GTCT-545 – CHILE

SANTIAGO & PUERTO NATALES
Seven days / Six Nights

Valid for travel thru November 30, 2018

ITINERARY:

DAY 1: Arrival Santiago

Meeting, assistance and transfer from airport to hotel. Rest of day at leisure.
Overnight accommodations at selected hotel.

DAY 2: Santiago (B)

Half day Panoramic City Tour
Departure from your hotel. The tour begins with a visit to the historic city center, with the central plaza as a highlight (Plaza de Armas), kilometer zero and crucial center of the capital, where the construction of Santiago began during the colonial era, with old buildings, such as the Metropolitan Cathedral, a beautiful building that combines Bavarian and neoclassical styles of that time. In this context, a tour through the civic district, with the ministerial building surrounding the government’s house, the Palacio de la Moneda, a silent witness of the most relevant event in our republican history. To conclude the historical area, a tour by the old and stately neighborhoods of the old “high society”, a place full of an exquisite architectonic variety brought by immigrants, mainly European, in a time of great mining exploitation and high-born families. Later, a magnificent panoramic view from one of our hills in the city (Cerro Santa Lucía or Parque Metropolitano), where it is possible to appreciate a part of the mountain-chain slopes that surround the city to, afterwards, go to the western area to see the great architectonic contrast. A thriving and contemporary city that proves its best with impressive buildings of daring architectonic styles that represent a seal of modernity to this big city
Overnight accommodations at selected hotel.

DAY 3: Santiago (B)

Full day Viña del Mar & Valparaíso Tour
Valparaíso, main port in Chile, considered World Heritage Site by its rare architecture and narrow-street display, passages, and stairs that go up to the top of the hills. Viña del Mar, the most visited tourist seaside resort in our country, also known as the Ciudad Jardín (Garden City), because of all the green areas that surround it, wide sidewalks, beautiful plazas, and bloomed gardens. They are the gates to the Pacific Ocean. Discover the contrast of both cities next to the sea, located only at 120 km from Santiago.
Overnight accommodations at selected hotel.

DAY 4: Santiago / Punta Arenas and Puerto Natales (B)

Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Punta Arenas. Upon arrival in Punta Arenas Airport assistance and transfer from there to the bus station in Puerto Natales and from there transfer to your hotel
Overnight accommodations at selected hotel

DAY 5: Full Day Torres del Paine National Park (B/Box Lunch)

Departure from lodging in Puerto Natales to Torres del Paine National Park around 7:30 am. Ride along the coastal road to take route Nº9 to head over the first stop: the millennial Cueva del Milodón, a huge natural feature where the primitive men and the mylodon allegedly inhabited. Here, a small walk to see its beauty and history. Afterwards, the village Cerro Castillo, a great livestock farm that in the past belonged to the reminded Sociedad Explotadora Tierra del Fuego, to make a 30minute stop. Along the road among Patagonian farms, entry to Torres del Paine National Park, a true sight where guanacos, condors and rheas often accompany the beautiful views of the park.

Visit to all the high spots of the park, including Lake Nordenskjold and Pehoé and the beautiful waterfall Salto Grande, where the guests will do a short hike of about 30 minutes to get closer and contemplate and sightseeing of lakes, rivers and the great variety of flora and fauna.
Then, a stop for lunch at the park and, during the afternoon, the journey continues to the last stop: Grey Lake, which is a part of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Here, a beautiful walk through lenga beech woods to the shore of this amazing lake, to observe the beauty of the icebergs, their shapes and colors before every visitor. The tour concludes with the evening arrival to Puerto Natales and your hotel.
Overnight accommodations at selected hotel

DAY 6: Puerto Natales (B)

Day at leisure
Continue exploring and discovering these beautiful area.
Overnight accommodations at selected hotel

DAY 7: Depart Puerto Natales (B)

Transfer from hotel to bus station in Puerto Natales for your return ride to the Punta Arenas Airport to check in for your flight to your next destination.

RATES PER PERSON BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY

A SAVINGS OF $150.00 PER PERSON

PLEASE CHECK WITH US FOR INTERNATIONAL AIR FARES
FROM USA TO CHILE ON OUR AIR PARTNERS:
AMERICAN AIRLINES, LATAM AND AVIANCA

TOUR RATE INCLUDES:

Three night accommodations in Santiago at selected hotels with daily breakfast.
Three night accommodations in Puerto Natales at selected hotels with daily breakfast.
Tours in Santiago: Santiago panoramic & full day tour of Viña del Mar & Valparaiso
Tours in Puerto Natales: Full day tour to Torres del Paine National Park
Round trip transfers between airports & selected hotels in Santiago and Punta Arenas.
Round trip transfers between airport in Punta Arenas and hotel in and hotel in Puerto Natales
Bus ticket Puerto Natales / Punta Arenas

NOT INCLUDED:

International air between USA and Santiago. Local round trip air between Santiago and Punta Natales. Land services, tours and meals not indicated in itinerary. Tips and gratuities to tour guides and drivers. Travel insurance (highly recommended).