To The Ends Of The Earth
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This trip has been expertly designed for those that want to experience the sublime landscapes of South America’s southern tip, a real adventure to Argentina and Chile‘s Southern Patagonia with luxurious lodgings to retire to after a day exploring the wilderness.
The tour starts with an introduction to Argentina, with a stay in the splendid and vibrant city of Buenos Aires. We will then take you down to crumbling Perito Moreno Glacier and across the border to explore Torres del Paine National Park, considered one of the most beautiful areas in the world, before you embark on a four night navigation of the straits of Magellan and the Beagle Channel around Cape Horn to Ushuaia.
You’ll be mesmerised by the glacial displays towards the south of Argentina and Chile, and experience some of the most incredible wildlife displays at the end of the earth.
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Days 1-2: Buenos Aires
One night in Buenos Aires:
Spend your time relaxing and exploring this wonderful city. You have our top recommendations for activities, restaurants and shopping so that you can make the most of your time here.
Remember we can always organize you one of our privately-guided tours (history, culture, art...) to more specialist excursions such as personal shopping trips, helicopter tours, wine tasting and tango lessons. Feel free to discuss your options with your travel designer.
Days 2-4: El Calafate
Two days exploring the Glacier Region around El Calafate:
It's up to you how you want to spend your time in Argentina's Glacier Region, without doubt one of Argentina's most beautiful areas, and we can organise several private or shared tours according to your interests and time should you like to.
Full day private tour of the Perito Moreno Glacier:
This is a full-day tour of the magnificent Perito Moreno National Park and its humbling glacier complete with private 4WD vehicle and one of our expert guides. Beginning with a scenic drive through the National Park followed by an guided-tour along the specially built in walkways facing the glacier, various optional additions can be made to this tour such as the nautical boat safari, minitrekking or Big Ice trekking.
Days 4-8: Torres del Paine
Four days exploring Torres del Paine:
Depending on the lodgings you have chosen and your individual preferences your travel designer can design a program of activities featuring a whole host of different and diverse ways to explore and encounter Torres del Paine. From hiking to horseback rides with gauchos, the rivers, lakes, mountains and glaciers here are breathtaking places to explore.
Days 8-12: Cape Horn Cruise
Cape Horn Cruise - 4N/5D Punta Arenas to Ushuaia - Day One:
Boarding at the Punta Arenas, the ship will set sail for your journey to "the ends of the earth" at around 6pm that evening with a welcome drinks and reception given by the captain and crew before dinner.
Cape Horn Cruise - Day Two:
Sailing through the night, by dawn the ship will have reached the Almirantazgo Sound, arriving at Ainsworth Bay in the Alberto de Agostini National Park. From here, if the weather conditions are right – you will be able to see the Marinelli Glacier tumbling down the Darwin Mountain Range and your guides will explain how life begins after the retreat of the ice. Disembarking the ship there will be a walk to the Beaver Dam through the spectacular subpolar Magellanic forest to a beach to observe elephant seals (depending on the colony’s location that day). Boarding the ship again you will sail through the Tuckers Islets and after lunch Zodiac boats will take you to see the Magellanic Penguins and Cormorants.
(In September and April this last excursion is replaced by a tour to Brookes Bay and short walk to the glacier).
Cape Horn Cruise - Day Three:
The morning will be spent navigating the Beagle Channel to reach the Pia Fjord to disembark near the Pia Glacier for a short hike to a lookout point with fantastic views of the glacier tongue stretching from mountain to sea. The remainder of the afternoon will be spent gliding through the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel and majestic Glacier Alley.
Cape Horn Cruise - Day Four:
Today your cruise takes you from Cape Horn to the Wulaia Bay. Through the morning you will sail through the Murray Channel and Nassau Bay to reach Cape Horn National Park where you will disembark (weather permitting) to discover this important and mythical navigation route between the Pacific and Atlantic discovered in 1616. With its sheer 425m high rock headland this park was declared a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. After lunch there will be an on-land excursion at the historic Wulaia Bay, the site of the largest Yamana aboriginal settlements and where Charles Darwin landed in 1833 during the voyage of HMS Beagle. Known for its mesmerizing topography and fauna there will be walk through the Magellanic forest of lengas, coihues, canelos, and ferns to reach a lookout point to marvel at the surrounding dramatic scenery.
Cape Horn Cruise - Day Five:
Docking at the Argentinean port city of Ushuaia at approximately 8am, you will disembark the ship here for the next step of your trip.
Days 12-13: Ushuaia
Day in Ushuaia:
Relax at your hotel, enjoy the Argentinean leather markets and succulent lamb dishes that make Patagonia famous, or take a tour to discover the southernmost town in the world. From drinking a pint of the world's southernmost microbrew to exploring museums and tasting the best local cusine, we can give the best recommendations for how to fill your day here.
Days 13-14: Buenos Aires
Private transfer to your hotel in Buenos Aires (from domestic airport):
Your guide will be waiting in arrivals, ready to bring you by private transfer to your hotel in Buenos Aires.
Overnight in Buenos Aires:
Enjoy a final evening in this lively, sultry city. You'll have our list of recommendations as well as private guides on hand to enjoy the best of your stay.
