Argentina
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Special Things to Do on your Argentina Family Holidays

The obvious (and literal) starting point to your Argentina family holiday will most likely be the lively capital Buenos Aires where you can introduce your children to a Latin passion for life, some delicious food and the city's vibrant districts, such as La Boca where the houses are painted in vivid colours. If your children are sports fans, then watching a local football match is also extremely good fun. Come evening, we can arrange a tango lesson for the you and the little ones, which always goes down a treat, even if just to watch Dad's two left feet in action.

Away from BA, Argentina is your oyster. Head to the Pampas to introduce the children to the gaucho (cowboy) lifestyle, where they can pick up tricks of the trade like lassoing or try their hands at riding and even polo.

Patagonia is the place for big adventures in big country. Take the children to see the enormous Perito Moreno glacier, on a boat near to the vast ice cliffs of the glacier's snout or trekking (10-year olds and over) across the icy top of the glacier. Watch giant icebergs drifting along Great Lake Argentino, and return home even more appreciative of the fragility of our planet. Elsewhere in Patagonia the family can go whale watching or visit penguin colonies and take on grand hikes and horse rides into the foothills of the Andes. Further south still, in the 'Land of Fire' (Tierra del Fuego) make Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, your base. Set out from here to explore the beautiful Tierra del Fuego National Park, or take the ski lift into the mountains to Martial Glacier, and marvel at the staggering views as you descend. Cruise the Beagle Channel and find basking seals perched on rocks, or visit penguin colonies and spot sea lions, cormorants and thousands of marine birds.

At the other end of this vast country are two more natural highlights: the Iguacu Falls and the Ibera Wetlands. The waterfalls and river form the border between Argentina and Brazil, and there are walkways on the Argentinian side right out over the horseshoe-shaped Devil's Throat, the most majestic part of what forms the world's largest waterfall system. Meanwhile, the Ibera Wetlands are perfect for budding wildlife experts, and somewhere the family can spot caimans (cousins of crocs), capybaras (overgrown guinea pigs) and giant otters.