 Explora
Explorer
4 nights each at Explora Patagonia
and Atacama Desert
11 days / 10 nights
$6351, per person, based on double occupancy for 2008/2009
Includes domestic airfare, accommodations,
meals and guided excursions as specified.
Day 1: Santiago
de Chile
Airport reception and transfer to your hotel. Overnight
deluxe accommodations at the Ritz-Carlton Santiago, breakfast
included. This luxurious hotel is located in Santiago's
most prestigious and refined neighborhood, just half an
hour from the international airport and within walking distance
of exclusive boutiques and restaurants. The hotel has 205
luxurious guestrooms including 49 Club Level rooms and 3
Club Suites, 12 Executive Suites, and a Ritz-Carlton Presidential
Suite; a spa and fitness center with floor to ceiling windows
overlooking the Andes and the city, meeting and conference
space, a grand ballroom, four restaurants and lounges and
24 hour in room dining. The rooms and suites are distributed
among 14 floors crowned by a glass dome housing an indoor
pool and Jacuzzi.
Day 2: Santiago
- Punta Arenas - Torres del Paine
Hotel pickup and transfer to the airport for your flight
to Punta Arenas. Airport reception and transfer to Torres
del Paine. You'll be driven across the windswept Patagonain
steppe, passing guanacos and cara caras. Check-in at the
first-class Explora
Lodge. Take advantage of the tours offered for guests
such as hiking to the Peninsula of Lago de Grey, to the
Alturas del Lago Toro or to Mirador del Toro, navigation
to Grey Glacier, barbecue in Quincho at Laguna Azul, horseback
riding to Laguna Verde, and trekking to the base of
Torres del Paine. (B,L,D)
Days 3 - 5: Explora
Patagonia
Enjoy the variety of
guided excursions to
see Los Cuernos, Grey Glacier, and the Torres del Paine
peaks in the Cordillera Paine range. (B,L,D)
Day 6: Torres
del Paine - Santiago
Transfer back to Punta Arenas for your flight to Santiago.
Airport reception and transfer to your hotel. Accommodations
at the Ritz-Carlton Santiago, breakfast included. (B)
Days 7: Santiago
- Calama - San Pedro de Atacama
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Calama. Airport
reception and transfer to the Explora
Lodge located in the heart of the Atacama
Desert. The luxurious resort in the mist of a green
desert oasis offers its guests gourmet cuisine, highly trained
bilingual guides and all the comforts of a world class hotel.
The Explora Atacama's architecture reflects the local style
of adobe and the use of natural elements. The hotel has
a large courtyard connecting the 52 rooms and a rooftop
deck to watch spectacular sunrises and sunsets. You will
have time for an afternoon excursion. (B,D)
Days 8 - 10: Explora
En Atacama
Choose from hiking,
horseback riding, mountain
biking, sight seeing and cultural tours. (B,L,D)
Day 11: San Pedro
de Atacama - Calama - Santiago - Int'l Departure
Time for a morning excursion and lunch. Transfer back to
the Calama Airport. Fly to Santiago and connect with your
evening flight home. (B,L)
Contact
us to book the Explora Explorer or a customized itinerary
of travel to Chile.
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