Our last stop in Argentina before heading deeper into the Andes was Salta, the capital of the North West of Argentina. Salta is an attractive town with many preserved colonial buildings and also a convenient …
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San Miguel de Tucumán – Birthplace of Argentina
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Our journey up North continued to San Miguel de Tucumán, which back on 9thJuly 1816 Argentina formally declared its independence from Spain. The city today is the major commercial centre in the North West of …
Continue readingEstancias – Gauchos and Horse Riding
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To have the complete Argentine experience we booked four nights on an Argentinian estancia for a bit of horse riding and more generally to experience the gaucho and ranching lifestyle on a genuine working estancia. …
Continue readingCórdoba – Jesuits
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We principally used Córdoba as a transit point for the estancia, and were pleasantly surprised to find it to be an interesting city with some very fine ecclesiasticalbuildings. Córdoba was at the heart of the …
Continue readingMendoza – Malbec and High Peaks
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The journey from Valparaíso to Mendoza has to be one of the most spectacular road trips in the world, crossing the Andes at the foothills of Aconcagua, at 6,692 metres, the highest mountain outside the …
Continue readingSan Carlos de Bariloche – Chocolate and Lakes
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We arrived in Bariloche just before Easter and the town was getting ready for its Easter celebrations. Bariloche sits in the Argentinian Lake District and has a distinct Alpine feel to it, and indeed the …
Continue readingRuta 40 – Journey back North
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We left El Chalten at sunrise and the beguiling Mount Fitz Roy was standing proud bathed in orange, in complete contrast to the various shades of blue in the previous days. It is a stunning …
Continue readingEl Chalten – Changing Mountains
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The tourist town of El Chalten sits at the northern end of the National Park and has been massively developed in recent years to service the nearby tourist industry as Argentina has created facts on …
Continue readingIn Patagonia!
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The journey North from Ushuaia, took us back across Tierra del Fuego and a repeat visit to the famous bakery at Tolhuin to pick up supplies on our journey North. After passing through the border …
Continue readingTierra del Fuego – The End of The World
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From Torres del Paine we carried on down South to Ushuaia, the most Southerly permanent settlement in the World on the Island of Tierra del Fuego. The border between Argentina and Chile at the Southern …
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