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Upon arrival you will be transported to the hotel.
In the afternoon, you will meet your guide and start your half-day tour visiting the Santa Lucia hill. From the Caupolicán terrace you will admire the Hidalgo Castle (formerly a Spanish fort) and views of the city. The tour continues to the Plaza Constitución and the Palacio de la Moneda, the government palace. The next stop is the Plaza de Armas surrounded by the Metropolitan Cathedral, the
Metropolitan Cathedral, the Supreme Court Palace, the Central Post Office building and other buildings of general interest. A short drive will take us to San Cristobal Hill, on the way we will see the Central Market, Mapocho Station, Forestal Park and the Museum of Fine Arts. Return by funicular or by car depending on the weather. Transfer to the transfer to the hotel.
Our “Garden City”, Viña del Mar, will captivate us with its architecture, streets, palaces and the Quinta Vergara.
We will tour the coastline and visit Valparaíso, a city whose origins date back to 1536. This city has been declared Cultural Heritage of Humanity by Unesco and is the seat of the Legislative Power. It is a magical city, with picturesque elevators, colorful neighborhoods and unique and unforgettable landscapes. Finally, we will visit the Plaza Sotomayor and the port, where we will have the and the port, where we can optionally sail across the bay of Valparaíso.
Daily departures.
Start time excursion: 9:00 hrs.
Duration: 10 hours approximately.
What is included?
Transfers to and from hotels.
Bilingual guides.
Passenger transportation insurance
What is not included?
Costs of extra activities (Navigation)
Personal Expenses, Lunch
Gratuities.
Tickets
At the appropriate time you will be picked up for your flight to San Pedro de Atacama. Rest of the day at leisure.
Meals: Breakfast
08:00 – 15:00 Hrs. Atacama Salt Flat / Miscanti-Meñique Altiplanic Lagoons. Tour through the most extensive plain of the area that allows us to reach the Great Atacama the Gran Salar de Atacama, a white and rugged surface where the shallow lagoons are home to a large number of flamingos that important quantity of flamingos that choose this water as a nesting place.
Geological studies consider this salt flat to be the most important lithium reserve on the planet, accounting for 40%.
Under the protection of weak water furrows, small towns are born, being one of the most picturesque Toconao, where you can appreciate an original architecture in Liparita stone, highlighting its old church. It is a town that invites you to walk its streets and meet the locals. to meet the locals who are dedicated to handicrafts in fine wool. The Altiplanic Lagoons Miscanti – Meñiques are located at 4,500 meters above sea level. 4,500 meters above sea level, they are of great beauty, in their landscapes you can appreciate varied shades of mountain range colors. The flora and fauna are unique, as they are found only in these protected areas.
The altitude allows being very close to mountains and volcanoes, some of which are sacred and have inspired beautiful legends of the Atacama Desert. of the Atacama Desert.
On the way is the town of Socaire, a place where the ancestral traditions of its inhabitants, shepherds or farmers who cultivate the “pocaire”, have endured through time.
or farmers who cultivate the “pachamama” using the ancient system of Andean terraces. Lunch menu included in a restaurant in the town of Socaire.
Meals: Breakfast
06:00 – 11:00 Hrs. Exploration to the highest geothermal field, located at 4,300 meters above sea level in the Andean Cordillera.
The steam fumaroles, which reach a height of 50 meters, blend with the imposing beauty of the Andes, with multiple colors and a variety of fauna, among which the most important are the varied fauna, among which stand out the Vicuñas, an American camelid with an elegant walk and adapted to live in extreme climatic and geographical conditions. extreme climatic and geographic conditions.
The geothermal field has its origin in the magma of the earth, the mountain waters originated by the thaws seep between the cracks of the crust, reaching deep and hot zones, and finally when contacting with the magma, they rise violently in the form of steam and water.
Finally, upon contact with the magma, they rise violently in the form of steam and boiling water, causing fumaroles and jets that rise due to the abrupt change in temperature.
On the way back, nature offers a touching landscape of mountains and volcanoes over 5,500 meters above sea level, as well as an important avifauna in the small rivers and streams.
and volcanoes above 5,500 m.a.s.l., as well as an important avifauna in the small rivers that follow their path until they flow into the great Salar de Atacama.
Breakfast included in the place.
16:00 – 20:00 Moon Valley. In the afternoon, one of the most awaited moments is the sunset, and the best place to appreciate it is the Cordillera de la Salar.
Cordillera de la Sal, with its Valleys of Mars and the Moon, which are saline and clayey conformations product of the mineralogical mineralogical folding that occurred hundreds of millions of years ago and that originated small mountains of capricious and sculptural forms that when the sun sets sculptural shapes that at sunset resemble a lunar landscape.
Meals: Breakfast
At the appropriate time you will be transferred to the airport to take your flight to Santiago. Overnight at the airport hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
ARRIVAL TO RAPA NUI (EASTER ISLAND)
Arrival by flight from Santiago to Mataveri airport in Easter Island.
Transfer in regular shared service (SIB) with other passengers from the airport to the hotel in Hanga Roa with driver only (no guide).
Meals included: Breakfast
FULL DAY EXCURSION ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE MOAIS AND ANAKENA BEACH.
Breakfast included at the hotel.
Full day tour through the Moai Route and Anakena Beach.
Through this excursion we will be able to appreciate diverse and important places of Rapa Nui, rich in history and natural beauty.
Then, we will relax at Anakena Beach, the most popular beach of the island. Departure from our hotel on Easter Island to the east coast of the island to visit the east coast of the island to visit the Ahu Vaihu and Akahanga, temples composed of stone platforms or altars where Pukaos and Pukaos are Pukaos and Moais are gathered together. Continuing the trip, we will head towards Rano Raraku, a volcanic crater formed from the ash of the volcanic crater formed from consolidated ash, which contains a lagoon inside. The volcano has a historical relevance for the island The volcano has a historical relevance for the island, since on its slopes were carved the Moais, where currently remain 397 of these sculptures. Then, we will visit the most amazing Ahu of the island, Ahu Tongariki, which has 15 huge Moais. Of course, it is the Ahu Te Pito Kura which has the largest statue erected on an Ahu, the Moai Paro, 10 meters high and weighing 85 tons. Next to Te Pito Kura is a large spherical stone that is identified as the navel of the world – Te Pito o Te Henua. Finally,
we will end our day resting at Anakena, the most popular beach on the island. In addition to its natural beauty, what makes it unique is a row of Moais that turn their backs to the sea. Undoubtedly, a unique landscape that we will enjoy before returning to our hotel in Easter Island. our hotel in Easter Island.
Meals included: Breakfast; lunchbox
We started in the cave of Ana Kai Tangata, which on its walls has drawings of birds representing the Manutara (sea swallows), whose prized egg was the center of the annual competition of the bird man.
(swallows of the sea), whose precious egg was the center of the annual competition of the bird man. We continue to Vinapu, an archaeological site similar to the Inca constructions of Cuzco. Then to the Rano Kau Volcano, where there is a lagoon with small islands of totora reeds, abundant vegetation and micro fauna. Finally the village of Orongo, place where the where the ceremony of the bird man was held, which designated with the King who would be the spiritual and political leader for a period of one year.
Meals included: Breakfast
DEPARTURE FROM RAPA NUI (EASTER ISLAND)
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer in shared with other passengers from the hotel to the airport with driver.
Meals included: Breakfast
At the appropriate time you will be transferred to the domestic airport of Santago to take your flight to Punta Arenas and a bus to Puerto Natales.
bus to Puerto Natales. Upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel.
Meals: Breakfast
The excursion begins with a visit to the Milodon Cave, a remarkable cavern 200 meters long, 30 meters high and 80 meters wide, located 25 km from Puerto Natales.
80 meters wide, located 25 km from Puerto Natales. A half hour walk will take us into the cave, known for the discovery of fresh skin and bones.
the discovery of fresh skin and bones of a prehistoric species of giant sloth, the mylodon. Remains of other extinct animals have also been found there, such as the dwarf horse, bear, panther and saber-toothed tiger.
In Cerro Castillo where we stop at a cafeteria and then continue to Torres del Paine crossing numerous estancias and a landscape ranging from steppe to deciduous forest. On the way it is possible to spot local fauna including the South American ostrich and the guanaco, a wild camelid.
Torres del Paine is known worldwide for the massifs that give it its name, giant granite massifs shaped by the force of glacial ice. After entering the park we discover a series of colorful lagoons, ice-covered mountains and abundant local fauna. Then we will stop for a 15-minute hike to the Salto Grande waterfall on the Paine River.
Paine River. After lunch we continue to Grey Lake, where we will take a walk to the beach from where you can see the glacier of the same name in the distance. Afterwards we will return to the hotel in Puerto Natales.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
A navigation through the Última Esperanza fjord towards the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park. In addition to the ice giants
giants, during the trip it is possible to appreciate the spectacular flora and fauna.
This interesting navigation departs in the morning from the Puerto Natales dock and allows you to see the Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers that are part of the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, accessible only by sea.
Bernardo O’Higgins National Park has a total area of 4,300,000 hectares, which makes it the largest park in Chile and one of the four largest in the world. This protected area includes glaciers of Campos de Hielo Sur, the most extensive ice mass in America.
Our excursion considers a beautiful journey of about eight hours through the Última Esperanza fjord that allows us to see on the route the buildings belonging to the route the buildings belonging to the old Bories refrigerator, several small ranches, glaciers and glaciers and waterfalls, a colony of imperial cormorants and a rocky outcrop more a colony of imperial cormorants and a smaller rocky area of sea lions.
From the boat it is also possible to appreciate the local flora, consisting of coigue, canelo, canelo and coigue, canelo, ñires and lenga forests. After three hours of navigation we arrive at the Balmaceda glacier, which breaks off on the eastern side of the mountain of the same name. eastern side of the mountain of the same name.
At the end of the fjord, the ship docks for disembarkation and a disembark and walk for half an hour along a path bordering a lake that leads to the viewpoint a lake that takes us to the viewpoint of the Serrano glacier. In the afternoon we return to Puerto Natales by the same route.
Meals: Breakfast
At the appointed time you will be transported to the airport to Santiago,
Free day to enjoy the city
Meals: Breakfast
At the appropriate time, transfer to the international airport to take the flight back home.
Hotels:
City | B&B | Standard |
Puerto Natales | Pire Mapu Cottage | Hotel HD Natales |
Atacama | Casa Greda Hostel | Don Thomas |
Easter Island | Manutara | Paku Vai |
Santiago, Chile | Hostal La Merced | Hotel Las Cumbres Lastarria |
Santiago (airport) | Howard Johnson Airport | Howard Johnson Airport |
*The hotels are subject to availability at the moment of confirming the reservation. In the event that any of the hotels listed in this quotation do not have rooms available, an option in a hotel of similar category will be confirmed.
- Valid until March 2021.
- Consult our selection of hotels in each destination.
Prices include
- Transfers to and from the airport.
- 14 nights lodging in the cities of Santiago, San Pedro de Atacama Puerto Natales and Hanga Roa.
- Breakfast.
- Tours mentioned in the itinerary.
- Guide in Spanish.
Prices do not include
- Domestic and International Flights.
- National Park entrance fees.
- Transfers to and from the airport.
- 14 Nights accommodation in Buenos Aires, Salta, Purmamarca, Cachi, Cafayate, Tucuman, Belen, Tinogasta.
- Breakfast.
- Tours mentioned in the itinerary.
- Guide in Spanish.
- Car for rent for 9 days in Salta: Chevrolet Spin or similar, 5 seats, 4 doors, 4 large suitcases
- Air conditioning
- Manual transmission
- Fuel policy: Full/Full
- Unlimited mileage
- International Flights or Buses.
- Entrance to National Parks
