Micaela Rodriguez

We had an incredible week in Argentina with 2 days in Buenos aires and 4 days in peninsula de Valdés.
Mili greeted us at the airport with a nice big sign and standing where we could clearly see her, and a nice big smile! The welcome was everything we needed to start the week of on the right foot.
We were tired from the flight and mostly rested during the day, but in the evening went to a home hospitality dinner with Diego and Mariana where we sat and dined with 3 generations of the family for a warm and homey regular family dinner. They even noticed that it was the evening of the Jewish new year, and served apples and honey for dessert! I don't have enough words to describe how welcome we felt 💖!
The next morning Agostina took us all around Buenos Aires, her knowledge was deep and she had patience for all my questions! And in spite of the cold weather agreed to indulge me in a quick stop for my favorite ice cream!
We were given great tips for how to spend our afternoon. In the evening we had fun at the tango and dinner show.
The next morning we were off to peninsula de Valdés. At our hotel in Puerto piramides the front a desk at first couldn't find our reservation, and the emergency contact at say Hueque helped straighten everything out and the room was just beautiful, with an incredible beach view.
The weather caused a change in our plans for the navigation, and Say Hueque helped us move things around so that we still were able to explore the entire peninsula, as we had hoped.
For our last night, we drove to estancia el pedral at punta ninfa, south east of Puerto madryn. I simple do not have words to express what a wonderful day we had there. We want to go back, as one day was definitely not enough time at the beautiful estancia with the beautiful warm and attentive family and staff. We were greeted by Sebastian and Mateo, then had a delicious dinner prepared by chef pablo. Every one of my food limitations was taken into account while keeping ingredients local and absolutely delicious and impeccably presented. The next morning after breakfast mateo took us to see the penguin rookery and the view and lighthouse at the point. We were very sad to not be able to do more activities, but had to leave to catch a flight to return to buenos aires.
Overall an amazing week and we can't wait to return!

Overall, the service provided by the local tour team was good. They were helpful and responsive in accommodating our requests and offering recommendations or adjustments during the trip.

However, prior to our arrival, while arranging the trip through Kimkim, we did not receive the level of support we expected. The responsiveness and service mindset did not meet our expectations.

In addition, the hotels selected were not worth with the price we paid. In some cases, the hotel staff informed us that they do not have room types suitable for three people, even though the booking was made for three. As a result, the space was insufficient, particularly for our luggage.
For certain hotels, the locations were quite far from the town center, making it inconvenient to access restaurants on foot, despite there being many better-located hotels available.

Overall, we are not satisfied with the service experience and would prefer to arrange our own bookings in the future.

Activity Review

Full-day Trekking Laguna de los Tres

El Chaltén

The guide is super support. The local team is also support and check everthing for our new request.

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Guides in Iguazu were informative and supportive, I would leave my greatest praise for Selena who guided us through most of the Mendoza visit.. an excellent job done by her.

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Full-Day Wineries in Uco Valley

Chacras de Coria

Visited a large vineyard complex, and enjoyed good wine with a good description of the process and varieties. Had a great dining experience in Uco Valley at the second of our winery visits.

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Half Day City Tour in Mendoza

Chacras de Coria

Drove and walked around the city centre. Great descriptions of the parks , monuments, history and current lifestyle by Selena our guide.

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Hiking in Uco Valley

Chacras de Coria

Climbed our way to 2000 metres on a short guided walk. The pre Andes still provides some majestic scenery, and we were fortunate to see wildlife with foxes and buzzards up fairly close.

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Full-Day Wineries

Chacras de Coria

Tasted some beautiful wines and talked with local staff to get a better understanding of what the region offers. Only down side is the extremely high cost to freight goods to US or Euro destinations.. freight often costing more than the produce itself.

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Half-Day Iguazú Falls Brazilian side

Puerto Iguazú

See the falls from below on a 90 minute casual walk on the Argentine side.

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Full-Day Iguazú Falls Argentine side

Puerto Iguazú

Simple and smooth entry to the park, program ran to time, guide managed ticketing for those that hadn’t already purchased entry tickets. (Do buy ahead if you can, it makes things simpler). The sites are amazing, mostly from the top of the falls, but take the boat ride that takes you under the falls, it’s brilliant, but prepared to be wet.

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Superb, wonderful, well planned and just what we had requested.
The one "hiccup" (delayed flight) was handled quickly and efficiently by Joaquina Alvarez. She provided responsive feedback during the trip.
The guides were excellent especially Claudio in Buenos Aires.
The drivers were all on time and helpful.

The hotels were all very good as expected but the Iguazu Pristine Luxury Camp was incredible.
The food was spectacular and the service was wonderful.
The surprise to me was how interesting Salta was. The hotel was pleasant but the manager Petal was particularly lovely and helpful.
Some wonderful dinners in the Balcarce area.

Our last night was spent at the Argentine Diner Experience and was an excellent cap to the vacation. In the future one could consider that as a beginning and save the Tango night towards the end.

Communication with Say Hueque was responsive and many of our questions would have been answered if we opened the Vamoos app sooner. I suggest making it very clear to new clients how important and comprehensive the app is.

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Half-Day The Argentine Experience Cocktail & Dinner

Buenos Aires

Entertaining, informative and the food was wonderful. a delightful experience

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Goodbye Pristine Camps! | Full Pristine Program Last Day

Puerto Iguazú

Travel connections smooth but tiresome at this point in trip

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Pristine Iguazú Luxury Camp | Full Pristine Program Day 3

Puerto Iguazú

Brazilian side of falls more developed but more crowded and somewhat less impressive then Argentinian side.

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Skipped the box lunch and back to the camp for wonderful lunch and spectacular tasting menu dinner.

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Pristine Iguazú Luxury Camp | Full Pristine Program Day 2

Puerto Iguazú

Trip to Argentinian Iguazu falls was wonderful and exciting. Guide Pamela was excellent.

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Box lunch was complete but disappointing considering the incredible quality of the food on site.

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Welcome to Iguazu's Pristine Luxury Camp! | Full Pristine Program Day 1

Puerto Iguazú

Arrived late afternoon but rested and lovely facility.

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Full-Day Cafayate

Salta

We shortened the drive as we left one of our party behind with a cold but it was excellent and the guide was wonderful. }Stopping for lunch at a local roadside restaurant was excellent.

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Humahuaca Gorge - return to Salta

Purmamarca

Around the Clouds Program (02 Days / 01 Night)

Salta

Hair raisin g trip thru tight curves in the mountains but spectacular views and wonderful experience

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Day at leisure in Salta

Salta

Lovely town

Full Day MAYO SPIRIT TREK

El Calafate

The second hike was more unstable and the guide should have been more aware that some were not keeping up.

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Half-Day Nativo Experience

El Calafate

The guide was interesting and the dinner in the cave was excellent. we were there at night and the view of the sky was incredible.

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Half-Day Buenos Aires City Tour

Buenos Aires

Claudio was a perfect guide, informative and entertaining with great insight.

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Half Day Dinner & Tango Show with Lesson included

Buenos Aires

Fun with great show and the food was good

I was lucky that I had time to travel Argentina for 9 weeks. I knew before that I wanted to visit Buenos Aires, to hike in Patagonia, to enjoy wines in Mendoza, to explore the region around Salta and to see the amazing falls of Iguazu.
With this information I started here on this site (kimkim) and asked for support. Micaela did an amazing job by putting all the things together, she even added Santiago de Chile, Puerto Varas, Bariloche and Puerto Madryn to my trip which were not in my focus. She booked all domestic flights, all accomodations and transfers (hotel <–> airport) and of course the tours.
Everything went as planned .. and whenever something changed or was not perfect (due to unforeseen circumstances) Milagros took care about it, organized it and led me know of the newest state.
There were no negative surprises .. all went as expected. For me it would have been nearly impossible to put all the pieces together and to deal with changes during my trip .. you made my travel so easy! Thank you, Micaela and Milagros, for your work and effort before and during my trip!

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Half Day Brazilian Falls tour

Argentina

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Full-Day Iguazú Falls Argentine side

Puerto Iguazú

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Visit to a Winery in Cafayate and return to Salta

Cafayate

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Calchaquies Valleys (3-day / 2-night Program) From Salta to Cachi through Cuesta del Obispo

Salta

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PROGRAM (03D/02N) Around the Clouds - Quebrada de Humahuaca

Purmamarca

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Around the Clouds - From Salta to Purmamarca - Day 1 (3 DAYS/ 2 NIGHTS)

Salta

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Half-Day Wineries Tour | Lujan de Cuyo & Maipu

Chacras de Coria

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Full-Day 3 Wineries - Uco Valley

Chacras de Coria

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Half-Day Cooking Class & Dinner at Finca Adalgisa

Chacras de Coria

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Palermo Premium Tour

Buenos Aires

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Half-Day La Boca and San Telmo walking tour

Buenos Aires

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Half-Day Buenos Aires Walking Tour (North)

Buenos Aires

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Full-Day Field Day in Estancia El Pedral

Puerto Madryn

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Half-Day History and Nature

Bariloche

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Full-Day Osorno Volcano & Petrohue Falls with navigation

Puerto Varas

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From the very beginning, Mica guided us through every step of planning our trip to Argentina. Her support was incredible clear, attentive, and always making sure every detail was taken care of so our trip would be perfect.

When we arrived in Buenos Aires, we couldn’t believe the surprise: we had a shuttle to the hotel with a guide! Agostina welcomed us with such warmth that she immediately set the tone for our entire stay. She helped us with the check-in, reviewed the itinerary with us, and even talked about music and Argentine rock her recommendations were amazing. She truly made us feel at home.

The drivers who took us around were also wonderful. The entire SayHueque team made us feel like Buenos Aires was our home, and that made all the difference. They were always checking in, suggesting places to visit, and making sure everything went perfectly.

The tours were unforgettable. Our biking tour guide Patricio (he was the best!) introduced us to mate for the first time, shared local stories, and made us feel like true locals. We had so much fun! The bikes were really good too, we even got luck and got to ride on a Bamboo bike. The next day, Agostina surprised us again with an amazing walking tour full of history, fun facts, interesting songs related to the “Porteño culture” and great suggestions. We left completely amazed. Even with a huge surprise for my husband who was looking for a tshirt of a local argentine show from 30 years ago, and they were still able to do their magic!!

And to end our trip on the highest note: a tango dinner show. Front-row seats, delicious wine, incredible food, it was magical!

Thank you, Mica, and thank you to the entire team, for making this trip truly special. We came back happy, grateful, and already wanting to return and explore the rest of this magical country. 💙

Big hugs from the middle of the world,
Daniel & Suki

Hotel Review

Dazzler by Wyndham Buenos Aires Palermo

Buenos Aires

Lovely location, walking distance to many things!!

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Dinner & Tango Show

Buenos Aires

An epic closure for an epic trip! The tango night was amazing, as well as the food! This is one of the experiences we guarantee that we will repeat when we return to Argentina!

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Half-Day The Argentine Experience Dinner

Buenos Aires

It was a group tour. Everyone was very nice, including the staff and the travelers we were sharing a table with. The food was INSANELY good!! Shout out to our hosts Cande and Julian from the Argentine Experience, as well as the chef!!

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Everything was incredibly delicious, and our glasses of wine were never empty 🤭

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Half-Day Buenos Aires Walking Tour (South)

Buenos Aires

Agos was an amazing guide too! We went to amazing locations, not just phisical landmarks but also understanding the heart of the Buenos Aires culture :)

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Half-Day Bike Tour through the North of the City

Buenos Aires

It was a chill ride around the city, the locations were amazing and our guide was great!

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