Summer 2020 / 2021 The best trekking programs at the end of the world.
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2 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Tierra del Fuego Generalities
• Hiking circuits in Tierra del Fuego present a span of possibilities for privileged adventures in the end of the world. • The Andes range presents two well defined areas: To the north of the mountains, the steppe presents a continental landscape, while to the south hillsides fall into the sea in a typical Fuegianframe. • Lenga forests with their ocher tones, peat bogs, enormous lakes and transversal valleys on the edge of the continent are some of the good reasons to dare running the adventure. • Many of these mountains have not yet been travelled by man. • Tierra del Fuego National Park, are one of the principal attractions in the area. The importance of Tierra del Fuego National Park lies in keeping the pristine condition of nature, only altered by beavers, which, introduced from Canada five decades ago.
3 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Tierra del Fuego Itineraries: Trekking • Full day Characteristics Glacier Trekking Trekking in Tierra del Fuego is a National Park Trekking wonderful experience, in a wild land. Summits Trekking Normally include crossing untouched and virgin areas. • Multi day Watch and share with wildlife, big Montes Martial Circuit (3 days) forests, high mountain environment, and other unique thinks. Sierra Valdivieso Trekking (4 days) No dangerous animals are present Dientes de Navarino (4+2 days) in this area, the biggest predator is a red fox, and no pumas , bears Crossing Tierra del Fuego (7 days) and wolf are present. No dangers insects are present. Cordillera Darwin (12days)
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5 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Exploring the ice age of Tierra del Fuego GLACIER TREKKING
6 www.companiadeguias.com.ar The objective of this excursion is to know the glacier history in Tierra del FuegoFuego.. We will be in the high Glacier Trekking mountain environment, and walk on the glacier Description & Itienerary surfacesurface.. During the trip, we will visit the Lenga forest, the peat bog, beaver dams, timberline area and Vinciguerra Glacier. Glacier. We will explore caves, crevasses, and walk with crampons on the surface of the glacier. glacier.
Itinerary: We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, have a short transfer to the beginning of the trail. The excursion is about 7 hours walk. And we come back on the same way. Transfer, Guide, Box Lunch and Equipment are included. You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, Day backpack, Gloves and hat. 7 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Glacier Trekking
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9 SUMMITS OF THE END OF THE WORLD In the high mountain environment
www.companiadeguias.com.ar 10 We are going in search of the most beautiful panoramic views of Tierra del Fuego. Fuego. Summits Trekking To do this, start walking on the edge of the city, and Description & Itinerary from there, following a path of the old prison of Ushuaia, climb to Cerro del Medio. Medio.A summit is Itinerary: simple to climb, but impressive sightsight..From its We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, have a short transfer to the beginning of 800 meters high, feel like a Himalayan summit. summit. We the trail. The excursion is about 6 hours shall not cease to amaze us throughout your walk. According to the weather we will go on one way route, or come back on the journey, surrounded by the most pristine nature same way. and unique view, gives us the height. height. Transfer, Guide, Box Lunch and Equipment are included. We will bring amazing pictures and an unforgettable You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water experienceexperience.. bottle, Day backpack, gloves and hat.
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13 NATIONAL PARK TREKKING
In contact with the nature and cultural history of Tierra del Fuego
14 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Tierra del Fuego National Park is one of the most frequently visited places in Ushuaia: it is close to the city, it is easily accessible and it does not require to be approached in National Park Trekk any particular way. Description & Itinerary We propose to discover the true nature of the secret within the Tierra del Fuego National Park. With our specialized Itinerary: We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, guides it is possible to get to know in detail this recovered have a short transfer to the beginning of paradise, where the mountains are accessible from the the trail. The excursion is about 6 hours sea, and the fresh water of rivers and lakes mixes with the walk. Itinerary is a one way routeroute.. sea. Transfer, Guide, and Box Lunch are included. On this tour you get to walk through the forest, and discover You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water the secrets of the beagle channel to get into the famous bottle, Day backpack, Gloves and hat. Lapataia Bay. We will walk thought old Indians camps in the coast, an ancient forest, birds and occasionally some Three options are available: fox. • Full Day Trekking We propose a trip around the National Park involving • Trekking with optional navigation ornithology, geology, ecology, trekking, and photography. • Half day Hiking. We’ll bring along our expertise, service and our attention to detail so that you may be able to concentrate on every attraction the place has to offer. It is not far from Ushuaia city, and getting there is easy, and exiting…
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17 www.companiadeguias.com.ar MONTES MARTIALCIRCUIT The heart of the Tierra del Fuego National Park
18 www.companiadeguias.com.ar This is the circuit published in “Lonely Planet” & “Trekking in South America”. In 3 days, we will explore the hear of Montes Martial Trekk the Tierra del Fuego National Park. Description & Itinerary The idea of this trekking is explore the heart of the Tierra del Fuego National Park, Walk in a variety of landscapes, Day 1: Departure from the hotel at and environments, climb a nice and easy mountain, in a 9 am. – Trekking through Andorra very remote place. Valley and ascension to Laguna del We will enjoy three days in the wilderness, walking in Caminante – Lunch – Camp – guanacos trails, enormous Nothofagus forests, and high Dinner –Camp night. mountain environment. Day 2: Breakfast –Departure to Superior Valley – Ascension to Falso Tonelli or Rebert Mount – Lunch – Return to the camp – Dinner and Night camp. Day 3: BreakfastBreakfast-- Sheep Pass – Lunch – Descent down Sheep Canyon on direction to Ushuaia – Arrival to town around 4 pm.
Transfer, Guide, Meals and Grupal equipment are included.
You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, backpack, Sleeping Bag, Gloves and hat.
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Classic itinerary to cross the Andes
22 www.companiadeguias.com.ar We offer to a classic Sierra Valdiviesotrekk, trekk, the same itinerary published in the lonely planet guide. Sierra Valdivieso General idea is to explore the highlands of the Description & Itinerary andesandes,, at the end of the world, where the mountains are in WestWest--EastEast direction. Day 1: pick up in the hotel, transfer to the We are starting in Ushuaia, the fist part of the trip is start point, and leave. First night in the a bus transfer from your hotel to Tierra Mayor Valley. area of the Beban pass. There we start to walk, crossing the Tierra Mayor Day 2: We climb the Beban pass, and then climb the Azul Lagoon pass. valley, and continued climbing the Beban Pass. This Camping Night in Five lagoon valley. is a combination of two high pass on 900msnm Day 3: We follow the five lagoon valley in high. direction to the west. From Beban Valley we will cross to Five lagoon Day 4: The last day, we will go back to Ushuaia, following the route of the valley, crossing wonderful highlands, in a very nice Carbajal Valley. and exiting trekking. In this area, we will explore the highlands, full of Transfer, Guide, Meals and Group rocks, lagoons and animals. We will see the equipment are included. Fagnano Lake, a wonderful interior sea. nd You need to bring all your personal Gear, We will pass the 2 and 3th night, in a peaceful (Wind Jacket, Water bottle, backpack, highland. Sleeping Bag & matt, Gloves and hat… The last day, we will descent to CarbajalValley, to come back to Ushuaia following the amazing landscapes of open valleys and snowy mountains.
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25 DIENTES DE NAVARINO CIRCUIT The end of the world trekking, From here only Cape Horn…
26 www.companiadeguias.com.ar This trek is an absolutely wonderful place - the views over the Cape Horn archipelago are stunning and Dientes de Navarino the landscape changes rapidly so it feels as if Itinerary & Description you've covered even more ground than you really do. Day 1: Ushuaia to Puerto Williams. Dientes de Navarino is a wonderful, but very This day we cross the Beagle channel, demanding 5-6 days trek, only for seasoned from Ushuaia. trekkers. The challenge: the extremely variable Day 2: Puerto Williams to the Dientes de Navarino peaks. weather (sub Antarctic), you have a sunny day, no After four to five hours we reach Laguna wind and in less 10 minutes you can endure a del Salto to pitch camp near the lake. blizzard, or thick fog and so. Day 3: Dientes de Navarino peaks to Laguna MartilloMartillo.. Our goal for today is Lago Martillo, Martillo, which we will reach after five or six hours. Day 4: Laguna Martilloto Paso Virginia. At Paso Virginia we reach the highest point of the Dientes Circuit at 2,870 feet (859m). The wind has created a moon scenery. We can see Cordillera Darwin and Ushuaia. We spend the night in the forest, out of the wind (5 hours). Day 5: Paso Virginia to Puerto Williams. Hike to the Beagle Channel and Puerto Williams (5 to 6 hours). Day 6: Puerto Williams to Ushuaia.
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29 CROSSING TIERRA DEL FUEGO The best trekking in South Patagonia. Wild, Remote, Unforgettable…
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Day 1 & 2: Transfer to Yehuin Lake, and trekking along the Lakes Districts, to Fagnano Lake - Camping. Day 3: Cross Fagnano Lake by boat – Overnight in a comfortable cabins. Day 4 and 5: Trekking along Valdivieso Circuit to Tierra Mayor Valley, Camping If you like to walk in wild lands, probably this trek is the best you nights. can do in the world. This trip include the “Sierra Valdivieso Day 6 & 7: Trekking along Cinco Circuit”, published in Lonely Planet & Trekking in South Hermanos Pass, Arriving to Beagle America Handbook. Channel and Ushuaia – Night in camping Crossing Tierra del Fuego is an expedition in which we will and Hotel know all the natural environments of the island of Tierra del Day 8: Free day in Ushuaia – break to Fuego, starting from the grasslands of the steppe, to know the city. Hotel. transition environments, and culminating in the Beagle Day 9: Transfer to Ushuaia Airport. Channel coast, after crossing the Fagnano lake, the Andes Range, (at the ends) and the enormous sub Antarctic forest. Transfer, Guide, Meals and Group equipment are included. Over 7 days we walk at south, along ancient paths stays put, crossing the Lake Fagnano, (in a dinghy), and crossing the You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water Andes, range in trails rarely travels, and many time out of bottle, backpack, Sleeping Bag, Gloves the trail, trough virgin forests; in search of the mystic Beagle and hat. Channel and the city of the end of the world: Ushuaia.
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33 34 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Private Itineraries
We will provide Guides and logistic support for your family, individual or grouped trip. •It´s include: •Complete trip planning under your demand, •Guide´s, Porters •Equipment provision, •And all you need for your dreamed trip.
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• You can do it • Logistic support
• You can do your own trip in Patagonia, • We provide logistic support and with our support. information for your autonomous trip in • We can provide gear, information, Tierra del Fuego. packed meals, and all you need for • Ask Us for prices and details about this your camping and mountaineering trip service and conditions. from Ushuaia. • [email protected] • Gear rental are available in our web • We can provide: site: www.companiadeguias.com.ar – Maps and Geographical information • We can provide: – Assorting – Tents, stoves, sleeping bags, mat rest, tarps, – Communications (VHF / Sat / HF) and all the necessary equipment for your trip – Search and Rescue – Meals with adequate packaging for Tierra del – Air and Vessel Support Fuego environment and climate. – Ask for other necessities – Radios and communication equipment.
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• Compañía de Guías de Patagonia, is a professional guides company. Our staff have different qualifications, under Argentina Mountain Guide Association (AAGM) and Wilderness First Responder (WFR) first aid protocol. • Other disciplines have specials certifications, like ACA for Sea Kayaking. • We adopt the Leave no Trace ethics principles in our tours and life. • We operate inside the Tierra del Fuego National Park, with all the licenses and insurances.
38 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Weather
The Climate of Tierra del Fuego belongs to Sub polar Oceanic. Although temperatures are cold during all the year, it is possible to appreciate Magellan forest. Ushuaia has a average temperature of 5,7 °C and a low annual temperature variation, from -0,3 in July to 9,4 °C in January; it is not common temperatures over 15 °C in Summer or less than -8 °C in Winter. Record of absolute temperatures are 29,4 °C (December) and -25,1 °C (July). Cold is so constant, that in Summer it snows eventually, or temperatures like -6 °C. Precipitations, that in Winter usually falls as snow, are constant during the year (524 mm). Even if it doesn’t seem too much, because of the low temperature, they help to consider Ushuaia as a city with wet weather; it also helps that it rains 200 days a year. Strong winds from the western quadrant, originated in the Pacific, feels hard in the city. They give their shape to unprotected trees that grows with their crowns following wind direction. These are called “flag trees”.
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In a full day excursions, the meal is a box lunch, with food for all the day. We provide the box (or bag) with sandwichs (2), cereal bar, fruit, candies, and alfajor (an special type of tipical argentinian small cake). In the trips with overnight, the days start with the camping breakfast (café, milk, tea, cereals, cereal bars and cookies). The lunch is normally walking, some times a box lunch, and other times is a picnic (with salame, cheese, and other things). In the afternoon, when we arrive to the camping site, the guide prepare the snack, with tea (hot drinks) and some thing to eat (normally salame, cheese, and some salt cookies, and peanut). After this, when the camp is ready, we have a dinner, this is a soup, with a hot meal, and dessert. After this some hot drink (cofe or tea) and we will be ready to go to the bed!
40 Logistic support
• Autonomy: – We call autonomy style, when all the equipment for the trip are carring by the clients and guides. No porters are available in this tipe of trips. • Assisted: – We call assisted style, when the company provide porters to carry the grupal equipment (tent´s, stoves, food, etc)
• Very Important Note: – Compañía de Guias, don´t provide porters for personal equipment. The people who walk with us, should to bring their personal equipment. If you can´t to bring you personal stuff, may be can to choice a diferent itinerary, or one personalized trekking.
41 Inclusion & Exclusion
All services include: And not include: • Transport • Personal equipment • Meals • Back pack • Guide • Sleeping bag • Grupal equipment • Clothing • Technical equipment • Air fares to and from • Insurance (PA) Argentina, or internal flights, see exceptions.
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For Reservations For Cancelations
For reservations, contact us via our web For cancelations, we apply the follow conditions: page, or with your travel agency. • If the guide cancel the trip before departure, for safety conditions, we refund 100% of booking. • To confirm the reservation, is • In excursions: If the guide cancel the trip in middle necessary to pay 30% at the moment of the itinerary, or modify the itinerary, we don’t of book, in concept of deposit. And refund. then: • In expeditions: The guide can modify or cancel the – If is expedition trip: 70% 45 days before itinerary in any moment, in function of safety departure – If is excursion: 70% 15 days before departure condition. It is non negotiable. • In rentals, is necessary one guaranty • If client cancel trip, for any reason, before deposit, by cash or credit card coupon, departure: for 100% of the rented equipment – In excursions: 3 days (72hs)before departure, we refund 70%. valor. – In excursions: from 3 days to 1 day (24 hs) we refund 50% – In excursions: inside 24 hs, non refund. • For rentals cancelations, apply same – In expeditions: before 30 days to depart of the trip, we refund conditions than excursions. 70% of the payment – In expeditions: between 30 days before departure, non refund.
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Full Day Trekking Multi Day Trekking
• Glacier Trekking • Montes Martial Circuit (3 days) – U$110.- per person / regular price. – U$498.- per person / autonomy style price.- – No extra costs. – U$660.- per person / assisted style price.- – Meals, equipment, transfer & guide. • Sierra Valdivieso Circuit (4 days) • Summits of the end of the – U$755.- per person / autonomy style price.- world – U$1100.- per person / assisted style price.- – U$110.- per person / regular price. • Dientes de Navarino Circuit (4+2 days) – No extra costs. – U$1490.- per person / autonomy style price.- – Lunch, equipment, transfer & Guide. • Crossing Tierra del Fuego (7 +2 days) • National Park Trekking – U$1725.- per person / autonomy style price.- – U$115.- Per person / regular price. – U$2370.- per person / assisted style price.- – Zodiac Navigation is not available any more. – + national park entrance. • Ask Us for private fares in this itineraries. – Lunch, transfer, guide include. [email protected]
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• Full Day Treks (glacier trekking, Summits Trekking, National Park Trekking) – Based in 1 pax: U$320.- – Based in 2 pax: U$170.- – Based in 3 Pax: U$130.- – Based in 4 & 5 Pax: U$120.- • Montes Martial Circuit: – Based in 1 pax: U$1150.-(Autonomy) and U$1595.- (Assisted) – Based in 2 pax: U$590.-(Autonomy) and U$835.- (Assisted) – Based in 3 Pax: U$520.-(Autonomy) and U$720.- (Assisted) – Based in 4 & 5 Pax: U$485.-(Autonomy) and U$ 670.- (Assisted) • Notes: – Net prices.- – From 6 pax the fare is the regular price.
45 www.companiadeguias.com.ar Contact Us Comercial Office: Gobernador Godoy 19 3º B – (9410) Ushuaia –Argentina Tel: +54 – 2901 – 437753 Móvil: +54 9 2901 401919 Email: [email protected]
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