Quick Facts

Capital City: Buenos Aires
Location: In central America
Area: (sq. miles) total 2,776,884
Population: 31,900,000 Transportation: Many travel by air sources
Main language: Spanish
Currency: The Argentine currency is the peso, and is signified by the same symbol $, as the U.S. dollar

Wildlife in Argentina
Argentina possess numerous National Parks especially created to preserve landscapes, geological, and palaeontologic patrimonies, and autochthonous flora and fauna of our country. These parks have different geographical characteristics and quite varied surroundings.

Through them, visitor can be in close contact with nature; appreciate astounding beauties such as The Iguazu Falls and the Perito Moreno Glacier, (both declared National Patrimony of the Humanity by the UNESCO); know the flora and fauna of different regions; admire geological formations and fossils; get astounded by the woods, lakes and snow-capped mountains; observe gigantic millenarian larchs and the beautiful myrtles that are unique in the world.

Stacking Your Postcards

Tierra del Fuego National Park
Tierra del Fuego National Park is the farthest south protected region of Argentina and the only national park that possesses maritime coasts, embracing a strip of land 6 km (3.75 mi) wide over the Beagle Channel. It was founded in 1960 and has a surface area of 63,000 hectares (151,200 acres).

As a member of the circuit of protected areas of the Andean Patagonia, the idea was to continue protecting the land that belonged to the sub Antarctic forest. The park offers protection to representatives of 6 species of arboreal animals that have established themselves on the island and now pertain to these forests. It also shelters native fauna of the region and preserves ruins from a town of ancient yámana aborigines. You can find yourself in the Lapataia Bay among the remains of mussel shells and animal bones, which is evidence that the mussels constituted the animals' diet. You may even find some utensils or tools, all of which add to the interest of the area.

Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of the most famous man-made structures in the world, and is undoubtedly one of Sydney’s most famous icons. The bridge, which is a feat of engineering genius and affectionately known as ‘the Coathanger’, took 1400 workers eight years to complete. It was started at the end of 1926 and officially opened on 19 March 1932. If the views from the Pylon Lookout across Sydney Harbour and over the Opera House are not spectacular enough, thrill-seekers can take part in the BRIDGECLIMB. This gives them the chance to walk to the top of the 50-storey-high bridge, over the cars and trains rumbling across the deck below, and down the other side. Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan, a former bridge-painter, was one of the first to climb the bridge. Situated at the foot of the bridge, is the area known as The Rocks. Recognised as Sydney’s historical birthplace, The Rocks is made up of winding streets, sandstone cottages and some of Sydney’s oldest pubs. The area was also the site of the first landing from Plymouth, England in 1788; today The Rocks is a busy area consisting of cafés, restaurants, galleries, museums and countless souvenir shops. Among the district’s most significant historic buildings are the Hero of Waterloo Inn, the Sydney Observatory, Cadman’s Cottage, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Merchants’ House, Garrison Church and Susannah Place.

The National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia is open daily between 10.00am-5.00pm and hosts a wide range of art including Aboriginal and Modern, including drawings, furniture, paintings, sculptures and much more. The Australian National University also hosts an art gallery showing contemporary art exhibitions. The Drill Hall Gallery is open midday-5.00pm from Wednesday-Sunday.

The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest marine park and stretches over 3000km (1800 miles) along the Queensland coast from Lady Elliot Island, off the coast of Bundaberg, up past the tip of Cape York. It is one of the most visited regions in Australia

The reef is between 15Km and 150Km off shore and around 65 Km wide in places. It is made up of over 3000 individual reef systems and coral cays and covers an area larger than the U.K.

Destination Guides

The Andean NorthWest
Home to abundant natural attractions and atmospheric relics from the pre-Columbian and colonial past, this is the more 'traditional' part of Argentina. It includes the provinces of Jujuy (numerous wildlife reserves), Salta (with the best preserved colonial city in the country, hundreds of archaeological sites, subtropical forests and polychrome desert canyons) and Tucumán, La Rioja, Catamarca and Santiago del Estero.

Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is a sprawling giant, with towering glass skyscrapers casting shadows on 19th century Victorian houses and a wealth of unique neighborhoods, each with its own personality.

The San Telmo district, where Buenos Aires artists work and live, is noted for its mishmash of architectural styles, perfectly embodying Buenos Aires' multinational heritage in Spanish Colonial houses with Italian detailing and graceful French Classic buildings holding antique shops, tango bars and cafes. La Boca's pressed tin houses were painted a rainbow of colors by 19th century Italian immigrant families, colors which are still bright and set off by the colorful murals decorating the walls of side streets. The city's chicest neighborhood is the Barrio Recoleta, called the Beverly Hills of Buenos Aires for its art galleries and upscale restaurants.

Culture flourishes here too. One of the world's finest opera houses, the Teatro Colon, has hosted the likes of Maria Callas, Toscanini, Stravinsky, and Caruso in its luxurious French Renaissance-styled theatre. Tickets are hard to come by as season ticket-holders crowd the seats, but visitors can tour the theater from 10am to 6pm weekdays.

Buenos Aires' famous Museo de Bellas Artes is Argentina's finest art gallery with a good collection of modern Argentine painters, wood sculptured artifacts from the provinces, and Impressionist and post-Impressionist paintings such as Monet, Degas, and Chagall. And any visitor includes the Plaza de Mayo on his or her itinerary to see the plaza where the citizens gathered together to hear speeches by populist leaders Juan and Evita Peron.

Cordoba
Founded in 1573, Córdoba is Argentina's second largest city and although there has been massive development in recent years, much of the old colonial vestiges remain. A fine collection of churches and colonial buildings survive from this period including the 17th century Town Hall (El Cabildo), the Romanesque Iglesia Cathedral and the Jesuit Iglesia de la Compañía, the oldest surviving church in Argentina, dating from 1622. The Museo Histórico Provincial Marqués de Sobremonte is one of the most important historical museums in the country. The Jesuit influence is clear within the scenic mountain interior, which is scattered with colonial churches, hermitages and interesting towns; many are well geared for tourists, with hotels, restaurants and festivals keeping alive the Jesuit and gaucho traditions.

Tasmania
Tasmania is an island state some 200km over The Bass Strait from mainland Australia. Regular ferry sailings depart from Melbourne and now, recently introduced, from Sydney.
Tasmania the 'Apple Isle' possess magnificent lakes, mountains, beaches, rivers, waterfalls, and so much more. Compared to the rest of Australia, Tasmania diminutive size is one of its appeals making it is easy to traverse the whole island in a few days.

Tasmania has rugged mountains, river networks, trout fishing, unspoilt wilderness landscapes, a gorgeous unspoilt coastline, quaint cosy cottages and being a former penal colony, plenty of history. The Lake St Clair National Park which includes Cradle Mountain is perhaps the most well known of the natural landmarks in Tasmania