The Patagonia Explorer

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Overview
Highlights
- Explore El Calafate
- Experience hiking through the beech forest look out for the Magaellanic woodpecker, largest in South America
- Hike Tierra del Fuego
- Get an opportunity for 4-days cruise to Punta Arenas, Chile
- Explore Cape Horn
- See the awesome Magdalena Island, a natural reserve of Magellan penguins
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Trip includes
- 3 nights LoiSuites Recoleta
- 2 nights Esplendor El Calafate
- 3 nights Tierra de Leyendas
- 3-night Stella Australis cruise (includes A cabin accommodations, meals, guided excursions, port tax)
- 4-night explora en Patagonia package (includes transfers, Cordillera Paine room accommodations, meals and open bar, guided excursions)
- Four Balconies of Buenos Aires tour (private)
- Tango Dinner Show (private transfers)
- Full-day Perito Moreno Glacier excursions with minitrekking, lunch included (small-group)
- Full-day Tierra del Fuego Hike & Canoe, lunch included (small-group)
- Full-day Harberton Ranch & Gable Island excursion, lunch included (small-group)
- Airport-hotel transfers
Itinerary

Upon arrival in Buenos Aires you will be greeted in the Arrivals Hall by your guide who will give you your first introduction to the country and drive you to your centrally-located Buenos Aires Hotel (LoiSuites Recoleta or similar).
Visit the city through the exclusive Four Balconies of Buenos Aires. Passing by many representative parks or squares, the guide makes an introduction into Argentina, its history, its contrasts, its contradictions and the particular psychology of the inhabitants of Bue...
Day at leisure to explore the city on your own. A menu of optional themed city tours can be provided.
You can't go to the birthplace of Tango without seeing a show! This evening, you will be picked up at your hotel and transferred to Esquina Carlos Gardel Tang...
Today you will fly to El Calafate, the gateway to Los Glaciares National Park. You will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel (Esplendor El Calafate or similar) .
Morning departure to Los Glaciares National Park. The excursion begins at the pier located at “Bajo de las Sombras” Bay, where you will embark to cross Brazo Rico, reaching the southwest shore after 20 minutes of navigation beneath the southern wall of the Perito More...
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Ushuaia, otherwise known as the "City at the End of the World".
You will be met and transferred to your hotel (Tierra de Leyendas or similar) .
You will be picked up at your hotel for a full day visit to the Tierra del Fuego National Park.
Upon arrival in the park, start a seaside trek from Ensenada Bay to a wonderful scenic point overlooking Lake Roca, Lagunas Verde and Negra, Rivers Ovando and Lapata...
After a scenic drive along National Route 3 you will arrive at Harberton Ranch, the oldest estancia in the region.
After exploring the estancia you will board a small boat and navigate the Beagle Channel to Martillo Island, a Magellan penguin rookery. The uniqu...
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Today you will begin your 5-day cruise to Punta Arenas, Chile aboard the luxury Australis cruise ship. Explore Cape Horn, and a number of the glaciers of the region.
Australis will take you on an amazing journey to the ...
Sail through the Murray Channel and Nassau Bay to reach Cape Horn National Park, where you will disembark (weather permitting). The mythical Cape Horn was discovered in 1616, and it is a sheer, 425-meter-high rocky promontory. For many years it was an important naviga...
Overnight the ship continues 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, the ship tacks eastward and enters the Beagle Channel again. By morning ...
In the morning you sail through Cockburn Channel to anchor in Agonstini 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 ...
Early in the morning you will disembark at Magdalena Island. Located 25 miles north of Punta Arenas, in the middle of the Strait of Magellan, Magdalena Island is a natural reserve of Magellan penguins, cormorants, and other birds which peacefully coexist with sea-lio...
Days to explore the park on guided excursions.
After your transfer back to Punta Arenas, you will fly to Santiago de Chile and connect with your international departure.
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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Accommodation
- Home Hotel Buenos Aires
Located in Palermo Viejo, a vibrant area known as the gastronomic center of Buenos Aires, this chic boutique option with vintage 20th century decor is perfect for eclectic-types.
- Nibepo Aike
The essence of old Patagonia, Estancia Nibepo Aike is a classic Argentine experience located an hour from El Calafate.
- Los Cauquenes Resort And Spa
Los Cauquenes is located in Ushuaia on the shore of the Beagle Channel with beautiful views of the snow-covered peaks of the imposing Andes Mountain Range and the water.
- Explora Patagonia
Explora Patagonia is the only luxury hotel located within the Torres del Paine National Park, anchored like a white ship on the shores of turquoise Lake Pehoé.
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