Escapes Unlimited offers tours that visit some of Argentina’s most important sites. The five-night “Buenos Aires” tour features overnight accommodations at a boutique hotel in the Recoleta neighborhood, home to the famous La Recoleta cemetery where the Argentine rich and famous are buried. Airport transfers and a city tour are included in the package. Prices start at $999 per person. The “Buenos Aires and Iguassu Falls” tour takes the “Buenos Aires” tour and adds flights to falls, hotel, entrance to falls and a tour starting at $1579 per person. Prices are effective through 2010 and based on double occupancy and international airfare from Miami. The company can arrange a selection of optional tours in the capital and trip extensions to destinations around the country.
Escapes Unlimited
2012 Lerner Lane
Santa Ana, CA 92705
800-243-7227
escapesltd.com
Gate1Travel is an international tour operator that offers economical tour packages to Argentina and throughout Latin America. Their five-night “Buenos Aires Vacation” starts at $229 per person for a land- only package. It includes a tourist-class hotel with breakfast. Upgrades to higher-quality hotels are available for an extra cost price effective through 2010. An assortment of side tours can be added for a modest fee. Examples are a city tour or a dinner and tango show evening. One typical day tour is an eight-hour gaucho party at Estancia Santa Susana, a cattle and agriculture ranch outside the city where guests enjoy a folklore and tango show and a traditional Argentine barbeque meal. Gate 1 also has tours that combine Buenos Aires with Santiago, Chile, or Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Gate1 Travel
455 Maryland Drive
Ft. Washington, Pa 19034 USA
800-682-3333
gate1travel.com
Argentina for Less has a great variety of tours around Argentina. The nine-day “Classic Patagonia” tour starts with a stay in Buenos Aires then flies south to visit the most important places in Patagonia. Its unique wildlife and topography include Puerto Madryn, the Valdez Peninsula, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, the Beagle Channel and El Calafate. Land-only tours start at $1,659. The 12-night “Discover Argentina” tour includes the Patagonia stops of the classic tour but adds a visit to Iguassu Falls and the European-style resort area of Bariloche. Land-only prices start at $2,250 per person For both tours airfare is extra. Prices are effective through 2010 based on double occupancy.
Argentina for Less
919 East 49 1/2 St.
Austin, TX 78751
877-269-0309
http://www.argentinaforless.com
Gap Adventures’ tour offerings include opportunities to visit Argentina’s legendary wine country. The four- day “Mendoza Wine Experience” tour takes visitors on a quest for a delectable wine in region set amidst the snow-capped Andes Mountains. A city tour of Mendoza takes in historic sites. Free time in the city lets you rent a bike or just walk around. Winery tours and tastings are tour highlights. The land-only tour price is $269 per person. The “Chile and Argentina Culinary Adventure” tour spends a couple of nights in Chile before crossing the border to Mendoza and then onwards to Buenos Aires. Travelers enjoy cooking classes and vineyard visits in Mendoza and a barbeque lesson at a farmhouse in the Tigre River Delta outside Buenos Aires. Land-only prices start at $1,440 per person. All prices include small-group tours, overnight accommodations and breakfast, some meals and tastings. Rates are based on double occupancy and are valid throughout 2010.
Gap Adventures
19 Charlotte Street
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2H5
Canada
888-800-4100
gapadventures.com
