Serranía de Hornocal, Jujuy.Photo: David Perez, CC BY-SA 4.0
Argentina
Discover Argentina, beyond the expected.
From the high deserts of the Northwest to the ice fields of Patagonia, Argentina spans 3,700 kilometres and nearly every landscape on earth. Start with the region, then go deep with the guide that knows it best.
Explore the regionsThe country
A continent-sized country
Argentina is usually travelled one region at a time — the distances make anything else exhausting. Each has its own season, its own altitude and its own reasons to go.
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Northwest
High-altitude desert, ochre and violet rock, colonial towns and the highest vineyards in the world. The oldest inhabited part of the country.
- Provinces
- Jujuy · Salta · Tucumán · Catamarca · Santiago del Estero · La Rioja
- When to go
- April to November, outside the summer rains.
Cuyo
The wine country at the foot of Aconcagua, the highest peak outside Asia, with desert canyons and irrigated oases against the Andes.
- Provinces
- Mendoza · San Juan · San Luis
- When to go
- March and April for the harvest; October to December for the mountains.
Guide in preparation
Buenos Aires
The capital and the province around it: a European-scaled city on the Río de la Plata, with the delta, the pampas and the Atlantic coast beyond.
- Provinces
- Ciudad de Buenos Aires · Buenos Aires
- When to go
- Year-round; spring and autumn are the most comfortable.
Guide in preparation
The network
Specialist guides, region by region
VisitZonda frames the country. The detail — the towns, the viewpoints, the practicalities — belongs to the regional guides, each written by people who cover one place properly.