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Tour to Santiago, Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas, Peulla, Chiloé, Coyhaique, Puyuhuapi, San Rafael Lagoon
This program will make feel the strength of nature in the south of Chile. From Puerto Montt or Puerto Varas visit Chiloé Island, with its popular enchantment, traditions and handicrafts; toward the cordillera on the other hand, nature surprises us with its imposing volcanoes and green emerald lakes. Further to the south countless fiords and islands define one of the most deserted and barren places on the planet, virgin forests and glaciers getting detached from the Campo de Hielo Norte (Northern Ice Field) will amaze you for their majesty and untamed nature. The Thermal Water of Puyuhuapi will be the perfect refuge to enjoy this natural spectacle in the end of the world.
October to April, subject to days of departure of the Patagonia Express Catamaran (Day 6: Tuesdays or Saturdays).
Places Visited
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Santiago, Puerto Montt, Puerto Varas, Peulla, Chiloé, Coyhaique, Puyuhuapi, San Rafael Lagoon.
Tour Description
DAY 01: ARRIVAL IN SANTIAGO
Reception at the Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport, transfer to your chosen hotel.
Lodging.
DAY 02: SANTIAGO: Visit to the city
Breakfast. We start our tour in the city’s colonial sector, where O’Higgins Park and the Horse Racetrack jut out; going through Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins Ave. we will reach the Presidential Palace of La Moneda, nearby we find the Palace of Justice, the Plaza de Armas or Main Square, the old Post Office building and the Cultural Center on the banks of the Mapocho River with the Palace Museum of Fine Arts beside the Forest Park. We will leave the city’s civic center behind and visit Cerro Santa Lucia, the founding place of Santiago and the picturesque barrios (neighborhoods) called Paris and Londres, to then access the modern business centers of the barrios Providencia and El Bosque and the elegant residential and commercial barrios of Vitacura and Las Condes.
Afternoon off.
Lodging.
DAY 03: SANTIAGO - PUERTO MONTT - PUERTO VARAS
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport in Santiago to take a flight to Puerto Montt in due time. Arrival, reception and transfer to the selected hotel in the neighboring City of Puerto Varas.
Lodging in Puerto Varas
DAY 04: PUERTO VARAS: Tour Petrohué, Todos los Santos Lake and Peulla
You can not leave the Region of the Lakes without navigating first in the wonderful Todos los Santos Lake, visiting the world famous Petrohué Falls and knowing Peulla, a small ecological village of 150 inhabitants, which is part of the famous tourist circuit Crossing of the Lakes. Once we have visited the Petrohué Falls we will get onboard the Lagos Andinos Catamaran to sail for near two hours across Todos los Santos Lake, watching the Osorno, Puntiagudo and Tronador Volcanoes. Arrival in Peulla at noon, time off for lunch and tour the village and its surroundings. Return.
Lodging in Puerto Varas.
DAY 05 : PUERTO VARAS: Tour Chiloé Island, Dalcahue and Castro
We will set off on a vehicle from Puerto Montt or Puerto Varas toward the Chacao Canal, which we will cross on a ferry while enjoying nature. From Chacao we will go directly to Dalcahue by land. Then we will appreciate the typical handicraft from Chiloé, the houses standing on piles (palafitos), and we will go to the Church of Dalcahue, which has been declared Historical Patrimony of Humanity. From there we will head to Castro, where we will have lunch in a palafito if you wish to, to later tour the port sector, the crafts market, the Plaza with the Church of San Francisco, the Castro Museum and the vantage points. Return in the afternoon.
Lodging in Puerto Varas
DAY 06: PUERTO VARAS – BALMACEDA – PUYUHUAPI (Tuesdays or Saturdays)
NOTE: For its correct operation, this program requires to take the following flights: Arrival in Balmaceda, Saturdays, LAN 091; Tuesdays, LAN 281.
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport to take a flight to Balmaceda.
Reception at the airport in Balmaceda. The tour begins across the Patagonian pampas in the Aysen Region until we see the City of Coyhaique. The large pampas with remains of burnt forests are vestiges of the colonization of this region. After a short visit to the city center we will continue our trip following the beautiful valley of the Simpson River until reaching Puerto Chacabuco. Here the PATAGONIA EXPRESS Catamaran will be waiting for you to weigh anchor on an approx. 5-hour trip through the austral fiords and canals until your destination: the Thermal Waters of Puyuhuapi, Hotel & Spa. The route goes across one of the most exuberant landscapes of untamed nature on the planet, virgin and deserted forests unhook from scarped mountains that fall into the sea abruptly on a tangle of fiords and islands.
Lodging at the Hotel Termas de Puyuhuapi.
DAY 07: TERMAS DE PUYUHUAPI HOTEL – SPA: Optional excursions
This welcoming hotel, located in the fiord of Puyuhuapi and surrounded by virgin forests and the silence of the canals, offers thermal pools in open air and by the seashore, paths prepared to go on hikes across the cold forest, visits to the National Park of Queulat with its Hanging Ventisquero, bicycle rides along the Austral Highway or, if you wish, tour Dorita Bay on boats and kayaks.
The Spa installations have pools with hydro massages, Jacuzzis with thermal and sea waters, the pool of spring waters and the steam sauna are the anteroom to benefit on the sessions of thalassotherapy, relaxation massages y facial treatments, among others.
Lodging Termas de Puyuhuapi, Hotel & Spa.
DAY 08: PUYUHUAPI – SAN RAFAEL LAGOON – PUERTO CHACABUCO
At 07:00 hours we begin our journey across the austral fiords onboard the Patagonia Express Catamaran toward the San Rafael Lagoon. During this approx. 7-hour long journey your senses will rejoice with the transparency of the waters, the majesty of the Cordillera de Los Andes wrapped on dense forests, the display of light rays that intertwine with the clouds and occasionally… playful encounters with dolphins and Commerson’s dolphins.
The navigation route goes across different canals until it finally enters through the Tempanos River into the San Rafael Lagoon, which houses the millenarian glacier that falls from the Campo de Hielo Norte.
After an approx. 2-hour stay by the glacier we will sail back toward Chacabuco, we will be arriving at around 22:30 hrs, to then be transferred to the hotel in Puerto Chacabuco.
Lodging Hotel Loberias del Sur
DAY 09: PUERTO CHACABUCO - SANTIAGO
After breakfast we will hop on a bus to take the road bordering the Simpson River from Chacabuco up to Coyhaique. Returning flight to Santiago. Transfer to your hotel.
Lodging. NOTE: For its correct operation, this program requires to take the following flights: Departure from Balmaceda, Tuesdays or Fridays, LAN 280.
DAY 10: SANTIAGO: Returning flight
Breakfast. Time off according to your flight and transfer to the airport in due time for your departure.
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Tour Inclusions
INCLUDED:
3 lodging nights in Santiago at chosen hotel with breakfast.
3 lodging nights in Puerto Varas at chosen hotel with breakfast.
2 lodging nights at Hotel Termas de Puyuhuapi with all meals and excursions included.
1 lodging night in Puerto Chacabuco at Loberias del Sur Hotel with breakfast.
Transfers airport – hotel – airport.
Regular half-day tour City of Santiago.
Full-day tour to Chiloé Island, lunch and entrance.
Full-day tour Todos Los Santos Lake and Peulla, with transfers and navigation included. Entrance to Petrohué Falls and lunch in Peulla.
Navigation Puerto Chacabuco – Termas de Puyuhuapi.
Full-day navigation San Rafael Lagoon, all meals and open bar onboard.
Tour with bilingual guide English / Spanish.
NOT INCLUDED:
Air tickets
Tips and extras in hotels
Meals not mentioned in the itinerary
Others not specified in the itinerary
Note 1: Rates valid until November the 14th of 2007
Note 2: These rates are subject to changes without previous notice in cases such as Easter, Labor Day, Christmas, New Year, etc.
Note 3: Rates for a minimum of 2 persons, including the rates for single rooms.
Note 4: Ask for special quotations for groups of 4 passengers or more traveling together and for 1 person traveling alone.
WEATHER
Santiago has a mild weather with Mediterranean hints. Thermometers can reach 30º C in summer – December to March –, while there are short though intense rain showers in winter – June to August –. The annual average is of 14º C
The City of Valparaiso has a subtropical weather, with an average temperature of 20° C
Temperatures in San Pedro de Atacama present characteristics proper of a high-altitude desert. In summer (from December to February) average temperature during the day is of 27° C, reaching extremes of 30° C, while it drops up to 16° C during the night.
Easter Island has a subtropical weather, influenced by marine currents and winds, with an annual average temperature of 20° C
It rains throughout the year though sporadically and for short periods on the Island of the Rapa Nui – another name for Easter Island –. May is the month with the most pluvial precipitations.
In the southern region the weather is mild and rainy during the winter. It rains occasionally in summer, although around 70% of the days are sunny. Temperatures rarely exceed of 28° C in summer and in winter maximums are close to 15° C.
WHAT TO PACK
It is recommendable to pack all sorts of clothes, since it is very cold in winter in the capital city and temperatures can climb up to 30º C in summer. For San Pedro de Atacama it is advisable to pack light cotton clothes, t-shirts, short pants, bathing suit, shades, sunscreen and caps for the scorching hours; and jackets, sweaters, coats, gloves, thick socks and other warm garments that will allow you to manage the low temperatures on the night and high-altitude excursions.
Easter Island has a mild weather though pretty warm in summer (December to March) and rather cool in winter. Always include a light parka or waterproof cape for the frequent rain showers, sunscreen, bathing suit, sun cap and a warming jacket in winter.
For Puerto Varas and Chiloé, warm and waterproof clothes are advisable, wool cap and gloves in winter and rather light clothes for summer, without ever forgetting a waterproof jacket for the rain.
WATER
There is fresh water in almost the entire territory, although for those unused to tap water and in rural areas, it is advisable to drink bottled water.
HEALTH
Santiago has an important network of clinics, hospitals and medical centers, which have emergency service in most cases.
San Pedro de Atacama has neither clinics nor hospitals, there is only a medic post located in the plaza, which is equipped to respond to basic needs. Therefore, you would have to go the Dr. Carlos Cisternas Hospital, located in the homonymous avenue in the City of Calama in case of a major emergency.
On the island we can find several hospitals and clinics, though one of the most recommended is the Hanga Roa Hospital, which has the necessary implements to perform surgeries and respond to emergencies 24 hours a day. Besides, it has dental and pharmaceutical services. It is advisable to carry your basic and frequent-use medications with you, since there is not much to choose from on the island.
In the southern zone you will have no problems regarding medical attention, be it in Puerto Varas, Puerto Montt or Chiloé, where you will find excellent clinics and hospitals.
CHILEAN GASTRONOMY
Chilean cuisine is very diverse. Among its typical dishes we have: Empanada de Pino (dough stuffed with onion, meat, raisins and olives), Pastel de Choclo (made mainly of corn with meat, eggs and olives), Porotos Granados (tender potatoes cooked with gourd and corn), Cazuela de Ave o Vacuno (clear soup of chicken or beef with boiled vegetables), besides those typical of each region.
Lastly, you can not fail to taste the exquisite Mote con Huesillos, a dessert elaborated from a boiled fruit and mote wheat.
IMPORTANT: Enjoy Corporation retains the right to make changes in the order of the excursions or trips without previous notice due to weather conditions, level of the rivers, arriving and departing hours of planes or buses, or for any other relevant reason, which will ensure and guarantee a better outcome for your trip.