Ibera Marshlands: Untouched nature 10D/ 9N - Argentina

Includsions:

•        Arrival / departure airport transfers.
•        3 Nights in Buenos Aires 
•        2 Nights in Iguazu
•        1 Night in Estancia Santa Cecilia 
•        3 Nights in Esteros del Iber
•        Buenos Aires City tour
•        Argentinian andBrazilians falls Great Aventure. 
•        Yerba Mate and Tea plantations visit
•        Ibera Mentioned activities
•        6 lunches and 4 dinners

Exclusions:

•    All flights, International & Domestic, reservations, taxes, fees etc.
•    Porterage
•    All other transport
•    All expenses of personal nature like tips, mineral water, laundry charges, telephone charges, food
•    Any increase in services that may come into force prior to the commencement and any increase in the cost of land arrangements or airfare due to increase in fuel prices, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates etc.
•    Gratuities.
•    Excess baggage charges.
•    Any items not specifically mentioned in “included in price”
 

Arrival and reception at the airport. Transfer to hotel. Accommodation. Then city tour visiting the most
interesting places in Buenos Aires. Return to the hotel.

Day at leisure to enjoy an optional tour and know even more Buenos Aires, enjoying cooking classes, tango
lessons, museums, etc.

Transfer to the airport to board the flight to Puerto Iguazu. Arrival and reception at the airport; transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, departure to Foz do Iguaçu National Park, one of the largest reserves of vegetation in Brazil. After the visit, return to Puerto Iguazu. Accommodation.

In the morning we will visit the Argentinean side of the Iguazu Falls, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO and one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature. We will visit the Devil’s Throat balcony, upper and lower paths from where you will take the Great Adventure. Return to the hotel. Lunch.

Morning departure to Posadas. On the way we stop at the San Ignacio Mini ruins. This historic and archaeological site was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The tour starts in the educational
museum that help you to understand what will see then and how the Fathers of La Compañia de Jesus organized their reductions to evangelize the Guarani. We continue and arrive at the Estancia Santa
Cecilia, a traditional Ranch in the Northeast. Lunch. In the afternoon, enjoy an activity in the Estancia. According of the time of the year, you will be able to see the gauchos doing rural tasks. Dinner.

Total distance: 268 km (166 miles).
Travel time: 4 hours

Morning departure to the Establecimiento de las Marias to get in contact with this activity introduced by the Jesuits four centuries ago. Las Marias is the world’s largest producer of Yerba Mate, in addition to producing the best tea in America. Once we arrive, we will make a bike tour: Length 1hour and the difficulty can be adjusted according to passengers. With the bikes, we penetrate along trails through parks, forests and yerba and tea plantations. We also visited the drying of yerba and tea, neighborhoods
and social sector. During the circuit, in addition to visit the nature reserve, visitors are introduced to all the secrets of yerba mate and tea production, from the nursery cultivation and drying up milling and packagingproducts. After lunch at the restaurant of Las Marias, we will depart towards Colonia Carlos Pellegrini. Accommodation in Posada Aguape. Welcome and coffee break, the guide explains the activities we will do the next days. Dinner.

Total distance: 260 km (161 miles).
Travel time: 6 hours
 

Morning departure by boat for wildlife watching. Return and Lunch in the lodge. Then, time at leisure to relax. In the afternoon, hiking through the jungle and interpretation trails with interpretive center visit.
Return and dinner.

Today you can choose to make two half day activities or a full day horseback riding through the marshes and swamps of Ibera. In case you choose for two tours, in the morning, will make the second departure by boat for wildlife watching and in the afternoon you can take a walk in an area of grassland called savannah, which highlight is the varied of bird watching out for the jungle or take the afternoon at leisure and in the evening take a night safari. Lunch and dinner.

In the morning you can choose to make canoeing (initial level), or a boat tour to watch wildlife or hike through Paso course marshes, an exclusive place in the lodge. After lunch, drive to Posadas to board the flight back to Buenos Aires. Arrival and accommodation.

Total distance: 197 km (122 miles).
Travel time: 4-5 hours

At due time, transfer to the airport for your scheduled flight.