Our other major excursion during our stay in Buenos Aires was a day-long boat tour through the Tigre River Delta. Our group set off for the marina in the morning with our guide – oddly also named Santi – and after a brief stop for coffee, set out for our private tour of the delta.
I planned out all the pictures for this post, including the one immediately below, before realizing it wasn’t even taken on our actual boat, but the boat that ferried us from our own boat to the place we stopped for lunch. Whatever. Here’s us on a boat. Some of us wearing ridiculous sunglasses.
We spent a couple hours in the morning boating through major passages of the delta and smaller channels in between the various islands. We passed small vacation homes raised on stilts to prevent against flooding, homes only accessible by boat. We attempted to fish but caught nothing. At one point, we even played Perudo.
At midday, we stopped for lunch at a restaurant tucked away on one of the islands . We were served a feast by native islanders while sitting on the banks of the channel, with hummingbirds fluttering around us.
After lunch and a small hike through the island foliage, we set off for more sun, scenery, and boating through the delta. We found a spot with little current and dropped anchor for a swim. Though the water looked brown and murky, we were told the color was due to the sediment flowing through the delta, and that the water was quite safe. In we went.
Though we took a series of multi-shot pictures of us jumping off the roof of the boat, the below picture – of me backflipping off the side – was the only one that came out without anyone looking overly obese. You may think you want to see more, but trust me, you don’t.
We wrapped up the trip in the late afternoon as the sun settled behind some clouds, our singular excursion outside the city of Buenos Aires complete.
