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South
American Adventure - Argentina
PWU
Torres del Paine + Ushuaia Adventure 9
days – 8 nights (Moderate trek)
Departures:
Guaranteed All
Fridays
Season:
October to April
Starts
at: El
Calafate Airport
Ends
at:
Ushuaia Airport
Group
Departures
This program
allow the passengers to
explore and discover the
Torres del Paine National
Park in Chile.
To do it we take advantage
of our strategically located
Full Camps in the Park’s
central points.
We visit the Ottway Penguin
Colony and cross the Strait
of Magellan.
We travel the fantastic
natural environment of the
Tierra del Fuego Island, and
the picturesque Ushuaia,
that names itself the world’s
southernmost city.
We lodge in a typical
Patagonian Mountain Refuge
in the Tierra Mayor Valley,
and we spend our last night
in the Ushuaia City to
discover her secrets and
beauties. We walk the Tierra
del Fuego National park and
navigate the Beagle Channel
where the waters from
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
melt them.
DAY
/ ITINERARY
01
El
Calafate
Airport -
El
Calafate
02
El
Calafate -
Torres del
Paine
03
Las
Torres,
Ascensio
River Valley
04
Pehoe
Lake
Navigation.
Del Frances
Valley
05
Grey
Glacier
Viewpoints
06
Puerto
Natales.
Ottway
Penguin
Colony.
Punta Arenas
07
Punta
Arenas. Rio
Grande.
Tierra Mayor
Valley
08
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 by first
time at the Hostal del Lago Libertador, at
Del Libertador 587, El Calafate. You meet
your guide, and you enjoy a dinner with you
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 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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
8 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 box lunch and
dinner.
Day
9 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.
Pehoe Lake Navigation.
Beagle Channel Navigation.
Transfer El Calafate Airport - El Calafate
– Torres del Paine – Puerto Natales -
Punta Arenas – Rio Grande – Ushuaia-
Ushuaia Airport.
8 breakfasts, 6 lunch boxes and 7 dinners,
as detailed in the chart below.
Base Accommodation (PWU 00) at Hostel Room
or Alternative Accommodation (PWU 01 or PWU
02) at Inn double or single base, according
to the following chart.
The PWU – Torres Del Paine + Ushuaia
Adventure tour is offered in three different
Base Accommodation
(PWU – 00) Hostel Room
The Base Offer (PWU 00) lodge as shown in
the following chart, at Hostel Room.
DAYS
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
(PWU 00) Hostel
Room with shared bathroom
Full Camp double base (area with
sanitarium services)
Mountain Refuge with shared room
and shared bathroom
Accommodation (PWU
– 01 and PWU- 02) Inn Double or
Single Base
These Offers lodge as shown in the following
chart, in double base (PWU 01) or single
base (PWU 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
(PWU 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
(PWU 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
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 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
Services not detailed in the program
