Buenos Aires Special

on Lan Argentina Airlines
From $859
based on double occupancy, from Miami

Valid from January 15 to June 16, 2008 and August 16 to December 6, 2008

Includes:

  • Roundtrip air on Lan Argentina from Miami
  • 5 nights at the Art Hotel ( small boutique hotel in Recoleta area)
    Hotel upgrades available
  • Breakfast Daily
  • Transfers from/to airport/hotel
  • Half day city tour
  • Hotel taxes
  • Add $150 from Wash DC, $180 from JFK, $250 from LAX, $275 from Chicago

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US government taxes and airline fuel surcharges are not included in this price and may range from $350--$500 and up per airline ticket.
 

Visit the land of the Gauchos, the Latin cowboys and the pampas. Experience the chic of Buenos Aires, the Paris of South America, where the tango sounds a continuous beat. See the beauty of Patagonia with its snow capped mountains and the spectacular turquoise lakes of Bariloche, or the spectacle of one of the largest waterfalls in the world at Iguassu.

Airline and hotel seasonality may impact price.  Airfare is higher during June, July, August and December.  Hotels charge more during Easter Week and holiday period.


  on COPA AIRLINES
 

From $929
Per Person Double occupancy from Miami

High season rates apply - June, July, August, December
 
-Roundtrip air from Miami on COPA Airlines, Coach class
-5 Nights hotel at the ART HOTEL Recoleta or similar
-Airport transfers
-1/2 Day City tour
-Buffet breakfast daily
-Hotel taxes and service fees
-Free stopover in Panama City if you wish
Extensions available to Iguassu Falls, Bariloche, Patagonia, the Lake District, Peninsula Valdez, Torres del Paine National Park, Tierra del Fuego, Lago Argentino, etc.

SIGHTSEEING TRIPS IN AND AROUND BUENOS AIRES 

BUENOS AIRES & IGUASSU FALLS  -  from  $1489 double occupancy

 Includes:

  • Roundtrip air on Lan Argentina from Miami to Buenos Aires, midweek
  • Roundtrip air from Buenos Aires to Iguassu on Lan Argentina
  • 4 nights at the Regis Hotel or similar in central Buenos Aires
  • 1 night at the Hotel St George or similar in Puerto Iguassu
  • Half day city tour of Buenos Aires
  • Half day Argentine Falls tour of Devil’s Throat
  • National Park entrance fees
  • Roundtrip transfers in both Buenos Aires and Iguassu
  • Breakfast daily

 VALIDITY:   January 15 to June 13, and August 16 to Dec 6, 2008 mid week.  Week-ends add  $70.

                       Add $150 for travel from June 14 to August 15

 EXTRA NIGHTS-  Regis Hotel -  $50 per person per night double.     Hotel St. George - $52

 ADD-ON FARES -   Orlando or Tampa - $60

                                   JFK, Boston, Wash DC, Philadelphia, LAX  -  $200

                                  Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City-  $250

 ADD-ON SIGHTSEEING  in Buenos Aires:

-          Full day tour of a hacienda and the gaucho (cowboy) lifestyle on the pampas with lunch and entertainment, dancing and a horse show  -  $60

-          Two hours of tango lessons  -  $30

 Note:  US govt taxes and fuel surcharges are extra are subject to change.

 SINGLE SUPPLEMENT-  $340

 

  MAGELLAN PENGUINS OF ARGENTINA -  from $1799 per person double

  Includes:
  •   Roundtrip air from Miami on Aerolineas Argentinas.
  •   3 nights at the Regis Hotel or similar in central Buenos Aires
  •   Half day city tour of Buenos Aires
  •   Airfare to Peninsula Valdez
  •   2 nights at Las Bardas Hotel or similar at Puerto Madryn
  •   Visit to Puerto Tombo’s penguin rookery with its 2 million specimens
  •    Full day visit to the sea elephants and the sea lion rookery.  All transportation for animal viewing, all transfers
  •    Breakfast daily

  EXTRA NIGHTS:  $50 per person in Buenos Aires     $65 pp – Puerto Madryn

  SINGLE SUPPLEMENT -  $400

  ADD-ON FARES -  JFK ONLY  -  $220

  Breeding time for penguins is in our fall.  Peninsula Valdez is best visited during that time to maximize penguin and sea lion viewing.  Punta Tombo is one of the major penguin rookeries in the Americas.

  Optional extension to see Wright Whales during our fall -  $45

 

  THE WINERIES OF ARGENTINA  -  6 nights from $1539 per person double

 
Includes:
  •       Roundtrip air from Miami on Lan Argentina Airlines, coach, midweek
  •       3 nights in Buenos Aires at the centrally located Hotel Regis or similar with breakfast
  •       Roundtrip airport transfers in Buenos Aires
  •       Half day city tour of Buenos Aires
  •       Roundtrip air to Mendoza on Lan Airlines, the winery capital of Argentina
  •       3 nights at the Grand Hotel Balbi with breakfast
  •       Half day city tour of Mendoza
  •       Lecture by enologists about the wine world of Mendoza at the Wine Cellars Centre.
  •       Visit the wine cellars  Bodega La Rural, Bodega LaGarde and Bodega Lopez.  Wine tasting at each.


  VALIDITY DATES-  Until Dec 7, 2008
                                     Add $50 for week-end travel

  EXTRA NIGHTS:    Buenos Aires $50 per person per night     Mendoza -  $55/pp night

  ADD-ON FARES:   JFK  -  $150     BOS, Chicago, Philly, Wash DC  -  $165
                                  LAX, SFO, Phoenix - $270

  SINGLE SUPPLEMENT:    $330

 

ARGENTINA EXTENSIONS:


- 2 days/1 night at Iguassu Falls (roundtrip domestic flights required)

- Ferry crossing from Buenos Aires to Colonia (day trip) or overnight in Montevideo, Uruguay

-3 Days/2 nights Bariloche, with an extension to include the Lake Crossing into Chile (domestic flights required)

- Patagonia (domestic flights required)

- The Glaciers in the south - El Calafate, Perito Moreno Glacier, Upsala and Onelli Glaciers (domestic flights required)

- Peninsula Valdez for Penguin and whale viewing. (domestic flights required)

Easy add-ons in Argentina or Chile

Detailed Extension options

 

PANAMA CITY STOPOVER available only if you are flying on COPA Airlines

$122 per person includes:

  • Hotel Marbella or similar, centrally located, 2 star hotel. Hotel upgrades available.
  • Transfers from/to airport/hotel
  • Breakfast
  • Half day tour of the Miraflores Locks at the Panama Canal

You may extend your stay in both Argentina and Panama for up to 30 days.

PANAMA -


- Day trip to visit primitive Embera Indian village

- 3 days/ 2nights or more -beach stays at Coronado beach; Royal Decameron beach (all inclusive)

- 1/2 day rainforest canopy visit

- 3 days/2 nights San Blas Island Indian villages

 -3 days/2 nights Bocas del Toro beach or Isla Grande beach resort

- Chiriqui Highlands.

 

Special bonus elements - price per person

- $26 - for a Delta Cruise on the Tigre River in Buenos Aires
- $95 - each way to Montevideo, Uruguay
- $190 - LAKE CROSSING - 1 day crossing from Bariloche hotel to Puerto Panuelo, cruising on board the catamaran to Nahue Huapi Lake to Puerto Blest, bus to Puerto Alegre, boat to Puerto Frias, continue to Peulla, Chile, boat  across Todos Los Santos Lake to Petrohue and on to Puerto Varas. You can also continue to Puerto Montt if you do not wish to stay in Puerto Varas.
- $279 - LAKE CROSSING- 2 days with overnight in Puerto Montt. (based on double occupancy. Single add - $75)

You can add these options to your vacation

- $243 - for a 2 days/1 night stay at an ESTANCIA including transfers from your hotel, full board, horseback riding, swimming pool. These estancias are located several hours outside of Buenos Aires.  Estancia El Ombu de Areco.

- FROM $383 - BARILOCHE AND LAKE CROSSING INTO CHILE – 3 days/2 nights including 1 night in Peulla, 1 night in Puerto Montt with lake crossing and transfer to Puerto Montt, Chile and overnight. Airfare extra.

- FROM $289 - PENINSULA VALDEZ, 3 days/2nights starting in Trelew to Puerto Madryn and Punta Tombo to see the rookeries of the Magellan Penguins, the habitat of the sea elephants.  2 days of animal viewing, transportation, hotel, breakfast.  From September to November you might also see the Wright Whales that come down to breed. Airfare extra.

- FROM $150 – USHUAIA – 3 days/2 nights starting from Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city. Full day to Tierra del Fuego National Park.  Airfare extra.

- FROM $189 – MENDOZA – The Andes and the Wine Country –3 days/2 nights in Mendoza including sightseeing in this lovely city, and tour of the wineries.  Airfare extra.

- FROM $230 – EL CALAFATE and the MAGNIFICENT GLACIERS – 3 days/2 nights from El Calafate, full day tour of Perito Moreno glacier, one of the world’s largest active continental glaciers, declared a UNESCO World Heritage site.  Airfare extra.

All prices are based on double occupancy. Single rates available upon request. Breakfast included daily. Please contact us at 800 243 7227 for trip details. Some of these trips do not operate or may not advisable during the winter season.

Prices subject to change.