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Northern Patagonia,Buenos Aires & the Pampas
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Your direct overnight flight to Buenos Aires leaves London in the evening. It's a near 14-hour flight so make sure the children's iPads are fully charged and loaded with must-see movies.
Your flight arrives into the Argentine capital at breakfast time this morning. After you've cleared immigration and customs, your driver will transfer you to your centrally located hotel. After settling in, explore a little of this intriguing and passionate city. The renovated Docklands area with its trendy bars and restaurants is a good place to start. Alternatively, soak up the cafe culture of Palermo, one of the city's most attractive neighbourhoods. Treat the kids to ice cream as a reward for being good on the plane - dulce de leche flavour of course!
Get to grips with buzzing Buenos Aires today on an included city tour. You'll soon be aware of its similarities to Paris: wide boulevards flanked by imposing townhouses. You'll wander the cobbled streets of historic San Telmo and tick off the city's most important sights including the Cabildo, the Casa Rosada and the National Bank. In Palermo, follow a trip to the park with a visit to the tomb-lined avenues of Recoleta Cemetery. Be sure to pay your respects to Evita: the Duarte family tomb is here. Finally, explore the characterful and colourful La Boca district - the children will love the brightly painted houses. This afternoon, take the Tren de la Costa to Tigre, where there's an amusement park and a fun boat trip to be had.
Today, continue to discover the delightful neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires. If your timing's right, watch a nail-biting derby between the city's rival football teams, Boca Juniors and River Plate. It's hard to find a corner of Argentina more passionate about the game. Alternatively, immerse yourself in another fervently practised activity - religion. At the Tierra Santa theme park a 60ft tall plastic Jesus emerges out of a plastic mountain to re-enact the second coming. Tonight it's all about the tango. You'll have VIP tickets to a dinner show focused on the popular tango singer Carlos Gardel in the Art Nouveau club in which he used to play to packed audiences.
A driver will take you to Jorge Newbery Airport in good time to catch your flight to the city of Cordoba. On arrival, collect your luggage and be met by another driver for your transfer to Estancia Los Potreros. A couple of hours' drive south, the ranch is located in the heart of Argentina's famous Pampas. These fertile grassy plains provide abundant grazing for huge herds of cattle and sheep. This is the opportunity for you and the children to learn how to be a gaucho in the comfortable surroundings of a ranch where it's just fine to be as active or as lazy as you like.
The Argentinian Lake District is your destination today. You'll be driven to the airport for your two-and-a-quarter-hour internal flight to Bariloche. On arrival you'll be met for your transfer to your choice of lakefront hotel, most likely with the snow-capped peaks of the Andes forming the perfect backdrop. Settle in and unwind before enjoying dinner in the hotel's restaurant.
After a two-hour flight back to Buenos Aires, you will be picked up by one of our team on the ground for a private transfer to your final estancia of the trip. The journey will take just over two-hours, but worry not for the landscape provides enough spectacular scenery for a truly epic game of 'I Spy' and the maps in the children's Sharky & George packs will have plenty for them to spot and tick off. When you arrive at your estancia, you will be whisked to your rooms to settle in, before a spectacular supper this evening.
After breakfast, transfer from Estancia La Bamba to the airport in time to catch your early afternoon flight back to the UK. The estimated flight time is a little under 14 hours to London's Heathrow Airport.
Each of our trips is entirely tailor-made with originality, quality and cultural immersion in mind. Our team of destination specialists will craft itineraries based on your tastes, using their first-hand knowledge and the help of our in-country team of Concierges and guides. All trips are accompanied by a wide range of additional services, including a 24-hour helpline, the Original Travel app, fast-track airport services and much more.
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