I think the durations in various places is a bit off really, 5 weeks in Rio is way too much unless you have a personal reason to stay that long, after a week you'll have done all the tourist things and only have beach and restaurants for the other 4 weeks, OK if that's your thing, but there are plenty places with better beaches and restaurants. That affects your time in other places, 2 days in Salvador isn't enough and 3 days in Amazon is not feasible due to time it takes to travel within the Amazon to reach the place you are staying.
As Mstep said, Pantanal is a lot more interesting than Amazon, which is generally looking at water and trees, however the period you are here is not good for Pantanal.
Florianopolis isn't really a long way South, it's only a bit over an hour flight from SP. The island is a huge tourist destination, especially December to Feb/March. When you plan to travel it will be outside the main season so accomodation and travelling around the island to their 42 beaches would be fairly easy. By the way on your itinerary you fly from Floripa-SP-Buenos Aires. There are direct flights from Floripa to BA, as many of the tourists in Floripa come from Argentina
Hey now, I purchased a bus ticket from Bueno Aires to Mendoza from Platforma 10 my question is DO YOU NEED TO PRONT OUT YOUR TICKET ?
On there website ther is this ;
According to the CNRT (Argentine Transport Regulatory Commission), tickets must be printed on paper. Digital images on mobile devices are not regarded as valid.
Plataforma 10 e-ticket is valid to get directly on the bus with no prior exchange. As in every case, you are requested to arrive at the terminal or departure point 20 to 30 minutes earlier than the scheduled time, so that you may check the departure platform on the timetable board, the information desk or the ticket office. For international trips, passengers are requested to arrive 1 hour earlier to make sure their documents comply with Migrations regulations.
Seams conflicting , No ?
Hi,
I'm going to be in Buenos Aires over Christmas with a friend., we'll be 4 week into our trip around a few countries in South America. I understand that Argentinians celebrate Christmas on the 24th with the 25th more of a rest day to nurse the hangovers...!
I'm just asking if anyone has previously spent Christmas in BA and where is best to celebrate? I imagine a lot of restaurants will be closed and so on. Therefore any tips would be appreciated i.e choice of hostel/hotel, restaurant, events..
Many Thanks
Argentina probably. Argentina recognized that gay citizens could marry in 2010, so it's a real leader for gay rights.
Really South America is like the rest of the world. Cosmopolitan cities like Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Bogota are much more accepting of gay culture than smaller cities or rural areas.
This is very helpful. If I had 7 days would that be enough to fly from BA to El Calafate? Do the glacier one full day and 2nd surroundings (2 days), and then bus to and hike mount fitz Roy (2 days), transfer via bus to Torres del Paine NP. One full day Torres del Paine NP (2 days with travel included) and then bus to Punta Arenas (1 day). I found the flights to Punta Arenas to be very reasonable (thank you for that). Just not sure with all the buses in between if it's realistic? Or skip the NP and go for a penguin morning adventure in PA. I've actually heard great things about Punta Arenas.
The alternative trip would skip the above and do Salta- Iguassu, and then Iguassu to Buenos Aires (these flights are cheap!). BA overnight bus to Mendoza, then bus to Santiago and be more leisure. I had no idea Patagonia was a 3 week trip in itself. Now I know! Whenever I book a trip, I immediate think I need to return again.
Hello to everyone!
I’m an Italian student and I’m gonna spend the next seven months in Buenos Aires.
I love football and I know that watching some matches in Argentina is a unique experience and I also know that the city has many teams in the first two divisions.
I read and I have been told that it is almost impossible to buy a ticket for a Boca or River matches and the only possibility to go to la Bombonera or El Monumental are with an organised tour that many tour operators offers, but I really don’t like it because of the costs and because of the idea to buy a tour-package just to watch a football match.
So what about the other teams? Is it possible to simply buy tickets? Are all the stadium safe? Because I read that I should avoid to go alone to watch San Lorenzo or Huracan because of the bad neighborhoods, is it true? Has someone any experiences about these teams and stadiums?
And what about Velez, Argentinos Jrs and Atlanta? I found very few information about them, is it possible to go there by my own?
Thanks!
Title: Ron om de wereld (Ron around the world)
Destinations: Hong Kong, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Buenos Aires
Theme: Around the world, Road trip, Star gazing.
Style: personal impressions, short stories, photo's
Synopsys: This is my blog about my travel around the world in oktober 2018. In Dutch, with a translate button on each page.
URL: https://reisfok.blog
Hello fellow travellers!
My friend and I are currently in Mendoza and starting to travel through South America for 2 months now, the plan being ending up in Rio or Bahia for carnaval in March. Any recommendations on how to fill up these 8 weeks? We want to see as many different things as possible.
The idea would be Mendoza-Cordoba- (Salta?/Rosario?)- Buenos Aires- Iguazu. After this we can't really decide what to do. Is there any possibility to do a tour through the Paraguayan selva? Couldn't find much information about it.
Also we are kind of unsure about going to Bolivia mainly because the rain season makes travelling there harder and we also didn't really bring winter clothes to go to Uyuni.
We have already covered pretty much everything of Chile so we are not planning to go back there.
We are a bit lost in our planification so any advice would be greatly helpful!
Thank you in advance
We are fun loving South African travelers so we're used to the excitement and chaos that comes with emerging markets.
We were disappointed by Argentina and especially by Buenos Aires. Generally, we found people sour, unhelpful and at times outright rude. What's fundamentally lacking is an understanding of hospitality. It doesn't matter how humble or fancy one's abode is, a warm host who proactively engages with guests can absolutely transform an experience. We had very little of that on our 2.5week trip covering BA and the Lakes District. If anything, we felt unwelcome and depressed by the generally grumpy people around us.
During our trip, we crossed over into Chile. The difference in attitude towards tourists is like night versus day. Exploring Chile was a pleasure.
BA itself is dilapidated, dirty and boring. I wouldn't recommend that travelers into Argentina spend time here. Fly right on to the smaller towns and countryside.
Some Lonely Planet blogs speak about how Argentina lacks a sense of its own culture, opting instead to mimic western culture. Strolling around BA it certainly felt that way, from the sights to the food to the music.
The point of this blog is not to rant about a particularly bad institution. Rather it is to say to other travelers out there who, like us, are looking for a new, fun, interesting destination, I'd say huge Argentina a skip.