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Start: Punta Arenas Airport
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Departure: Daily (October to March)
Description
Wonder at the beauties of the Chilean Patagonia with this 5 days and 4 nights program from Puerto Natales and Punta Arenas, visiting the Torres del Paine National Park and the King Penguin Colony in Tierra del Fuego.
- Program includes accommodation in Costaustralis Hotel in City View room.
- King Penguin excursion subject to climate conditions. Not available on Mondays.
- Transfer by regular bus shceduled from 7:30 am to 08:00 pm. 3-hour transfer
Itinerary
Day 01: Punta Arenas Airport – Puerto Natales
Transfer by regular bus from the Punta Arenas Airport to Puerto Natales. Arrival in the Costaustralis Hotel. Welcome dinner.
Accommodation.
Day 02: Puerto Natales – Torres del Paine National Park
Full day excursion. This tour starts with the visit to the thousand-year old Milodon Cave and then continues with a full-day tour, discovering the flora, fauna and geology of the Torres del Paine National Park. Among llamas and condors, you will be able to appreciate the owe-inspiring views of the Sarmiento Lake, Nordenskjöld Lake and Salto Grande Waterfall located under the shadows of the highest peaks of Torres, Almirante Nieto, Los Cuernos and Paine Grande. After lunch, a short walking through the Grey Lake beach where you will be astonished by the glacier and the icebergs sailing to the shores. Return to Puerto Natales. Accommodation.
Day 03: Puerto Natales – Punta Arenas
Day at leisure in order to carry out optional activities or excursions (not included) or just taking a stroll through the streets of Puerto Natales, visiting its picturesque restaurants, bars, shops and typical architecture. Transfer by regular bus from Puerto Natales to Punta Arenas. Accommodation at Cabo de Hornos Hotel
Day 04: Punta Arenas – King Penguin – Tierra del Fuego
Full day excursion. Our tour starts with a two-hour sailing, among toninas and a wonderful landscape, crossing the Magellan Strait in order to arrive in the mythical Tierra del Fuego Island. After disembarkation, a visit to the Porvenir Museum will be carried out, where you will get to know the rich history of this land. After lunch, the tour continues heading to the King Penguin Park (Parque Pingüino Rey), place where you will access the natural environment of this beautiful bird and it young colony of 30 to 80 specimens stays there all year long. The King Penguin are the biggest second after the Emperor Penguin, and you will be wondered when you see them walking, talking and taking care of their offspring like humans. After this experience, the return will be done by the Punta Delgada crossing, the nearest place to the continent, including a 20-minute sailing. After that, we will continue to Punta Arenas by land. Accommodation at the Cabo de Hornos Hotel.
Day 05: Punta Arenas – Punta Arenas Airport
Buffet breakfast. Transfer from Cabo de Hornos Hotel to the Punta Arenas Airport.
End of services.
Accommodations
Important note: In the event that one of the hotels does not have availability, it will be exchanged for a hotel with similar characteristics.