: ” ‘Gaucho Adventures
: TALAMPAYA Park in na Rioja province is wind-sculpt-
ed badland country \ with fossils and a wildlife preserve.

| Next tour set for fall

THE next Gaucho Adventure tour is scheduled to depart Oct. 14

y.. with an April 1999 date yet to be announced.The group size can

vary berween:a;minimum of 10 people and a maximum of 22,
with three to five guides accompanying the trip, The tour leader,
“Moira. Greaven, is a biologist born in Argentina and raised in
m Canada. All tour guides speak fluent English and Spanish.

vee The cost ofa 16-day tour, return from Vancouver, is estimat-

at CDNS1,632 (airfare) with USS2,410 (land tour, per per-
n, double occupancy). A single supplement is USS238. A 21-
.. ‘day tour, return from Vancouver is estimated at CDNS1 632 (air-
fare). with US$2,962 (land tour, per person, double occupancy).
‘A single supplement is US$285. Adventure Fitness reserves the
. “right to revise airfare and land tour prices due to fluctuations in
- currency exchange and air and/or ground costs, or other cir-
“cumstances beyond their control.

; Gast. 6) 926e85 1 I:
s.of sunshine and history plus’
ising gon the Turquoise Coast.”

Land onty $ 09 5 00

Sept. 18 - Oct. 3 1 Oct. 16-31 $3889.00°
‘GOLDEN CIRCLE TOUR
epr..18 - Oct. 8 (3 weeks)
‘THE REVELATIONS TOUR
Oct. 16 -
“TURKISH GULET coar CRUISE
Sepr
All prices ave per person based on double occupancy

* Inchides airfare with BA / Canadien

$4189.00°
$3329.90°

$1375.00

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Sunday, May 24, 1998 — North Shore News — 45

north shore news

>'TRAVEL

Gaucho adventures

From page 44

through four ecosystems, and the bode
(wine cellars). The latter ‘produce the
guished, aromatic and fruity white wine from
the Torrontes grape which only develops its full
potential in the high Andean valley of Ca

The provinces ‘of Caramarea (cradle of
Hispan Irure) and Ja Roja, with broad
plains rehie' c ;
and oases are reminiscent of the Middle East
from whence came many of their sectlers.

With landscapes of volcanic rock, sentinel
cacti, and blindingly white salt flats, these
provinces have a colorful food, tolklore, and
colonial history as well as many cultural trea-
sures.

Caramarea’s first capital, founded in 1558
was Londres (London) named to commzmo-
rate the marriage of Mary Tudor and Phillip II.
Talampaya Park in La Rioja province, is wind-
sculpted badland country with fossils, pre-
Hispanic petroglyphs and a wildlife preserve.

In_neighboring San Juan province, second
after Mendoza in wine production, the wind-

>

sculpted Valley of the Moon (Ischigualasto) has
one of the nchest fossil beds (dating to the
Triassic) in the world.
The heartland province of Cérdoba, with
rcond-largest city ame name
founded in 1373, became the ¢ ui
settlement and learning with the country’s first

i y opening in 1613. The Jesuit intlu-
ence can be seen in well-preserved, white
adobe colonial churches and estancias (ranch-
es).

Three mountain chains (average altitude
2.000 metres) separated by pampas and plains
and a year round temperate continental climate
make the province a favorite holiday destina-

ton. The tranquil hills, renowned for their aro-

: and medicinal tlora and div

birdlife, are a good place to unwind prior to
eyploring the Inca and Spanish colonial trail.

— Adventuve Fitness Ltd. with Lou Crossie
Travel offer Gauche Adventures, 16 to 21-day
cco-cultural tours in April and October to the
central and Northwest provinces of Argentina.
For further information call 687-1528 or e-mail

garucho@istarca

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