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South
American Adventure - Argentina
FRC
Route 40 Road Movie 04 days –
03 nights
Departures:
Guaranteed all
Wednesdays
Season:
October to April
Starts
at:
Comodoro Rivadavia
Airport
Ends
at: El
Chalten
Group
Departures
This
program allows us to travel
the legendary Route 40, with
its long rubble roads
crossing the Patagonia
steppe.
We will visit the Cueva de
las Manos (Cave of the Hands),
with 10.000 year old
paintings of human hands and
animals, in the beatiful
canyon of the Pinturas River.
We will travel the canyon of
the Oro River with their
view of the Cerro San
Lorenzo, the highest in the
Patagonia
Day
1 Comodoro Rivadavia – Los Antiguos
The group meet at 2 pm at the Restaurant of
the Comodoro Rivadavia Airport. Our journey
begins from the town of Comodoro Rivadavia.
Southern 70 Km from there we visit the town
of Caleta Olivia skirting the San Matias
Gulf on the Atlantic Ocean coast. We will
cross the Patagonia to the West to move away
from the sea and to get the views of the
Cordillera de los Andes range, in the town
of Los Antiguos, located on the southern
shore of the Buenos Aires Lake, and to 2 Km
from the border with Chile. (400
km/250miles). Lodge at Inn double base with
private bathroom
Included meals: dinner.
Day
2 Cueva de las Manos. Los Antiguos–Posadas
Lake
We leave from Los Antiguos town toward the
south to arrive to the of the Pictures River
canyon, to walk on them to visit the Cueva
de las manes (Cave of the Hands) an imposing
place with 10.000 year old paintings of
human hands and animals. Then we continue to
lodge in the small and picturesque Lago
Posadas town. (260 km/160 miles). Lodge at Cabins four or six base
with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast, lunch box and
dinner.
Day
3 Cerro San Lorenzo. Oro Canyon River
We transfer in the morning to Oro River
Canyon, where we trek for 5 hours between
its high stone walls until get a wonderful
view of the Cerro San Lorenzo, the highest
Patagonian Hill (3706 mts/12159 ft). We
return to Lago Posadas to enjoy the contrast
between the blue waters of Posadas Lake and
the green waters from Pueyrredon Lake,
shared each other by only 100 meters (328
ft) of land. Lodge at Cabins four or six base
with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast, lunch box and
dinner.
Day
4 Lago Posadas–El Chalten
After breakfast we depart in our bus to El
Chalten. We travel a long track in which we
could appreciate the different birds and
fauna of Patagonia. We stop to have lunch at
a typical Patagonia saloon close to Cardiel
Lake. We estimate to arrive at El Chalten
around 7 pm. (550 Km/341 miles) Lodge at Hostel Room with shared
bathroom
Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base
with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast and dinner.
Bilingual Spanish-English guides during all
the program’s activities.
Mountain Guides during the trekking
activities.
Transfer Comodoro Rivadavia Airport – El
Chalten with private transportation.
3 breakfasts, 2 lunch boxes and 3 dinners,
as detailed in the chart below.
The FRC- Route 40
tour is offered in three different
ways to lodge.
Base Accommodation
(FRC– 00) Hostel Room
The Base Offer (PAC 00) lodge as shown in
the following chart, at Hostel Room.
DAYS
01
02
03
04
(FMC 00) Inn
double base with private bathroom
Cabins four or six base with
private bathroom
Meals
Meals included in the program are detailed
in the following chart.
DAYS
01
02
03
04
Breakfast
Lunch Box
Dinner
Meeting Point The Meeting Point for the Group on
Day 1 is at 2 pm at the Restaurant of the
Comodoro Rivadavia Airport. This Meeting
Point can be modified and will be confirmed
when confirming the booking for the
passenger.
Services
Not Included
Entrance ticket to Cueva de las Manos
Medical and Life Insurance
Tips
Air flight tickets and Airport fees and
taxes
Services not detailed in the program
