Duration: | 9 Day(s) - 8 Night(s) |
Tour Category: | Nature Tours |
Departures: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Day 1: Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales
(We suggest the first flight to reach Punta Arenas before 12:00 hrs.). Reception at the Punta Arenas. Depart to Puerto Natales at 16:00 hrs.(249 km / 3 hours of trip) city visiting the way Seno Otway Penguin Colony (available from October 15). Arrival in the city of Puerto Natales. Lodging.
Day 2: Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine
Breakfast. Departure at 7.30 hrs. from your hotel to begin a day-long excursion that will take you to the impressive Natural Monument “Milodon Cave” and, later on, the day, to the Torres del Paine National Park, where you will be welcomed by a beautiful panoramic of the Paine mountains.
You will also be able to admire lakes, such as Sarmiento, Nordenskjold, and Pehoe. Its rich fauna will be present through guanacos foxes, and other animals, as well as dozens of species of birds, which you can easily see and photograph on the way there.
A short walk will take you to the Salto Grande, a marvelous waterfall. Then, taking the main road again, you will be able to see the administrative office of CONAF, and then continue the trip to Grey Lake, where you can walk through a millenary forest that ends by a beach that shows the huge ice blocks that get detached from the even more impressive glaciers. Lunch included. Lodging in Torres del Paine. (B, L)
Day 3: Torres del Paine
Breakfast.Free Day. Lodging in Torres del Paine. (B)
Day 4: Torres del Paine - Perito Moreno Glacier - Calafate ( Argentina)
Breakfast. Early exit to begin an excursion to the famous Glacier Perito Moreno, located in Argentino Lake, the only glacier in the world that continues to advance and offers the most beautiful display of nature when ice blocks detach from it and fall into the lake below.
The huge ice mass has 195 km2, and a frontal wall of 2.500 mts. and over 60 meters in height. Of the 356 glaciers found in "Los Glaciares National Park", Perito Moreno is the most famous and known worldwide. Ride to the bus terminal and then to your hotel. Accommodations in El Calafate. (B, BL)
Day 5: Calafate ( Argentina)
Breakfast. All glaciers excursion. Navigation through the north side of the Argentinian lake. Box lunch included. (B, BL)
Day 6: Calafate - Ushuaia
Continental breakfast. Ride from the hotel to the airport in Calafate. Reception at the Ushuaia airport and ride to the hotel. In the afternoon, tour around the city to visit the Museum at the End of the World. Lodging in Ushuaia. (B)
Day 7: Ushuaia (Argentina)
Breakfast. Departure to Tierra del Fuego National Park, located only 12 kilometers away from the city. There, you can see several species of Andes-Patagonia forest, spread on 63.000 hectares. Before going into the National Park, we will ride on the End of the World Train to experience an unforgettable ride down the original railway that used to move, until 1947, the train that took prisoners to the jail in Ushuaia.
The greatest attraction in the park is Lapataia Bay, the most southern point in the American continent, where you can see the wonders of the Beagle Channel. Return to hotel. Lodging in Ushuaia. (B)
Day 8: Ushuaia - Punta Arenas
At 5:30 am transfer to the bus station to take a regular bus to the city of Punta Arenas (estimated time 10 hours). Reception at the bus terminal and transfer to the selected hotel, and lodging.
Day 9: Punta Arenas
Breakfast in the hotel and transfer to the airport.
Important:
- The excursion to Otway Inlet Penguin Colony can be done from October 15 until March.
- Availability is subject to confirmation at the time of booking.
Included:
- Shuttle with regular driver in Spanish.
- Service regular excursions with a bilingual guide.
- Accommodation in hotels listed or similar, breakfast included.
- All excursions and/or browsers listed.
- Food included in the program (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, BL=Box Lunch).
- Chilean Tickets Parks and Perito Moreno Park.
- Program with no minimum of passengers and dates of initiation.
- Seno Otway Penguin (October 15 to March 15 of operating).
Not Included:
- Air ticket and shipping fee.
- Argentinian side National Parks Tickets, except Perito Moreno.
- Insurance.
- Extras