Argentina – Top things to do in 2 months
Iguazú
- Cataratas de Iguazú
Buenos Aires (Biggest city)
- Harbor
- La Boca
- San Telmo (markets)
- Tango
- Palermo (Gardens + Graffities + Flower)
- El Tigre
Carlos Paz
Cordoba (2nd biggest city)
- Centre
- Colonial buildings
- Jesuit Block
- Villa general Belgrano – La Cumbresita (Swiss city)
- Champaci (3 days hike with guide because there are animals, down part is ok, go before 7am)
- Uritorco (2000ARS x person!) – Capilla del monte
- Villa Carlos Paz
- Cierro De la Cruz
- River
Purmamarca
- Salinas grande: salt desert, 3’400müm, 212km2
- Cerro 7 colores: next to Purmamarca (marced)
- Tren a las nubes: from Salta to Antifagasta (Chile), R.N. 51 6km to the first Viadukt, 2nd Viaducto a la Polvorilla (next to San Antonio de los Cobres and Salinas) highest altitude train bridge
- Tilcara
Humahuaka
Quebrada de Humahuaca- Serrania del hornocal
IruyaCerro 14 colores: next to Humahuaca from there gravel road 25km, 245km from Salta, Mirador Serranias del Hornocal 4‘350m altitude, windy, sunset!
Salta
- Cabra corral
- Churches: Basilica San Francisco
- San Bernardo: hill, cablecar from San Martin, 300m altitude 10min
- San Bernardo convent: oldest building in the city
- Plata 9 julio and cathidral
- Restaurants and bars, restaurant: doña salta, steak
- La lind bcs the buildings are from the spanish colonialication
- Day trip to Valles Calchaques or several day hikes, colorful desert
- Quebrada de Las Conchas
- Alemania: train pland and stoped, open air museum
- Cebrara de las conchas:
- 1. Garganta del Diablo
- 2. El Anfiteatro
- 3. El Obelisco
- 4. Los Castillos
Cafayate
- Los medanos
- Desert, more colores in the evening
- Wine -> Bodegas Nanni, Bodegas El Tránsito and Bodegas Domingo Hermanos. El Esteco, El Porvenir de los Andes, Finca las Nubes, Amalaya, Bodega Etchart and Bodega Piatelli.
- Ice cream
- Quebrada de las Conchas (bikes from Majo Viajes)
- Hop on a bus to La Garganta del Diablo and cycle back
It’s around 50 km, and mostly flat or downhill on the way back into town and expect to spend the vast majority of your day out on the bike
- Hop on a bus to La Garganta del Diablo and cycle back
- Rio Colorado waterfalls (6km from town)
Cachi
- San Antonio de los Cobres: from Salinas gravel road, creek: 3‘600m, serpentin street not paved, 4-5h to get there, canyons, vewpoints, cactus, vallays, more windand colder, creek with water
- HW 40 to Cachi longest street in the world
- Moulinas little village no people (street was closed from Cachi)
Cerro Aconcagua
San Juan
Valle de la luna
Mendoza
- Puente del inca
- Las vegas
- Concagua
- Cañon del Atuel
- Caverna de las brujas
- Las leñas
- Wine region
- Aconcagua (highest mountain in America)
- Hiking
- River rafting
- Main square Independence Plaza, at night illuminated
Puerto Madryn: next to Gulfo Nuevo, wale watching july to september, seals, pinguins
Golfo Nuevo, Golfo San José and the coastline near Caleta Valdés are prime breeding zones for southern right whales between June and mid-December
Punta Tombo (Penguins)Wales (June to mid dec)
Bariloche – the Lake District (fly from el chalten)
- Volcan lanin
- 4 Refugios
- Refugio Jakob
- Refugio Frei
- Refugio Lopez
- Cerro Campanario
- Circuito Chico (by bike)
- Cerro Llao Llao
- Lago Gutiérrez and Cascada de Los Duendes
- Cerro catedral
- Kayak
- River rafting
- Colonia Suiza (Swisslike village)
El Bolsón (2h bus from barriloche 8$/way)
- Cerro Piltriquitrón
- Cascada Escondida
- 3-5 days spent hiking the refugio circuits outside town
- Doña Rosa – Hielo Azul Refugio – Natación Refugio (stop by) – El Retamal Refugio – Los Laguitos – La Playita
Ruta 7 lagos
San Martin de los Andes
Villa la Angostura
El Calafate (buy things for the chalet hikes)
- Perito Moreno Glacier
one-hour boat tour up to the snout of the glacier – 20$ – http://www.southernspiritfte.com.ar/ - Cueva de las Manos
- Museum Glaciarium, (just for the glacer, don‘t spend so much time)
- Reserva Laguna Nimez
- CYCLE AROUND THE LAKE
To rent, head to La Barraca at the end of the main street on the opposite side of the plaza from the gas station or visit Rent My Bike ($100 AR per hour or $300 AR per day).
- LAGUNA NIMEZ RESERVE
El Chaltén
- Hiking
- 3 days hike: Campamento Poincenot / Fitz Roy sunrise, Cerro Torre sunset / return hike to town
- El Chalten
- Hite to base of Fitzroy mountain via Laguna de Los Tres trail (8 hrs moderate hike)
- Cerro Torre trail (6 hours easy hike).
- Fitz Roy
- Zero torre: 3 mountains, fitz roy, humou circle
- Toro Lagun – Paso del viento 3d/2n 7-8h
- Laguna de los Tres 6-8h (Good views from Fitzroy)
- Laguna hike with Maestri lookout
- Mirador 1-2 hr hike is nice on a clear day
Ushuaia
- Tierra del fuego (12km from city)
- Correo Del Fin Del Mundo
- Glaciar Martial 7km
- Costera Trail (4h one way)
- Cerro Guanaco Trail (panoramic view of the Beagle Channel and the Darwin mountains)
- PiraTour: 08:00 kajak tour 1h on Escondido lake
- Lago Fagnano and off road with bbc, on ur own: bus 20€ (more than 1day?) park entry 15€
- Beagle Channel cruises
- Spot Saint Christopher shipwreck
- Cruise to antarktica
- Skiing
- Wildlive watching
- Hiking
- Acc
- La Posta Hostel Bed 23€
- Queen Bed Studios ABnB 60€ 2P