DAY 1
Transfer from the airport/bus terminal to the Hotel.
Accommodation: 3 Night hotel.(Double room with breakfast).
DAY 2-
Wine Capital of the World.
From 14:30 hs we will pick you up from selected hotels to go to Luján de Cuyo and Maipú, where you are the vineyards we will visit.
Through this tour, we will get in contact with the work`s culture in the hands of immigrants who, using irrigation techniques inherited from the natives such as canals and ditches, managed to transform the desert soil into a productive oasis.
Prestigious wineries proliferated in this landscape, which have positioned Argentina as a privileged producer at an international level thanks to the quality of its products.
We will visit two wineries in which we can learn more about traditional methods and also about the incorporation of the latest technology. Accompanied by expert winery guides and oenologists, they will show us the wine making methods and the processes of elaboration, bottling and labelling of the wines. After the visit, they will invite us to taste these delicious wines.
We will also visit an olive growing establishment, where we will observe the process of elaboration of the olive oil, also of excellent quality, and then we will be offered a tasting.
After spending an incredible afternoon enjoying the best wines in the area, we will return to our selected hotels at approximately 18:30 PM.
DAY 3-
High Mountain Tour
Approximately at 7:30 AM we will pick you up from our selected hotels to go towards Uspallata, while we border the Mendoza river and enjoy the Cordón del Plata and the Potrerillos Dam.
Once we reach Uspallata we will make our first stop. Here we will find ourselves facing a pre-Hispanic settlement of aboriginal Huarpes, and also with the southernmost point of the Inca empire. We will visit the Villas of Picheuta, Polvaredas, Punta de Vacas and the Los Penitentes ski resort. Here we will have free time to enjoy the chairlift. (entrance not included)
We will continue on our way to the Cerro Aconcagua viewpoint without losing sight of the impressive Puente del Inca, a natural architectural work with springs of hot springs. Then we will meet at Aconcagua, the highest point in America. Finally, we will visit the Villa Las Cuevas located at 3200 masl.
Between Villa Las Cuevas and the international tunnel we will find the path that allows us to climb towards the Cristo Redentor, a monument that symbolizes the union between Argentines and Chileans. Access to the monument is only enabled in summer.
After the visit we will be returning to our selected hotels in Mendoza at approximately 5:30 p.m. In summer, if we go up to the Cristo Redentor, the excursion will end approximately 20 Hrs.
DAY 4
Transfer from the Hotel to the airport/bus Terminal.
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