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Tourist category 3 stars / Superior category 4 stars / First category 5 stars hotel accommodation with breakfast

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Day 1 Day 1: Santiago
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Santiago

Arrival at the Santiago airport and transfer to the Hotel. In the afternoon we´ll visit the city

defined by relevant international media as a surprising destination. Santiago stands out as a

cosmopolitan and vibrant Capital that perfectly combines tradition and modernity. The tour

will allow you to know the origin of the city and emblematic places such as the Plaza de

Armas, the Cathedral, the Post Office Building and the Santiago Municipality You will also

visit the Palace La Moneda, seat of the Central Government and the most traditional

neighborhoods of the historic center. The tour also includes a visit to Santa Lucia hill, called Huelen by the native peoples, a true urban oasis in the middle of the city center. There you´ll learn more about the history of Chile and enjoy privileged views of the Capital. The second part of the route will take you to the East of the Capital where the Financial Center of Santiago is located, known for its modern buildings, imposing Crystal Towers and works of outstanding national architects. Overnight.
Day 2 Day 2: Vina Del Mar - Valparaiso
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Vina Del Mar - Valparaiso

Breakfast. We´ll start our tour from your hotel in Santiago from 08: 00 am. approximately,

on a 120 km journey to the Pacific Ocean. Here we´ll appreciate the diversity of the

landscape of the Curacaví Valley, to follow the Casablanca Valley, best known for the great

production of white wine of the Sauvignon Blanc variety, among others. On the way we

will stop at Veramonte Vineyard, one of the most important in the Valley. Here together

with knowing their wineries and the process of making their wines we´ll have a tasting of

some of them. Arriving in Valparaíso (Legislative Capital and main port of our country), declared by UNESCO as Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This will surprise us to see how their houses nestled in the hills make it a pretty picturesque city. We´ll visit the main attractions of the city: Victoria and Sotomayor squares, Monument to the Naval Glorias Paseo 21 de Mayo

(we will go up to this viewpoint to appreciate this beautiful port, one of the most important

in our country) we´ll also walk through the hills like the emblematic Cerro Alegre, climbing the different elevators, (1883-1902) to blend with the Buenos Aires environment. Value of the elevator not included. We´ll continue the tour to Viña Del Mar, known as the Garden City In this place we can see the Flower Clock, the Casino de Juegos and Reñaca; place where we will stop for lunch (on behalf of the passengers) and then take a short walk along the beach. Returning to Santiago, along the coastal road we will show and enter the Quinta Vergara, a place known for its International Song Festival, to return to Santiago. Overnight.
Day 3 Day 3: Santiago, Puerto Montt
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Santiago, Puerto Montt

Breakfast. By the morning transfer to the airport to embark with destination to Puerto Montt. Arrival and transfer to Puerto Varas. By the afternoon there will be a visit to Frutillar, a living testimony of the German colonization in Chile. Beautiful village on the shores of the Lake offers a beautiful Teatro del Lago where weekly national and international presentations are made. Return to Puerto Varas. Overnight.
Day 4 Day 4: Lago Todos Los Santos And Peulla
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Lago Todos Los Santos And Peulla

Breakfast. By the morning we’ll go out to make one of the most beautiful excursions in this

country. We´ll start visiting Saltos del Petrohue. Here you´ll witness, among the typical

vegetation of the native forest, waterfalls that, due to their formation, are of great beauty.

From here we´ll continue to Petrohue to embark on the Catamaran in which we´ll visit this

beautiful lake also known as Emerald Lake because of the color of its waters. In the tour we

will see a beautiful vegetation dotted with volcanoes and hills. We arrived at. Here we´ll

see a charming little place and we´ll have time to explore the forest and Peulla have lunch

on your own. By the afternoon we´ll return to the Catamaran to start the return navigation.

Arrival in Petrohue and from here transfer to Puerto Varas. Overnight.
Day 5 Day 5: Puerto Montt
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Puerto Montt

Breakfast. In the morning we will move to the port in Puerto Montt to embark on the Ferry

that will take us to surprise with the beauty of the Patagonian Channels. Once on board,

crew members will provide passengers with a welcome speech along with some data for a

safe and entertaining navigation, to later sail at 4:00 p.m. and navigate through the Fjords of

Patagonia, with final destination the city of Puerto Natales. The navigation will start at the

Reloncaví Sound, Gulf of Ancud and at nightfall will be made the Apiao Channel and later

the Corcovado Gulf.
Day 6 Day 6: Moraleda Channel - Oceanic Area - Golfo De Penas
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Moraleda Channel - Oceanic Area - Golfo De Penas

The sunrise will surprise us navigating the southernmost part of the Corcovado Gulf, where

the Captain, according to the meteorological information received, the data of the tidal

currents in the channels and the ephemeris of stars such as the Moon and the Sun, will

decide the route more suitable to continue the journey, having, among others, the following

options to exit the Oceanic Area: 1. Boca del Guafo, 2. Ninualac Channel, 3. Pulluche Canal. With the possibility of accessing other channels, depending even, situations of visibility, transit and crossing with other ships. If you choose to go out to the open sea through Boca del Guafo, you will immediately sail between the Chonos Archipelago and Guafo Island, to quickly exit to the Oceanic Area. If the option is to exit through the Ninualac Channel, navigating all morning through the Moraleda Channel, we will arrive at the vicinity of the Tuap Island, where it will turn towards the west, and we will start navigating the Ninualac Channel, leaving to the open sea in the course of the afternoon. On the other hand, if you choose to sail through the Pulluche Canal, you will pass through the Moraleda Channel, a transit place for notable navigators and canoeists from the Chonos and Chiloé Archipelago. Later we will sail through the Errázuriz Channel, then the Chacabuco and finally we will enter the Pulluche Canal, the most exuberant in vegetation (lengas and cypress forests). If luck accompanies us we could see dolphins, sea lions and wild birds. At dusk we will start the oceanic navigation in the sector immediately north of the Gulf of Penas, for the night to enter fully to it. The open sea crossing, will last approximately 12 hours with good weather and where it is possible to see Humpback, Minke and Blue whales (depending on the time of year and weather). (Continued) Silver Petrel Southern Dolphin. Moraleda Channel.
Day 7 Day 7: Bajo Cotopaxi - Puerto Edén
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Bajo Cotopaxi - Puerto Edén

We´ll dawn sailing between fjords and cross the Messier Canal, which reaches 1,270

meters deep, a feature that makes it the deepest in the area; In this channel we´ll also have

the opportunity to meet the cargo ship "Captain Leonidas", which is stranded since the 70s

on a submerged island called "Bajo Cotopaxi". This ship is currently used as a navigation

beacon and point of reference for sailors. Shortly after we cross the English Angostura, to

reach the town of Puerto Eden, where is the last population of indigenous Alacalufes of

Chile, which is located on Wellington Island, one of the largest in the country. It is part of

the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park. After a short stay in that town (only for embarkation

and disembarkation of residents of Puerto Eden), we´ll restart our navigation through the

Patagonian channels, called Paso del Indio, Paso del Abismo, Canales Wide, Concepción,

Inocentes, Angostura Guide, Canal Sarmiento ,Farquar Pass, Collingwood Strait, Union

Channel, Sobenes Pass (the southernmost of our route), Paso Escobar Doxrud and Canal

Morla Vicuña
Day 8 Day 8: Angostura White
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Angostura White

We´ll wake up navigating the Santa María Channel and then reach the narrowest pass of the

route, the Angostura White with only 80 meters wide. Then we´ll sail in Seno Union to later enter the access channel to the city of Puerto Natales, where our great adventure ends. The disembarkation in Puerto Eden and the transit in the channels, is done only if the conditions of the sea, itinerary and climate allow it, always at the Captain’s discretion. IMPORTANT: The dates and times are estimated and must be confirmed within 48 hours prior to the departure indicated in this document. From here we´ll move to our hotel in Puerto Natales. Rest of the day free to visit this beautiful town of Chilean Patagonia.
Day 9 Day 9: Torres Del Paine
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Torres Del Paine

The excursion begins with a visit to the Cueva del Milodón, a remarkable cavern 200 meters long, 30 meters high and 80 meters wide, located 25 km from Puerto Natales. A half-hour walk will take us into the cave, known for the discovery of fresh skin and bones from a prehistoric species of giant sloth, the milodón. There have also been found remains of other extinct animals, such as the dwarf horse, the bear, the panther and the sabertoothed tiger. In Cerro Castillo where we make a stop in a cafeteria and then continue to Torres del Paine crossing numerous rooms and a landscape that goes from the steppe to the deciduous forest. Along the way it´s possible to spot local fauna including the South American ostrich or ostrich and the guanaco, a wild camelid. Torres del Paine is known worldwide for the massifs that give it its name, a giant of granites modeled by the force of glacial ice. After entering the park we discovered a series of intense colored lagoons, mountains covered with ice and abundant local fauna. Then we´ll stop for a 15 minute walk to the Salto Grande on the Paine River. After lunch we continue to Lake Gray, where we will take a walk to a panoramic point from which we can see the icebergs and the glacier of the same name. Subsequently, the return to Puerto Natales is undertaken by the same route, or by the path that borders the lakes Toro, Porteño and Sofia. Overnight.
Day 10 Day 10: Puerto Natales Punta Arenas
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Puerto Natales Punta Arenas

Breakfast. By the morning transfer to the bus terminal to take the bus to the city of Punta

Arenas. Arrive and transfer to the hotel. Free afternoon. Overnight.
Day 11 Day 11: Punta Arenas Santiago
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11: Punta Arenas Santiago

Breakfast. By the morning we´ll make a visit to this beautiful city of Patagonia. Punta Arenas is the capital of Chilean Patagonia and the starting point of numerous expeditions to the Antarctic continent. Founded in 1848 at the southern tip of the American continent, Punta Arenas was initially a penal colony and then became an important pole of European immigrants and the Chiloé archipelago. On this tour we´ll visit Cerro de Le Cruz, with colorful views of the city, the Strait of Magellan and the island of Tierra del Fuego. Later we´ll go to Plaza Muñoz Gamero, which has been the heart of Punta Arenas since the end of the 19th century and has great activity and handicraft stalls where it´s possible to buy souvenirs, as well as appreciate the monument to Hernando de Magallanes and built neoclassical buildings by magnates of livestock. The tour continues at the Maggiorino Borgatello Sales Museum, one of the oldest museums in Chile, whose permanent exhibition offers collections of local flora and fauna, colonial artifacts, ethnography, Antarctica, cartography, industry, and pieces from the Salesian missions of the island. Dawson and Rio Grande. Before returning to the hotel, the excursion also allows you to get to know the northern sector of the city with its monuments, such as that dedicated to the sheepherder, the Croatian immigrant and oil. By the afternoon transfer to the airport to embark with destination to the city of Santiago. Arrive and transfer to the hotel.
Day 12 Day 12: Santiago
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 12: Santiago

Breakfast. At the agreed time, transfer to the airport to embark for your home.

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Chilean Patagonia Through Its Channels - 12 Days

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Itinerary of your trip Chilean Patagonia Through Its Channels - 12 Days

Day 1: Santiago

Day 2: Vina Del Mar - Valparaiso

Day 3: Santiago, Puerto Montt

Day 4: Lago Todos Los Santos And Peulla

Day 5: Puerto Montt

Day 6: Moraleda Channel - Oceanic Area - Golfo De Penas

Day 7: Bajo Cotopaxi - Puerto Edén

Day 8: Angostura White

Day 9: Torres Del Paine

Day 10: Puerto Natales Punta Arenas

Day 11: Punta Arenas Santiago

Day 12: Santiago

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