(daily departures, all year round except July)
Day 1: Upon arrival transfer to Hotel.
Day 2: Full Day ( Regular Service – SIB ) lake cruise
to Victoria island and Enchanted Forest of Arrayan myrtle.
Day 3: Transfer to the airport for departure flight.
(daily departures, all year round except July)
Day 1: Upon arrival transfer to Hotel. Rest
of day free.
Day 2: Halfl Day ( Regular Service – SIB ) Short Circuit
along Nahuel Huapi lake and Cathedral mount.
Day 3: Transfer to the airport for departure flight.
Daily from September to April 14, Monday to Saturday. No trips starting:
on Sunday, Dec 25, Jan 01, May 01.
programme: Transfer to port, cruise on Lake Nahuel
Huapi to Puerto Blest; then on Lake Frias; Chilean border in Peulla;
time for lunch (not included); further by cruise on Todos los Santos
lake (Tronador, and Osorno snow covered volcanoes can be seen) to
Petrohue. Bus to Puerto Varas and Puerto Montt .
Operates all year round Monday to Friday. No departures on Saturday/Sunday,
April 15, Dec 25, Jan 1.
programme: Same route as in BARILOCHE LAKE CROOSING
IN ONE DAY, with overnight in Peulla Hotel, standard rooms, CB and
Dinner
Peninsula Valdes Declared world Heritage by UNESCO, 1999 Peninsula
Valdés in Patagonia contains very important and significant
natural habitats for the in-situ conservation of several threatened
species of outstanding universal value as marine mammals. It shelters
an important breeding population of the endangered southern right
whale as well as important breeding populations of southern elephant
seals and southern sea lions. The orcas in this area have developed
a unique hunting strategy to adapt to local coastal conditions
(daily departures from October to April)
Day 1: Arrival at Trelew airport. Transfer
to the hotel in Puerto Madryn.
Day 2: Full day ( Regular Service – SIB ) excursion
to the Punta Tombo penguin rookery to observe thousands of penguins
and their nests.
Day 3: Full day ( Regular Service - SIB ) excursion to the
Valdes Peninsula where the special points of interest are the Southern
Right Whales, the sea elephants and the sea-lion colonies. Optional
whale-watching boat from June to December.
Day 4: Departure transfer.
(daily departures from June to September).
Day 1: Arrival at Trelew airport. Transfer
to the hotel in Puerto Madryn.
Day 2: Full day Regular Service (SIB ) excursion to the Valdes
Peninsula where the special points of interest are the Southern
Right Whales, the Sea-Elephant Seals and the Sea-Lion colonies.
Optional whale-watching boat from June to December. Peninsula Valdes
was declared world Heritage by UNESCO in 1999. It is a site of global
significance for the conservation of above mentioned marine mammals.
Day 3: Departure transfer.
(daily departures from mid September to mid April).
Day 1: Arrival at Trelew airport. Transfer
to the hotel in Puerto Madryn.
Day 2: Excursion to Peninsula Valdes, overnight in Hostería
Punta Delgada, FB.
Day 3: Full day Regular service (SIB ) excursion to the Valdes
Peninsula; Return to Puerto Madryn. Hotel.
Day 4: Regular service ( SIB )excursion to the Punta Tombo
penguin rookery to observe thousands of penguins and their nests.
Departure transfer.
(daily from October to April).
Day 1: Transfer (SIB) from Rio Gallegos to Calafate. Transfer
to Hotel.
Day 2: Full day ( Regular Service – SIB ) excursion
to the Perito Moreno Glacier.
Day 3: Regular Service ( SIB ) Boat excursion to the Upsala/Onelli
glaciers, to sail in front of the glaciers and among imposing icebergs.
Day 4: Transfer to bus station. Transfer (SIB) to Rio Gallegos
airport.
(Daily from October to March)
Day 1: Transfer to bus station. Transfer
(SIB) to Chalten. Lodging in 4-bed dormitory.
Day 2: Free for Trek to Laguna de los Tres, facing the spectacular
Fitz Roy steep walls and glaciers.
Day 3: Free for Trek to Laguna Torre, impressive view of
one of steepest and most difficult mountains in the world. Return
to Chalten, SIB bus to Calafate, transfer to hotel. The Glaciers
National Park was declared world heritage by UNESCO in 1981. It
is an area of exceptional natural beauty, with rugged, towering
mountains and numerous glacial lakes, including Lake Argentino,
a hundred miles long.
(Daily from October to March).
Day 1: Departure with regular bus from Cafalate
to the Chilean border. Arrival to the fishing town of Puerto Natales.
Transfer to hotel.
Day 2: F/D excursion to the National Park Torres del Paine;
visit one of the most spectacular sights in the world. Declared
in 1978 world Heritage by UNESCO recognizing it as a biosphere.
Some say the name comes from an ancient Indian word meaning blue
— hearkening to the intense blue of the area’s lakes.
Known for its varied landscapes, flora & fauna, breathtaking
granite towers, dense subantartic forest, glaciers and deep turquoise
lakes. (optional overnight in hostel in the Park). Return to Puerto
Natales. Hotel.
Day 3: Transfer to bus terminal to get bus to Calafate
Full day visit to Moreno glacier
80 Kms from El Calafate. This excursion starts at 08.30, the vehicle
rides through the Patagonian plateau, and near the coast of Lake
Argentino arriving to Buenos Aires hill. Next, entering the National
Park, it rides through the Peninsula de Magallanes, where nothofagus
woods are seen. We arrive at the boardwalks, from where the Brazo
Rico and the Canal of the Temples can be seen. Most day tours drop
you at these "pasarellas" and allow you three to four
hours to explore at your own pace.
Upsala Glacier Explorer
Full day visit to Upsala Glacier with boat, 4WD trucks and traditional
roast lamb barbecue at isolated and historical Estancia La Cristina.
The Upsala Glacier is a compound valley glacier fed by several glaciers.
These total in the basin a surface of about 1.000 km2/390 sq. m
It was named after the Swedish city of Upsala whose university sponsored
the first glaciological study at the beginning of this century.
This glacier has receded significantly mainly during the last decade.
Nevertheless, it is the largest glacier in our National Park and
the longest in South America.
Day 1: Transfer (SIB) from Rio Gallegos
to Calafate. Private transfer to Hotel.
Day 2: Full day private excursion to the Perito Moreno Glacier.
(Optional: Minitrek on the Moreno glacier, crampons provided). On
the way back barbecue dinner and Estancia show in “El Galpón”.
Day 3: Private transfer to Puerto Bandera. Boat excursion
to the Upsala/Onelli glaciers, to sail in front of the glaciers
and among imposing icebergs. Box lunch.
Day 4: Private transfer to bus station. Transfer (SIB) to
Rio Gallegos airport.
Day 1: Private transfer to bus station.
Transfer (SIB) to Chalten. Lodging in dwb, Dinner.
Day 2: Trek to Laguna de los Tres, facing the spectacular
steep walls and glaciers of Fitz Roy. Box lunch.
Day 3: Trek to Laguna Torre, impressive view of one of steepest
and most difficult mountains in the world. Box lunch. Return to
Chalten, SIB bus to Calafate, private transfer to hotel. Los Glaciares
National Park was declared world Heritage by UNESCO, 1981. It is
an area of exceptional natural beauty, with rugged, towering mountains
and numerous glacial lakes, including Lake Argentino, a hundred
miles long.
Day 1: Departure from Cafalate to the Chilean
border. Arrival at National Park Torres del Paine, lodging in hostel
with spectacular sight of the Paine massif Declared in 1978 world
Heritage by UNESCO. Some say the name comes from an ancient Indian
word meaning blue — referring to the intense blue of the area’s
lakes.
Day 2: Visit to all the highlights of this marvellous park:
deep turquoise lakes like Pehoe, Azul and Grey and its glacier,
the granite Paine Towers, the dense subantarctic forest and the
fauna. The best trekking can be arranged this day: trek to the towers
(9 hr.) or Rio Pingo (7 hr.).
Day 3: Return to Calafate. Hotel.
(daily, all year round)
Day 1: Arrival in Ushuaia, America’s
most southern city. Transfer to hotel.
Day 2: Half Day ( Regular Service – SIB ) excursion
to the Tierra del Fuego National Park. Half day ( Regular Service
– SIB ) Beagle channel cruise in catamaran boat to the Sea
Lions and Bird islands. Boat has own bilingual guide
Day 3: At leisure until transfer to the airport.
Day 1: Arrival in Ushuaia, America’s
most southern city. Private transfer to hotel. Half day private
excursion to the Tierra del Fuego National Park and the impressive
Lapataia bay.
Day 2: Half day cruise to the Sea Lions and Birds islands
through Ushuaia bay and Beagle Channel. Private transfer to the
airport.
Day 1: Arrival in Ushuaia, America’s
most southern city. Private transfer to hotel. HD private excursion
to Tierra del Fuego National Park and to Lapataia bay.
Day 2: Full day ( Regular Service - SIB ) Beagle channel
cruise to the Estancia Harberton, the first established European
farm on the island; sea-lions and birds, penguins on the islands.
Lunch and return to Ushuaia.
Day 3: Private transfer to the airport.
(4 Days/ 3 Nights)
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