Arrival to El Calafate Airport and transfer to your hotel. Meeting and dinner with your guide to converse about the details of your trip.

After breakfast we will transfer to El Chalten, a small and colourful town close to Mount Fitz Roy. We cross 190 km of gravel road through the Patagonian steppe before stopping at La Leona, a picturesque inn to enjoy the homemade cakes. From here, the views on the Viedma Lake are superb. El Chalten is located on the edge of Los Glaciares National Park in the surroundings of the Fitz Roy Mount. Accommodation in a hostel.

Today we start our trek in the Los Glaciares National Park. A short transfer takes us to the Rio Electrico, where we start our trek through forest to Piedra del Fraile. Leaving our packs here we continue trekking the Rio Electrico Valley for 2 hours before ascending 1 hour to see the Fitz Roy Mount (3441m/11289 ft) north face and a view of the impressive Marconi Glacier. From here we return to Piedra del Fraile.
Full Camp at Piedra del Fraile double base (rural area).

Today we follow the Rio Blanco valley to the lake of Piedras Blancas where we have an impressive view of the hanging Piedras Blancas Glacier. In the afternoon, having left our packs at camp, we ascend the frontal moraine to De Los Tres lagoon for a stunning view of the Fitz Roy Mount.
Lodging in full Camp at Capri Lagoon double base (rural area)

This morning we start trekking along the shore of Laguna Madre and Lagoon Hija until we reach Bridwell base camp at Torre Mount area. Torre Mount (3128m/10.262 ft) with its needle shaped peak is a major challenge for the best climbers. We trek along the northern side of Laguna Torre, fed by the Fitzroy River. From here we will appreicate astonishing views of Torre Mount.
Lodging in full Camp at Bridwell double base (rural area)

Today, weather permitting, we perform an exceptional activity. You will walk and climb on the legendary Torre Mount Glacier, with its granite walls just behind you. All necessary equipment (rope, harness, crampons, ice-axe) and expert guidance are provided. In order to access the glacier we have to make a Tyrolean crossing of the river. This is done by clipping a little seat onto a fixed rope over the river and pulling yourself, or being pulled, across. Lodging in full Camp at Bridwell double base (rural area).

Today we cross the Fitz Roy River using once again the Tyrolean traverse. We trek through the forest, before climbing 700 meters (2300 ft) to the ridge which connects the summits of the Pliegue Tumbado. The landscape of the Fitzroy group and the Rio Tunel Valley is quite simply breathtaking.
Lodging in full Camp at Laguna Toro double base (rural area)

Today we trek toward the Paso del Viento (Pass of the Wind, 1550m/5085 ft) with the fabulous Continental Ice Field view and the Mariano Moreno ridge inside it. We depart from the Toro Lagoon, with great views of the Tunel Glacier and the river of the same name. It's a demanding, but hugely rewarding trekking day. We trek 6-7 hours approx until we return to the forest where we camp.
Lodging in full Camp at Laguna Toro double base (rural area)

We return trekking down to El Chalten, hiking on the Tunel River east shore. We descend through the forest, enjoying the superb panoramaic views. Arrival to El Chalten in the evening and lodge at a hostel.

After breakfast we depart by bus to the Magallanes peninsula, where the entrance of The Glaciers National Park is located. Its centerpiece is the Perito Moreno Glacier, which, because of unusually favorable local conditions, is one of the world's few advancing glaciers. Huge icebergs from the glacier wall collapse into the De los Tempanos Channel. The roar of the gigantic ice rocks falling and crashing into the waters of the channel is a unique experience.
Our bus will lead us just in front of the Glacier, allowing us to walk the gangplanks to view the Glacier from different viewpoints. Then we go down to the lakeside to board a ship that carries us very near the Glacier ice walls. We return to El Calafate and your lodge.

We depart in the afternoon from El Calafate, until we reach the legendary 40 Route, where we turn toward the south for 70 kilometers. About 3 hours later we arrive to the border between Argentina and Chile (Cancha Carrera- Cerro Castillo Pass). After completing the customs procedure, we continue for 2 hours more driving on a well maintained road, now with the Torres Massif in our landscape.
We stop a couple of times to take panoramic pictures and to observe groups of guanacos. Finally we arrive to the Torres del Paine National Park by Amarga Lagoon and our full Camp at Camping Las Torres.

This day is dedicated to one of the most classical and amazing treks of the Park, the trail towards the Paine's Towers. After breakfast we cross a hanging bridge and remount the Almirante Nieto Mountain path, going on the border of Ascencio River. After one hour we enter into the valley before arriving to the Chileno Refuge.
The trail slopes down into an impressive forest where you will witness unforgettable landscapes. We reach Las Torres Base Camp where the mountaineers wait, sometimes for months, for the appropriate weather conditions to climb the Torres Viewpoint, an amazing natural amphitheater at the bottom of the vertical granite towers that reach 2800 metres in height. We return by the same way.
Lodging in full Camp at Camping Las Torres.

Today we start the two days Nordenskjold crossing, that leads us to the Full Camp at Refugio Pehoe, with one night spent at Los Cuernos Refuge. Before breakfast we prepare our backpack with only the items required for the next two days traverse. We pack the rest of the luggage that will be transferred by our bus to the Refugio Pehoe Full Camp.
We walk by the Nordenskjold lake north shore before arriving to Los Cuernos Refuge.
Lodging in a full Camp at Los Cuernos Refuge.

We will start our trek early in the morning, arriving two hours later at the start of the Frances Valley. It is a beautiful valley descending from the massif to the Nordenskjold Lake, outflanked by the imposing Paine Grande Mount, (3050m) on the west side. We remount the valley until we reach the upper viewpoints, surrounded by the most impressive peaks of the massif: Cuernos, Espada, Mascara, Hoja, Aleta de Tiburon, Catedral, and Paine Grande. The forest and the suspended Glaciers producing continuous ice and snow fallings give a spectacular frame to this walk.
We return descending the valley until we reach the Skottberg Lake, and arriving at our full camp at Refugio Pehoe at the end of the day. We will trek 9 hours on this demanding day.
Lodging in full camp at Refugio Pehoe.

Another unforgettable day dedicated to the Grey Glacier; an impressive Glacier with a surface area of over 300 square kilometers (115 square miles), 25 kilometers long (16 miles) and which overflows from the Continental Ice Field into the Grey Lake. The Glacier produces an enormous amount of blue icebergs that sail over the lake, pushed by the winds towards the south, and giving a characteristic feature to this lake.The trail leads us to a wonderful viewpoint where we can appreciate the whole lake, the glacier and the mountains that emerge from the west of the Ice Field.
Two more hours walking and we arrive to another viewpoint just in front of the Glacier.
All the trek is developed between Andean bush and Lengas forest, at the shadow of the ice blocks that drape the Paine Grande Mount. We will walk for about 8 hours today.
Lodging in full camp at Refugio Pehoe.

We have breakfast later than usual to recover from the last two strenuous days. In the afternoon, with our luggage packed, we cross Pehoe Lake on a catamaran towards Pudeto, where we continue by land transportation to our full camp located at Camping Pehoe.
After lunch at the campsite we visit Salto Grande and walk a 45 minutes trail to get the Nordenskjold Lake beaches, where we have a wonderful view of the entire path that we have walked in the previous days. Lodging in full camp at Camping Pehoe.

We use this day to visit the west side of the Park and pass an easy trail by the Grey Lake south shore, with plenty of icebergs, and ascending to the Ferrier viewpoint with wide landscapes over the entire Park.
Lodging in full camp at Camping Pehoe.

In the morning we start our land transfer from Torres del Paine to Puerto Natales, where we shall the city.
Transfer by regular bus across the border to reenter Argentina arriving to El Calafate at the end of the day. Transfer to your hostel.

After breakfast we transfer to El Calafate Airport for your return flight.

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