Travel "Patagonia & Cruise"

Travel in Patagonia with Australis Cruises, sailing from Ushuaia in Argentina to Punta Arenas in Chile or vice versa crossing the Beagle Channel. Visit Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, Calafate and the Perito Moreno Glacier. Travel from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales and make a trekking in Torres del Paine in Chile. Enjoy Buenos Aires, the world capital of tango and discover its neighborhoods as San Telmo, Recoleta and Palermo.

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PATAGONIA & CRUISE
USHUAIA – CRUCERO MARE AUSTRALIS – PUNTA ARENAS – PUERTO NATALES – TORRES DEL PAINE – EL CALAFATE -  BUENOS AIRES
(18 DAYS / 17 NIGHTS)
October to April
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Day 1 -  (Buenos Aires - Ushuaia)
 - Welcome and transfer from Ezeiza International Airport to Aeroparque J. Newbery domestic airport.
 - Flight to Ushuaia. 
 - Transfer from the Airport to the Hotel.  
     
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 2 -  (Ushuaia)
 - Full day excursion to the Tierra del Fuego National Park + Train of the end of the world + Navigation in the Beagle Channel.
    
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 3 -  (Ushuaia)
 - Full day excursion to Escondido and Fagnano Lakes in 4WD.
    
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 4 -  (Ushuaia – Mare Australis)
 - Transfer from the Hotel to the Port.  
 - Mare Australis Cruise.   
     
Day 5 -  (Mare Australis)
 - Mare Australis Cruise. 
     
Day 6 -  (Mare Australis)
 - Mare Australis Cruise.
     
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 7 -  (Mare Australis – Punta Arenas)
 - Mare Australis Cruise. 
 - Transfer from the Port to the hotel.  
     
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 8 -  (Punta Arenas – Puerto Natales)
 - Transfer to Puerto Natales and visit to Seno Otway penguin colony.  
     
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 9 -  (Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine)
 - Navigation to Balmaceda Glacier and Serrano + Sail upriver the Serrano river.  
     
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 10 -  (Torres del Paine)
 - Excursion to the viewpoints and waterfalls of the park.
    
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 11 -  (Torres del Paine – El Calafate)
 - Transfer from the Hotel to Cerro Castillo (the border with Argentina)
 - Bus to Calafate.
 - Transfer from the Bus Station to the Hotel.
    
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 12 -  (El Calafate)
  - Full day excursion to Perito Moreno Glacier, including a small trekking over its surface.   
     
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 13 -  (El Calafate)
 - Full day embarked excursion to the Upsala, Onelli and Spegazzini Glaciers.
    
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 14 -  (El Calafate – Buenos Aires)
 - Transfer from the Airport to the hotel.
 - Flight to Buenos Aires. 
 - Transfer from the Airport to the Hotel.
    
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 15 -  (Buenos Aires)
 - In the morning, City Tour. 
 - By night, tango dinner show at Esquina Carlos Gardel.
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   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 16 -  (Buenos Aires)
 - Full day excursion to an estancia near Buenos Aires, to live the famous “Fiesta Gaucha”.
    
   Overnight at the Hotel   
     
Day 17 -  (Buenos Aires)
 - Day at leisure.
    
   Overnight at the Hotel  
     
Day 18 -  (Buenos Aires)
 - Transfer from the Hotel to Ezeiza International Airport for your return flight.