Argentina tours & honeymoons

The North of Argentina is the most fascinating area of Argentina concerning variety of ecosystems, landscapes & culture. Here you find the soul of indigenous cultures mixed with Spanish influences & the magnificent Andes.

You stay in typical atmospheric hotels combined with special Argentinean estancias and the best pousada & hotel available at the Ibera marshes & Iguazu waterfalls.

This journey starts with an original hotel in Buenos Aires, a fusion of cultural influences from a trendy metropolis and Italian cuisine, to native Indian roots with lively handicraft markets. From grand avenues, boutique shops, excellent shopping and nightlife to subtropical trees & climate.

You continue your travel to a lovely posada in the Iberas marshes, with 2 days for wildlife watching, and a visit and stay on both the Argentinean & Brazilian sides of the Iguazu waterfalls, the largest waterfalls of the world, including nature excursions in the tropical Brazilian forest. From here you travel back to Buenos Aires to La Rioja situated at the feet of the Andes. You pick up your rental car and in a magnificent journey through the Andes you visit several national parks & archaeological sites, from Ischigualasto, where the oldest dinosaurs are found, to the Moonvalley of Talampayo with amazing rock formations, to the Parque de los Menhires, an archaeological menhir puzzle and a pre-Inca native settlement in Quilmes.

You continue through the Valley of Calchaquies from Cafayate to Cachi with Indian villages, famous wine houses, abandoned haciendas, plains with huge cactuses & amazingly shaped rock formations. A valley to get inspired by the present & history. After the Calchaquies valley you have a free day in a luxury estancia House of Jasmines near the city of Salta. From here you continue to the Altiplano of 4000 meters high with the typical puna vegetation, and the largest salt plains of Argentina, after which you descend into the colourful canyon landscapes of Purmamarca & Humahuaca canyon. You can visit the pre-Inca ruins of Tilcara or go on shopping handicrafts on a free day and participate in a special lama trekking the following day, to experience how the people traveled in the earlier days, before the Spaniards introduced the horse & mule.

You follow in this self drive parts of the famous route 40, from Moonvalley, the wine fields of Cafayate to the Altiplano & the saltplains. It is a national, on some stretches unpaved route of undescribed beauty for the individual traveler. The route runs from Patagonia to the border of Bolivia. The itinerary in the dry season can be accomplished without problems with a normal car.

When you return to Salta again, you descend in altitude and cross through a wonderful & lush green mountain cloud forest, to complete your travel through the northwest.

Extensions: Unique trekking by horse from 3-10 days, guided by Argentinean Gauchos can be added to your program. You travel through fascinating valleys & mountains with pre-Inca & Incaica sites, where you can come only on foot or by horse. See more about horse riding and trekking in Argentina here.

Other options:
Valles Calchaquies, Salta, Tucuman from €550 - €1100 (7-12 days) ex flights: Selfdrive programs exploring the Andean landscapes & historical sites of Salta & Tucuman, with charming little & typical hotels, and/or excellent top accommodations at famous estancias Colomé, House of Jasmines, and Cafayate wine bodegas.
Trekking on foot or by horse with Argentinean gauchos from €525 - €1125 (3-10 days) ex flights: Trekkings on foot or by horse, guided by local gauchos. Starting from near Cachi, following rivers, canyons, crossing passes on high altitude, following old Inca trails and ending in the Toro canyon. Minimum 2 persons. Price includes guidance of gauchos on horse, transport of all luggage & food with mules, gaucho cook & meals, hay for horses, campment fees & 2 personal horses (incl. for free days).
Trekking as part of an individual program (1-2 days): A full day of 10 hours (incl. breaks) to a rarely visited Inca Throne. Going by horse it is possible to do it in one day, for going on foot we recommend to do it in two days, to camp near a finca and enjoy the whole trip and spectacular views & landscape in a relaxed way. It also may give you the possibility to experience life on a remote finca in the mountains.