Destination Guide

Argentina

Patagonia's wild south, Iguazu's thundering north, Buenos Aires's late-night tango, Mendoza Malbec and the world's last great glaciated wilderness south of Antarctica.

Best months
Nov – Mar (Patagonia) · Apr – May (BA)
Climate now
Subtropical N · Subantarctic S
Currency
ARS / USD
Languages
Spanish · Lunfardo slang
Visa (SA)
Not required
Flight time
14h (1 stop)
Time zone
ART (-5h)

Why visit Argentina

Why Argentina is South America’s most varied country.

Perito Moreno glacier

One of the few advancing glaciers on earth. Walk on the ice, watch huge blocks calve into Lake Argentino. In Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate.

Iguazu Falls

275 individual falls across a 2.7 km arc. Wider than Niagara, taller than Vic Falls. The Argentine side gets you closest; Brazil gives the panorama.

Buenos Aires

Paris with a tango problem. Cafés, milongas, parrillas, La Boca’s colours, Recoleta cemetery (Evita is here), San Telmo’s antique market.

Mendoza wine country

South America’s wine capital. Malbec country, world-class bodegas, Aconcagua (highest peak outside Asia) overhead.

Patagonia trekking

El Chaltén is Argentina’s trekking capital — day hikes to Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre. Cross to Chilean Torres del Paine for the W trek.

Northwest puna

Salta, Cafayate, the Quebrada de Humahuaca — high desert canyons, salt flats, Andean villages. Few visitors, photographic beyond belief.

When to go

Argentina spans a continent — when to go depends entirely on where.

Jan
Patagonia peak
Feb
Patagonia
Mar
BA prime · last Patagonia
Apr
BA prime · wine
May
BA cool
Jun
ski Bariloche
Jul
ski
Aug
ski · BA cool
Sep
warming
Oct
BA spring
Nov
Patagonia opens
Dec
Patagonia · peak
Prime — ideal for all activities
Good — shoulder season, fewer crowds
Do not recommend — weather or seasonal limits
Prime · Nov – Mar (Patagonia) · Apr – May & Oct (BA)

Patagonia is southern hemisphere summer only. Buenos Aires is loveliest in autumn (Apr–May) and spring (Oct). Iguazu works year-round but is best dry.

Good · Jun – Aug

Argentine winter. BA quiet and cool. Bariloche and Las Leñas open for skiing. Patagonia mostly closed.

Do not recommend · Patagonia Apr – Oct

South of El Calafate, most lodges and trekking routes shut. Many trails impassable. Cold, dark, dangerous.

What Argentina is known for

The signature experiences this country is famous for.

P
Perito Moreno

Calving glacier in Los Glaciares NP. Easy boardwalk viewing.

I
Iguazu Falls

275 falls in a 2.7 km arc. Argentine side gets closest.

B
Buenos Aires

Tango, parrillas, café culture. South America’s most European city.

M
Mendoza

Malbec country at the foot of Aconcagua.

E
El Chaltén

Argentina’s trekking capital — Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre.

V
Valdes Peninsula

Whale watching, orcas hunting sea lions, elephant seals.

S
Salta & Cafayate

Northwest puna — red canyons, salt flats, Andean villages.

U
Ushuaia

World’s southernmost city. Gateway to Antarctica.

How to travel Argentina

One way to travel Argentina.

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Custom Argentina

Classic Patagonia loop (BA + El Calafate + El Chaltén + Bariloche), Iguazu add-on, Mendoza wine extension, or full north-to-south grand tour. We design around your time and pace.

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Did you know?

A few things about Argentina most visitors don’t expect.

01
Argentina is the world’s 8th-largest country.

And spans 33 degrees of latitude — from subtropical Iguazu to subantarctic Tierra del Fuego. Few countries have this much climatic and geographic variation.

02
Argentine beef is genuinely different.

Cattle are grass-fed on the Pampas, slaughtered young, and almost always grilled. A parrilla is more than dinner — it’s an institution.

03
Patagonia is half empty.

Argentine Patagonia (840,000 km²) has just 2 million people — fewer than Cape Town. That’s why you go: real wilderness, real silence, real space.

Photo gallery

Argentina through our travellers’ lenses.

Imagining your own Argentina?

Wine, glaciers, falls and tango — pick your three.

Argentina is too vast to do all at once. Our consultants design around what matters most to you — and what season makes it possible.

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