DAY 1: ARRIVAL SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Arrival to the capital of Chile – 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 2: SANTIAGO DE CHILE – PUERTO NATALES
In the morning transfer to the airport to take a flight to Puerto Natales – a city located on the bay of Last Hope “Ultima Esperanza”, which is the gateway to the Torres del Paine National Park. Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 3: TORRES DEL PAINE NP
Today we will go to the Torres del Paine National Park, the most beautiful mountain national park of the South American continent. It is a national park that has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, and according to National Geographic it is the fifth most beautiful place in the world. Named the Eighth Miracle of Nature, it delights every visitor. On the way stop for visit at Cueva del Milodon – cave famous for the discovery of the remains of the extinct giant sloth Mylodon Darwini. We continue our tour toward the park. We will see the beautiful lake Lago Nordenskjold, Lago Pehoe overlooking the majestic Cuernos del Paine and Mount Paine Grande. We will go on a short trek to the Cuernos del Paine viewpoint with a spectacular view of the massif. Great views will accompany us throughout the trip and along the way we will be able to observe herds of guanacos, soaring condors, and if you are lucky, you may be able to see the king of these areas – the puma. Overnight in the hotel in Puerto Natales.
DAY 4: TORRES DEL PAINE NP – GREY GLACIER
In the morning we will departure for boat trip to see Grey Glacier. First, we will check-in at the Hosteria Grey from where we will walk by pebble beach to take a navigation to Grey Glacier. This is one of the excursions that you cannot miss during your visit to Torres del Paine National Park. This journey aboard a boat, Grey III, lets us enjoy an unparalleled landscape, composed of floating icebergs, lush vegetation, and magnificent mountains. Once we will arrive at Refugio Grey we disembark and from this place we will go for a short walk to the view point on Grey Glacier. Here you will have time to admire landscapes and also for a lunch break. Next you will come back to Refugio Grey from again you will navigate back to Grey beach and Hosteria Grey. Next you will come back to your hotel in Puerto Natales.
NOTE: This navigation is not private, regular with more people; This navigation could be subject to changes / be delayed and / or canceled due to weather conditions
DAY 5: BASE LAS TORRES
Today we will face a demanding trail worthy of its reputation to one of the most important places in the Torres del Paine National Park – Base las Torres. We will start our journey up from Hosteria las Torres. We will overcome Valle Ascencio and cross the Ascencio River. Panoramic views of the pampas, lakes and the valley itself will reward us with a 2.5-kilometre walk up the gusty wind. The trail then descends to Refugio El Chileno. The vegetation here corresponds to the Pre-Andean matorral, then quickly changes to forest. The last step is the hardest. It runs 0.8 km, takes about 45 minutes and takes you to the Las Torres viewpoint of three giant granite towers. After resting, return towards Hosteria Las Torres and return to Puerto Natales.
Time: 8-9h
Distance: 20km
DAY 6: BALMACEDA & SERRANO GLACIER
In the morning you will depart from meeting point to Puerto Bories for a navigation to Bernardo O’Higgins National Park – the incredible world of the fjords. On the way you can observe native wildlife, visit the Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers and enjoy a delicious Whiskey with millennial ice, navigating through the Ultima Esperanza. Overnight in Puerto Natales.
DAY 7: PUERTO NATALES – PUNTA ARENAS
Today in the morning time for last souvenir shopping in Puerto Natales. Next you will travel towards the Punta Arenas – Capital of Chilean Patagonia. Time for leisure. Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 8: WHALE WATCHING
Today very early morning, be ready to be at the meeting point at 04:00, You will travel by bus to our embarkation 50 kilometers south of Punta Arenas, and then navigate for 10 hours. An unmissable journey where you can enjoy a unique landscape surrounded by mountains, glaciers and lengas and coihues forests. The marine life present in the area will not cease to surprise you due to its proximity and abundance: sea lions, petrels, cormorants, southern dolphins, toninas overas, Magellanic penguins and of course Humpback Whales, Sei Whales. Back to Punta Arenas around 18:00 -19:00. Overnight at the hotel.
NOTE: This navigation could be subject to changes / be delayed and / or canceled due to weather conditions.
DAY 9: TIERRA DEL FUEGO
After breakfast transfer will take you to the airport from where you take flight to Land of Fire – Tierra del Fuego. Around 09:30 you will arrive to Porvenir from where you will start your journey through amazing landscapes of wild Tierra del Fuego. At our first stop you will enjoy a short walk to contemplate the extraordinary landscape of Laguna de los Cisnes and its exotic limestone-stromatolite formations. 70miles after leaving the city of Porvenir, you will arrive at Estancia Onaisin. Continue only for a few more kilometers to reach the King Penguin Natural Reserve, in this place you will spend about an hour observing and admiring the beauty of this wonderful sub-Antarctic bird. Next, we travel back alongside Bahia Inutil to Porvenir Airport for your flight back to Punta Arenas. Transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Punta Arenas.
DAY 10: PUNTA ARENAS – SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Say goodbye to the wonders of the South. Transfer to the airport of Punta arenas, you will take a flight back to Santiago de Chile. After arrival transfer to your hotel. Time for leisure. Overnight in Santiago.
DAY 11: 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 12: DEPARTURE SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Transfer to the airport in time for your international departure flight
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