Peninsula Valdes is a unique place in the world where the whales are at hand and where one can see the marvelous moment of their reproduction. In the coast, the beautiful penguins and the big sea elephants enjoy the peace of the place and a wide variety of birds take part in the peculiar performance of a natural, exclusive and moving theatre.
Ushuaia is the Capital of the Province of Tierra del Fuego and the southernmost city on the planet. Ushuaia - which in the yámana language means "bay overlooking the West" - is surrounded by Mount Martial to the West and by Mounts Olivia and Cinco Hermanos to the East. Located on the shores of the Beagle Channel, it offers a unique landscape, which combines mountains, sea, glaciers and forests.
With a whimsical geography, Ushuaia has adapted its features to modern construction, thus developing a very quaint city. It has a very good hotel and gastronomy infrastructure which pleases the expectations of international visitors. As a result of its location, close to the South Pole, in the summer it has approximately eighteen hours of light, whereas in the winter, it only has seven or eight. Its people, its origins, its mysticism and its nature are discovered in every step we make. Ushuaia: the end of the world, the beginning of everything.
In El Calafate you will find yourself at the gateway to the majestic world of glaciers.
This town is near Lago Argentino, a green water surface covering 1600 km2.
El Calafate is 316 km. from Río Gallegos, over Lago Argentino, 185 m. above sea level, and receives its name from the small bush calafate, indigenous of Patagonia, its fruit is a delicious berry very good for the elaboration of jam. According to tradition, whoever eats calafate will return for more. But reality indicates that who visits Calafate wants to stay forever.
Calafate
Day 1: El CalafateFlight to El Calafate
Meet & Greet and regular transfer to the Hotel. Check-In Robles Sur Hotel.
Night in El Calafate
Day 2: El Calafate – Perito Moreno Glacier – Safari Náutico
Breakfast. In the morning Full day excursion to Los Glaciares National Park in regular service to see the Perito Moreno Glacier. The excursion includes the 'Safari Náutico' boat excursion. Entrance tickets to the park are not included.
Night in El Calafate
Day 3: El Calafate – Todos los Glaciares
Breakfast. In the morning Full day excursion “Todos los Glaciares”. The excursion includes the regular transfers to the National Park. Entrance tickets to the park are not included.
Night in El Calafate
Day 4: El Calafate – Puerto Natales
Breakfast. Check-Out from the hotel and regular transfer to El Calafate Bus Terminal.
Bus to Puerto Natales (Chile)
Meet & Greet and regular transfer to the Hotel. Check-In Cisne Cuello Negro Hotel.
Night in Puerto Natales
Day 5: Puerto Natales – Torres del Paine
Breakfast. In the morning Full day excursion to Torres del Paine National Park in regular service.
Lunch included. Entrance tickets to the park are included.
Night in Puerto Natales
Day 6: Puerto Natales – El Calafate
Breakfast. Check-Out from the hotel and regular transfer to Puerto Natales Bus Terminal.
Bus to El Calafate
Meet & Greet and regular transfer to the Hotel. Check-In Robles Sur Hotel.
Night in El Calafate
Day 7: El Calafate – Buenos Aires
Breakfast. Check-Out from the hotel and regular transfer to El Calafate Airport.
Flight to Buenos Aires
Included services:
- 6 Nights sharing double room with breakfast and taxes.
- 3+1Nts. El Calafate: Roble Sur Hotel. Standard Room
- 2Nts. Puerto Natales: Charles Darwin Hotel. Standard Room
- Transfers in and out in regular service in El Calafate and Puerto Natales.
- Detailed excursions in regular service with English Speaking guide in El Calafate.
- Detailed excursions in regular service with English Speaking guide, tickets entrances and lunch in Puerto Natales.
- Bus Tickets: El Calafate-Puerto Natales and Puerto Natales-Calafate
- All internal taxes Not included services:
- Airport taxes (FTE: AR$ 18.-)
- National Park entrances in El Calafate
- Extras at hotels.
- Tips
Madryn, Ushuaia, Calafate
Day 1: Buenos Aires / Puerto Madryn- Flight to Trelew airport
- SIB FD Transfer in Trelew (REL) airport / Hotel located in Puerto Madryn – visit of PUNTA TOMBO on the way.
Arrival at Trelew airport. You shall be met by our representative and depart for a full day Tour to Punta Tombo Penguins reservoir, on the Atlantic coast. After a 2-hour drive we reach Tombo. Half a million Magellan penguins breed here, the largest penguin nesting ground in continental South America. There are many others species of seabirds and shorebirds, most notably king and rock cormorants, giant petrels, kelp gulls, flightless steamers ducks, and black oystercatchers. Most of the nesting area is fenced off; this does not prevent your approaching the birds for photography, but remember that penguins can inflict a bite serious enough to require stitches. They remain on land from September to April. Final arrival to Hotel in Puerto Madryn.
- Overnight at La Posada Hotel - 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 2: Puerto Madryn
- Breakfast at Hotel
- SIB FD Peninsula Valdes
Morning departure for a full day tour to Peninsula Valdes. About 18Km. of Puerto Madryn, across the Carlos Ameghino Isthmus enter Peninsula Valdes, one of the finest wildlife reserves in South America. Sea lions, sea elephants, seals, guanacos, rheas and many seabirds are present in large numbers in the beaches and headlands. Sheep breading ranches “estancias” occupy most of the peninsula’s interior, which includes one of the lowest continental depressions in the world, the salt flats of Salina Grande and Salina Chica, 42 meters below sea level. In the San Jose Gulf, just off the Isthmus, is the Bird’s Island, a bird sanctuary off limits to humans but visible through a powerful telescope. Puerto Piramide, the peninsula’s only village, was the port of exit for salt from Salina Grande at the turn of the century, but now it depends exclusively on tourism. Right whales visit its sandy white beaches between July and December. Caleta Valdes, on the eastern shore, is a sheltered bay with a long gravel spit onto which Sea Elephants haul up in the spring. They are easily photographed, but should not be approached too closely. Guanacos sometimes stroll across the beach. Return to Puerto Madryn. OPTIONAL: whales watching navigation.
- Overnight at La Posada Hotel - 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 3: Puerto Madryn / Ushuaia
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Time at Leisure until Transfer out Hotel / Trelew (REL) airport
Note: ** Visit to Punta Tombo will be done along with Trf In or Trf out depending on flights schedule.
- Flight to Ushuaia airport
- Transfer in Ushuaia (USH) airport / Hotel
- Overnight at Tolkeyen Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 4: Ushuaia
- Breakfast at Hotel
- SIB HD National Park
Early departure to Tierra del Fuego National Park. This 63.000-hectare park, extending from the Beagle Channel in the south along the Chilean border to beyond Lago Fagnano in the north, has one of the most beautiful Sub-Antarctic forests of the world. Mostly green in summer, it turns to wonderful reds and browns in autumn, and it becomes completely snowed in winter. In a half-day tour, we shall pass Pipo River, the Panoramic Point, Roca Lake, Ovando River, Green Lagoon, Black Lagoon, ending at Lapataia Bay. In this beautiful National Park you can admire the extreme south Patagonian flora and fauna, as well as the very typical beaver’s dam. Return to the Hotel
- SIB Beagle Channel Navigation
In the afternoon. We shall make 2 hours Navigation through the Beagle Channel. Leaving from Ushuaia´s Port, we shall admire the Ushuaia Bay, the Beagle Channel, the Bridges Island, the Birds Island, the Seals Island, and the "Les Eclaireures" lighthouse, an unforgettable experience. Return to Ushuaia
- Overnight at Tolkeyen Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 5: Ushuaia / El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Time at Leisure until Transfer out Hotel / USH airport to take flight to El Calafate
- Flight to Calafate airport
- Transfer in El Calafate (FTE) airport / Hotel
- Overnight at Tehuel Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 6: El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- SIB FD Perito Moreno
Full day tour to Perito Moreno Glacier. After 2 hours drive, the bus arrives at Perito Moreno where, after a short walk, passengers can get the fist view of the glacier, whose wall of about 100 meters height stands in front of them. This glacier is one of the few in the world still advancing.
- Overnight at Tehuel Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 7: El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- OPTIONAL: SIB FD Upsala Onelli Galciers Navitation (All Glaciers).
Full day tour by catamaran to visit Upsala & Onelli Glaciers. Departing from Puerto Bandera, situated 47 Km. away from El Calafate, the catamaran sails among beautiful icebergs, reflecting different colors and forms. After two hours sailing, we shall arrive at Onelli Glacier with a magnificent view of the ice wall. From there, the boat continues to Onelli Bay where, after disembarking the passengers walk through the forest visiting the whole area. Lunch box is included during the tour. Return to El Calafate.
- Overnight at Tehuel Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 8: El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Time at Leisure until Transfer out Hotel / El Calafate (FTE) airport
- Flight to Buenos Aires airport
General remarks:
- Included SERVICES: Services with local guides in Spanish, French, English or Italian depending on departure selected.
- 2 departures in each language per month from 02/September until 24/March/2010.
- Order of destinations can be modified based on air schedule or operational reasons.
- Quote Valid only for published departure dates.
- PACKAGE VALID FROM SEP TILL MARCH as this is the time of the year you can see: PENGUINS from September to March and WHALES from June to December 10th aprox.
- No meals and beverages are included, except when mentioned.
- Economy Flight Ticket Buenos Aires / Trelew / Ushuaia / El Calafate / Buenos Aires is included.
- Airport taxes are not included.
- First and last services included are the first and last domestic flights from/to Buenos Aires domestic airport.
- If a client requests you any of the other dates than the ones corresponding to their own language, please, check with our offices and we will do our best effort to accommodate them.
Ushuaia, Calafate
Day 1: Buenos Aires / Ushuaia- Flight to Ushuaia
- Transfer in Ushuaia (USH) airport / Hotel
- Overnight at Tolkeyen Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 2: Ushuaia
- Breakfast at Hotel
- SIB HD National Park:
Early departure to Tierra del Fuego National Park. This 63.000-hectare park, extending from the Beagle Channel in the south along the Chilean border to beyond Lago Fagnano in the north, has one of the most beautiful Sub-Antarctic forests of the world. Mostly green in summer, it turns to wonderful reds and browns in autumn, and it becomes completely snowed in winter. In a half-day tour, we shall pass Pipo River, the Panoramic Point, Roca Lake, Ovando River, Green Lagoon, Black Lagoon, ending at Lapataia Bay. In this beautiful National Park you can admire the extreme south Patagonian flora and fauna, as well as the very typical beaver’s dam. Return to the Hotel
- SIB Beagle Channel Navigation:
Two hours Navigation through the Beagle Channel in the afternoon. Leaving from Ushuaia´s Port, we shall admire the Ushuaia Bay, the Beagle Channel, the Bridges Island, the Birds Island, the Seals Island, and the "Les Eclaireures" lighthouse, an unforgettable experience. Return to Ushuaia
- Overnight at Tolkeyen Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 3: Ushuaia / El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Time at Leisure until Transfer out Hotel / USH airport to take flight to El Calafate
- Flight to Calafate
- Trarsfer in El Calafate (FTE) airport / Hotel
- Overnight at Tehuel Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 4: El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- SIB FD Perito Moreno
Full day tour to Perito Moreno Glacier. After 2 hours drive by bus we arrive at Perito Moreno where, after a short walk, passengers can get the fist view of the glacier, whose wall of about 100 meters height stands in front of them. This glacier is one of the few in the world still advancing.
- Overnight at Tehuel Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 5: El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- OPTIONAL: SIB FD Upsala Onelli Galciers Navitation (All Glaciers)
Full day tour by catamaran to visit Upsala & Onelli Glaciers. Departing from Puerto Bandera, situated 47 Km. away from El Calafate, the catamaran sails among beautiful icebergs, reflecting different colors and forms. After two hours sailing, we shall arrive at Onelli Glacier with a magnificent view of the ice wall. From there, the boat continues to Onelli Bay where, after disembarking the passengers walk through the forest visiting the whole area. Lunch box is included during the tour. Return to El Calafate.
- Overnight at Tehuel Hotel – 3* - Standard Room or similar
Day 6: El Calafate
- Breakfast at Hotel
- Time at Leisure until Transfer out Hotel / El Calafate (FTE) airport
- Flight to Buenos Aires
General remarks:
- Included services: Services with local guides in Spanish, French, English or Italian depending on departure selected.
- Departures from August to Mar/2010.
- Order of destinations can be modified based on air schedule or operational reasons.
- No meals and beverages are included, except when mentioned.
- Economy Flight Ticket Buenos Aires / Ushuaia / El Calafate / Buenos Aires is included.
- Airport taxes are not included.
- First and last services included are the first and last domestic flights from/to Buenos Aires domestic airport.
- If a client requests you any of the other dates than the ones corresponding to their own language, please, check with our offices and we will do our best effort to accommodate them.
San Martin
San Martin de los Andes in PatagoniaDay 1
- Meet and greet at San Martin de los Andes bus station or airport
- Transfer to Hostel
- Night at hostel
Day 2
- Breakfast at hostel
- Transfer to Estancia Lago Hermoso
- Full day of horseback riding
- BBQ for lunch
- Night at the Estancia. Camping
Day 3
- Breakfast at Estancia
- Full day of horseback riding
- Lunch
- Evening transfer back to the hostel
- Night at hostel
Day 4
- Breakfast at hostel
- Rafting with lunch included
- Transfer back to hostel
- Night at hotels
Day 5
- Breakfast at hostel
- Check out and transfer to San Martin de los Andes bus station or aiport
Include
- 3 nights at Hostel with breakfast (http://www.pumahostel.com.ar)
- 1 camping night in Estancia Lago Hermoso
- All transfers
- Lunch during rafting
- Horseback riding with all meals and beverages
