HOW DOES PERU PLANET WORK

• All bus/national flight transport, all hotels and all the tours as indicated in the program.
• All your vouchers, information packet, like general info over all the places you visit.
• All hotels are based on double room with private bathroom, it’s a mix of 3 *** hotels and nice clean hostels ,only in Chalten we use a hostel with dormitory style beds and shared bathroom, single rooms on request for an extra price, all buses are based on good buses, The bus to Iguazu is always royal class .
• Transfers ,are in the most of the places included ,if not its indicated in the program

Not included

• Your food, in the hotels is breakfast included .In the dormitory or national parks not
• The entry fees and taxes, like airport tax
• Insurency, everybody is obligated to have an travel insurency !
• Everything with the blue excursion sign

• The sparkling city Buenos Aires with its tango and nightlife
• Ushuaia, the end of the world!
• The immense glacier  Peritto Moreno
• Walking around the splendid Fitzroy mountain
• The thousands of Penguins of Punta Tombo and many other animals
• The impressive  water falls of Iguazu to the Argentinean and Brazilian border
• The colonial city of colonial in Uruguay

This first day quietly, after a long flight you have enough time, the complete day to discover this fascinating sparkling capital of Argentina. The city has several districts with each an other face. The best picture of the city you get by undertaking an excursion with a bicycle and guide along these districts, the Plaza the Mayo, Casa Rosada (the rose presidential palace), Theatre Colon, Boca football stadium ,the worker district which has been built entirely around the stadium of Boca juniors with its colourful houses. Football is and remains very important for Argentina here lives still the football fever! You can visit the football stage in excursion a tour. The port "Puerto madero" is also worth the effort, with its an renovated dock with nice restaurants, the tango neighbourhood of "San Telmo", this is the heart of Buenos aires with many antique shops and especially the "TANGO" .Palermo" is the richer neighbourhood with a lot of parks ,Recolette is the nightlife busy place,,, around the cemetery where the very well-known "Evita Peron” try to rest, or visit the famous café Tortoni. You see sufficient and even too much to discover in this city.Evenings in Buenos Aires are also an adventureexcursion.From sparkling nightlife, to tango/diner shows enthusiastic till early morning .You can in the evening enjoy Argentinean wines and huge steaks on the BBQ .

This morning after breakfast, the transfer brings you to the airport for a flight to Ushuaia,this takes around 3,5 h. We fly over the street of Magellan’s, and we touch the original field of Yahgan- Indians, the mysterious "fire land". The name fire land has been considered by the Spaniards , they saw Ushuaia from their boats  with a constant red smoke for sunset ,,,

Also the Beagle-canal is very famous .The mountain tops around the city become almost the whole year cover with snow and ice. Ushuaia is the most Southern city in the world, after a military base. At the port are frequently large vessels, cruising ships for Antarctica and sailboats of world travellers. Tourism in the last years strongly increases and it seems that it’s the most important source of income to become. The Argentinean Navy is also present, particularly to protect the disputed and claimed part of Antarctica. You spend the night in one of picturesque hotels. If there’s time left, you can visit as an excursion the glacier with stunning views over the city!

Today we take a flight to Calafate .In Calafate a transfer brings you to your hotel in Calafate . In Calafate, which have the environment of a ski resort village, we enjoy our nice hotel in 2 person rooms with bathroom. If you want you still can visit the Laguna which lies walking distance from your hotel or you still can go on (excursion) horse ride.

Calafate is the base for a visit to the giant Perito Moreno-glacier, which leads to an altitude of 60 a 70 m.and concerning a length of several kilometres in the immense Lago Argentino. The approximately fifty glaciers in the park forms the largest compact ice mass on the earth. This day excursion is included in this tour . Another highlight during this travel. The glacier, one of largest in the world, lies on approximately eighty kilometres of Calafate. The Perito Moreno glacier ensure spectacular moments if there giant scraps demolish ice, which floats into the blue glacier lake .The blue coloured ice, sighs and cracks already millions years under the billion tons of weight, he moves itself approximately six meters per day an unique experience ! You can approach also the glacier closer with a boat excursion. Also (excursion) a ice trek on

We leave fire land behind us and go direction North, Trelew, the entrée gate to Patagonia. From the airport in Trelew you go by bus to the hotel in Puerto Madryn (80 km). This city, a bathing resort, has complete an other tradition then Ushuaia, by the mild climate. The centre is busy and full sociable restaurants and cafés. On the long beach you can sunbathe. Also are there several terraces with sea views. .

In the Pinguin season, which runs from October to March, you can make an excursion included in this packet ;to the penguin colony of Punta Tombo. Here annually, thousands of Magellan penguins nest. The bus with guide brings you to the penguins’ colony where you can spend some hours walking between the birds. The animals nest in holes and appetites nothing to of visitors. They are the complete day busy with looking after the nest, the eggs and children or their feather package. There is many ` shuffling movement concerning the paths which lead to sea. Some penguins nest two kilometres country-inward. Here applies very strictly behaviour rules. You can take many photographs, but are not permitted touching eggs or birds. After this we can pass Rowson ,here you can take an excursion boat to search the "Toninos" these are the smallest dolphins, white with black spots, these jump playfully with the boat .You can also go on the mountain bike or dive, but of course also choose to do this day as a rest day in Puerto Madryn on the beach!

If this day is a Sunday you can sleep some longer after our nightlife yesterday. In the afternoon you can visit San Telmo ,every Sunday is here the busy antique and Tango market .Also in Mataderos  is a Sunday market with a lot of BBQ .These markets are good to buy your souvenirs .In the late afternoon we take the real luxury bus for about 18H to Iguazu .Don’t be afraid of this ! It’s a luxury bus with services a board ,with meals , double space seats ,movies ,,,,,Its also good to relax and rest !With the bus we go slowly direction jungle with higher temperatures .

We arrive around lunchtime in Iguazu.Its situated northeast of Argentina, in the province Misiones, with his world famous waterfalls and his subtropical fauna and flora. Most of the time we stay in Foz do Iguazú on the Brazilian side, but sometimes in Iguazu .These places are situated very close to each other, its a must to visit both sides of the waterfalls. The  park on the Argentinean side,also have beautiful walking trails with suburb views over the waterfalls The mild climate invites us to relax after the long bus ride ,at our swimming pool !

Today we go back direction Buenos Aires, here you can do your last shopping for souvenirs. You stay in a nice hotel. The people who like can visit this night as excursion, one of the Tango-diner shows or a performance in the famous theatro Colon .

This morning you go early direction neighbour country Uruguay .You take as excursion the boat Buque bus to the city of Colonia in Uruguay.Here you visit this old Colonial city .You can go with the slow boat and come back with the fast boat .Or you visit the Delta in Buenos aires on your Own .Its also your last evening in Argentina Here you enjoy your last delicious steak with a perfect wine to finish this tour .

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Indication prices for the excursions, these are approximately and are variable!

- Buenos Aires bicycle city tour20 EURO/Tango_dinershow 60 euro/Ushuaia/entrée park 4 euro ,Beagle boat 35 euro/ Ice climb 85 euro with guide, , Iguazu entrance 10 euro, helicopter 60 EURO, speedboat under waterfalls 35 euro

Indications TAX Airport tax nationally, sometimes 15 peso/22 airport tax international 18 USD

Luggage and clothing

we recommend to travel as light as possible, around 15 kilogram’s a person maxima, we prefer a backpack or skilful hold-all, heavy trunks are bad in transport !Sometimes you have to carry your stuff !for example in a station or airport or in the national parks .The person who have more than 15 kilogram’s have to pay the extra overweight at Aerolineas Argentina themselves In this tour we  goes from the north hot jungle to the south ice fields. In January its summer, this means dry and warm, certainly in the surroundings of Buenos Aires and Iguazu it can be tropical in the south it can be a bit cooler, be prepared to cold and warm, good Walking shoes , a poncho, sunglasses, alarm clock , lip balsam, personal medication, not too much, everything what you miss, is possible to buy cheaper in Argentina !

Care that you have a clean pair of clothes in your hand luggage and are able ,48 hours without your large luggage, in case luggage arrives later than you yourself.

Money and passport

We recommend pocket money around 650 euro, this in a combination of travel cheques/cash/and credit card. This money serves for the excursions, meals and entrance fee money; at a normal spending pattern of course we can not know what you spend on souvenirs or spirits. Everyone spend differently .The money in Argentina calls Peso ,the euro is accepted in each exchange office, the best you bring approximately 300 USD in small bills for the airport tax ,and excursions ,the rest is better in euro. With travel cheques you will pay much commission outside Buenos Aires. Credit cards such as master card/visas are accepted at many places, in each place where we come are  ATM machines with Cirus signs, on weekends the machines, however can, be empty!. You don’t need a visas if you are from Europe or the USA.You always need a valid passport ,valid for at least 6 month and with minima 3 empty pages. At arrival you get a tourist card, valid to stay up to 60 days.

CLIMATE

In fire land the mountains give much influence on the climate. This immense mountain chain divides the country in different climate

Areas. The coast area, which consists for a large part of desert, is dry. In the mountains of Patagonia you can have 4 seasons on 1 day it changes very fast!!!Evenings can get cool and wind can be strong. You need warm clothes in the south, which you can buy even cheaper on the spot !

Best travel time: dry time of October till March. Then it is summer and generally dry

Medication

The mountains in Patagonia are not high so you don’t have problems with altitude sickness

Argentina doesn’t obligate any vaccinations.

We advice that you take some vaccinations like:

- Hepatitis-A

- DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, polio);

You have to start with these vaccinations about 6 weeks before departure .

Tap water and river water is drinkable in the South!!!

For more info, look at  www.doh.gov.uk/traveladvice    www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk  

How to make a reservation ?
The easiest way to reserve a Peruplanet tour is thru our website .On our website you find a booking form This you can fill in and send us

Than we ask 30 % deposit of the total amount, the other 70% , you can pay 5 weeks before departure .This payment you can do at our Belgian or Peruvian banc account .After payment you receive a paper with confirmation of your payment . After full payment you receive the address of the first hotel in Lima. A booking is accepted and becomes definite only from the date when Peruplanet sends out a confirmation invoice (once we have received your deposit) at which point a contract exists and the deposit becomes non-refundable and non-transferable. Give us also your telephone number to contact you if there are last minute changes.

For reservation we need the following information:

v       Full name like it is written in your passport

v       Date of birth

v       Nationality

v       Passport number 

v       Flight number,date and H of arrival

Insurance
Clients are obligated and responsible for ensuring that they have adequate cover for the full duration of the tour in respect of medical expenses, injury, death, repatriation, cancellation and curtailment. It is our policy to check the validity and cover of your insurance policy and we hold the right to refuse travel to anyone whose insurance does not satisfy these criteria..

WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THIS COUNTRY JUST AS MUCH AS WE DO!