Our guide will meet you at Puerto Natales airport. Transfer to your hotel, welcome dinner and meeting to discuss trip program.

Meals: dinner

Accommodation: Natalino hotel or similar.

Early in the morning drive by van to Torres del Paine National Park. This is a two hour journey crossing the pampa Patagonica. Arrival at Torres del Paine, we will begin trekking to the Ascencio Valley where from above you see the river (of the same name) running wildly past refugio Chileno. After a quick stop here we will continue through a forest of the native Lenga (Beech) trees until reaching the glacial moraine. From here it’s a 1 hour trek to the top where the towers appear from nowhere! This trek is spectacular where you get to view the 3 pink granite towers with its glacial lake below that made the park famous. (8 hours round trip, 20 KM ).

Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Accommodation: Refugio Torres

Distance: 22 Kilometers (13,7 miles)

Duration: 09-10 hours round trip

Elevation Gain: 770 meters (2,524 feet)

Elevation Loss: 770 meters (2,524 feet)

Today we will trek along Lake Nordenskjold (named after the Swedish geologist who’s studies formed an important contribution to world glacial geology) and below the hanging glaciers of Mount Almirante Nieto, where we will reach the base of Los Cuernos (5 hours, 11 km).

Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Accommodation: Refugio Los Cuernos.

Distance: 13 Kilometers (8,1 miles)

Duration: 05 hours round trip

Elevation Gain: 153 meters (502 feet)

Elevation Loss: 153 meters (502 feet)

Trek to the French Valley. This valley, the most beautiful in the park and one of the most unique in the world. Its surrounded by hanging glaciers (where you can see & hear the ice calving off at various intervals) and an amphitheater of granite walls and spires. There are amazing views throughout this trek and the further you trek into the valley the better they become! For this day we have two hiking options: A) consists in getting to further end of the trail, to the British Camp, this is all the way to the end of this natural congregation of mountains. If we reach this point, we will have completed 24km and 09-10 hours hiking.

• Distance: 24 Kilometers (15 miles)

• Duration: 09-10 hours round trip

• Elevation Gain: 660 meters (2,165 feet)

• Elevation Loss: 660 meters (2,165 feet)

B) consists on reaching to the French Valley Main Lookout, from this point you can appreciate the whole natural amphitheater created by glaciers millions of years ago, it is absolutely breathtaking. If you take Plan B, you will have hiked for 5-6 hours and completed 16km. The options will depend on fitness level, timing and weather conditions.

• Distance: 16 Kilometers (10 miles)

• Duration: 06—07 hours round trip

• Elevation Gain: 549 meters (1,801 feet)

• Elevation Loss: 549 meters (1,801 feet)

Lodging and dinner at Lodge Paine Grande where you can enjoy a pisco sour in the bar that overlooks Paine Grande & Los Cuernos in the beautiful evening light.

Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Accommodation: Lodge Paine Grande

Trek along enchanting Lake Grey (3-4 hours, 11 KM ) with magnificent views of Glacier Grey and floating icebergs. Visit to the glacier lookout point and to the lakeshore for up close views of vibrant-blue icebergs (Paine is a Tehuelche Indian word for “blue”). Dinner at Grey lodge, accommodation in lodge or camping.

OPTIONAL PM - Kayaking Grey Lake Short walk to Bigfoot Patagonia basecamp, located on the northeast coast of Lake Grey. Here our guides introduce us to the equipment needed for the tour and we will have a safety briefing. After this, we will carry the kayaks approximately 20 meters to the lakes’ edge. Now the tour really begins! We will be paddling around icebergs that are floating in the lake and afterwards we paddle towards the eastern side of the Grey Glacier to wonder at the spectacular scenery in this special place. If conditions permit, we can paddle closer to the glacier to get a really good view. After this, we will paddle back to the start point.

Distance: 11 Kilometers (6,8 miles)

Duration: 03-04 hours one way

Elevation Gain: 250 meters (820 feet)

Elevation Loss: 210 meters (688 feet)

Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner

Accomodation: Grey lodge or camping.

OPTIONAL AM - Ice Hiking Grey Glacier

After breakfast, the guides will have an introductory chat, and explain the route, the time the tour will take and also test the equipment, and adjust it correctly for each passenger.

Then, we go in a zodiac boat for 15 minutes until we reach the west side of the Grey Glacier. On arrival, we will disembark on the island at the glacier (nunatak) and we will walk on it for about an hour until we reach the ice. Before walking onto the glacier, the guide will talk to us about the safety aspects, and they will explain the techniques of displacement in the ice and the correct use of the equipment. Once the safety briefing is complete we will begin our exploration of the Grey Glacier which will last approximately 3 hours. During this time we will be able to observe cracks, rivers, lagoons and tunnels with their different tones of blue. After 3 hours on the glacier, we return to the zodiac boat and ride back to the base camp.

After lunch navigate in Grey III catamaran. Two hours navigation in this magic lake surrounded by ice bergs where the boat does a circuit right up to the front of the glacier whilst you stand on deck sipping your pisco sour served with glacial ice!

Transfer from Grey lake to Puerto Natales. Farewell dinner.

Meals: breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Accomodation: Natalino hotel or similar.

Distance: 5,6 Kilometers (3.5 miles)

Duration: 03 hours round trip

Elevation Gain: 184 meters (603 feet)

Elevation Loss: 184 meters (603 feet)

Transfer to Puerto Natales airport.

End of our services.

Meals: breakfast.

We will take the train from Ollantaytambo train station to Km 104, where the short Inca Trail starts.

The valley turns into a canyon and the scenery begins to alter as the cloud forests appear on our approach to the Machupicchu Sanctuary. We will disembark the train at Km 104 and start the hike along a quite challenging uphill path. This ancient Inca Trail takes us uphill all the way to the magnificent archeological complex of Wiñaywayna, from where there are many steep steps to climb to reach the upper part of the Archaeological Site. Here we find a fabulous sense of peace far from the crowds. with superb views of the imposing verdant mountains and native orchids. The trail now becomes gentler, continuing all the way to the Sun Gate, where we arrive to Machupicchu through its real entrance. It is from here that we will have our first glimpse of the Machupicchu citadel. We then cross the site to take the bus down to Aguas Calientes town and check in to our lodge to rest and relax, in anticipation of a full afternoon tour tomorrow.

Maximum Altitude: 2732 m / 8964 ft

Minimum Altitude: 2088 m / 6850 ft

Approximate Walking Time: 7-8 hours

Day Distance: 10.79 km / 6.67 ml (to Inti Punku)

Meals: L, D. Snacks

Accommodation: Aguas Calientes Hotel