Many of the 5 stars hotels in Mar del Plata, are apt to receive people with different capacities allowing them to rest and enjoy all the services that offer in their facilities.
But, what happens with the rest of the destinies?
For somebody in wheelchair, the footbridges to see the "Perito Moreno" glacier, in Calafate, are inaccessible; but the same person can enjoy the footbridges in the cataracts of the Iguazú”. Cataracts are one of the best examples when places without architectonic barriers look for. The footbridges, the baths and the buildings are adapted for people with reduced mobility. There are inclines, banister rails and protective grates. In Iguazú there are hotels with rooms adapted for wheelchairs. The train that crosses the park, is accessible in wheelchair and it stop in several observing points, allowing to enjoy the beautiful landscape.
Besides the named ones, other cities with comforts for disabled people exist. Cordoba, Bariloche, San Martin of the Andes, Ushuaia and Catamarca are one of the most recomendable destinies.
In Bariloche and San Martin of the Andes, equipment of ski for handicapped people can be rented as well as they can receive lessons of ski by instructors especially prepared for the task, with equipment adapted for different incapacities.
Some national parks as the Arrayanes and the Glaciers in Tierra Del Fuego and Península Valdés own have accesses for wheelchairs, but are limited.
Regarding to "Capital Federal" and "Great Buenos Aires" in the last years many accessible activities and tourist circuits have begun to be developed. Some of the specific examples that we found to mention of accessible places or circuits, are:
The Planetarium of the city of Buenos Aires, the Abasto market, the Zoo of Buenos Aires and the Train of the coast (North zone of Great Buenos Aires)
Many receptive and emitting travel agencies specialized in accessible tourism exist. These offer all type of services and tourist products that rigorously fulfill the accessibility criteria. Here below you will find some of the agencies that we could detect.
Proyecto Rotae: Turismo sin barreras. Tel +54 02944 15574760 . 15311391. ( Site: http://www.proyectorotae.com.ar )
Decthird: Tel +54 011 (15) 4182 5469 ( Mail: info@decthird.com ).
Athelem: Tel +54 11 4796 2954 ( Site: athelem@athelem.com/ . Mail: http://www.athelem.com/ ).
Latitud Sur: Tel +54 11 4345 2697 /4298 ( Site: http://www.latitudsur.org.ar/ . Mail: info@latitudsur.org.ar ).
Korke: Mail amapi@korke.com. Tel: +56 (0) 32 2815 886.
The accessible tourism in Argentina is in the first stage of development. Without doubts it must cross a long way adapting the destinies to increase the quantity of total accesible destinies .
The majority of the category hotels owns a good access for shower and wheelchairs tracks. The majority of the hotels of average rank offers extensive lodging for those disabled ones that do not need an access for wheelchairs. It is very important to inquire and investigate before traveling so that nobody become disappointed. Here below you can find some contacts that we think will be important at the time of organizing a trip.
Foundation tourism for all (tel - Fax (54) 2255 462130 http://www.turismoaccesible.com.ar/)
Deaf community tourism (info@comunidadsordaturismo.org, www.comunidadsordaturismo.org)
Argentinean network of Youthful hostel (www.aaaj.org.ar)
Argentinean Association of Youth hostel (www.reaj.com)
These two last ones will inform about the accessibility of each shelter.
Another site that we recommended to visit because of the quality of information that it has in. http://www.confluir.org.ar/ and http://www.cndisc.gov.ar/.
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