15 Day itinerary in Chile, South America
This tour will take you to three of Chile's most iconic and fundamental stops. You will arrive in Santiago de Chile to take a stroll among the avenidas and the handicraft shops. Then you will fly to the remote Polynesian island of Rapa Nui, also called Easter Island, to admire its titanic Moai and l... Read More
By Mario, Francisca, Chiara, Gonzalo, Isidora and Pastor
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Easter Island
Desert of Atacama
Patagonia
Perito Moreno
Easter Island
Desert of Atacama
Patagonia
Perito Moreno
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Walking tour in Santiago
After your arrival in Santiago by flight, you will meet or driver for a transfer to the hotel, where you can rest. In the afternoon the walking tour will start. Your guide will pick you up from your hotel to accompany you to discover the city. We will visit the Santa Lucia and San Cristobal hill, the center of the city with the government building " La Moneda", Constitucion Square, Ahumada walk, Armas park and the Cathedral of Santiago among other locations. Then we will take an exciting trip and explore the views of the Bellavista, el Golf and Lastarria neighbourhoods.
Guide: Included for the day
Valparaiso and vineyard tour
Valparaiso is one of the most culturally rich cities in Chile. It was declared World Heritage in 2003 by the UNESCO due to its historical importance as it was the main port in the Pacific during the year 1914. This city was a melting pot, and a place where people from France, England, Germany, Yugoslavia, Holland and Chile mixed . It stands out for its spontaneous architecture built on 41 colorful hills. In this tour ,we will visit the “Concepción” and “Happy” hills, Sotomayor square, Valparaiso harbor , the Flower Clock, Municipal Casino and Ecuador walk. We will enjoy the best seafood on the harbor by visiting one of the local restaurants, where you can have lunch with a beautiful view of the ocean. In the afternoon we will go to visit the organic vineyard Emiliana where we will take a tour through the vineyards, where we’ll learn about organic and biodynamic agriculture, types of soils, the grape varieties planted, and characteristics of the Casablanca Valley’s climate, as well as spending time with the animals that add to the biodiversity that sustains the fields. The tour will end with the tasting of four different wines.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
Historic Easter Island
In the morning we have the flight from Santiago to Easter Island, where our driver will bring us to the lodge. In the afternoon we start a tour around the island. Unearth some of the gems of Easter Island´s fascinating past with stops at several significant sites of interest. Head to Puna Pau, the small crater that acted as the scoria quarry for the moai's famous topknots, before continuing to the site of the island's most intricate stone work at Ahu Tahira in Vinapu, where the Moai platform is reminiscent of the legendary masonry of the Incas of South America. Take in the breathtaking views at the giant cauldron of Rano Kau, a miniature ecosystem and the largest volcano crater on the island. Experience the wind on your face at the clifftop ceremonial village of Orongo, and discover the significance of the Birdman Cult that emerged out of the ruins of the Moai building era. Peer off the precipice at the ocean below where once a year during the Birdman competition, brave warriors from the island's various clans would climb down the steep rocky cliffs to the swirling ocean below and swim out to the small islets off the coast in an attempt to bring back the first egg of the manutara bird, therefore winning the right for their clan to rule the island for the following year. Finish the day with a visit to Ahu Akivi, the renowned seven inland moai that stand gazing oceanwards, and explore the large and unique cave system of Ana Te Pahu, known affectionately as "The Banana Cave".
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
The Moai monuments
Uncover the secrets of Easter Island by piecing together the many clues given to us by the gigantic sculpted megaliths that cover this mysterious land. Start the journey by visiting the ahu platforms at Tahai, where the clear morning light brings alive the moai that look over this restored ancestral village of the Rapanui people. Visit the ruins of the fallen moai at Ahu Akahanga, where three platforms sit untouched since the Rapanui turned on the traditions of their ancestors and began toppling the moai. Stand in awe at the restored site of Ahu Tongariki, where fifteen stone giants stand watch over the land as silent sentinels, dwarfing all who come into their presence. Spend a bulk of the afternoon absorbing the grandeur of the moai that sit half emerged from the soil Rano Raraku, the volcano crater that acted as a stone quarry and birthplace for these immense figures. Visit Ahu Te Pito Kura, the site of the largest moai to ever stand on an ahu, and see the legendary magnetic stone that according to island history, was brought to Easter Island from the original Polynesian homeland of Hiva by the first king, Hotu Matuʻa. Finish the day taking in the coconut palms, turquoise water and white sand at Anakena Beach, and gazing upon the post-modernist style moai of Ahu Nau Nau.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
Easter Island on sunrise
Pick up from your accommodation an hour and ten minutes before sunrise to look at the sur rising over the Moai totem. An unforgettable experience. Transfer to the airport and fly to Santiago where we’ll spend the night
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
Moon Valley
Today we leave Santiago to Calama, in the desert of Atacama. On arrival we will get transfer by bus to San Pedro de Atacama where we will arrive to the hotel. In the afternoon our local guide will pick you up to go to Moon Valley Tour (with sandboard option). This is an essential tour in your visit to San Pedro that invites you to take a tour along the Salt Range, enjoying direct contact with the dunes and salt and calcium sculptures of the Death Valley, contemplating the overwhelming view of the Kari gorge, and finishing the day in the formidable Moon Valley.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
Rainbow Valley
On this day you will discover the heart of the Domeyko Mountain Range and its fantastic formations colored by its particular geology, as well as the green Pucará built as a defense by the ancestral inhabitants of the area thousands of years ago. Later in the day the tour will continue to Yerbas Buenas, an area with high anthropological value where you can admire petroglyphs more than 3.500 years old.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
Tatio Geysers
At 04:30 am our local guide will pick you up from the hotel to visit the Tatio Geysers. The Tatio (from Kunza "tata-iu") meaning "Grandfather who weeps" is one of the highest Geyser field in the world. It is located in the Cordillera of the Andes noth est to San Pedro de Atacama and is the largest group of geysers in the southern hemisphere and the third largest in the world, after Yellowstone (USA) and Dolina Giezerow (Russia). The maximum expression of these fumaroles begins at dawn with temperatures reaching 85° C. On our return it is possible to observe local fauna and flora such vicuñas, llamas, ñandúes, vizcachas and the giant Cactus, llaretas, coirón. In addition, we will visit the small ancestral village of Machuca. Its inhabitants are mainly engaged in grazing and cheese production. We will end our excursion in Puritama Hotsprings: located in a large stone ravine. The place is designed to rest on a set of 8 pools of warm water which have a temperature between 25 to 30ºC. The water has medicinal and therapeutic properties as it is nourished from the minerals brought by the Puritama River. This wonder is an exception of nature in the middle of the most arid desert in the world.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
Patagonia here we come
Today we will fly to Punta Arenas, both transfers to and from the airport are included in the service. On arrival to Punta Arenas we will be brought to the hotel and have the rest of the day free.
Meals: Breakfast
Isla Magdalena
At 13.00 our guide will pick you up at the hotel to bring you at the port Muelle Prat to depart at 14.00. Magdalena Island is home to one of the largest colonies of Magellanic Penguins, with more than 150,000 specimens. During the navigation it is possible to see Southern Dolphins and Commerson's dolphins. Once there you can disembark for about an hour, to walk and interact with the colony and visit the lighthouse that is located in the same place. At the end of the visit, we return to Muelle Prat, arriving around 19.00. From there you will go transfer to Puerto Natales, arriving around 22.00.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
Torres del Paine
Departure from your hotel to the Milodon Cave located 24 kilometres north of Puerto Natales. Before arriving at the cave, the access road passes by the "Devil's Chair", a name that comes from the popular imagination given to a rocky structure with the appearance of an armchair which is said to have been the "seat" of the Mylodon and which legend transformed into a "devil". At the end of the visit we continue along the new access road to Torres del Paine National Park, where we can see lagoons and mountain ranges along the way. Then, it is possible to admire the beautiful landscape that surrounds us from the Mirador del Lago Grey (view towards the Grey Glacier, the Paine Massif and the Lago del Toro). A couple of kilometres further on it is possible to see the Cuernos del Paine, arriving at the fork that takes us to the Lago Grey area. In this sector we can take a pleasant walk along the shore of Grey Lake and if the conditions are favourable, it is possible to reach the viewpoint of the Grey Peninsula. Back in the car park of the nursery, we return to the route to go to a restaurant located inside the park to take a moment of rest with the option to have lunch. (Lunch is not included in the price). At the end of this restful break we begin the second stage of our visit to Torres del Paine National Park, heading towards the Salto Grande area. We will visit the Mirador del Lago Nordenskjold and we will continue enjoying the views on our undulating route that will take us little by little to the Laguna Amarga area. After admiring this wonderful spectacle we will return to the city of Puerto Natales passing by the Mirador del Lago Sarmiento, arriving in the late afternoon and bringing with us an unforgettable experience.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
El Calafate and Gauchos experience
In the morning we leave Chile for Argentina. One of our driver will bring you to the bus station to take a bus. Arrival in El Calafate in the afternoon. At 17.00 we will visit the Estancia 25 de Mayo, a typical Argentinian ranch. The visit will start with a presentation of the life of gauchos and their work together with tea and food. The visit will continue with a small walk in the farm to share some activities with sheeps and dogs. The night will end with a proper Argentinian asado and a traditional show.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner, Snacks
Perito Moreno
We will start our activity within Los Glaciares National Park, located 80 km from the city of El Calafate. The tour starts at the hotel where our guide will pick you up in the morning. On the way to the glacier, the guide will tell the history and main characteristics of the Glacier and the entire national park. When you reach the first balcony of the glacier and in front of the map of the same, the different trails will be explained to you and then each one will be able to walk as they wish, and at their own pace. Then we will take a boat for approximately 1 hour. This undoubtedly complements your visit to be dazzled by the magnitude of its landslides, not only from the height of the walkways, but now from the level of the lake: the front of the Glacier ranges between 40 and 80 meters high above the lake level.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
Walking tour in Buenos Aires
Flight to Buenos Aires in the morning and check in at the hotel. Departure in the afternoon for a guided walking tour through the streets of the center. Starting with the city icon (the Obelisk), we will talk about how the city was founded and organized and how history continues to be written to this day. We will have the opportunity to talk about local traditions and discover Argentinian gastronomy. The tour includes a walk from the obelisk to the San Telmo district, passing by the famous Plaza 5 de Mayo and the Casa Rosada.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
End of service
Time to say good bye to Argentina. Transfer to the airport and flight back home.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
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