first time to south america
Jun 27th, 2014, 03:27 PM
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first time to south america
my wife and I age 66 and 70 in good physical shape would like to spend a month in South America to avoid the winter snows in New England. We have traveled to Europe and rented a car for our travels. I'm just starting to plan this trip. Our itinerary would include Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina. Rio de Janeiro would be a short stay with Buenos Aires, and Mendoza our main emphasis. Friends have based out of Buenos Aires and traveled by plane to Iguacu Falls,then by a long bus ride to Mendoza.. Any suggestions at our early
itinerary would be helpful. I'm sure I'll be asking for help with many posts. 2015 would be the year we would like to start our adventure. Thank you for any suggestions.
Nick
itinerary would be helpful. I'm sure I'll be asking for help with many posts. 2015 would be the year we would like to start our adventure. Thank you for any suggestions.
Nick
Jun 27th, 2014, 08:00 PM
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A car isn't much use except for exploring a particular area as distances are huge in South America. Combining Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay would work well. You can easily get to Uruguay from Buenos Aires. If you visit the falls on the Argentine side, youcould then cross to the Brazilian side and fly to Rio.
Jun 28th, 2014, 08:10 AM
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I started in Rio, flew to Iguazu, flew from there to Montevideo, bus to Colonia, ferry to BsAs, but I went on to Patagonia not Mendoza. I would be inclined to follow my itinerary and then fly to Mendoza, that will be a <b>very</b> long bus ride (see http://www.omnilineas.com/argentina/...guazu/mendoza/ ). You could finish by taking the bus over the Andes and flying home from Santiago. Click on my name for my TR.
Renting a car would only make sense in Mendoza. However, I know there are posters here who prefer Salta to Mendoza (I haven't been to either).
Renting a car would only make sense in Mendoza. However, I know there are posters here who prefer Salta to Mendoza (I haven't been to either).
Jun 29th, 2014, 05:48 AM
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Salta and Mendoza have different yet equally enjoyable charms. The south of Argentina is different again. With a side trip to Chile you could spend a wonderful month using luxury seats on long-distance busses and internal air flights when useful (not, sadly, always so enjoyable.) One current challenge is Argentina's currency situation and you can find comments on the "blue market" in this forum's archives.
