The name Argentina already sounds auspicious, being derived from the
Latin argentum, or silver. Between the Atlantic coast in the east and
the Andes in the west streches the vast grassland of the Pampas and
Patagonias. Here you can still experience the wild romanticism of the
gaucho culture. The natural wonders of the impressive Iguazu waterfalls
in the border region to Brazil, and the whales and elephant seals near
the Valdéz peninsula, all offer unique worlds of experience, as do the
spectacular glacier landscape of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego's
lighthouse at the end of the World.