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Holiday 2016 Patagonia Hiking Express

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For those who are short on time but big on adventure, take advantage of our Patagonia Express tour to visit the main sites of Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, and Torres del Paine in nine days. Hike in gorgeous landscapes and jagged glaciated ranges as you exploring vast expanses on this Patagonia tour.
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Highlights
  • Explore Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in South America
  • Hike to impressive views of the Fitz Roy Massif
  • Encounter Patagonian wildlife, including the rare Andean Condor
  • Optional sailing, horseback riding, & hiking excursions on Torres Del Paine
Activities
Activity Level: Challenging
Requires high-intensity physical efforts that push the limits of one's fitness. May include tours with multiple days in a row of strenuous physical activity or single requiring more than 7 hours of activity. Recommended for travelers maintaining a demanding fitness level.
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Day 1: Arrive El Calafate

Arrive to El Calafate on the flight of your choice today where a transfer will take you to your centrally-located hotel. Meet a guide for an orientation and get ready for a great adventure!

Day 2: Perito Moreno Glacier - Drive to El Chalten

  • Hotel
  • 1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch
Today you drive into Parque Nacional Los Glaciares for views of the stunning Perito Moreno Glacier. This huge advancing glacier is more than 3 miles wide at its front and over 20 stories high - a highlight of your Patagonia travels! You'll take a boat across Lago Argentino and pass the massive front wall of blue ice, all the while watching for icebergs. After landing on a small beach you'll start hiking through the beech forest to the icepack of the glacier and have the opportunity to walk on the glacier with crampons (This Glacier trek has a minimum age of 12 and a maximum age of 65. Alternate excursions are available for those under 12 or over 65 years of age.). You'll eat your lunch sitting on the lateral moraine of the glacier, where you can absorb the magnificence of the glacier's anatomy and listen to its thunderous concerto of groaning and cracking ice dropping into the lake below.

From here you will transfer back to El Calafate for your four hour transfer to El Chalten this evening.

Day 3: El Chalten and Fitz Roy Massif

  • Hotel
  • 1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch
Get ready for a full day hike in the Fitz Roy Range with your second guide, someone locally licensed for hikes in this region. Hike to the viewpoint for one of the most impressive views of the Fitz Roy Massif. Options are the Piedras Blancas Viewpoint, which is 7-10 km each way for an easier hike. Most groups opt for the more challenging hike to Laguna de los Tres, 12km each way. Climb for about 1 hour to your first lookout of Cerro Fitz Roy. Next hike an additional 2 hours to the Rio Blanco campsite. From here continue for another hour up to Laguna de los Tres, where you are rewarded with spectacular views of Cerro Fitz Roy, Laguna Sucia, and Viedma Glacier. Enjoy lunch before heading back to El Chalten. 7-9 hrs of hiking covering 14-24 km.

Day 4: Laguna Torre Hike

  • Hotel
  • 1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch
Enjoy another full day of hiking up to Laguna Torre today. Ascend from the De las Vueltas River Valley through dense southern beech forests, and enjoy views of the jagged Mount Torre-Adela range in the distance. You'll continue climbing gradually until you reach Laguna Torre, where you'll be rewarded by a stunning vista: majestic Mount Torre, flanked by the Adela mountains, high peaks, and glaciers spilling blue-white towards the lagoon. Eat lunch by the shores of the lagoon before hiking back to El Chalten for the evening. 6 hrs hiking covering 11 miles (17 km).

Day 5: Return to El Calafate

Today you will transfer back to your hotel in El Calafate. The rest of the day is free for you to take an optional tour in the area, or to wander the shops in El Calafate. A local museum, El Glaciarium, offers great exhibits and insight into the environmental impacts involved with the formation and depletion of glaciars.

Day 6: Transfer to Torres del Paine

  • Hotel
  • 1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch
Load up in your vehicle for the 6 hour drive towards the Chilean border and into Torres del Paine National Park. Cross over the border in 4 x4 vehicle and drive the rest of the way on the bumpy road into the park. En route stop for short hikes to get the best views of park highlights. Arrive to the Park Headquarters where you switch vehicles and shuttle to your hotel. Settle in to your comfortable lodge, Hotel del Paine.

Day 7: Torres del Paine Hike

  • Hotel
  • 1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch
Tackle the famous Torres del Paine today if the weather is favorable. These three granite towers are the most famous attraction of the park, reaching 9,400 ft high and were carved out by glacial forces years ago. The moderate to challenging hike takes about 7-9 hours round-trip, depending on the group pace, and offers a good challenge for well trodden hikers.

Day 8: Free day Torres del Paine - Return El Calafate

  • Hotel
  • 1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch
This morning is free for you to take in an optional excursion. You can sail the lake to get a view of Grey Glacier, arrange to go horseback riding, or go hiking to another nearby location. Check with hotel staff about pricing and booking tours locally. Later today you make the 6 hour transfer by private drive and bus back to El Calafate where you overnight.

Day 9: Return Home

  • 1 Breakfast
Continue on to your next destination, or return to Buenos Aires to connect with your international flight home.

Accommodations

Sierra Nevada

Sierra Nevada Hotel
Sierra Nevada Hotel
Sierra Nevada Hotel

Hotel del Paine

Hotel del Paine
Hotel del Paine
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Hosteria El Paraiso

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Hotel view
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On December 26 departure, includes special holiday dinner on December 31
Included
  • 8 Breakfasts, 6 Lunches
  • 8 Nights Accommodations
  • 3 Days Guide Service
  • 3 Days Locally Hosted Guide Service
Excluded
  • Both Arrival and Departure Transfers are excluded.
  • International Flights
  • Meals not Included
  • Park Entrance Fee
  • Argentina Visa Reciprocity Fee

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Our guide and driver were very good with their knowledge and were very helpful with our questions. It was a very pleasant visit that would have been impossible to do on our own. Hotels and restaurants were fantastic. The special places we got to go to, like the kitchens, were great. Enjoyed the entire trip!
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