Day
01 Santiago of Chile
Arrival to the airport and transfer to the hotel.
Accommodation in Santiago.
Day 02 Santiago-Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales
Breakfast. Transfer from the Hotel to the Santiago's airport.
Reception at the airport and after 4pm driving towards to
Puerto Natales (246km, 3 hours). During the trip we will
visit the penguin colonies at Otway Gulf.
Lodging at the Hotel in Puerto Natales.
Day
03 Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine
Breakfast. Early start for full day in Torres del Paine
National Park Unique flora and fauna that will leave you
impressed. Visit the Milodon Cave and after the unforgettable
views of the Paine Towers of Paine Lago Grey with
the tremendous blue ice of the Grey Glacier. Lunch included.
Lodging at the Hotel in Torres del Paine National Park.
Day
04 Torres del Paine
Breakfast. Depart 09:00am or 3:00pm to Sailing Grey Lake.
At the present time this natural marvel of impressive dimensions,
which constitutes the end of the Southern Ice Field, can
be visited and admired in all its magnitude sailing through
the lake on board of our vessel Grey II. Weighing anchor
from Hosteria Lago Grey and after sailing for 35 minutes
among many icebergs, whose shape and color offer us unique
themes for our pictures and video shots, we'll approach
the glacier's front wall which is divided in two by a central
island where landing is allowed. Here it is possible to
appreciate in their entire dimension the infinity of crevasses
and risings that constitute the snowdrift that gets lost
in the distance.
Lodging in Torres del Paine National Park
Day
05 Torres del Paine - Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas
Breakfast. Departure from Serrano River dock. First of all,
there is a sailing on zodiac boats during 20 minutes getting
to a piece of land where we have to walk to get another
vessel sailing down arriving to a small pier.
Once here, it is possible to take an optional 30 minutes
walk one way to get in front of Serrano Glacier. Afterwards,
return to the small pier for taking a cutter vessel and
returning to Puerto Natales. On the way we will be able
to admire Balmaceda Glacier. Transfer from the pier to the
bus station and regular bus ticket from Puerto Natales to
Punta Arenas. Transfer from the Bus station to the Hotel
Lodging in Punta Arenas.
Day 06 Punta Arenas – Santiago –
Calama – San Pedro de Atacama
Breakfast. Transfer from the Hotel to the airport in Punta
Arenas.
Arrive in the world’s most arid desert. Reception
and transfer from Calama airport to San Pedro de Atacama.
Accommodation at the hotel of your choice.
Day 07 San Pedro de Atacama
Breakfast. At 09:00am we will depart to visit the
most representative archeological places that show the development
of the Atacamenian culture. Discover the origin of this
culture, visit the archeological monument called “Aldea
de Tulor”, 2,800 years old. Relive, accompanied by
native Atacamenian guides, the beginning of sedentary life
of the first inhabitants of the Atacama Desert. We finish
our trip through history visiting the Tambo de Catarpe,
administrative center built by the Incas to collect taxes
and spread the traditions of the Empire of the Sun in Atacama.
Back to the Hotel 1:00pm.
Excursion to the Atacama Salt Lake, departure 4:00pm. Toconao
is a small picturesque village, part of the Andean culture,
where you will appreciate beautiful handicrafts made of
volcanic stone, cactus wood and llama wool. Then, accompanied
by our skilled guides, travel through the vast Atacama Salt
Lake, one of the world's largest. Discover how life survives
in the salty environment. Observe the beautiful and surprising
flamingos, one of the best-adapted birds to the typically
harsh environment and climate. Discover the micro-organic
life that thrives in salt concentrations even higher than
that found in seawater, life that allows many insects, reptiles
and birds to subsist, which make this harsh plateau an extraordinary
habitat full of surprises.
Back to the Hotel.
Lodging in San Pedro de Atacama.
Day
08 San Pedro de Atacama
Departure 04:00am. Very early in the morning we will travel
100 kilometers from San Pedro of Atacama up into the Andes
mountain range. Breakfast upon arrival. There you will experience
one of the most astonishing phenomenon produced by nature,
see contrasting colors produced by the steam columns in
the highest geothermal field in the world. After greeting
the father sun, we will continue on to a luscious valley
to visit a lovely village located at 3,200 meters, Caspana.
Lunch is included. When we leave the village, the extent
of the desert is impressive, we confront the driest desert
in the world. In the midst of this lonely landscape we encounter
the Inca Coya Lagoon, a few kilometers before the town of
Chiu Chiu. Back to your hotel.
Lodging in San Pedro de Atacama.
Day
09 San Pedro de Atacama-Calama
Breakfast. Transfer from the hotel to the airport.
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