Adventure in Chile

Torres del Paine and the Lakes Region
13 days / 12 nights
From $3,663 per person, double occupancy for 2009/2010

Includes accommodations, transfers, meals and tours as specified. Domestic air not included.

Day 1: Santiago de Chile
Airport reception and transfer to your hotel. Accommodations at the charming Hotel Orly, buffet breakfast included. This is a small, boutique style hotel which has 28 rooms. A converted mansion, the Hotel Orly is superbly situated in one of the city's more exclusive areas, Providencia. Everything you may want to see is close by - shops, restaurants, downtown, museums, banks, the cable car up the hill. - 2 nights.

Day 2: Maipo Canyon & Vineyard Tour
Half-day tour features a drive into the Maipo Canyon up to Las Vertientes, a popular resort at the foothills of the Andes, with a view of the winding Maipo River. The tour continues toward Pirque, a picturesque village to visit the old cellars of Concha y Toro* winery with winetasting included. (B)

*Alternate wineries can be substituted.

Optional full-day tour to Valparaiso and Vina del Mar can be arranged.

Day 3: Santiago – Torres del Paine
Hotel pickup and transfer to the airport. Fly to Punta Arenas and transfer to Torres del Paine National Park. Along the way, you’ll pass by Figueroa Lagoon and several beautiful lakes, keeping your eyes peeled for guanacos, ostriches, black-necked swans, flamingos and condors.

Upon arrival at Hosteria Las Torres, you'll be assigned to your comfortable superior room accommodations. After settling in you will be orientated to the lodge of Torres del Paine are surrounded by glaciers, waterfalls, lakes and lagoons, which together make this national park famous throughout the world for the richness of its natural beauty. Over the next few days you'll enjoy a variety of excursions in the park. These excursions can be purchased directly from the front desk, and are operated daily. Breakfast included. - 4 nights. (B)

You will have the option to sign up for half and full day excursions while at the hosteria.

Days 4-6: Torres del Paine National Park
Days to explore the park on guided excursions or own your own. (B)

Day 7: Punta Arenas – Puerto Montt – YAN KEE WAY LODGE
After breakfast, transfer back to the Punta Arenas Airport for your flight to Puerto Montt.

Airport reception and transfer to the Yan Kee Way Lodge located in Ensenada on Lake Llanquihue. Accommodations in a bunga

low suite, with the All-Inclusive Program. Beautiful local woods, black lava encrustations and old-world style craftsmanship are found throughout the newly constructed lodge. Osorno volcano peers over the horizon from the front of the lodge.

Access to your bungalow is by way of a meandering river rock path through the woods. The doors and furniture are hand carved from Chilean hardwoods. The bedroom, has queen beds with goose down comforters and quality mattresses. There is a spacious living room and full bath with separate dressing room and Jacuzzi. Upstairs loft can accommodate additional guests. Central heating makes the bungalow cozy on the chilly evenings. All meals and guided excursions (except fishing) are included with the All -Inclusive Program. (B,D)

Days 8,9: Lakes District
Days to explore the area on daily guided excursions or on your own. (B,L,D)

Day 10: Lakes Crossing to Argentina
This morning you will be transferred to the pier at Petrohue. Here, you'll board a launch for a tour across spectacular Lake Todos los Santos, also known as Emerald Lake because of its vivid blue-green colored waters. After a two-hour journey you'll arrive in Peulla. In the afternoon, you'll board a bus and continue to Puerto Frias and continue across Lake Frias by boat. Another short bus ride brings you to the edge of Lake Nahuel Huapi. A two-hour journey across the lake will bring you to Bariloche. Transfer to your hotel. Accommodations at the Hotel Design Suites, breakfast included – 2 nights. (B)

Day 11: Bariloche
Today is at your leisure. (B)

A menu of guided excursions can be provided upon request.

Day 12: Bariloche – Buenos Aires
You will be picked up at your hotel and transferred to the Bariloche Airport for your flight to Buenos Aires.

You will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. Accommodations at the four-star Elevage Hotel in an executive room, breakfast included. The hotel is located just one block away from Florida Street a main shopping area. The hotel offers a pool, spa and massage services, fitness center, restaurant and bar and laundry service. Rooms have cable TV, air conditioning, direct dial phones. (B)

Day 13: Int'l Departure
Day at leisure. A menu of optional Buenos Aires day tours can be provided upon request.

This evening you will be picked up at your hotel and transferred to the airport for your flight home. (B)

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