Two llamas on mossy rocks drink out of small stream

Handprints on cave wall in Cave of the Hands

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Patagonia Glaciers Cruise and Chile Tour

Cruise to the San Rafael Glacier in Chile - Tour Extension

6 Days / 5 Nights per person*

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Patagonia Glaciers Cruise and Chile Tour

Summary

6 Days / 5 Nights

A fascinating trip to discover the Pacific Ocean 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. Departures are on Tuesdays, from September to April. Meals are included, according to itinerary. Air Fare is not included. Note: This is a tour extension, combine this tour with one of our full package tours.

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This tour includes:

All nights accommodations
All breakfasts
Meals according to itinerary
All transfers
English-speaking guides

Highlights

San Rafael Glacier
Sea Lions
Guanacos
Petrified Woods
Prehistoric Wall Paintings

Itinerary

Day 1Arrive in Comodoro Rivadavia & City Tour

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 kilometres south from Comodoro Rivadavia to Punta del Marques Hill view point that dominates the villa and to the sea lion rookery. Accommodation. Dinner.

Day 2Comodoro 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 twometers 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 semicaptivity. Continue to the town of Perito Moreno and Estancia Telken. Accommodation. Dinner.

Colorful handprints painted on the inside of a cave wall in Patagonia

Day 3Pinturas 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 4Route N 40 - Balmaceda - Puerto 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. Accomodation. Dinner.

Water full of ice chunks in mountain river

Day 5San Rafael Glacier

Breakfast. Embark in a catamaran on a full day sailing excursion to the San Rafael Glacier. This is a Dream Cruise through the spectacular channels and archipielagos where the exhuberant 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 metres above the level of the lake. Sail in zodiaks among the multicoloured 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 6End of the Tour

Breakfast. Transfer to Balmaceda airport.

Summary

Departures are on Tuesdays, from September to April. Meals are included, according to itinerary. Air Fare is not included.

Note: This is a tour extension, combine this tour with one of our full package tours.

Tour Highlights

San Rafael Glacier
Sea Lions
Guanacos
Petrified Woods
Prehistoric Wall Paintings

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All nights accommodations
All breakfasts
Meals according to itinerary
All transfers
English-speaking guides

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