Patagonia End of the Earth - Group Tour

We welcome you at Calafate airport and transfer to your accommodation. You get the rest of the day to enjoy the town. At night we get together with the tour leader and fellow travelers to enjoy dinner (not included).

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 Ice field, 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.

Optional Excursion Recommended: Safari Náutico or Minitrekking (Minitrekking must be booked in advance. Please check availability with us).

After breakfast we take our bus for the 220 km long 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 El Chaltén, we set for visiting the northern area of ​​Los Glaciares National Park and the provincial reserve Lago Del Desierto.
We start driving 36 Km from El Chaltén to Lago Del Desierto with a beautiful panoramic path between forests, and bordering the Río de las Vueltas.
Then, from Punta Sur, we sail for about 30 minutes spotting the Creston and Huemul glaciers, landing in the Vespignani Glacier sector, located in the middle of the lake. Once there, you can choose to walk one of the perfectly signed-posted trails of the Glacier Vespignani Reserve according to the difficulty and effort you wish to perform.
There are three trails we recommend choosing the intermediate trail, which leads us in a slight and constant slope to a viewpoint of the Vespignani Glacier, in only 15 minutes.
After a snack, we sail back to Punta Sur and take the bus to our accommodation at El Chaltén.

Enjoy a full day to explore this charming town.
You can opt to do any of the treks that this village has to offer us: Trek to Laguna de los Tres, Trek to Cerro Torre.

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.

Early breakfast. Transfer to Punta Bandera Port to board our cruise and navigate the Argentino Lake admiring its glaciers, saling between the lake's moving icebergs.
The first stop will be the colossal icy blue walls of the Upsala Glacier. With a surface area of 336 square miles, this is the third largest glacier in the Southern Hemisphere. From the boat, enjoy breath-taking views of this immense expanse of ice, which has been used as a training ground for military forces before deployment to Antarctica. 
We continue sailing to Spegazzini Glacier. This incredible mass of rock and ice will leave you in awe - especially its towering 440-foot-tall wall. Leave behind these white peaks that divide Chile and Argentina as you navigate the freezing waters that border the Seco Glacier. Seco, meaning 'dry' in Spanish, has this name because it has been retreating over the past century, leaving behind a barren rock landscape. Around the still-magnificent ice, see how the trees and forests are pushing through.
The boat will then head back across Argentino Lake towards Punta Bandera. We transfer to our hotel at El Calafate.  

This day is to enjoy the options the city of El Calafate offers. At night, meet new fellow travelers and the tour leader to enjoy dinner together (not included).

Early in the morning, transfer to the bus station to take a regular bus to Puerto Natales, a picturesque fishermen town located in Chile, at the shores of the Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope) fiord. Today we will cross the border between Argentina and Chile. You have the rest of the day to explore the town.

Today we will visit Torres del Paine National Park, World Heritage by the UNESCO (United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization).In this adventure through Chilean lands, the main attractions are the Mirador del Lago Sarmiento de Gamboa, Saltos del Río Paine, Upper Mirador Cerro Almirante Nieto and Cuernos del Paine.We enter the park through Laguna Amarga, and once inside Torres del Paine National Park, we set to start one of the different trekking trails. We will be accompanied by our local experts. Explore the southernmost part of Patagonia and learn about its flora and fauna. We return to Puerto Natales in the late afternoon.

After breakfast, we transfer to the bus station to take a bus going south to Punta Arenas, where we spend the night.

Long drive today, though quite worthwhile. We transfer to Punta Arenas bus station, and take a bus to Ushuaia, the southernmost city, known as the end of the earth. We leave Chile behind and re-enter Argentina, through Tierra del Fuego (literally, Land of Fire, due to the fires seen in the coast by the first sailors, done by the local Indians to cook and heat). At the end of the day we arrive in Ushuaia.

After breakfast we walk to the touristic pier and get on board our boat to sail 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. We get back to the port while we watch the Darwin range to the West and the Andes above Ushuaia. The afternoon is at leisure.
We suggest visiting Estancia Harberton and Martillo Island Penguin Rockery

Optional Excursion Recommended: Estancia Harberton and Martillo Island Penguin Rockery
 

Today we visit Tierra del Fuego National Park, enjoying a soft walk. This National Park is in the south-west corner of the Argentinean side of the Island, thus in the border with Chile. The main attraction of the Park, and the whole Island actually, are the mountains coming down to the sea.
The afternoon is free to explore the town according to your interests.

This is the last day of the trip. Take pictures, go shopping, spend time with your fellow travellers and make plans for your next trip together!

At the indicated time, transfer to Ushuaia airport. End of services