Lati Travel Travel guide
Written by the people who run the trips: how many days each place needs, what it costs, when to go, and which combos work. Every guide links to a trip you can book at the price shown.
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With 5 days in Cusco and Machu Picchu, give the first day to the altitude, then one day each to Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. Day 1 is rest at 3,399m. Day 2 covers the city's Inca sites, day 3 the valley, day 4 the train to the citadel, and day 5 is the flight out.
Read the full guide →How many days in Bariloche: plan five, which fits Circuito Chico, Circuito Grande and the boat to Victoria Island with a spare day. Three days covers the short circuit, one mountain and one lake trip. A week adds Tronador, Puerto Blest or the Seven Lakes road to San Martín de los Andes, each a full day on its own.
Read the full guide →For how many days in El Calafate, plan three full days: the Perito Moreno Glacier, a walk on the ice and the boat to Upsala and Spegazzini. Two days fits the Perito Moreno and one boat trip. Five days, with arrival and departure, is the standard package length, and a sixth day adds El Chaltén.
Read the full guide →How many days in Lima comes down to food and museums: one day covers the historic centre and Miraflores, three days is the right stay for most trips. The third day goes to the Larco Museum, a market and a cooking class. Five days leaves room for Pachacamac or the long day out to Caral.
Read the full guide →Four days is the usual answer to how many days in Mendoza: two full winery days, plus an arrival day and a departure day at either end. Two days covers one valley and nothing else. A week adds the Uco Valley and a day on the road to Aconcagua.
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Itineraries · 7 min · Updated Oct 2026
With 5 days in Cusco and Machu Picchu, give the first day to the altitude, then one day each to Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. Day 1 is rest at 3,399m. Day 2 covers the city's Inca sites, day 3 the valley, day 4 the train to the citadel, and day 5 is the flight out.
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Itineraries · 6 min · Updated Oct 2026
How many days in Bariloche: plan five, which fits Circuito Chico, Circuito Grande and the boat to Victoria Island with a spare day. Three days covers the short circuit, one mountain and one lake trip. A week adds Tronador, Puerto Blest or the Seven Lakes road to San Martín de los Andes, each a full day on its own.
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Itineraries · 7 min · Updated Oct 2026
For how many days in El Calafate, plan three full days: the Perito Moreno Glacier, a walk on the ice and the boat to Upsala and Spegazzini. Two days fits the Perito Moreno and one boat trip. Five days, with arrival and departure, is the standard package length, and a sixth day adds El Chaltén.
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Itineraries · 7 min · Updated Oct 2026
How many days in Lima comes down to food and museums: one day covers the historic centre and Miraflores, three days is the right stay for most trips. The third day goes to the Larco Museum, a market and a cooking class. Five days leaves room for Pachacamac or the long day out to Caral.
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Itineraries · 6 min · Updated Oct 2026
Four days is the usual answer to how many days in Mendoza: two full winery days, plus an arrival day and a departure day at either end. Two days covers one valley and nothing else. A week adds the Uco Valley and a day on the road to Aconcagua.
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Practical · 7 min · Updated Sep 2026
The best time to visit Cartagena is December to April, the dry season, with almost no rain and the most sunshine of the year. October is the wettest month by a wide margin. Temperature barely moves between seasons here, so what you are choosing is rain and sun, not heat.
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Practical · 8 min · Updated Sep 2026
The best time to visit Machu Picchu is May to September, the dry season, when a clear morning is likeliest and tickets are hardest to get. April and October are drier than their reputation and far easier to book, and December to March works if you keep a spare day. Four of the ten official routes open only in high season.
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Practical · 7 min · Updated Sep 2026
The best time to visit Rio de Janeiro is May to October, the dry half of the year, when the heat eases and the famous viewpoints are at their clearest. December to March is hot, wet and expensive, and it holds Carnaval and Réveillon, so it is the right answer when those are the reason for the trip.
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Experiences · 7 min · Updated Sep 2026
Buenos Aires nightlife starts about three hours later than in Europe or the US: restaurants fill from 21:00, bars from midnight, clubs from 02:00. Anything you plan for 22:00 will be half empty, and the Subte stops well before you want to go home.
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Experiences · 6 min · Updated Sep 2026
Buying Boca Juniors tickets as a tourist means going through a licensed operator rather than a box office, because there is no public sale. Nearly every seat at La Bombonera belongs to a club member, so visitors book a hosted place in advance. Expect to pay from around US$150 per person, and to have your fixture confirmed only about ten days before kick off.
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Itineraries · 6 min · Updated Sep 2026
How many days at Iguazu Falls: three. One for the Argentine side, where the walkways run for kilometres and the water gets close enough to soak you. One for the Brazilian panorama. Half a day spare for the boat or the bird park. The two sides are separate countries, so the crossing takes part of a day.
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Experiences · 7 min · Updated Sep 2026
The things to do at Iguazu Falls beyond the walkways are the speedboat under them at US$115, the bird park across the border at US$45, and a day inland at US$45. The circuits are the reason you came, but they take a day and a half, not three days, and the boat has an age limit that catches groups out.
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Bariloche circuits compared come down to how much driving, climbing or sailing you want. Circuito Chico is the easiest, a lakeside loop under four hours. Circuito Grande covers more ground on a longer drive to Villa Traful and Villa La Angostura. Cerro Catedral and Cerro Otto swap the road for a lift up the mountain, and Puerto Blest swaps it for a boat to a waterfall.
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Practical · 7 min · Updated Aug 2026
There is no single best time to visit Argentina, because the climate shifts completely between its subtropical north and sub-Antarctic south. Iguazu Falls stays warm most of the year, Mendoza's grape harvest runs February to April, and Patagonia's trekking season is November to March. Argentina's seasons are also reversed from the Northern Hemisphere: summer runs December to February.
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Practical · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
Buenos Aires public transportation runs on a subte with six lines, more than 180 bus routes and metered taxis. Since December 2024 the subte also takes a contactless bank card or phone at the same fare as a SUBE card, and city buses added the same option by May 2025. Uber, Cabify and DiDi are legal, ruled so by the city's top court in 2020, though a May 2026 ruling now requires their drivers to hold the same licence and insurance as taxis.
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Practical · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
Cusco airport to city centre is a short trip: CUZ sits about 3.7km from Plaza de Armas, and a taxi covers it in 10 to 20 minutes depending on traffic. An official taxi from the arrivals counter costs S/30-40, a street taxi outside is cheaper, and a private transfer is the only option priced before you land.
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Practical · 7 min · Updated Aug 2026
An El Chaltén day trip from El Calafate works for Lati's own tour: three hours each way, leaving about four hours in town for two short trails. It does not work for the Laguna de los Tres hike to Fitz Roy, which runs eight to nine hours on its own and needs a night in El Chaltén instead of a same-day return.
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Itineraries · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
How many days in Arequipa depends on whether the Colca Canyon fits. Two days covers the city; four adds a full day for the canyon. The city itself is Santa Catalina Monastery, the cathedral and the Juanita mummy museum. The canyon is Cruz del Cóndor and the condors, a 3.5-hour drive each way from Arequipa.
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How many days in Cartagena depends on whether the Rosario Islands are part of the trip. Two days covers the walled Old City and Getsemaní on foot. A third adds the San Felipe de Barajas fortress and La Popa monastery. A fourth is for the islands, since the round trip by speedboat takes most of a day by itself.
Read guide → Itineraries · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
How many days in Rio de Janeiro depends on whether it is a stopover or the whole trip. Two days covers Christ the Redeemer and Sugarloaf Mountain. Four adds Santa Teresa, the Selarón Steps and a full beach day. A week leaves room for the sunrise hike to Pedra do Telégrafo in the west zone.
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Itineraries · 5 min · Updated Aug 2026
How many days in Salta depends on how many of its day trips you want, not just the city itself. Two days covers the city and one circuit. Four adds Cafayate's wine road and reaches Purmamarca and the Salinas Grandes. A week makes room for Humahuaca, at the far end of the Quebrada, and Cachi, over the Cuesta del Obispo.
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Itineraries · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
How many days in Ushuaia depends on how much beyond the Beagle Channel boat trip and the national park you plan to fit in. Two days covers those two. Three adds the End of the World Train or Laguna Esmeralda. A week adds the Fuegian lakes and a spare day for the wind.
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Iguazu Falls Argentina side vs Brazil side comes down to time: a full day of close-up walkways in Argentina, or a half-day panorama in Brazil. With two days, book both, Argentina first. With one, check the park's circuit status too: the Devil's Throat walkway has been closed since August 2026.
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Practical · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
Is Buenos Aires safe for tourists? Largely, yes. The US State Department rates Argentina at Level 1, its lowest tier. Only Rosario carries a higher warning, and it is a different city. The real risk is petty theft: pickpocketing, the mustard scam, and occasional express kidnappings in a few crowded areas.
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Practical · 7 min · Updated Aug 2026
Is Peru safe for tourists? Yes, on the routes Lati sells, according to both the US State Department and the UK Foreign Office. Both reserve their strongest warnings for the VRAEM valley and the Colombian border, far from Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, where the real risks are petty theft and taxi scams, not violent crime.
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Machu Picchu train vs bus is a choice between speed and price: the train is 1h40m each way and back in Cusco the same night. The bus route only reaches Hidroeléctrica, so it adds a walk into Aguas Calientes and a night there before the climb to the citadel next morning. Take the train for the shorter trip, the bus tour for the lower price.
Read guide → Practical · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
Two wineries is the realistic ceiling for a day: one tasting plus a long lunch, or two shorter visits in the same valley. Mendoza wine tour planning mostly comes down to picking one valley, since Maipú sits about 10km from the city, Luján de Cuyo around 19km, and the Uco Valley closer to 80km. Argentina allows some alcohol behind the wheel, but a tasting day still calls for a driver.
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Perito Moreno glacier tours compared come down to one choice: viewing platforms, or ice underfoot. The walkways and nautical safari is the standard pick. It has no fitness requirement and runs 9 hours door to door. Mini trekking adds an hour on the ice itself, in crampons, from age 8. Big Ice goes further onto the glacier but only for ages 18 to 50, with a signed medical form. Estancia Cristina skips the ice for a day sailing past icebergs to a ranch reached only by boat.
Read guide → Practical · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
The Seven Lakes Road is the paved 96km stretch of Route 40 between Villa La Angostura and San Martín de los Andes, though tourism boards often cite 110km. It is named for seven lakes, usually listed as Espejo, Correntoso, Villarino, Falkner, Escondido, Machónico and Lácar, though official sources don't fully agree on which seven. Lati's own tour covers the round trip from Bariloche in a single 10-hour day.
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Skiing in Bariloche means Cerro Catedral, the town's only ski area, with a season that runs roughly from July to September. The 2026 season opened on 6 July with just the beginner sector running, and Lati doesn't sell a ski package: its closest product is a half-day gondola tour on the same mountain, year-round.
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Practical · 7 min · Updated Aug 2026
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) sits in Palermo, so getting from Aeroparque to Buenos Aires city centre by taxi takes minutes, not an hour. It handles domestic and regional flights, while Ezeiza (EZE), 32km away, takes the long-haul traffic, and the transfer between the two runs 40 to 60 minutes by car.
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Practical · 5 min · Updated Aug 2026
Argentina visa requirements are minimal for most travellers. Exempt passports enter visa-free for up to 90 days, no fee, no arrival form required. That covers the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Australia and most of Latin America. Other nationalities need a visa from an Argentine consulate, arranged before the flight.
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Practical · 7 min · Updated Aug 2026
Ezeiza airport to Buenos Aires is a 32-kilometre trip that takes about 50 minutes by car outside rush hour, per the city's official tourism site. A private transfer or an official taxi is the fastest door-to-door option, Uber and Cabify pick up from a dedicated lane outside international arrivals, and the SUBE-only Line 8 bus is the cheapest, at over an hour.
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Practical · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
Peru visa requirements are simple for most travellers: citizens of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia can enter without a visa. So can most of the European Union and most of Latin America, usually for up to 90 days, extendable to a maximum of 183 days a year. Your passport needs six months of validity left when you arrive. Entry is now recorded digitally through the Tarjeta Andina de Migración (TAM); other nationalities apply at a Peruvian consulate at least 15 days before travelling.
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Itineraries · 9 min · Updated Aug 2026
What to do in Lima depends on how much time you have, from a single day passing through to Cusco to three days built around food. One day covers the historic centre, Miraflores and Barranco with a market lunch. Two or three days add the Larco Museum, a ceviche class or Pachacamac.
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Itineraries · 8 min · Updated Aug 2026
5 days in Buenos Aires works best as three plus two: the classic barrios first, then a day out of the city and a day that is mostly lunch. Adding a fourth neighbourhood is what makes a five-day trip start to feel like a chore.
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When to go to Patagonia is a trade of daylight against crowds. November and March give long days, thinner queues and fair prices. December to February is warmest and busiest, and June to August closes most of the trekking.
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The best time to visit Peru depends on which Peru: May to September is dry and clear in the Andes, which is why it is high season at Machu Picchu. December to March is wet in the mountains and the best window on the coast. The Inca Trail closes for the whole of February.
Read guide → Combos · 7 min · Updated Aug 2026
Buenos Aires and Mendoza in one week works as three nights and two, with a flight of under two hours between them. Fly at midday so you lose neither a city day nor a winery day, and keep the seventh night back in Buenos Aires for the flight home.
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Sleep your first night lower than Cusco if the flights allow it, because altitude sickness is driven by the elevation you sleep at. The Sacred Valley is about 600 m below the city and inside the band the CDC recommends for staging. Machu Picchu is lower again. Cusco is the high point of this trip, not its front door.
Read guide → Practical · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
Paying in Argentina is simplest with a foreign card: it settles at the financial rate and it is the only way to get the 21% hotel VAT back. Cash in pesos is for taxis, tips and market stalls. Carrying dollars to change on the street stopped being the clever move when the controls came off.
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Experiences · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
All five Buenos Aires walking tours are private, at one flat price per party: US$60 for La Boca, US$113 for the other four. They run two to three hours across five different neighbourhoods, from the old port to the marble of Recoleta.
Read guide → Itineraries · 7 min · Updated Aug 2026
Most of the best things to do in Buenos Aires under US$100 are hosted experiences, not tourist attractions with a ticket booth. Five walking tours are private and sold per party, from US$60, and the rest run US$35 to US$98 per person.
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Itineraries · 9 min · Updated Aug 2026
Planning 3 days in Buenos Aires works best if you take one neighbourhood per day and stop trying to cross the city twice before lunch. Day one is the historic centre and San Telmo, day two is La Boca and Recoleta, day three is Palermo. The walking tours are sold per party and the food experiences per person, so two travellers sharing pay US$30 to US$120 each per experience, and a comfortable three day total lands near US$510 per person including food.
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Experiences · 5 min · Updated Aug 2026
A real Argentine asado takes about three hours, follows a fixed order and is cooked by one person over embers rather than flame. It opens with sausages and grilled cheese, moves through offal, and only reaches the main cuts once everybody has been standing around talking for an hour. A restaurant parrilla sells you the meat. An asado sells you the afternoon.
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Experiences · 5 min · Updated Aug 2026
Argentine empanadas change completely every few hundred kilometres. Salta bakes them small and spiced, Tucuman makes them juicy. Mendoza adds olives, and Buenos Aires makes the version that travelled. What stays the same is the repulgue, the crimped edge that tells you what is inside before you bite.
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Practical · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
How to drink mate in Argentina comes down to one cup, one metal straw, and one person pouring for everybody in a fixed order. You drink it all, hand it straight back, and only say gracias when you want out. That last rule is the one visitors break on their first round.
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Experiences · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
La Bombonera vs El Monumental comes down to size and mood. La Bombonera is a small, steep, deafening ground in the south of the city. El Monumental is the largest stadium in South America and the calmer night out. Both cost from US$150 per person and run four to five hours.
Read guide → Experiences · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
A River Plate match experience costs from US$150 per person, starting at a bar near the ground two hours before kick off. El Monumental holds 85,018 people and has no away section, so everything you hear comes from one side.
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Experiences · 6 min · Updated Aug 2026
Tango shows in Buenos Aires come in three forms: a staged dinner show from US$120, a social milonga where locals dance, and free street tango. Deciding which you want takes one question: did you come to watch, or to be there?
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