Deep Paine

This trip aims at visiting the park in a different way and taking a closer look at each of the valleys we visit, walking along places which are little visited, going in and out of the park in a non traditional way but without leaving the classical valleys aside. In order to achieve our goal we will sail the sea, visit glaciers, go up river in a zodiac, horse ride along remote valleys, sail amongst glacier ice, walk on glaciers and go deep into the most spectacular valleys in the park. This trip requires a sophisticated logistic, in some places we will sleep in tents and in some other places we will use the hotels in the park as we look for the comfort and safety of our passengers.

Details of the Expedition:

• Sailing, horse ride, glacier walk and trekking
• Length:  9 days/ 10 nights
• Hotel: 4 nights
• Camping: 6 nights
• Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate, it does not need previous experience
• Place:  Southern Patagonia,  Torres del Paine
• Meeting Point: Airport in Punta Arenas
• End of Trip:  Puerto Natales
• Dates: Scheduled trips for  March 27th, April 10th, April 23rd. If these dates do not suit you, youcan organize your Special Date Trip  from November to April (See Calendar).
• Group Size:  2 to 8 people max.

Included:

• All meals from day 1 to day 9, including wine and appetizers (except meals for day 0)
• All land and water transportation
• 10 nights Lodging
• Horse Harnesses and gear  (GPS, UHF Radios, handy, satellite phone, maps, aerial photographs, tents for two, Therma Rest mattresses, kitchen tent, shade, first aid kit and more)
• Bilingual Guide (Spanish-English) accredited by Wilderness First Response. Wide experience  in mountaineering and trips in patagonia.
• A Cook with a balanced diet in mind that will please the taste of  the traveler and who has some vegetarian specialties.
• Book Collection about the trips which will help you enrich the experience and increase your knowledge of the places.
• Talks about minimal impact, land navigation, flora and fauna. The aim is to reinforce or to acquire basic knowledge to visit wild areas and enjoy outdoor life. Voluntary attendance.    

No Included:

• Air Trips, insurance, personal equipment, tips or any other service not mentioned in this program.

Optional:

• Sleeping bag rental, edited video of the expedition or photo set.

Day by Day:

• Day 0 Airport in Punta Arenas/ Puerto Natales
  We gather at the meeting point and go to Aquaterra Hotel in Puerto Natales where we will have a coffee and talk about details of the trip.

• Day 1 Puerto Natales/ Brush Lake
  We will board the  21 de Mayo Cuter which will take us to Ultima Esperanza bay  , after some 3 hours of sailing we will visit Balmaceda glacier. There we will board  a zodiac that will take us upriver to meet our horses which in turn will take  us to Brush lake on a 4 hour ride. We will set camp and enjoy the place with beautiful views of the Paine Range.   

• Day 2 Brush Lake/ Administration
  We will ride our horses through ancient forests, go by many lakes and have many views of the Paine range. Once in the park we will go to Cabañas del Paine, a very comfortable place with good food. We will spend the night here and get ourselves ready to the second part of the trip.

• Day 3 Administration/ Grey Glacier
  We will broad a ship that will take us to Grey Lake to sail amongst icebergs from the glacier by the same name. After some two hours we will sail past the huge glacier walls, a glacier we will later walk on. We will disembark our equipment and then set camp to enjoy the place.

• Day 4 Walk on the Glacier
  We will board a zodiac that will take us to the  glacier, you will be given security instructions and then we can explore this body of ice with its amazing colors, forms and crevasses. We will later return to camp and enjoy a good dinner and some wine.

• Day 5 El Grey/ Pehoe
  We will walk for about 5 hours to get to Pehoe camp in front of Nordensjkold Lake. On our way there we will go through a forest, pass by nice lakes and we will have amazing views of Paine Grande, the highest mountain in the park, 3.050 masl. Once in Pehoe we will set camp.

• Day 6 Pehoe/ El Francés Valley
  We will take a round trip to Valle del Frances (16 km, 350 mt climb), we will go past nice beautiful forests and lakes. Once at the hanging bridge over El Francés River we will have our first sight of the glacier. From this point we will climb some 300 mts to have an overview of the valley and we will be able to see all the granite walls that surround  it. When we get back to camp we will enjoy the delicious Miralejos food.

• Day 7 Pehoe/Las Torres/  Japones Camp
  We will sail in a Catamaran which will take us to the opposite side of Nordensjkold lake where we will take our bus to go to the skirts of the towers. We will walk for 3 hours along the narrow Asesino valley to get to the moraine that will lead us to the towers viewpoint. We will have lunch in this extraordinary scenery, we will go down to Asesino valley and then go deep into it  till Campamento Japonés where we will set camp and enjoy a place visited only by climbers and mountaineers.

• Day 8 Japonés/ Silencio Valley/ Hosteria Las Torres
  We will go up Silencio Valley which goes deep into El Paine range, we will have a spectacular view of the towers from the north east, as well as of Escudo and Fortaleza mountains. We will go though this valley which is little visited by traditional circuits, later on we will return to the skirts of  the towers where we will spend the night at a hotel.

• Day 9 Hosteria Las Torres/ Puerto Natales
  We go back to the town, take things easy to get back to Puerto Natales where we will leave you at Aquaterra Hotel.

END OF OUR SERVICE
A different trip to the south of the World