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Savor
Argentina
&
Chile
Any Month of the Year
AVID SKIERS, WINE ENTHUSIASTS, SPORTSMEN
AND GOURMANDS AS WELL AS TRAVELERS WHO
LOVE THE GREAT OUTDOORS AND WILDLIFE, REL-
ISH HISTORY, APPRECIATE DIFFERENT CULTURES,
OR HAVE AN INTEREST IN GEOLOGY WILL FIND
“SOUTHERN” SOUTH AMERICA TO BE THE PER-
FECT DESTINATION. Argentina and Chile offer
excellent value, warm hospitality, outstanding
hotels, exceptional cuisine, specialist guides, and a
year-round venue of activities, making these countries
superb choices for a vacation to remember.
While Argentina and Chile’s summer is the most popular season to
visit, we are seeing increased interest in other times of the year as
well. For example, in July and August skiing in Portillo and Valles
Nevada in Chile or the Cerro Catedral ski area in Bariloche can be
combined with Chapelco Ski Resort in San Martin de los Andes in
Argentina. Northwest Argentina’s up-and-coming Salta region is at its
best from April through October, and September through November
is the perfect time to enjoy the rich marine life of Trelew, including
southern right whales, along the southeast Argentine coast.
Excursions in the wine regions of both countries can be arranged in
almost any season. Chile’s explora lodges in Patagonia, Atacama, and
Easter Island can be visited year-round. Iguazu Falls is also a yearround
destination and among the many new options available there
are kayaking on the river, helicopter “flightseeing” over the falls, and
enjoying the newly renovated Das Cataratas Hotel, now under the
aegis of Orient-Express.
Frontiers’ itineraries feature personalized touches and private entrée
opportunities to make your South American travel experience
unique; for example: play a round of golf at the new Jack Nicklaus
Golf course and then visit the studios of a prominent painter and an
accomplished silversmith in Argentina’s San Martin region. We love
this location and keep current on the newest accommodations
there, which include the beautiful 5-bedroom La Araucana Lodge,
and the exclusive 3-bedroom, full-service El Casco Viejo Lodge overlooking
the golf course with world-class trout fishing right outside
the front door. This is “classic Patagonia” and definitely one of our
favorite places. There are now deluxe lodges in Chile’s Colchagua
Valley and a private home with full staffing and all amenities in the
Maipu Wine Valley. A variety of new boutique hotels and lodges have
opened, both in major cities (like the new “W” opening in Santiago
in April 2009) and in very remote areas as well.
In-depth wine excursions to the Colchagua, Casablanca, and Maipu
Valleys in Chile and to Mendoza, the Uco Valley, Cafayate and San
Rafael in Argentina have become increasingly popular. The outstanding
wine ratings from these countries are indicative of the
quality of wines now being produced, exported and acclaimed
throughout the world. Cavas Wine Lodge retains its preeminent
boutique lodging position in Mendoza, but the new 8-room
Antucura Lodge, centrally located in the Uco Valley, has also
received rave reviews. Some well-liked activities in the wine
regions include cooking classes, wine pairing with specially pre-
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