After breakfast in the main lodge, we will have our Safari day in Chile’s Parque Patagonia, Chile’s newest national park, where we will share this land with the Guanaco, Fox, Grey Fox, Common Skunk, Pichi, Lesser Rhea, Condor, Chilean Flamingo, Black- necked Swan, Upland Goose, Great Egret, Buff necked Ibis, and many different varieties of ducks, hawks, eagles & falcons. First, we will see the Visitor’s Center to learn more about the park, then we will drive into the park and take a few hikes to experience the remoteness and beauty of this land, with only the sounds of wind and wildlife. After our box lunch in the park, we will leave the Chacabuco Valley and drive a little more than 1 hour to the town of Puerto Guadal and to our cozy complex on the south shore of lake General Carrera. Our view is of the Northern Ice Field across the lake, including Patagonia's tallest peak of San Valentin (4,058 meters). Dinner in the main lodge.
Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner
Driving distance: 125 km (all dirt) 

Today after breakfast, we will take a half-day speed boat trip on Lake General Carrera to visit two separate Marble Cave complexes.  We will first visit the most popular formations near Puerto Rio Tranquilo including the Cave, the Chapel, and the intricate system of water-filled caverns called the Marble Cathedral. Then we will navigate north around some islands in the lake to reach Puerto Sanchez, with close to 1 kilometer of marble formations. Return to the lodge for our box lunch, and the remainder of the afternoon free to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
Note: Boat trip subject to weather conditions
Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner
Driving distance: 0 km 

This morning we will return north along the Carretera Austral and stop for lunch at a local restaurant for a home-cooked meal with fresh ingredients grown on site. Then we continue up the Carretera Austral, into the Simpson River valley, reaching Coyhaique, the capital of the Aysen Region, and the largest city we'll see until the end of our trip. Coyhaique has ATM machines, a Post Office, supermarkets and shops. Dinner at the hotel.

Note: Tonight pack a day pack for the next 2 nights, as we will leave the van and take a boat across the fjord to our hotel. Don't forget to pack your swimsuit to enjoy the hot springs!
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Driving distance: 275 km (mostly dirt) 

 Today we drive through the Simpson River Valley, passing by verdant green lands along the river with waterfalls all around. We then head north along the Manihuales river and into Lago Torre National Reserve, as we enter the rain forest. Then we leave the paved road and make our way up and over the Queulat pass and into what many consider to be Chile’s most beautiful park: Queulat National Park. After making our way back down the windy dirt road, we will take a hike to see the Hanging Glacier and have a picnic lunch. The hike is easy, relatively level, and 30 minutes each way. We will then reach the Glacier Fjord, where we leave our van and take a 20-minute boat across the fjord to our lodging for the night. Dinner will be served starting at 8:00 pm (a la carte).
Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner
Driving distance: 250 km (mostly paved) 

Think about how long you have traveled, the money you have spent and the amount of time you have waited to be here. This is a wonderful day to relax and enjoy your time in the rain forest. Puyuhuapi Lodge is the perfect place to disconnect and pamper yourself. Here you can decide to take self-guided hikes, soak in the outdoor natural hot springs, enjoy the internal pools, 1 hour of kayaking, or read a book listening to the sounds of birds and water lapping the shore. All or nothing. The lodge also offers numerous massage treatments (at an additional cost) which you can schedule the day before. Whatever you do today, we will meet at 1:00 pm for our light lunch and 8:00 pm for dinner.
Breakfast, Light Lunch, Dinner
Driving distance: 0 

We will meet in the main dining room at 8:00 am for breakfast, then we will take the boat back across the fjord and meet up with our van who hopefully got a good night’s rest from the dirt roads! We will then continue north, through the town of Puyuhuapi at the northern end of the fjord, through sections of the road currently being paved, and cross from Aysen into the Lakes Region. We will pass by the town of Santa Lucia (named after the wife of Agusto Pinochet), by the shore of Lake Yelcho (famous for fly-fishing), then up and over a mountain pass and through a glacier-carved valley into the town of Chaiten. This town was nearly washed out to sea from diverted rivers after the 2008 eruption of the Chaiten Volcano. After driving through the town, with many houses still filled with ash as witnesses to the force of Mother Nature, we make our way toward Pumalin Park. This is a large section of temperate rain forest purchased by Douglas Tompkins, founder of North Face and Esprit, who donated the land back to the Chilean government under protection from development. Then we make our way into the park, with the tallest peak, the Michinmahuida Volcano (2,400  meters) to our east, for two hiking opportunities. The first one is the trail to the Hidden Waterfall, which is a moderate-level hike, through thick forest with some steep climbs, including a wooden stairway leading down to the base of the falls.  Then we will drive a few kilometers farther to an easy, flat hike to witness groves of Alerce trees, the tallest of the southern beech trees, and related to the California redwood, reaching heights of more than 150 feet tall with many of them more than 3,000 years old. Because of their resistance to insects and their tall, straight trunks, they were nearly forested to extinction. We will also be surrounded by the temperate rain forest with tree species such as Coihue, Manio, Guindo, Tepa, Ulmo, Canelo, and others. Then we drive the last 15 kilometers of the day to our private cabins at the end of the road in Caleta Gonzalo, on the edge of the Renihue Fjord.  
Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner
Driving distance: 300 km (mostly paved) 

Today we will take 3 ferries through some of the most impressive fjords in southern Chile. The first is 30 minutes in the Renihue Fjord. Then we take a 4-hour trip into the Comao Fjord, the closest fjord to the equator. The ride offers astounding views of the Andes to the east and we will be witness to diverse marine wildlife. We will have our lunch on the ferry before arriving to the town of Hornopiren. We will drive through the forest for 1½ hours, where we will take a 30-minute ferry across the Reloncavi Estuary, where we will stop for a snack. Then we drive through Puerto Montt, the capital of the Lakes District and the northern entrance to Chilean Patagonia. We will take Route 5, or the Pan-American highway which stretches from Alaska to Chiloe Island, up to our final destination, the lakeside town of Puerto Varas, and check into your last hotel for the trip.
Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner
Driving distance: 150 km (mostly paved) 

We will pick you up from the hotel around 11:00, head north along the western side of the lake to visit the German colonial town of Frutillar. First we will take a tour of the Teatro del Lago (Lake Theater), a famous venue for musical and other events. Then we will make a stop at an open-air colonial museum run by the Universidad Austral de Chile, a replica of a German farmhouse and outlying buildings. After that we will have lunch at the German Club in Frutillar before returning to Puerto Varas. Dinner at the hotel.
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Driving distance: 100 km (all paved)