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Explora Patagonia І Trekkings PATAGONIA explorations explora Patagonia І Trekkings T2 Mirador del Toro T4 Lago Grey Type: Half day Type: Half day Duration: 1 hr 30 min Duration: 2 hrs 30 min Distance: 2 km / 1,3 miles Distance: 5 km / 3,2 miles Ascent: 58 meters / 186 feet Ascent: 37 meters / 118 feet Highlights: Lake del Toro, Highlights: The Grey Glacier, beech panoramic views and bird watching forest, icebergs TREKKINGS Description: We leave the hotel by Description: We will leave the van and go over the Weber Bridge, hotel by van and head towards the from where we will walk toward Grey Lake station. We’ll begin the Our hikes have been designed for travelers the Del Toro Lake and the park excursion by crossing the hanging with different interests and abilities. They administration. Along the way we bridge over the torrential Pingo vary in length and difficulty, which is will see the abundant low-growing River and cross a lenga forest until why we recommend you always seek our flora and rock, which prove that the we reach the shores of Lake Grey, guides’ park was completely covered in ice generally quite windy, where we advice when deciding if a particular a million years ago. Once we reach will be able to see the enormous exploration suits you. the lookout, we will see the Del Toro icebergs that break off the Grey Lake, the Serrano plains and the old Glacier. After a moderate ascent, we gaucho ranches. During the descent, will be able to see the Grey Glacier Easy we will observe a small lagoon fed up close. Finally we will return to by rain water where birds, and, if the Grey station where a van will be we are lucky, black-necked swans waiting to take us back to the hotel. T1 Mirador Pehoé can be seen. We will return to the Family recommended Type: Half day hotel by van. Duration: 2 hrs Family recommended Distance: 4 km / 2,3 miles T5 Ribera Serrano Ascent: 152 meters / 486 feet Type: Half day Highlights: Local flora, Lake Pehoé, T3 Nordenskjöld Duration: 1 hr 5 min panoramic views Type: Half day Distance: 3 km / 1,9 miles Description: We leave the hotel by Duration: 2 hrs 30 min Ascent: 7 meters / 22 feet foot, walking along the Pehoé Lake, Distance: 6 km / 3,6 miles Highlights: Pampa Serrano, observing the various orchids and Ascent: 48 meters / 154 feet panoramic views, Serrano River, ñirre trees that comprise the local Highlights: Panoramic views, Lake wildlife flora. We will ascend to a triangular Nordenskjöld, Paine Massif Description: We leave the hotel by rock from where we will be able Description: We will leave the hotel van and head towards the Serrano to see the intense blue of Lake by van and head towards the area station. From there, we will hike Pehoé and the Paine ridge. If the of the Pudeto station. From there across the pampa Serrano, fully day is clear we will be able to enjoy we will walk along a path where we grasping the contrast between the a unique view from above, quite will see the largest formation of the flat grasslands and the granite Paine different from that of the hotel. massif, called Paine Grande, with its Massif. The Serrano River’s lush Finally we will descend, observing hanging glaciers. Later we will arrive wildlife leads our hike. We finally the turquoise tones of the Paine at the turquoise waters of Lake meet the explora van that takes us River from afar. Nordenskjöld. You can often hear back to the hotel. Family recommended the sound of breaking ice and the Family recommended creaking noises of the mountains. Later, from the Nordenskjöld lookout, we will have a full view of the lake and the Paine Massif. Finally, we willreturn to the hotel by van. Family recommended explora Patagonia І Trekkings T6 Ribera Paine T8 Variación Laguna Azul T10 Sarmiento Type: Half day Mirador Type: Half day Duration: 1 hrs 30 min Type: Half day Duration: 2 hrs 30 min Distance: 2 km / 1,3 miles Duration: 1 hr 30 min Distance: 5 km / 2,7 miles Ascent: 36 meters / 115 feet Distance: 4 km / 2,1 miles Ascent: 48 meters / 154 feet Highlights: Paine riverbank, Ascent: 152 meters / 486 feet Highlights: Riverbanks, abundant panoramic views Highlights: Local tree species, flora, bird watching, Lake Sarmiento Description: We will walk from the panoramic views of the Blue Lagoon Description: A van will take us hotel to the banks of the Paine River and Paine Towers from the hotel to the beginning where we will follow a path with Description: After walking along of our walk, along a trail of low slight slopes, low bushes and small the beaches of the Blue Lagoon, we vegetation where we will find patches of forests, with outstanding will slowly ascend on a path lined paramelas, a natural indigenous views of the Paine River and the with lenga and ñirre trees. We will flower known for its vibrant yellow massif. hike across plains and finally arrive color and pleasant scent. We will Family recommended at a lookout with panoramic views then descend to the beach of of the Blue Lagoon and the Paine Lake Sarmiento Chico, crossing Towers. We will return on the same rocky formations of calcium, and T7 Laguna Azul path towards the van, which will be ascend to panoramic views of Lake Type: Half day waiting to take us back to the hotel. Sarmiento. We will return to explora Duration: 45 min Family recommended by van. Distance: 1 km / 0,6 miles Family recommended Ascent: 11 meters / 35 feet Highlights: Blue Lagoon, bird watching, Paine Towers Moderate Description: This exploration T11 Aonikenk begins at the explora Quincho, from Type: Half day where we will take the van to the T9 Mirador Cóndor Duration: 3 hrs Blue Lagoon and walk along a large Type: Half day Distance: 7 km / 4,1 miles wetland inhabited by numerous Duration: 2 hrs 30 min Ascent: 173 meters / 554 feet aquatic bird species. We will then Distance: 4 km / 2,2 miles Highlights: Caves, bird watching, walk along the beach of the lagoon Ascent: 250 meters / 800 feet wildlife, flora, fauna and puma with its transparent waters, and the Highlights: 360° views of the park, hunting grounds Paine Towers will gradually come panoramic lookouts, native forests Description: We will leave the hotel into view. We will eventually reach Description: We leave the hotel by by van and head to the eastern a lookout from where we will see foot, walking along Lake Pehoé and part of the park. This excursion is one of the best views of the lagoon the camping area. From afar we will an excellent opportunity to enjoy and granite towers behind it. At this see a mushroom shaped hill, at the the local wildlife, especially during point, a van will be waiting to take top of which the Mirador Cóndor spring, when animals are active and us back to the hotel. will be our destination. Along the the vegetation is in full bloom. We Family recommended way we will pass through lenga and will also visit a cave with 4,000 year ñirre forests while we gain altitude, old paintings and see geese, ducks feeling the force of the wind that and swans in the lagoons along the makes this expedition all the more way. The terrain has various ups and challenging. Once we reach the downs without too steep a slope. Mirador Cóndor, we will have a We will return to the hotel by van. 360° view of the park, observing, Family recommended among other things, Lake Pehoé, the Paine Massif, Lake Sarmiento and explora Patagonia. On the way back we will go down a steep rocky slope until we reach the van that will take us back to explora. explora Patagonia І Trekkings T12 Pingo Chorrillo Los T14 Mirador Sierra del Toro T15 Glaciar Grey Salmones Type: Half day Type: Full day Type: Half day Duration: 3 hrs Duration: 5 hrs 30 min Duration: 3 hrs 30 min Distance: 5 km / 2,9 miles Distance: 12 km / 7,4 miles Distance: 9 km / 5,2 miles Ascent: 393 meters / 1258 feet Ascent: 231 meters / 739 feet Ascent: 49 meters / 157 feet Highlights: Riverbanks, panoramic Highlights: Grey Glacier, Southern Highlights: Pingo riverbank, native views, gaucho territories, Lake Toro Ice Fields, boat ride on Lake Grey, forest, bird watching Description: We leave the hotel icebergs Description: We will leave the by van, reaching the Weber Bridge Description: We begin this hotel by van and head toward the where we will cross the turquoise exploration by crossing the turquoise Grey Lake station. From there, we waters of the Paine River. There, we waters of Lake Pehoé on board will walk on a path along the Pingo will immediately begin our steep, the explora catamaran towards the River, crossing open fields and rocky ascent of the mountains Paine Grande hotel. From here, we entering a dense forest of native bordering the river. The vegetation will walk towards the Grey Refuge trees. Along the way, we will enjoy is low, allowing beautiful views of along the border of the massif. different views of the Paine Massif the Del Toro Lake, Paine River and Halfway up the ascent, we will be along with its unique fauna, which Serrano Pampa where you can often able to observe the Grey Glacier includes ducks and parrots. We see gauchos. After arriving at the and the extraordinary extension will return along the same path to highest point, we will descend along of the Southern Ice Fields from the station and take a van back to the same path.
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