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Itinerary DAY 4 • Fly to El Calafate DAY • Explore Torres del Paine
This morning, we fly to El Calafate, a boomtown in National Park
the renowned and rugged land of Patagonia. After This morning, we embark on an early hike through
DAY 1 • Depart U.S. transferring to our hotel, you’ll have an orientation the Glacier Grey area of Torres del Paine. Then, we
Fly overnight to Buenos Aires today. walk with your Trip Experience Leader, and later, a continue our discoveries on an afternoon walk to
dinner at a local’s residence. the beach at Laguna Larga. Afterwards, we return to
DAY 2 • Arrive in Buenos Aires, Argentina our hotel.
This morning, we arrive in Buenos Aires and transfer B,D — Hotel Kosten Aike or similar
to our hotel. Later, we’ll meet our Trip Experience DAY 5 • Los Glaciares National Park • B,L,D — Hotel Lago Grey or similar
Leader and group of 20-24 fellow travelers, including Explore Perito Moreno Glacier DAY • Torres del Paine • Overland to
those who’ve taken the pre-trip extensions to Today we enjoy a full-day excursion to Los Glaciares Puerto Natales
Santiago & Easter Island’s Sacred Sites and New! National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that After breakfast, we’ll continue exploring Torres
Uruguay: Colonial Charms, Gaucho Culture & Ferry Across comprises more than 1,700 square miles and nearly del Paine this morning. Then, we’ll set off to Pingo
the Rio de la Plata, during a Welcome Briefing. Then 50 large glaciers. Our ultimate destination is Perito Salvaje ranch, where we’ll meet the owners and
we enjoy an included tango lesson. Dinner is on your Moreno Glacier, a pristine marvel towering nearly 200
own tonight.
feet above Lake Argentino.
Arc Recoleta Boutique Hotel or similar B,L — Hotel Kosten Aike or similar
Watch this independent video to learn
DAY 3 • Explore Buenos Aires • Controversial DAY 6 • Overland to Torres del Paine more about this adventure
Topic: The “Disappeared” of Argentina’s National Park
Dirty War with filmmaker Mariano After breakfast we’ll head overland to Chile and
Corbacho • Home-Hosted Dinner Torres del Paine National Park. The park is centered
After breakfast, we embark on a half-day tour around granite peaks that rise above the Patagonian
of Buenos Aires, featuring the monument-filled steppe, including the 9,200-foot-high Torres (towers).
Avenida 9 de Julio, Plaza de Mayo, La Boca district, After crossing the border into Chile, we’ll arrive at
and Recoleta Cemetery, the final resting place of Eva the park in the afternoon. We’ll enjoy sightseeing
Perón. We’ll also dscuss the Controversial Topic of and a wealth of photo opportunities, then check in to
the tens of thousands of people tortured or killed our hotel.
during Argentina’s military dictatorship of the 1970s.
After a free afternoon, we’ll enjoy a Home-Hosted Please keep your passport on you today, as you’ll need watch video
Dinner as guests of an Argentinean family. it when we cross into Chile.
B,D — Arc Recoleta Boutique Hotel or similar B,L,D — Hotel Lago Grey or similar

Meet the people who call Argentina
& Chile home

Family in Buenos Aires : As dinner guests of a local family
in Buenos Aires on Day 3, we’ll have a chance to enter
their home, taste traditional Argentinean dishes, and
have an open dialogue about daily life in the country’s capital.
A filmmaker in Buenos Aires : On Day 3 in Buenos Aires, filmmaker Mariano
Corbacho will talk about the tens of thousands of people who were kidnapped,
tortured, or killed during Argentina’s military dictatorship that ended in 1983, a
Controversial Topic that still affects Argentine citizens today.
Ranchers in Patagonia : There’s perhaps no better way to see Patagonia’s
Torres del Paine national park than on horseback. On Day 8, we’ll visit a working
estancia (or horse ranch) to meet with the locals who operate it and learn some
basic horse riding techniques before galloping off on a Patagonian expedition.
Falklands War Veteran : In the spring of 1982, a brief but bitter battle was waged
between Britain and Argentina over a remote and rocky outcropping of islands
off the Argentine coast—the Falklands Islands. We’ll meet with a veteran of this
war on Day 13 to learn about his wartime experiences and hear his take on the
Argentine “invasion.”
On Day 3, visit the La Boca district in Buenos Aires.
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