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VC180
Program for visiting Santiago - Torres del Paine - Calafate - Bariloche
- lakes crossing - Puerto Varas |
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| VC180 Program for visiting Santiago - Torres del Paine - Calafate - Bariloche - lakes crossing - Puerto Varas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Duration:
13 Days / 12 Nights Season: October 15th, 2008 until February,28th, 2009 Departure: Daily directly to natalia@visitchile.cl |
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| VC180 Includes: PUERTO VARAS - PUERTO MONTT |
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| VC180 Itinerario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Day 01 Santiago Transfer from the airport to the Hotel. Afternoon City tour Santiago, departs from your hotel to visit the Old Civic Center, La Moneda Government Palace, Plaza de Armas square surrounded by the Cathedral, National Museum of History, Post Office Headquarters, then a short visit to the Pre-Columbian Museum, continuing by Alameda B.O'Higgins main avenue and Republic avenue to admire old magnificent houses, the Club Hipico race track, The Cousiño Palace, the Santa Lucia hill, then the San Cristobal Hill, with a panoramic view of the whole city , visiting later the new civic center of Providencia – Las Condes, residential areas with excellent gourmet restaurants, parks and shopping malls. Lodging in Santiago. Day 02 Santiago-Viña del Mar & Valparaiso Breakfast. The excursion departs from your hotel, crossing the Coastal Mountain range and continuing through the Curacavi Valley with its small towns and villages, later the Casablanca Valley where some vineyards that produce Chardonay white wine are located, then a view of the Peñuelas Lagoon up to Valparaiso, a picturesque seaport. Here you will enjoy the special architecture, hills and funiculars. Tour along the narrow avenues, visiting Plaza Mayor and Prat Pier, Victoria Square, Congress Building and civic center. Then you will proceed to the Garden City of Viña del Mar, visiting Quinta Vergara, the site of the International Summer Song Festival, then Vergara’s Palace, Botanic Garden, continuing by San Martin Avenue to visit Reñaca & Con-con sea resorts, stopping at a seaside restaurant for lunch (optional). In the afternoon, there will be a visit to Sausalito Lagoon & Park and the Sporting Club (horse race track), before returning to Santiago via route 68 to your Hotel. Lodging in Santiago. Day 03 Santiago Breakfast. Day at leisure to explore at your own pace Lodging in Santiago. Day 04 Santiago-Punta Arenas-Puerto Natales Breakfast. Transfer from the Hotel to the airport. Flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas Arrival in Punta Arenas and transfer to Puerto Natales, on the way we will visit the Pinguins Colony, 65 km away from Punta Arenas (40 miles) on the Otway Sound, penguins come to next every year between November until March. The species found here is the Magellan Penguin and to reach the nesting site, there is a walk of 2 km (1.2 miles) across the coastal land to this sanctuary. It is possible to watch the penguins close up, courting and caring for their young, depending on the time of year. After arrival to Puerto Natales. Lodging in Puerto Natales. Day 05 Puerto Natales- Excursion Balmaceda Serrano Glaciers Breakfast. You will embark on a small motor boat and sail along the Last Hope Sound where you can see black necked swans, fauna of the region, and colonies of sea lions. Following a journey of approximately 3 hours you will arrive at Monte Balmaceda where you can see the glacier by the same name. Time for viewing and photos here before continuing to the Serrano Glacier. A 15 minute walk takes you to the north side of the mountain for a great view of this fabulous glacier. Lunch at Estancia Perales on the way back and return to Puerto Natales. Day 06 Puerto Natales- Torres del Paine Buffet breakfast. Pick up from your Hotel in Puerto Natales at 7:30 AM to begin full-day program towards Torres del Paine and our visit to the National Park, where we will have a nice panoramic view of “Paine” Mountain Range. Also we will admire lakes such as “Sarmiento” ,”Nordenskjold”, and “Pehoe” .We will see fauna huanacos, foxes among others and a big variety of birds easily observed during the trip. A short trek will take us to a big waterfall called “Salto Grande”. Later ,retaking the main road, we access the CONAF central office, to continue to Lake Grey , where after to walk ( 30 minutes) through a “millenium” forest we will get to its beach to admire a great glacier Grey. With lunch. Lodging in Torres del Paine Day 07 Torres del Paine - Cerro Castillo - Calafate - Glaciar Perito Moreno Breakfast. Transfer from Torres del Paine to Cerro Castillo and wait for the domestic bus that will take us across the border to Argentina. Board the regular bus to El Calafate (287km/ 180mi). In the afternoon take a guided tour (160km/100mi round trip) around the enormous Perito Moreno glacier. Return to El Calafate and transfer from the buis station to the Hotel. Lodging in El Calafate Day 08 Calafate - Excursion Navigation Glaciers Upsala and Onelli. Breakfast. Navigation throuth the northern branch of lake Argentino, where you must navigate about 70 km. to get to Glacier Upsala and Onelli Bay, where the catamaran stops for three hours. Upsala Glacier forms an ice spit of some 60 km. long and 10 km. wide and constitutes the biggest glacier in the area. Its surface is approximately 595 km², about three times as big as Buenos Aires. Navigation goes on until Onelli Bay, where passengers disembark and go for a short walk through the forest until Onelli Bay, where glaciers Onelli, Bolados, Agassiz and Heim meet. During the hike you will enjoy these beautiful landscapes with a variety of shapes and colors in the immense icebergs detached from Upsala Glacier. Lodging in El Calafate Day 09 El Calafate - Bariloche. Breakfast. Transfer from the Hotel to El Calafate airport. Flight from El Calafate to Bariloche. Arrival at Bariloche local airport; meeting and transfer to the hotel of your choice. Lodging in Bariloche. Day 10 Bariloche Day 11 Bariloche-Lakes crossing - Puerto Varas Day 12 Puerto Varas Day 13 Puerto Varas - Puerto Montt |
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