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306  Tr a velers ’ Needs

OutdOOr Activities And
speciAlized HOlidAys

argentina’s dazzling range of landscapes and are offered by tour companies along the
good tourist facilities make the country ideal andes from Mendoza to Ushuaia. The
for almost every kind of adventure holiday, country’s open landscapes across its interior
from moun taineering and trekking to polo are ideal for sprawling golf courses. driving,
and paragliding. Thanks to the extensive whether down the lonely roads or through
coastline, beautiful lakes, and complex well-developed resorts, can also be fun. For a
network of rivers and wetlands, visitors have relaxed holiday, spas, wine tours, and estancias
many water-based outdoor options. Come are extremely inviting. The best organizers are
winter, skiing, snowboarding, and ice climbing local operators who offer subsidized deals.

Golf
Secontur create golfing itinera-
There are more than 240 golf ries across the country. In the
courses in Argentina recog nized southern provinces, Patagonia
by Asociación Argentina de Golf can add on fly-fishing trips.
Golf, ranging from Lagos de
Palermo Municipal Club in Driving Holidays
Buenos Aires to the most
southerly golf course in the Ruta Nacional 40 is legendary
world, the 9-hole Ushuaia Golf (see p247) but there are many
Club close to Parque Nacional paved high ways and other
Tierra del Fuego. trunk roads that are also fun
The provinces of Neuquén to explore.
and Río Negro, with their well- Off-road driving experiences
forested lakelands at the foot of can be exciting, from bumpy
the Andes, have proved popular excursions in the Andean high
Cycling along a trail through Parque with golfers. Just south of plains to rough drives across
Nacional Los Arrayanes Bariloche, the Llao Llao Hotel salt lakes and down gravel and
Cycling and and Resort boasts undulating mud roads. Movitrak in Salta
Mountain Biking fairways and challenging holes, offers adven turous off-road
driving experi ences. Patagonia
while the Arelauquen Lodge,
Argentina’s terrain in the also near Bariloche at Lago has also boomed as a driving
Andean regions, ranging from Gutierrez, organizes golf and desti nation. The Seven Lakes
gravel tracks and rocky inclines polo excur sions. The hotel has drive between Villa La
to undulating foothills and its own 18-hole course. The Jack Angostura and San Martín de
shady copses, has made Nicklaus-designed Chapelco los Andes is a great excursion
mountain biking popular. Golf and Resort is a first-class on excellent roads. Argentina
However, only cyclists who par-72 course near San Martín Vision, in Puerto Madryn, can
can handle gusty winds should de los Andes. Argentinian tour arrange vehicles for tours. In
cross the Patagonian steppe by companies Covitour and Córdoba, the Caravana Club
bike. Popular with road and
mountain bikers are the Lake
District and sierras of Córdoba,
de la Ventana, and Tandil.
Northwest hubs such as
Tucumán and Salta have tour
agencies that hire out bikes.
Local firms such as adventure
specialist Andestrack in San
Martín de los Andes and
Montañas Tucumanas in
San Miguel de Tucumán offer
guided and self-guided moun-
tain biking tours. Not many opt
to bike down Buenos Aires
avenues, but there are highways
and long-distance roads for
those using racing bicycles. A lonely road heading westwards across Patagonia to Perito Moreno

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