falls on Earth
Prepare to feel the power of the widest falls on Earth. Declared as a “Mankind’s Natural Site” by the United Nations, the Iguazu Falls offer an impressive view to our eyes, an overwhelming and powerful sound to our ears and an unforgettable experience that will be surely remember for a lifetime.
The tropical location and the seer beauty of the Iguazu Falls led Eleanor Roosevelt to say “Poor Niagara” on her visit to the falls. Four times the width of Niagara Falls, these horseshoe-shaped 1.7 miles long falls have the power of 4.42 millions gallons of water falling every 10 seconds.
Mendoza – Wines, Rock Giants & Adventure
Mendoza, also known as “The Wine Country”, encompasses 70% of the cultivated area of the country. The temperate weather, with its warm days and cool nights, is ideal for achieving the colors, aroma and taste of superior wines and thus makes Mendoza the unparalleled wine center of Argentina.
Mendoza is also home for the tallest mountain in South America, the 22841 feet Aconcagua, and a great destination to engage in exciting rafting, horseback riding, trekking, and rappelling adventure tours.
Bariloche – Patagonia’s Natural Beauty
Bariloche, offers some of the most breathtaking landscapes of all Patagonia.
Patagonia, one of the most extensive unspoiled areas on the planet, is definitely a unique natural heaven on Earth.
Breathtaking vistas and unique attractions have enchanted travelers all around the world and many renowned businessmen and movie stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ted Turner, Luciano Benneton, George Soros and Silvester Stallone, have even decided to buy land and build a “home sweet home” in Patagonia.
Ushuaia – The Ends of the Earth
Enrich your adventurous spirits discovering unique adventure experiences at the Ends of the Earth.
If you still believe the earth is flat and fastened to four turtles stacked on an elephant, then you definitely need to take an expedition to Ushuaia, the southernmost city of world.
Engage in overlanding tours in 4×4 vehicles, trekking experiences in exotic and inhabited islands, canoeing expeditions and much more! Ushuaia is also the gateway towards the vast and mysterious Antarctica continent.
Valdes Peninsula – Marine Wildlife Heaven
The Peninsula Valdes region is one of the largest marine wildlife reserves in the world, and a true paradise for marine wildlife lovers. In 1999 the United Nations declared the Peninsula Valdes Region as a “Mankind’s Natural Heritage Site” because, they said, “it contains very important and significant natural habitats for the in-situ conservation of several threatened species of outstanding universal value”. In this destination you can admire the largest continental colony of magellanic penguins in the world (up to one million penguins), the largest territorial colony of elephant seals, and important colonies of sea lions, killer whales (orcas), and other marine and land species. However, the main star of this destination is the Southern Right Whale. After being hunted to near extinction during the heyday of the whaling industry, the Southern Right Whale is now one of the most rare but friendliest whales in the world.
Peninsula Valdes is also one of the only places on Earth where you can discover one of the smallest and most beautiful dolphins ever: the Commerson’s Dolphin, which can only be seen in the Argentinean Patagonian coast and in the Kerguelen Island in the Indian Ocean.
Get ready to embark on an exciting exploration journey to one of the most amazing places on Earth… GET READY FOR ARGENTINA!
