Where to go in Argentina

Argentina

Elegant cities, wine valleys, and wild Patagonia, alive with fútbol fervor, asado, and tango

Group of horseback riders travels along a rural road with mountains in the distance.

The places that pull us back

Explore our team’s favorite destinations. Not the entire map, but a handful of places we love returning to.

Snow-covered Bariloche town and Andes mountains, Patagonia Argentina

Bariloche and the Lake District

Argentina’s Lake District is a wilderness wonderland of pristine glacial lakes, cascading waterfalls, snow-capped mountains, and forested valleys where condors fly overhead.

A woman stands on a balcony at sunset, looking over Buenos Aires toward the domed Congress building and city streets.

Buenos Aires

Argentina’s glittering capital on the banks of the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires hums with culture, creativity, and charisma.

A colonial stone church with a bell tower stands in a wide square in Córdoba, Argentina.

Córdoba

Founded in 1573, Córdoba stands as one of Argentina‘s oldest cities, boasting a mix of colonial architecture and modern sophistication.

Vivid autumn foliage in red and orange surrounds snow-capped Patagonian peaks near El Calafate.

El Calafate

Located deep in Patagonia’s snow-capped hinterland, the town of El Calafate has become an essential stopover for travelers headed to nearby Los Glaciares National Park.

Guanacos standing on grassland with Mount Fitz Roy silhouette in background, El Chaltén, Argentina

El Chaltén

Argentina’s trekking capital, El Chaltén is a popular haven for outdoor enthusiasts where hiking opportunities abound for both advanced and beginner trekkers.

A green woodpecker with a vivid red cap clings to a mossy branch in the Iberá wetlands.

Esteros del Iberá

This protected area of wetlands is one of the largest freshwater reservoirs in the world, encompassing a diverse ecosystem teeming with life.

A pair of black-browed albatross touch bills at a rocky nest site, with the blue ocean softly blurred behind them.

Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands, known to the Argentines as Islas Malvinas, is a romantically wild archipelago in the south Atlantic Ocean, where you can visit the quirky British outpost of Port Stanley, rich in history and wildlife.

Sunlight filters through mist at Iguazu Falls, where palm trees frame roaring curtains of water plunging below.

Iguazú Falls

A braid of 250 waterfalls plummeting over towering basalt cliffs, Iguazú Falls is one of South America’s most breathtaking natural landmarks.

Hikers overlooking red rock canyon in Quebrada de Cafayate, Salta, Argentina

Salta and the Northwest

In both culture and landscape, Argentina’s Northwest shares more similarities with its altiplano neighbors of Bolivia and Peru than it does with the rest of Argentina.