Best of Argentine Patagonia: Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, El Calafate, Perito Moreno, El Chalten, Fitz Roy & Bariloche - A 2026 First-Person Guide
Browse more guides: Argentina travel | Americas destinations Best of Argentine Patagonia: Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, El Calafate, Perito Moreno, El Chalten, Fitz Roy & Bariloche - A 2026 First-Person Guide TL;DR I have hiked, bussed, flown, and frozen my way across Argentine Patagonia three separate times, and the 2026 version of this trip is not the Patagonia my older guidebooks describe. Under President Milei's reforms the peso has been devalued sharply, the blue-dollar gap has compressed to roughly fifteen percent versus the official rate, and travelers who carry physical US dollars or use Western Union withdrawals are landing real on-the-ground prices that feel closer to 2018 than to the inflation chaos of 2023. As of May 2026 the official rate sits around 1,180 ARS per USD, while the blue-dollar (informal) rate hovers around 1,350 ARS per USD, and most travel-grade transactions, hotels, glacier tours, and intercity buses, can be paid in pesos drawn through Western Uni...