Depart for your Patagonian adventure.

Arrive in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Transfer to your centrally located hotel.  

Early transfer for your flight to El Calafate.
On arrival in El Calafate, you will be transferred to El Chalten hotel by coach (shared service). The remainder of the day at leisure.

*Trekking to Laguna de Los Tres

*Difficulty: Medium

Our starting point is at the end of the town where the track begins in the low forest. After an upward initial stretch, we reach a viewpoint with a panoramic view of De las Vueltas River Valley. We continue down the path by surrounding Rosado Hill until we arrive at another viewpoint on the left side of the road which calls everybody`s attention since it is a rocky crag. This is the ideal place for having the first panoramic views of Fitz Roy massif. By always having Fitz Roy at the front, the path approaches Chorrillo River which goes upstream up to almost its beginning. The path crosses Chorrillo River in a wooded area north-westwards until Poincenot camp site.

From here on, the track is about 400m upwards to De los Tres Lagoon. The track finishes in an old glacier moraine edge with an extraordinary view of the lake andDe los Tres Glacier. This is the closest view of Fitz Roy’s granitic wall and its peripheral spires. By going down the moraine, we can continue down a path that goes round the lagoon up to its mouth where we appreciate the lonely Sucia Lagoon and its hanging glaciers.

Transfer back to El Calafate by coach (shared service).

You will have time to explore this charming little town on your own after checking into your hotel.

*Perito Moreno + Mini Trekking + 1 hour boat ride

You will go through the Patagonia valley before getting into Los Glaciares National Park. Get some unforgettable panoramic views of Glacier Perito Moreno going along the coast of Lake Argentino’s Rico Branch. Getting closer to the glacier, you can watch the detachment of ice blocks of different sizes, hear the roaring they produce and then watch them turn into wonderful floating icebergs. Mini trekking and 1-hour boat ride.

Entrance to National park included.

*Rios de Hielo Excursion                               

The Rios de Hielo (Ice Rivers) excursion begins at Punta Bandera Port, 55km away from El Calafate. During the tour along the Northern Branch of Argentino Lake, you may admire the fascinating contrast among the different shades of blue and white of the glaciers, apart from having the opportunity of living an unforgettable experience!

The first glacier you will see during the Rios de Hielo excursion is Upsala Glacier, which is —due to its area of 595km² and altitude of 60-80m — the largest glacier in Argentino Lake. Once at Onelli Bay, the tour continues with a walk through the woods up to Onelli Lake, which is decorated with the ice floes calved from Onelli, Agassi and Bolado Glaciers (42km², 31km² and 16km², respectively). Then, visitors get on board again and sail up to Spegazzini Glacier (66km²), the highest glacier in Los Glaciares National Park. After disembarking at Punta Bandera Port, you are driven back to El Calafate.

In the early morning, you will be picked up to the famous Torres del Paine National Park (shared service).

Along the road you might be able to see rheas, guanacos, Patagonian hare, and even condors!
After crossing the Patagonian steppe from North to South, you will arrive at the border post “Cancha Carrera” after a 2.5-hour trip. There, you will start to travel through the beautiful South Chile until you arrive at Torres del Paine National Park. Keep an eye out for wild guanacos as they roam the windy plains. It is a long day, but we believe it deserves every hour.

A vehicle will take you to Laguna Amarga (Bitter Lagoon), getting to Hosteria Las Torres. This place will be our starting point to the Torres del Paine base. The trip can be done by a trekking tour or horseback riding (NOT AVAILABLE). The ascension to the legendary Torres del Paine will be initiated by walking and ascending the mountains, once we reach the forest, we will be close to the Torres del Paine base.

When we arrive at the base, a small lagoon will show us the reflection of the magnificent Torres del Paine’s granite massif. This is one of the world’s most known places of Patagonia, especially to get an unforgettable picture from this National Park.

Transfer to Puerto Natales by coach (shared service).

*Cruise Balmaceda / Serrano Glacier (8 hours)

The excursion begins in Puerto Natales. During the trip, you will have the chance to observe the typical flora and fauna (sea lions, cormorants, Quetru ducks, condors, sea gulls) of the Fjords. The ship sails along the coastline as it approaches the sea lion colony’s rocky nesting place. We will first pass by Guanaco Island, whose name derives from the guanaco, a camelid animal native to South America. Guanacos live wild in Patagonia, thus the name of the island.

We will pass through the Última Esperanza Sound (Sound of Last Hope). Originally inhabited by the Kawésqar tribe or Alacaluf and the Aoniken or Tehuelche, it was sailed in 1557 by Juan Ladrilleros, a sailor who was looking for the Straits of Magellan. It was the last hope of that bygone sailor to find his way to the Straits of Magellan. If he didn’t find the crossing, leaving from this Sound, he would never find it.

Around noon we will arrive at Bernardo O´Higgins National Park, the largest National Park in the country with a total surface area of 8,462 acres and home to the 6,675-foot-high Mt. Balmaceda and its glacier. Immense chunks of ice often break off the Glacier and crash into the fjord waters. We continue to view the Serrano Glacier which is located on the northern side of the mountain, after which we will arrive on land next to a small lagoon formed by the thawing and loosening of the icebergs from the glacial mass.

Here we will leave the ship, walking from the pier through a spectacular native forest by the river’s edge and about half a mile before we arrive at the foot of Serrano Glacier.

After enjoying the scenery, we will sail back to Puerto Natales, where you will be transferred back to your hotel.

Transfer to Puerto Natales by coach (shared service).

*Penguin Colony Seno Otway (4 hours)

The Penguin colony at Seno Otway is one of two colonies near Punta Arenas.

Every year during the Patagonian summer months, there are more than 10,000 Magelleanic Penguins breeding at this colony at Seno Otway. The colony spreads out over a fairly large area along the shore of Otway Sound. In the part of the colony which is open to visitors, you can usually see a few hundred penguins in total. The other parts are closed to the public for conservation. The penguins usually gather in small groups that are loosely spread out all over the place. Most of the time, you can get up to as close as within a few feet to the penguins.

Transfer to Ushuaia by coach (shared service).

Visit the stunning Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina’s only coastal national park. In route, we will have the opportunity to take in the beautiful Argentinean landscape. Once in the park, we will stop at Ensenada Bay, where you will be treated to beautiful views of Redonda Island. Our visit ends at Lapataia Bay, one of the highlights of the park.

Ushuaia / Buenos Aires

Free at leisure until transfer to Buenos Aires airport for flight home.

Home sweet home with incredible memories from this Patagonia trip!