Days in Argentina: Budget $9261 – Practical Travel Tips & Comprehensive Guide

💰Currency Exchange:
Buenos Aires has the highest exchange rates, and small towns generally have Chinese shops for currency exchange, but they are not as high as in the capital (exchange is available in Chinatown).
Credit card transactions also use the black market exchange rate, which fluctuates daily.

☎️SIM Card
Claro
Available on the street for 50 pesos, some shop owners give them away for free.
Activation by the service provider.
Recharge online or at a convenience store.
3500 pesos for 15GB per month.
Good network signal.

🚌Transport Card:
Get a transport card when you come to Argentina; most small shops sell them.
Valid nationwide, 1700 pesos for the card, rechargeable.
It can save a lot of money.
You can use Uber for taxis.
Negotiate the price with street taxis, using the Uber price as a reference.

🚌Domestic Buses:
1️⃣ Buenos Aires – Mendoza (35000)
2️⃣ Mendoza – Aconcagua (5400) round trip
3️⃣ Mendoza – Bariloche (19500)
4️⃣ Bariloche – El Bolsón (5000)
5️⃣ El Bolsón – Calafate (13700)
6️⃣ El – Calafate (24000)
7️⃣ Calafate – Ushuaia (74800)
Passes through Chile 🇨🇱
Total bus cost: 300700 pesos
Exchange rate 1:1050
Bus transportation: 2061 RMB

✈️Flights:
Buy tickets in advance from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires 500 RMB
Round trip from Buenos Aires to Iguazu Falls 1200 RMB
Total public transportation: 3761 RMB

🌟Classic Attractions
Buenos Aires: Obelisk, Ateneo Bookstore, Plaza de Mayo, La Boca, Sunday Market, Puente de la Mujer, Chinatown, Recoleta Cemetery, Teatro Colón, “Happy Together” filming locations
Mendoza: Wineries, Aconcagua hiking
Bariloche: Town square, Liao liao hiking
Cerro Campanario cable car
Circuito Chico scenic drive
Patagonia Brewery
Self-driving from San Martin to Bariloche
El Calafate: Hiking routes
Laguna de los Tres, the most classic and essential route
Laguna Torre
Loma del Pliegue Tumbado
El Calafate: Town square, Moreno Glacier
Ushuaia: End of the World Lighthouse, Ushuaia city, Tierra del Fuego National Park
Iguazu: Argentine Iguazu, Paraguay, Brazilian Iguazu

🏠Accommodation:
In Buenos Aires and Mendoza, Argentina, it’s 50-80 RMB per person
Popular places are around 15-20 USD per person

🍴Food:
Argentine specialties: beef, lamb, ice cream
Some accommodations include breakfast
Total food expenses: 1500 RMB
Total for food, accommodation, and transportation: 8261 RMB for 25 days
Additional expenses for private tours and boat trips: 1000 RMB
Total expenses for 25 days: 9261 RMB 💰