Itinerary
Day 1:Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales
Hotel:
Deluxe:
Hotel Altiplanico Puerto Natales, COSTAUSTRALIS
Meals:
Breakfast: Excluded; Lunch: Excluded; Dinner: Excluded
Upon arrival at Punta Arenas airport (PUQ), transfer by coach to Puerto Natales. The journey takes approximately three hours, passing through the Magellan Strait and the scenic roads at the end of the world, with views of vast pastures, grazing cattle, and occasionally guanacos.
Day 2:Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine National Park - Puerto Natales
Hotel:
Deluxe:
Hotel Altiplanico Puerto Natales, COSTAUSTRALIS
Meals:
Breakfast: Included; Lunch: Included; Dinner: Excluded
After breakfast, depart for a full-day tour. First, visit the Milodon Cave, an ecological landmark of southern Chile. Continue into Torres del Paine National Park to enjoy its unique flora, fauna, and geological features. Keep an eye out for condors and guanacos. Admire the peaks of Las Torres, Almirante Nieto, Los Cuernos, and Paine Grande, as well as Sarmiento Lake, Nordenskjöld Lake, and the spectacular Salto Grande waterfall. After lunch, take a short hike to Lago Grey beach to view the glacier and its ice formations. Return to the hotel in Puerto Natales.
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Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
The world's last wilderness! UNESCO Biosphere Reserve famed for granite towers, emerald lakes and roaming guanacos. Hiker's paradise - the W Trek was voted world's best by Lonely Planet.
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Salto Grande Waterfall
Salto Grande Waterfall is a powerful cascade in Torres del Paine, known for its thundering flow and scenic setting.
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Grey Lake
Grey Lake is a glacial lake in Torres del Paine, famous for its floating icebergs calved from Grey Glacier.
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Milodon Cave
Milodon Cave is a significant prehistoric site near Torres del Paine, featuring a massive cavern once inhabited by giant ground sloths.
Day 3:Puerto Natales - Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers - Puerto Natales
Hotel:
Deluxe:
Hotel Altiplanico Puerto Natales, COSTAUSTRALIS
Meals:
Breakfast: Included; Lunch: Included; Dinner: Excluded
After breakfast, depart from Puerto Natales by boat for a cruise through the Last Hope Sound. Along the way, observe sea lions and cormorant colonies on the cliffs. After about four hours, reach Balmaceda Glacier; if weather permits, witness dramatic ice calving. Continue to Puerto Toro, then take a 30-minute walk through forest to Serrano Glacier, where floating ice in the lagoon can be seen. After the visit, return by boat to Puerto Natales. Enjoy a whiskey with ice from the glacier, offered by the captain.
Day 4:Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas
Meals:
Breakfast: Included; Lunch: Excluded; Dinner: Excluded
After breakfast, transfer to Punta Arenas airport for a flight back to Santiago, or to the bus station for onward travel to Argentina.