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
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
Ischigualasto Provincial Park
- The first paleontological description of Ischigualasto dates from 1930, which led to the discovery of 70 species of fossil plants
- Rock formations are eroded by wind, which creates their unusual shapes
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
El Ateneo Grand Splendid
- Bookshop that was originally a theater built in 1919
- #20 of the top 25 landmarks in the world
Cueva de las Manos
- Series of caves famous for its paintings of hands
- The artists used bone-made pipes to spray paint over their hands and create each silhouette
- The cave art dates from 13,000-9,000 years ago
- Last inhabited in 700 AD
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
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
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
San Ignacio Miní
- One of the many missions founded in 1632 by the Jesuits during the Spanish colonial period
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Garganta del Diablo
- Set of waterfalls in Iguazu Falls with the highest waterfall flow 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
Fitz Roy
- Mountain first climbed in 1952, it remains among the most technically challenging mountains for mountaineers on Earth
- Highest elevation is 11,171 ft
Serranía de Hornocal
- Range of mountains with eroded, exposed limestone formations called Yacoraite
- The altitude is 15,620 ft above sea level
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
Laguna de los Tres
- 16.7 mile hiking trail in Los Glaciares National Park
Costs
all flights $3,982
food $30/day x 22 days = $660
hotel $26/day x 19 days = $494
tickets (all attractions) $233
TOTAL for whole itinerary $5,369
