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Argentina and Chile

Explore Argentina and Chile with your students, starting in bustling Buenos Aires. With a local guide, explore this cosmopolitan city—even take a tango lesson! Next, see the foothills of the Andes. Cross over to Chile, where you'll see volcanic mountains, forested hills, canals, and islands. Lastly, fly to Santiago and see the sights with a local guide!
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Argentina, Chile

11 Days
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
  • Petrohué Rapids
  • San Carlos de Bariloche
  • La Moneda Palace
  • Recoleta Cemetery

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Your adventure, day by day

Day 1 : Depart from North America
Fly to Argentina

Board your overnight flight to Buenos Aires.

Day 2 : Arrive in Argentina
Welcome!

Welcome to Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, a cosmopolitan city that's often referred to as "the Paris of South America". Meet your Tour Director and start exploring this bustling city.

Day 3 : Buenos Aires
See Buenos Aires

Join a local guide for sightseeing. Stroll the city’s many plazas and boulevards, including Plaza de Mayo where the city was born more than four centuries ago. Visit Congress Hall, the San Telmo District, and the fashionable Recoleta area. Entrance to the Metropolitan Cathedral is included.

LEAP Tango Argentina

Tango Argentina

LEAP Activity | Tango Argentina

Feel the passion as professional instructors teach you the tango, Argentina’s favorite dance. Discover the tango’s origins in 19th century Buenos Aires, and learn about its place in today’s culture. Later, relax and watch the pros perform in a dramatic show.

Day 4 : Bariloche
Fly to San Carlos de Bariloche

Hop aboard a flight to San Carlos de Bariloche, a stunning city at the foothills of the Andes, best known for skiing.

Explore the City

Explore the city with a local guide as you travel the Circuito Chico. During this 65-kilometer tour, you will experience captivating panoramic views of the Argentinean landscape.

Day 5 : Tronador and Nalcas Waterfall
Discover Tronador Mountain

Discover Tronador, a remarkable 3,491-meter mountain covered by seven glaciers. The international boundary between Chile and Argentina can be found at the mountain’s highest summit.

Saltillo de Las Nalcas Waterfall

Next, see Saltillo de Las Nalcas, an impressive waterfall flowing from Tronador Mountain.

Day 6 : Rosales Park and Petrohue Rapids
Cross the Andes into Chile

Vincent Perez Rosales Park

Ride a catamaran through Nahuel Huapi Lake and across Todos Los Santos Lake in Chile’s National Park, Vincente Perez Rosales.

Petrohue Rapids

See the raging Petrohue River Rapids en route to Puerto Varas.

Continue to Puerto Varas

Day 7 : Porta del Lago and Frutillar
Visit Llanquihue

Visit Portal del Lago, a dairy farm in Llanquihue.

Continue to Frutillar

Continue to Frutillar on the bank of Lake Llanquihue. Observe homes and buildings completed in German-style architecture, evidence of the German immigration to the town during the 19th century.

Day 8 : Puerto Montt and Santiago
Discover Puerto Montt

Spend the morning discovering the peaceful port town of Puerto Montt with a local guide. Explore this charming area of snow capped, volcanic mountains, green fields, forested hills, canals, and islands.

Fly to Santiago

Day 9 : Santiago
Sites of Santiago

A local guide leads you to the sites and sights of Santiago, including La Moneda Palace, the seat of the Chilean President. View artifacts from the indigenous peoples of Chile, as well as ceramics and textiles from Mexico to Patagonia at the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino.

Free Afternoon

Enjoy a free afternoon in Santiago.

Day 10 : Depart for Home
Final Farewells...

Board your flight home to the United States

Day 11 : Arrive in the United States

Have questions? We have answers.

    Do you offer 24-hour emergency support?

    Yes. The safety and security of our traveling teachers and students is our top priority, and one measure we take to ensure this safety, and support, is through Tour Central. Tour Central is staffed by WorldStrides employees and is available 24/7 for all traveling groups. Tour Central is there to assist you with any questions or problems that may arise—no matter how big or how small. The staff is specially trained to monitor events domestically and around the world, and has dozens of contingency plans in place to help us jump into action when necessary. The Tour Central number for your group is printed on the WorldStrides name badges that are given to all our travelers for easy access should you need it. This is just one of the many measures that we take to ensure that your trip really is the experience of a lifetime.

Up to Three College Credits Included with this Program

Through our Discovery for Credit Program, students traveling on an international WorldStrides program have the opportunity to earn academic credit by completing an online course that allows them to reflect upon many of the themes and topics explored during their travel program. Those in grades 6–12 at the time of travel can earn free elective high school credit upon successful completion of both the travel program and online course. Through our university partner, George Mason University, eligible students in grades 9-12 at the time of travel can earn up to three college credits upon successful completion of both the travel program and online course. Students who earn credit with WorldStrides will find this distinguishes them as online learners and gives them a jump-start on their path to a successful higher education experience. Click here for more details.

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