Destinations

Buenos Aires, Argentina

All adventures begin and end in Buenos Aires. Each trip includes 2-3 days exploring your choice of destinations within the city. The hotel where you will be staying is in heart of the Recoleta district, a fashionable neighborhood lined with cafes, boutiques and galleries. Recoleta is also well known for fine dining and is adjacent to the Cementario de la Recoleta, Eva Peron's final resting place.

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If you’re interested in specific locations in Argentina or Patagonia and would like us to create a custom itinerary, call or send us an e-mail, info@lafrontera.com.

Frontera Wildlife Photography Adventures

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Destinations

1. March 3 – March 13, 2010
Sea Wolves: Orcas of the Peninsula Valdés

· Photograph the unique behavior of the Valdés Orcas as they beach themselves in order to catch prey.

· Enjoy our exclusive access to 13km of privately owned beaches in this UNESCO World Heritage Site.

· Work with researchers and national park personnel who get us in the right place at the right time each day.

· Participate in up-close and personal photo sessions among colonies of curious baby Sea Lions and fighting Southern Elephant Seals.

· Witness the world’s largest Magellanic Penguin colony -- 1 million breeding pairs spread out against the blue, red, and yellow coastal landscape. (Parents will be feeding large chicks).

· Return home with pictures and a travel experience unlike any other.

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2. September 16 - 27, 2010
Iguazú Falls National Park and Esteros del Iberá

· Feel the true power of water with an up-close and personal experience on the Argentinean side of the falls.

· Experience the spectacular, rainbow ridden wide-angle vistas on the Brazilian side of the falls.

· Take a helicopter ride for aerial photography of the falls in their entirety.

· Visit a privately owned wildlife rehabilitation center to photograph the more difficult to find native animals such as the Ornate Hawk-eagle or Lesser Anteater.

· Explore the 2nd largest wetland in the world (larger than the Everglades) to photograph many of its 40 species of mammals and 280 species of birds.

· Learn about threatened ecosystems like palmar forests and the unique floating islands called embalsados.

· Be amazed by the colorful and authentic Corrientes Gauchos as we photograph them working with cattle and horses in bare feet strapped with spurs.

· Photograph Hummingbirds like the Black Jacobin, Gilded Sapphire, and Glittering-bellied Emerald in a privately owned Hummingbird Garden .

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3. October 3 - 9, 2010

Andean Condors near San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

· Feel like you are on top of the world as you photograph the ballet of Andean Condors returning and leaving from historic roost sites found in national parks and privately owned estancias.

· Explore Nahuel Huapi National Park, the oldest park in Argentina, with snowy mountain tops and deep red volcanic landforms.

· Ride horses through old growth Patagonian Lenga forests with their endangered species of Nothofagus trees, Magellanic Woodpeckers, and Austral Parakeets.

· Visit the city of San Carlos de Bariloche surrounding Nahuel Huapi Glacial Lake: famous for chocolate, winter skiing, and the temporary hiding place of the outlaws Butch and the Sundance Kid.

· Sleep in the Limay River valley, a brilliant blue glacial river rimmed with tall, red volcanic rock formations with names like “The Lion” and “God’s Finger.”

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