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Category Archives: Top Travel Tips
Travel insurance for a trip to Patagonia
For those who have a taste for getting out into unique wilderness environments for different adventures – whether it’s climbing Mount Aconcagua or hiking on the Southern Patagonian Ice Cap – it is important to look into all aspects of … Continue reading
Reciprocity fee for entering Argentina (USA, Canada, Australia)
This one definitely falls into the boring-but-important category, and if you are a UK passport holder then you’re lucky enough to not need to read this. If however you hold a US, Canadian or Australian passport then please get yourself … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Australia, Canada, reciprocity, travel, US, visas
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Aerolineas Argentinas baggage
Passengers travelling through Argentina and south to Patagonia with quite a few weeks of travel ahead of them may be wondering how they’re going to manage with the strict 15kg baggage allowance. Be aware that the airline is particularly strict … Continue reading
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Tagged aerolineas_Argentinas, allowance, baggage, flights, hand_luggage, restrictions, weight
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Getting to the airport in Buenos Aires by bus
There are two airports in Buenos Aires and it can sometimes be a bit confusing to figure out which one you need to go to. The international airport is called Ministro Pistarini or Ezeiza for short given that it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Buenos_Aires, bus, getting_there, patagonia, transport, travel
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Trekking in Patagonia: Top 5 Trails
With so much to see in Patagonia and so much diverse and conflicting information on the internet, it’s often difficult to make head and tail of all the trekking opportunities available in Patagonia. As part of our ‘Top 5′ series, … Continue reading
Books and films About Patagonia
So the trip’s all booked, you’re fantasising about the new trekking gear you should (or maybe could) get, and you’re hungry to find out more about Patagonia. Here are a few recommendations that we think will inform and inspire you … Continue reading
Plug sockets and adaptors in Patagonia
Preparing your gear for a trip to somewhere as remote and wild as Patagonia can be a bit of a task, especially when you’ll be crossing borders between Argentina and Chile. We get lots of questions about kit lists, from … Continue reading
Tipping guides in Patagonia
We are often asked the question: how much should I tip my guide if they’ve done a great job? Rough rules of thumb might be: If it’s a group of 1 or 2 people then maybe $10-$20 per day For … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Chalten, chile, guides, hiking, tipping, tips, torres_del_paine, travel
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Cost of a Patagonia Holiday
We’re often asked to help people with the budgets for their trips, and help them understand whether (with all the different factors and variables) a trip is at the ‘cheap’ or ‘expensive’ end of the spectrum. So I thought it … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, cost, holiday, patagonia, price, trip
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Cost of a holiday to Patagonia: macroeconomic influences
With all the excitement of the Eurozone crisis and the extraordinary economic climate currently I decided it was time to dust off my old undergraduate textbooks on International Economics. I had intended to re-build a deep understanding of the … Continue reading →