Day 1 El Calafate airport – El Calafate
We welcome you at Calafate airport and transfer to town to check in at your hostel. You get the rest of the day to enjoy the town and later you have your welcome dinner.
Lodging in a Hostel double or triple room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Dinner

Day 2 El Calafate – Torres del Paine
Early start for a 6 hs drive to our camp in Paine. We drive across the 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. We enter the Park by Porteria Laguna Amarga. A rich wildlife: guanacos, lesser rheas, condors and all types of wetland and buzzard birds, will be available for our eyes and cameras.
Lodging in Full Camp at Las Torres in double tent (area with sanitary services)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner.

Day 3 Paine Towers – Ascensio River Valley
From pour camp, we cross the Ascensio river hanging bridge and hike a steep one hour slope, to get inside the Ascensio river valley, a narrow “V” shape alpine valley coming from inside the Paine massif. A gentle downhill leads us to Refugio Chileno, a cozy and comfortable mountain lodge, which can be a good turnaround point for those not willing to make a full day hike. We then walk in a gentle slope along the river side and inside beech forest. A final climb on moraine take us to the Towers viewpoint: a glacier origin lagoon and the three towers rising vertically 1000 mts from the glacier. The lack of breath will be either because the climb and the sight!!!! We go back to our camp on the same way we came. Walking time: 7 to 8 hs.
Lodging in Full Camp at Las Torres in double tent (area with sanitary services)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner.

Day 4 Las Torres - Paso Cuernos
Today we start a 2 days traverse from Las Torres to Refugio Pehoe Full Camp, with one night at Refugio Los Cuernos. The so called “Nordenskjöld lake traverse” or “Traverse of the Horns”. We take in our packs the necessary items for this 2 days trek, which are personal items, some spare clothing and our sleeping bag. The walk goes along lake Nordenskjöld and at the foot of Admiral Nieto and the Horns. We stay in Refugio Los Cuernos this night.
Lodging at Refugio Los Cuernos with shared room and bathroom
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch and dinner.

Day 5 French valley – Refugio Pehoé
After an early start, we walk to the Italian Camp, gate to the French valley, with splendid views of the south east Himalayan style face of Paine Grande and the Horns. We hike up valley to the upper viewpoints, at the entrance of a unique cirque surrounded by granite spires that feature the high valley: Hoja (Blade), Máscara (Mask), Espada (Sword), Catedral (Cathedral), Aleta de Tiburón (Shark Fin) and the magnificent Fortaleza (The Fortress). Back to Italian camp, we head to lake Skkotberg and finally to lake Pehoe, where our Full Camp is waiting together with the rest of our luggage.
Lodging at Refugio Pehoe Full Camp in double tent (area with sanitary services)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner.

Day 6 Lake & Glacier Grey viewpoints
Lake Grey trail leads from Pehoe Valley across ridges to reach Grey valley. This magnificent valley flows down somewhat of 60 km from the Patagonian Ice field, 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 high sections of the trail, many different viewpoints allow us to see the south end of the lake where the blue icebergs gather, the mountains rising far in the distance above glaciers Grey and Tyndall, and of course lake and glacier Grey. The trail reaches a close up point to the front of the glacier. We come back along the same trail, crossing bogs, shrub lands and forest. In the evening we take the boat to cross lake Pehoe back to Pudeto and get back to our Camping Pehoe Full Camp.
Time to walk 8 hs. To the half way viewpoints, round way from our camp, 4 to 5 hs.
Lodging at Refugio Pehoe Full Camp in double tent (area with sanitary services)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner.

Day 7 Lake Pehoe boat trip - Salto Grande - Camping Pehoe
Morning at leisure in our camp to get some relax after the trek. By noon we take the boat across lake Pehoe to Port Pudeto. Short drive to our Full Camp at Camping Pehoe. After lunch, we visit Salto Grande and the Nordenskjöld trail, leading to the lake and with full views of the French valley from this side of the Park.
Lodging at Camping Pehoe Full Camp in double tent (area with sanitary services)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner.

Day 8 Lake Grey - Camping Pehoe
We visit the western section of the Park. A short and gentle hike in lake Grey south shore and a steep uphill to Cerro Ferrier viewpoint to get our final views of this splendid National Park.
Lodging at Camping Pehoe Full Camp in double tent (area with sanitary services)
Meals we provide: Breakfast, box lunch, dinner.

Day 9 Torres del Paine – El Calafate
We leave early in the morning our camp and get back to the border to re-enter Argentina and drive back to El Calafate. Upon arrival to El Calafate you will be met by our local representative and transferred to you hostel. The rest of the day is at your own to visit town.
Lodging in a Hostel double or triple room with private bathroom.
Meals we provide: Breakfast

Day 10 El Calafate - El Calafate airport
Alter breakfast we transfer to El Calafate airport where our services ends.
Meals we provide: Breakfast.

Included

• Bilingual mountain guide (Spanish – English)
• 2 nights lodging in a hostel room with private bathroom
• 6 nights lodging in Full Camp
• 1 night lodging in a mountain refuge
• Transportation El Calafate – Torres del Paine National Park – El Calafate and all transfers inside the National Park.
• During the trip we combine private and regular buses.
• Boat trip across lake Pehoe.
• 9 breakfasts, 7 lunch box and 7 dinners as shown below.

Lodging
The PW8 – Torres del Paine “W” Circuit is offered with the following type of accommodations:

NIGHTS	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09
Hostel room with private bathroom
Full Camp double base (area with services)
Los Cuernos Refuge with shared bedrooms and bathroom

Camino Abierto holds the right to change the night in the Refuge by a camping night if places are not available in the Refuge.

Full Camps are pitched up early in the season, so we find the camp ready upon arrival. It offers comfortable 3 people igloo type tents for each 2 passengers. The camp also features a spacious dinning tent or dinning saloon, a kitchen tent, tables, benches or chairs and a full set of table service and kitchenware.

Full Camps inside Paine National Park are in areas with sanitary services. Flush toilette and hot water shower are available.

Meals
The following meals are provided in this program.

DAYS	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
Breakfast
Box Lunch
Dinner

Not included:

• National Parks fees
• Life and medical insurance
• Drinks
• Tips
• Air tickets and airport taxes
• Services not detailed in the program

General Equipment & Luggage

Camino Abierto will provide the transportation of all the general equipment for the trek (tents, dinning tent or dinning place, and kitchen tents, tables and benches, table service and kitchenware, food, first aid kits).
Passengers need to carry their day items during the trek (: jacket and gloves, spare cloth, head lamp, water bottle, camera, hygienic items, personal medication, a small towel, etc). During the 2 days 1 night traverse of Lake Nordenskjöld thru Refuge Los Cuernos, passengers also need to carry their sleeping bag and mattress.
During the rest of the trek in Paine National Park luggage will be moved by vehicle or boat.

Notes
Camino Abierto holds the right to change the itinerary or to cancel any of the activities when any natural cause (or any other cause of any type) justifies it in order to look after the group safety.

Is this tour for me?
We qualify this tour as "Intense". This means that you need to be fit to enjoy it. No previous technical knowledge is required. The group will walk an average of 6 to 7 hours a day, may be 9 in some specific days, at a moderate pace and with all the necessary stops for water, snacks or rest. The trek includes up hills and down hills, some of them quite steady.

List of suggested personal equipment:

• Backpack, 50 lts or so
• Trekking shoes or boots
• Thermal underwear
• Trekking pants
• Fleece
• Breathable parka and over pants
• Gaiters
• Gloves
• Thermal socks
• The necessary spare cloth
• Wool hat
• Sun hat
• Sun glasses
• Sun screen (UV is very strong during the southern spring, from september thru december)
• Personal items
• Lamp
• Trekking poles (recommended, if you are use to them)
• Personal medication
• Personal documents to cross the border between Argentina and Chile.

Weather in Patagonia is unpredictable. Not very cold, but it is usually windy. To dress in layers is the best advice.