Torres Del Paine and Glacier 4 Days

Torres Del Paine
Gray Glacier
Chilean Patagonia
Typical Patagonian Landscape
Strait Of Magellan, Puerto Natales

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What's Included?

Hotel with breakfast daily
Transfer Airport - Bus Terminal
Bus Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales
Transfer Puerto Natales - Hotel
Tour Glacier Perito Moreno, Argentina
Torres del Paine Tour
Navigation Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers
Transfer Puerto Natales - bus terminal
Bus Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas
Transfer Bus Station - Hotel Punta Arenas
Transfer Hotel - Airport

Jutting out some 2800m above the Patagonian steppe, the Torres del Paine (Towers of Paine) are spectacular granite pillars that dominate the landscape of what may be South America's finest national park . These breathtaking spires are flanked by the summit of Paine Grande (3050m) and the sharp tusks of black sedimentary peaks known as Los Cuernos (The Horns; 2200m to 2600m). Yes, these are the famous Patagonian mountains that you see on posters and book covers all over the world.

Day 1 - Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales

Transfer from Punta Arenas Airport straight to Bus Terminal. Regular service bus ticket Punta Arenas / Natales. Reception at bus terminal and transfer to hotel.

Day 2 - Torres Del Paine National Park Tour

From Puerto Natales , the lodging area, at 08:00 hrs, this excursion will set course for the Torres del Paine National Park The first stop will be made in the thousand-year-old Milodon cave. A enormous natural accident with an incalculable anthropological value where is believed that the Patagonia primitive man lived close to the Milodon , a extinct herbivorous animal.

After a 30 minutes trek another stop in El Castillo hill, cafeteria service available.

A whole preamble before arriving at Torres del Paine National Park along the area of Laguna Amarga ( bitter lagoon). An real spectacle in which species of Red foxes and Condors use to join the beautiful panoramic sight of the Paines massif.

A short distance ahead the Norsdenskjold and Pehoe lakes can be observed in company with guanacos and rheas. The tour continues with a 10 minutes trek which will make possible for you to discover the marvelous Salto Grande ( grand jump) and you will face the imposing cuernos ( horns) and get the Gray Lake.

In the afternoon the outing goes to the area of the glacier, there will a break for 1 hr after the trek through the lengas ( Magellan oak) forest and on the imposing Grey Glacier´s floes. The return journey ends when arrives at Puerto Natales around 19:30 hrs. ,all the passengers are taken to the lodging place or the bus terminal.

Day 3 - Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers Tour

Navigation to Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers starts at 08:00 hrs. Visiting this glacier is admiring a majestic place almost untouched by man and it´s only possible to get it across the Ultima Esperanza Gulf. It is the Balmaceda Mount at an altitude of 2.035 mts, one the areas of the Bernardo O´higgins National Park and it´s part of the Andes range.

To reach the Mount Balmaceda is real delight. The journey begins at the pier of Puerto Natales and going across forests of coigues, cinnamon trees , lengas, ñires, chilcos and calafates and at the same time discovering seals, cormorants,quetru ducks, condors and seagulls.

Once the coast is passed around , the ship gets closer to the sea wolves reserve in order to finally get the mount. On it , the Balmaceda Glacier is situated which lets big ice blocks go into the water of the fiord and of Serrano Glacier , glacier positioned at north of Balmaceda , a small lagoon formed by meltwater is the only accessible overland pass.

Day 4

Pickup from hotel in Natales and transfer to the Bus Terminal Regular service bus ticket Natales straight to Punta Arenas Airport Passengers get off at the airport.