In this excursion you will visit Grey Glacier,  sailing through Lake Grey; it is a highlight if you are in Torres del Paine or Cueva del Milodon, located 24 kilometers north of Puerto Natales. This Natural Monument is formed by three caves and a rocky conglomerate called "Silla del Diablo". You will make a short walk to the cave.

Later, you will continue along the new access road to the Torres del Paine National Park, where you can observe the Laguna Sofía, the Cordillera Prat, the Porteño Lake, the Mesa Mountain, the Toro Lake, Sierra del Toro, and the Sierra Ballena. Next, it is possible to admire the beautiful landscape that surrounds us from the Mirador del Lago Grey (view towards the Grey Glacier, the Macizo Paine and the Lago del Toro). A few Kilometers later it is possible to observe the Cuernos del Paine coming to the fork taking the road over the Serrano Bridge to continue to the Grey Lake sector. In this sector you can make a pleasant walk along the shore of Grey Lake and if the weather conditions help us it is possible to access to the viewpoint of the Peninsula Grey.

After a break for a rest, you will have the option of having lunch in the restaurant of the place, you began the second stage of our visit to the Torres del Paine National Park, heading to the Salto Grande sector. You will visit the Nordenskjold Lake Viewpoint and you will continue enjoying different views in our undulating route that brings us little by little to the Laguna Amarga sector, without first visiting the Paine Waterfall. In this beautiful place, you can appreciate the discharge of milky waters that come from the glaciers through the Paine River and that drain finally in the Seno de Ultima Esperanza, after a prolonged tour through the heart of the National Park. After admiring this pleasant spectacle, you will return to the city of Puerto Natales passing by the Mirador del Lago Sarmiento arriving at dusk and bringing an unforgettable experience.

Duration: 10 hrs.

Level of difficulty:  Easy

Meals: Snack

 Departing to 7:00 AM for a transfer straight to Torres del Paine National Park. Journey amongst the vast Patagonian plains before arriving to the entrance at Laguna Amarga, where it is required to register with CONAF (park rangers).  

From here, you’ll continue until reaching the Visitor Center, the starting point of the trek. 

Today’s trek follows the Ascensio Valley as it snakes through windswept hills and gigantic beech forests. During the last ascent, you’ll traverse through an immense boulder field until reaching one of the most iconic mountain viewpoints in the world, the Base of The Towers. At a height of 900 meters above sea level, marvel at the sheer granite walls of the (north, south, central) towers and the brilliantly turquoise glacial lake below. After resting and having lunch in this extraordinary and unique scenic context on the planet, you will begin your return along the same path until you reach the the starting point, to take the way back to Puerto Natales.

Duration: 8 hrs. (22 KM).

Level of difficulty: High.

Meals: Box Lunch.

 You will leave early from Puerto Bories to enter the incredible world of the fjords. You will begin the navigation to the Balmaceda and Serrano Glaciers, through the Ultima Esperanza Fjord, during the journey you will be able to observe beautiful mountains, waterfalls, ranches and Patagonian birdlife. You will visit the Balmaceda Glacier and walk through a lush forest of coihues and ñirres to the foot of the Serrano Glacier. To make your experience even more incredible, you will enjoy an aperitif of whiskey with millenary ice from the Glacier. In addition, you will enjoy a typical lunch in an Estancia 

PROGRAM

07:00 hrs. Departure from 21 de Mayo agency. 07:30 Departure from Puerto Bories.

08:00 hrs. Navigation from Puerto Bories to Balmaceda & Serrano Glaciers.

10:00 hrs. You can will see beautiful mountains, waterfalls, estancias (ranch), and wildlife of Patagonia.

11:00 hrs. You can will see Balmaceda Glacier.

11:30 hrs. Visit to Serrano Glacier. Hike through lush forest of coihues y ñirres, until to arrive to the foot of the Glacier. 

13:00 hrs. Return from Serrano Glacier a Estancia Perales, whiskey whit millennial ice taken from the Glacier.

14:00 hrs. Typical Lunch in Estancia or vegetarian alternative.

17:30 hrs. Arrival to Puerto Natales, end of the services.

 The Eberhard Fjord is a place with many stories and myths, here are located Puerto Prat and Puerto Consuelo. Kayaking in these waters is very quiet and protected. 

You will leave Puerto Natales and after 30 minutes, you will arrive to Puerto Prat, where you will equip yourself with the appropriate clothes and you will have an instructive safety talk to begin kayaking. 

During the sailing you can watch many birds such as black neck swans, coscorobas swans, taguas, ducks and flamingos. On the way back we stop to do a small trekking to enjoy a wonderful view of Torres del Paine and other surrounding mountains.

You will continue sailing until reaching Puerto Prat, in this place you will visit an Old House of settlers, who will wait for you to share a hot drink and some delicious “sopaipillas” with homemade jams, before returning to Puerto Natales.

Duration: 5 hrs. 

Level of difficulty: Medium

Meals: Snack in settlers house

  We will discover the traces of the past, we head north of Puerto Natales a little over 25 km, we begin a day of exploration visiting the Archaeological Park located inside Estancia Ernesto Helmer, a landscape that is born from the bottom of the sea and that today we can walk and observe its mountains, cracks, eaves and valleys. In the sector it is possible to access the buttocks of condors that dominate the skies in that place and once we reach the summit we will obtain a spectacular panoramic view of the Eberhard Fjord and Canal Señoret. Cerro Benítez is part of a paleontological sector that houses cave paintings approximately 3,500 years old. 

We will visit the cave of the window and then on the south east side we will enter the hidden cave (here we must access with frontal and pointed and elbow lamps), This cave has an approximate height of 4 meters and its size is approximately 70 square meters. We can observe thousand-year-old stalatives that were formed as a result of the accumulation of salts and minerals plus a constant drip of water, taking thousands of years to form. Once this exciting visit is over, leaving the cave, we continue our walk in the direction of the eaves called "Dos herraduras" through lush forests, finally we will be able to observe cave paintings on the rocky walls.

Duration: 5 hrs. 

Level of difficulty: Medium

Meals: Not included.

 We invite you to enjoy this exciting outdoor sport in one of the most incredible places called Cerro Benitez – Laguna Sofia, just 30 minutes driving from Puerto Natales.

The walls of conglomerate rock are amazing and enjoyable because there are routes for all levels climbers. We start climbing the easier routes to warm up and then we try more routes incresing the difficulty. We stop for a snack break and we continue climbing as our skills allow it. We provide all the gear and certified climbing guides.

ITINERARY

10:00 Pick up at the Hotel.

10:30 Arrival to Laguna Sofía. Approach hike.

11:00 Equipment and briefing, start climbing.

13:00 Snack and more climbing 

15:00 Return to Puerto Natales.

Duration: 5 hours. 

Level of difficulty: Medium - High

Meals: Snack.

 We take you to discover and admire one of the largest flying birds on the planet, with a wingspan of 3 meters, the Condor of the Patagonian Andes shows us its greatness on the slopes and cliffs of Laguna Sofía. Leaving from Puerto Natales, we head towards the area of  Laguna Sofía, about thirty minutes away, to begin the trek that will take us along a wonderful path to the conglomerate rock walls where the incredible condors live. During this journey we will be able to observe different small birds, eagles and condors, as well as a diversity of flora depending on the season. The view from the summit is truly impressive as you can see the fjords and mountains near Laguna Sofía and its surroundings. It’s time to take a break for our snack in a prehistoric cave… 

After enjoying this beautiful place and its fauna, we return to the starting point to return to Puerto Natales.

ITINERARY

10:00 Starting pick up.

10:30 Arrival to Laguna Sofía.

11:00 Briefing and start of the walk.

12:30 Snack on the summit.

14:00 Return to Puerto Natales.

Duration: 5   hours total. Hike 3 hrs.

Level of difficulty: Medium.

Meals: Snack.

It starts from Puerto Natales in a transfer of 20 min approx. to get to the site of the Estancia Laguna Sofía, a place where after a security briefing and the selection of horses according to experience, the tour will begin, equipped with safety helmets and leggings.

The ride begins towards Laguna Sofía, a place where it will be possible to admire its transparent waters, along with the flora and fauna that surrounds it, we will also get a privileged view of Cerro Benítez, the ride continues between natural landscapes of native forests and then head towards the other sector of the Estancia, from where it will be possible to admire the ravines of the Sierra Señoret, as you advance, a plain approaches where there will be more views of the lake and its surroundings until you reach the Cuevas sector, after this the return to the Refuge begins.

Duration: 4 hours.

Level of difficulty: Easy

Meals Not included.

Minimum persons: 4 persons