Patagonia is the scene of the world's great adventures. Even if we know little of the place, the name itself inhabits our subconscious, whispering of an unknown finger of the earth, el fin del mundo. We picture large silent spaces, tempestuous seas, windblown solitude.
West of the Andes is another world. Here both the Central Valley and the Coast Range have sunk into the Pacific; what were once glacial valleys are now fjords, and what were once mountaintops are now islands. Hotsprings lay revealed by coastal erosion, while great glaciers further fragment the landscape, necessitating maritime or air travel. Great forests cloak the Andes from the Pacific shoreline to the continental divide, bisected by surging emerald rivers carrying glacial silt to the sea and providing habitat for fearless trout and salmon.
Day 01 Santiago – Punta Arenas – Torres del Paine
Arrive at Santiago International Airport on time to take flight to Punta Arenas. Reception at Punta Arenas Airport and transfer to Hotel Lago Grey. Overnight Lago Grey
Day 02 Torres del Paine
American breakfast. Half day Sailing to the Grey Glacier (3 hours). Glacier Grey is the bigger of all those that can be visited by means of a regular tour in the park. At the present time this natural marvel of impressive dimensions, which constitutes the end of the Southern Ice Field, can be visited and admired in all its magnitude sailing through the lake on board of the vessel Grey II. Weighing anchor from Hosteria Lago Grey and after sailing for 35 minutes among many icebergs, whose shape and colour offer us unique themes for our pictures and video shots, we’ll approach the glacier’s front wall which is divided in two by a central island where the landing is allowed. Here it is possible to appreciate in all their dimension the infinity of cracks and risings that constitute the snowdrift that gets lost in the distance. There are some periods in which big collapses in the front of the glacier fills the lake with icebergs of different sizes ; the density of this mass of floating ice turns impossible the navigation of the Grey II being then suggested the sailing in a inflatable around these masses of ice afloat not far from the Hotel. Lunch and dinner in Hostería Lago Grey. Overnight, Lago Grey.
Day 3 Torres del Paine
American breakfast. Half day tour over Torres del Paine. Lunch and dinner in Hostería. Overnight, Lago Grey.
Transfer airport / hotel / airport.
