TORRES DEL PAINE
ITINERARY
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DAY 1: PUNTA ARENAS – PUERTO
NATALES
Arrival at Punta Arenas, Chile. Our guide will
await you at Punta Arenas airport or pick you up
in Punta Arenas city. Terrestrial transfer to
Puerto Natales in private vehicle (*), 260km in
three-hour drive through the Patagonian pampa.
Detour to visit Penguins colony at Otway sound.
Lodging in Puerto Natales. Briefing with our
trekking guide to discuss all details of our
Torres del Paine Circuit program. Dinner not
included. In Puerto Natales there are several
restaurants with all kind of Chilean and
international menus.
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DAY 2:
PUERTO NATALES – TORRES
DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK
Breakfast in the morning. Leave at the hotel all
not necessary gear for our trekking days. Leave in
the morning (8:30am) in our private vehicle in
direction to Torres del Paine National Park. This
take 2 hours driving north and take Laguna Amarga
entrance. Right before entering the Park, we will
have excellent view and a great picture taking
opportunities of Paine wild life such as guanacos,
grey foxes, Chilean flamencos, Condor and
black-necked swans. Arrival at camp Las Torres.
Here, we leave most of our gear and tents. Start
our hike with a day pack through Ascencio valley
by the footpath into Lenga trees towards Torres
del Paine lookout, one of the most spectacular
views of the Park (4 hours). From here we can view
the three granite pinnacles towering above a
green, cirque-bound lake in a deep, narrow valley.
The scene is one of the intense past glaciations.
Return to Torres camp (Tent). Hot shower
available. Snack and dinner. Note: During
all our expedition it is including the breakfast,
one trail food during the long walks and dinner.
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DAY 3:
LAS TORRES -
SERÓN
Breakfast. 9:30am begin our Paine Circuit. We
shoulder our back packs with all of our personal
things. Porters are in charge of carrying all
tents, common gear and food. There are
approximately 4 hours until Serón camp at the
borders of Paine river, walking by past beautiful
beech forests. Set up our camp. Snack and dinner.
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DAY 4: SERÓN - DICKSON
Breakfast. Our porters will pack our tents. We
leave our camp at 9:30am in the morning towards
camp Dickson. This trek goes along Paine river,
with also views of Escudo and Cabeza de Indio
mountain (profile rock looks like a Indian face).
Length of the trekking approximately 4-5 hours.
When arriving at our camp near Dickson lake, we
will be able to descry the south continental ice
cap for first time (Dickson Glacier). Hot shower.
Camp and dinner..
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DAY 5: DICKSON - CAMP PERROS
Breakfast into the refuge. 9:30am begin of the
trek through one of the most beautiful places of
this excursion. Impressive forest of Lengas and
Coigues (Nothofagus trees) we will be able to
contemplate along of this 4 hours of length, to
finally conclude with a spectacular view of the
Perros Glacier calving directly into the small
lake. Perros Camp. Dinner.
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DAY 6: CAMP PERROS - CAMP GREY
Breakfast very early morning. Today we need to
leave camp early due this is the longest walking
days of Paine Circuit (9-10 hours), and also has
one of the best views of the Park. From the
beginning of our trek, we gradually climb to tree
line, then continue on to John Garner pass at
1.150m. This mountain pass can be done in a
difficult conditions due strong winds and some
snow accumulation. Our guides has years of
experience crossing this area under a very safe
conditions. Once arrive at the highest point, from
here there are awe-inspiring views of enormous
Grey Glacier coming down of the southern ice
sheet. From here we descend to tree line and
continue traversing near this massive Grey
Glacier, which fills the valley with heavily
creased ice. We continue on to camp next to Lake
Grey, where the Grey Glacier calves into the lake.
Camp. Hot shower available. Snack and dinner.
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DAY 7: GREY - CAMP PEHOÉ
Breakfast. After restful morning and contemplate
lake and icebergs, we leave the camp in the
afternoon toward Lake Pehoe. This trekking takes
about 4-5 hours. Along our walk, we enjoy several
spots with spectaculars views of Grey Lake,
icebergs and big mountains at both sides of the
lake. Camp Pehoe. Hot shower available. Snack and
dinner.
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DAY 8: PEHOÉ - FRENCH
VALLEY - CUERNOS
Breakfast early in the morning. Trek to French
Valley, a great Mountain circus. After three hours
we arrive at Campamento Italiano, entrance of
French Valley. From here, we take a side trip
path, hiking to lookout (2 hours) and contemplate
one of the most dramatic peaks in Patagonia like
Cuernos, Espada, Hoja, Mascara, Paine Grande,
Aleta de Tiburón, Catedral and more. Back to camp
Italiano and continue our trek to Cuernos refuge
(3,5 hours). Hot shower available. Snack and
dinner.
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DAY 9:
CUERNOS – LA TORRES –
PUERTO NATALES
Breakfast. Last day trek to complete our goal,
circumnavigation of Paine Mountain Range, arriving
at starting point camp Las Torres (5-6 hours).This
trek goes through Nordeskjokd lake, crossing
several creeks. Arrival at Las Torres and
terrestrial transfer to Puerto Natales and
estimate arrival at 18:00. Hotel. Dinner not
included.
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DAY
10: PUERTO
NATALES - PUNTA ARENAS AIRPORT
Breakfast in our hotel. We will coordinate a
ground transfer to Punta Arenas Airport (*)
according your flight departure time. We recommend
to book any flight starting from 12:00pm. If your
flight is very early morning, we can schedule last
hotel night in Punta Arenas, instead Puerto
Natales.
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