Mendoza Trip Overview
Welcome to this great adventure! Mendoza is a classic for itself, worldwide know for its Malbec and the Aconcagua Mountain, is also very famous for hosting a great variety of high level restaurants and for its natural sites.
Adding to this we would like to invite you to see San Juan Province, home of the Ishigualasto National Park, an amazing site full of fossils and cannyons that will just blow your mind along with the Moon Valley, where you will just feel like you are out of this world.
IMPORTANT NOTE: According to the times we are living these days, this experience can be customized as per your interest and can also be provided in private service for an extra cost. If you are interested in doing this experience privately, please let us know and we will quote.
Additional Info
Duration: 6 days
Starts: Mendoza, Argentina
Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Mendoza, Cuyo, Argentina
Welcome to this great adventure! Mendoza is a classic for itself, worldwide know for its Malbec and the Aconcagua Mountain, is also very famous for hosting a great variety of high level restaurants and for its natural sites.
Adding to this we would like to invite you to see San Juan Province, home of the Ishigualasto National Park, an amazing site full of fossils and cannyons that will just blow your mind along with the Moon Valley, where you will just feel like you are out of this world.
IMPORTANT NOTE: According to the times we are living these days, this experience can be customized as per your interest and can also be provided in private service for an extra cost. If you are interested in doing this experience privately, please let us know and we will quote.
Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome to Mendoza! Pick up & City Tour
Stop At: Mendoza, Mendoza, Province of Mendoza, Cuyo
Upon your arrival, we will take you to the hotel and will advise the pick up time for the City Tour. Once we are ready we will show you Mendoza city, one of the most beautiful cities of Argentina. We will visit the old city, where Mendoza was born, and then we will stop in Alameda, the downtown, the Civic Center, General San Martin Park and see Cerro de la Gloria hill, Mundialista Stadium and Frank Romero Day amphitheater, which is the central stage of Vintage national festival. Afterwards we will take you back to the hotel so you can have a well deserved night of rest and get ready for the upcoming adventures during your stay.
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* Hotel
Day 2: High Mountain Excursion through Villavicencio
Stop At: Parque Provincial Aconcagua, Mendoza Argentina
High mountain way consists of visiting, walking and enjoying Mendoza´s mountain’s immensity, highlighting its landscape richness, as well as the beautiful postcards offered by Potrerillos, Uspallata and Villavicencio.
This road has a historical background, because it was the scenery of the Liberator army to Chile, which can be seen in Canota monument. Later we will visit Villavicencio´s hotel and then, we will go through its spirals.
We will arrive at Los Penitentes ski center and to Puente del Inca to admire its fabulous geological shape and enjoy its hot thermal waters (2720 m.a.s.l.). Afterwards, we will stop at the “Mirador del Aconcagua” located in the international route and get from there the best view of Aconcagua, colossus of America (6959 m.a.s.l.). Then we will continue up to Las Cuevas, last Argentinean town before the border with Chile. Return to Mendoza.
* Note: Tickets to enter the Aconcagua Provincial Park are not included, they are to be paid directly on site.
Duration: 8 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* Hotel
Day 3: Ishigualasto & Valle de la Luna National Park Excursions
Stop At: Parque Provincial Ischigualasto, J5449 Villa San Agustín, San Juan, Argentina
Today we will visit an spectacular work of art of mother nature. Ischigualasto Provincial Park, better known as Valle de la Luna in the Province of San Juan.
Our adventure beggins early morning, after we pick you up. After a couple of hours driving we will enter the site, enjoying various stops, such as Valle Pintado, Cancha de Bochas, El Submarino, the Site Museum, El Hongo and the Barrancas Coloradas, where the Guide exposes in each one of them, the characteristics of the Park, while appreciating the singular landscape and having the time to take photographs. Definitaly a place out of this world!
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* Hotel
Day 4: Excursion to Atuel Canyon
Stop At: Canon del Atuel, Ruta Provincial 173, San Rafael Argentina
Today we visit the southern lands of Mendoza´s Province. After breakfast, we will head the road and visit Luján, Tunuyán, San Carlos and San Rafael, which is about 230 km from Mendoza City. Later on, we will stop at the island of Diamante River and Cañón del Atuel River, and incredible combination of colors and shapes that can be seen on the rocky walls, by erosion effects. Then, we will be amazed In Valle Grande dam, the mountain beauty will allows us to discover on its hillside rock formations as El Fantastma, Valle de los Monjes Perdidos, Mesa de las Brujas… Later we will arrive at the hydroelectric central “El Nihuil” before we return to Mendoza city.
Duration: 9 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* Hotel
Day 5: Talampaya National Park adventure
Stop At: Talampaya National Park, Talampaya National Park, Province of La Rioja, Cuyo
Our adventure today takes us to the amazing and UNESCO Natural Wolrd Heritage Talampaya National Park, Wind and erosion created impressive formations throughout millions of years that are simply stunning. We will do the central circuit; the Talampaya Canyon and its natural beauties such as the Cathedral and the monk , through huge reddish walls 150 meters high. This excursion invites you to discover the irregularity of the walls that open and close at every step, giving the traveler a dreamy atmosphere.
Afterwards, we are ready to go back to the city of Mendoza.
Duration: 12 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight at a 4* Hotel
Day 6: End of the adventure. Transfer out to the Airport
Pass By: Mendoza, Mendoza, Province of Mendoza, Cuyo
After breakfast, we will take you to the airport to take your flight to the next destination.
End of services.-
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
