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A
7-day trekking program of the
classic "W" hike in the Torres del Paine National
Park will let you marvel at the park's major peaks, glaciers
and lakes like no other trek. Excellent trails and
mountain shelters. This program was designed for outdoor
nature lovers. An expert guide will accompany you on this
57-km trek.
This program, W trek in torres del paine operates from October
to April.
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1: Punta Arenas – Puerto Natales
Reception at the airport. Transportation to the town of
Puerto Natales (246km, 3 hours). During the trip we will
visit the penguin colonies at Otway Gulf. Lodging in hotel
or hostel, dinner, and informative talk on Torres del Paine
National Park.
Day 2: Puerto Natales – Torres del Paine (9
Km Hike)
Breakfast. Direct transportation to Torres del Paine National
Park (3 hours), visiting Cave of the Milodon on the way.
Arrival at the park, box lunch. Today we will see one of
the main attractions of the park: its famous granite towers.
The route will take us through the Ascencio Valley. After
4 hours of hiking we will arrive at our destination. Box
lunch. Return to shelter, dinner.
Day 3: Cuernos Shelter (11 Kms Hike)
Breakfast. Today we will be hiking during 5 hours bordering
the Nordensjold Lake. You can enjoy with its green colored
waters. From this path we have to follow near some rivers
and cross them bringing us a more adventure journey. Box
Lunch. Accommodation and dinner.
Day 04: Paine Grande Shelter - French Valley (7,5
Km Hike)
Breakfast. This full-day will first take us to the French
Valley. If we make good use of our time we can reach the
French lookout point located 2 1/2 hours from Cuernos shelter.
For those who want to press on, we can continue onwards
for another 3 1/2 hours to the British Camp. From this important
lookout point you can enjoy impressive views of peaks such
as the Principal (main), 3050 mts and Norte (north) that
belong to Paine Grande and views of the Catedral, Aleta
de Tiburón, Punta Catalina, Cabeza de Indio, Fortaleza
and many others. These truly amazing views make this part
of the trek really worth the effort. Box lunch included.
Once we start walking back down through the valley and for
those who choose to stay behind, the trail back is gentler
and the 2 1/2 hour hike will afford us wonderful views of
the Paine Grande. We reach the Paine Grande shelter for
dinner and accommodation.
Day 5: Grey Shelter (11 Km Hike)
Breakfast. We start the new day by heading out to the Grey
Glacier (4-hour hike). The trail takes us through Lenga
forests between the base of the Paine Grande and Grey Lake
right up to its glacier where we can contemplate its majestic
beauty from its lookout point and if we're lucky, we'll
witness chunks of ice breaking away and crashing into the
lake. Box Lunch. Accommodation in the Grey Shelter. Dinner.
Day 6: Grey Shelter – Puerto Natales (11 Km
Hike)
Breakfast. 08:00 am We will start our way back to Pehoe
Shelter. Box Lunch. We will take a catamaran at 12:30 to
cross the lake and catch the bus from Pudeto to Puerto Natales.
Reception and transfer to Hotel.
Day 7: Puerto Natales – Airport Punta Arenas
Breakfast. Transportation to the airport.
End of services.
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Extra
meals and drinks in hotel or shelter
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