8 Days / 7 Nights - Santiago, Puerto Natales, Punta Arenas & Santiago

Day 01: Tuesday: Arrive Santiago

Met upon arrival and transfer to your hotel in Santiago. Overnight at Hotel.

Day 02: Wednesday: Santiago

Santiago is a cosmopolitan city that blends the old with the new. Visit the landmark places such as Plaza de Armas, the Cathedral, the Post Office and the Municipality of Santiago. Your tour will continue to visit the Government Palace and a chance to walk through some of the most traditional streets and neighborhoods. Later you will travel east, where you will see modern buildings and how they have transformed this city. Overnight at the hotel. (B)

Optional tour available upon request:
Half day Concha Y Toro Winery (Shared basis): $ 87.00 per person (Minimum 02 passengers)

You will depart from Santiago and head to Mountain Pirque Valley, where the worldwide renowned vineyard Viña & Toro is located. It was founded in 1883 by Melchor Concha y Toro with vines brought from the region of Bourdeaux, France. Today, this vineyard is the greatest exporter of Latin America Wine in more than 130 countries. It is one of the most important wine brands in the world. Visit a distinguished house surrounded by the beautiful park designed by a French landscapist as illustrated on the label of some Concha & Toro wines. At Concha & Toro, the tradition and innovation are mixed perfectly. Concha & Toro is fully engaged in providing the best quality experience of wine tasting. This Vineyard has won international fame for its brands, particularly, "Casillero Del Diablo" and “Don Melchor”. Your visit will end at the wine stores where you will have an opportunity to buy some wine. Later return to your hotel.

Day 03: Thursday: Santiago

Full day at leisure. Overnight at the hotel. (B)

Optional tour available upon request:
Full day Vina del Mar & Valparaiso tour (Shared basis): $ 172.00 per person (Minimum 02 passengers)

Today head towards the coast, located just 120 kilometers / 75 miles from Santiago, crossing the fertile Curacaví and Casablanca Valleys, with their beautiful vineyards, fruit tree farms, and forest reserves. Visit the twin cities of Viña del Mar, Chile's main seaside town and Valparaíso, a port city founded in the sixteenth century and declared as "World Heritage Site by UNESCO."

On this tour enjoy a scenic drive through the National Congress, Parque O'Higgins, Parque Italia, Plaza de la Victoria, Plaza Sotomayor and "Muelle Prat Wharf located at the port in Valparaiso. Later visit the Museum of the famous Chilean poet, writer and Nobel Prize Literature winner (1971) Pablo Neruda La Sebastiana House-Museum.

You will visit the elevators – cable cars that take you to the peaks around Valparaiso with amazing look out points (miradores) offering views of the city. Also visit Cerro Alegre-Cerro Conception, Sotomayor Square, Naval Heroes Monument, and Paseo 21 de Mayo at Cerro Playa Ancha.

Vina del Mar, also known as "the Garden City", has 300,000 inhabitants and is the country's main beach resort. Located next to the Port of Valparaiso, it has a good selection of restaurants, a casino, cafes, discotheques and shops. Past and present intermingle in this bustling tourist centre. Here, you will visit the "Flowers Clock", "Quinta Vergara", "Muelle Vergara" and "the casino", before your guide takes you for a drive along the coast to Reñaca Beach. Later return to your hotel in Santiago.

Day 04: Friday: Santiago - Punta Arenas by flight & drive to Puerto Natales

Departure transfer to airport for your flight to Punta Arenas. Met upon arrival and transfer to Puerto Natales. Arrive and check in at your hotel. Overnight at the hotel. (B)

Day 05: Saturday: Puerto Natales – Torres del Paine National Park – Puerto Natales

Early in the morning departure from the hotel to visit the Torres del Paine National Park, which covers an area of 242.242 hectares. The road is surrounded with dozens of lagoons covered with grasses and aquatic birds, contrasting with small hills where flocks of Guanacos pasture. Continue thought the Nordenskjold Lake that bathes the mountainside of the Paine range with its emerald green color. The lake gives life to the impetuous Salto Grande, forming the quiet Pehoe Lake spilling its waters from the Nordenskjold Lake. Enjoy a brief stop at Salto Grande for soft walking to admire the waterfall and Los Cuernos observation point, where you can see de Corns of the Paine, French valley and Big Paine mount. Later your journey continues skirting the Paine River until the Grey Lake by a surrounded road of vegetation and sharp hillsides. Enjoy walking around the Pingo River for an hour through a delimited track, which crosses this river. The sandy ground delimits the borders of the lake where millenary iceberg stuck on the edges can be seen. At the far end of the lake witness the outstanding Grey glacier that conforms a surrounded unbeatable landscape of hills, forests and part of the Paine Mountains. You will return to your hotel in the evening. (L)

Day 06: Sunday: Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas drive & fly to Santiago

Departure transfer to Punta Arenas airport for your flight to Puerto Natales. Met upon arrival and transfer to your hotel. Overnight at the hotel. (B)

Optional tour available upon request:
Half day Bulnes fort “Estrecho de Magallanes” excursion (Shared basis) with English Speaking guide: $ 230.00 per person (Minimum 02 passengers)

At 58 kilometers south of Punta Arenas, bordering the “Estrecho de Magallanes”, is located the fort Bulnes, the first Chilean enclave in the southern zone. This fort was founded in 1843 on the rocky nose of Santa Ana, place where the state of Chile took possession of the “Estrecho de Magallanes”. Today, there is a reconstruction of the original fort, restored and preserving the spirit of the first inhabitants of this southern region. The journey takes about an hour, bordering the “Estrecho de Magallanes”, allowing you to observe a variety of marine birds including gulls, caiquenes, bandurrias and cormorants, among others. The first visit is the milestone that marks the geographical center of Chile, where you can take pictures, and then continue to the Fort, located just one kilometer from the sector.

In this reconstructed fort, you will observe the church, a prison, chaplain's room, water wells, the powder keg, the post office and the cowshed that belonged to the first Chilean garrison in 1843. During the tour, fauna and flora are varied and it is possible to see birds like the carrancho, a typical species of the region, the “loica” with its characteristic front red plumage, and fieldfare among others. Later return to your hotel.

Day 07: Monday: Santiago

Full day at leisure. Overnight at the hotel. (B)

Optional tour available upon request:
Full day Maipo Valley Perez Cruz & Haras de Pirque Vineyard with lunch: $ 346.00 per person (Minimum 02 passengers)

You will start your tour with private car and guide from your hotel and travel south of Santiago to "Viña Pérez Cruz". This vineyard is family owned since the middle of last century. This vineyard began to develop agricultural activities with great dedication and professionalism. It focused on the production of red wines, produced and bottled 100% in Fundo La Ligua, in a careful blend of vines, mixing local tradition and modern techniques. "Viña Pérez Cruz" is certified in quality and environment standards, actively participating in projects that promote the development of the inhabitants of the area. The tour will be carried out by a specialized guide, who will show you the cellar and finally you will taste two wines: Reserva and Limited Edition.

Later you will travel towards the Pirque area where you can enjoy a delicious lunch at a local restaurant "La Calma de Rita". In the afternoon you will have an opportunity to visit "Viña Haras de Pirque". This vineyard reflects the perfect combination of two passions: pure breeding of horses and the production of fine wines. Today, this vineyard covers 600 hectares in the middle of the Andes, in Pirque. In 1992, around 120 hectares of vineyards were planted, mainly Cabernet Sauvignon and Carménère, among the red vines, and Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, among the white vines, from which there is a production of excellence and premium wines that today create their unique and award winning wines. In 1998, around 20 additional hectares of Syrah and Cabernet Franc were added. You will begin your tour with a presentation and tour of the field. You will climb the winery located among the vineyards and will taste wines in the cellar. Later return to your hotel.

Day 08: Tuesday: Depart Santiago

Departure transfer to the airport for your flight to onward destination. (B)