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My brother Lee and I spent 28 days in Argentina starting on October 7th, 2015. We had a grand time. I don't think I'll find time to write up a full trip report, but some comments may be helpful to others:
Lee prepared the attached map from waypoints he saved. Our general plan was to spend a few days in Buenos Aires, a few days in the Iberá wetlands, a few days at Iguazu, a few days in Calilegua NP, some time around Córdoba, and a few days on the coast in Pategonia, around Trelew. It turns out that Argentina is huge, and the 28 days was not sufficient. We drove more than 7000 kilometers. We could have spent more time in any of those places.
In some ways, we were just skimming the cream. Without much local guidance, and enough time for searching, we missed a lot of the narrow-range endemics. We did tick more than 350 species, including some birds we really wanted to see: Strange-tailed Tyrant, Red-legged Seriema and Rufous-throated Dipper.
I hope to add more later,
Jeff
- Argentina is a fine country for the independent birder.
- Getting around in a rented car, finding lodging and food was never a problem. Far from not a problem, it was all fun. Okay, we had some car problems. The cheapest rental car may not be the best option.
- Keep your headlights on low beam (not just running lights) when you're on the highway.
Lee prepared the attached map from waypoints he saved. Our general plan was to spend a few days in Buenos Aires, a few days in the Iberá wetlands, a few days at Iguazu, a few days in Calilegua NP, some time around Córdoba, and a few days on the coast in Pategonia, around Trelew. It turns out that Argentina is huge, and the 28 days was not sufficient. We drove more than 7000 kilometers. We could have spent more time in any of those places.
In some ways, we were just skimming the cream. Without much local guidance, and enough time for searching, we missed a lot of the narrow-range endemics. We did tick more than 350 species, including some birds we really wanted to see: Strange-tailed Tyrant, Red-legged Seriema and Rufous-throated Dipper.
I hope to add more later,
Jeff
