DAY 1: BUENOS AIRES

Arrival to the capital of Argentina. Transfer to the hotel and after a short break we will start visiting Buenos Aires, once called the Paris of the South. We will see the colorful district of La Boca, as well as the beautiful streets of San Telmo. We will visit the Cathedral and Plaza de Mayo – the main square of the city, the site of many historical events, including the May Revolution, as well as demonstrations and protests. Then the elegant and aristocratic district of Recoleta and the famous cemetery, considered a work of art, being the resting place of many famous personalities, such as Evita Peron. Overnight in the hotel.

DAY 2: BUENOS AIRES – BARILOCHE – VILLA LA ANGOSTURA     

Today you will take a flight to Bariloche, from where you will be transferred to the Villa La Angostura, resort on shore of Nahuel Huapi glacial Lake, surrounded by forests and Andes mountains, with beautiful Alpine-style wooden buildings. Overnight in the hotel.

DAY 3:  RUTA DE LOS SIETE LAGOS          

Today you will enjoy the famous Ruta de los Siete Lagos (“the Seven Lakes Route”) winds through one of the most picturesque areas of northern Argentine Patagonia, connecting the popular towns of Villa La Angostura and San Martin de los Andes in the province of Neuquen. You will travel Route 234, which now forms part of the famous Route 40. You will cross through two national parks: Lanin and Nahuel Huapi encountering seven different lakes along the way, as the name suggests. These are lakes Nahuel Huapi, Espejo, Correntoso, Escondido, Villarino, Falkner and Machónico.  Each attraction has a unique landscape, surrounded by olive and lush forests. Once in San Martin de los Andes, on the shore of Lake Lacar, You will explore the city and the main street. Back to Villa La Angostura. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 4:  BOSQUE DE ARRAYANES –   BARILOCHE

Today you will enjoy tour to see amazing forest of Arrayanes. The Futaleufú Catamaran sails from Puerto de la Mansa (official port of Villa La Angostura) to Bosque Los Arrayanes, located in the extreme southwest of the Quetrihué Peninsula.

Due to the characteristics of this northern sector of Lake Nahuel Huapi, navigation is extremely calm, obtaining maximum comfort to be able to enjoy the wonderful environment offered by the bays of the Villa (Balsas, Cumelén and Manzano) and the setting of the Andes. After sailing 45 minutes, you will arrive at the Los Arrayanes Forest, unique in the world for the purity and size of its specimens up to 400 years old, with a height of 25m and a diameter of 1m approximately, and with its incomparable and irresistible cinnamon-colored bark and cold to the touch. A separate gift if they are in bloom and not to mention, if magic accompanies it, to see the orchids that grow on the trunks of the ground.

In the Forest you will travel its trails with our professional guides, who will transmit to you, above all things, the care and respect with which we must treat our Reserves and National Parks and natural life in general, as some than other interesting anecdotes and stories about the area.

At the end of the tour, you can visit the Tea House of the Forest, a picturesque building from 1933. Without a doubt, when you return to Villa La Angostura, you will be imbued with the magic, the mysteries and the beauty of this paradisiacal place.

Next you will travel to San Carlos de Bariloche (commonly called Bariloche) is a town in Argentina’s Patagonia region. It borders as well with Nahuel Huapi surrounded by the Andes Mountains. Bariloche is known for its Swiss alpine-style architecture and its chocolate, sold in shops lining Calle Mitre, the main street.

DAY 5: CRUCE ANDINO          

Today you will have a unique experience sailing through The Andes Mountains across three beautiful lakes that are connected by four overland legs, from San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina to Puerto Varas in Chile. A journey that can be enjoyed on any day of the year, exploring the beauty of mountainous landscapes that take you through the most colorful region of the Patagonia. You will sail across Lago Nahuel Huapi. You will observe the grandeur of the landscapes, the green tones of the forests and birds that fly close. Next lake will be Lago Frias. Along stretch of this lake you will experienced beautiful views of Cerro Tronador. Time for a break in Peulla, an ecological lodge and a paradise for nutere lovers. Here you can get a lunch (additional coast). And now time for Lago Todos los Santos, here if the weather permits, different and breathtaking views of the Osorno and Puntiagudo volcanoes. You will continue to Puerto Varas passing by Lago Llanquihe. Impressive views of Osorno and Calbuco volcanoes dominate the landscape. Arrival to Puerto Varas. Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 6: ALERCE ANDINO NP

Today you will go on a trekking trip to the Alerce Andino National Park, created in 1982 and part of the Moderate Rainforest Biosphere Reserve in the Southern Andes, located 1.5 hours from the city of Puerto Varas. Trip will be dominated by a forest consisting of larch, evergreen, coigüe de Magallanes and lenga. Among the mammals that, with a bit of luck, you might be able to see a pudu, a gray fox and a chingue, or perhaps a puma, güin or a mountain monkey that lives there! In the sky, in the treetops and steep walls of the Andean massif, you can see the condor, the black woodpecker, huet huet, kingfisher, peuco, caiquén, cachudito and torcaza, and in its countless lakes the native fish “percatrucha”. The total route will be almost 8 kilometers to Laguna Triangulo and return along the same path (maximum altitude 551m and around 6-8 hours round trip). One of the main goals will be to discover one of the oldest species on Earth: Larch or Lahuen, reaching over 60 meters and 2,600 years!

DAY 7: VINCENTE PEREZ ROSALES NP              

During this Full Day in the Vicente Perez Rosales national park you will visit the Petrohue waterfalls, navigate the Emerald lake, hike in the slopes of Osorno and when the weather is nice, you will marvel with the view of most of the volcanoes in the area. But, if rain and clouds join us, you will be more focus in the flora and how the volcano is modulating the landscape. Distance of your trekking will cover app. 7km. We will park our transport in the Petrohue port, from here we will take a local motor boat that will bring us to “La Poza”. We will hike from the shore of the lake part of the trail “Los Alerces” before we head our hike up in “La Desolación” trail, ending the climb at the top of a small waterfall, place where you will enjoy our lunch.

On the way back we will cross some of the lahars where today runs the melted snow from the volcano into the lake, bringing the rock-flour responsible of the turquoise color of the waters.

Most of the trails that we will use were made in first half of the XX century by settlers seeking the snowy slopes for ski and the alerce trees for built the typical wooden houses from Puerto Varas.  This is the most visited area of the park and where you can easily enjoy the flora that shapes the moving soil of our volcanoes while experience the best views of the lakes district.

DAY 8: ISLAND OF CHILOE                                 

You will begin our excursion on the way to the town of Pargua, south of Puerto Varas, from where you will board a ferry to navigate through the Chacao Channel, which separates the mainland from the Big Island of Chiloé. During the navigation we will be able to observe sea lions, pelicans and typical marine birds of this region. We will dock in the town of Chacao where we will take the route that will take us to the city of Ancud, where we will see the Fort of San Antonio; historical site located in the upper part of the city, built at the end of the 18th century and which is part of one of the last Spanish fortifications in our country, the Foundation of Patrimonial Churches, the Plaza de Armas and its Municipal Market that offers various options Gastronomic and crafts of the Island. Then we will continue our tour to Dalcahue, a city located in front of the Quinchao Island and that on its waterfront has a traditional Gastronomic Market of Palafitos with a spectacular view, we will visit the Crafts Fair and we will walk towards the Church Our Lady of Sorrows, a typical Chiloé construction that is part of the World Heritage Site. Later we will continue our trip to the city of Castro, capital of the Big Island of Chiloé; making a stop to take pictures at the Palafitos Manuel Montt, we will visit the San Francisco Church in front of the city’s Plaza and its largest Craft Market on the Island, in addition to its traditional Gamboa Viewpoint where we can take a beautiful postcard of its World-renowned Palafitos. Night in the hotel in Castro.

 DAY 9: ISLAND OF CHILOE                       

Today you enjoy tour of route that will show you the nature of which the naturalist Charles Darwin was amazed when touring the Huillinco and Cucao Lakes and the Pacific Ocean. The tour includes a visit to the city of Chonchi, known as the “City of Three Floors” for its different slopes where its World Heritage Church stands out, the Museum of Traditions, the waterfront and craft market, and then continue to the town lake of Huillinco where you can appreciate a cemetery of very characteristic houses of Chiloé and its characteristic dock. The visit to the Chiloé National Park includes an attractive walk along the “El Tepual” trail where you can see the typical Chiloé forest and a visit to the visitor center where you can see part of the morphology of the area and more than one typical Chiloé tool such as it is the press for the apple pestle. Finally, an encounter with the Pacific Ocean and its wide beach. Return to Castro in the afternoon.

DAY 10: ISLAND OF CHILOE                     

Located 45 km south of Castro, you will visit the Tepuhueico Park, with its wide diversity of flora and fauna, which will welcome us as we walk its trails to immerse ourselves in the mature forest, where we will meet native trees that exceed 40m in height; mañíos, coigües, tepas, among other specimens may be sighted as we enter the park.

Being a little explored place, this allows a high conversation of protected species to predominate, such as the huillín, the güiña, the Chilote fox, the pudú – the world smallest deer, the monito del monte, among others. Along with this, it is the ideal place for bird watching, the chucao, huet huet, woodpecker, and a great variety of species will accompany us during the tour. We made some of the circuits of the place to be able to explore what this gigantic forest can offer us. Next, we will travel back to mainland, to Puerto Montt where you will stay for a night.

DAY 11:  PUERTO MONTT – SANTIAGO DE CHILE                 

Today you will say goodbye to Patagonia and travel to Santiago – capital and largest city, sits in a valley surrounded by the snow-capped Andes and the Chilean Coast Range. After arrival you will visit most important places in this cosmopolitan city like: Plaza de Armas with Cathedral and old Post building, presidential palace La Moneda, tiny neighborhoods of Paris – Londres with the historic church of San Francisco. At the end, you will go to the famous San Cristobal hill, where you will use the cable car and enter the vantage point from where you will admire the panoramic view of the capitals and the Andes Mountain ranges.

 DAY 12: VALPARAISO   

This day you will travel towards Valparaiso where you will like the colourful houses on the surrounding hills. Valparaíso, an iconic coastal town instantly recognizable for the vividly painted houses that line the hillside. This bohemian (and colorful) corner of Valparaíso has actually been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is today home to many artists, musicians and poets. Valparaíso has the form of a natural amphitheatre facing the sea where most of the city hangs from the hills in a chaotic harmony and with tangible and intangible heritage embodied in customs and traditions of the lifestyle of the “porteño” (inhabitant of Valparaíso). You will visit attractions of great architectural and historical interest, Alegre and Concepción hills with their strolls and viewpoints full of stories of foreign immigrants that arrived in Valparaíso when this important Port was considered “The Jewel of The Pacific Ocean” (before Panamá Canal). Sotomayor square and the history of its heroes besides Muelle Prat, to continue to the historic port town declared World Heritage by UNESCO. You will stop for lunch in restaurant with overlooking on Pacific Ocean. Back to Santiago.

DAY 13: SANTIAGO AIRPORT             

Transfer from hotel to the airport for your flight home.