This morning, we explore San Telmo with members of the local Afro-Argentine community, uncovering the African roots woven into Buenos Aires' buildings, stories, and streets.

From the Maria Remedios del Valle Monument to the old slave trading quarters, we'll hear the history that gets left out of guidebooks, straight from the people keeping it alive.

Tonight: dinner at the only African restaurant in Buenos Aires (owned by a Cameroonian chef), followed by a vibrant local party that celebrates Afro-diasporic culture through music, dance, and community.

Meals: Breakfast & Dinner

We start with an artist-led creative collage workshop exploring ancestry and family archives, a reflective space to create something personal while connecting with memory and lineage.

Then we join the National Day of Afro-Argentines march: drums, dance, banners, and collective power filling the streets. It's part celebration, part political statement, and Black AF.

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

A day to rest or explore Buenos Aires at your own pace.

Optional tours available to La Boca (exploring port life and working-class histories) or Recoleta (reexamining elite spaces through a decolonial lens).

Meals: Breakfast

This is the perfect day to pull up your Buoyant Buenos Aires map and let it guide you around the city.

We leave the capital for Chascomús to visit the Capilla de los Negros, a historic chapel built and sustained by the Afro-Argentine community in the 19th century. It's a powerful space of memory, spirituality, and resistance.

Then we spend the afternoon at a traditional estancia experiencing gaucho (cowboy) culture: lunch, nature hikes through the Pampas, at a slower pace, surrounded by history and landscape.

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

The Bonga family leads our candombe workshop, one of the most important references of Afro-porteño candombe. This immersive encounter with a living Afro-Argentine tradition combines rhythm, movement, and storytelling.

Learn about the African roots of candombe in Buenos Aires, its evolution alongside migration and resistance, and its role in shaping local culture through hands-on percussion and collective music-making.

Later that evening: private tango lesson at a beloved local studio, learning the steps while tracing tango's connection to Afro rhythms.

Then we head to an authentic milonga to practice with locals and experience where the tradition actually lives.

Meals: Breakfast

We visit the Cape Verdean community of Dock Sud, one of Argentina's most significant Afro-descendant communities.

Share Cachupa (Cape Verde's traditional dish), step into the community kitchen, and hear stories of migration, resilience, and cultural preservation.

For those departing today, we’ll get you to the airport after lunch (depending on your departure time—try to book in the evening).

Mendoza Experience

If you’re headed to Mendoza with us, we’ll catch an evening flight on November 12

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

November 12: Evening flight to Mendoza + check-in to our hotel

November 13: Wine Blending & Vineyard Tour

Full day at Tempus Alba Bodega learning their 20+ year Malbec clonal selection project, touring the production areas, and creating your own custom wine blend.

You'll bottle it, label it, and take it home. Plus a 5-course lunch paired with their reserve wines.

November 14: Olive Oil & Wine Country

Morning visit to an olive mill to learn the production process and taste different varieties.

Then we head to Santa Julia Winery (Zuccardi Family), one of Mendoza's most renowned, for a tour and tasting, followed by a multi-course lunch at Finca Agostino Winery.

We’ll catch an evening flight and return to Buenos Aires for the final night.

November 15: Departure

Morning transfer to the airport. Safe travels, kinfolk.