Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
OutdoorAgentina
In this section we offer a potpourri of active
vacation options. Skiing is first rate here and
there are several world-class resort areas.
Since seasons are reversed, you can plan a va-
cation that allows you to ski in July. The coun-
try also has 18 national parks. We have
detailed seven distinctive parks. Within the
parks and in the picturesque towns nearby you
can climb volcanoes or glacier-studded moun-
tains, trek, bicycle, kayak, fish, sail or hunt.
You can visit a penguin rookery and hobnob
with sea lions and seals. Local tour operators
have organized these activities and their ser-
vices have been honed over many years. Also in
this section, we detail Argentina's unique
es-
tancias
, some of which now operate as guest
ranches as well as cattle and sheep ranches.
Skiing
It has only been within the last decade or so that
the potential for terrific skiing offered by the
Andes Mountains has been developed. Now avid
North American and European skiers are join-
ing the ever-growing number of Argentines who
take to the slopes during the Argentine winter.
In recent years, Argentine ski centers have even
hosted competitions organized by the Interna-
tional Ski Federation, further attesting to the
quality of skiing in the Southern Hemisphere.
While facilities vary, the ski centers we've
listed offer slopes to satisfy skiers of all levels,
