The central eastern edge of Buenos Aires is home to an ecological reserve, called Costanera Sur, located between the city and the Rio De La Plata. This location is incredible for such a vast, peaceful, safe-haven for both animals and your city-tested sanity alike. We weren't in Buenos Aires long enough to really need such a retreat or reboot but this place was still great enough for us to visit twice during our one week stay in the city. There are over 8 kilometers of paths, much of which are along the coast and the Rio De La Plata. Being within a 20-30 minute walk of the center of the city, you can be completely isolated in nature. We saw 3 large lizards (I believe Argentine Black and White Tegus) and a lot of cute rodents (that I think were Azara's Agouti). It'd be easy to forget you were in the 2nd largest metropolis area in all of South America yet the towers of Puerto Maderno occasionally peak through to remind you from a distance of the city's proximity.
You can easily spend an afternoon walking the perimeter of the the reserve as we did. We also rode bikes through the reserve while on an afternoon bike tour that took us through various parts of the city and lasted for about 3 hours.
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