Argentina
Welcome to Argentina!
Bienvenidos a Argentina!
Our South American journey takes us further south to Argentina. To get to the southernmost point of South America, we will inevitably have to drive the entire length of Argentina. Our destinations on this trip include Ushuaia and Tierra del Fuego. In addition, Patagonia, the southern region of Argentina and Chile is our second lighthouse destination on this trip. This dream is finally becoming reality! Exciting for us and hopefully we will also inspire our readers with our travel reports from this remote part of the world. In Argentina, we are also on the trail of good wine and the local food culture. Whether we vegetarians have any other options other than to surrender to the mountains of meat – we will report. The country is also extremely diverse due to its elongated shape and has different climate and vegetation zones along our itinerary.
The highlights of our trip are listed below in our blog posts. Have fun browsing!
Camino de los Siete Lagos
Next, we make a short detour over from Chile to Argentina. We are very close to the northern border of the world-famous Patagonia region. The landscape is still dotted with dense forests, clear deep blue lakes and rugged mountain peaks. We really like this combination...
Córdoba – the student city of Argentina
We are now quite a bit further south, but of course still in Argentina. Driving long distances here is much more relaxed and, above all, faster, as there are (finally) well-developed roads again.The second largest city in Argentina, Córdoba, welcomes us from the very...
El Chaltén
In order to protect the impressive nature of Patagonia, many areas are protected under the regime of national parks. The region in the mountain range between El Chaltén and El Calafate is also united in a large national park: the Parque de Los Glaciares. The...
Magellanic penguins at Cabo Virgenes
As we continue our journey, we come across the Magellanic penguins we already know. A short detour of “only” 120 km to go and 120 km to come back takes us to a large Magellanic penguin colony of approx. 250,000 penguins at Cabo Virgenes. On the Chilean island of...
Martian Landscape Ruta 68
Our next stop coming from the east is Salta. This city offers all the supplies you need as a traveler. For us it's time to stock up on supplies and do a little sightseeing – although nothing in particular stood out in Salta – before we set off to explore the next...
Mendoza – a picturesque wine region
The next city we visit, or rather the next region, is Mendoza in Argentina. On the one hand, it is one of the most modern cities in Argentina and, on the other, a young yet high-quality wine region. An exciting mix of city and countryside. In this blog post, we bring...
Northern Ruta 40
After a short time in the north of Chile, we cross over into Argentina. We drive over the Paso de Jama, the Jama Pass, and continue to be impressed by the beautiful, barren landscape. On this pass road we have a few smaller lagoons in front of us, more impressions...
Patagonia Perito Moreno National Park
The name of this national park is somewhat confusing for us. There is a very well-known glacier in Argentina, Perito Moreno, and a lesser-known Perito Moreno National Park. We are now visiting Perito Moreno National Park, which is not home to the well-known Perito...
Perito Moreno Glacier
As mentioned in the first blog post about Los Glaciares National Park and El Chaltén, we come across the same national park again a few hundred kilometers further south. This time the national park doesn't challenge us in a sporty way, but it still plays on all our...
Rockhopper penguins near Puerto Deseado
Now that we have secretly become penguin specialists, we don't want to miss out on the special species of rockhopper penguin. To do so, we take a detour from National Road 3 in Argentina to Puerto Deseado. We get into the reinforced inflatable boat and off we go on...
Tierra del Fuego
From the southernmost mainland of South America, we can drive a few kilometers further south with our campervan Ben. Not that far compared to the length of the entire continent of South America, but still a few hundred kilometers. From Punta Arenas, a ferry takes us...
Ushuaia
We arrive in Ushuaia on the only major north-south connecting road. One more bend, and then the entrance gate with the exotic-sounding sequence of letters “Ushuaia” stands before us. We are excited to see the southernmost city in Argentina. At the same time, however,...
