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With the Yungas, Andes and Chaco
13 Days – 12 Nights
Starts in Salta – Ends in Tucumán
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
Northwestern Argentina is a land full of spectacular landscapes and with a vast cultural heritage. Remnants of buildings and roads from the “Great Inca Empire of the Sun” can still be found everywhere here, and many cultural events and pre-Hispanic rituals, such as that in honor of the “Pacha Mama” (Mother Earth), are still celebrated by the locals. Andean music is heard everywhere, and people still play their traditional instruments. This incredibly varied region has a great diversity of natural habitats, ranging from Yungas Cloudforest to dry Chaco Woodlands. The three provinces in the northwesternmost part of Argentina, Jujuy, Salta and Tucuman, host some pristine representatives of these habitats, all worth visiting for birders to find both diversity and good numbers of native species.
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Searching for the biological treasures of the High Andes
14 Days – 13 Nights
Starts in Santa Cruz de la Sierra – Ends in Tarija.
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
Landlocked Bolivia is a biological paradise nestled in the heart of southern South America. Surrounded by Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brazil and Paraguay, Bolivia’s rich and diverse territory is clerarly split into a wet eastern slope -where the Bolivian lowlands form part of the Amazon Basin- and a dry western slope, dominated by the mighty Andes. Bolivia’s tropical lowlands occupy roughly 70% of the country’s land mass. Cacti species are not as diverse here as they are in western Bolivia given the type of habitat, but the area is incredibly rich in other wildlife.
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Discovering the living deserts of South America
12 Days – 11 Nights
Starts in Santiago de Chile – Ends in Calama.
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
Chile’s unusual, ribbon-like shape -4,300 kilometres (2,700 mi) long and on average 175 kilometres (109 mi) wide- has given it a hugely varied climate, ranging from the world’s driest desert -the Atacama- in the north, through a Mediterranean climate in the centre, to a snow-prone Alpine climate in the south, with glaciers, fjords and lakes.
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Exploring nature and culture in the land of the Incas
15 Days – 14 Nights
Starts in Buenos Aires – Ends in Buenos Aires.
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
Northwestern Argentina is a land full of spectacular landscapes and with a vast cultural heritage. These lands were part of the the south quarter of the mythical Inca Empire -the so called Qollasuyu. The local native people call themselves Qollas. They are very proud of their heritage, and still preserve many of their traditions, their language and culture. The Andes in this part of Argentina are very dry, but they are crossed by a series of humid valleys, with Humahuaca standing out for its unique setting. Nestled amidst spectacular rock formations of the most incredible and diverse colors, this is the heart of one of the richest cacti flora on Earth.
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Condors and Glaciers of the Patagonian Andes
4 Days – 3 Nights
Starts and ends in El Calafate
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
 The emblematic and worldwide known Moreno Glacier is the dramatic evidence of a remote era in which Patagonia was covered by glaciers. The 717,800 hectares of Los Glaciares National Park harbor this -at present the only advancing glacier in Argentina- and other 47 huge glaciers. Experience the southern Patagonian wilderness, a land where ancient Southern Beech forests, endless arid plateaus and impressive inland lakes give frame to the most incredible array of Patagonian wildlife. Los Glaciares National Park has been declared a Worldwide Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO.
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Where Condor masters the sky and Magellanic Woodpecker rules the forest
9 Days – 8 Nights
Starts in Calafate – Ends in Río Grande.
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
Patagonia is certainly a land of extremes. This southernmost tip of the American continent is a geographical region that covers the south of Argentina and Chile, and has such diverse habitats as arid steppes, Southern Beech forests and of course the seashores of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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From the Andes to the Atlantic coast
15 days – 14 nights
Starts in El Calafate – Ends in Comodoro Rivadavia.
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
Few places on Earth give nature photographers such great opportunities to take the most incredible wildlife pictures as the endless solitudes of mighty Patagonia.
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With the Valdés Peninsula, Moreno Glacier and Torres del Paine
13 days – 12 nights
Starts in Trelew or Puerto Madryn – Ends in Puerto Montt
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
The Atlantic coast of Patagonia supports the greatest numbers and widest diversity of marine mammals on the continent. Images of Orcas taking South American Sea Lions right off the gravel beaches at the Valdes Peninsula have been the substance of innumerable nature films.
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With The Valdés Peninsula, Cape Horn, and South Shetlands
12 days – 11 nights
Starts in Buenos Aires – Ends in Río Gallegos.
Tour runs on request – Prices based on group size.
Many of us tend to postpone plans to visit the most faraway corners of the planet, perhaps thinking that exploring these seemingly distant, remote destinations would take too much time -which we don’t have. This might very well be true if your expectations are to explore one of these areas in considerable detail. However, if you don’t have enough time for such a long tour, but still wish to discover some the last wildernesses on Earth, this is the perfect tour for you.
Continue reading Ultimate Nature Journey to Patagonia & Antarctica
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