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South
American Adventure - Argentina
PAT
Full Patagonia Adventure 15
days – 14 nights (Moderate trek)
Departures:
All
Saturdays
Season:
October to April
Starts
at: El
Calafate Airport
Ends
at:
Ushuaia Airport
Group
Departures
The FULL
PATAGONIA ADVENTURE
Tour is oriented towards all
who wish to visit
Patagonia in a close and
intimate way, being part of
a group where they surely
will find new friends.
This Tour doesn't have big
demands, neither risky steps
and it can be enjoyed by
practically everybody. It
only requires the desire of
coming closer to this type
of tourism and like the
balance among the outdoors,
the comfort, and the care of
the natural areas.
DAY
/ ITINERARY
01
El
Calafate
Airport -
El
Calafate
02
Bus
to El
Chalten.
Laguna Capri
03
Mount
Fitz Roy
04
Mount
Torre
05
Torre
Glacier
06
El
Chalten - El
Calafate
07
Perito
Moreno
Glacier
08
El
Calafate -
Torres del
Paine
09
Las
Torres,
Ascensio
River Valley
10
Pehoe
Lake
Navigation.
Del Frances
Valley
11
Grey
Glacier
Viewpoints
12
Puerto
Natales.
Ottway
Penguin
Colony.
Punta Arenas
13
Punta
Arenas. Rio
Grande.
Tierra Mayor
Valley
14
Ushuaia
- Tierra del
Fuego
National
Park. Beagle
Channel
Navigation
Day
1 El Calafate
Airport – Calafate
We receive you at El Calafate Airport from
there you are transferred to El Calafate
City, where at 7 pm the group meet for the first
time at the Hostal del Lago Libertador, at
Del Libertador 587, El Calafate. You will meet
your guide, and will have dinner with your
adventure partners while chatting on the
program details for tomorrow Lodge at Hostel Room with shared
bathroom
Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base
with private bathroom
Meals Included: Dinner
Day
2 Bus to El Chalten – Capri Lagoon
After breakfast we travel by bus to El
Chalten, a little and colorful town next to
Mount Fitz Roy. To arrive to El Chalten we
will cross 190 km of gravel road through the
Patagonia steppe and we will stop at La
Leona, a picturesque inn to enjoy the homemade cakes. From here, the views on the
Viedma Lake are superb.
When we arrive to the town, carrying only
the necessary for this three days trip, in
which we will lodge in a Full Camp. A
beautiful trail next to ¨Las Vueltas¨
river will take us to the first panoramic
views of the Mount Fitz Roy. From now on, we
will be approaching the De los Patos Lagoon
and finally we will arrive to our camp next
to the Capri Lagoon. (3 hs approx.)
The Camp has been previously mounted,
featuring spacious dome tents, used in
double or single base. Each tent has
sleeping bags, inner sheet and insulating
mattresses. The camp has a large dining tent
with table, benches, dishes and kitchenware.
The sanitary services are provided with
chemical bathrooms. Lodging in Full Camp at Capri Lagoon
double or single base
Meals Included: breakfast, lunch box and
dinner.
Day
3 Mount Fitz Roy, De los Tres Lagoon
Early in the morning and carrying only your
coat and the photo camera we trek the
Chorrillo Salt, always with the impressive
needles of the glacier in front of us. The
first 2 hours are mainly flat, through
forest and open glade and bog areas, with
diverse bird life, leading us to Fitz Roy base
camp. From here it is a 400 meters/1300 ft
climb to the De los Tres lagoon on a steep
trail that takes us around one hour and a
half at gentle pace. This walk is one of the
highlights in the National Park Los
Glaciares; the views of Cerro Poincenot,
Monte Fitz Roy and the other peaks
surrounding those are splendid. We return to
Capri Lagoon Full Camp. (5 hs approx) Lodging in Full Camp at Capri Lagoon
double or single base
Meals Included: breakfast, lunch box and
dinner.
Day
4 Mount Torre
This morning we hike the surrounds of Capri
Lagoon down by the trail to Madre e Hija
Lagoons through a dense forest following the
Fitz Roy River. We reach the Mount Torre
Valley to glacier-fed Laguna Torre where
Fitz Roy river begins. This lagoon contained
between moraines, generally piles floes that
come off of the Grande Glacier that falls in
its west extreme. The impressive group of
Mount Torre needles with its slender 3128
meters/10262 ft height, frame the landscape. Lodging in Full Camp at Torre Lagoon
double or single base
Meals Included: breakfast, lunch box and
dinner
Day
5 Torre Glacier and Lagoon – El
Chalten
In the morning we walk the area near Torre
Lagoon, with nice views of the Solo Mount
and the Adela Glacier.
Optionally, you can choose to do a trek on
the Torre Glacier, the Holiday On Ice
Excursion. We put on our crampons (provided)
and trek on the glacier’s surface and
develop our ice climbing skills (harness and
ice axes provided).
We return on the same trail to El Chaltén,
where the passenger will lodge that night. Lodge at Hostel Room with shared
bathroom
Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base
with private bathroom
Meals Included: breakfast, lunch box and
dinner
Optional tour: Holiday On Ice Excursion
Day
6 El Chalten - El Calafate
In the morning each participant can chose to
explore the town of El Chalten freely, with
the possibility of visiting The Climbers
Chapel; or the Matzen family country, one of
the pioneering families in the area; the Del
Desierto Lake located 45 Km out of town or
to visit the Interpretive Center of National
Parks. Around 5 pm we move towards El
Calafate retracing the same road we did,
arriving to El Calafate around 21 hs.
Lodge at Hostel Room with shared bathroom
Alternatives:
Inn Room double or single base with private
bathroom
Meals Included: breakfast
Day
7 El Calafate – Perito Moreno
Glacier
After breakfast we depart by bus to the
Magallanes peninsula, where is located the
entrance of The Glaciers National Park. Its
centerpiece is the Perito Moreno Glacier,
which, because of unusually favorable local
conditions, is one of the world’s few
advancing glaciers. Huge icebergs from the
glacier wall collapse into the De los
Tempanos Channel. The roar of the gigantic
ice rocks falling and crashing into the
waters of the channel is a unique experience.
Our bus will lead us just in front of the
Glacier, allowing us to walk the gangplanks
to view the Glacier from different
viewpoints.
Then we go down to the lakeside to board a
ship that carries us very near the Glacier
ice walls. We return to El Calafate using a
different route that we used to arrive. Lodge at Hostel Room with shared
bathroom
Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base
with private bathroom
Meals Included: breakfast
Day
8 El Calafate – Torres del Paine
We depart early in the morning (around 7 am)
from El Calafate to Torres del Paine through
a spectacular landscape of the Patagonia
steppe. Choiques and flamingos are very
common in this area. Almost 4 hours from
starting our journey, we will be at the
border crossing between Chile and Argentina
called ¨Paso Cancha Carrera¨. We continue
until reach the Torres del Paine National
Park. UNESCO gave to this park the World
Heritage status, due to its unique wildlife
and magnificent scenery. We arrive to our
camp at Camping Pehoe Full Camp after 6
hours of travel.
Afternoon, we will visit several panoramic
viewpoints of the Nordenskjöld Lake and the
“Cuernos del Paine” (Paine Horns), to
finally arrive to the Camping Pehoe Full
Camp. Duration of the journey: 6 hs approx. Lodging in Full Camp Camping Pehoe
double or single base (area with sanitarium
services)
Included meals: breakfast and dinner.
Day
9 Las Torres – Ascensio River
Valley
We dedicate this day to one of the most
spectacular and classical trekking in the
park: the Torres Trail. We transfer after
breakfast by bus to the trail start at Las
Torres area. We cross a suspended bridge and
remount the slopes of the Almirante Nieto
Mount, bordering the Ascencio River. After
one hour ascending we go into the Valley,
and reach Chileno Refuge. From there the
trail leads us through the forest, in the
middle of unforgettable landscapes, to Las
Torres base camp. There the climbers wait
good weather conditions to climb Las Torres.
We trek one hour more to reach the Las
Torres Viewpoint, an amazing natural
amphitheater at the bottom of the vertical
granite towers that reach 2800 meters height.
We return by the same way. It’s a total 7-hour
trek. Lodging in Full Camp Camping Pehoe
double or single base (area with sanitarium
services)
Included meals: breakfast, lunch box and
dinner.
Day
10 Pehoe Lake Navigation, Del Frances
Valley
Early in the morning we cross sailing 45
minutes the Pehoe Lake embarking at puerto
Pudeto and arriving at the Pehoe Refuge area.
We walk from there until get the Del Frances
Valley. It’s a beautiful mountain valley
descending from the middle of the massif
toward the Nordenskjold Lake. Flanked by The
Horns to the east and by the impressive
Paine Grande (3050 meters/10006 ft) to the
west. We ascend the valley until the upper
viewpoints located in a natural amphitheater
surrounded by some of needles and walls most
wonderful of the massif: Cuernos, Espada,
Mascara, Hoja, Aleta de Tiburon, Catedral,
and Paine Grande. The forest and the
suspended glaciers that cause continuous ice
and snow fallings, give us a unique scenery
to this walk. We descend the same trail and
turn west rounding Skottberg Lake until
arrive to our Camp for this night at Pehoe
Refuge area. It’s a total 7-hour trek. Lodging in Full Camp Pehoe Refuge
area double or single base (area with
sanitarium services)
Day
11 Grey Glacier Viewpoints
Another unforgettable day dedicated to the
Grey Glacier, impressive Glacier 300 square
kilometers of surface (115 square miles), 25
kilometers long (16 miles). It overflows
from the Continental Ice Field falling into
Grey Lake. The Glacier produce enormous
amount of blue icebergs that sail over the
lake pushed by the wind toward the south,
given the characteristic feature to this
lake.
The trail leads us to a wonderful viewpoint
where we can appreciate the whole lake, the
glacier and the mountains that emerge from
the west of the Ice Field.
Two more hours walking and we arrive to
another viewpoint just in front of the
Glacier.
All the trek is develop between Andean bush
and lengas forest, at the shadow of the ice
blocks that drape the Paine Grande Mount. We
walk this day about 7 hours. At the end of
the day we sail again the Pehoe Lake to the
south shore to return to our Full Camp at
Camping Pehoe area. Lodging in Full Camp at Camping
Pehoe area double base (area with sanitarium
services)
Included meals: breakfast, lunch box and
dinner.
Day
12 Torres del Paine – Puerto
Natales – Ottway Penguin Colony- Punta
Arenas
We drive away Torres del Paine after
breakfast, to Puerto Natales, when we arrive
after 90 km/55 miles . There we have time to
lunch freely and walk by this little town
and its port. At 3 pm we continue traveling
south to visit the Ottway Colony of
Magellanic penguins. Finally we arrive to
Punta Arenas around 8pm Lodge at Hostel Room with shared
bathroom
Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base
with private bathroom
Meals Included: breakfast
Day
13 Punta Arenas – Rio Grande -
Tierra Mayor Valley
From Punta Arenas we depart early to First
Narrow, to sail the Strait of Magellan by
Ferry. On the other side another bus will be
waiting for us to continue south into the
Tierra del Fuego Island. After lunch at Rio
Grande we continue to visit Fagnano Lake,
and driving a mountain path in the De Los
Andes Cordillera we arrive to our Mountain
Refuge, located in the Tierra mayor Valley,
around 6pm
After get there we visit a close zone full
of castors. We could appreciate the hue
changes the castors are producing to this
area. Lodge at Mountain Refuge with shared
room and shared bathroom
Included meals: breakfast and dinner.
Day
14 Ushuaia – Tierra del Fuego
National Park –Beagle Channel Navigation
In the morning we trip to the Tierra del
Fuego National Park, in the island corner
that limit Argentina and Chile, where the
Andes Cordillera goes under the sea,
characteristic an spectacular landscape of
this island.
After having our Box Lunch we navigate the
Beagle Channel. The Beagle Channel, in the
south shore of the Tierra del Fuego Island,
forms part of the border between Argentina
and Chile. In addition to spectacular
scenery, we should see many species of
marine mammals and birds. We enjoy our last
dinner in the most Austral City in the World. Lodge at Hostel Room with shared
bathroom
Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base
with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast lunch box and
dinner.
Day
15 Ushuaia City – Ushuaia Airport
After breakfast we start a 3 hour low
demanding trek by the “World’s End Edge”
of the Martial glacier, a spectacular
trekking that pass over the edge rounding
Ushuaia City and the Beagle Channel. You
will get the panoramic views of the city of
Ushuaia and its surroundings, the Beagle
Channel, and the Chilean islands of Navarino.
(3 hs approx).
We return to Ushuaia when we have free time
to get around the city, situated on the
north shore of the Beagle Channel.
Afternoon we transfer to the Ushuaia Airport
where finish our services.
Included meals: breakfast
Bilingual Spanish-English guides during all
the program’s activities.
Mountain Guides during the trekking
activities.
Perito Moreno Glacier Excursion including
Navigation.
Pehoe Lake Navigation.
Beagle Channel Navigation.
Transfer El Calafate Airport - El Calafate
– El Chalten – El Calafate – Torres
del Paine – Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas
– Rio Grande – Ushuaia- Ushuaia Airport.
14 breakfasts, 10 lunch boxes and 11 dinners,
as detailed in the chart below.
Base Accommodation (PAT 00) at Hostel Room
or Alternative Accommodation (PAT 01 or PAT
02) at Inn double or single base, according
to the following chart.
The Full Patagonia Adventure tour is
offered in three different ways to lodge.
Base Accommodation (PAT–
00) Hostel Room
The Base Offer (PAC 00) lodge as shown in
the following chart, at Hostel Room.
DAYS
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
(PAT 00) Hostel
Room with shared bathroom
Full Camp double base (rural area)
Full Camp double base (area with
sanitarium services)
Mountain Refuge with shared room
and shared bathroom
Accommodation (PAT
– 01 and PAT- 02) Inn Double or
Single Base
These Offers lodge as shown in the following
chart, in double base (PAT 01) or single
base (PAT 02) in the days when this option
is available.
They differ from the previous one that they
go to an Inn, not to a Hostel.
When you choose single base, you have single
base accommodations at the Full Camp Tents
too.
DAYS
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
(PAT 01) Inn
double base with private bathroom
Full Camp double base (rural area)
Full Camp double base (area with
sanitarium services)
Mountain Refuge with shared room
and shared bathroom
(PAT 02) Additional
Single
Meals
Meals included in the program are detailed
in the following chart.
DAYS
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
Breakfast
Lunch Box
Dinner
Meeting Point
The Meeting Point for the Group on Day 1 is
at 7 pm at the Hostal del Lago Libertador,
Del Libertador 587, El Calafate. This
Meeting Point can be modified and will be
confirmed when confirming the booking for
the passenger.
Services
Not Included
Entrance ticket to Los Glaciares National
Park
Entrance ticket to Torres del Paine National
Park
Entrance ticket to Tierra del Fuego National
Park
Medical and Life Insurance
Tips
Air flight tickets and Airport fees and
taxes
Optional Excursion Holiday On Ice
Services not detailed in the program
