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 central bus station in Puerto
Iguazu by vtveen
For long(er) distances, which are travelled overnight, there are three kinds: semi-cama (with a reclining seat) and cama ejec or suite (more or less a bed). Most of them offer meals and drinks, do have a lavatory and will make some stops on their way.
Travelling by bus is much cheaper than by plane (2 or 3 times cheaper), but off course is much slower (10 times). Mostly buses will leave in the (late) afternoon and reach their destination in the (late) morning.
Some examples:
- Buenos Aires – Iguazu: 215 pesos / 18 hours (semi cama)
- Buenos Aires – Trelew: 246 pesos / 20 hours (semi cama)
For buses between Bs As and other cities:
www.omnilineas.com and www.tebasa.com.ar (website of Retiro bus station)
Lines and schedules in Argentina:
www.plataforma10.com.ar
Some other websites;
www.andesmar.com.ar
www.viabariloche.com.ar
www.flechabus.com.ar
www.tebasa.com.ar
www.crucerodelnorte.com.ar
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The best way to travel from/to Chile between El Calafate and Puerto Natales is by bus. There are a couple of companies running services between the two countries. We took Cootra to cross the border between Argentina and Chile. The ride takes about 5 hours, depending the time at the two immigration offices in Villa Dorotea (we needed about 1 hour to cross). Be aware it is not allowed to bring flowers, plants, fruit, cheese etc into Chile.
In Puerto Natales the buses leave from their own town offices (Cootra: Baquedano); in El Calafate from a central bus station at Avenida Julia a Roca (1 block from Avenida del Libertador).
Some websites with more information about bus transportation.
http://www.calafate.com/cootra/
http://www.turismozaahj.co.cl/programa2.html
http://www.losglaciares.com/es/calafate/traslados.html
http://turismo.elcalafate.gov.ar/terrestres.htm
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Argentina is a huge country and the distances between the main tourist sights are big. The most convenient and fast way of travelling is by airplane.
Most of the domestic flights within Argentina are operated by Aerolineas Argentinas or Austral and since a couple of years LAN Argentina and Andes Líneas Aéreas.
Aerolineas had 'on again off again labour problems'. LAN is a very good alternative for flying in Argentina.
Both Aerolineas and LAN have 'airpasses':
LAN has a 'South America Airpass' for travellers reaching South America with LAN or an other OneWorld airline: http://www.lan.com/promociones/data/norteamerica/us/todo_el_mundo/saairpass_preg.html
There is also a One World South American Air Pass, sometimes with better deals than LAN:
http://www.oneworld.com/ow/air-travel-options/single-continent-fares/visit-south-america
Aerolineas Argentinas has 'Visit Argentina' fares for foreigners:
http://www.aerolineas.com.ar/ar/index_en.asp?pais=us&idi=en&secc=4&subs=6&id=166#CuadroTarifario
Before booking your tickets you really should check these websites !!
Some remarks while flying in Argentina:
- If you have a domestic flight after your international arrival at Ezeiza, be aware almost all domestic flights do leave from the airport Aeroparque, about 40 km’s from the international airport. See for more info.
- Most of the flights to the main destinations originate in Buenos Aires.
(Since 2009 Andes Líneas Aéreas - www.andesonline.com - offers flights between Iguazu and Salta/Cordoba)
- Travelling by plane is 3 à 4 times more expensive than by bus, but it is 10 times faster !!
(for instance Bs As - Iguazu: by plane 1 hour 45 minutes, by bus 18 hours)
- The luggage franchise on domestic flights of Aerolineas is officially 15 kg’s !! (although we always carried 20 kg’s and never had any problem); with LAN it is 20 kg's. Leave a Comment
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spoken to the agent! by TheWanderingCamel
I'd picked up on BwanaBrown's recommendation of Ripio Turismo on his Mendoza page. A quick email to Glenn came back with a sound endorsement, so I contacted them. I emailed them directly with a skeleton plan of what we wanted to do . Not only were they prompt in answering and extremely helpful, our travel agent here at home couldn't match their prices so he advised us to go with them and we went on from there to fine tune our itinerary, select hotels, etc. Using our own agent as a middleman gave us the insurance of our payments being made to a local company.
We were more than happy with their service, their flexibility and their attention to detail. We'd certainly use them again. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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We used local buses ('colectivos') in Buenos Aires and Puerto Iguazù. It is a very cheap and common way of transportation and if you are just looking around in Bs As it seems if there are ‘thousands’ of buses. It is a great experience, at least one should travel once by bus like many local people do. In Buenos Aires you can ‘enjoy’ the crazy traffic on the roads and in Puerto Iguazù it may happen somebody is playing a harp in the bus.
Buenos Aires
Your host or reception desk will tell you which bus you need. Or just buy a ‘Guia T’ or 'Guia Lumi' at a kiosk. Once you know were to go, find a bus stop and flag ‘your’ bus down. You have to buy your ticket through a machine which only accept coins. A ticket is just 1.25 pesos, but the machine returns change. You have to know where to get off the bus, because the driver does not announce anything.
Difficult ?? No and if you do have any trouble (finding the right bus, buying your ticket or getting off) it is for sure there is a friendly ‘porteno’ to help you.
Most busses do still run after 10 pm, when the metro is not operating any longer.
Puerto Iguazù
Bus transportation is the cheapest way to travel to/from the town and the falls, or between the hotels outside the town and the town centre. In Puerto Iguazù are some bus stops, outside the town we just waited along the road and stopped the bus by raising our hands .
You can buy a ticket from the driver.
The bus to Brazil is also more or less a local bus and does leave from the central bus station. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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sometime by TheWanderingCamel
Aerolineas Argentinas is the national carrier and services most of the major cities around the country. If you are travelling independently, be aware that flights will be full of pre-booked tour groups, large and small, so make your bookings well in advance. The airline is notoriously unreliable about punctuality, but they will get you there, just be prepared to get to know the airports well and carry a good book.
Their policy of a two-tier fare system means non-Argentinians pay a premium on fares and - to add insult to injury - you'll pay more if you haven't flown into Argentina with AA as well. You really need to do your homework on these fares - or make sure your travel agent does, the difference can be hundreds of dollars. I don't know what fares we actually paid as our ticket was all-inclusive of flights (BA - El Calafate - Bariloche - Iguazu - BA - Mendoza), hotels and tours but the overall cost seemed pretty good value so they obviously did the right thing by us.
LAN have entered the domestic market in Argentina and the recent introduction of a oneworld alliiance South American airpass has made LAN flights around South America somewhat cheaper and covers all the cities we visited but you must purchase the pass BEFORE your departure for South America and you must fly to and from the continent with a oneworld carrier. Leave a Comment Theme: Airplane
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Due to the country's large size, planes are best to travel long distances. Buying Airpass Visit Argentina in your own country, you'll obtain more economical prices for flights within Argentina.
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 Subte: fellow passengers by vtveen
The ‘Subte’ is very cheap ( 1.10 pesos for one ride, doesn’t matter how long), fast and runs very frequent (every 4 or 5 minutes a new train will arrive). Tickets can be bought at a ticket office or a machine. It is possible to buy tickets ('subtepass') for 1, 2, 5, 10 or 30 journeys.
The train stations are well marked on the walls, so you will not get lost. Most of the main tourist sights can be reached by the ‘Subte’, eventually in combination with a taxi.
More information, frequencies, fares and a map of the lines on the (English/Spanish) website of Metrovias. Leave a Comment
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Coach is the most common means of transport around Argentina, actually the whole of South America. I travelled around Argentina by coach for 6 months and found that it is easy to buy coach tickets as you need them. You can usually get tickets right up to the final seconds before the coach leaves.
The best way is to travel by night.
There are hundreds of coach companies and a lot of them run from Terminal de omnibus. The Bus Terminal. There is usually one in every city.
One of the biggest companies in Argentina is Andesmar. They are quite good to travel with. Their web site is http://www.andesmar.com
It is in Spanish but I guess you have to work out how to order tickets sooner or later :) But a word of warning !
Do not depend on your coach to reach it's destination on time! Breakdowns are very common. I think maintenance is a thing of the past for the Argentinos. Admittadly, they always manage to repair the bus and get you to your destination. You will more than likely wake up in the middle of the night with a group of Argentinos crowded around the engine bay, cursing and drinking Mate until the mechanic arrives.
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 El Calafate - remise from the
airport by vtveen
There are thousands of the so called ‘Radio Taxis’, all black and yellow painted and a lighted sign on the roof. These are the official taxis in Buenos Aires and the safest and taking one of these will never be a problem.
(The others do not and some people have problems with these if you do not know what the price should be and how to get to where you are going. You might encounter a quick meter or get a needless very long tour to get to your destination).
- Taxis are (very) cheap and drivers don’t expect a tip, we just let them keep the change to the next peso.
- Radio Taxis use meters, which start at 2 pesos.
- Try to pay with small notes, otherwise it may happen they don’t have change (enough).
- A lot of the drivers don’t speak English, so have an address or map to point out where you want to go.
Remise
These are a different kind of official taxis. They don’t use meters, but have a fixed price, depending on the length of the taxi ride. We often used a remise, when travelling to/from the airports.
For a remise you have to call one of the companies (or your hotel or restaurant will do this for you), but you can also walk into one of the offices ('remiserias') which we found everywhere in the country (especially in Bs As). In the arrival halls of the airports in Argentina are also offices of remise companies. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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