iExplore Argentina Active: Fishing(Trip #64754)

Tour Overview

Welcome to Argentina! Buenos Aires is one of the world’s biggest cities in which, including the suburbs, there are over 11 million inhabitants. It is also the most elegant and active city in South America and one that summarizes the heterogeneous essence of Argentina. With a modern, hip structure and dynamic activity, it has manager to preserve old traditions and endearing corners. Visitors feel fascinated because of its environment, because neighborhoods all have different personalities, and also because people are warm and there is a wide range of shopping and cultural venues. Buenos Aires is surrounded by the splendid Argentine nature and it is the great cosmopolitan door to South America.

Golden Dorados are exceptionally strong swimmers. They typically ranged in size from 10 to 15 pounds. In some fisheries, twenty pounders are common. Although the current IGFA all-tackle record is over 50 pounds, giants of up to 70 pounds have been recorded. Their intense, almost radiant golden color is marked with holographic black horizontal stripes. This patterning, coupled with their powerful jaws and razor sharp teeth have earned the Dorado the sobriquet “River Tiger” in Argentina.

All fishermen will be accompanied by a professional guide and will float the marshlands looking for Golden Dorados, on modern Skiff Boats, specially designed for fly-fishing in this type of habitat.

Day by Day Itinerary

Day 1: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Arrive Buenos Aires Airport. After clearing customs and immigration you are met by an iExplore Representative and transferred to your hotel for check-in. Please note that check in time is 3:00 PM. If your arrival time is earlier we will do our best to accommodate you, but no guarantee.

This afternoon enjoy a private city tour; discover the beauty and wonders of Buenos Aires, visit the National Congress, the Metropolitan Cathedral. Admire the Colon Theater, one of the most important opera houses in South America. Visit San Telmo, the traditional neighborhood where tango performances can bee seen in many bars and restaurants.

Stop at la Boca, a colorful neighborhood, which was the home of immigrants and not an artistic area. Enjoy Palermo, an area that combines its architecture and history with entertainment and amusement in green spaces. Finally, La Recoleta, an exclusive and elegant neighborhood where the famous cemetery is found. Fashionable restaurants, bars, cafes, discos and a cinema complex also surround the area.
725 Hotel

Day 2: Buenos Aires
Breakfast at the hotel. Today is at your leisure to explore Buenos Aires on your own.

Buenos Aires continues to be a wonderful combination of sleek skyscrapers, ornate friezes and turn-of-the-last-century grandeur - at once ultrachic and tumbledown, up-to-date and firmly planted in the past. Even before the recent financial troubles, there was always a spirit of malaise in B.A., as it is affectionately known locally, which may help explain the devotion to that bittersweet expression of Argentine popular culture, the tango. Performed in the streets, on stages, in cafes, the sorrowful and romantic nature of the dance is integral to the city.
Breakfast
725 Hotel

Day 3: Buenos Aires- Santa Fe- Timbo Fishing Lodge
After breakfast, transfer to Buenos Aires National Airport for your flight to Santa Fe. Note: the flight to Santa Fe is included in the tour price. All meals and non-alcoholic beverages are included at the lodge.

When you arrive at Santa Fe Airport you will be met by a bilingual guide and driven to the Timbo Fishing Lodge.

The resort is located on the banks of the San Javierito River, close to the town of Romang. El Timbo Lodge has all the necessary services to accommodate 6 fishermen. Three double rooms, all en-suite with private bath, a big dining room, a sitting room, a rest room, another rest room with a satellite TV and music and an outdoor swimming pool.

You will have the chance of searching for freshwater dorados sailing through thousands of streams, trying to catch this combative fish. Fly-fishing is the most popular type of fishing, but spin fishing and live bait are allowed, too.
Breakfast, Dinner
Timbo Fishing Lodge

Day 4: Timbo Fishing Lodge
The lodge is designed to provide its guests not only with a remarkable fishing experience, but also maximum comfort. Timbo Lodge, situated at a privileged landscape with scenery of rivers and luscious vegetation and palm trees, offers a brand new concept in sportsmen’s adventure.

Fishing schedule: fishing times vary depending on the month and weather. A typical fishing day will start in the morning from 8:00 to 11:30, lunch at noon, and then afternoon fishing from 3:30 to 7:30.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Timbo Fishing Lodge

Day 5: Timbo Fishing Lodge
Your second full day of fishing.

Fishing schedule: fishing times vary depending on the month and weather. A typical fishing day will start in the morning from 8:00 to 11:30, lunch at noon, and then afternoon fishing from 3:30 to 7:30.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Timbo Fishing Lodge

Day 6: Timbo Fishing Lodge
Your third full day of fishing.

Fishing schedule: fishing times vary depending on the month and weather. A typical fishing day will start in the morning from 8:00 to 11:30, lunch at noon, and then afternoon fishing from 3:30 to 7:30.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Timbo Fishing Lodge

Day 7: Timbo Fishing Lodge
Today enjoy your fourth full day of fishing.

Fishing schedule: fishing times vary depending on the month and weather. A typical fishing day will start in the morning from 8:00 to 11:30, lunch at noon, and then afternoon fishing from 3:30 to 7:30.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Timbo Fishing Lodge

Day 8: Timbo Fishing Lodge- Santa Fe- Buenos Aires
After breakfast you will be privately transferred to Santa Fe National Airport for the flight back to Buenos Aires.

When you arrive back in Buenos Aires you will be met at the National Airport by your bilingual guide and driven to the 725 Hotel.

Dinner and the rest of the evening are free.
Breakfast
725 Hotel

Day 9: Buenos Aires
Enjoy a free day in Buenos Aires, perhaps visiting the shopping district. Shopping in Argentina is a hotbed for your shopping extravaganza. It has everything from street markets, where you might find a rare jewel for a relative back home, to the ritzy brand names that we have all grown fond of. While shopping in Buenos Aires you may notice a European flair- that is because Buenos Aires is known as a Latin Paris. The architecture is heavily influenced by Europeans, so you might forget where you are until you hear the Spanish colloquial.

This evening, meet your bilingual guide in the lobby for a private transfer to a Tango Show and dinner at Esquina Carlos Gardel or Piazzola Tango Show.

After this enjoyable evening, you will be driven back to the hotel.
Breakfast, Dinner
725 Hotel

Day 10: Depart Buenos Aires
Enjoy breakfast at the hotel. Today you will be transferred to Buenos Aires International Airport to board your departing flight.

Departure Dates

Depart any day! Contact an iExplore Adventure Consultant for more details.

Prices

2010
$3,795 per person, double occupancy, based on two persons traveling together.

Prices for your dates of travel may vary- please contact iExplore for an exact quote. Quoted prices are based on current rates of exchange, tariffs and taxes as of October, 2009. iExplore reserves the right to increase tour prices to cover increased costs, tariffs and taxes received after prices are published, and to reflect fluctuations in foreign exchange rates. iExplore is under no obligation to give breakdown costs involved in any package.

Inclusions:
· All private airport transfers
· Buenos Aires City tour with bilingual guide
· Tango Show and dinner
· Round trip flight to/from Santa Fe
· At the Lodge, all meals and non-alcoholic drinks, boat, gasoline and fishing guide

Exclusions
· International air and tax
· Gratuities
· Items of a personal nature such as phone calls, beverages, etc.
· Travel insurance
· Cost of visa
· Fishing tackle

These trips are priced assuming two travelers. Surcharges for solo travelers and discounts for groups, if any, will be applied. Prices assume itinerary is purchased "as is". Minor changes to hotels or hotel add-ons to the beginning or the end of the existing itinerary can be made at no extra charge. Any customization requiring us to start with a new base itinerary will require a non-refundable upfront planning fee of $250 that is creditable towards the final trip price.

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Trip Information

Fly Fishing tackle:
Rods: Two, if possible. 9ft, 5 and 7weight. 3-or 4- piece, if possible.
Reels: A reel with a good drag system, holding at least 80 yards of 20-pound test backing.
Lines: WF floating line and a sinking tip line.
Leaders: for 5- to 7-foot floating lines with strong butts to turn big flies, 16-pound test tippets with 20 cm of 20-pound test steel wire.
Fies: Sizes 2/0 and 3/0, Deceiver patterns.Colors: black, black and red or black and yellow, chartreuse, white and yellow and white and olive have proved good options.
Accessories: tweezers, hook sharpener, nippers, boga grip, etc.

Equipment:
Light shirt and trousers for tropical weather (Exoficcio, Patagonia, Columbia, etc.), hat or cap, neoprene wading boots or a good pair of sandals, a light water-proof jacket, a polar sweatshirt or warm jacket (the temperature decreases at night) polarized sunglasses, sunblock SPF 40 or higher, Insect repellent.