Note: Tour starts
and ends Punta Arenas.
This tour starts in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, and finishes with a beautiful down-river float through the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park.
The 12 day adventure consists of 4 days riding, 3 days hiking and 3 days in sea kayaks in this pristine wilderness and wonder of glacial sculpture. There is also time spent in the waterside town of Puerto Natales and Chile’s southern most city, Punta Arenas.
Torres del Paine is one of South America's most spectacular national park. The soaring granite pillars of the Torres (Towers), reaching over 2500 metres into the sky, are only one of the park's attractions. These, together with the Cuernos (Horns - light-coloured granite topped with a dark sedimentary rock) and Cerro Paine Grande (3350 metres) are distinct features of the huge massif which forms the centre-piece of the park. Also impressive are the glacial lakes, waterfalls, glaciers, dense forests and abundant wildlife (including a large colony of guanacos).
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Itinerary |
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Tour starts
and ends Punta Arenas. |
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Day 1 |
Arrive Punta Arenas, hotel. |
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Visit penguin colony. Vehicle transfer to campsite at Laguna Azul.
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On horseback to Paine slopes & flat valleys to Rio de los Perros. Boat to Refugio Dickson. |
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Lago Quemado & Glacier Dickson |
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Hike up Los Perros Glacier. Camp at Dickson. |
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Cross Rio de los Perros. Laguna Azul. |
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Vehicle transfer to Camping Las Torres. Climb to base of Torres. |
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Hike round shores of Lake Nordjenskold. Camp at Refugio Los Cuernos. |
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Hike to Lago Pehoe. Horseback to Serrano River & camp. |
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Kayak to Tyndall Lake. |
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Hike & kayak for views of Tyndall & Geike glaciers. Camp near Mount Balmaceda. |
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Kayak through icebergs below Serrano glacier. Boat across Last Hope Sound. Hotel at Puerto Natales. |
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Transfer to hotel in Punto Arenas. |
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Taxi to airport. |
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Accommodation 10 nights camping, 3 nights hotel |
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