Torres del Paine and Ushuaia Adventure

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 

 Long drive today, though quite worthwhile. After breakfast we continue south to reach the legendary Magellan Strait, which we will keep on sight up to Primera Angostura, where we board the Ferry in which we will cross the Strait. This Pass, discovered by Hernando de Magallanes in 1520, was the natural and logical way to all vessels until de Panama Channel was open at the beginning of the XXth century. You will find yourselves wondering how those brave men dare to sail those waters in such fragile caravels!!! Once in Tierra del Fuego (literally, Land of Fire, due to the fires seen by the first white sailors in the coast, done by the local Indians to cook and heat) we enter back Argentina through Paso San Sebastián. Once we arrive in Ushuaia, a transfer will take us to our hotel.

Accommodation at Hostel Base – Shared Room with Shared Bathroom 

Accommodation at Double or Single Base – Private Room with Private Bathroom 

Included Meals: Breakfast 

 You will enjoy this entire day by your own, to choose the optional activity that better fit your desires   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 walk to the Ushuaia Tourist Pier for a full day of activities: we will navigate the Beagle Channel to the iconic Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, we will see Los Lobos Island and Los Patos Island, we will visit the Acatushun Museum in the pioneering Estancia Harberton and we will have the unforgettable opportunity to walk among penguins on Isla Martillo.     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 walk to the Ushuaia Tourist Pier for a full day of activities: we will navigate the Beagle Channel to the iconic Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse, we will see Los Lobos Island and Los Patos Island, we will visit the Acatushun Museum in the pioneering Estancia Harberton and we will have the unforgettable opportunity to walk among penguins on Isla Martillo.             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) • Beagle channel boat trip
• Visit to Estancia Harberton to see Magallanic Penguins
• 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.
• 14 Breakfast, 8 Box Lunches, 6 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 Ushuaia. 

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 Ushuaia. 

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

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