Images of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is exceptionally dynamic, sophisticated and overwhelming. An exquisite combination of a European atmosphere and the charm of Latin American cities.

This tour provides an in-depth introduction to its history, its architecture, the culture of its people, its anecdotes and secrets. A three-hour journey that offers the fundamental keys for understanding the paradigmatic areas of the city: the lively and frenzied downtown area, the "aristocratic" northern neighborhoods and the working class southern districts.

We visit the highlights of Buenos Aires, acknowledging the transformation of a village that grew into a mega polis.

Enjoy the best introductory private tour to Buenos Aires learning about the main highlights of this unique cosmopolitan city with our historian expert guides.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Tour itinerary: Downtown (Plaza de Mayo – 1st Stop), Montserrat, San Telmo, La Boca (Caminito – 2nd Stop), Puerto Madero, Palermo Chico, Bosques de Palermo and Recoleta (Cemetery – 3rd Stop). The 3 places were we stop may also vary according to your preferences.

Duration: 3 hours

Guide: private English speaking historian guide

Transfer: private vehicle

Includes: transfers + historian guide

Cosmopolitan Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is certainly one of the greatest cities in the world, one that invites the visitor to discover its sensual secrets and history.

On this tour you will discover all the magic of Argentina's capital city. You will visit the magnificent Recoleta and Palermo neighborhoods, with all the beauty of their parks and buildings, the Plaza de Mayo, the Cathedral, the typical De Mayo Avenue, and many other buildings and palaces of special architectural, historical and cultural value.

The tour continues with La Boca, colorful neighborhood of Italian immigrants and the very recently recycled area of Puerto Madero.

Duration: 3 hours

Guide:     group English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer: group vehicle

Includes: transfers + Guide

Evita and the Peronismo

Peronismo's history remains not only in books or memories. It has also left its signals in buildings, squares and neighborhoods.

We visit the sites that can somehow explain the political and cultural conflicts that were brought about by the emergence of Juan D. Perón at the political arena. This tour spots these landmarks connected with this crucial political movement and we center on one of its major figures: Eva Perón. Her life, her political activity, her tragic death, and the myth. Everything framed by a story that helps to understand contemporary Argentina.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Duration:  3 hours

Sites:     Former Eva Peron Foundation: C.G.T., Palace of the National Parliament, Evita's grave at Recoleta cemetery and Eva Peron’s Museum.

Guide:     private English speaking guide

Transfer: private vehicle

Includes: transfers, historian guide and entrance fee for Evita Museum

Architecture in Buenos Aires

The architecture of Buenos Aires is one of the most qualified, disconcerting and suggestive in the world.

Buenos Aires has always been, from its very beginnings, an international port of exchange; and the multiple sources of inspiration which have crossed cultural boundaries, together with the constant local tendency to re-elaborate, have, in only four centuries, consolidated a remarkable group of buildings with great architectonic, urban and landscape value. Buenos Aires architectural scenery definitely has a wide and eclectic building legacy.

This tour highlights the most outstanding features focusing on the descriptions and how they are related to the city’s history. The sites to be visited are: The financial city (from colonial times, passing by monumental bank architecture from the belle époque, to the Banco Hipotecario, impressive brutalist jewel from the 1960s). The second area to be visited is Avenida de Mayo (seeing, among other buildings, the former headquarters of La Prensa newspaper, café Tortoni, Barolo palace, Chile hotel, former headquarters of Crítica newspaper, National Congress).

We end the tour at the postmodern and controversial area of Puerto Madero, seeing the buildings by some of the most important international architectural celebrities, such as Calatrava, Pelli, Foster and Viñoly.

Important note: although the tour focuses on facades, we always enter some of the buildings to see distinctive features (La Prensa building, Barolo palace, Faena hotel; and, depending on the time, a few of the banks, too).

This tour is acomplete introduction to the Argentinean architectural heritage.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Tour itinerary: our vehicle leaves us at Microcentro (downtown), where we walk for about half an hour. Then we drive along Avenida de Mayo, stopping for a one-block walk. Then we take Belgrano Avenue, with one small stop to see the Otto Wulf building, into Puerto Madero. Once in the area, we stop at the Faena hotel, then driving along Juana Manso Avenue, stopping again at the Fortabat Museum and walking two blocks along the river coast with excellent views of Catalinas towers, the Yatch Club and the brick old storehouses.

Duration:   3 hours

Guide:      private English speaking guide

Transfer:  private vehicle

Includes:  transfers + architecture expert

Art in Buenos Aires

This tour, guided by a local art expert, provides a complete panoramic view of the pieces exhibited in the most important city museums.

At The National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA) the nineteenth and twentieth centuries argentine art is in detail surveyed, while in the ground floor we can explore the most important works of European art there collected, dated between the twelfth and twentieth centuries.

Works of the most important modern artists from Latin America are gathered at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), which is also visited in this journey.

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

The National Museum of Fine arts is closed on Mondays and the Museum of Latin American Art closes on Tuesdays. During those days these museums are replaced by other museums or galleries.

Important: The art collections in Buenos Aires are vast, so we can plan a 4 hour tour including also a visit to an art gallery, at an additional price. Please request a longer art you if you want.

Duration:  3 hours

Places:     Museo Nacional de Bella Artes and MALBA   

Guide:      private English speaking guide

Transfer:  private vehicle

Includes:  transfers + art expert

The Other South:
a Hidden Buenos Aires

Beyond the standardized glimpses of Buenos Aires, another city remains unveiled.

This is a visit to some of the “forgotten” neighbourhoods that are far away from the tourist circuits and that - nevertheless - preserve amazing stories and gorgeous buildings. Barracas, Nueva Pompeya, Parque Patricios and Boedo are the urban grounds of old factories, street murals, secret societies, working class project-housings, remarkable churches, parks, bridges, traditional bars and significant people.

As a journey that grasps both to the past and present of the working class sectors, this tour rediscovers the leading parts of workers, immigrants, tramways, railroads, tango and soccer in the city’s historical script..

Since you will be doing this tour with a private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at your own pace, making all the stops you want, enjoying personal assistance and care from our specialized guide.

Duration:  3 hours

Tour itinerary: Masonic logia house, Hipólito Yrigoyen Station (1st Stop), Barracas, Lanín passageway (2nd Stop), Florentino Ameghino park, Parque Patricios and Nueva Pompeya districts, Nuestra Sra. de Pompeya Church (3rd Stop), Alsina bridge, Boedo Avenue (4th Stop), Margot and Manzi cafes

Guide:        private English speaking guide

Transfer:   private vehicle

Includes:   transfers + historian guide

The Jewish Heritage in
Buenos Aires

The Buenos Aires Jewish community is of the largest in the world and its heritage remains very much preserved.

Our specialist Jewish guide will introduce you into the unique features of the Buenos Aires Jewish culture.

We explore the traditional Jewish neighbourhood, “Once”, the new AMIA building (mutual fund organization whose previous head office suffered a terrorist attack in 1994) and the institute of Jewish studies. We also visit the outstanding Ashkenazi and Sephardic temples as well as the site where the Israel Embassy used to stand prior to the 1992 attack.

The Once neihborhood— Buenos Aires’ version of the Lower East Side, previously bustled with yiddishkeit: Jewish cafes, theatres, Yiddish press, Jewish schools, and businesses.Today, while all of the above still abound, the neighborhood has seen the influx of different ethnic business owners, and residents, and the flavor has certainly changed with time.
In recent decades, thanks to opportunity and prosperity, many Jewish residents took the opportunity to move up and out, typically to Buenos Aires neighborhoods in the northern part of town. Though Once is no longer the Yiddish powerhouse of yesteryear, it merits a stop-off to enjoy a visit to a beautiful Ashkenazi synagogue, constructed in the early 1920s.

Duration: 3 hours

Tour itinerary: Israel’s Ambassade Square, Libertad temple, Teatro Ift, Instituto Científico Judeo (IWO), “Once” streets, Paso or Lavalle temples and AMIA

Guide:     private English speaking Jewish guide

Transfer: private vehicle

Includes: transfers

San Antonio de Areco
- A Day in the Argentine Pampas -

You will visit the old land of the gauchos in the ancient frontier with the Indian tribes: the area of San Antonio de Areco.

San Antornio de Areco is a tiny colonial town that has beautiful architecture from the early 20th century, when Argentina was having an economic boom. It is located almost two hours from Buenos Aires.

You will visit some of the well known artisans (leather, silver, textiles) of San Antonio de Areco, who show us their workshops and how they produce.Another option is a visit to the Gaucho museum, that holds and interesting collection related to the Pampas' history.

Then you will enjoy a traditional lunch at one of the exclusives estancias of the area. You will spend the rest of the day there, walking in the beautiful gardens, riding horses, looking the rural activities or bird watching. In the summertime there's also a swimming-pool to ejoy some swimming.

Before going back to Buenos Aires you will have tea or coffee or the traditional mate with homemade cakes and typical Argentine bakery.

Since you will do this tour with your own private vehicle and guide, you will have the freedom of enjoying each attraction at our own pace, making all the stops you want, and enjoying a personal assistance and care of our specialized guide.

Duration: full day

Guide:     private English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer: private vehicle

Includes: transfers, lunch and estancia activities

Gaucho Traditions & Folklore of the Pampas

Enjoy a full day learning the aspects of the Gaucho's life in an ideal opportunity to sample the traditional Argentine country life the way it is in the natural surroundings of the Pampas. You will depart from the hotel towards Cardales neighborhood, only 57 miles (90 km) from downtown Buenos Aires, to visit Santa Susana Estancia ("estancias" are a kind of ranch). Santa Susana’s 3000 acres (1200 hectares) are devoted mainly to agriculture and cattle breeding.

Important: Estancia Susana does not operate every day, so on the days it does not operate we will take you to other nice estancia called Don Silvano.

Upon arrival a welcome drink with empanadas (meat pies) will be served at the Pulpería (Ranch's Pub or Gaucho bar). Later, feast on a typical Argentine barbecue accompanied by Argentine wine. Argentina is famous for it's beef. Millions of Angus and Hereford cattle graze on the grasses of the Pampas, and the result is beef of exceptional flavor, especially when grilled slowly over coals. As you finish your lunch, enjoy a show with folk and tango music and dances.

The field day culminates with an exhibition and mix-up of matched-together horse herds (tropillas), and the autochthonous horseback sport called "carreras de sortijas" (ring-races), all of which show the remarkable dominion exerted by the gaucho upon his horses, where they put on an exhibition of bold, skillful horsemanship.

Late in the afternoon, a snack consisting of home made pastries, tea and "mate" (an typical argentine drink made of herbs) will be served. Horses and carriages are available for rides. The strolls in typical one-horse carriages called "sulkies", or just riding on horse-back, will show the visitors the enchantment of the Argentine land, the beautiful landscape, its growing crops, and let them feel the incomparable wild aroma in the air.

The Gaucho

In the last century, they were nomadic horsemen and cowhand, roaming the Argentine grasslands, who hunted and traded cattle. The gaucho's weapons are the lasso, knife, and boleadoras (or bolas), a device made of leather cords and three stones that is thrown at the legs of an animal to entwine and immobilize it.

"The Gauchos, or countrymen, are very superior to those who reside in the towns. The Gaucho is invariably most obliging, polite, and hospitable: I did not meet with even one instant of rudeness or inhospitality. He is modest, both respecting himself and country, but at the same time a spirited, bold fellow..."

Charles Darwin

This is a nice tour but its only drawback is that it is done by very large groups (in cruises season sometimes more than 250 people do this tour every day). Therefore, if you prefer more exclusive tours we suggest requesting one of our specialized private tours in Buenos Aires.

Duration: full day

Guide: group English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer: group vehicle

Includes: transfers + Lunch with beverages and wine

Navigation at the Tigre Delta - The Third Largest Delta in the World -

At only 19 miles (30 km) north of Buenos Aires downtown there is an extraordinary ecological area: the Paraná River's Delta, also known as the Tigre Delta.

The Paraná River Delta is a 14,000 square kilometer (8750 square miles) area where thousands of islands and inlets, water channels, rivers and backwaters form a sub-tropical wonderland about twenty miles northeast of Buenos Aires. The Paraná is South America's second longest river, after the Amazon river in Brazil.

This tour starts heading for Olivos neighborhood, from where you start the journey to Tigre neighborhood in the "Tren de la Costa" (Coastline Train), a beautiful train which connects the most elegant residential areas facing the Rio de la Plata (Silver River). This train ride takes 30 minutes and it allows us to see the Northern zone in a different way, always bordering the Río de la Plata.

You make a stop at San Isidro station before arriving to the Delta station where you board a modern panoramic catamaran boat to discover the wonders of the Delta of the Parana River and thousands of islands and islets crisscrossed by rivers and brooks.

This delta is the third in the world as regards size, following the famous Nile River Delta (in Africa) and the Amazonas River Delta (in the North of Latin America). Nevertheless, its 27 thousand square kilometers (17 square miles) have been hardly explored.

Its most outstanding flora is located in the third section of Tigre and is made up by poplars, ceibos, rush, wicker, cane and willows, from which wood is extracted. In the spring, the azaleas, honeysuckles, hydrangeas, wisterias and orchids delight the sight and the sense of smell of tourists approaching the river.

After this delightful navigation you return to your hotel.

Important: depending on the day of the tour, it might start with the visit to Tigre and end with the Tren de la Costa ride or vice versa.

Duration: 5 hours

Guide:     Group English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer: group vehicle, train and catamaran

Includes: transfers, train ride, boat ride and guide

A Delightful and Authentic
Tango Evening at La Ventana

We invite you to experience an evening of passion, charm, beauty and sensuality; a night of Tango at La Ventana.

La Ventana is one of the first-class tango places of Buenos Aires, and we consider it the best tango show in town. La Ventana is located in the very heart of San Telmo neighborhood, in an impressive historic building. Its interior architectural style is absolutely preserved, and creates the ideal setting for an unique experience: 35 artists for each show including: 2 tango orchestras, 10 tango dancers, 2 singers, and a colorful folklore band.

The tango show at La Ventana is an amazing journey to the core of tango history, as you will see on stage the different and authentic tango styles each with its particular music, dancing style, and costumes.

You will have the honor of listening to the live music of one of the best tango orchestras ever: "La Gran Orquesta de Juan D'Arienzo" directed by the Maestro Carlos Lazzari. Not only will you hear some of the best tango musicians alive, but also you will enjoy seeing some of the best tango dancers and singers on stage.

To enrich this show experience La Ventana has also included a short but very colorful Argentine folklore show with many talented folklore musicians that we are sure you will also enjoy a lot.

The dinner menu consists of several traditional and international dishes, accompanied with argentine wines.

Tango show duration: approximately 1 hour and 45 minute (of which 20 to 25 minutes is for the folklore show). The pickup time is usually between 7:30 and 8 PM, and return time after dinner and the show is usually around midnight.

Transfer: group transfer

Includes: transfers + dinner with beverages and wine

A Walk Back in Time - Colonia del Sacramento

A visit to the historic center of Colonia del Sacramento is like a walk back in time. Founded in 1680 by the Portuguese, this old colonial town is renowned for its cobbled, windy streets and colorful houses reminiscent of old Lisbon.

Due to its colonial beginnings, the city's layout is different from the majority of Uruguayan cities. Its cobbled streets and houses alternate with small bars, excellent restaurants, art and craft shops, museums and a large yacht harbor.

In 1995 the United Nations declared Colonia del Sacramento as Mankind's Cultural Heritage.

During this tour you will visit:

• Specific architectural, historical and archeological places
• Constructions declared Mankind Historical Heritage
• Integrated architectural areas
• Several parks, the Basilica, the Theatre, the Puerto Deportivo and the boardwalk of the historical part of the city
• Portuguese and Spanish houses
• San Carlos real bull's square.
  

You then return to Buenos Aires.

The tour includes:

• Transfers from Buenos Aires hotel to port and back
• Boat transportation in next generation hovercraft (trip takes 55 minutes, instead of the two hours and 40 minutes it takes with a regular ferry).
• First class seats in the boat
  
  
• Transfers in Colonia City
• Full tour in Colonia City as detailed above with English/Spanish speaking guide
• Lunch (beverages not included)

Duration: full day

Guide:     group English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer: private transfer in Buenos Aires, group transfers in Colonia.

A Day Tour to Montevideo (Uruguay)

Montevideo, the commercial, cultural, and tourist center of Uruguay, lies across the Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires, 2 and a half hours by ferry.Visitors will notice a slower pace in this port city with a population of one million and a half.

Early morning you will be taken from your hotel to the Buenos Aires port where you will take a a fast ferry to Montevideo. Upon arrival you will visit the old city and then have lunch (beverages not included).

In the afternoon you will visit Montevideo's main highlights: the Old City, Puerta de la Ciudadela, Constitution Square, Cathedral, Plaza Independencia, the Palacio Salvo, Teatro Solis, the lovely pink marble Legislative Palace, the parque El Prado with its large rose garden, the famous "La Carreta" (covered wagon) monument, the Carrasco residential area and finish with a drive along the "Rambla" to see the lovely beaches of Montevideo.

Later you will be taken to the pier for your cruise back to Buenos Aires.

The tour includes:

• Transfers from Buenos Aires hotel to port and back
• Boat transportation
• Transfers in Montevideo City
• Full tour in Montevideo as detailed above with English/Spanish speaking guide
• Lunch (beverages not included)

Duration: full day

Guide:     group English/Spanish speaking guide

Transfer: group vehicle and boat

Dorado & Tararira (dogfish) Fly Fishing all inclusive Experience

Enjoy the incomparable experience of fly fishing Dorado and Tararira (dogfish), surrounded by a unique landscape.
Located very close to Buenos Aires city (a 1-hour-and-a-half drive), San Pedro consists of a delta where hundreds of streams and channels get together, giving home to these species, so desired by flyfishermen.

The Tararira is one of the most aggressive game fish when charging the fly; once it takes the hook, the waters start bubbling!!!

Tour Approximated Schedule
06.00 hs Transfer from your hotel in Buenos Aires city.
08.00 hs Arrival at San Pedro.
08.15 hs Getting ready. Boat trip to Islas.
09.00 hs Starting fishing day.
11.00 hs Snack.
13.00 hs Lunch / Brunch.
17.00 hs Snack.
18.00 hs End of fishing day.
18.45 hs Arrival at the pier.
19.00 hs Return to Buenos Aires city.
21.00 hs Arrival to your hotel in Buenos Aires city.

Duration: full day

Guide:      Private English/Spanish speaking guide

Includes:

* Boat, fuel, bilingual guide and assistant, water, refreshments, beer, wine, snacks, brunch, 10 flies, fishing tackle (rod/ reel/line/ leader).
* Services in private basis

Not included:
* Clothes, personal equipment and gratuities

Equipment needed:
* Lightweight shirts and pants (Exofficio, Patagonia, Columbia, etc), wide brimmed hat or cap, a lightweight waterproof jacket, a polar fleece sweatshirt, an extra pair of sandals or sneakers, polarized sunglasses, sunblock, lip protector.

Note: If a rod broke eventually, the shipping cost to USA to be repaired is USD $50 and will be charged to the angler.

If you wish, you can also bring your own equipment.

Fly Fishing tackle:
Rods: Two, if possible. 9ft, 5 and 7weight. 3-or 4- piece, if possible.
Reels: A reel with a good drag system, holding at least 80 yards of 20-pound test backing.
Lines: WF floating line and sinking shootings Teeny T-200. Leaders: for 5- to 7-foot floating lines with strong butts to turn big flies, 16-pound test tippets with 20 cm of 20-pound test steel wire.
Fies: Sizes 2/0 and 3/0, Deceiver patterns. Also poppers and divers with muddler head, weighted. Colors: black, black and red or black and yellow, chartreuse, white and yellow and white and olive have proved good options.
Accesories: tweezers, hook sharpener, nippers, boga grip, etc.