{"id":8893,"date":"2010-10-21T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/21\/8893-flying-to-patagonia\/"},"modified":"2010-10-21T15:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-21T15:26:00","slug":"8893-flying-to-patagonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/8893-flying-to-patagonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying to Patagonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been doing a bit of flight research for our own visit to Patagonia in January &#8211; when we&#8217;ll be meeting up with a number of our partners and visiting some of the spots we don&#8217;t know as well.<\/p>\n<p>We thought it would be worth sharing a few lessons and insights, especially given that this has been such a crucial part of the trip planning for a number of our clients.<\/p>\n<p>This is based on travel on\/around 4th January, for a 3 week trip, so 2 1\/2 months from now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Book the complete journey<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>saving up to \u00a3400<\/em><\/p>\n<p>i.e. From UK to Patagonia, normally via Santiago or Buenos Aires, unless of course you want to stop in either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/hotels-santiago\/\">Santiago<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/hotels-buenos-aires\/\">Buenos Aires<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you compare the costs of the full journey to buying two separate return tickets:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">To Chile\/Argentina:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>Return London to Santiago \/ Buenos Aires: \u00a3730 to \u00a3930<\/li>\n<li>Internal from Santiago \/ Buenos Aires to variety of destinations within Patagonia (see below): \u00a3300 to \u00a3500<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>vs.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>Combined:\u00a0 London to\u00a0 Variety of destinations within Patagonia: \u00a3910 to \u00a31030.<\/li>\n<li>So <em>\u00a3120 to \u00a3400 cheaper.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Choose the best airport for your itinerary<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; saving lots of precious holiday time<\/p>\n<p>Most of our clients seem to talk about the same 2 or 3 options for airports within Patagonia. But there are at least 11 different airports within Patagonia to choose from, and the surprising thing is that costs and travel times don&#8217;t vary all that dramatically. (See below). So you can save a lot of time and money on bus journeys and transfers by choosing your destination airport carefully.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/images\/1026\/original.png?1287671042\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>3. Travel outside peak season and book ahead<\/strong><\/span> &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span><em>saving up to \u00a3260<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We&#8217;ve found that despite the cooler temperatures and shorter days actually the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swooptravel.publisha.com\/articles\/8677\" target=\"_blank\">weather in March\/April <\/a><\/strong>isn&#8217;t all that different in most parts of Patagonia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The price of a return flight from London to Calafate drops by as much as \u00a3260 as you look further out.<\/p>\n<p><span>beginning of January, as table above: \u00a3991<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>5th Feb: \u00a3851<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>5th Mar: \u00a3755<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>5th Apr: \u00a3733<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/swooptravel\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/SwoopTravel\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been doing a bit of flight research for our own visit to Patagonia in January &#8211; when we&#8217;ll be meeting up with a number of our partners and visiting some of the spots we don&#8217;t know as well. 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