Santiago
Antarctic Glacier
Punta Arenas
Ushuaia
El Calafate
Buenos Aires
Fare
From US$3738.00
+ tax / per person
Itinerary
Day 1: Los Angeles - Santiago
Depart Los Angeles for an
overnight flight to Santiago, Chile.
Day 2: Santiago (B/L/D)
Morning arrival in Santiago
this morning. Warm welcome and greeting from our professional guide. We
will start this tour from San Cristóbal Hill, afterward; we will
visit the government palace (called La Moneda), Plaza de la Constitución
(The Constitution Square), Plaza de Armas, The Cathedral, the Main Post
Office Building, and Santa Lucia Hill (where the foundation of Santiago
took place in 1954). We will cross the Mapocho River to the new residential
areas with beautiful houses, parks and shopping centers. Having dinner and
appreciating a local show in Chilean restaurant. Overnight.
Day 3: Santiago - Punta Arenas
- 5 Days - 4 Nights MS Mare Australis Cruise (Dinner on Board)
After breakfast, you will be transferred
to airport for flight to Punta Arenas, a Chilean city along the famous and
mysterious Straits of Magellan. During the flight, you will see the indomitable
Andes Ranges, dark green plain, deep blue lakes and ice-capped Villarica
volcano. On the right side, it is the Magellan Strait with archipelagoes
dotted in the channels; on the left hand side, it is the Patagonia.
Before arrival, passengers will find one of the exciting tourist attractions,
Torres del Paine. Punta Arenas is a city with 150,000 inhabitant; most of
them are the descendants of Span, Yugoslavia, German and Italy; and is the
southernmost city of Chile, overlooking the Straits of Magellan. Meet arrival
and transfer to the pier where MV Mare Australis docks for registration.
Day 4: Cruise: Ainsworth Bay
- Marinelli Glacier - Tucker Islet (Meals on board)
With the first light of dawn,
navigation will continue through Almirantazgo Fjord. We will disembark at
Ainsworth Bay near Marinelli Glacier, where we will take a walk to tour
the Beaver Dam and Magellan Forest. Passengers will see a colony of sea
elephants at close encounter. In the afternoon, you will approach Tucker
Islet with a zodiac boat ride to the shore to admire a small colony of Magellan
Penguins. You can also see other bird species such as Skuza and Cormorants.
The presence of dolphins and sea lions are likely in and around this water.
Day 5: Cruise: Beagle Channel
- Pia Glacier - Glacier Alley (Meals on board)
This morning the ship cruises through
the water of O’Brian Channel, Desolation Bay and Balleneros Channle.
Then enters into the Beagle Channel. We will navigate the main part of the
Beagle Channel to enter Pia Fjord and disembark near the glacier of the
same name. We will take an excursion to a look-out point that is ideal for
viewing the impressive snow-covered mountains of the Darwin Range where
the glacier originates, and its flow all the way to the sea. After this
unforgettable experience, we will sail again along the northwest arm of
the Beagle Channel through the magnificent “Glacier Alley”:
Spain, Romanche, Germany, Italy, France and Holland glaciers.
Day 6: Cruise: Beagle Channel
- Murray Channel - Cape Horn (Meals on board)
We will sail through the Beagle and Murray
Channels to disembark at Cape Horn National Park. Cape Horn, a sheer, almost
425-meter-high promontory, where the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean merge, was
discovered in 1616 by the Dutch commercial expedition organized by Isaac
Le Maire. The Cape owes its name to the Port of Hoorn (Dutch for Horn),
the expedition’s departure point.
Day 7: End of Cruise - Tierra
del Fuego (land of Fire): Ushuaia - El Calafate (Breakfast on board, Lunch
& Dinner)
In the morning, the ship arrives and
docks at Ushuaia, the most important Argentine city in Tierra del Fuego,
and the southernmost city in the world. Passengers will disembark at 8:00a.m.
Ushuaia is on the shores of the Beagle Channel and surrounded bythe Martial
Mounts. It is the provincial capital of Tierra del Fuego and is a very important
and of Argentina. Visit the Tierra del Fuego National Park after meeting
service at the pier. Tierra del Fuego is a place of extremes: the world's
southernmost national park accessible from the world's southernmost city.
This park is Argentina's only coastal national park, and water is a prime
attraction: fishing, kayaking, maritime wildlife, stunning fjords, transcendent
seascapes. The coastal wildlife is rich and diverse, many sea birds, seals
and walruses. In the interior, North American beavers, Arctic reindeer,
and European rabbits, the native duck and geese, and their natural predators,
native foxes, etc… After lunch, transfer to airport for departure
to El Calafate. Meet arrival and transfer to hotel.
Day 8: El Calafate - Lake Argentino
- Upsala Glacier - El Calafate
After breakfast, enjoy a full day lake
cruise excursion along Lake Argentina to Upsala Glacier. Upsala is the largest
continental glacier in the Southern Hemisphere. The height of its walls
varies between 60 to 80 meters and it has an area of 595 square km. View
the 9000 feet tall Fitzroy Peaks from a distance. Return to El Calafate.
Day 9: El Calafate - Buenos
Aires (B/L/D)
After breakfast, overland trip to Perito
Moreno Glacier, one of the world’s largest active continental glaciers
after 30,000 years, and was declared Universal Mankind’s Heritage
Site by UNESCO, Because of its breathtaking beauty and its unusual behavior.
It’s also one of the eight world’s most mystery sceneries. Then
depart for flight to Buenos Aires. Dinner on board the flight. Transfer
to hotel for overnight accommodation.
Day 10: Buenos Aires - Los Angeles
In the morning Sightseeing includes a
stroll the city of broad boulevards,sidewalk cafes, mansions and monuments
of Buenos Aires and visit the May Square, the Government House, the Boca
District and the famous Colon Opera House etc…In the evening transfer
to airport for departure to Los Angeles.
Day 11: Los Angeles
Arrive in Los Angeles Complete
this pleasant trip!
Price includes:
International & South America air tickets
Airport taxes (Aprx.). Argentina departure $18, Chile $20
Airport – hotel transfers
Sightseeing & show tickets
3 meals daily (exclude liquor beverage), one bottled water
per day
4-star hotel or substitute hotels with similar standard whenever
possible
English tour guide
Price does not include:
Tour bus driver and tour guide gratuity ($6 per day)
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