Adventure in Torres del Paine

Start of this adventure exploring two icons of Argentine Patagonia: El Calafate and El Chaltén. Upon arriving at El Calafate airport, a transfer will be waiting to take you to the hotel. The rest of the day is free to relax or explore the city at your own pace. In the evening, dinner is included. It is a special "closed-door" dinner during which you will meet your travel companions and the guide. Accommodation at Hostel Base – Shared Room with Shared Bathroom
Accommodation at Double or Single Base – Private Room with Private Bathroom
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner

Early start for a 6 hs drive to our camp in Paine. We drive across the patagonic steppe, still following by parts the legendary route 40, to get around Sierra de los Baguales, an impressive range in between Calafate and Paine. We cross the Argentinean Chilean border at Cancha Carrera/ Cerro Castillo. After the border crossing, we start our final sprint to Paine National Park, World Heritage by the UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization). Approaching the Park, we start to see the different mountains that feature the area: Paine Grande, the Horns, Admiral Nieto and the Towers. Once we entered the Park, we go for a short 1 to 2 hs walk to get familiar with the landscape, the wind and the rich wildlife: guanacos, lesser rheas,  condors and all types of wetland and buzzard birds will be available for our eyes and cameras. Also lots of flowers. Back in the bus, we reach our camp at the foot of Paine massif.   Accommodation: Full Camp - double or single tent

Included meals: breakfast, box lunch, dinner 

Full Camps are pitched up early in the season, so we find the camp ready upon arrival. It offers comfortable igloo type tents for 1 or 2 passengers, with insulation mat and sleeping bags. The camp also features a spacious dinning tent, a kitchen tent, tables, benches or chairs and a full set of table service and kitchenware (area with sanitary services). 

Early start for a 6 hs drive to our camp in Paine. We drive across the patagonic steppe, still following by parts the legendary route 40, to get around Sierra de los Baguales, an impressive range in between Calafate and Paine. We cross the Argentinean Chilean border at Cancha Carrera/ Cerro Castillo. After the border crossing, we start our final sprint to Paine National Park, World Heritage by the UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization). Approaching the Park, we start to see the different mountains that feature the area: Paine Grande, the Horns, Admiral Nieto and the Towers. Once we entered the Park, we go for a short 1 to 2 hs walk to get familiar with the landscape, the wind and the rich wildlife: guanacos, lesser rheas,  condors and all types of wetland and buzzard birds will be available for our eyes and cameras. Also lots of flowers. Back in the bus, we reach our camp at the foot of Paine massif.   Accommodation: Full Camp - double or single tent

Included meals: breakfast, box lunch, dinner 

Full Camps are pitched up early in the season, so we find the camp ready upon arrival. It offers comfortable igloo type tents for 1 or 2 passengers, with insulation mat and sleeping bags. The camp also features a spacious dinning tent, a kitchen tent, tables, benches or chairs and a full set of table service and kitchenware (area with sanitary services). 

 Early in the morning a 1 h drive takes us to Port Pudeto to board the catamarán that crosses lake Pehoe twice a day. Once at the far side of the lake, we leave unnecessary items in our tents and we set out to the French Valley trail. The trail skirts Paine Grande south slopes and lake Skottberg, to take us after 2 hs and a half of continuous ups and downs, to the hanging bridge upon the French River. This breathtaking location is at the foot of both the 2700 mts south east face of Paine Grande (to the west) and the Horns, with its characteristic black sedimentary topping, to the east. We continue walking 1 h further by Italian camp to reach breathtaking viewpoints over the area. After lunch and photos we retrace our steps back to Paine Grande Full Camp. Walking time: 5 to 6 hs. 

Accommodation in Full Camp – Double or Single Tent 

Included Meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner 

 Lake Grey trail leads from Pehoe valley across ridges to reach Grey valley. This magnificent valley flows down 60 km from the Patagonian Icefield, featuring the huge glacier calving down in the grey colour lake. Our trail skirts the lake, going up and down the westerns slopes of Paine Grande, offering some of the most impressive sights of the Park. From the trail we can see the south end of the lake where the blue icebergs gather, the mountains rising far in the distance above glaciers Grey and Tyndall. We come back along the same trail, crossing bogs, shrublands and forest. Once again at Paine Grande Refuge we take the boat to cross lake Pehoe back and then we go to our accommodation in Puerto Natales, a picturesque fishermen town located in the shores of the Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope) fiord. 

Accommodation at Hostel Base – Shared Room with Shared Bathroom Accommodation at Double or Single Base – Private Room with Private Bathroom Included Meals: Breakfast, box lunch 

 Today we leave Puerto Natales, as our fellow travelers are going south to Ushuaia and we are getting back to the border to reenter Argentina and drive back to El Calafate. Upon arrival to El Calafate, we have the rest of the day at your own to visit town.

Accommodation at Hostel Base – Shared Room with Shared Bathroom 

Accommodation at Double or Single Base – Private Room with Private Bathroom Included Meals: Breakfast 

 After breakfast we transfer to El Calafate airport where our services end. 

Accommodation at Hostel Base – Shared Room with Shared Bathroom Accommodation at Double or Single Base – Private Room with Private Bathroom Included Meals: Breakfast 

• All nights’ Accommodation mentioned in the itinerary
• All Camping Equipment for nights at camp (Tent – Sleeping Bag – Isolated)
• Bilingual tour leader during all the activities (Groups with 6 passengers or more)
• Mountain guides while on trek • Full Day Tour Perito Moreno Glacier
• Lake Pehoe boat trips (in and out)
• All transfers El Calafate airport – El Calafate - El Chalten – El Calafate – Torres del Paine – Puerto Natales - Río Grande – Ushuaia – Ushuaia Airport. • During the trip we combine private and regular buses.
• 6 Breakfast, 3 Box Lunches, 3 Dinners

• Medical and life insurance 

• Tips 

• Drinks and beverages 

• Flights or airport taxes 

• Port tax at Ushuaia. 

• Services not shown or detailed in the program.

This trip begins in El Calafate and ends in El Calafate 

You need to arrive in El Calafate on day 1 of the itinerary. And on the last day of the itinerary, services end, and you will need a flight from El Calafate

In general, the cost of a domestic flight is 150 USD, one way. We can help you book these flights. 

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