Mendoza

Mendoza is the wine capital of Argentina but the city itself and surroundings also have a lot to offer with great food, shopping and adventure sports.

Predictably, on our first full day in Mendoza we took a tour of some local wineries which also included a stop in at an olive farm and chocolate shop... mmmmmm! The quality of red wine in Argentina is incredible (and SO cheap) and because we were the only English speakers, we managed to score private tours of each farm in English while everyone else was lumped in a big group.

We left feeling pretty tipsy with a few bottles of red for the road.

All day we were in stitches about the name of our tour company - Wanka Holidays. It was great being on board the Wanka bus all day : )

The following day we opted for something a little more adventure-ish and went rafting in a river around 1 hour or so from the city. The rapids were pretty tame but it was still a lovely day to be outside enjoying some fresh mountain air.

Our photos from the rafting are absolutely hilarious! We didn't know that we were being photographed which made for some priceless expressions.