3 Week Trip to Argentina - Advice on Itinerary

Tks for the response Newbie, sounds like ur having a great time, am really looking forward to the trip even if it is still a good few months off. Have only booked the flights so advice is very useful.
 
Hi,
Bariloche is very touristy - but great chocolate and really nice to stay on the lake rather than in the town. I was there last March for hiking etc, and then again in August for skiing, absolutely loved it, 3 weeks in the area in total. El Bolson south of there is a really nice town, great little market and lovely hiking in the area - worth a visit. El Calafate is really, really touristy, the only place we went to that we should have booked ahead (spent 8 months in South America last year, 3 of which were in Argentina) and we werent' too impressed, however, you have to go there to visit Moreno Glacier which will impress. Near there is a place called El Chalten, and here is lovely hiking, we thought that it was more visually spectacular than Torres del Paine, and significantly easier to get too. Salta is a great town, watch your stuff in Mendoza, other than Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro it was the only place anyone tried to pick-pocket us. Cycle tour of the vineyards in Mendoza is lovely and a fun way to spend a day. Bus from Iguazu to Salta is about 20 hours, as is the bus from there to Mendoza, and another 20 hours will have you to Bariloche. Exact times I can't remember, but they're all between 17-23 hours. We always travelled with Andesmar and slept. You also get to play Bingo - makes every trip so much more fun! We didn't book any internal flights or use packages, check out lan and aerolineas argentinas for flight prices. Thorntree is really useful, but for some reason people can get really angry on the South American branches which is pretty off-putting. Have a great time though, it's a great country. October will be very cold still down south so bring your woolies- or wait til you get there to buy your llama and alpaca jumpers!
 
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