Patagonia with Cruise – 11nts – 11 Nights
Offer ID: PK6607
Valid for travel from 21 Sep 14 to 31 Mar 15
Last date to purchase 31 Mar 15
Destination: XXX
Country: xxxxxxxx
- Return Flights to Sao Paulo on SAA from Johannesburg
- Return internal flights from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires on JJ Airlines
- All internal flights within Argentina
- DAY 01: Buenos Aires Arrival and reception at the airport; transfer to the hotel. Afterwards; city tour visiting the most interesting places in Buenos Aires
- DAY 02: Buenos Aires Day at leisure to enjoy an optional excursion to Tigre or Gaucho Party or meet Buenos Aires through experiences such as cooking class; museums or tango lessons. At night transfer to El Querandi to assist to a dinner and Show where you will enjoy the magnetism of tango.
- DAY 03: Buenos Aires – Ushuaia Morning at leisure. Transfer from the hotel to the Airport to board the scheduled flight to Ushuaia. Arrival and reception at the airport; transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Afternoon at leisure to explore the city.
- DAY 04: Ushuaia In the morning; excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park; the only one with coast in Argentina. During the excursion; you can take the End of The Worlds Train as an optional tour . Return to the city to complete the check in. Later transfer to the port to board the cruise. The captain and the Crew will offer a welcome cocktail. At 8.00 p.m. the ship will depart for the uttermost part of the earth. Dinner.
- DAY 05: Australis Cruise We will be sailing through Murray Channel and Nassau Bay to reach Cape Horn National Park; where disembarking is scheduled (weather permitting). The mythical Cape Horn was discovered in 1616 and it is a sheer 425- meter (1;394-foot) high rocky promontory. For many years it was an important navigation route for sailboats between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans; and it is known as the End of the Earth. The park was declared a World Biosphere Reserve in 2005. Lunch. In the afternoon; we will go ashore at historical Wulaia Bay; originally the site of one of the regions largest Yamana aboriginal settlement. Charles Darwin landed there in 1833; during his voyage on the HMS Beagle. This area is also renowned for the mesmerizing beauty of its vegetation and geography. We will walk through a Magellan forest of lengas; coigand#252;es; canelos; ferns; and other endemic vegetation to reach a panoramic viewpoint. Dinner.
- DAY 06: Australis Cruise We will be sailing through Brecknock; Ocasion; Cockburn; and Magdalena Channels to enter the spectacular De Agostini Sound; in the heart of Darwin Mountain Range. In this area we can see glaciers descending the mountainside all the way down to the sea. Lunch. In the afternoon; onboard Zodiac boats; we will route to Aguila Glacier where we will take an easy walk all the way the base of the glacier. We will experience the beauty of Patagonias cold rainforest and see how the power of nature molded the areas landscape. Dinner.
- DAY 07: Australis Cruise | Puerto Natales Early in the morning (and weather permitting) we will go ashore on Magdalena Island; located in the middle of the Strait of Magellan. The island used to be an essential source of supplies for navigators and explorers and is inhabited by an immense colony of Magellan Penguins that we will be able to see during our walk to the lighthouse. In September and April this excursion is replaced by a ride on Zodiac boat to Marta Island to observe South American Sea Lions. Finally; disembarking at Punta Arenas is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. and transfer to the bus terminal to take the regular bus to Puerto Natales.
- DAY 08: Puerto Natales Day dedicated to know the Torres del Paine National Park; declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Road to the park we will stop at the ancient Milodon Cave. During the tour we will take a short hike to discover the Salto Grande. Lunch. During the afternoon; continue to the Grey Glacier sector; where there will be a hike through forests of beech and towering icebergs of Grey Glacier. Return to Puerto Natales.
- DAY 09: Puerto Natales | El Calafate In the morning transfer to the bus terminal to take the regular bus to El Calafate. Arrival and reception at the bus station; transfer to the hotel.
- DAY 10: El Calafate Day at leisure to enjoy an optional excursion to Estancia Cristina and climb to the lookout where you can get a beautiful view of the Upsala Glacier (Available from October to April. From May to September the ascent to the lookout will be replaced by Glaciarium Museum visit).
- DAY 11: El Calafate | Buenos Aires Departure from the hotel to the Perito Moreno Glacier; within Los Glaciares National Park. Because of its beauty has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. During the tour you will have the option of taking a sailing through the waters of Brazo Rico and admire it from the water. Return to El Calafate and transfer to the airport to board the flight to Buenos Aires. Arrival and accommodation.
- DAY 12: Buenos Aires Time at leisure. If your flight is late; enjoy as an optional a Gaucho Party tasting the typical Argentine barbecue. In due time transfer to airport to board the scheduled flight.
- 2 Meals daily
- Airline Levy
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Ex Johannesburg : R 40,802.58
Ex Durban : R 43,085.06
Ex Cape Town : R 43,773.06
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