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Atlantic Patagonia Tour and Pacific Cruise (PTC)
offered by supplier M08214 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 6
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 29
people
Destination(s):
Argentina
Specialty Categories:
Boating and Sailing
Ecotourism
Season: September - April
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: No
Minimum Per Person Price: 1500 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 1500 US Dollar (USD)
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Departures: Tuesdays from September to April.
Meals: According to itinerary. Air Fare: Not included.
Service: Seat-in. Entrance fees: included.
A fascinating trip to discover both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans and an incredible amount of secrets kept in between that mingle with the immensity of the Patagonic steppe: an ancient subtropical petrified wood by the action of volcanic eruptions over 60 million years ago, nowadays lying in the barren bleak plateau; a cave decorated by Indian paintings 900 years ago; and finally the millenary ice of San Rafael Glacier.
Your Itinerary
Day 1 - Comodoro Rivadavia
Reception at the local airport and transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon city tour of Comodoro Rivadavia, visiting the Petroleum Museum and Mt. Chenque's panoramic view point. Continue to Rada Tilly, a seaside village a few kilometers south from Comodoro Rivadavia to Punta del Marques Hill view point that dominates the villa and to the sea lion rookery. Accommodation. Dinner.
Day 2 - Comodoro Rivadavia / Petrified Woods / Río Mayo
Breakfast. Visit to the Petrified Woods J. Ormachea, discovered in 1927, which gathers a group of 65 million years old huge fossilized trunks that reach 30 meters in length and two meters in diameter. It's formed by rocky arid land with xerophilous plants, prehistoric conifers and dead palm trees.
Continue to Río Mayo. Visit a local estancia that develops the breeding and protection of the guanaco, one of the most characteristic South American 'camelidae' group in the southern extreme of the continent, in semi captivity. Continue to the town of Perito Moreno and Estancia Telken. Accommodation. Dinner.
Day 3 - Pinturas River Valley
Breakfast. Departure to Pinturas River Canyon. Trekking (level: moderate) to visit the Caves of the Painted Hands, one of the greatest expressions of rupestrian American art. This place offers a testimony of the mores and beliefs of the ethnic group that lived there thousands of years ago. The scenes that are designed in different colors: black, ocher, yellow, red and violet represent hands, human figures in motion and guanacos. Box Lunch. Return to Telken. Accommodation. Dinner.
Day 4 - Pinturas River Valley / Paso Huemules / Coihaique / Pto. Chacabuco
Breakfast. Departure along Route N? 40 to Perito Moreno Village. Continue to Balmaceda (Chile) international crossroad. Free Lunch at Coihaique. Arrival at Puerto Chacabuco. Transfer to Hotel Loberías del Sur. Accommodation. Dinner.
Day 5 – San Rafael Glacier
Breakfast. Embarkation in a catamaran on a full day sailing excursion to the San Rafael Glacier. This is a Dream Cruise through the spectacular channels and archipelagos where the exuberant nature can be seen in all its splendor and where man’s presence is nearly imperceptible. At San Rafael lagoon you will be welcomed by the Glacier, towering more than 70 meters above the level of the lake. Sail in zodiacs among the multicolored icebergs whose ice is more than 30.000 years old. Meals and Openbar included on board. Disembarkation at Puerto Chacabuco. Transfer to Hotel Loberías del Sur. Accommodation. Dinner.
Day 6 – Puerto Chacabuco
Breakfast. Transfer to Balmaceda airport.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price is on request.
Also see tour packages in:
South America
Argentina
Boating and Sailing
Ecotourism
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