"I wish these folks worked in all of the countries that I would like to travel to. The logistics for our adventure were handled perfectly. All our transfers went smoothly. Fred checked us in online for all of the internal flights, and ensured that the local tour operator or the hotel gave us our boarding passes before we headed to the airport.
The completely customized Travel Booklet provided by Exploration Journeys kept us on track, both before and during our trip, and was an invaluable resource.
Returning to Buenos Aires at the end of our adventure, I reached out to Fred for help in finding llama wool to take home as a gift, and he found a store, sent web links to the color choices, then arranged for the wool to be delivered to our hotel! That’s a wonderful, helpful, above and beyond kind of thing to do, and it’s the service level that we received from Fred and Exploration Journeys from our first email to them to our return home.
Exploration Journeys provided us with a truly enjoyable and memorable 20-day overview of Argentina, and made it positively easy for us to get around this beautiful country. Fred worked with us to put together a trip itinerary that included the destinations that we wanted to visit, and tours/activities that helped us to explore each of them in the way we wanted.
We toured historic cemeteries in Buenos Aires, learned about its many districts, enjoyed an evening of tango and good food, and travelled west to visit an estancia for a day.
Iguazu Falls, shared with Brazil, provided the most spectacular waterfall views that we have ever seen, along with some great fun in dining.
In Mendoza, we biked through a winery, tasting lots of very fine wine en route. The next day, we headed into the mountains, with the goal of Aconcagua National Park. Road closures prevented this from happening, and our tour company quickly provided a great alternative. It featured a great drive through the most lonely high countryside, along twisting, winding mountain roads. The views were absolutely magnificent.
In Ushuaia, we hiked to a still partly frozen mountain lake, paddled to windswept bays, and walked historic farmlands. We even toured a very good prison museum.
El Calafate means all things glacier. Here we visited the Glaciarium, boated to beautiful blue giant icebergs, and spent time trekking on glaciers too.
Beautiful Bariloche offered rich chocolate, a food festival, hiking to snow-capped mountain lookouts, and boating to the most amazing, protected myrtle forest.
The hotels that we stayed at throughout our travels were all very good, and exceeded our expectations."
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