Torres del Paine, Perito Moreno, Ushuaia and Cruise

Code: CTV033
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  • Start: Punta Arenas Airport
  • Departure: According to Australis Cruises established departure (October to March)
Description

Spectacular travel package visiting the highlights of the Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia: Torres del Paine, Perito Moreno Glacier and the southernmost city of the world: Ushuaia, and return by the sea on a cruise.



Price includes
All excursions and sailing listed.
Meals according program
Chilean Parks entrance fee and Perito Moreno entrance fee
Disembarkation in Cape Horn.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.
Open Bar on board.
Welcome and farewell drinks on board.
All activities inside the ship.
Accommodation according program
Excursions with bilingual guide
Price does not include
Air tickets.
Port taxes for cruise: US$60.
Argentinian National Parks Tickets, except Perito Moreno.
Extras, volunteer tips and anything that is not indicated in the program.
  • Availability subject to confirmation at time of booking.
  • We recommend sports clothing for both women and men. Summer nights and sometimes during the days the Magellan climate is cold. We recommend sweaters, jackets, pants and rain garments during the excursions. For exploring and walking, gloves and a pair of firm shoes or boots are suitable.
  • Hotels in El Calafate and Ushuaia upon request and availability. Rates are referential.

Departures Ventus Australis 2019 - 2020

  • October 2019: 15 - 23 - 31
  • November 2019: 8 - 16 - 24 
  • December 2019: 2 - 10 -18 - 26
  • January 2020: 3 - 11 - 19 - 27
  • February 2020: 4 - 12 - 20 - 28
  • March 2020: 7 - 15 - 23 - 31
  • April 2020: 8

Departures Stella Australis 2019-2020

  • September 2019: 25
  • October 2019: 3 - 11 - 19 - 27
  • November 2019: 4 - 12 - 20 - 28
  • December 2019: 6 - 14 - 22 - 30
  • January 2020: 7 - 15 - 23 - 31
  • February 2020: 8 - 16 - 24
  • March 2020: 3 - 11 - 19 - 27
  • April 2020: 4
Itinerary

Day 1: Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales

We recommend the first flight to reach Punta Arenas before 12:00 hrs.. Reception at the Punta Arenas Airport. City tour. Return to Punta Arenas. Transfer to bus station in Punta Arenas to take a regular bus to Puerto Natales. (249 km / 03 hours of trip). Arrival in the city of Puerto Natales. Lodging.

Day 2: Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine

Breakfast. Departure at 07.30 am from your hotel to begin a full day excursion that will take you to the impressive Milodon Cave Natural Monument  and, later on, to the Torres del Paine National Park, where you will be welcomed by a beautiful panoramic of the Paine mountains. You will also be able to admire lakes, such as Sarmiento, Nordenskjold and Pehoé. Its rich fauna will be present through guanacos and foxes, and other animals, as well as dozens of species of birds, which you can easily see and photograph on the way there. A short walk will take you to the Salto Grande, a marvelous waterfall. Then, taking the main road again, you will be able to see the administrative office of CONAF, and then continue the trip to the Grey Lake, where you can walk through a thousand-year forest that ends by a beach that shows the huge ice blocks that get detached from the even more impressive glaciers. Lunch included. Lodging in Torres del Paine. 

Day 3: Torres del Paine - Perito Moreno Glacier - Calafate

Breakfast. Early exit to begin an excursion to the famous Perito Moreno Glacier, located in the Argentino Lake, the only glacier in the world that continues to advance and offers the most beautiful display of nature when ice blocks detach from it and fall into the lake below. The huge ice mass has 195 km2, a frontal wall of 2.500 mts. and over 60 meters of height. Of the 356 glaciers found in "Los Glaciares National Park", Perito Moreno is the most famous and known world-wide. Ride to the bus terminal and then to your hotel. Accommodations in El Calafate. 

Day 4: Calafate - Sailing to the Argentino Lake

Breakfast. Departure to Río de Hielo (Ice River) excursion with box lunch and entrance fee included. The embarkation time in the private port of Punta Bandera (47 kms away from the El Calafate city) will be at 08:30 am and the starting time will be at 09:00 am after passenger will be informed about security and sailing conditions. Once onboard, we will sail through the Northern side of the Argentino Lake until we get the Upsala Channel, where we meet the Ice Block. From there we will enjoy a panoramic view of the Upsala Glacier. After that, we will sail the Spegazzi Channel where we will see the Seco Glacier. until we get to the Spegazzi Glacier, the highest glacier in the National Park. Return to the private port of Punta Bandera at 2:00 pm. Afternoon at leisure. 

Day 5: Calafate - Ushuaia

Breakfast. Ride from the hotel to the airport in Calafate.
Reception at the Ushuaia airport and ride to the hotel. In the afternoon, tour around the city to visit the Museum at the End of the World. Lodging in Ushuaia. Air ticket are not included. 

Day 06: Ushuaia - Australis Cruises
Check in at 409 San Martín Ave. in downtown Ushuaia between 10:00 and 05:00 pm (10 AM-5 PM) on the day of your cruise departure. Board the M/V Ventus Australis at 6:00 pm. After a welcoming toast and introduction of captain and crew, the ship departs for one of the most remote corners of planet Earth. During the night we traverse the Beagle Channel and cross from Argentina into Chilean territorial waters. The lights of Ushuaia disappear as we turn into the narrow Murray Channel between Navarino and Hoste islands.
 
Day 07: Cape Horn - Wulaia Bay
Around the break of dawn, Stella Australis crosses Nassau Bay and enters the remote archipelago that comprises Cape Horn National Park. Weather and sea conditions permitting, we shall go ashore on the windswept island that harbors legendary Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos). Discovered in 1616 by a Dutch maritime expedition -- and named after the town of Hoorn in West Friesland -- Cape Horn is a sheer 425-meter (1,394-foot) high rocky promontory overlooking the turbulent waters of the Drake Passage. For many years it was the only navigation route between the Pacific and Atlantic, and was often referred to as the "End of the Earth." The park was declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 2005. The Chilean navy maintains a permanent lighthouse on the island, staffed by a lightkeeper and his family, as well as the tiny Stella Maris Chapel and modern Cape Horn Monument (currently awaiting repair after being damaged by fierce winds).

Sailing back across Nassau Bay, we anchor at fabled Wulaia Bay, one of the few places in the archipelago where the human history is just as compelling as the natural environment. Originally the site of one of the region’s largest Yámana aboriginal settlements, the bay was described by Charles Darwin and sketched by Captain FitzRoy in the 1830s during their voyages on HMS Beagle. This area is also renowned for its mesmerizing beauty and dramatic geography. After a visit to the Australis-sponsored museum in the old radio station -- which is especially strong on the Yámana people and European missionaries in the area -- passengers have a choice of three hikes (of increasing degrees of difficulty) that ascend the heavily wooded mountain behind the bay. On all of these you stroll through an enchanted Magellanic forest of lengas, coigües, canelos and ferns to reach panoramic viewpoints overlooking the bay.
 
Day 08: Pía Glacier – Garibaldi Glacier
Overnight we continue our Patagonia glacier tour around the western end of Tierra del Fuego via the very narrow Gabrial Channel, Magdalena Channel and Cockburn Channel. After rounding the remote Brecknock Peninsula, Ventus Australis tacks eastward and enters the Beagle Channel again. By morning we are entering Pia Fjord and boarding the Zodiacs for a shore excursion to Pia Glacier.After disembarking we take a short hike to gain a panoramic view of the spectacular glacier, which extends from the mountaintops down to the sea or a longer much more difficult walk up a lateral moraine of the old Pia Glacier.

No one knows for certain how the hulking mass of snow and ice got its feminine moniker, but one theory says it was named for Princess Maria Pia of Savoy (1847-1911), daughter of the Italian king.

Making our way further west along the Beagle Channel, we enter another long fjord and drop anchor near Garibaldi Glacier for another shore excursion. Garibaldi is one of only three glaciers in Patagonia gaining mass rather than staying the same or slowly shrinking. This time we hike through virgin Magellanic forest to a glacial waterfall, a towering wall of ferns and moss, and spectacular viewpoints looking down on the glacier and fjord. The walk is demanding -- very steep, negligible trail, rough footing -- and not for everyone. For those who choose to stay onboard, our captain will point the bow towards the beautiful sky blue Garibaldi Glacier so everyone can enjoy the panoramic view from the upper decks.
 
Day 09: Agostini Sound – Águila Glacier – Cóndor Glacier
Early in the morning, we will sail through the Cockburn Channel and enter Agostini Sound.  From there it is possible to see the glaciers that descend from the middle of the Darwin Mountain Range -- some of them reaching the water. This morning, we will disembark and go for an easy walk around a lagoon, which was formed by the melting of the Águila Glacier.  We will reach a spot right in front of that glacier with stunning views.  In the afternoon, we will approach the Condor Glacier via Zodiac -- and hopefully see some of the abundant Andean Condors in the area.
 
Day 10: Magdalena Island - Punta Arenas
After an overnight cruise through Magdalena Channel and back into the Strait of Magellan, we anchor off Magdalena Island, which lies about halfway between Tierra del Fuego and the Chilean mainland. Crowned by a distinctive lighthouse, the island used to be an essential source of supplies for navigators and explorers and is inhabited by an immense colony of Magellanic penguins. At the break of dawn, weather permitting, we go ashore and hike a path that leads through thousands of penguins to a small museum lodged inside the vintage 1902 lighthouse. Many other bird species are also found on the island. In September and April -- when the penguins dwell elsewhere -- this excursion is replaced by a ride aboard Zodiacs to Marta Island to observe South American sea lions. After a short cruise south along the strait, disembarkation at Punta Arenas is scheduled for around 11:30 AM.

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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.

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