DCP - Discovering Classic Patagonia

(ID 1)

Day 1 El Calafate airport – El Calafate

We welcome you at Calafate airport and transfer to town to check in at your accommodation. You get the rest of the day to enjoy the town.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: None

(ID 107)

Day 2 Full Day Estancia Cristina

We board on the boat to sail through the Argentino Lake among icebergs and stunning scenery overlooking the western front of the Upsala glacier. Then we sail through Cristina Canal to the point of disembark at the Estancia. We have different activities to choose at this place: tour around the Estancia, guided visit to the Costumbrista museum (old shearing shed), ascent in all-terrain vehicles, traveling 9.5km through mountainous roads, tour through a stunning landscape that until recently was covered by glaciers and has a great geological interest. We will have lunch during the tour.
Estancia Cristina offers an interesting combination of nature, adventure, history and pleasure. The excursion, that are surrounded by the Andes mountains, glaciers and Argentino Lake leads us to get in touch with a natural, unique, remote environment, with culture and lifestyle of the pioneers and the interesting relationship of them with famous explorer of past century.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast, Lunch

(ID 2)

Day 3 Perito Moreno Glacier

We dedicate this day to one of the World’s Natural Wonder: the Moreno glacier. This ice field- type glacier flows down from the Patagonian Icefield, a big sheet of ice that with its 22.000 square kilometers is the third largest glacier area in the world, after Antarctica (14 M sq km) and Greenland (1 M sq km). Because unusual favorable local conditions, this glacier is the only one in the world that shows a closure and rupture process. The road leads to the very front of the glacier, which will be only meters away from your eyes. The roar of the chunks of ice falling inside the glacier or from the glacier into the lake, the frequent collapse of the front seracs into the turquoise water, makes out of this day a very special and unique experience.
In the afternoon we go back to our hotel at El Calafate.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 96)

Day 4 El Calafate – El Chaltén

After breakfast we take our bus for the 220 km drive to El Chaltén, a small and picturesque village at the foot of Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre massif. We make a stop half way to enjoy local pastries and hot coffee. Once in Chaltén, we have the afternoon at leisure to explore the village.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 108)

Day 5 Fitz Roy – Laguna de los TreS

Early in the morning, after breakfast, we take the bus upon Hosteria El Pilar where we start hiking to see one of the most spectaculars viewpoints of the National Park: Laguna de los Tres, with its zephyr blue color, lies at the foot of the massif, offering full close up views of Fitz Roy massif spires and glaciers. Each wall raises something from 600 to 1500 mts above the surrounding glaciers. Fitz Roy, with its 3405 mts above sea level, is considered the “King of Patagonia” and also considered one of the three most beautiful mountains on Earth. In the late afternoon, we hike back to our hotel.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch

(ID 109)

Day 6 Loma de Pliegue Tumbado

This mountain, 1500 mts tall, is located immediately south of Cerro Torre valley and offers some of the best views over the different group of mountains, glaciers and lakes that features the area. From the lower terraces to the summit, you can get spectacular views of Fitz Roy, Torre and the spectacular glacier valley in between both. From the summit the bonus is the sight of Paso del Viento and some of the mountains that stick out from the Patagonian Icefield. According to the group capacity, we choose the lower terraces or try the summit, a long but gentle climb in scree. The lower part of the mountain is covered by shrubland and forest. We are back in Chalten by late afternoon.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch

(ID 110)

Day 7 El Chalten – El Calafate

After breakfast we take our bus to El Calafate. When we arrive we have the entire day to visit the city or doing any of the optional excursions.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 152)

Day 8 Full Day Torres del Paine – Puerto Natales

Today we will visit Torres del Paine National Park departing at the first hour, on the way to the border crossing "Cancha Carrera" to enter Chile. After customs procedures and migration, we are ready to travel the last 80 km to enter the national park.
In this adventure through Chilean lands, it has as its main attractions the Mirador del Lago Sarmiento de Gamboa, Saltos del Río Paine, Upper Mirador Cerro Almirante Nieto, Cuernos del Paine, Entrance of Laguna Amarga.
Once inside Torres del Paine National Park, we are ready to start with the different trekking trails. Where, accompanied by our local experts, a lunch box is provided. Then we will continue exploring and knowing the southernmost part of Patagonia, we will learn about its flora and fauna. Then we start our way to Puerto Natales where will spend the night.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast, Box Lunch

(ID 113)

Day 9 Puerto Natales – Free Day

You will enjoy this entire day by your own, to choose the optional activity that better fit your desires.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

Optional Excursion Recommended: Boat trip to Balmaceda y Serrano glaciers. On this excursion you will visit Ultima Esperanza fjord and explore the Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers on this excursion from Puerto Natales.

(ID 105)

Day 10 Puerto Natales – El Calafate

We leave early in the morning our hotel 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 accommodation. The rest of the day is at your own to visit town.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 114)

Day 11 El Calafate – Ushuaia

After breakfast we transfer to El Calafate Airport to take your flight to Ushuaia. Once in Ushuaia we transfer to our hotel, rest of the day is at leisure.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 115)

Day 12 Beagle Channel Boat Trips – Estancia Harberton

After breakfast we will go on our own to the touristic pier and get on board to our boat trip in the legendary Beagle Channel. We visit Alicia Island where we will watch a colony of Sea Lions, the Island of Birds where we can see Cormorants and the Light House Les Eclaireurs built by 1919. Then we will descend in Estancia Harberton from where we take a semi rigid boat to get to Isla Martillo, where we will descent to walk among penguins. In the afternoon we go back to our Hotel by road.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 116)

Day 13 Half Day Tierra del Fuego National Park

After breakfast we drive to Tierra del Fuego National Park. From here we get beautiful views of Lake Roca. We also have the chance to know the many flowers, birds and mammals that live in the Park. Also traces of the originary Yamana culture which inhabited the Island. Eventually we visit Lapataia Bay where the Panamerican route and the Route 3 (Atlantic Coastal Route) ends.

Lodging: Lodge

Provided meals: Breakfast

(ID 19)

Day 14 Ushuaia – Ushuaia Airport

Morning at your own to visit the town, which is located in the north coast of the Beagle channel. The town features interesting museums and its typical architecture. In the afternoon we are transferred to Ushuaia airport to take our flight to Buenos Aires. Our services end at the airport.

Lodging: None

Provided meals: Breakfast