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Aug 3, 2005, 22:44


Excursiones Punta Arenas / 2005

Punta Arenas Excursions / 2006

American dollars rates – Available from October 1st, 2005 to March 31st 2006

 

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.

 

 

Puerto Natales Excursions / 2006

 

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

General Conditions:

    1. Sailing excursions depend on weather conditions. If not possible to depart we will refund you your money.
    2. Rates can be changed without previous notice.
    3. Excursions include English guide when it is mentioned. If not there is an additional charge.
    4. Please, before booking an excursion check the minimum of people required for each one.
    5. Personal insurances are not included.
    6. Excursions must be booked by e-mail or fax.
    7. Cancellations: No charge / 48 hrs. before

No show 100% / 12 hrs. before

Box lunch and snack descriptions:

Snack: A fruit, mineral water o juice, sandwich with cheesse/ham o a biscuit.

Box lunch: 2 sandwiches, juice, mineral water, a fruit, cereal bar.



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