Good country, exhausting tourist industry

Argentina is a genuinely beautiful and interesting place. Perito Moreno Glacier is worth every superlative thrown at it. The Malbec wine is legitimately excellent. passionate tango culture in Buenos Aires gave the trip real depth.

What I struggled with: the tourist infrastructure around the headline sites in Salta is relentlessly commercial and long distances within Patagonia is a genuine friction point. You can feel the gap between authentic Argentina and the packaged version sold to tourists. The authentic version wins, but you have to work to find it.