Check this out! Vendimia 2010: one of the most impressive events worldwide related to wine.

Vendimia 2010

Begin exploring the city of Mendoza, the foundation area, historic buildings, squares, the dazzling General San Martin Park and the Hill of Glory, where we will have a magnificent panoramic view of the capital of western Argentina.

The next day we go to watch the majestic Andes Mountains, where there will spend a day of adventure, we’ll get rafting, horseback riding, rapelling, tasting a delicious outdoor barbecue accompanied by very good wines, surrounded by a breathtaking landscape.

Also in this package to Vendimia 2010 we will go visit one of the most outstanding wineries worldwide, located 50 km from the city of Mendoza, Zuccardi family winery. There we have diverse and entertaining activities, knowing from the vineyard to the preparation and tasting of fine wines, we either will cook with very pleasant people who will teach us to make bread and empanadas that we can then enjoy a delicious barbecue or realize the activity or grape harvest among beautiful vineyards. There is also a very original option is to travel the globe to find incredible vineyards from above.

Grapes of Vendimia

At night the city lights up with the Via Blanca de las Reinas, a parade of carriages with departmental candidates to National Queen. Each one is designed to represent the people and the productive activities of each department, music and fun lights attached to them in Vendimia 2010.

On Saturday morning we will enjoy the Carrousel of the Queens. In the afternoon we prepare for attending the show of Vendimia 2010, the main event at the majestic ¨Anfiteatro¨ Frank Romero Day, to enjoy an amazing night with play of colors, lights, music and more than 500 artists on the setting. Finally the completion of this event, we will move to downtown to enjoy National Grape Harvest Festival Gay, an innovative and eclectic entertainment that ends with a giant electronic party.

Los Glacieres National Park

On the southwestern Argentine side, there are more than 300 glaciers, some of them in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Glacier National Park, extends for 217 miles (350 km) along the Andes. Los Glaciares is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and includes ice fields covering about 40% of the surface, two lakes and 47 major glaciers. Thirteen glaciers reach toward the Atlantic, while the glaciers Perito Moreno, Mayo, Spegazzini, Upsala, Agassiz, Onelli, Ameghino feed the lakes in the park. Among them is Lago Argentino, the largest lake in Argentina, and already 15,000 years old.

History of the Perito Moreno Glacier

Looking west at Glacier (Perito) Moreno from Cerro Buenos Aires

Perito Moreno is named for Francisco Pascasio Moreno, whose nickname was Perito. More formally known as Dr. Francisco P. Moreno, Honoris Causa, (1852-1919), he was the first Argentine to travel the area and his Reminiscencias Del Perito Moreno were later compiled by his son. Moreno gave the Argentine nation the land that became Nahuel Napi National Park. Many places in southwestern Argentina are named for him. It was he who named Cerro Fitzroy after the captain of HMS Beagle.

Advice: when visiting the glacier, you can see gigantic pieces of ice break away with a thunderous crack and plunge into the water (a process called “calving”). It’s awesome, don’t miss it.

Ice break away at The Perito Moreno Glacier

Get a trip to Argentine Patagonia, starting in Ushuaia, and enjoy the fantastic view of the south seas as well as its unique Fagnano and Escondido Lakes, its lengas forest, and the End of the World Prison. If you want to, you can also ride the End of the World Train. Enjoy it!