I always expected to see Patagonia from the Chilean side. Reading about Torres del Paine made it sound like the quintessential Patagonia experience, but when my friends and I started planning a trip to Argentina, I decided on heading down to El Chalten for a few days of hiking there. And honestly, it was so much of what I expected from Patagonia that while I'd still be happy to see Chile, I also feel like I already got the experience I wanted. Meanwhile, my friend Jackie is a

As a big fan of waterfalls (who isn't?), Iguazu has been on my bucket list for a while now. So when my friends and I planned a two week trip to Argentina in December, it had to be on the itinerary. We flew into Puerto Iguazu from Buenos Aires on JetSmart (it's a budget airline, but we had a good experience both ways) and spent two nights there seeing both sides of the falls. Where to Stay We booked the La Aldea de la Selva Lodge in Argentina which was a mix of nice and afford

I've been dying to get to South America for years but kept getting derailed by logistics or reluctance from my travel partners, so I was elated when two of my friends and I finally agreed on a trip to Argentina. It's one of the safest countries in South America, and we had two weeks to spare to properly see it since it's such a long flight from the US, and Argentina itself is so big. Although we branched off both north to Iguazu and then south to Patagonia, we spent about fiv