The extreme of the South America

Enjoy the vibrant metropolis of Buenos Aires by visiting museums and historical sites, as well as the famous tango performances. On the next day you will go to El Calafate before transfer to El Chaltén to experience the scenic hike to the Glacier National Park and explore vicinity in your free time. Then come back to El Calafate for a tour to wall of ice of Perito Moreno (60 m) and spot eagles, condors, rheas and flamingos en route. The next two and a half days you will spend in the National Park Torres del Paine. Be ready for an overnight stay in well-equipped campsite mountain bases. Enjoy the scenery with severe mountains, lakes, waterfalls and glaciers, as well as herds of guanacos, majestic condors, flocks of pink flamingos and large Patagonian hare. An average duration of hike is 7 hours per day. After that you will drive to Punta Arenas to watch the Otway Sound penguin colony, which is the result of a successful protection program that has brought back to healthy numbers the once endangered population. Keep an eye out for rheas, flamingos, variety of other birds, as well as the foxes and skunks en route. Then go to the most southern city in the world - Ushuaia. This is the home for 60 000 inhabitants and the main stopover for adventure-seekers cruising to Antarctica, as well as an excellent skiing resort. The Selk'nam Indians once there lived, till the British missionary and the gold diggers came in the 19th century, as well as there was a penal colony for the political prisoners and re-offenders that belonged to Argentina in Ushuaia. Enjoy the Beagle Channel cruise named in honour of Charles Darwin's expedition vessel there. Have a free time to do shopping, explore the vicinity and return to Buenos Aires on the closing part of the tour.