Chile : Tours : Special Tours : Glacier Express Program

Catamaranes del Sur, invites you to explore a unique natural world in a rough, hidden land of highly unusual geographic panoramas. Here awaits a richly varied, stunning landscape with exotic wilderness, glaciers, rivers, lakes, and age-old ice; an astonishing natural stage on the planet’s last frontier.

September 28th. Santiago / Balmaceda / Loberias del Sur Hotel.
10:00 p.m. Air ticket Santiago / Balmaceda
15:05 p.m. Reception at Balmaceda Airport and City Tour in Coyhaique. Lunch does not include.
18:30 p.m. Arrival to Hotel Loberias del Sur.
20:00 p.m. Dinner.

September 29th. Navigation to San Rafael Lagoon
At 8:00 a.m. you will take part of an unforgettable trip on board of a catamaran that will take you across islands, channels, and fiords inside unimaginable scenery until reaching the marvelous San Rafael Lagoon at about 2:00 p.m. The main tour attraction is the peacefulness of this lagoon with a surface of 170 square kilometers, floes and snowdrifts letting millenary ice rocks fall down constantly and thunderously. Then on board of a zodiac you will get in closer contact with San Rafael snowdrift and a number of floes moving around. Upon the end of the excursion you will taste a whisky on the rocks made with cubes of ice being more than 20,000 years old. You will stay there for 2 - 3 hours and then will go back to Puerto Chacabuco, where you will be at about 9:00 p.m. Back in the hotel, you will enjoy a refreshing relax time after a long day full of magic and unforgettable emotions.

September 30th. Visit to "Aiken del Sur" Private Park
08:30 a.m. Breakfast.
10:00 a.m. Visit to "Aiken del Sur" Private Park.
12:30 a.m. Lunch with local food.
16:00 p.m. Transfer Hotel / Airport
17:45 p.m. Air ticket Balmaceda / Santiago.

San Rafael Lagoon.
During the tour you can admire islands, channels, Patagonian fjords, glaciers that run perpendicular to the coastline, and several waterfalls that altogether offer the visitor an unimaginable spectacle. Approaching the Lagoon to what is known as Punta Elefantes and San Rafael Bay, a large quantity of birds, numerous reefs, and icebergs that travel away from the Tempano River are the highlight of the area. Finally, as we near the stillness of the 170 km2 (106 mi2) that form the San Rafael Lagoon, we will be able to appreciate the main attraction which is the San Rafael Glacier and its surrounding icebergs. Equally impressive is the thunderous sound made from the ice that loosens and breaks off of the Glacier, crashing into the water. At the end of our zodiac boat excursion we will taste a delicious whiskey or pisco served with the age-old ice and then head back to Puerto Chacabuco.

Aikén del Sur Private Park
Aikén del Sur Private Park is set amidst unique and magnificent natural surroundings. Noteworthy is the long and luxuriant shore of Lake Riesco renowned for its placid, crystal-clear blue waters, as well as the natural prairies, forests and wide variety of local fauna. This Park offers the proper facilities and safe environment for exploring the untouched landscape of the Chilean Patagonia. Three Natural Trails equipped with footbridges, lookout points and resting-places, which through the use of tutorial stations, give visitors an insight to the biogeographical history of the region. Breathtaking views of the lake, river, hills, and nearby mountains as well as the chance to spot some of the local birds such as the "chucao" and "hueta", are among the main attractions.

The Program Include

• Air ticket Santiago / Balmaceda / Santiago
• Transfers Balmaceda Airport / Hotel Loberias del Sur / Balmaceda Airport
• Welcome drink.
• Welcome dinner at Hotel.
• 2 nights of accommodations at the Hotel Loberias del Sur in Puerto Chacabuco with breakfast buffet
• Navigation in catamaran to Laguna San Rafael with zodiac excursion among the icebergs, all meals on board, open bar and whisky with age old ice.
• Fully day visit to Aiken del Sur Private Park, tour with bilingual guide and lunch.

Notes

• Minimum of 30 passengers.
• Reservations until July 31st. 2008. After, prices can be change depending of the availability of air ticket.
• Itinerary can be change.
• All extras are not included.
• Luggage permitted: 20 kg.

Rates

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Hotels Information

Loberías del Sur Hotel
Loberias del Sur Hotel, located in Puerto Chacabuco.

• 60 rooms.
• Restaurant.
• Bar, entertainment room, cafeteria.
• Spa Ventisquero: sauna, heated pool, gym.
• Business center and conventions.
• Internet Wi Fi.