The Province of Salta has a tagline of ‘Salta the Lovely’ for good reason. The landscape varies from green, lush subtropical jungles to arid valleys filled with rainbows of sandstone.
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We’re exploring Jujuy, the hidden gem in the northwest of Argentina. The drive alone deserves to be on any list of top ten drives around the world.
Córdoba, Argentina is the second-largest city and is known as an educational and scientific hub. We spent a couple of days exploring the city.
Two weeks in Buenos Aires is an absolute luxury. We don’t try and ‘see it all’, but gosh we see a lot.
The phrases ‘must-see’ and ‘bucket list’ get thrown around alot, but visiting Perito Moreno Glacier in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field is one of those locations you really should try to get to.
Patagonia, covering the bottom third of South America, is home to the second largest ice field outside the arctic and some of the most spectacular hiking in the world. In our first week of hiking in Patagonia we discovered why El Chaltén is the Argentinian heart of the region.
Beautiful Bariloche, in the Lake District of Argentina, feels like a small slice of Switzerland. Perched at the edge of the Andes instead of the Alps, it offers stunning mountain views and all the chocolate you can stomach.
Wine tasting in Mendoza for a week we discovered Argentinian wines are so much more than just Malbecs.
Hiking to Aconcagua Base Camp (‘Confluence’) is a five-hour, 14km round trip. The trail head is a three hour drive from Mendoza, so the trek is doable as a (longish) day trip. It’s well worth the effort, with spectacular views of the highest peak in South America.
Magnificent Mendoza has 48,000 trees lining its streets, an oasis of green at the foot of the Andes. The region is responsible for 85% of Argentina’s wine production, and we’re determined to experience as much of it as we can.
We’d heard a lot about the bus ride over the Andes mountain range from Santiago to Mendoza with its famous ’29 curves’, and it didn’t disappoint.