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- All transfer from / to the airport in all destinations - Private service - 3 Nights Accommodation in Santiago de Chile - Double / Single Base - Sightseeing in Santiago de Chile with Spanish / English Guide - Full Day Tour Viña del Mar and Valparaiso with Spanish / English Guide with Lunch - Transfer from Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales - 3 Nights Accommodation in Puerto Natales - Double / Single Base - Full Day Tour to Torres del Paine National Park with Spanish / English Guide with Lunch - Bus from Puerto Natales - El Calafate - Full Day Tour Perito Moreno Glacier with Spanish / English Guide - Safari Nautico Boat Trip - Entrance Fee to Los Glaciares National Park - 3 Nights Accommodation in El Calafate - Double / Single Base - Beagle Channel Boat Trip - Small Boat - Half Day Tour Tierra del Fuego National Park with Train - Entrance Fee to Tierra del Fuego National Park - 11 Breakfast, 3 Box Lunch

Transport

Transfers from / to the airport are included

Meals

- 11 Breakfast, 3 Box Lunch

Accommodation

Option 1 - Standard Lodging: - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Ibis Manquehue or similar in Santiago de Chile. Breakfast is included. - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Factoria or similar in Puerto Natales. Breakfast is included. - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Las Dunas or similar in El Calafate. Breakfast is included. - 2 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Canal Beagle or similar in Ushuaia. Breakfast is included. Option 2 - Superior Lodging: - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Le Reve or similar in Santiago de Chile. Breakfast is included. - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Weskar or similar in Puerto Natales. Breakfast is included. - 3 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Mirador del Lago or similar in El Calafate. Breakfast is included. - 2 Nights Accommodation at Hotel Albatros or similar in Ushuaia. Breakfast is included.

Not included:

Flights

Internal Flights are non included on this trip. Day 4: Flight from Santiago de Chile (SCL) to Punta Arenas (PUQ) / Puerto Natales (PNT) Day 10: Flight from El Calafate (FTE) to Ushuaia (USH)

Others

- 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.

Guide

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Day 1 Arrival Santiago De Chile
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrival Santiago De Chile

We welcome you at Santiago de Chile`s Airport and then transfer to the hotel located in the city center. The rest of the day is at leisure to visit the town on our own.

Lodging in Santiago de Chile - Double or Single Base

Meals: NULL

Optional Excursion Recommended: Diner Show Bali Hai
Day 2 Sightseeing In Santiago De Chile
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Sightseeing In Santiago De Chile

Today we will visit the city center of Santiago e Chile. The tour will take us to visit the heart of the city and its emblematic sites such as the Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, Santiago’s Central Postal Office and its Municipality. We will also visit the Moneda Palace, which is the government’s headquarters as well as the traditional neighborhoods of the historic city center. The tour also includes a visit to the Santa Lucia hill, named Huelén by the natives. It is a real urban oasis in the center of the city. There we will learn more about Chile’s history and enjoy some of the best views in the city. After knowing Santiago, we will arrive to Barrio Lastarria, famous by it cultural, inherited and gastronomical offer. The second part of the tour will take us to the eastern side of the city, to the financial heart of Santiago, known for its modern buildings, impressive glass skyscrapers and its impressive sculptures designed by prominent national architects. There, you will see exactly why this area is known as “Sanhattan” among the locals. Then we go back to our hotel. The rest of the day is at leisure.

Lodging in Santiago de Chile - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast
Day 3 Viña Del Mar And Valparaíso
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Viña Del Mar And Valparaíso

No trip to Santiago is complete without seeing the colorful settings of Valparaíso and Viña del Mar. Known as the “Garden City”, for originally being surrounded by largely green areas and for now preserving its extensive and beautiful urban gardens, with the Pacific Ocean as its backdrop, Viña del Mar is undoubtedly one of Chile’s unmissable destinations. Viña del Mar stands out for its beautiful architecture, its impressive palaces and famous Flower Clock, photographed by tourists from all over the world. During the tour, we will have the option to have lunch in one of the numerous restaurants in the city, with a variety of delicious sea food on offer. We will travel along the sea front, and enjoy the views of the Pacific Ocean, before arriving at the most important ports in Chile; Valparaiso. It was listed as a Unesco World Heritage site thanks to its colorful beauty and the uniqueness of its location on the hills, which create a natural Amphitheatre with the ocean as its stage. We will visit Cerro Alegre, where we can truly appreciate the magic of the city, with its picturesque funiculars, multi-colored neighborhoods and unforgettable sea views. We will then head to the Sotomayor Square, to see the Monument of the Heroes of Iquique. Once in the port, there will be the option to take a boat out around Valparaíso’s bay to enjoy the views of the colorful hills from a different perspective. After that we go back to our hotel in Santiago de Chile.

Lodging in Santiago de Chile - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Day 4 Santiago De Chile - Puerto Natales
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Santiago De Chile - Puerto Natales

At the indicated time we transfer to Santiago de Chile airport to take our flight to our next destination: Punta Arenas. Upon arrival at Punta Arenas a transfer will be waiting for us to take us to our accommodation in Puerto Natales.

The rest of the day is at leisure.

Lodging in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast

Domestic Flight from Santiago de Chile (SGO) to Punta Arenas (PUQ) / Puerto Natales (PNT) is not included
Day 5 Torres Del Paine National Park & Milodon Caves
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Torres Del Paine National Park & Milodon Caves

Early morning, we will leave Puerto Natales to travel to Torres Del Paine (90 minutes approximately) through a spectacular road that cross the Patagonia steppe. We will enter to this world famous National Park, that was declared Humanity Heritage by the UNESCO, and we will begin to go round this amazing area, taking all the photos that we want. We will admire the panoramic views of this Park, such as the Nordenskjöld Lake, The Salto Grande and the “Cuernos del Paine” Paine ́s horns. Finally, we will visit the Grey Lake viewpoint and we will return to Puerto Natales by dawn.

Lodging in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch

** If you also want to do the Full Day Tour to Torres del Paine which includes the hike to Las Torres viewpoint let us know and we will make this change for you.
Day 6 Puerto Natales
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Puerto Natales

We recommend to do the Balmaseda and Serrano navegation (non - included) through the Ultima Esperanza fjord, watching beautiful mountains, ice cascades and a great variety of Patagonian birds. This area of the Bernardo O Higgins National Park is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating regions of southern Chile.

Lodging in Puerto Natales - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast

Optional Exccursion Recommended: Balmaseda and Serrano Glaciers

Optional Exccursion Recommended: Half Day Trekking Cerro Benitez
Day 7 Puerto Natales - El Calafate
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Puerto Natales - El Calafate

After breakfast we transfer to the bus terminal to take our bus to El Calafate in Argentina. Upon arrival we transfer to the hotel.

Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast

Optional Exccursion Recommended: Nativo Experience "Lakes and Caverns" with Dinner

It is an excursion in 4×4 along the coast of Lake Argentino. Ideal for the day of arrival or departure, it has an anthropological approach, making a tour at the time about the passing of man in these lands, rediscovering the stories of the first expeditions and daring that ventured into the unknown. Between the cliffs and overlooking the Andes Mountains, the excursion focuses on the first contacts of those expeditionaries with the natives, and then enter the Tehuelche world.

On the banks of the lake are the caves where thousands of years ago that culture left its marks on the rock and that today induce us to its interpretation. Finally, the excursion culminates in another cave where lunch or dinner is included that will transport us to those remote years.
Day 8 Perito Moreno Glacier With Safari Nautico Boat Trip
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Perito Moreno Glacier With Safari Nautico Boat Trip

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, a big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometers is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favorable 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. 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. Then we will take a boat trip to see incredible views of the south face of Perito Moreno glacier. Then we go back to our hotel.

Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast

Optional Exccursion Recommended: Minitrekking - Ice Trek

Optional Exccursion Recommended: Dinner Experience at Rancho Aparte Restaurant

Rancho Aparte experience will allow you to savor home-cooked meal in a warm and friendly atmosphere. The dishes are prepared with local products and a ubiquitous ingredient in homemade food...lots of love!

The menu is accompanied by selected wine pairings from Argentine and Patagonian wineries. Therefore, with each course we respect the aromas and flavors in a harmonious and palatable way. It has four fixed menus; two of them "traditional". They are based on regional cuisine and adapt the local products to a journey of unforgettable flavors. The other two menus are "vegetarians or vegans". They are designed so that those who choose this type of food can also enjoy this experience, where most of the ingredients used are selected from organic farms in the area.
Day 9 El Calafate
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

El Calafate

After breakfast the rest of the day is at leisure to visit the town on our own or to do any of the optional excursions. We recommend to visit El Chalten, a legendary small village at the foot of the Mount Fitz Roy.

Lodging in El Calafate - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast

Optional Exccursion Recommended: Full Day El Chalten with Lunch

The excursion begins at 7.00 hs from El Calafate. We take the mythic Route 40, that goes along the Argentino Lake up to La Leona river. We will pass by the canyon with the same name “Cañadón La Leona” and after 1.15 h ride, we will arrive to the ancient route hotel "La Leona", almost a museum of the Route 40, where you can have coffee and cakes.

Our trip continues along the Lake Viedma, from where we will have magical views of glaciers, hidden lakes and the overpowering presence of the Mount Fitz Roy. We will make some photos stops at the viewpoint of the Viedma Glacier and Lake and after a 3 h ride we will arrive to this andean village called “The Capital of the Trekking”. As soon as we arrive at El Chalten we make another stop at the National Park Interpretation Centre. Upon arrival at El Chalten we will able to do some short treks in the area, for example Viewpoint los condors y las Aguilas or Chorillos del Salto. Then we will have lunch a nice restaurant before starting our way back to El Calafate.
Day 10 El Calafate - Ushuaia - Beagle Channel Boat Trip
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

El Calafate - Ushuaia - Beagle Channel Boat Trip

At the indicated time we transfer to El Calafate Airport to take our flight to our next destination: Ushuaia. Upon arrival we transfer from Ushuaia Airport to the Hotel in the city center.

In the afternoon, we go the pier from where we depart from the local seaport toward Alicia Island, where we will find a colony of South American sea lions. Then we sail to Bird Island to watch king shags and imperial shags living close to their nests, and from spring through fall we can even find their breeds. Again, we head east towards another small island that, depending on the season, we can view South American fur seals. Very close to this island is Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, an authentic symbol of Ushuaia, built in 1919. From there we have a view of the island where rock shags live. On our way back to Ushuaia, we disembark at Bridges Island to walk along a path for the interpretation of wildlife, while listening to the history of the native inhabitants, the Yamanas. On this island, we can find the largest Yamana’s "concheros" (shelly deposits) of the region. As this is the largest island, we reach the highest panoramic point from which we can enjoy amazing views of the Beagle Channel with the town of Ushuaia in the distance. Then we go back to our hotel.

Lodging in Ushuaia - Double or Single Base

Meals: Breakfast

Domestic Flight from El Calafate (FTE) to Ushuaia (USH) is not included
Day 11 Tierra Del Fuego National Park With Train
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tierra Del Fuego National Park With Train

Leaving the city of Ushuaia, heading southwest, we will travel the national route No. 3, towards Tierra del Fuego National Park. After crossing the Pipo River bridge, next to the Ushuaia Golf Club, we will arrive at the station of the Austral Fueguino Railway, the End of the World Train. where we will get on board one of the most magical trains.

Along the road surrounded by Lenga forests and peat bogs, we will arrive at Lake Acigami (formerly Lake Roca), a lake of glacial origin, framed by mountains and forests, where it is possible to spot specimens of native birds. The last section of the tour takes us to Bahía Lapataia, after crossing the cormorant archipelago, peat bogs and a visit to a beaver dam.

In Bahía Lapataia, in addition to the marine coast, rich in mollusks and mussels, we will find vestiges of the ancient aboriginal people that inhabited the region. There we will have time to walk the walkway from which we can take pictures and enjoy the feeling of being at the end of the world. Then we will return to our accommodation in Uhsuaia.

Lodging in Ushuaia - Double or Single Base

Included Meals: Breakfast
Day 12 Departure Ushuaia
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Departure Ushuaia

At the indicated time we transfer to Ushuaia Airport to take our flight to our next destination. End of the services.

Included Meals: Breakfast

12 days tour

Classic Patagonia Tour: From Santiago De Chile To Ushuaia

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Itinerary of your trip Classic Patagonia Tour: From Santiago De Chile To Ushuaia

Arrival Santiago De Chile

Sightseeing In Santiago De Chile

Viña Del Mar And Valparaíso

Santiago De Chile - Puerto Natales

Torres Del Paine National Park & Milodon Caves

Puerto Natales

Puerto Natales - El Calafate

Perito Moreno Glacier With Safari Nautico Boat Trip

El Calafate

El Calafate - Ushuaia - Beagle Channel Boat Trip

Tierra Del Fuego National Park With Train

Departure Ushuaia

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