CHILEAN PATAGONIA, TORRES DEL PAINE AND GLACIERS.
(5 days / 4 nights
Day 1: SANTIAGO DE CHILE / PUNTA ARENAS
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to airport to board flight to the city of Punta Arenas. Reception at airport and transfer to hotel. Lodging.
Day 2: PUNTA ARENAS / PUERTO NATALES
Breakfast at hotel. Tour around Punta Arenas visiting the Regional Museum, the Cerro La Cruz, with a fantastic view over the Magallanes Strait, and to the Patagonia Institute. After lunch transfer to Puerto Natales. On the way we will see the penguins at Otway Bay (only from November to March). Across the Patagonia plains we will see the sheeping farms known as Estancias. Arrival to Puerto Natales at the shore of Ultima Esperanza Gulf. Checking at hotel. Lodging.
Day 3: PUERTO NATALES / BALMACEDA AND SERRANO GLACIERS / PUERTO NATALES
Breakfast at hotel. Early departure for sailing across Ultima Esperanza Gulf to reach the glaciers. On the way is possible to spot many species of bird, seals and sea wolf colonies and a incredible rainy forests covering many small islands. Box-lunch. The boat approaches the Balmaceda Glacier for a complete experience of its astonishing beauty. At Serrano Glacier excursionists are able to land for a walk through native forest to the glacier lagoon. Afternoon return to Puerto Natales. Lodging.
Day 4: PUERTO NATALES / TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK / PUERTO NATALES
Breakfast at hotel. Day excursion to the Torres del Paine National Park. Visit to the Milodon Cave to see the fossils of a gigantic mammal living 12,000 years ago. From there trip to the Torres del Paine Park. In there we will see Lake Sarmiento, Lake Nordenskjold, Lake Pehoé, the Small and Big Falls of Paine River and Lake Toro. Following another route we will reach Lake Grey which allows tourists to admire the lakes icebergs loosed from Glacer Grey. Lunch at Lago Grey Hotel. Return to Puerto Natales. Lodging.
Day 5: PUERTO NATALES / PUNTA ARENAS / SANTIAGO DE CHILE
Breakfast at hotel. At agreed time transfer to airport to take the flight to Santiago.
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