Experience Buenos Aires through the eyes of an Argentine

  Joy is a brilliant tour guide. The tour was entertaining and informative and a great way to be introduced to the city.
The tour of Recoleta cemetery was great,... read more we learnt a lot of history and saw the grave of Evita Peron. We also visited La Boca and San Telmo amongst other important sights in the city.

  This was a fantastic tour! Joy was so knowledgeable about the history and significance of all the tour stops in Buenos Aires. In addition, I contacted her the day before... read more we wanted a tour and she quickly put together a plan and hired a private driver for my family. Joy is an amazing tour guide and friendly person. It was an incredible experience and I recommend it to anyone visiting Buenos Aires!!

  Argentina was a last minute trip and spending time in Buenos Aires didn't become an option until the day before my flight. I didn't want to waste my one day... read more I had to explore B.A., so I took a chance on a tour guide recommendation from a FB group.

Upon landing I reached out to Joy. She was quick to respond and listened to my interests in order to build a customized itinerary. Joy talked me through the safest transportation options at the airport and met me at my accommodation in a matter of a couple hrs.

I chose a whole day walking tour. No regrets. Joy has a high level knowledge of the history, architecture, culture, art music,language and food of Argentina. We visited all the main attractions, along with things most tourists may not know about.

As our day was coming to an end, so did the sun and clear skies. We got caught in the rain. My umbrella could not withstand the wind. Joy was so gracious to lend me hers as she tried to avoid becoming drenched herself in arain jacket.

I would HIGHLY recommend Joy. Even after the tour,she continued to help me with setting up Covid test for my flight home. She has endless recommendations for not only B.A. but other regions in Argentina. I could not have asked for a better certified guide to help me fall in love Argentina.

  Best experience makers in Buenos Aires✅ - Joy and her team are the top experience makers in Buenos Aires. Highly recommended. Great fun, very well organized and will be using them again.

  Took a tour of the Boca district, Buenos Aires. Joy speaks perfect English, is polite, takes the time to make sure all your questions are answered, and you get to... read more know all the facts and history of the places you visit. Gathered with a group, she made sure we stuck together, arranged transportation beforehand, and after sightseeing took us to watch (and celebrate) the final match of the local football cup, won by Boca. Great night with good memories, all thanks to Joy. Would recommend!

  Stop looking elsewhere for a tour! If Joy is available, book NOW. I used led short-term study abroad programs for universities for 5 years so I have gone on countless... read more city tours, and Joy's Origin of Buenos Aires is without a doubt the best walking tour I have experienced. Joy perfectly balances authenticity and fun with professionalism and deep subject matter expertise. Her love of Buenos Aires shines through the tour and she goes above and beyond to provide useful tips and tricks to navigating Buenos Aires. I would highly recommend to anyone visiting BA!

  Passionate, competent, present, joyful, spontaneous, sociable, lots of good local connections, punctual, all in all - she is in my opinion must have experience of Buenos Aires. Real deal.

  Fantastic BA Walking Tour - Incredible walking tour of Plaza de Mayo, La Boca and San Telmo. Joy is super knowledgeable and a great story teller. She really wraps you into the history of the... read more area and gives great tips and recommendations along the way. She is extremely personable and flexible and I would absolutely tour with her again. Gracias Joy!

  We had the pleasure of taking multi day tours with Joy. Her tours were full of detail and often went over the allotted time. She arranged so much for... read more us, not just tours. She pre-arranged private airport transportation for us, exchanged money for us in advance so that we would have pesos (at the blue rate) upon arrival, booked the BEST tango show for us, organized a wonderful Polo day, booked restaurant and hotel reservations for us and so much more.

Joy is organized, professional, knowledgeable, caring and absolutely WONDERFUL. She also cares for your safety and provided common sense tips for travelling about the city (she was our protective Angel).

Make your holiday JOY-ful by hiring Joy!

  Joy was a fabulous tour guide who described the culture and history of "the Paris of South America" in her own charismatic fashion.
We were taken to both the... read more north and south side of this gorgeous city.
Joy showed us around Recoleta cemetery and shared the stories of the people of interest buried there such as Eva Peron and the Irish-born admiral William Brown.
La Casa Rosada; the vibrant La Boca and Mercado San Telmo were also visited as part of the itinerary for the day.
She also managed to point out other iconic landmarks as we and their significance to the inhabitants as we passed through the city and I was left with a sense of awe at the beauty and rich culture of the place and people.
I cannot recommend her highly enough and this tour was one of my most memorable experiences of Buenos Aires!!

  I had an amazing local experience with Joy. Felt truly guided to the best of what BA has to offer. With the areco experience, I felt in tune with my... read more surroundings horseriding and the asado + wine after was absolutely exquisite. Some of the best steak I ever had. What I really liked was the choose your own adventure nature of the plans for the rest of the day which was perfect to really explore the town at my own pace with my group. All in all, worth every penny!

  I was super excited to visit Buenos Aires, and I am so happy that I chose Joy to be our private guide for the day!
Joy and I started texting... read more a few days prior to our arrival and she took a lot of time helping us define the scope of our tour since we only had about 5 hours available. She was able to accommodate one of our other friends on the tour at the last minute and even got us a bigger vehicle! We had an outstanding private driver for the day as well!

She gave us a wonderful tour and showed us many of the must sees of this incredible city.
Joy is extremely knowledgeable and her love of Buenos Aires comes thru beautifully in every stop we made.
We truly left with a new love and appreciation of the city and are dying to go back!
Joy showed us: Recoleta Cemetery, San Telmo, Defensa st,
Parque 3 de Febrero
Obelisco
La Boca
Caminito
Puerto Madero
Hippodrome
Cathedral
Casa Rosa
Palermo
UBA law school
Metal flower
Large Fig Tree
Planetarium
Alvear ave.
Floating casino
Teatro Colón
&
Avenida 9 de Julio!!!!!!!

Yes, it was truly a wonderful day full of sights and stories. Most of all we enjoyed learning from Joy’s vast knowledge and the passion she shares it with! Highly recommend Joy for a tour to Buenos Aires. Joy is Truly an outstanding tour guide!!!!