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                     Wonders of Chile                      

Set off for 14 days to discover untouched landscapes, expanses of ice and sand, glaciers and geysers, lush forests and deserts of salt... Chile offers you a variety of landscapes with its 2 distinct regions: in the south Patagonia, and in the north San Pedro de Atacama. Two opposite atmospheres but each offer grandiose panoramas. Nature in all its glory for the trip of your life. Prestigious and charming hotels punctuate each day.

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Itinerary

  • Day 1: Santiago de Chile
  • Day 2: Santiago de Chile - Valparaiso & Viña del mar
  • Day 3: Valparaiso & Viña del mar - Santiago de Chile - Valleys of the Atacama Desert - San Pedro de Atacama
  • Day 4: Rainbow valley - San Pedro de Atacama
  • Day 5: San Pedro de Atacama
  • Day 6: El Tatio Geysers - Puritama Hot Springs - San Pedro de Atacama
  • Day 7: Salar de Tara - San Pedro de Atacama
  • Day 8: San Pedro de Atacama - Santiago de Chile
  • Day 9: Santiago de Chile - Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales
  • Day 10: Puerto Natales - Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers - Puerto Natales - Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers - Puerto Natales
  • Day 11: Puerto Natales - Hosteria Lago Grey - Lake Grey
  • Day 12: Puerto Natales - Hosteria Las Torres
  • Day 13: Punta Arenas - Santiago de Chile - Punta Arenas - Santiago de Chile
  • Day 14: Santiago de Chile

TRAVEL BOOK

Day 1: Santiago de Chile


Arrival in Santiago and private transfer to your hotel.

An English-speaking guide will accompany you during the transfer.
Visit of Chile's capital, nestled at the foot of the Andes. Although Santiago has become over the years a modern and bustling city, some older neighbourhoods have preserved their atmosphere and a romantic charm.
You will visit the Plaza de Armas, San Francisco Church, the Bellavista area, Cerro San Cristobal, etc.
Visit the museum of pre-Columbian art of Chile in Santiago.

(Closed every Monday)

Visit the museum La Chascona in Santiago.

(Closed every Monday)

Night at the hotel The Aubrey ****

Included : transfer arrival, english speaking guide, guide expenses, entrance fees, private transport, room & breakfast

Day 2: Santiago de Chile - Valparaiso & Viña del mar


Departure at 09:00 from your hotel and ride to Valparaiso.

Visit of this town and its old quarters, listed as a World Heritage by UNESCO. With its many hills crowned with picturesque houses and warehouses, its steep narrow streets, its funicular railways and street singers, the city has a particular identity and a very special atmosphere.
Make sure you have lunch in a typical seafood restaurant.
Visit of La Sebastiana, one of Pablo Neruda's houses.

Night at Hotel Casa Higueras ****

Included : english speaking guide, guide expenses, entrance fees, private transport, room & breakfast

Day 3: Valparaiso & Viña del mar - Santiago de Chile - Calama - Valleys of the Atacama Desert - San Pedro de Atacama

Private transfer from Valparaiso to Santiago airport.

Domestic flight from Santiago to Calama (time to be confirmed).

Arrival at Calama airport and private transfer to San Pedro de Atacama, a small oasis in the middle of the driest desert on Earth.

An English-speaking guide will be with you during the transfer.

In the middle of the afternoon, leave San Pedro and drive to the Salt Cordillera and the Moon Valley. Once there, you can take a walk in a magnificent landscape made of sand dunes and sculpted calcareous mountains. Enjoy the sunset while having a drink before going back to San Pedro.

Night at the hotel Tierra Atacama ****.
Included : private transport, domestic flight, airport tax, transfer arrival, english speaking guide, guide expenses, entrance fees, room & breakfast

Day 4: Rainbow valley - San Pedro de Atacama

In the morning, drive to the Yerbas Buenas valley, where the Domeyko Cordillera, Andean cordillera and the Salt cordillera meet.This is where you can see petroglyphs of different periods. Continue up the Arco Iris valley, which offers multiple colors made ​​of clay and several minerals. We end our tour by the small village of Rio Grande, down in a green canyon, where the main activity is agriculture. Drive back to San Pedro at the end of afternoon.

At nightfall, you will join an astronomer at San Pedro observatory, for a tour of the southern sky. After 2 hours of observation with the naked eye and through 10 different telescopes, the guide will complete the explanation around a hot beverage, before you head back to San Pedro.

Note: The excursion is open to other tourists. The excursion will be canceled if the moon is full, and is subject to weather conditions. Do not forget your jackets and coats (the temperature can go down to - 15ºC in the winter).

Night at the hotel Tierra Atacama ****.
Included : guide expenses, entrance fees, private transport, lunch, box lunch, english speaking guide, drinks, excursion (shared), room & breakfast

Day 5: Lagunes altiplaniques - Piedras Rojas - San Pedro de Atacama


Departure from your hotel around 10:00 in the morning. Day fully dedicated to the discovery of the Atacama Salt Flat and its surroundings. The village of Socaire, the Quebrada de Jérez, the Chaxa, Miscanti and Miñiques lagoons and their volcanoes are the must-see of this visit, as well as the Piedras Rojas area and the Tuyacto laguna.
Lunch at a restaurant in Socaire.
Return to San Pedro at the end of the afternoon passing by the village of Toconao. Visit of its church, its central place, and its craft market.

8-hour excursion.

Night at the hotel Tierra Atacama ****.
Included : lunch (no drinks), guide expenses, entrance fees, private transport, english speaking guide, room & breakfast

Day 6: El Tatio Geysers - Puritama Hot Springs - San Pedro de Atacama

Departure between 4.30 y 6.00 (depending on the vehicule and the season) from the hotel towards the Tatio site. You'll arrive at the perfect time to admire the geysers roaring in the cold air of the Altiplano in the sunrise. The valley looks like a giant pot. Water spurts here and there. This geological curiosity is the result of a ground still frozen and boiling-hot clear water springs. Observation of numerous volcanic formations.
After a while, drive to the Puritama hotsprings. Located at 3500 meters above sea level and in the middle of the desert, the stopover at the Puritama hotsprings will be an unforgettable experience!
Return to San Pedro.

Night at the hotel Tierra Atacama ****.
Included : guide expenses, entrance fees, private transport, breakfast, excursion (private), english speaking guide, room & breakfast

Day 7: Salar de Tara - San Pedro de Atacama

In the morning, departure for the the Salar de Tara in a 4WD. A steep hill takes you to the Altiplano towards the border post of Paso Jama. After 60 miles and a 3 hour-drive, you will discover the famous Salar de Tara, which offers one of the most impressive scenery of the Altiplano. At an altitude of 4300m above sea level, this salar is surrounded by beautiful volcanoes. Volcanic rock formations eroded by time form the most amazing shapes: the guardians of Pacana and the Tara cathedrals. The Tara Lagoon allows fauna and flora to survive in such a hostile environment.
You get back to San Pedro at the end of the day.

Note: Because of the altitude, you will spend the entire tour in the car. Dress up according to the cold weather.

Night at the hotel Tierra Atacama ****.
Included : entrance fees, private transport, box lunch, english speaking guide, guide expenses, room & breakfast

Day 8: San Pedro de Atacama - Calama - Santiago de Chile


Morning at leisure to take time to discover the streets of San Pedro. You can visit the museum of Father Le Paige which gathers an impressive collection of 380,000 objects from the Atacamena culture.

Private transfer from your hotel to Calama airport.

Domestic flight from Calama to Santiago (time to be confirmed, flight indicated in option).

Night at the Holiday Inn Santiago Airport hotel ****

Included : transfer departure, domestic flight, airport tax, room & breakfast

Day 9: Santiago de Chile - Punta Arenas - Puerto Natales

Domestic flight from Santiago to Punta Arenas (time to be confirmed, flight indicated in option).

Welcome by the driver at Punta Arenas airport and private transfer to Puerto Natales, city next to the Senoret canal and Torres del Paine National Park, one of the most spectacular of South America.
English speaking guide.

Night at the hotel The Singular *****

Included : domestic flight, airport tax, transfer arrival, english speaking guide, room & breakfast

Day 10: Puerto Natales - Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers - Puerto Natales


Departure from your hotel at 07h00. Transfer to the travel agency 21 de Mayo.
Departure for the excursion and boarding around 7:30 in direction of Mount Balmaceda (2,035 m), in the O'Higgins Park, almost unexplored except by people that arrive by boat. The journey begins at the dock of Puerto Natales. You can see from the boat the forests of Coihues, Canelos and Lenga. As you sail along the coast, the boat gets close to sea lions and leaves you north of the Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers. You will access this wonderful site on foot and enjoy the view. You will reach the Hosteria Perales by boat where a typical Patagonian barbecue will be served.

Return in the afternoon to Puerto Natales.

Note 1: 9-hour group trip, daily from September to March and only on Sundays from April to August.

Note 2: Tour subject to weather conditions.
An english speaking guide is accompanying the group.

Night at the hotel The Singular *****

Included : private transport, lunch, room & breakfast

Day 11: Puerto Natales - Hosteria Lago Grey - Lake Grey

Departure from the hotel at 7:45 to the National Park Torres del Paine. The first stop will be to Milodon Caves,a natural monument where you can see the archaeological remains of the ancient inhabitants of the area. There are three caves, the largest measuring 30 meters high and 200 meters long. The main attraction here is the discovery in 1896 of remains of a prehistoric animal, a giant herbivore that lived and disappeared 10,000 years ago. You will then continue towards the Torres del Paine Park, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. You will enter the park by the lagoon area to enjoy a panoramic view of the famous Paine towers. These long blocks of granite are impressive.
You'll discover along the way the lakes Nordenskjold and Pehoe, the cascade "del salto grande" (walking tour of the site is approximately 45 minutes). Panorama of the Paine Massif and its glacier and the "Cuernas" del Paine. This park will amaze you with its massive and turquoise lakes.
National Park Torres Del Paine entrance fee: 18,000 pesos / person
Entrance fees to park national Torres Del Paine included.
With english speaking guide.

At 12:00 you board a comfortable boat (capacity 50 passengers) to cross the Lake Grey and see the very impressive Grey Glacier. It is part of the southern ice field, third biggest ice sheet in the world after Antarctica and Greenland.
An english speaking guide...

Check in at the Tierra Patagonia hotel for a "B&B" night, ideal to enjoy Torres del Paine National Park.

Night at the Tierra Patagonia hotel ****.
Included : local guide, private transport, entrance fees, english speaking guide, cruise, room & breakfast

Day 12: Puerto Natales - Hosteria Las Torres

Departure from the hotel at 7:45am to the National Park Torres del Paine. You will then continue towards the Torres del Paine Park, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. You will enter the park by the lagoon area to enjoy a panoramic view of the famous Paine towers. These long blocks of granite are impressive.
You'll discover along the way the lakes Nordenskjold and Pehoe, the cascade "del salto grande" (walking tour of the site is approximately 45 minutes). Panorama of the Paine Massif and its glacier and the "Cuernas" del Paine. This park will amaze you with its massive and turquoise lakes.

Park entrance fee not included (18,000 pesos / Pers).
Entrance fees to park national Torres Del Paine included.
With english speaking guide.

Check in at the Tierra Patagonia hotel for a "B&B" night, ideal to enjoy Torres del Paine National Park.

Night at the Tierra Patagonia hotel ****.
Included : local guide, private transport, entrance fees, english speaking guide, room & breakfast

Day 13: Punta Arenas - Santiago de Chile


Transfer in a private vehicle from Torres del Paine National Park to Punta Arenas airport.
Domestic flight from Punta Arenas to Santiago (time to be confirmed, flight indicated in option).

Arrival in Santiago and private transfer to your hotel.

An English-speaking guide will accompany you during the transfer.

Night at the hotel The Aubrey ****

Included : transfer departure, domestic flight, airport tax, transfer arrival, room & breakfast

Day 14: Santiago de Chile

Private transfer from your hotel to Santiago airport.
International flight from Santiago de Chile to Europe (time to be confirmed, flight not included).
Included : transfer departure

Hotel The Aubrey   Santiago de Chile

Level : 4*
Included : room & breakfast

The Aubrey Hotel is the result of the combination of a unique history and a successful renovation. It is a real haven of peace which allows to escape from the turmoil of the Chilean capital city. Each one of the 15 beautiful bedrooms are decorated with taste and uniqueness, has its own private bathroom, and most of them have a terrace or a balcony. The garden, with the swimming pool, the jacuzzi and the falls, is a real oasis. The games of light turn your stay at The Aubrey into a real artistic experience.

Hotel Casa Higueras   Valparaiso & Viña del mar

Level : 4*
Included : room & breakfast

Located in the heart of Cerro Alegre and facing an impressive view of the bay of Valparaíso, the simple front of Higuera street hides in the inside this sophisticated and warm boutique hotel of over 1,600 m2. Casa Higueras uses the five original levels of the old house, where 20 guestrooms are distributed and designed with good taste and elegance, different from one another –Traditional, Premium, Premium Superior, Superior and Deluxe categories, with surfaces ranging from 22 to 56 m2. In the garden level, the spectacular swimming pool with its white deck chairs and spa invites you to a full relax. The hotel is located steps from the Yugoslavo Walkway and the century-old El Peral funicular, in a city zone declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Tierra Atacama   San Pedro de Atacama

Level : 4*
Included : room & breakfast

Treat yourself to eco-tourism in Chile, a Chilean vacation in one of the world's unique destinations, the Altiplano of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Tierra Atacama Hotel and Spa offers guided Atacama adventures, Altiplano excursions and bird-watching; as well as luxury spa services, fine dining and boutique hotel hospitality... all in one of the earth's most beautiful locations, San Pedro de Atacama.

Hotel Holiday Inn Airport   Santiago de Chile

Level : 4*
Included : room & breakfast

The elegant contemporary design and the location are the best qualities of the Holiday Inn Hotel of Santiago. You can walk from it to the airport! Santiago, 5th city of South America is really attractive, for a lot of reasons: the amazing view from San Cristobal Cerro, the shopping at the Alto Las Condes Mall, strolling in the Bellavista neighborhood, or spending the night at the Municipal Theater. The hotel facilities offer comfort and modernity: indoor swimming pool, sauna, gym, international gastronomy etc.

Hotel The Singular   Puerto Natales

Level : 5*
Included : room & breakfast

The Singular Patagonia Hotel is located in Puerto Bories, in the middle of the amazing fjords of Patagonia. While trying to preserve its historical and cultural features, it provides unequalled comfort and luxury. There, while enjoying your stay, you will be able to learn more about the slaughterhouse and the cold-storage warehouse that it used to be and that gave birth to the city of Puerto Natales. The bedrooms are clearly one of the hotel's biggest assets: spacious (more than 70m2 for the suites) with a view to the laguna, they are decorated with a lot of taste and in consistency with the history of the buildings. In the restaurant, you will live a real gastronomic experience with quite sensible but amazingly good and local products. You can enjoy the hotel spa after a full day of excursion, which has a view to the laguna as well. A private spa room is at your disposal if you are on your honeymoon (jacuzzi, sauna, massage with a view). The last big asset of the hotel is its situation: it only takes a two hour-drive to get to Torres del Paine. We like: the views, the luxury and its history and authenticity. Video clip of the SINGULAR Hotel

Tierra Patagonia   

Level : 4*
Included : room & breakfast

Tierra Patagonia Hotel & Spa sits on a bluff where the South American pampa meets Lake Sarmiento. The building is immersed in the landscape and emerges from the hillside. The award winning architecture complements the flow of the geology in this privileged location and showcases the magnificent views of the Torres del Paine National Park, declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1978. Inside, wood clad walls emanate warmth, safety and protection – a cozy hideaway after a day spent discovering the amazing Patagonian outdoors. The essence of the interior decoration mirrors the design of our sister hotel, Tierra Atacama and here, as there, furnishings and textiles were hand made by Chilean craftspeople, using natural materials from the region, high quality workmanship and inspiration from the surrounding estancias as well as the influence of the native Tehuelche people. The ambience of Tierra Patagonia is casual and friendly, the different spaces created by the designers mean that guests can mingle and get to know one another or find a quiet corner to relax and get away from it all. There is something truly delicious about curling up on a comfortable sofa with a lap blanket, a book and a glass of wine and then forgetting about the book and just staring out the window at one of the Earth's most sublime places.

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