The same city, mountains and wineries, reached overland by overnight bus from Buenos Aires, with seats that recline fully, and dinner and breakfast on board. If your time is short, the four-day Mendoza tour flies instead.
The bus west. In the evening the bus leaves the Buenos Aires bus terminal: a fully reclining “super-cama” seat, a bathroom, heating and air conditioning, with dinner and breakfast served on board.
Arrival. You arrive in Mendoza around 8 am after about thirteen hours on the road. A guide from 01Argentina is waiting with a sign with your name to take you to your hotel. A few hours later, the city tour: the foundation area, the Alameda, Plaza Independencia and the civic quarter, San Martin Park with the Cerro de la Gloria, and the amphitheatre where the Harvest Festival is held every year.
Full day in the high Andes. After breakfast, Route 7 west towards Chile, through some of the most impressive mountain landscapes in the country. The first stop is Potrerillos, a small mountain town; then the villages of Uspallata, Polvaredas, Punta de Vacas and Penitentes, up to Puente del Inca, a natural bridge shaped by the thermal waters. Then the view of Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas, and on to Las Cuevas, the last Argentine village before the Chilean border. If the weather and the road allow, a side road climbs to the monument of Christ the Redeemer on the border. Return to your hotel in Mendoza.
Half day in the wineries. Two wineries, where the people who make the wine explain how it is made and invite you to taste it, and a look at how irrigation turned the desert into an oasis of vineyards. The tour ends at the Carrodilla church, with its historic image of the Virgin of the vineyards.
Return. Breakfast at the hotel and transfer to the Mendoza bus terminal for the overnight bus back to Buenos Aires, with dinner and breakfast on board. You arrive the following day. End of our services.
Regular service as described; it can also be quoted private, and tailored to your dates, interests and budget.
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About thirteen hours each way, overnight, in a fully reclining seat with a bathroom on board and dinner and breakfast served.
For most travellers, yes: the flight is short and the four-day Mendoza tour has the same three days in Mendoza. The bus suits travellers who want to cross the country overland.
When the weather and the road allow it; the side road to the monument closes with snow and wind, so it is never guaranteed.
Yes, one night each. See the optional tours in Mendoza.
Mendoza is about a thousand kilometres west of Buenos Aires, and the overnight bus crosses the pampa while you sleep. Once there, the days are the city, the high Andes towards Aconcagua and the wineries.
We include the bus both ways, three nights with breakfast, the transfers, the city tour and both excursions with an English-speaking guide. Tell us your dates and we come back within 24 hours with the trip quoted as one figure.
The city, the high Andes to Aconcagua and the wineries, with three nights and every transfer.
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