 HIGHLIGHTS:
*This trip is designed to take you to and experience the best of the tip of the South American Andes.
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Unique trekking in some of the most famous and classic scenery in the world! From dramatic mountain formations and expansive ice fields to smoky volcanoes and flat, barren pampas.
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Enjoy day hiking into backcountry base camps that allow us some wonderful hiking.
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The Chorrillo Salt, always with the impressive needles of the glacier. This walk is one of the highlights in the National Park Los Glaciares; the views of Cerro Poincenot, Monte Fitz Roy.
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Trek on the Torre Glacier, training provided. Cross glacier river on a cable.
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Magallanes peninsula, at the entrance of The Glaciers National Park. Its centerpiece is the Perito Moreno Glacier, one of the world's few advancing glaciers. Huge icebergs from the glacier wall collapse into the De los Tempanos Channel.
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Torres del Paine National Park.
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Sailing on Pehoe Lake.
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Navigate the Strait of Magellan by ferry. Continue south to Tierra del Fuego Island.
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Ushia, the southernmost city in Argentina and the stepping off place for Antarctica . Marine wildlife such as sea lions and exotic birds.
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Go now before the tourism increases!
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Argentina is one of the best buys in the Adventure tourism world today due to the exchange rate.
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Some of the best steaks and malbec wine in the world. Both in town and in the base camps.
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Extend to a tango show and tour of Buenas Aires for two days.
DESCRIPTION:
Enjoy trekking in some of the most famous and classic scenery in the world! The name alone conjures scenery of world-class images. Legendary Patagonia. Darwin visited Patagonia in 1835, and his journal shows that he was as impressed as you will be.
Still largely undiscovered and untouched, Patagonia is a geographical melange with scenery ranging from dramatic mountain formations and smoky volcanoes to flat barren pampas and expansive ice fields. During this unique trekking journey, you explore Patagonia by foot on both Chilean and Argentinean sides. Experience Trekking in El Chalten, the base of Mount Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, Piedras Blancas Glacier, and visiting the Perito Moreno Glacier in Calafate, hiking in Torres del Paine National Park (World Heritage Site), including an adventure tour to trek in Tierra del Fuego National Park. The trip also includes sailing on Pehoe Lake, a ferry through the Strait of Magellan to Tierra del Fuego Island, and a trip through the Beagle Channel.
Meets in Buenos Aires
Saturday, November 7th - Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
$3,699/person based on double occupancy ($500 nonrefundable deposit to register. Balance due by September 8th, 2009. Airfare is additional.)
To Register - Call Now! Contact the PPS office at 585-346-5597! |
