25 days from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires

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Hi all,

Later this year, my wife and I are setting off to travel the world. In October/November we will be exploring Patagonia. We fly to Ushuaia on 21st October, and from there we have 25 days to explore and get back to Buenos Aires overland.

After seeking help on here a while back and doing a bit more digging, this is what our provisional plan now looks like:

Day 1: Land in Ushuaia at 9:30am, have a look round, stay there overnight
Day 2: Bus from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas (if there is a bus on Sunday), stay there overnight
Day 3: Morning bus from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales, have a look round, stay there overnight
Day 4: Torres del Paine W Trek
Day 5: Torres del Paine W Trek
Day 6: Torres del Paine W Trek
Day 7: Torres del Paine W Trek
Day 8: Torres del Paine W Trek
Day 9: Back to Puerto Natales, stay there overnight
Day 10: Bus to El Calafate, stay there overnight
Day 11: Perito Moreno glacier trip, evening bus to El Chalten
Day 12: El Chalten hiking
Day 13: El Chalten hiking, then evening bus from El Chalten to Bariloche (with TAQSA, although I am not sure if the route will be running in early November?)
Day 14: Arrive in Bariloche in the evening, stay overnight
Day 15: Exploring around Bariloche
Day 16: Exploring around Bariloche
Day 17: Exploring around Bariloche
Day 18: Exploring around Bariloche
Day 19: Exploring around Bariloche
Day 20: Bus from Bariloche to Esquel, then night bus from Esquel to Puerto Madryn
Day 21: Day in Puerto Madryn, stay overnight
Day 22: Punta Tombo penguins day tour, the overnight bus to Bahia Blanca
Day 23: Day in Bahia Blanca, stay there overnight
Day 24: Day in Bahia Blanca, overnight bus to Buenos Aires
Day 25: Day in Buenos Aires, stay there overnight (we have a full week in BA earlier in our trip)
Day 26: Fly from Buenos Aires to New Zealand

How do you think this sounds? Do you think we are trying to do too much? And also, might we have problems with the bus schedules at this time of year? A lot of the companies only have schedules online for booking 30 days ahead, so it's hard to tell.

Thanks!
Alex

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JanDeRoos1
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Hi

You will have an amazing time!
Your schedule is quiet tight, as November can have bad weather you have to realize that there is a possibilty that you have to wait for better weather doing TDP and Fitzroy hikes, Bariloche area.

I suggest if its hard to find transport from El Chalten to Bariloche to go back to El Calafate and book a bus from there to Bariloche. They probalby run a more frequent service.
Bahia Blancia is a big indrustial city so I would skip that! if possible take transport from Puerto Madryn straight to BS

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