Argentina Travel Agents

Our trip to Argentina and Brazil was more than I dreamed it could be. Mater Sustenable did an excellent job organizing and coordinating our adventures. Herve was prompt in answering any questions and made suggestions of other activities that we could include. All of the guides that we had during our time were excellent. They were knowledgeable and were willing to include stops at our requests. All transfers were on time and if they were delayed, they let us know. It is so difficult to choose just one experience to highlight. While we enjoyed the big cities, we thoroughly enjoyed the smaller locations. Going to San Antonio de Areco and on to the Estancia El Ombu to ride horses, dance, meet actual gauchos and experience the Asado was a highlight. I could go on and on about the beauty of the Igauzu Falls, our original reason for booking this trip. We loved staying in Puerta Igauzu where we felt comfortable walking to locations in town. Seeing both sides of the falls is a must and the boat ride up to the falls was exhilarating. Then on to the South Pantanal where we stayed on the cattle farm. We were greeted by the Hyacinth Macaw and had Toucans chatting outside our room. The activities brought us close to the animals and birds of the area. We even saw the elusive giant ant eater. Finally, on to Rio where we had three days of tours with knowledgeable guides. And the food in all of the places was amazing. The best ice cream ever was in Puerta Iguazu, and I could live on the Pao de Quejo in Rio as well as the Feijoada. I had looked forward to the coffee and it did not disappoint. We learned about so many other places that we can visit in Argentina and Brazil. I think that it will be in our future.

My husband and I, along with two close friends, spent 2 weeks traveling around Argentina. The trip was curated through KimKim, and directly curated by MacDermott’s, based in Buenos Aires. We were in Buenos Aires, Patagonia (Bariloche and Villa Angustora in the Lake District) and Mendoza. Everything was perfectly planned and coordinated, and based on what we had requested and the kind of traveling we wanted.

We spent 3 days in BA with a guide named Emilia who took us on a wonderful city tour where she showed us all of the major historical and cultural sights and was flexible about taking us to places we requested that weren’t on the itinerary. Emilia answered all of our many questions about BA and Argentina in general and was very warm, friendly and knowledgeable. She also took us on a culinary tour which was a lot of fun and also introduced us to several of BA’s colorful and interesting neighborhoods.

From BA we flew to Bariloche in Patagonia where our guide was Facundo (“Facu””). We spent 3 days with him exploring the town and surrounding area around the Lake District and did some hiking and sightseeing. A particular highlight was spending a day with Facu on a private boat ride from Bariloche to the other end of the lake up to Villa Angustora. Our captain was a young man named Luca who was terrific. The scenery was spectacular- with the Andes all around us and beautiful islands in the lake. We stopped a few times to get off the boat and so some hiking. Facu had prepared a wonderful lunch for us which we had while riding up the lake to our destination. We stayed 2 nights in Angustora.

We can’t say enough about Facu. He was an amazing guide. So personable, knowledgeable, warm and flexible with our activities. We loved our time with him.

We flew from Bariloche to Mendoza (via BA) and spent 4 days in the wine country. Again, the scenery was splendid. Our guide for this portion of the trip was Marcos, who was very good - knowledgeable and flexible about our activities. We went to several wineries and had terrific experiences learning about wine making in Argentina. On one day we were driven to an estancia in the foothills of the Andes - about 90 minutes west of where we weee staying- and spent a day with Juan.- a gaucho who owns the ranch which has been in his family since his great grandmother. He has a wonderful restaurant in the ranch where we had a private cooking class with his chef Maxie. We learned how to make empanadas. Juan took us on a hike up into the hills on his ranch where he talked about his life as a gaucho and raising horses and growing crops. He was terrific and we learned so much from him. He was so friendly and funny and made us feel we were at home. We then had a delicious lunch at his restaurant, including the empanadas we had made earlier.

From Mendoza we flew back to BA where we had 2 days on our own to go back to the neighborhoods Emilia had shown us. A particular highlight of the whole trip was being hosted by Paolo and Hugh (who own and run MacDermott’s) on our final night in their lovely home for an evening that included a tango demonstration and a delicious dinner. They couldn’t have been more gracious, friendly and warm hosts. We had great conversations about life in Argentina.

The accommodations in every place we stayed were beautiful and totally top notch. Staff, food and amenities were terrific. All of the details of our itinerary worked out perfectly including pick ups and transfers.

All in all, our trip to Argentina, thanks largely to KimKim and MacDermott’s, was one of the very best travel experiences we’ve ever had in over 40 years of world traveling. We hope to work with them again on another South American adventure.

So fortunate to have found this travel company!! Handed off to “say hueque” regional experts for final plans and execution. Everything was so smooth, complete, and perfect. Every guide so hospitable and knowledgeable. Hiking Iguazú , cooking class and tastings at vineyards in Mendoza, bucket list Machu Picchu, culture immersion in Sacred valley and Lake Titicaca just to name a few all add up to one Epic adventure!!! Thanks so much for one of our favorite travels!!

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L'Hôtel Palermo

Buenos Aires

Great location, clean, hospitable staff

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Hotel Jardin De Iguazu

Puerto Iguazú

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Power goes out frequently so got a bit warm

La Masía Hotel Boutique

Chacras de Coria

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The sweet lady who served us there was the BEST! So kind. Made me tea to take with me when I wasn’t feeling well.

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Union Hotel Cusco

Cusco

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Loved Kiki the alpaca rescue who lives in the courtyard.

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The breakfast staff was especially hospitable. Great smiles, humor and service!!

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Casa Andina Standard Puno

Puno

The only thing that wasn’t up to par was the restaurant. Service was majorly slow and the food one we got it was not good.

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Half-Day Buenos Aires City Tour

Buenos Aires

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Full-Day Iguazú Falls Argentine side

Puerto Iguazú

Can’t even describe the power of the falls. Incredible experience!

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Bruno was excellent!

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Full-Day Wineries

Chacras de Coria

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Full-Day Cooking Class & Lunch at Lamadrid Winery (Lujan de Cuyo)

Chacras de Coria

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Leo and Julian were so much fun. Excelllent chef and teacher.

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Full-Day Sacred Valley

Cusco

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Full-Day tour to Machu Picchu

Cusco

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So knowledgeable. Loves his heritage and it’s evident when he is guiding.

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Full-Day Uros Islands & Taquile with Speed Boat, semi-private service with English-speaking guide

Puno

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Half-Day City Tour

Cusco

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Tango Show & Dinner, shared service with private transfers at La Ventana

Buenos Aires

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Train Ticket: PeruRail Titicaca Train | Cusco – Puno

Cusco

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Half Day Brazilian Falls tour

Argentina

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Across the board, our adventure was a trip of a lifetime thanks in part to KimKim and Micaela! Thank you for putting us in the right places with the right people!

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La Masía Hotel Boutique

Chacras de Coria

The staff of this hotel is what makes this property a 5 STAR experience! Highly Recommend!

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Union Hotel Cusco

Cusco

The service staff in the restaurant were so personable and made the experience even better. Also, Kiki was a joy to see roaming around the property.

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Casa Andina Standard Miraflores Benavides

Lima

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Full-Day Cooking Class & Lunch at Lamadrid Winery (Lujan de Cuyo)

Chacras de Coria

This is one of my favorite highlights of a 14day trip to South America. The cooking class is what made it even more special. Leo was amazing!

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Everyone we met as guides and drivers were great In particular want to commend Fernando in Buenos Aires and Maria and driver in Mendoza.

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L'Hôtel Palermo

Buenos Aires

Great location very helpful friendly staff

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Club Tapiz

Maipú - Mendoza

Nice place, staff was very friendly and helpful. It is outside Mendoza.

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Was a cool spring and the room was cold

Amérian Executive Mendoza Hotel

Mendoza

This was just an overnight stay

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Near some very nice restaurants

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City tour + Colon Theatre on private service

Buenos Aires

Frenando and driver was great very informative and did some tailoring to our interests

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🥩🍷 Traditional Argentine Food Tour

Buenos Aires

We had already had done some higher end tasting of food before the tour. The best part was a bit of walking and best was visiting with the guide and sharing her story

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Half day tour Tigre & Delta with time to Lunch

Buenos Aires

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Uco Valley Experience - PRIVATE

Mendoza

This was fun experience and the lunch was nice. This a packaged selection of wineries

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Our guide Maria was the best!

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Fire at Height - Full Day with lunch included

Mendoza

This was true highlight.

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Our guide Maria was great! Everyone we interacted with were wonderful

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Dinner Tango Show at Café de los Angelitos 🍷🎶

Buenos Aires

We did this on the first evening and it was great.

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Everyone at the Cafe were very professional

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