|
Excursions
|
Frequency |
Schedule
and duration |
Rates |
Observations |
|
01
VS Hiking to San Isidro Light-house
Departure
from Punta Arenas heading 60 kms. (37 miles) south. Where we will start
a hiking (3 hours) to the San Isidro light-house and "El Aguila"
Bay on the shore of the Magellan Strait. Place of great beauty to enjoy
the landscape and vegetation. |
September
to May
(Ask
for departures in low season)
|
Departure
time 09:00 hrs.
Return
time
17:00
hrs.
Duration
8
hrs. aprox.
|
Price
per person:
1-2
paxs USD 130
3-4
paxs USD 100
5-up
USD 70
|
Minimum 02 people
Includes:
English guide
Box lunch
|
|
02
VS Horseback Riding in the Peninsula
Half
day excursion, in the Brunswick Peninsula where we will practice this
special activity in a unique landscape, where we will observe the native
flora and fauna.
|
All
year round
Half
day
(2
hrs.)
Full
day
(4
hrs.)
|
Ask
for a departure time from your Hotel
Duration
4
a 6 hrs..
|
Price per
person:
Half day:
USD 50
Full day:
USD 85 |
Minimum 02 people
Includes:
English guide
Snack
Does not include:
Personal accidents insurance |
|
03 VS Navigation "Adventure to Cape
Froward"
Departure
from Punta Arenas heading south .At 55 kms. (34 miles) is located Mansa
Bay. Here we will board a zodiac vessel which will take us to Cape Froward
; the southern most tip of the American Continent. After 3 hours of sailing
we will hike to the top of the hill, where the southern most lookout of
the World is waiting for us. Afterwards, we will return to Punta Arenas.
|
October
to March
(Ask
for departures in low season)
|
Departures
from your Hotel at 08:00 hrs.
Duration
12
hrs. Aprox. |
Price per
person:
USD 300 |
Minimum 04
people
Includes:
English guide
Box lunch
Waterproof clothes
Departures depend on weather conditions
|
|
04
VS Kayaking on the Strait of Magellan
A
different experience, will allow you kayaking on the famous Magellan Strait
and admiring its coastal landscape.
Half
day: 2 hrs. kayaking
Full
day: 4 hrs. kayaking
San
Isidro full day: 6 hrs. kayaking
Capable for non-experienced people |
All
year round
Half
day
(Rio
Seco)
Full
day
(San
Juan)
Full
day
(San
Isidro) |
Departure
09:00am
Duration
3 hrs.
Departure
09:00am
Duration
5 hrs.
Departure
09:00am
Duration
7 hrs. |
Price per
person
USD 55
Price per
person
USD 110
Price per
person
USD 153 |
Minimum 02 people
Includes:
English guide
Equipment
Waterproof clothes
Snack (half day)
Box lunch (full day)
|
|
05 VS "Río Verde" Excursion
Río
Verde is a place of great natural beauty, located at the shore of the
Fitz Roy Channel and the Skyring Sound. We will visit an old cattle, houses,
yards, etc Also we can see a variety of birds such as the majestic "Condors"
and "Ñandues".
|
All
year round
|
Departure
from your Hotel at 09:00am
Duration
6
hrs. aprox. |
Price per
person
USD 70
|
Minimum 03
people
Includes:
English guide
Box lunch
|
|
06
VS "Pali-Aike National Park"
Located
at 210 kms. from Punta Arenas. Here we can see a special landscape. The
area was a volcanic activity zone and still it’s possible to see large
spills of basaltic lava. The Fell Cave with 10.000 years old human remains
and large herds of guanacos (patagonian llama) and ñandues (lesser
rheas) are very attractive as well. |
September
to May
(June
to August closed) |
Departure
from your Hotel at 09:00am
Return
at 19:30 hrs. |
Price per
person
USD 85 |
Minimum 04
people
Includes:
English guide
Box lunch
Ssnack
Entrance fee |
|
07
VS Coastal Fauna Observation and Strait of Magellan History
Navigation
on the northern coastline of the city (Río Seco) where we will
see several species of sea birds and possibly some southern dolphins. |
All
year round |
Departure
from your Hotel at 09:00am
Duration
2 hrs. |
Price per
person
USD 45 |
Minimum 02 people
Includes:
English guide
Snack
Waterproof clothes |
|
08 VS Mountainbike Circuit (3 hours) "Brunswick
Peninsula"
Half day circuit riding of about 25 km.
on a circuit located 9 km. from the city. We will ride on Mount Fenton
using tracks within mixed and deciduous forests (southern beeches), we
will cross bogs, visit coal mines, and finish with an outstanding lookout
over the Otway Sound on the western side of the city. Suitable for any
outdoor type.
|
October
to March
(Ask
for departures in low season)
|
Ask
for a departure time from your Hotel
Duration
3
hrs. aprox. |
Price per
person
USD 40 |
Minimum 02
people
Includes:
English guide
Snack
Mountain bike
Helmet
Repair kit |
|
09
VS Fly Fishing - Punta Arenas
Full
day excursion to the area of your choice to practice the wonderful art
of flyfishing. Our agency supplies the required equipment and our guides
will show you the kindness of Patagonia’s rivers and lakes.
- Laguna
Parrillar & Río San Juan
- Río
Penitente
"Ask
for packages of more than 2 days"
|
Flyfishing
season from October 15th to April 14th |
Departure
from your Hotel at 09:00am
Duration
10
hrs. aprox. |
Laguna Parrilar
Price per person
USD 140
Río Penitente
Price per person
USD 160 |
Minimum 02
people
Includes:
English guide
Box lunch
Fishing equipment
Fishing license. |
|
10
VS Cerro Campana Hiking
4x4
Adventure
We
will ride on this places using truck, approximately 40 kilometers to the
south of Punta Arenas, There we will get very good scenery of forest and
perfect place for panoramic pictures over the Magellan Strait, Tierra
del Fuego and the Brunswick peninsula., The hiking will be across the
forest getting to the top of the mountains.
|
October
to March
(Ask
for departures in low season) |
Ask
for a departure from your Hotel
Duration
4 hrs. Aprox. |
Price per
person
USD 120 |
Minimum 02
people
Includes:
English guide
Box lunch
Jeep 4 x 4 |
|
11
VS Fenton Hill - Andino Club, Magallanes Forest Reserve
The
Andino Club Refuge is located at 9 km. to the west of the city, a skiing
center in winter and a mountain club in summer, for walking mountainbiking
and chairlifting. A perfect place for panoramic pictures over the Magellan
Strait, Tierra del Fuego and the Brunswick peninsula.
|
Club
Andino
All
year round
(Magallanes
Reserve closed in winter) |
Departures
from your Hotel |
Price per
person
USD 30
|
Minimum 02 people
Includes:
Guide
Snack
Entrance fee |
|
12
VS Punta Arenas - City Tour
Tour
through the city visiting museums, monuments, and several sights of Punta
Arenas; you will learn about its historical past, our ancestors lifes,
and the pioneering efforts.
|
All
year round |
Departure
from your Hotel at 10:00am and 15:00pm
Duration
3
hrs. aprox.
|
Price per
person
USD 30 |
Minimum 02
people
Includes:
English guide
Entrance fee to 1 museum
|
|
13 VS Porvenir - City tour
Crossing
the Magellan Strait is located Porvenir, the capital of Tierra del Fuego
Province. A pioneer city characterized for its livestock development and
gold extraction. We will visit its main natural and cultural attractions.
|
All
year round
(Ask
for departures in low season)
|
Departure
from your Hotel at 08:15am
Return
at 16:00pm
(On
Sundays the stay is longer) |
Price per
person
USD 80
Price per
person on Sundays
USD 90 |
Includes:
Transportation
Ferry tickets
Box lunch
Spanish driver-guide
Additional:
english guide
USD 65 per group. |
|
14 VS Fort Bulnes
Located
at 60 km. (37 miles) south of Punta Arenas. It is a place of a great historical
importance; due to the first bastion of the region and the start point
of the Chilean colonization. Special landscapes on the shore of the Strait
of Magellan and native forest are part of this excursion.
|
September
to June
(Ask
for departures in low season) |
Departures
from your Hotel at 10:00am
Duration
4
hrs. aprox |
Price per
person
USD 30 |
Minimum 03 people
Includes:
English guide
Snack |
|
15
VS Otway Sound Penguins Colony
This
colony is located at 70 km. (43 kms) northwest of the Punta Arenas city.
The Magellan Penguins return to this particular area every year to mate
and breed. Additionally, you will see other bird species such as rheas,
skuas, terns, oystercatchers and some mammals such as the pampa foxes.
|
From
October 15th to March 30th |
Departure
from your Hotel at 16:00pm
Duration
4
hrs. aprox. |
Price per
person
USD 30 |
Minimum 03 people
Includes:
English guide
Snack
Entrance fee |
|
16 VS Magdalena Island Penguins
Sailing
on the Magellan Strait we reach the Magdalena Island , you will see the
largest colony of Magellanic Penguins (about 60.000). This excursion is
not made daily and is subject to weather conditions. |
November
to March
On
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
|
Departure
from your Hotel at 15:15 hrs
Duration
5
hrs. aprox. |
Price per
person
USD 50
|
No minimun of people
Includes :
English guide on board
Transfer in/out to the pier.
|
|
Excursions
|
Frequency |
Schedule
and duration |
Rates |
Observations |
|
01
VSP Explorer "Torres del Paine"
Departure
from your Hotel at 07:00 am aprox. from "Puerto Natales" straight to Torres
del Paine National Park, to enjoy a different trip where there are two
main walks inside the park. First there is a 2 hours walk to see the Rupestre
Paints and the next one to the "Norsdenkjold Lake" 2 hours more. Ending
the tour it’s possible to admire the Grey Lake with ice floes on it. Afterwards,
return to have dinner at "Tres Pasos" Hotel.
|
November
to March
(Aask
for departures in low season) |
Departure
from your Hotel at 07:00 am
There
is no an exact excursion end time. |
Price
per person
USD
150 |
Minimum 02
people
Includes:
English guide
Box lunch and dinner
Entrance fees
Not included
Accommodation |
|
02 VSP Milodon Cave with lunch
Half day visit to this Natural Monument
and it surroundings, it is a special landscape that birngs us to prehistoric
ages where the Milodons lived. This animal is already extinct. In the
park there are 2 more caves that we will visit biking and hiking among
forests. After 2 hours in this area we are going to get up to 38 kilometer
where it is "Tres Pasos" Hotel, place that was the inspiration our Chilean
poet Gabriela Mistral to write some of her work. There is a menu lunch
and you can ask for an optional horse riding time. Return to Puerto Natales.
|
All
year round |
Ask for a
departure time from your Hotel |
Price per
person
USD 50 |
Minimum 02 people
Includes:
English guide
Lunch
Oot included
Entrance fees |
|
03 VSP City Tour in Puerto Natales
Departure
from your hotel for visiting the main atractives of the town such as:
the museum, some old builts, the coast area and look out point.
|
All
year round |
Departure
from at 10:00am and
15:00
pm
Duration
2
hrs. Aprox.
|
Price per
person
USD 20 |
Minimum 02 people
Includes:
Guide
Entrance fees |
|
04
VSP Navigation through Balmaceda & Serrano Glaciers.
Navigation
through Ultima Esperanza Inlet to get closer Balmaceda Glacier and where
it’s possible to see a cormorans colony, different species of birds like
condors. After 1 hour more of navigation you will arrive to Serrano Glacier
where there is a short walk of 30 minutes one way to get closer the Glacier.
05
VS Navigation through the Glaciers and Serrano River
This
is fluvial circuit that joins two National Parks: Bernardo O’Higgins with
Torres del Paine. After having walked to Serrano Glacier, there is a connection
with zodiac boats that sail up Serrano River arriving to Serrano area
in Torres del Paine.
|
October
to March
(Ask
for frequency in April up to September)
October
to March
It
is not available from April to September |
Every
days
Presentation
time at the pier 07:45am
Departure
08:00am
Return
17:00pm
Departure
from Puerto Natales at 08:00am arriving to the park at 17:00pm
|
Price per
person with box lunch and transfer to the pier in/out USD 83
Price per
person with menu lunch and transfer to the pier in/out USD 95
Price per
person
USD 120
|
No minimum of people
Includes:
English guide
Snack
Menu lunch
or box lunch
Includes:
Navigation
to the glaciers and the river
Waterproof
clothes
Not included:
Entrance
fees to Torres del Paine and Bernardo O’Higgins National Park
|
|
06
VSP Horse Riding in Puerto Bories
This
excursion begins from Puerto Bories located 5 kms far from Puerto Natales,
that was most important place and port of shipment for farm and wool production
from a main part of the Chilean-Argentinian Patagonia.
|
All
year round
(Ask
for departures in low season) |
Ask
for a departure time from your Hotel
Duration
2
hrs. Aprox. |
Price per
person
USD 40 |
Minimum 02
people
Includes:
English guide
Horse rider equipment
|
|
07
VSP Horse Riding to Milodon Cave
It
starts in Puerto Consuelo Farm being the first farm that settled down
in this area in 1893. It is located at 25 kms. from Puerto Natales and
it shows you panoramic views of the mountains and the Ultima Esperanza
Fjord. You will be riding up to arrive to Milodon Cave. Return to the
farm.
|
All
year round
(Ask
for departures in low season) |
Every
days
Departures
at 09:00am up to 17:00pm |
Price per
person
USD 95 |
Minimum 02 people
Includes:
Equipment
Lunch
Transportation
Skilled guide
|
|
08 VSP Horse Riding in Luisa Village
This
schedule starts in Puerto Prat located at 20 kms. from Puerto Natales.
From here there is a kayaking part with instructor up to Eberhard Farm
house. During the afternoonthere is a horse riding part around Ultima
Esperanza Fjord up to Luisa Village is located.
|
All
year round
(Ask
for departures in low season) |
Departures
at 10:00am
Return
at 16:00pm
Duration
1
full day |
Price per
person
USD 135 |
Minimum 02
people
Includes:
Guide
Transportation
Meals and drinks
Equipment |
|
09 VSP Fly Fishing
Fly fishing excursion during all day to
different places of the region, our excursion has included the equipment
that you need for this sport: transportation and the English guide.
Fly
fishing to Sofia, Hollemberg, Balmaceda
Fly
fishing to Serrano River
(from
Puerto Natales)
|
Fishing
season
From
April 15th to October 14th |
Ask
for a departure time from your Hotel
8
hrs.
12
hrs.
|
Price per
fisher
USD 130
USD 200
|
Minimum 02
people
Includes:
Transportation
Guide
Flyfishing
and spinning equipment
Not included
Entrance
fees
Fishing licence
|
|
10
VSP Full day Paine and Milodón
Trip
to Torres del Paine National Park and Milodon Cave. Departure at 07:30am
from your Hotel to start a trip where it is possible to see the beauty
of the park such us: lakes, flora, native forests y its fauna.
Excursion
without extra services
Excursion
with box lunch
Excursion
with menu lunch in Hosteria
Excursion
with lunch & navigation on Grey Lake
|
All
year round
Low
season
May
to August
High
season
September
to April
|
Departure
at 07:30am
Return
at 20:00pm
|
Price per
person
USD 57 with
box lunch
Price per
person
USD 71 with
lunch
Price
per person
USD 35
USD 47
USD 60
USD 145 |
Minimum 04
people
Incluye:
English guide
Meals mentioned
Not included:
Entrance fees
Meals not mentioned
Additional info:
Entrance fees:
USD 28
|
|
11
VSP Kayaking in Puerto Natales
We
invite you to participate in our kayaking trip through the bay and Puerto
Natales surroundings. We have experienced guides who can help you with
this adventure.
Kayaking
through the bay
Kayaking
Sofia Lagoon
|
Ask
for a departure time
|
Duration
2
hrs.
8
hrs.
|
Price per
person
USD 35
USD 110
|
Includes:
English guide
Sailing equipment
Transportation
Not included:
Personal
equipment
Insurances
|
|
12
VSP Full Day Perito Moreno
Departure
from your Hotel at 07:00am to start the trip to Los Glaciares National
Park (Argentina) where it is possible to get up to Perito Moreno Glacier.
Return to Puerto Natales at 22:00 hra. aprox.
|
October
to April
(Ask
for departures in low season) |
Duration
15
hrs.
|
Price per
person
USD 60 |
Includes:
Transportation
Guide in
Argentina
Not included:
Entrance
fees, meals
|
|
13
VSP Trekking to the Base of the Towers
(7
hours),
Departure
from Puerto Natales to start the most popular trekking excursion
inside the park. The trek is on well signalled paths, with slopes that
reach a difficulty of medium-high level. This is a challenge for thousand
of tourists that wait felling the climate of our Patagonia up to get to
the colossal towers carved on granite by the force of the nature. Return
to Puerto Natales |
October
to April |
Departures
at 08:30 hrs.
Return
at
19:30
hrs.
|
Price per
person
USD 70 |
Minimum 02 paxs
Includes:
Box lunch
English guide
Transportation |