Day 1 El Calafate airport - El Calafate
We welcome you at El Calafate airport and transfer to town, where we check in at our lodge. In the evening we meet our tour leader, details of the program and to share our first dinner with our fellow travellers.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Dinner

Day 2 El Chaltén - Cerro Torre trail
Alter breakfast, we take our bus towards the picturesque village of El Chaltén, at the foot of Fitz Roy. We drive km across the steppe and around lakes Argentino and Viedma. Upon arrival, we go hiking in the Cerro Torre trail, reaching the first viewpoint of the valley, from where the Cerro Torre group and valley is entirely visible. For those willing to walk further, our guide leads you to Laguna Torre, something like 9 km away from town. The trail goes in a glacier origin valley. The lagoon features the Torre glacier calving in the far side, and the Cerro Torre group & spires rising in the background. 3 hs round trip to the first viewpoint. 6 hs round trip to the lagoon.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 3 Fitz Roy trail - Laguna Capri
Fitz Roy trail climbs gently in the slopes of Cerro Rosado and along the “Chorrillo del Salto” valley, a beautiful mountain stream with rapids and waterfalls. Our destination is Laguna Capri, a beautiful lagoon in the forest with full views on the Fitz Roy spires and glaciers. For keen hikers, the option is to continue to Rio Blanco (basecamp for climbers) and to Laguna de los Tres, end of trail and one of the highlights of the National Park. The sight of the spires and glaciers from here are breathtaking. 2 hs from town to Laguna Capri, 1 more hour to Rio Blanco and 1 hour of steep climb to Laguna de los Tres. We hike back to Chaltén along the same trail.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 4 Loma del Pliegue Tumbado
This 1500 mts hill, immediately south of Cerro Torre valley, offers some of the best views over the different group of mountains, glaciers and lakes that features the area. From the lower terraces to the summit, you can get spectacular views of Fitz Roy, Torre and the spectacular glacier valley in between both. From the summit the bonus is the sight of Paso del Viento and some of the mountains that stick out from the Patagonian Icefield. According to the group capacity, we choose the lower terraces or try the summit, a long but gentle climb in scree. The lower part of the mountain is covered by shrubland and forest.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 5 From El Chaltén to El Calafate
Morning at leisure or to go in some optional excursion, as the boat trip & glacier walk in lake and glacier Viedma or the visit to Lago del Desierto.
In late afternoon we take our bus to El Calafate, 220 km away, a 4 hs trip.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast

Day 6 El Calafate - Perito Moreno glacier
We dedicate this day to one of the World’s Natural Wonder: the Moreno glacier. This ice field- type glacier flows down from the Patagonian Icefield, and big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometres is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favourable 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. A beautiful, short trail, will lead us from the shores of the lake to the upper viewpoints. 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. We will drive 80 km (1 and a half hour) to get and come back from the glacier across the steppe, watching a wide variety of birds.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast

Day 7 El Calafate - Torres del Paine
We leave early in the morning towards Torres del Paine National Park, Chile. We follow typical Patagonian gravel road with guanacos, lesser rheas, flamingos, condors and eagles. We enter Chile across Cancha Carrera / Cerro Castillo pass. Approaching Paine National Park (World Heritage by the UNESCO) we will see the different mountains that feature the massif: Paine Grande, the Horns, Admiral Nieto and the Towers. We will have the chance of close up pictures of guanacos and lesser rheas. On our way we make all the necessary stops for pictures. WE check inn in our hosteria by 4 pm.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Day 8 Torres del Paine – Puerto Natales
We go in one of the Park's classic: the Towers trail. Our goal are the three spectacular and vertical spires known as the “Towers”, 1000 mts of vertical granite, challenge for climbers of all over the World. We start walking crossing Ascensio river across a hanging bridge. An hour of climb in a steep slope lead us to the gate of the valley and a short downhill get us to Refugio Chileno, a mountain hut in a beautiful location, which can be the turn around point for those who want to avoid the final effort. For those who want to go to the end, we go on walking in the forest up valley, until our final 1 hour climb in the moraine that comes down from the Towers. The trail, though demanding, rewards you with fantastic close up views of the walls. 4 hs round trip to Refugio Chileno, 8 hs round trip to the Towers viewpoint. In the evening we go to our accommodation in Puerto Natales, a picturesque fishermen town located in the shores of the Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope) fiord.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn , double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch

Day 9 Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers
This morning by 8 am we'll be navigating already thru the ultima Esperanza Fiordo. In our way to the glaciers Balmaceda and Serrano, we'll see ice waterfalls, beautiful landscapes and a wide variety of animals of the area. Once there, we'll take a walking tour. This area of the National park Bernardo O Higgins is one of the most facinating parts of the chilenean south. We'll be back around 18 hours so we can have enough time to enjoy the city at night.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn , double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast

Day 10 Puerto Natales - Calafate
after breakfast, we start our trip back to El Calafate where we’ll have the rest of the evening free to enjoy the town.
Lodging at Hosteria or Inn, double or single room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast

Day 11 El Calafate airport
After breakfast we take our transfer to El Calafate airport where our services end.
Meals we provide: breakfast.

Included:

• Bilingual tour leader (Spanish - English) during all the trip.
• Mountain guides while on trek.
• All excursions as shown in the itinerary.
• All transportation as shown in the itinerary combining private and regular buses.
• 10 breakfasts, 5 box lunch y 5 dinners as detailed below.
• 10 nights lodging in Hosterias double or single room with private bathroom
  

 Meals The meals we provide in the program are shown below:

DAYS	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11
Breakfast
Lunch box / Lunch
Dinners

Not included:

• Entrance fees to National Parks. 

• Medical and life insurance. 

• Tips. 

• Drinks and beverages (all foods are without alcoholic or non alcoholic drinks). 

• Flights or airport taxes. 

• Optional excursions. 

• Services not shown or detailed in the program.  

List of suggested personal equipment

• Backpack, 40 lts or so

• Trekking shoes or boots

• Thermal underwear

• Trekking pants

• Fleece

• Parka and overpants

• Gaiters

• Gloves

• Termal socks

• The necessary spare cloth

• Wool hat

• Sun hat

• Sun glasses

• Sun screen (UV is very strong during the southern spring, from September thru December)

• Personal items

• Lamp

• Trekking poles (recommended, if you are use to them)

• Personal medication

• Personal documents to cross the border between Argentina and Chile.

Weather in Patagonia is unpredictable. Not very cold, but it is usually windy. To dress in layers is the best advice.

Important: Before you travel please check your Tour Voucher and Arrival Information for the latest joining instructions. This will be sent to you upon receipt of final payment.

All itineraries are subject to change without prior notice.

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