#49 best destination in the world
Teatro Colón
- Opera house considered acoustically considered to be among the five best concert venues in the world
- Visited by the foremost singers and opera companies of the time in the early 1900s
- Constructed from 1889-1908
El Ateneo Grand Splendid
- Bookshop that was originally a theater built in 1919
- #22 of the top 25 landmarks in the world
Xul Solar Museum
- Xul Solar MuseumHoused in his former home, this contemporary art space features works by Argentine artist Xul Solar
Iguazu Falls
- Waterfalls of the Iguazu River
- Legend has it that a deity planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe
- In a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall
Quebrada de Humahuaca
- Narrow mountain valley named after a small city of 11,000 inhabitants
- The site has been populated for at least 10,000 years, since the first hunter-gatherers
- The area has yielded substantial prehistoric remains
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Bishop’s Slope (Cuesta del Obispo)
- Winding, gravelly wilderness path that zig-zags from the Escoipe gorge to the Piedra del Molino
Talampaya National Park
- In the dry bed of the Talampaya River, where dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, fossils have been found
- Showcases the Talampaya gorge and its rock formations with walls of the Talampaya Formation of up 469 ft high
- Features the remains of indigenous peoples’ settlements, such as the petroglyphs of the Puerta del Cañón
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Aconcagua Provincial Park
- In 1818, General Don Jose de San Martin crossed these mountains during war with the Spanish Empire eventually securing independence for Chile by his raid
- The summit of the mountain Aconcagua, the tallest mount in the Andes range, was considered unattainable for many years until 1897, when Matthias Zurbriggen, a member of an expedition, finally reached it
- Since then many climbers made the same ascent to the top, a dangerous endeavor
Circuito Chico
- 4 hour circuit featuring a winding scenic road through a vista, mountains, and forests, going through Patagonia
Valdes Peninsula
- Small settlement on barren land with some salt lakes
- One of the salt lakes in the region is 130 ft below sea level
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Perito Moreno Glacier
- Glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park
- The ice field is the world’s third largest reserve of fresh water
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tierra del Fuego National Park
- National park on the Argentine side of the island of Tierra del Fuego, region of Patagonic Forest and Altos Andes, a part of the subantarctic forest
- The park has dramatic scenery, with waterfalls, forests, mountains and glaciers
- The southern terminus of the Pan-American Highway is located within the park, as is the El Parque station of the End of the World Train
Costs
Number of Days: 28 days
Best Time To Fly: April-June, Oct-Dec
Airline tickets: $2,136
Seattle -> Buenos Aires (round trip) $950
Buenos Aires -> Puerto Iguazu (one way) $83
Puerto Iguazu -> Salta (one way) $63
Salta -> La Rioja (one way) $150
La Rioja -> Mendoza (one way) $155
Mendoza -> San Carlos de Bariloche (one way) $75
San Carlos de Bariloche -> Trelew (one way) $233
Trelew -> El Calafate (one way) $234
El Calafate -> Ushuaia (one way) $95
Ushuaia -> Buenos Aires (one way) $98
Food: $21/day x 28 days = $588
Entertainment/tours: $692
Airbnb: $54/day x 26 days = $1,404
TOTAL: $4,820