South Patagonia Adventure
South Patagonia Adventure: PROGRAM
Highlights:El Calafate - National park of the Glacier, trekking, horseback riding. Torres del Paine, trekking and kayaking. Ushuaia: Canoa, trekking.
Accommodation: lodges , hosterias and camps.
Duration |
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Departures 2008 - 2009 |
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Season |
| 10 o 12 Nights |
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Private departure: consult us
Open departures: 8/11/08, 20/12/08.
10/01/09, 07/02/09, 07/03/09
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October
to April
(Austral summer) |
Itinerary with Helsingfors:
Day 1 (1 N 4-star
hotel) (meals included: L, D)
Arrival at Buenos Aires. Transfer to your hotel. Lunch in a tipical restaurant of the city. City tour in the afternoon.
Day 2 (1N Lodge Helsingfors) (B, L, D)
Morning flight to El Calafate. We drive across immense steppes to Helsingfors, located 180 km north of El Calafate, at the northern end of The Glaciers National Park and on the shores of Viedma Lake. The lodge is surrounded by a stunning landscape, sheltered by conifer woods and with a panoramic view of the lake, The Andes Mountains and Mount Fitz Roy. This last magnificent 3375 meters high granite formation interrupts the Patagonian scenery abruptly. According to the native people, the summit was home to the terrible Agschen, the Lord of the Fire. The lodge has 8 comfortable rooms with private bathrooms, a dining room and a cozy living room. Briefing on the following 3 days program and dinner.
Day 3 (1N Lodge Helsingfors) (B, L, D)
Activities:
-Laguna del Morro (6 hours): After sailing on a Viedma Lake tributary and a short trek, we come to a crystal patch of emerald-green water: The Morro Lagoon. A quiet and peaceful natural paradise, an ideal place to encounter wild local fauna.
-Laguna Azul trekking or horseback riding (4 to 5 hours): we leave breath-taking Mt Fitz Roy behind to enter the Patagonian Andean Forest. After a steep climb, either by foot or on horseback, the most splendorous landcape unveils, framed by ever-snowed mountain peaks and a river of ice that ends in the waters of Blue Lagoon. A good opportunity for spotting local fauna.
-Visit to Estancia de los Hermanos (trekking or horse riding) (3 hours).
A horse riding or trekking to the Estancia skirting Viedma Lake with an “asado patagónico”, i.e. delicious typical Patagonian barbecue.
Day 4 (1N Hosteria La Estepa) (B, BL, D)
Glaciar Viedma navigation and trekking:
It takes the Zodiac a 40 minute-long trip from the lodge pier to Viedma Glacier, where you may witness large pieces of glacier ice cracking and roaring as they break and fall into the water becoming icebergs. Once on shore, a unique experience takes place when exploring the caves that the rim of the glacier forms upon the land.
Transfer to El Calafate at the end of the day. Dinner and night at a cosy lodge.
Day 5 (1N Hosteria La Estepa) (B,D)
Full day trekking on the Perito Moreno: "Big Ice Trek"
Day 6 (1N lodge Amerindia) (B,D)
Ground transfer to Puerto Natales in Chile. Arrival at lodge Amerindia. Free afternoon. Meeting and diner with our guide.
Day 7 (1N Camp) (B, BL, D)
Full day trekking in the "Torres Del Paine" National Park. trekking to the Torres bases. Diner and night at Camp.
Day 8 (1N lodge Amerindia) (B, BL, D)
In the morning, trekking in the national park. In the afternoon, kayaking in the Eberhard Fjord.
Night Lodge Amerindia at Puerto Natales.
Day 9 (1N Lodge
los Fuegos) (B, D)
Ground transfer to Punta Arenas. Flight from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia.
Option: 4 days- 3 nights cruising to Ushuaia: Link
Day 10 (1N Lodge
los Fuegos) (B, BL, D)
Trekking and canoeing.
Departure at 9 pm by Route N 3. After the National Park entrance, we trek towards « Senda de la Costa », a 7-Km-long trail, the most beautiful of the Park (about 3 hs walking).
When reaching Lago Roca, rest while enjoying your lunchbox.
After Lunch and a technical briefing, we take the canoes towards bright waters of the rivers and lakes of Tierra Del Fuego: Laguna Verde, Río Ovando, up to Bahía Lapataia. During this first part of the trip (1 ½ hs), in this magnificent, silent environment you will be able to see many bird species. Then we will have a 45´coffee break on the island where the native Yamaná people used to live. The second part to Ushuaia by the Beagle Channel is a bit more difficult, but not so much so. Finally, near the end of the day, we will enjoy one more drink at Ushuaia before going back to the lodge.
Day 11 (1N Lodge
los Fuegos) (B, BL, D)
Auks-Gable Island: Departure by Route N 3 before taking Route J. After 75 Kms we arrive at Puerto Almanza, a small fishermen´village with 50 in habitants living only on their catch.. We will take a little walk along the coast.
Some kilometers ahead, we stop at Estancia Harberton, the first Estancia of Tierra del Fuego. Its history and architecture recall ancient times. We will board to sail on the Beagle Channel up to Gable Island, the most stunning, wide and wild isle of the channel. There, in an old refuge, we will enjoy a grilled fish. After a 2 ½ hours walk on the island, we board again to discover another marvel of Tierra del Fuego: Martillo Island, full of penguins…
Day 12 (1N 3-star Hotel) (B, D)
Free morning. Flight to Buenos Aires. farewell diner and tango show.
(Transfer to the international airport the following day; end of services).
BOOKING
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