The best of Torres del Paine and Patagonia - Perfect 5 days / 4 nights

We will leave from your hotel in Puerto Natales towards the Cueva del Milodón. Upon arrival we will undertake a walk of half an hour to reach the place, where many years ago where discovered the skin and fresh bones of a prehistoric species, the milodón, as well as the remains of other extinct animals, such as the dwarf horse, the bear, the panther and the saber-toothed tiger.

Then we will go to Cerro Castillo, to stop at a coffee house and continue towards the Lago Sarmiento viewpoint. After that we will enter the Torres del Paine National Park. for the Laguna Amarga entrance and walk 15 minutes to the Salto Grande, on the Paine River. At lunch time you will have the option to eat at Lake Pehoé, after which we will continue to Lake Gray, to see the beach and contemplate the glacier in the distance.

Finally we will return to Puerto Natales around 19:30 hrs.

• Physical
  Medium
• Cultural
  Medium
• Nature
  Very high

Departure from your hotel at approximately 06:30 am we will go to the pier of Puerto Natales. On the way it is possible to see the buildings belonging to the Bories refrigerator, which was one of the largest meat processing industries in Patagonia. Also you can see colonies of Imperial Cormorants, a small colony of sea lions and a variety of Coigues, Canelos, Lengas, Ñire, Chilco and El Calafate among others.

The Balmaceda glacier can be seen from the ship, however, to visit the Serrano glacier is necessary to make a 20 minute walk along a path that borders a small lake originated by the melting of the glacier.

14:00: We are back at your hotel.

• Physical
  Medium
• Nature
  Very high

At the agreed time (6.45 or 13.15 hours) we'll pick you up at your hotel in Punta Arenas to go to the Prat Pier, where we will board the Fiordos del Sur II catamaran, which will take us to navigate through Magdalena Island. We will cross the Strait of Magellan and, after an hour and a half of navigation, we'll have arrived at the island.

We'll disembark to visit the Los Pingüinos Natural Monument, where between 30,000 and 40,000 Magellanic penguins live on the island to nest, whose chicks are born in the summer season. We will walk along the path in the direction of the lighthouse, which is a National Historic Monument, closely appreciating these birds.

After an hour on the island, we will return to the ferry that will take us back to the Prat Pier and, from there, we will take you to your hotel.

• Nature
  Very high

We leave from your hotel at approximately 09:30 am, our first stop will be in Cerro de la Cruz, where you can see a panoramic view of Punta Arenas with its colorful roofs, the Strait of Magellan and at the bottom of the landscape, Tierra del Fuego island. In this stop our local guide will give you all the information about the city.

The route continues through the streets of the city until arriving at the Plaza de Armas, place that is surrounded by colonial buildings. In addition there is the monument to Hernando de Magallanes and you can buy local handicrafts. We will visit the Nao Victoria Museum, replica of the boat occupied by the Portuguese navigator Hernando de Magallanes.

Finally we are going to the northern sector of the city where there are a lot of monuments, such as the Monument to the Ovejero, Croata Square, Antoine de Saint Exupery Square and different neighborhoods of Punta Arenas.

13:30: We will be back at your hotel.

• Physical
  Very low
• Cultural
  Medium
• Nature
  Very low