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Patagonia Conservation and Wilderness Training - PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

Participating with GVI not only allows you to work on programs assisting disadvantaged communities or endangered ecosystems but it also offers wonderful opportunities to travel in the local area in your down time or further afield either before or after your program. Below is some information on trips and travel options in Argentina.

Included Side Trips

Depending on the season, the research teams have the chance to further experience the Argentine culture during trips to local community festivals in the area. Trekking and exploring some of the most spectacular sites in the work area will also take place (project work and weather permitting).

Optional Side Trips

During your long weekend you could organize a kayak trip in the Lake District, explore the circuito chico around Bariloche on mountain bikes, go fly-fishing or trek between the catered mountain refugios in the Cathedral area close to Bariloche.

Patagonia Snow School and Volcano Summit Attempt

If you book this trip at the same time as the Patagonia expedition you get a £495 discount! Don't miss the opportunity to add on this amazing 1 week pure adventure trip attempting to summit one of the highest peaks in Argentine Patagonia, Tronador Volcano (3,478m).

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Further Travelling Opportunities

Argentina is one of the largest countries in South America so knowing where to start is hard. Why not consider visiting some of the following places; relax in the hot springs of Chos Malal, explore the culturally rich Valles Calchaquíes, interact with the marine life on Península Valdéz, revel in the nightlife of Buenos Aires or learn the Tango, visit the rock paintings and caves in Carolina, and many more. You could take a trip to the most southern city in the world - Ushuaia – where the sun barely sets during the summer months. Or visit the Iguazu waterfalls in the tropical far north of Argentina.