6 weeks in Argentina
 

Dear Forum,

I am in the very early stages of planing a trip to Argentina with two friends and would like some guidance. Our tentative trip dates are from March 18 to April 30 (6 weeks) and a very rough draft of our itinerary would be the following:

1)Buenos Aires (we have friends in the BsAs and thus would like to spend at least a week to share time with them, see the sights/museums, and experience the city)
2)Ushuaia/Tierra del Fuego
3)El Calafate/ Los Glaciares National Park
4) Trelew/Puerto Madryn/Peninsula Valdes
5)Bariloche/ the lakes district
6) Mendoza/ wine country
7)Cordoba
8)Salta/ the northwest
9) Iguazu Falls
10) Last days in Buenos Aires before flying home

Questions:
1) Is 6 weeks enough time to cover all of this? If so, how much time should we spend on each place/region? Should we extend/shorten our trip.
2)Is there places on the list that are not worth our time/money/effort? I'm still dubious about Peninsula Valdes since the whales will be gone by then and its sort of out of the way from the rest of the itinerary. Any comments on Ushuaia or Cordoba? We don't want to be on a rush.
3) Any other places that I have overlooked and should be included on the trip?
4) Any specific places that I should check out in each specific city/region?
5) Logistics: Any suggestions in traveling from place to place? bus Vs airplane?
6) Any experiences with the Visit Argentina Pass from Aereolineas Argentinas? Since rental car is not an option, we have also considered buying a car in BsAs and tour the country on the road...suggestions?

Just as a point of reference: we are three men, ages 22-23, and the idea behind the trip is to share some time together and have a break from our normal doings. I will be graduating from college in March so this would be a buffer before I start a new job. That said, we would be staying in hostels and would be as frugal as possible without compromising our enjoyment.

I appreciate all of your tips and suggestions.

Cheers,

Federico

Hi Fredrico,

Congrats on your trip...

www.saexplorers.org/clubhouses/buenosaires

is a great site for discounts and info...

LP SA shoestring guide great info for you to download

to download... Prefer deluxe bus to save and see more

driver guides work from $50/half day for a group

expensive risky to rent a car I do not do it there

flying more expensive but quicker... usually just prefer

to stay in top www.hostelbooker.com hostels or nice cheap

hotels to save... travel.state.gov for entry safety info

insuremytrip.com always wise...

6 weeks is pushing it for what you want to do...doable though

It gets quite cold quickly in the south weather2travel.com

might go there first pare there if you need more time.

Have fun,

qwovadis, thanks for the links... I think we might skip Peninsula Valdes to have more time visiting the other places and we would definetly start in the south and work our way up to get the best of the more temperate months

Careful in Salta a couple of french tourists

were murdered trekking up there group trekking

with guides wise...

Might also look at heading up through boliviabella.com

to titicacaperu.com and www.Incalandadventures.com for

MP trek Flavio is great there from $300 pp

More awesome AND lots WARMER cheaper than travel in the south.

Have fun!

I read about the murder and sure enough it makes me a bit uneasy. I will keep doing my research in the area and keeping an eye for safety issues like this. Thanks for the other links!