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In a express travel package of 5 days, you will visit the best of the Carretera Austral. We sail through the General Carrera Lake to see Capillas de Mármol and visit towns such as Puerto Gradual and Chile Chico.

Day 1: Friday - Balmaceda Airport - Puerto Murta

What you will visit:

  • 1 Puerto Murta

We will be waiting for you at the Balmaceda airport and will travel to Murta.

During the trip we are going to appreciate a landscape dominated by forests of lenga, coigüe and ñire, vegetation that covers the point of entry to the Cerro Castillo National Reserve, standing out the hill of the same name (2675 m high) and the Ibáñez River valley. Later we will meet the Green Lagoon that is surrounded by vegetation.

We will cross the El Manso Bridge and then we will see the flooded valley covered with high pastures and dead logs resulting from the great eruption of the Hudson volcano in 1991.

Finally we arrive at Murta, a town located in an arm of the lake General Carrera.

 

Day 2: Saturday - Lake General Carrera - Puerto Guadal

What you will visit:

  • 1 Marble Chapels
  • 2 Puerto Guadal

We leave from the hotel at approximately 10:00 am and we go along General Carrera Lake until we reach the town of Puerto Río Tranquilo. Lake General Carrera is the largest lake in Chile and the second largest in South America, with an area of ​​more than 970 km².

We begin  navigation until arriving at the Santuario de la Naturaleza Capillas de Mármol that is characterized by its scenic beauty. The Marble Chapels are limestone caves that were eroded and polished due to the constant swell of the lake.

Later we will travel to Puerto Gradual and we will have the afternoon free.

* You can take an extra excursion that is not included in the program and therefore you’ll have an additional cost.

- Guided visit to the glacier viewpoint Exploradores in the North Ice Field. (Subject to operating conditions).

 

Day 3: Sunday - Puerto Guadal - Chile Chico

What you will visit:

  • 1 Chile Chico (Little Chile)

We leave from your hotel at approximately 9:00 am to Chile Chico.

We start the trip bordering Lake General Carrera. During the trip, we are going to enter Paso de las Llaves and we will be able to appreciate the magnitude of North Ice Field, where it stands out the highlight of Monte San Valentín, the highest in Chilean Patagonia.

We will arrive to Chile Chico, place where the war that had the same name was developed during the period of colonization at the beginning of the 20th century.

Free afternoon.

* You can make an extra excursion that is not included in the program and therefore it has an additional cost.

- Guided tour of the Antiguos, Argentina. (Subject to operating conditions)

 

Day 4: Monday - Chile Chico- Coyhaique

What you will visit:

  • 1 Coyhaique

After breakfast we are taking the ferry and sail along General Carrera Lake until arriving at Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez.

We continue our land route to Coyhaique.

 

Day 5: Tuesday - Departure Day

Transfer: Airport Hotel in Coyhaique

After breakfast, we will take you to Balmaceda airport in shared transfer.

With this, we finished the program on the Carretera Austral. 

Included
  • Shared Transport Hotel / Airport.
  • Shared Tourist Transport during the tour.
  • Local Guide / Driver Assistance Service.
  • Food Service: (Breakfast)
  • 01 night in- Lake General Carrera.
  • 01 night in Puerto Guadal.
  • 01 night in Chile Chico.
  • 01 night in Coyhaique.
  • Excursion Sailing to Marble Chapels.
  • Entrance fees to National Parks.
  • Ferry navigation in General Carrera Lake
NOT Included
  • All not mentioned in itinerary
  • Guided service in English or other languages

Recommendations

Bring comfortable shoes, jockey, sunglasses, sunscreen, water and comfortable clothes and shelter.

Need Flights

• Flight In: Arriving in Balmaceda before 12:00 hrs. (midday).

• Flights Out: Departing from Balmaceda from 15:00 hrs. onwards.

 

  • Go Chile assumes no responsibility for unpredictable events that may affect the schedule or order of travel programs, such as those caused by weather conditions, road closures or safety measures established by public authorities.