Torres del Paine and ​Ushuaia Adventure Tour
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This program allow the passengers to explore and discover the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. To do it we take advantage of strategically located Full Camps in the Park’s central points. Then cross the Strait of Magellan to vist the fantastic natural environment of the Tierra del Fuego Island, and the picturesque Ushuaia, that names itself the world’s southernmost city. Lodge in a typical Patagonian Mountain Refuge in the Tierra Mayor Valley. Walk the Tierra del Fuego National park and navigate the Beagle Channel where the waters from Atlantic and Pacific Ocean melt them.
Good to do before an Antarctic cruise! |
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Day 1 El Calafate airport – El Calafate
We welcome you at Calafate airport and transfer to town to check in at your hostel. In the evening, discuss details of your program and enjoy your welcome dinner together with your fellow travellers. Lodging in a lodge, double or single room with private bathroom. Meals we provide: Dinner. Day 2 El Calafate – Torres del Paine National Park Early start for a 6 hs drive to our camp in Paine. We drive across the steppe, still following by parts the legendary route 40, to get around Sierra de los Baguales, an impressive range in between Calafate and Paine. We cross the Argentinean Chilean border at Cancha Carrera/ Cerro Castillo. After the border crossing, we start our final sprint to Paine National Park, World Heritage by the UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization). Approaching the Park, we start to see the different mountains that feature the area: Paine Grande, the Horns, Admiral Nieto and the Towers. We enter the Park by Porteria Sarmiento. A rich wildlife: guanacos, lesser rheas, condors and all types of wetland and buzzard birds, will be available for our eyes and cameras. We’ll stop in the Lake Nordenskjöld and in Salto Grande viewpoints for short walks. In the afternoon we continue to visit the westernmost side of the National Park, lake Grey area, where a short and easy hike along the south shore of the lake allow us to enjoy the blue icebergs that calving from the glacier in the northern side of the lake are pushed by the wind to this side. Las Torres Full Camp keeps the style of Laguna Capri and Cerro Torre Full Camps, but combined with the first class facilities provided by the campsite: good and clean bathrooms and hot water showers, water and electricity in each camping site. Lodging at Las Torres Full Camp in double or single tent (area with sanitary services) Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner. Day 3 Paine Towers – Ascensio River Valley We drive an tour to get to Estancia Cerro Paine, headtrail for the world famous Paine towers. We “warm up” hiking a steep one hour slope, to get inside the Ascensio river valley, a narrow “V” shape alpine valley coming from inside the Paine massif. A gentle downhill leads us to Refugio Chileno, a cozy and comfortable mountain lodge, which can be a good turnaround point for those not willing to make a full day hike. We then walk in a gentle slope along the river side and inside beech forest. A final climb on moraine take us to the Towers viewpoint: a glacier origin lagoon and the three towers rising vertically 1000 mts from the glacier. The lack of breath will be either because the climb and the sight!!!! We go back to our camp on the same way we came. Walking time: 7 to 8 hs. Lodging at Las Torres Full Camp in double or single tent (area with sanitary services) Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner. Day 4 Lake Pehoe crossing – French Valley Early in the morning a 1 hour drive takes us to Port Pudeto to board the catamarán that crosses lake Pehoe twice a day. Once at the far side of the lake, we leave unnecessary items in our tents and we set out to the French Valley trail. The trail skirts Paine Grande south slopes and lake Skottberg, to take us after 2.5 hours of continuous ups and downs, to the hanging bridge upon the French River. This breathtaking location is at the foot of both the 2700 meters south east face of Paine Grande (to the west) and the Horns, with its characteristic black sedimentary topping, to the east. We continue walking 1 hour further by Italian camp to reach breathtaking viewpoints over the area. After lunch and photos we retrace our steps back on time to board the boat that crosses Lake Pehoe back to Puerto Pudeto. Upon arrival we drive to our full camp located in Camping Lake Pehoe. Walking time: 5 to 6 hs. Lodging at Camping Lake Pehoe Full Camp in double or single tent (area with sanitary services) Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner. Day 5 Grey Valley - Puerto Natales Lake Grey trail leads from Pehoe valley across ridges to reach Grey valley. This magnificent valley flows down 60 km from the Patagonian Icefield, featuring the huge glacier calving down in the grey color lake. Our trail skirts the lake, going up and down the westerns slopes of Paine Grande, offering some of the most impressive sights of the Park. From the trail we can see the south end of the lake where the blue icebergs gather, the mountains rising far in the distance above glaciers Grey and Tyndall. We come back along the same trail, crossing bogs, shrublands and forest. Once again at Paine Grande Refuge we take the boat to cross lake Pehoe back and then we go to our accommodation in Puerto Natales, a picturesque fishermen town located in the shores of the Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope) fiord. Lodging: Lodge Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch Day 6 Puerto Natales – Ushuaia We leave early in the morning Puerto Natales, taking the bus to our next destination: Ushuaia. Once we arrive in Ushuaia, a transfer will take us to our hotel. Lodging: Lodge Provided meals: Breakfast Day 7 - Free day in Ushuaia Lodging: Lodge Provided meals: Breakfast 
Day 8 Ushuaia - Beagle Channel and Penguin Rookery
After breakfast we walk to the Ushuaia Tourist Pier for a full day of activities: we will navigate the Beagle Channel to the iconic Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, we will see Los Lobos Island and Los Patos Island, we will visit the Acatushun Museum in the pioneering Estancia Harberton and we will have the unforgettable opportunity to walk among penguins on Isla Martillo. Lodging: Lodge Provided meals: Breakfast We recommend to take food and drinks for the day before starting the activity. Day 9 Ushuaia - Ushuaia Airport Morning at your own to visit the town located in the north coast of the Beagle channel. Then town features interesting museums and its typical architecture. In the afternoon we are transferred to Ushauaia airport to take our flight to Buenos Aires. Our services end at the airport. Meals we provide: Breakfast. Health, safety and hygiene measures for Covid 19 Group management: We reduce from 15 to 10 the maximum of passengers in our regular departures. We implement social distancing and safety protocols. Once our passengers arrive at their first destination, we will do a screening to check the health of all the members of the group and provide safety guidelines before joining the group. All our staff will be trained with group management techniques and protocols to reinforce safety of all the member of the group and staff. Transport and Excursions: Our tour combines private and semi-private transportation that will reduce their capacity. We guaranteed a free seat between passengers that do not share booking/room. Drivers will take all the necessary precautions to clean and sanitize the vehicles. Accommodation: All the members of the group will be in the same hotel in each destination. We will use small accommodations that reduce contact with the staff of the hotel but always available to provide assistance Breakfast will be provided in the rooms or at the restaurant with reduced capacity and no buffet service. As long as we cannot guarantee safety measures in hostels, we will not sell hostels in shared room and bathroom tours. We drastically reduce our single base rates so our solo travelers can still join a group at a reasonable fare. Trekking Activities: We will keep social distancing at all times and we will encourage the use of masks in reduced areas where social distancing is not possible. |
INCLUDED:
Bilingual tour leader during all the trip. Mountain guides while on trek. Lake Pehoe boat trips (in and out). Beagle channel boat trip. All transfers El Calafate airport – El Calafate – Torres del Paine – Puerto Natales - Río Grande – Ushuaia – Ushuaia Airport. During the trip we combine private and regular buses. 5 nights in hotel or lodge, 3 nights in Full Camp double base 8 breakfasts, 4 box lunch and 3 dinners . Not included: * Entrance ticket to Torres del Paine National Park * Medical and Life Insurance * Tips * Air flight tickets and Airport fees and taxes * Services not detailed in the program Accommodations Description
Full Camp is a camp previously mounted with wide igloo type tents we use in double or single base. Inside it each passenger has high mountain sleeping bags, individual sheets and insulating mattresses. The Full Camp comes with dining room tents, table, benches and complete kitchen with a cook in charge. Sanitary services in Capri Lagoon are solved with chemical bathrooms and Camp Pehoe has bathroom facilities. Hotel/lodge Room Single or Double Basis: It's a room in a hotel we reserve for only 1 or two passengers. It's a room at Inn with private bathroom. It can be double or single base, depending your choice. Details of Foods
During the periods that we lodge in camp the four foods are served in abundant form achieving a menu that contemplate the tastes of the passengers but also their energy necessities, based on fresh foods. Breakfasts: We provide hot water and options to choose like tea, coffee and milk; accompanied by cookies, sweet, fruits and cereals. Lunches: They consist on a main plate and dessert or a lunch box that is enjoyed in a panoramic point; always accompanied with juices. The lunch box is compound by a potent salad or a sandwich, accompanied by a fruit and a candy or chocolate. Snacks:Infusions to election with cakes or cookies They are served when people return of the walks. Dinners: It includes Entrance (salads or soups), Main Plate (pasta, rice with squids, meats, stews, etc.), and Desserts as Pears with chocolate, Fruits, Fondue, accompanied by juice, wine and later the coffee. During the periods when passenger lodges at hostel or hotel the beverages are not included. Group's Size Usually our groups are between 8 to 10 people, with a maximum of 10. Guides and Coordination All groups have assistance from their arrival to El Calafate. In Usuahia the Guide receives the groups at the Airport and it accompanies them during the whole program and back to the Airport. All the groups will be guided by a professional Mountain Guide, who belongs to the Argentine Association of Mountain Guides and authorized by National Parks, in the journeys that requires it. Activities You will walk along a unique landscape, among lakes, mountains and glaciers, and the idea is to enjoy the journey, so there are no rush or hurries, no difficulties neither risky steps. We always walk slowly with some rests, enjoying the landscape and the environment while walking, with time to discover the flora and the fauna of the area. Although it's a mountain region, the average altitude of our trekking will be 450 meters, with a maximum possible altitude to reach of 1500 meters, which should not negatively affect reasonably fit hikers. Security The trip doesn't include medical assistance. The guides will carry a basic first-aid kit along the walks and VHF communication equipment for any emergency that could take place. Transport Transport will be done combining private and regular services. 2024-2025 Prices per person in US$: hostel = $2994, double = $3219, single = $3787 Holiday Supplement: Departures that include any of the following nights will have a supplement of USD 200.00 per person in all basis: December 24th, December 25th, December 31th and January 1st. 2024-2025 dates: 11-19 Oct, 18-26 Oct, 25 Oct-2 Nov-24, 1-9 Nov, 8-16 Nov, 15-23 Nov, 22-30 Nov, 29 Nov-7 Dec, 6-14 Dec, 13-21Dec, 20-28 Dec, 27 Dec- 4 Jan, 3-11 Jan, 10-18-Jan, 17-25-Jan, 24 Jan-1 Feb, 31 Jan-8 Feb, 7-15 Feb, 14-22 Feb, 21Feb - 1 Mar, 28 Feb-8 Mar, 7-15 Mar, 14-22 Mar, 21-29 Mar, 28 Mar-5 Apr-25, 4-12 Apr, 11-19 Apr
To book the trip send your request by email. Once we confirm space, we will send a link and booking form so you can make a deposit in our account for 20% of the trip value.
The balance is due 60 days prior to departure. Terms and Conditions Prices are per passenger in USD. All prices are subject to change without notice. Departures with less than 6 passengers include: Incoming Services and Mountain Guide during treks in Los Glaciares and Torres del Paine National Park. Departures with 6 or more passengers include: Mountain Guide during treks in Los Glaciares and Torres del Paine National Park and billingual tour leader at El Calafate, El Chalten and Torres del Paine. Cancellation charges 60 Days prior to the departure: 20%** 59 - 30 Days prior to the departure: 40% 29 - 16 Days prior to the departure: 60% Less than 15 days prior to the departure: 100% ** This 20% can be transferred to other reservation. Travel Suspension or Interruption: If operator cancels a tour for cause of Force Majeure, not providing the contracted services, a credit note for the total of the amount will be provided to our clients. In case of a refund request, unrecoverable costs will be deducted. If a tour is interrupted for cause of Force Majeure, operator will provide an alternative itinerary to replace the services that can not be provided. Operator will not be responsible for potential extra costs regarding travel suspension or interruption for cause of Force Majeure Limitations of liability Our services don't include medical insurance nor life insurance. It's passenger's responsibility to contract his/her medical and life insurances previous to the start of the trip. Our trips are developed in zones far from big urban cities. Medical Services and other kind of services could be far from where the passengers are located in a specific moment. Operator will make all the efforts to reinforce and guarantee the security and well being of all the passengers. Terms and Conditions Each passenger accepts, when booking his/her trip with us, to be clear about the potential risks associated with this type of tourism. Operator will refuse any claim or responsibility related to accidents, damages, illness, negligence, physical or mental damage. Operator will not be held responsible for the delays and eventually extra costs due to Force Majeure: illness, weather conditions, war, terrorism, political events, natural disasters, technical difficulties, epidemic, pandemic, new requirements of any government or any other cause out of our or our supplier's control. When contracting your trip, the passenger and the travel agent accept that the total value from all the potential claims that eventually could be made, have a maximum value set by twice the total amount of money paid for the trip |
