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Estancias in the Patagonia Argentina

Patagonia Estancias
9 days / 8 nights

Day 1 - Trelew
Estancua San Guillermo Puerto Madryn Patagonia ArgentinaEstancia san  guillermo Puerto Madryn Patagonia ArgentinaReception and assistance at Trelew airport. Departure to Punta Tombo Rookery to admire a magnificent colony of millions of Magellan penguins. Transfer to Estancia San Guillermo, 17 km from Puerto Madryn, situated in the area known as Cerro Avanzado. This traditional Patagonian ranch, offers the visitor plenty of choices such as: some close contact with the gauchos at work, mini trekking in the surrounding area and making your own anthropological research.
Puerto Madryn Peninsula Valdes ArgentinaTrekking or horse-back riding to Cerro Avanzado at only 4 km from the main house you will have the opportunity to identify the geological evolution of Patagonia and an important legacy of paleontological interest. Have a look also at the private collection of fossils gathered at the hill by local people. Accommodation. Dinner.

Puerto Madryn patagonia argentinaDay 2 - Puerto Madryn
Continental breakfast. Full day tour to Península Valdés, passing through the Ameghino Isthmus located between the Nuevo and the San Jose Gulfs. Visit Puerto Pirámide, where there is a sea lion rookery and where you can not miss the opportunity to take the optional boat excursion for an outstanding whale watching (available from June to November). Continue to Punta Delgada for a view of its important colony of sea lions and Caleta Valdés where sea elephants seem to have found their ideal natural habitat. Lunch included. Return to Punta Delgada. Accommodation at Estancia Rincón Chico or Estancia La Elvira. Dinner . Tierra del Fuego Ushuai- rio Grande

Puerto Madryn Peninsula Valdes ArgentinaDay 3 - Puerto Madryn / Ushuaia
Continental breakfast. Transfer to Trelew airport to board the to Ushuaia (*). Reception at Ushuaia airport and transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at hotel. In the afternoon city tour including a visit to the End of the World Museum. Dinner.

Day 4 - Ushuaia / Río Grande
Continental Breakfast. Departure to Tierra del Fuego National Park, situated only 12 km from the city. It preserves Tierra del Fuego Traintypical species of the Andean-Patagonic Forest such as fire bushes, beech trees, nires, box leafed barberries and flowers, spread in an area of 63,000 Estancia El Rolito Tierra del Fuego Argentinahectares. Before entering the National Park you will board the Train to the End of the World for an unforgettable trip along the original terreplain where the old prisoners' train run until 1947 for their expeditions into the National Park in search of wood for heating. The highlight of the park is Lapataia Bay, the southernmost tip of the continent from where you will get a wonderful view of the Beagle Channel. Here, the old inhabitants of the area have left their ushiria Argentinatestimony in the ''concheros'', incredible archaeological deposits.
Afternoon transfer to Estancia El Rolito, passing by the Fagnano and Escondido lakes, a well-known area for its cross-country ski resorts. Dinner and accommodation at Estancia El Rolito.

Day 5 - Estancia El Rolito
After breakfast, you can enjoy some trekking, horse-back riding or observation of farm activities. After lunch, departure to the ''Heart of the Island'', visiting Shenolsh Hill to admire the majestic flight of the condor. Coffee break at Parador Yawen, and then return to Estancia El Rolito for dinner and overnight.

El Calafate Onelli bay Upsala GacierEstancias Rio Grande Rio GallegosDay 6 - Estancia El Rolito / Río Grande / Río Gallegos
After breakfast, transfer to Río Grande to visit the Salesian Mission and then transfer to the airport to board the flight to Río Gallegos. Regular bus line to El Calafate (316 km) and then continuation to Estancia Nibepo Aike, located within Los Glaciares National Park, on the south and east margins of Roca Lake, 60 km from El Calafate and 65 km from Perito Moreno Glacier. Dinner and accommodation at Nibepo Aike.

Day 7 - El Calafate
Continental breakfast. Departure from the hotel towards Puerto Bandera (50 km away from the town to board the Los Glaciares National Park Argentinacatamaran that will take you for a full day lake excursion to see Upsala Glacier and Onelli Bay, cruising among hundreds of icebergs that have broken off from the glaciers. Upsala is the largest continental glacier in the Southern Hemisphere. Its walls height varies among 60 to 80 meters and it has an area of 595 km2. Return to Nibepo Aike. Dinner and accommodation at Nibepo Aike.

Nibepo Aike Estancia El Calafate patagoniaDay 8 - El Calafate
Continental breakfast. Overland trip to Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the world's largest active continental glaciers, declared Universal Mankind's Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its breathtaking beauty and its unusual behavior. Accommodation and dinner at Nibepo Aike.

Day 9 - El Calafate
Continental breakfast. Transfer to El Calafate airport or departure for optional tours: Torres del Paine, Fitz Roy or Helsingfors.
Note: in case of flying from Río Gallegos, optional bus transfer from El Calafate (316 km) (*).

Important Note:
(*) This transfer is provided without bilingual guide due to operational reasons.

Perrito Moreno Patagonia El Calafate

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