10 Day itinerary in Argentina, South America
Australis will take you on an amazing journey to the “uttermost end of the earth”. On the Ushuaia – Punta Arenas route, you will enjoy the splendor and beauty of unique natural scenery and wildlife. You will travel on one of the industry’s most comfortable ships designed to make your trip as plea... Read More
Australis Cruise on board M/N VENTUS AUSTRALIS
Navigate and Cross Cape Horn
Visit Buenos Aires as the main cosmopolitan city of South America
Discover Ushuaia - End of the world city
Australis Cruise on board M/N VENTUS AUSTRALIS
Navigate and Cross Cape Horn
Visit Buenos Aires as the main cosmopolitan city of South America
Discover Ushuaia - End of the world city
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Welcome Buenos Aires - Argentina
Arrival at Buenos Aires International airport and transfer to your accommodation. Check in at your hotel at 14.00hs Rest of the day at leisure
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Buenos Aires Highlights
During the morning discover the city of Buenos Aires. This tour gives you the emotion of a multiple Buenos Aires. We will see the symbol of our city: the obelisk. We will visit different squares such as Plaza de Mayo, Plaza San Martín, Plaza Congreso. Avenues like Corrientes, Mayo, 9 de Julio, among others. Historical neighbourhoods: La Boca, San Telmo, Montserrat. Elegant neighbourhoods such as Palermo and Recoleta, and the most modern: Puerto Madero. Parks such as Lezama and Tres de Febrero. We will also visit financial and commercial areas and a Football Stadium Afternoon at leisure.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
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Buenos Aires - Ushuaia
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred to the AEP domestic airport to take your flight to Ushuaia. After 3.30 hours of flight you will arrive at the city of the end of the world and transfer to your accommodation.
Meals: Breakfast
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Tierra del Fuego National Park
Pick up at the hotel to enjoy one of the most incredible tours of Ushuaia; Tierra del Fuego National Park. We invite you to reach the true End of the World to feel the thrill of being in a unique and magical place. All travelers arriving in Ushuaia, cannot leave without knowing the end of the Pan-American route that begins in Alaska and after more than 15 thousand kilometers ends within the Tierra del Fuego National Park. This is the place to take a picture that testify people have truly arrived at the End of the world. Further, just 1000 km away is Antarctica. In the morning around 08:30 we will pick you up at the hotel, from where we will go to the Tierra del Fuego National Park, which is located 12 km from the center of the city of Ushuaia. Before entering the National Park, we will stop at the End of the World train station (optional) where passengers who wish may choose to take the mythical train (about 60 minutes ride) that ends within the National Park. Those who do not make the journey on the train can enjoy a small walk in the Fuegian forest (in winter the small walk could be aborted according to weather conditions).
Once the train journey is over, the group will meet again inside the Park with the vehicle and guide to continue with the tour to Ensenada, a bay that combines the Andes, the sub-Antarctic forest and sea in the same place defining an ecosystem unique from Argentina. In this area of the park, native people used to live and their archaeological remains. There is also the last post office in America, where it is sometimes open and we can send postcards to anywhere in the world. (Ensenada bay is closed in winter). We will continue to other panoramic points to make small tours to appreciate the flora and fauna that surprises us with its beauty: Acigami Glacier Lake (Roca) shared with Chile, Lapataia Bay, where the sign indicating that we have reached the end of the Pan American route.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
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Start the adventure of Australis
Between 10:00 PM and 5:00 PM, we will check-in at Avenida San Martín 409, next to the pier, to embark at 6:00 PM. After boarding, we will make a welcome toast and introduce the Captain and his crew. The ship will sail to the far south immediately after. Through the mythical Beagle Channel and the Strait of Magellan, we will travel through Patagonia and the channels of Tierra del Fuego.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
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Cape Horn - Wulaia Bay
We will sail through the Murray Channel and Nassau Bay, arriving at Cape Horn National Park, where we will disembark, if weather conditions permit, to experience the magic of walking through one of the southernmost points of the world, surrounded by charm and legends. In the afternoon, we will disembark at Wulaia Bay, a historic site of one of the largest settlements of the native Yagans canoeists. We will reach a viewpoint, walking through the Magellanic forest in. which lengas, coigües, canelos, and ferns grow, among other species.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Pia Glacier – Porter Glacier
In the morning, we will sail along the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel to enter and disembark in the Pia Fjord. We will make a trip to the viewpoint from where you will see the homonymous glacier, whose main peak extends from the top of the mountain range to the sea. During the afternoon, in our Zodiac boats, we will navigate between high rocky walls until reaching the Porter Glacier.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Agostini Sound – Aguila Glacier – Condor Glacier
In the morning, we will navigate the Cockburn Channel to enter the Agostini Sound, where you can appreciate the glaciers that descend from the center of the Darwin Mountain Range, some of them reaching the sea. During the morning, we will disembark in Zodiac boats for a walk around a lagoon formed by the melting of the Aguila Glacier. In the afternoon, we will navigate in Zodiac boats to approach the Condor Glacier. We will learn about the formation of glaciers and their influence on the abrupt geography of the Fuegian channels.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Magdalena Island – Punta Arenas
We will disembark at Magdalena Island first thing in the morning if weather conditions are suitable. On the island, we will be able to see a huge colony of Magellanic penguins. This excursion is replaced by a landing on Marta Island in September and April, where South American sea lions can be sighted from Zodiac boats. Then, we will arrive in Punta Arenas, disembarking at approximately 11:30 hrs.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
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End of the trip - Punta Arenas
After breakfast transfer to the airport to take your departure flight
Meals: Breakfast
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Transport
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TEAM LEAD
Meet local people
Rural home stays
Indigenous culture
Historic & cultural landmarks
Travel with Purpose
Outdoors & Nature
Beach & Sea
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$3,175.00 USD