Mendoza

From Santiago we took an 8 hour bus to Mendoza, crossing the Andes and the frontier to Argentina. The journey crossing the Andes is spectacular with some dramatic sceneray of some of the highest mountains in South America. The greater region around Mendoza is famous for its vinyards most of which are situated around Maipú. From Mendoza you can go trekking (not far away from Mendoza you can climb the Aconcagua, South America's highest peak with its 6.962m) or (as we did) rent a bike to visit wineries where you can do wine tastings.