Every year Buenos Aires hosts the Tango Festival & World Championship, where the best dancers perform in the categories of salon and stage tango. A wide variety of activities take place during the Tango Festival & World Championship, such as: Lessons led by renowned instructors for dancers of all levels; seminars; films; concerts; art exhibits. Our 4 day/3 night trip offers our travelers to experience tango to see how it is more than just a dance but a cultural expression and representation of the soul of Argentina.
Highlights
Explore the lively La Boca neighborhood & stroll the colorful el Caminito
Experience the Tango Festival & watch spontaneous street dancers
Dine at local cafes & restaurants to taste authentic Argentine cuisine
Involves minimal physical effort and is typically associated with leisurely activities. Activities are low-intensity or last less than a few hours each day.
Arrive to Buenos Aires where you are met by your guide and transferred to your home for the next couple nights, the Mansion Dandi Royal. This historic mansion is a hotel and home to the Dandi Tango Academy in the heart of the San Telmo barrio. With its three ballrooms and staff comprised of accomplished dance instructors, your stay sets the mood and tone for your immersion into tango culture.
After a welcome drink and some time to freshen up, your guide will share some basics but essential information useful for your stay in the enormous capital and define the activities of the following days. Later on a city walk taking local public transportation you will start discovering the highlights of Buenos Aires and learn about its history, people, and architecture, visiting the neighborhoods of Plaza de Mayo, San Telmo and/ or the Abasto close to Argentine History and the beating passion of its national dance. Some spontaneous dancers will hopefully give you a glance of street dancers. The guided walk will finish at a restaurant, where you'll share a glimpse of Argentine cuisine at your choice.
Begin your day with a tour of one of the iconic neighborhoods in Buenos Aires, La Boca. Take the bus with your guide to this lively corner of this city, which was the arrival port for so many immigrants at the turn of the 20th Century. Stroll down the colorful el Caminito (little walkway), a street museum of sorts, that maintains the feel of the original small alleys that the growing immigrant population made their homes. Not only will you find out how important this neighborhood is to Buenos Aires but also to world of Tango. Around midday take a break in a typical café, you might want to enjoy a cortado coffee with a classic Argentinian sandwich de miga de jamón y queso (ham and cheese thin bread sandwich) before returning to the hotel.
In the afternoon your guide will be at your disposal for 4 hours help you enjoying one of the half day activities of the Tango Festival and Championship.
This morning is your own to have a leisurely breakfast or explore some of the pedestrian streets of Buenos Aires on your own.
In the afternoon your guide will be at your disposal again for 4 hours help you enjoying the Tango Festival.
Day 4: Free Morning - Return home
1 Breakfast
Enjoy a free morning to do some last minute shopping. Your guide will meet you at your hotel to transfer you back to the airport for your flight home. Or with more time, extend your trip to Iguazu Falls, Mendoza, or the Salta area to see more of Argentina or travel to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Click the links to check out our other adventures in Argentina and Uruguay.
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Initial deposit is $400, and most travelers will call our office and pay the deposit with a credit card.
Final payment is due 70 days (10 weeks) prior to departure by bank transfer, check or credit card. All final payments by credit card may be subject to a surcharge and maximum of $20,000 charge
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1 day ago
The trip was not only memorable for the amount of animals we saw but also for the people and accommodations at the two camps where we stayed. Our first guide, BK, was a wealth of information about the animals, landscape and down to the plants and what they were used for. Everyday out was a learning experience with him. All the people at the camps were gracious and the food was excellent.
Our second camp in the Okavanga was just as good as the first as far as the staff, accommodations, food and animals. After our experience at the first camp we amazed that the high quality remained the same. Our guide, G, made sure we were able to enjoy every experience including a rush through the bush to witness a cheetah and an ensuing hunt that he heard over his radio.
In both camps there were enough guides out that if they saw something the other guides were informed which helped in seeing as much as possible. It was also nice that the concessions were large enough that we did not have vehicles following each other throughout the day.
Normally there is always something in a trip of this length that we think could be improved upon but this is the rare case where we cannot think of anything. From the time we left the States to when we returned it was one of the most hassle free vacations we took.
Perhaps emphasizing the use of the laundry facilities at the camps would be useful because of the luggage restrictions would be the only thing I can think of as an improvement to future clients.
Kenneth Dropek
2 days ago
Mary was so pleasant and professional. She made sure all of our questions were answered.