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Sun, 22 Mar 2015 01:49:33 +0000

Hey Everyone,
My boyfriend and I (both late 20s) will be spending about 3 weeks in Argentina in oct/nov.
I haven't booked flights yet so was wondering if anyone has any advice about this proposed itinerary:
-Arrive in Buenos Aries, spend about 4 days
- Trip up to Iguazu Falls (not sure if we will fly or bus it- any advice on this?) and we will spend 1-2 days on the Argentina side and 1 day on the Brazilian side.
- Fly to El Calafate, spend a couple of days there including day trip to the Pietro Monero glacier.
-hire car and drive up to El Chalten, spend 3 days hiking
-drive back to El Calafate, catch bus to Torres Del Paine.
-5n Torres del Paine, bus out of park
-fly to Ushuaia, spend couple of nights there.
- leave Ushuaia on Antarctica Cruise.

So the questions I have- is it worth going up to El Chalten or will it be similar to Torres Del Paine?
Are we missing anything by flying down to Ushuaia? e.g. should we see stuff along the way?
Any other general advice on places to see?

Thanks!
:)

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Sun, 22 Mar 2015 07:15:43 +0000

If you can book flights, do so. 3 weeks is not a lot of time. And you are trying to cover a fair bit of ground.

From BA to Iguazu, it is a long bus ride (18 hours). A flight will make allow more time to explore it. Check to see if you need a visa for Brazil too.

As for El Chalten - 3 nights is ok. But there is no need to hire a car. Grab the bus, it takes 3 hours. It stops off at the visitors centre in El Chalten and you receive information on the park and its hikes. Plus you are not wasting 3 days of car hire - All hikes from El Chalten are easily accessible from the town.

Is it worth going to El Chalten and TDP - Yes. Go to both. Both are incredible.

You won't miss much flying down. Though there is some great scenery. There isn't really much on the way down.

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Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:01:35 +0000

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