11 days tour

Patagonia Mountains And Glaciers: From Puerto Natales To El

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Patagonia Mountains And Glaciers: From Puerto Natales To El

This tour includes:

Transport

- Private transfers from / to the airport in all destinations - Private transfers from / to the bus station in all destinations - Bus from Puerto Natales - El Calafate - Bus El Calafate - El Chalten - El Calafate

Meals

- 11 Breakfast, 3 Box Lunchs

Others

- 3 Nights Accommodations in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base - 4 Nights Accommodations in El Calafate - Double or Single Base - 3 Nights Accommodations in El Chalten - Double or Single Base - Full Day Tour Torres del Paine National Park & Milodon Caves with Box Lunch - Entrance Fee to Torres del Paine National Park - Full Day Tour Perito Moreno Glacier with Safari Nautico Boat Trip - Entrance Fee to Los Glaciares National Park - 10 Breakfast, 3 Box Lunchs

Guide

Accommodation

Standard Accommdoation - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Factoria or simiar in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base - 4 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Las Dunas or simiar in El Calafate - Double or Single Base - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Infinito Sur or simiar in El Chalten - Double or Single Base Superior Accommdoation - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Weskar Lodge or simiar in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base - 4 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Kosten Aike or simiar in El Calafate - Double or Single Base - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Chalten Suites or simiar in El Chalten - Double or Single Base

Not included:

Others

- Medical / Life insurance - Tips - Drinks and Beverages - Flights and airport fees - Services non shown in the itinerary. - Optional Excursions

Insurance

- Medical / life insurance is non included on this trip

Flights

- Flights are non included on this trip.

Optional

Other activities and services are not included.

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Itinerary of your trip Patagonia Mountains And Glaciers: From Puerto Natales To El

  • Day 1 Punta Arenas Airport - Puerto Natales
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Punta Arenas Airport - Puerto Natales

      We welcome you at Punta Arenas`s Airport and the we transfer to our hotel in Puerto Natales. The rest of the day is at leisure to visit the town on our own.

      Lodging in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base

      Meals: NULL  

  • Day 2 Torres Del Paine National Park & Milodon Caves
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Torres Del Paine National Park & Milodon Caves

      Today we will visit Torres del Paine National Park, World Heritage by the UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization). In this adventure through Chilean lands, it has as its main attractions the Mirador del Lago Sarmiento de Gamboa, Saltos del Rรญo Paine, Upper Mirador Cerro Almirante Nieto, Cuernos del Paine, Entrance of Laguna Amarga.

      Once inside Torres del Paine National Park, we are ready to start with the different trekking trails. Where, accompanied by our local experts, a lunch box is provided. Then we will continue exploring and knowing the southernmost part of Patagonia, we will learn about its flora and fauna. Then we return to Puerto Natales.

      Lodging in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast, Box Luch 

      Adventure Supplement: Trek to Viewpoint las Torres in Torres del Paine National Park 

      We will leave Puerto Natales and head north towards the Torres del Paine National Park. After a 2-hour trip, we will reach the Estancia Torres del Paine, the starting point for our hike. First, our guide will give a short presentation, and then we will begin hiking on the trail that will take us to an old bridge that crosses the Asencio River. After a one-hour hike, we will arrive at the El Chileno Campsite shaded by a breathtaking lenga tree forest, crossing numerous springs cascading from the Almirante Nieto Mountain.

      We will make a short stop and then continue on our way to the next lookout point at an altitude of 700 meters (2,297 ft.). From here, the trail will get steeper and a half an hour later we will reach the Las Torres Base from the eastern side of the lagoon. Here we will have a stunning view of the three towers (Central, Monzino, and Dagostini) and the Peineta and Nido de Cรณndores Mountains, if the cloud conditions allow it. With this view as our backdrop, we will have some time to rest. We will return on the same trail until reaching the starting point, where we will go back to Puerto Natales by vehicle.

      *Reaching the Las Torres Base lookout point depends on the physical conditions of the participants and current weather conditions. No refunds will be given in the event that a participant is not able to reach the lookout point due to the aforementioned reasons.

  • Day 3 Puerto Natales
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Puerto Natales

      Free day in Puerto Natales to visit the city on our own or to do any of the optional tours.

      Lodging in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast  

      Optional Excursion Recommended: Balmaseda and Serrano Navegation 

      The trip will start in Puerto Natales and on our way, it will be possible to see the buildings that belongs to โ€œFrigorรญfico Boriesโ€ which was one of the biggest meat industries in Patagonia. You can also observe an imperial cormorant colony, a small sea-lions colony and a huge variety of plants that form the flora such as coigรผe, cinnamon tree, lenga, รฑirre and the calafate. Balmaceda Glacier can be seen from the boat while for Serrano Glacier, a 20 minutesโ€™ walk is necessary, through a path that borders a small lake that appears with the melting glacier. On our way back, we will have a typical Patagonian lunch. Then we go back to our accommodation in Puerto Natales. 

  • Day 4 Puerto Natales - El Calafate
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Puerto Natales - El Calafate

      At the indicated time we transfer to Puerto Natalesยดs bus station (rodoviario) to take the bus that will take us to El Calafate, the land of glaciers. Upon arrival a transfer will be waiting for us to take us to our accommodation. 

      Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast

      Optional Excursion Recommended: Dinner Experience at Rancho A parte

      Rancho Aparte experience will allow you to savor home-cooked meal in a warm and friendly atmosphere. The dishes are prepared with local products and a ubiquitous ingredient in homemade food...lots of love!

      The menu is accompanied by selected wine pairings from Argentine and Patagonian wineries. Therefore, with each course we respect the aromas and flavors in a harmonious and palatable way. It has four fixed menus; two of them "traditional". They are based on regional cuisine and adapt the local products to a journey of unforgettable flavors. The other two menus are "vegetarians or vegans". They are designed so that those who choose this type of food can also enjoy this experience, where most of the ingredients used are selected from organic farms in the area.

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  • Day 5 Perito Moreno Glacier With Safari Nautico Boat Trip
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Perito Moreno Glacier With Safari Nautico Boat Trip

      We dedicate this day to one of the Worldโ€™s Natural Wonder: the Moreno glacier. This ice field- type glacier flows down from the Patagonian Icefield, a big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometers is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favorable local conditions, this glacier is the only one in the world that shows a closure and rupture process. The road leads to the very front of the glacier, which will be only meters away from your eyes. The roar of the chunks of ice falling inside the glacier or from the glacier into the lake, the frequent collapse of the front seracs into the turquoise water, makes out of this day a very special and unique experience.

      Then we wil go up to โ€œBajo de las Sombrasโ€ from where, you will board the catamaran boat to navigate the Lago Rico where your will be able to appreciate the amazing ice wall of the Perito Moreno Glacier and its icebergs. Then we go back to our accommodation in El Calafate.

      Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast 

      Optional Excursion Recommended: Minitrekking - Ice Trek on Perito Moreno Glacier


  • Day 6 El Calafate
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      El Calafate

      Free day to visit El Calafate on our own or to do any of the optional excursions that El Calafate has to offer us. We suggest to visit El Chalten on a full day tour, a picturesque village at the foot of Mount Fitz Roy. 

      Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast

      Optional Excursion Recommended: Full Day Ranch Nibepo Aike with Lunch

      Opportunity to spend the day at the ranch which allows to know the history of the estancia, admire the gaucho skills and demonstration of shearing. Before lunch, a walk or horseback ride to the narrows where the Roca Lake drains into the Argentino Lake, culminating the program with the renowned lamb roast.

      Reception with hot drinks and fried cakes/homemade puddings, walk around the old historic quarter, milking and herding sheep, shearing demonstration and rein testing.

      Lunch: Roast Lamb with salads, dessert and a drink.

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  • Day 7 El Calafate - El Chalten
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      El Calafate - El Chalten

      Early in the morning we will take the bus that will take us to El Chalten. The tour lasts three hours, through which Lake Argentino and Lake Viedma Glacier are the main protagonists. From the beginning of our trip we will see the Cerro Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, the flora, the fauna, the hydrography and the orography of a unique place in the world. At the Parador La Leona you have 15 minutes to visit the museum, the cafeteria, and the facilities of the property where the Expert Francisco Moreno was attacked by a cougar that almost took his life. Once we arrive at El Chalten the rest of the afternoon is at leisure to visit the town.

      Lodging in El Chalten - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast

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  • Day 8 Fitz Roy Trek, Laguna De Los Tres
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Fitz Roy Trek, Laguna De Los Tres

      We start from El Chaltรฉn traveling the 12 km that separate us from Rio Electrico, where all the main trek begins. We begin the walk of 17 km in total, bordering the Blanco River where after an hour and crossing beautiful forests of Lengas and ร‘ires we will arrive at the Mirador del Glaciar Piedras Blancas , where we will have an incredible frontal view of the glacier.

      Continuing along the trail we will reach the Poincenot area, from where the ascent of about 300 meters, about 90 minutes in total, begin to reach the Laguna de los Tres, facing the central wall, one of the most spectacular viwpoints of El Chalten. On our way back we will have lunch to renew energy.

      Then continue the descent back visiting the Capri Lagoon and the Estancia Madsen Viewpoint, to be in El Chaltรฉn around 5:00 p.m

      Lodging in El Chalten - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch 

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  • Day 9 Mount Torre Trek
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Mount Torre Trek

      Today the rest of the day is free. We recomend you to walk along Cerro Torre Trail. The trail runs along beech forest, bogs and shrubland and leads to Laguna Torre, enclosed by moraines and with Glacier Grande calving in its west side. It is usual to see icebergs pushed by the wind in the coast of the lagoon. The thin and elegant 3128 mts of Cerro Torre group and the Adela range in the background complete this spectacular view. In the afternoon we hike back to El Chalten along Cerro Torre trail.

      Lodging in El Chalten - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch 

  • Day 10 El Chaltรฉn - El Calafate
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      El Chaltรฉn - El Calafate

      We can take the free day to get to know the town of El Chaltรฉn to visit its chapel or go to the Lago del Desierto, famous for its historic border conflict between Argentina and Chile and being one of the prettiest sites of the region. In the afternoon we take our bus back to El Calafate.

      Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base 

      Meals: Breakfast

      ยญOptional Excursion Recommended: Nativo Experience, Lakes and Caverns with Dinner 

      It is an excursion in 4ร—4 along the coast of Lake Argentino. Ideal for the day of arrival or departure, it has an anthropological approach, making a tour at the time about the passing of man in these lands, rediscovering the stories of the first expeditions and daring that ventured into the unknown. Between the cliffs and overlooking the Andes Mountains, the excursion focuses on the first contacts of those expeditionaries with the natives, and then enter the Tehuelche world.

      On the banks of the lake are the caves where thousands of years ago that culture left its marks on the rock and that today induce us to its interpretation. Finally, the excursion culminates in another cave where lunch or dinner is included that will transport us to those remote years. 


  • Day 11 Departure El Calafate
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Departure El Calafate

      At the indicated time we transfer to El Calafate airport where our services end. 

      Meals: Breakfast 

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Experience Style

Experience Style

Mixed

There will be challenging activities such as hiking, biking, canyoning and trekking, but youโ€™re also going to have other means of transportation and relaxed moments to just chill.

Accomodation level

Accomodation level

Medium

This accommodation includes essential services like a hot shower, electricity, and a nice and comfy bed.

Experience Type

Experience Type

Personal

Youโ€™ll be just with your guide or pilot. Examples of these activities are paragliding, sky diving, personal mountain climbing, etc.

Physical Rating

Physical Rating

Average

There are several physical activities that last from 2 to 6 hours in easy terrains, low altitude flats, or water experiences. Please ask if youโ€™re not sure this applies to you.

Age range

Age range

Min: 18 / Max: 75

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