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Chile
CHILE - LAKES DISTRICT -
PATAGONIA - CENTRAL VALLEY
Self-Driving-Tour
If there is a place anywhere that justifies venturing to
the end of the World, this is it: Southern Chile.
| Tour code: |
PH 3 |
| Duration: |
17 days / 16 nights |
| Departure: |
From Temuco to Puerto Montt
From / to Punta Arenas |
| Includes: |
Lakes District :
7 days car-rental Toyota Yaris or similar from Temuco to Puerto Montt
One-way drop off car fee in Puerto Montt
3 nights in Pucón/Caburga (www.landhaus-chile.com)
2 nights in Termas de Puyehue (www.puyehue.cl)
2 nights in Puerto Fonck (www.fundolosguindos.cl)
Patagonia:
6 days rental pick-up/utility (double cabin)
2 nights in Posada Río Verde (www.estanciarioverde.cl)
3 nights in Hotel Posada Tres Pasos (www.hotel3pasos.cl)
Navigation Glaciers Balmaceda/Serrano/Estancia Perales (www.turismo21demayo.cl)
1 night in Punta Arenas (www.hotelislareyjorge.com)
Santiago:
3 nights Hotel Torremayor Santiago (www.hoteltorremayor.cl)
Transfer Airport-Hotel-Airport
Other:
Full day coastal trip to Valparaíso and Viña del Mar
Full day tour to Colchagua Valley (wine route)
Meals mentioned in the program.
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| Not included: |
Private Travel Insurance
Drinks
National Park Fees
Internal Flights |
| Suggestions: |
Bring cameras and binoculars, clothing for rain and
wind
Good walking shoes, towel and swimming suit. |
| Payment: |
50% on reservation and 50 % four weeks before departure |
| Price: |
 Please
contact
Erika for the latest prices and information regarding this trip |
DESCRIPTION
Lakes District
Day 1 (-/-/D)
Your car will be ready on arrival in Temuco Airport. After visiting the
Mapuche Indian market in the city, you drive to the scenic town of Pucón,
the main adventure destination in the Lakes & Volcanoes District,
approximately 75 minutes driving time from Temuco. Then you continue to
Caburga and stay for the next three nights in Landhaus San Sebastián,
located in a picturesque side valley of Pucón.
Day 2 (B/-/D)
Full day visiting the Huerquehue National Park where you will climb through
lush beech and araucaria forests to several pristine mountain lakes, each
of which is very different. Trails are shaded and bounded by old growth
forests of araucaria, mañio, coigue, raulí and tepa.
Day 3 (B/-/D)
An option today is a tour of the area during which you will visit the
beautiful lakes and rivers of the region. You will be able to walk through
cool, native woods to numerous 150-200 ft waterfalls as well as have an
opportunity for a relaxing soak in one of the area’s famous hot
springs.
Day 4 (B/-/-)
After breakfast you drive south through the pastoral countryside, where
local Mapuche people have small farms, visiting the scenic Lago Calafquén.
After visiting Panguipulli, the city of the roses, you make your way south
towards Puyehue. The recently renovated resort hotel is set in beautiful
surroundings and has extensive gardens. It also offers leisure facilities
which include an indoor pool, a sauna and a mud bath. Here you will stay
for the next two nights.
Day 5 (B/-/-)
Today you will have enough time to visit the Puyehue National Park located
in this extraordinarily beautiful zone in the Lakes Region. The Park offers
a variety of activities that allow you to discover its natural wonders.
In Anticura, there are many paths which take you through the forests to
observe waterfalls and the wildlife. Finally the Antillanca Sector is
where the ski center – of the same name – is located. There
are many geological and floral attractions and some marshland.
Day 6 (B/GT/D)
Check out during the morning and continue south to Los Guindos Farm, located
in Puerto Fonck on the north shore of Lake Llanquihue. On the way you
stop at the famous “Café Hexe” where you will enjoy
a typical “German tea”. The renovated guest house, where you
will stay for the next two days, is managed by Gloria Weisser, descendant
of German immigrants who arrived in Chile at the end of the 19th century.
Day 7 (B/-/D)
Following the eastern shore of the lake you drive to Villa Ensenada passing
through the slopes of the Osorno Volcano, then turn off towards Petrohue
and the Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park. A short easy walk
leads you to the famous waterfalls where there are opportunities for photos
of the icy cold clear waters which turn a fierce green as they cascade
over the volcanic lip. Then you continue onwards to reach the shores of
the Esmeralda Lake. Afterwards enjoy a short walk around Laguna Verde
in an ancient forest before returning to Los Guindos
Day 8 (B/-/D)
Early in the morning depending on your timing, you visit Puerto Varas
before you head to the airport. Drop off your car and catch your flight
to Punta Arenas.
Patagonia
Car reception at the airport in Punta Arenas. Traveling
north, the road takes you to Río Verde, which is a part of an old
sheep station (estancia), dating from the late 1800s, where most of the
original buildings are still there. You will stay for the next two days
in Posada Río Verde.
Day 9 (B/-/D)
Full day for different activities in Río Verde. An option could
be a trip to Isla Riesco, just a 5 minute drive to the ferry from the
lodge, where you can drive through winding roads, native forest, along
the shores of the Fitz-Roy Channel. In Río Verde, you will be able
to experience the magnificence of condors flying over, an ibis colony
nesting in a bluff by the sea cormorants, flamingos, ducks, swans, rhea,
foxes, etc.
Day 10 (B/-/D)
Today the road takes you through Cruce Fabres to Puerto Natales, a cruise
ship and ferry terminal in this region. On the way you stop and enjoy
the beauty and charm of the southern Patagonian landscape. After visiting
the city, you continue north and stay in a small cozy hotel, located in
the confluence of three valleys, which served as inspiration for one of
the works of the great Chilean poet, Gabriela Mistral, winner of the Nobel
Prize for Literature, called “Desolation”. Here you will stay
for the next three nights.
Day 11 (B/-/D)
Full day day exploring on your own in the impressive Torres del Paine
National Park, declared a World Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1978. You
visit the Salto Grande, a turquoise waterfall, and admire the unique flora
and fauna in this place. An alternative option includes a trip to Laguna
Azul from where you will also enjoy great views of the Torres. On the
way visit the Cascada Paine waterfall.
Day 12 (B/L/D)
Full day boat trip from Puerto Natales to Glacier Balmaceda and Serrano.
After arrival at Estancia Perales for a lunch on the shores of the Ultima
Esperanza Fjord, you return to Puerto Natales and your Posada Tres Pasos.
Day 13 (B/-/-)
Back to Punta Arenas. Don't miss visiting the Milodon Cave, where in 1896
the remains of a prehistoric giant ground sloth were found, it definitely
should be part of your trip. One can almost imagine the sloth and a saber-toothed
tiger which lived in that area as they fought for survival in their times.
City tour on your own.
Day 14 (B/-/-)
Depending on your flight time to Santiago, you drive to the airport, drop
off your car and catch the flight. Transfer to your hotel.
Santiago
Day 15 (B/-/-)
Full day private tour to the Pacific Coast, visiting the important port
of Valparaíso and Viña del Mar, Chile's most fashionable
beach resort .
Day 16 (B/-/-)
Depart on a private tour from Santiago southbound on the Pan-American
Highway towards the Colchagua Valley, located in the very center of Chile.
This is one of the most beautiful valleys in the country and it is dedicated
primarily to the production of fruit trees and vineyards. The main destination
will be Santa Cruz; capital of “Huaso” Chile, the Chilean
cowboy territory. All around there is a multitude of vineyards which together
make up the “Colchagua wine route”, characterized by a production
of wine that holds international recognition.
Day 17 (B/-/-)
In the morning a possibility to visit the arts and crafts market in Los
Dominicos on your own or just relax before your flight home. Transfer
to the Airport.
Erika Schmitt Meister
Ramírez 860, Dept. 905
patagoniaholidays@yahoo.com
Telephone +56-64-255350 or Cell Phone +56-9-6459983
Osorno - CHILE
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