Tango after dark, vines beneath the Andes, thunder in the jungle
When to go
March-May, September-November
Trip length
11 days / 10 nights
Typical investmentPrice
from $8,475 pp
This 10-night journey brings together three places that feel like different countries. Spend three days in Buenos Aires among its plazas, cafés and late-night tables, fly west to Mendoza for four days of vineyard roads beneath the Andes, then finish with three days at Iguazú Falls, where the river breaks into hundreds of cascades through subtropical forest.
Along the way
The neighborhoods of Buenos Aires: Recoleta, San Telmo and Palermo
Long lunches in Mendoza’s vineyards beneath the Andes
Explore the high Andes, toward the Chilean bordep
The Garganta del Diablo at Iguazú Falls
Your route
Grand avenues, neighborhood tables & late nights
Arrive in Argentina's capital and settle into your hotel. Wide avenues lined with jacaranda trees and grand old buildings set the pace here, a city that moves slower than its size suggests. Keep the afternoon free for a walk and a relaxed dinner nearby, the kind of easy first night that lets the trip begin properly.
Explore the city with a private guide, moving between Recoleta's grand avenues, San Telmo's cobblestone streets, and the cafés and architecture of Palermo. Each neighborhood carries its own rhythm, from the marble mausoleums of the famous cemetery to tango played on a Sunday afternoon in a plaza. Buenos Aires rewards a slow look, and a full day with someone who knows its corners is the best way to see why.
Spend the day around a market, a design district, or a private food experience with your guide, then close with a tango show or a late dinner at a classic parrilla. Steak here is its own art form, cooked over wood coals and served without hurry. Let the night run late. Porteños dine at ten and the city only gets livelier from there.
Vineyard roads beneath the Andes
Fly to Mendoza and transfer into the vineyard country outside the city, where the Andes form a sharp horizon beyond rows of malbec vines. The light here turns gold in the late afternoon, catching the snow on the peaks above the valley floor. Settle in and let the scale of the place sink in.
Visit a handful of estates in Luján de Cuyo or the Uco Valley with a private guide, learning how altitude and irrigation shape the wine, with a long lunch built into the day. Some of Argentina's finest malbec comes from vines planted at elevations found almost nowhere else in the world. Glasses poured beside the barrels they came from, under a pergola with the mountains as a backdrop, make the tasting feel like part of the landscape itself.
Head toward the mountains on a private scenic drive, stopping at highland viewpoints and historic posts along the road toward the Chilean border. The vines give way to bare rock and switchbacks as the road climbs, with condors sometimes visible riding the thermals overhead. Few drives in South America deliver this much drama in a single day.
Keep the day open for the spa, a garden lunch, a horseback ride through the countryside, or another estate chosen for its architecture. This is wine country built for lingering, so take the day to do just that.
Rainforest spray & immense water
Fly to the subtropical northeast and settle into your lodge near Iguazú National Park. The air turns warm and thick with the sound of birds and cicadas, a different Argentina from the one left behind that morning. Even from the grounds, a low rumble carries through the trees, the falls announcing themselves before you've seen a drop of water.
Spend the day with a private guide on the park's upper and lower circuits, watching the river break into hundreds of cascades from forest trails and the Garganta del Diablo platform. Spray rises in constant clouds over the Devil's Throat, catching rainbows in the midday sun. Few places on earth put you this close to something this powerful.
Return for another park circuit, a quieter nature excursion, or a look at the falls from the Brazilian side if it fits your documents and interests. Toucans and coatis move through the subtropical forest around the trails, a reminder that the falls are only part of what makes this corner of Argentina extraordinary.
Transfer to the airport for onward travel, Argentina's capital, wine country, and waterfalls now behind you in one unforgettable arc.
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Our top picks
Palacio Duhau places 165 rooms across an aristocratic palace and contemporary building connected by terraced gardens in Recoleta. Twenty-three suites, a 25-meter indoor pool, spa, art galleries, restaurants, and a cheese cellar make the hotel unusually expansive for central Buenos Aires.
Hotel Casa Lucía places 142 rooms and suites inside the restored 1929 Mihanovich Building on Calle Arroyo. Argentine art and design, a soaring conservatory lobby, Cantina restaurant, Le Club Bacan, an indoor pool, and 60 suites connect the hotel with Retiro’s maritime history.
Awasi Iguazú places 14 private villas with plunge pools inside Atlantic rainforest near the falls. Every villa receives a private guide and four-wheel-drive vehicle, allowing guests to combine Iguazú Falls with forest, rivers, Jesuit history, wildlife, and quieter regional sites.
Awasi Mendoza, formerly Cavas Wine Lodge, now places 17 private villas across a 55-acre vineyard estate in Luján de Cuyo. Private guiding, tailored regional days, plunge pools, rooftop terraces, full-board dining, and spa treatments update one of Mendoza’s original luxury lodges.
The Vines Resort & Spa places 33 spacious villas across a vineyard estate in the Uco Valley. Andes views, rooftop terraces, outdoor firepits, a pool, spa, Siete Fuegos restaurant, and winemaking programs create a broad resort alternative to Mendoza’s intimate lodges.
Casa de Uco combines seven rooms, nine suites, two standalone villas, and private residences across a 320-hectare Uco Valley estate. Contemporary architecture, lagoons, organic winery, pool, spa, riding, and rooftop hot tubs create a more design-led alternative to The Vines.
Entre Cielos places 24 rooms, including five suites and a suspended Vineyard Loft, across 20 acres of Malbec vines near Mendoza city. Latin America’s first authentic hammam, an outdoor pool, restaurant, and accessible location give wine and wellness equal weight.
Legado Mítico Buenos Aires has 11 individually named rooms in a former conventillo in Palermo Soho, a few blocks from Plaza Serrano. Each room interprets an Argentine cultural figure, with three categories, breakfast, twice-daily housekeeping, and a minimum guest age of 12.
A genuine 20-room scale in a neighborhood of much larger hotels, with a garden courtyard pool and fountain patio tucked behind a residential Palermo Soho facade, three blocks from Plaza Serrano's design shops and restaurant scene. A genuinely small property with no in-house restaurant beyond the casual Bistró and no spa; some guest reviews note thin walls between rooms.
The only true golf-and-tennis wine resort of Osaviva's Mendoza cluster — a 9-hole course and multiple tennis courts set inside an active Malbec and Bonarda vineyard, roughly 3 hours from Mendoza city. The 3-hour drive from Mendoza city and its airport makes this a standalone destination rather than an easy add-on, and the small room count means limited common facilities compared to a full-service resort despite the golf and tennis infrastructure.
A true working vineyard run by the same family for three generations, where guests can watch and join the harvest, olive oil pressing, and small-batch winemaking firsthand. The hotel is seasonal, open October through May only, and its very small scale means no restaurant beyond in-house dining and no fitness or spa facilities.
Every one of the 16 accommodations has its own private plunge pool on a private terrace, set inside circular, indigenous-inspired architecture built by local artisans. The farthest of Osaviva's Luján de Cuyo-area properties from Mendoza city and its airport, the highest price point of the Mendoza cluster, and only one on-site restaurant with limited dining variety beyond it.
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