Total Patagonia Vacation

This full day tour begins with a three to four-hour trek through a beech forest, heading toward a wonderfully scenic point overlooking Lake Roca, Lagunas Verde and Negra, Rivers Ovando and Lapataia and Lapataia bay. Look out for the Magellanic woodpecker, Austral parakeets, black-chested buzzard eagles and Andean Condors. Have lunch and take inflatable boats out onto the Ovando River for an easy downstream ride, noticing sea petrels, albatross, and steamer ducks, among others. Relax and enjoy the early southern sunset behind the mountains at the end of the southernmost reaches of the Panamerican Road, at the end of the world.

Board a comfortable catamaran to sail into the Beagle Channel, taking in the passing scenery of mountains and the Martial Glacier. Round the historic lighthouse Les Eclaireurs and spot rocky islands with seals, sea lions, cormorants, giant petrels and many other species of sea-birds jostling for space.

This, one of the two narrow-gauge tracks left in Argentina – the Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino- used to ferry prisoners from the island’s prison into the National Park to fell and chop trees. The “Trencito de los Presos’ departs from the Fueguino railway station steams slowly along the Pipo river until it reaches the Macarena waterfalls. The train continues into the National Park with its stunning views of Monte Susana, the Martial Glacier and the large swamp where the relics of the prisoners’ logging tasks can still be seen.

This is a full day’s tour of the magnificent Perito Moreno National Park and its humbling glacier complete with a private 4WD vehicle and one of our expert guides. Take a scenic drive through the National Park followed and then take a walk along the built-in walkways facing the glacier. There are various optional additions to this tour such as the nautical boat safari, minitrekking or Big Ice trekking. Talk to your travel designer about your individual preferences.

Sail among the imposing icebergs and dramatic scenery of the western front of the Upsala glacier. Gliding through the Cristina Canal you will disembark at the Estancia Cristina for lunch and a choice of activities. Enjoy tours of the Costumbrista museum followed by an exciting ascent in all-terrain vehicles through the mountainous roads to arrive at the Continental ice shelter for a 30-minute walk to take in the vistas. The eastern side of the Upsala Glacier will be the final leg of your excursion by boat on Lake Guillermo.