Today you arrive into Puerto Natales in Patagonia. Your guide will meet you on arrival and you drive north to Cerro Guido ranch.
You then enjoy a welcome dinner and meeting to discuss the trip programme.
On the trek, you are limited with regards to luggage. You will have 2 dedicated porters on the trip who can each carry 15 kgs. Additional luggage can be stored until you return to SIngular Patagonia on completion of the trek.
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Overnight - Cerro Guido Lodge
You have an early breakfast today and and transfer to Torres del Paine. This is a 50 minute transfer through typical Patagonia ranches.
You arrive at Torres del Paine National Park and trek to the base of The Towers (8 hours roundtrip). This is a spectacular hike to view the three pink granite towers which have made the park famous.
You are transferred back to Cerro Guido Lodge for dinner and overnight.
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Overnight - Cerro Guido Lodge
Today you start your trek around the Paine Massif.
In the morning you will meet your porters, load up your gear and head out across ancient glacial moraines on the way to Camp Seron. The trail goes through Lenga forests where you often see Austral parakeets, several species of geese and the occasional guanaco and fox (trekking time 4 hrs).
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Overnight - Camp Seron
You rise early for breakfast followed by a hike to Lago Dickson, a glacial lake on the edge of the Southern Patagonia Ice Cap.
You hike past bright blooming Notro bushes and make a stream crossing along the lake. A beautiful, leisurely hike (trekking time 6 hrs).
Once at the Refugio you can take hot showers and buy a cold beer!
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Overnight - Refugio Dickson
Today you get your packs ready and head out for a hike that is one of our personal favourites through pristine, old growth beech forest.
You almost always see the incredible red-headed Magellanic woodpecker. Just before you arrive to camp you will trek past glacier Perros with fantastic close up views of the glacier and its lake. You spend the night camping at the base of Paso John Garner at Los Perros.
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Overnight - Camping
Today is your biggest day of hiking as you climb over Paso John Garner and down through thick forest directly above the massive Glacier Grey. Once on the pass you look out over rugged, glaciated peaks and the Southern Patagonia Ice Cap – a view not to be missed! The Grey Glacier stretches out below you like a huge white highway.
After breakfast you start the 5 hour hike which continues descending towards Lake Grey through lenga forest where every so often appears a terrace looking out over Glacier Grey and the Southern Patagonia Ice Cap.
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Overnight - Refugio Grey
You have this morning free to recover and take lunch at Grey lodge.
Ice Hiking
After lunch the guides will have an introductory chat with you explaining the route, the time the tour will take and also testing the equipment adjusting it correctly for each passenger. Then, you go in a zodiac boat for 15 minutes until you reach the west side of the Grey Glacier. On arrival you will disembark on the island at the glacier (nunatak) and you will walk on it for about an hour until you reach the ice.
Before walking onto the glacier, the guide will talk to you about the safety aspects and techniques of displacement in the ice. Once the safety briefing is complete you will begin your exploration of the Grey Glacier which will last approximately 3 hours. During this time, you will be able to observe cracks, rivers, lagoons and tunnels with their different tones of blue.
After 3 hours on the glacier, you return to the zodiac boat and ride back to the base camp and spend the night at Grey.
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Overnight - Refugio Grey
Kayaking
From the base camp, located on the northeast coast of Lake Grey your guides will introduce you to the equipment needed for the tour and you will have a safety briefing. After this, you will carry the kayaks approximately 20 meters to the lakes’ edge. Now the tour really begins!
You will be paddling around icebergs that are floating in the lake and afterwards you paddle towards the eastern side of the Grey Glacier to wonder at the spectacular scenery in this special place. If conditions permit, you can paddle closer to the glacier to get a really good view. After this, you will paddle back to the start point.
You then have lunch at Grey Lodge.
During the afternoon you will cross a high plateau overlooking Lago Grey with its icebergs and the Grey Glacier on your way to Lago Pehoe, "hidden lake" in the Tehuelche language. 3-4 hours.
The afternoon will be free to relax at Lodge Paine Grande and enjoy the area. Lodging and dinner is at the Lodge where you can enjoy a pisco sour in the bar that overlooks Paine Grande and Los Cuernos mountains in the beautiful evening light. (B/L/D)
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Overnight - Lodge Paine Grande
Today you trek to the French Valley.
This valley is the most beautiful in the park and one of the most unique in the world. It's surrounded by hanging glaciers (where you can see and hear the ice calving off at various intervals) and an amphitheatre of granite walls and spires. There are amazing views throughout this trek and the further you trek into the valley the better they become!
For this day you will have two hiking options as well. The options will depend on fitness level, timing and weather conditions.
Plan A - consists in getting to further end of the trail, to the British Camp, this is all the way to the end of this natural congregation of mountains. If you reach this point, you will have completed 24km and 7-8 hours hiking.
Plan B - consists on reaching the French Valley Main Lookout, from this point you can appreciate the whole natural amphitheatre created by glaciers millions of years ago, it is absolutely breathtaking. You will have hiked for 5-6 hours and completed 16km.
On the return journey you will notice the extraordinary turquoise colour of Lake Pehoe. You cross Lake Pehoe by catamaran and transfer to Puerto Natales and the Singular Hotel.
Here you enjoy a farewell dinner.
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Overnight - Singular Patagonia
Today is yours to relax and recover and enjoy the Singular.
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Overnight - Singular Patagonia
Today you begin the trip home.
You are met and transferred to Puerto Natales Airport in time for your ongoing flight and depart Chile.
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