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  ACROSS THE ANDES - 12 Nights/ 13 Days
 
 
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Day 1: Buenos Aires
Arrival, reception and transfer with local guide to the hotel. At the time scheduled with the guide, half day City tour through Buenos Aires. You will visit Plaza de Mayo, Casa Rosada, the Metropolitan Cathedral, and the Cabildo. Then you will arrive to La Boca neighborhood to walk around Caminito Street and see how the first immigrants who arrived to Buenos Aires used to live. Overnight.

Day 2: Buenos Aires - Mendoza
Breakfast, and at afternoon transfer to the bus station to take the bus to Mendoza. Night on board.

 

Day 3: Mendoza
Arrival and transfer to the hotel. In afternoon, half day city our visiting the Historical Founding Area, Alameda, Aquarium, main streets and squares, Civic Centre, General San Martín Park: Rosedal and Lago de Regatas, Cerro de la Gloria, and World Cup Stadium. Tour around Papagayo (Foothills), Virgin of Lourdes Santuary.

Day 4: Mendoza
Breakfast and day at leisure. Optional tour: This tour among vineyards will show you how the human effort has transformed the desert into an oasis trough an inherited from the Huarpes-the navite inhabitants of the region. Nowadays drip irrigation is also used. Both have helped this land to become one of the principal wine world producers, with products of outstanding quality. Visit to two winwries, where enologists will explain the proces of wine making. There will also be a chance of tasting some of the delicius winwa.

Day 5: Mendoza – Santiago de Chile
Breakfast and transfer to the bus station to take the bus to Santiago de Chile. The crossing is across the main mountain to Inca’s Natural Bridge, and to the Aconcagua Mount viewpoint we’ll take the Cristo Redentor International tunnel that will lead us to Chile. After going through Customs at Libertadores, we’ll visit Inca Lagoon in Portillo. We will soon reach Los Andes, the first Chilean town, by going down a winding mountain road, and then riding along the Aconcagua River. We’ll then go through the Chacabuco tunnel, and visit the area where General San Martín beat the Spanish Army at the Maipu battle, during the Independece War. Arrival to Santiago de Chile. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight.

Day 6: Santiago de Chile
Breakfast. Half day city tour, starting at the Alameda Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago's main avenue. The main commercial activity of the city is concentrated in two pedestrian areas, Huerfanos and Ahumada. Afterwards a visit is paid to the Plaza de Armas the Main Square of the city, the Metropolitan Cathedral and other historical buildings. Cross the Mapocho River to access Bellavista, a neighborhood where there are many cultural and artistic activities, as well as nightlife.

Bellavista lies at the foot of the San Cristóbal, the highest hill the town. We will drive to the top where you will have a view of Santa Lucía hill, where the city was founded, and the Parque Forestal (Park) Finally a visit will be paid to Providencia, the new nucleus of the town, and the residential areas of Las Condes and Vitacura. Return to the hotel. Overnight.

Day 7: Santiago de Chile – Puerto Varas
Breakfast. Transfer to the bus station to take the bus to Puerto Varas. Night on board.

 

Day 8: Puerto Varas
Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight.

Day 9: Puerto Varas – San Carlos de Bariloche
Desayuno. Excursión Cruce Andino hacia San Carlos de Bariloche. . This excursion leaves Bariloche northwards along National Route 237, for 21 km until you meet secondary route F. This is a winding road, with natural beauty all around. You go past Manzano Port and arrive in Villa La Angostura. Once you left the village behind, you will be on the Camino de los Siete Lagos, or Seven Lakes Road: these are Correntoso, Espejo, Villarino, Falkner, Hermoso, Machónico, and Meliquina. Finally, you arrive in San Martín de los Andes on the shores of Lácar Lake. The return trip to Bariloche can be through Paso Córdoba or along National Route 40 via Junín de los Andes and La Rinconada. Overnight.

 
Day 9: Bariloche
Breakfast. Half day tour: Small Circuit. The tour starts in Bariloche, riding down Ezequiel Bustillo Ave. road along the Nahuel Huapi lakeshore. After passing through some beautiful scenery, you arrive at Campanario Hill. A chair lift takes you to the top of the hill (1050 m) from where you can enjoy one of the most impressive views of this region. You will see Nahuel Huapi and Moreno lakes, El Trébol lagoon, San Pedro and Llao Llao peninsulas, Victoria Island, Otto, López, Goye and Catedral hills, and the main town, San Carlos de Bariloche.

Further ahead, and after leaving San Pedro peninsula behind, you reach Llao Llao peninsula, with its namesake hilltop hotel and San Eduardo Chapel, two architectural jewels of this region, and you go by Pañuelo Port, the starting point of many lake excursions. Further on you will go by a golf course, cross the bridge over the Angostura river that joins Nahuel Huapi Lake with Moreno Lake, and pass by López Bay at the base of López Hill. Further on, you get to the Panoramic Point, a belvedere with a magnificent view of Moreno Lake and Llao Llao peninsula. Then you will cross the bridge over Moreno Lake at a narrow end, follow the shoreline of El Trébol lagoon, and then, return to Bariloche. Overnight.
 

Day 11: Bariloche
Breakfast. Day at leisure. Overnight.

Day 12: Bariloche
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Overnight.

Day 13: Buenos Aires
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take the flight back.

 
 
 
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