Through Argentina

Day 1: U.S. / Buenos Aires, Argentina

Evening flight from the United States to Buenos Aires, Argentina

Day 2: Buenos Aires / Bariloche / Esquel

This Morning you arrive in Buenos Aires and tranfer by taxi ($40) to the national airport. (A minimum of three hours should be left for this transfer). A late morning flight from Buenos Aires gets you into Bariloche in the early afternoon. A short taxi ride (on your own) takes you to the Bariloche Bus station where you board a comfortable coach bus to ther town of Esquel (5 hours). In Esquel, you hire a taxi for the 1 hour drive to the border.  taxi from Bariloche to the border costs $250 - $300 and makes economic sense for two or three people traveling together. The first hour of the ride takes you past a series of beautiful mountain lakes. Leaving the mountains, you  enter the wild and desolate Patagonian Steppe, a dry landscape made famous by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid who fled to this region in the 1800’s. With the Andes off in the distance to the west, you reach the border in the late afternoon. After passing through the Argentina and Chile borders, you are met by an Earth River representative and vehicle. Crossing into Chile, the landscape dramatically changes from the barren Argentina pampas to the lush mountains of the Futaleufu Valley. We reach the Terminador Camp trailhead in the afternoon and meet the rest of the group who have come in through Chile. (See Futaleufu Itinerary)
Note: The logistics for meeting the trip via Argentina are not complicated and the Earth River office will supply you with all the necessary information as well as a $250 per person stipend to help offset the hotels, buses and food for your arrival and departure (This stipend is what we would have spent on the 1/2 hour commuter flight from Puerto Montt to chaiten, had you joined us through Chile).


Travel Times Bariloche to Futaleufu River:
Taxi Buenos Aires international airport to National airport: (3 hrs.) 
Buenos Aires to Bariloche (flight): 2 hours 
Bariloche to Esquel (bus): 5 hours
Esquel to border (taxi): 1 hour
2 Border crossings: (taxi)1 hour
Border to Futaleufu River (Earth River Van): 1 hour 

Cost:
Taxi between International & National Airports in Buenos Aires: $80 R/T
Flight from Buenos Aires to Bariloche: $675
Taxi from Bariloche to border: $500 
Bus from Bariloche to Esquel & taxi Esquel to border:  $140
Minus $250 Earth River stipend 
Total Cost (using bus): $645  

 

 

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