This adventure trip is special for those travelers that are looking forward to have a great travel experience in Patagonia.

The Ruta 40 (Route 40) is the dorsal spine of this region. We drive south along this route to reach our destinations. Then, the flora & the fauna will join us on the many walks and treks that we will do and the locals will share with us their life experience.

The trip starts in Bariloche at the heart of The Lake District. An area dominated by uncountable lakes and rivers of crystal waters and covered by a dense forest.

Then we enter on the endless steppe-like plains where the view is lost on the horizon. This is the place chosen by the original people to leave their trace like beautiful art and today’s inhabitants lives surrounded by solitude.

The ending is granite & glacier country, the border with one of the most impossible places to live but at the same time one of the most dramatic beauties on Earth. No pictures or friend’s tales will help us to understand that, we have to be there.

Itinerary

More than 2000 km driving along the most dramatic sceneries in Patagonia.

Start at San Carlos de Bariloche / Finish at El Calafate
Day 1: Morning arrival to San Carlos de Bariloche. Excursion with trekking.
Day 2: S.C. Bariloche/Nahuel Huapi N.P. Free day for optional tours.
Day 3: S.C. Bariloche-El Bolsón-Los Alerces N.P.-Trevelin.
Day 4: Trevelin-Los Antiguos.
Day 5: Los Antiguos-Cueva de las Manos-Ea. Menelik.
Day 6: Perito Moreno N.P. Full day visit and trekking to Cerro León.
Day 7: Ea. Menelik-El Chaltén.
Day 8: El Chaltén. Full day trekking in Los Glaciares N.P.
Day 9: El Chaltén-El Calafate. Free morning for optional tours
Day 10: El Calafate. Full day Perito Moreno Glacier.
Day 11: El Calafate. Free day for optional tours.
Day 12: El Calafate, end of services.

Highlights of this trip

• Bariloche & Nahuel Huapi National Park.
• Los Alerces National Park.
• Ruta 40.
• Cueva de las Manos, Archeological Site (UNESCO World Heritage).
• Perito Moreno National Park.
• Los Glaciares National Park (UNESCO World Heritage).
• El Chaltén/Fitz Roy.
• Perito Moreno Glacier.
• Torres del Paine N.P. (in post extension).
• The travel experience !!!

Trip overview

Day 1: Bariloche: Arrival to our hotel in the mourning. We start our Patagonia experience visiting the surroundings of Bariloche & Nahuel Huapi N.P. enjoying wonderful panoramic views of the Andes and the deep blue lakes and an hour bushwalking under huge beech trees forest. Welcome briefing & welcome dinner.
Day 2: free day. Recommended optional: Rafting in Manso River or Lake kayaking.
Day 3: Bariloche-Trevelin, 300km. On the way to Trevelin, we stop at El Bolsón, a charming mountain village. Then we head to Los Alerces N.P. to enjoy walking in the forest with wonderful views of Lago Verde, Río Menendez and Río Arrayanes, one of the most beautiful rivers in Argentina.
Day 4: Trevelin-Los Antiguos, 630km. The longest bus ride of the trip goes through sheep farming country. Tiny countryside towns, endless plains and time to talk with our trip partners, listen music and take the best mate “tea” lesson!!!
Day 5: Los Antiguos-Estancia Menelik, 450km. This segment of the Route 40 is colorful and dramatic. We will hike almost 2 hours along the impressive Río Pinturas Canyon to reach the Cueva de las Manos, the most important archeological site of Patagonia. In this Unesco World Heritage site the ancient cultures left their art expression 9.000 years ago. If we are lucky with the weather we will see San Lorenzo Mt. before arriving to Estancia Menelik. Here we will learn about the hard life at the Far South.
Day 6: Full day visit to Perito Moreno N.P. Perhaps the more remote and lest visited national park of Argentina. Climb to Cerro León, our first hard trekking for a spectacular view of the Park, only for us!!!
Day 7: Menelik-El Chaltén, 470km. Back to Route 40 and its dramatic endless landscapes. No men’s land, guanacos, rheas, hawks and eagles are the true inhabitants. We hope the best to be blest with the famous Patagonian mountain silhouette, Fitz Roy & Cerro Torre massif.
Day 8: Los Glaciares N.P. Full day trekking (9 hrs) to climb 800 meters to Laguna de los Tres, where we have the breathtaking view of Fitz Roy.
Day 9: El Chaltén-El Calafate, 220km. Free morning for optional tours, we suggest the Ice trekking at Viedma Glacier. Beautiful landscapes on the way to El Calafate.
Day 10: Full day visit to Los Galciares N.P. & Perito Moreno Glacier, no words to describe it, you have to be there!!!
Recommended optional: navigation in front of the glacier.
Day 11: Free day, recommended optional: Full day navigation of Lago Argentino to see the glaciers Upsala, Spegazzini, Agazzis and more... Farewell dinner.
Day 12: El Calafate-transfer out.
Good by!!!

What’s include:

• Private van & tour leader (and mate “tea” service) for the entire trip.
• Transfer in at Bariloche.
• Excursion in Bariloche.
• Visit to Los Alerces National Park.
• Visit to Cueva de las Manos Archeological site.
• Excursion to Perito Moreno National Park.
• Trekking in Los Glaciares National Park to Laguna de los Tres/Fitz Roy.
• Excursion to Perito Moreno Glacier.
• Transfer out at El Calafate.
• Music quiz.

Meals included:

• 11 breakfast.
• 6 meals.

Accommodations:

Under request.

Wat’s not include:

• Transportation to Bariloche and from El Calafate.
• Entrances fees to National Parks and Archeological site. ( USD 50 aprox.)
• Drinks during meals.
• Sleeping bag for dorms and camping.
• Staff and guides gratuities.

Post extension 1: Torres del Paine N.P. (Chile).

Day 12: El Calafate-Torres del Paine N.P.
Day 13: Torres del Paine N.P. Full day trekking to Las Torres.
Day 14: Torres del Paine-El Calafate.
Day 15: El Calafate-transfer out.

 

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