How far in advance should I book the program?
This program is high demanded, and its places are limited. That's why our recommendation is booking as far in advance as possible. Availability is subject to changes up-to-the-minute.
If you cancel your reservation up to 60 days before the start of the activity, we will refund you 100% of the reservation payment. No refunds will be issued on cancellation requests received after the indicated anticipation.
You can reschedule your booking without any additional cost until 60 days before the beginning of the activiity.
Self-guided trek to the Base of Torres del Paine, with one accommodation night in camping, and round-trip transport from Puerto Natales.
This is a high demand program, and its spaces are limited, so our recommendation is to book your trip as early as possible.
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*Prices subject to change without notice.
*Full board: breakfast, lunch, and dinner, starting with dinner the first day and ending with lunch the last day. Lunch is always packed to go, while breakfast and dinner can be packed or served, which will depend only on the availability of meals in every accommodation (you cannot choose).
Start: Day 1 at 12:00 pm (October and April) or 2:30 pm (November to March) in Puerto Natales Bus Station.
End: Day 2 at 9:30 pm in Puerto Natales Bus Station.
Day 1: Departure from Puerto Natales.
The program starts with you being in the Puerto Natales Bus Station to go to the Portería Laguna Amarga where you will enter to the Torres del Paine National Park. After that, you will be able to take other land transport to the Welcome Center (not included), where you will have to register. You will walk to the Central Campsite, where you will spend the night.
Day 2: Base of Torres del Paine Trek and arrival to Puerto Natales (22 km, 8 to 9 hours).
You will get up early to start hiking to the Base of Torres del Paine. You will begin with an ascent trek of around 3 hours, in which you will go through a forest at the foot of the Almirante Nieto Mount until reaching the moraine, the starting point of the heaviest part of the trek. After going up by this path, you will get to the Base of Torres del Paine, where if the weather allows it, you will admire the landscape formed by this granite elevations and the lagoon of glacier source. After staying there for a while, during which you will recover energy and take pictures, you will start the walk back to the Welcome Center and then to the portería, to take the bus back to the Puerto Natales Bus Station, where the activity ends.
There are no refunds no reschedule in case any of the following situations may prevent making part or the entire program: adverse weather conditions, natural disasters, fires, flooding, road cuts, accidents, strikes, demonstrations, pandemics, epidemics, flight cancellations, lost luggage, accidents of the passenger inside the park, and personal or health problems of the passenger. For passengers that have travel insurance (suggested), due to the impossibility to make part or the entire program because of the reasons described above and whose insurance policy covers the case at hand, we will provide the required documents to be presented to the insurance company.
This program is high demanded, and its places are limited. That's why our recommendation is booking as far in advance as possible. Availability is subject to changes up-to-the-minute.
This program is self-guided (without a guide), so you will go on your own walking through the tracks of the park. This way is possible due to all tracks in the park are duly marked and that before starting the program we will send you all the details and a map of the circuit.
In a program with accommodations in refugio you will sleep in a shared room (bunkbeds), with shared bathroom (hot shower), while in a program with accommodations in campsite you will sleep in a double private tent (sleeping bag and sleeping pad included) with shared bathroom (hot shower). Notice that for this second mode the tent will be set up in every accommodation place, that is you won't have to carry, set nor disassemble the tent.
Breakfast include coffee, tea, milk, bread, eggs, cheese, ham, jam, juice and fruit. Box lunch usually is a cold sandwich, cereal bar, chocolate bar, dried fruits and fruit. Finally, dinner includes menu of the day, with first course, second course, dessert and water.
Yes. All meals can be adapted for vegetarian, vegan or celiac people, considering that all food are prepared in the same kitchen and might be contact with other food. When booking you must specify your food restrictions in the “additional comments” section.
In much of the circuit, no. Only in some specific spots in the park (usually at the beginning and end of the circuit), it is possible reaching places for having some signal.
Yes. In every accommodation there is satellite internet (paid with credit card, from CLP$ 10.000 for 1 hour).
Yes. All accommodations have drinking water that comes from the natural springs of the park.
Yes. All accommodations have hot showers.
During the whole year, even in summer, weather is ever-changing. In a single day you can have sun, clouds, rain and wind. So, our recommendation is be prepared for all kind of weather.