Tailor-made trip to Argentina

Valdés Peninsula, in Atlantic Patagonia, is a site of global importance for marine mammal conservation. It hosts significant breeding populations of endangered southern right whales, as well as elephant seals and South American sea lions. The orcas in this region (like those found around the Crozet Islands) have developed a unique hunting strategy adapted to local coastal conditions.
The Iberá wetlands, in the little-visited and little-known province of Corrientes, are one of the regions not to be missed by anyone drawn to wildlife safaris and still-pristine landscapes. The ponds and lagoons of this wetland region are home to around 300 species of birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles. This region alone holds nearly a third of the country’s biodiversity.

In Argentina, summer in Europe means austral winter down there. Argentina is made up of six main regions offering sharply contrasting landscapes and climates. The Northwest is particularly recommended for a summer trip, unlike the Andean Patagonia. The gateway is Salta, the beautiful colonial city with an exceptional architectural heritage. In the surrounding area, a mineral, colourful landscape, the region can be explored by rental car, on foot, on horseback, or aboard the “Train to the Clouds”, one of the highest railways in the world, reaching 4,200 metres. Andean influence is felt throughout, visible in the colourful costumes worn by locals and audible in indigenous music. Then there are the spectacular Iguazu Falls, well worth lingering at — one of the most captivating displays of wild nature in the world.

Argentina is an exceptional country: five times the size of France, it offers glaciers in southern Patagonia, Amazon-like landscapes with the most spectacular waterfalls in the world at Iguazú, stunning scenery along the Andes, the Aconcagua (6,962 metres), the highest peak in the Americas, a coastline sheltering marine wildlife found nowhere else, and a fascinating capital… Argentina also means a particularly warm population, tango still very much alive in Buenos Aires, a deep-rooted horse culture, and a wine route. This country has it all!

The Pampa, made up of immense stretches of grassland, is the land of the gauchos, Argentina’s herding cowboys. The gaucho first appeared during Spanish colonial times. Often of mixed Spanish and indigenous descent, he initially hunted cattle to sell their hides, later settling down with the creation of the great estancias, where he took charge of the herds. The gauchos’ stronghold is the village of San Antonio de Areco, an hour’s drive from Buenos Aires. Every year, on the second weekend of November, the Fiesta de la Tradición takes place. This is the official gathering of Argentina’s gauchos, an opportunity to discover a culture rooted in the country’s history and devoted to a deep reverence for horses.
Throughout the year, we offer stays at one of Argentina’s finest estancias, transformed into an elegant hotel set within a magnificent park: la Bamba de Areco.