Self-guided W Circuit trek, with accommodation in campsite, transport, Pehoé Lake catamaran, and optional activity in Grey Area. Daily departures.
This is a high demand program and its spaces are limited, so our recommendation is to book your trip as early as possible.
Program based on double occupancy for residents in Chile: CLP$ 599.000 per person.
Program based on double occupancy for non-residents in Chile: US$ 840 per person.
Once the online payment is completed, we will confirm your booking within 3 business days (up to 7 business days during high season), depending on accommodation availability. If we are unable to confirm the requested start date, we will offer you the next closest available date (usually starting one or two days later). If the proposed date doesn’t work for you, you may request a full refund.
*The confirmed accommodation for each night, as well as the direction of the program (Central to Grey or Grey to Central), will depend on accommodation availability for your travel dates. If you have any specific preferences regarding accommodations and/or direction, please indicate them in the “Additional comments” box during the online booking process.
*Prices subject to change without notice.
*The box lunch is always provided to go, while breakfast and dinner may be either to go or served, depending solely on the meal availability at each accommodation (it is not possible to choose the format). If you have any dietary restrictions, please indicate them in the “Additional comments” box during the online booking process.
*The following itinerary is for reference only and may not match the itinerary of your confirmed program. If you have any questions about your confirmed itinerary, please contact us at reservas@denomades.com.
Start: Day 1 at 7:00 am in Terminal Rodoviario de Puerto Natales.
End: Day 5 at 9:30 pm in Terminal Rodoviario de Puerto Natales.
Day 1: Departure from Puerto Natales and Base of Torres del Paine Hike (22 km, 13.7 miles, 8 to 9 hours).
The program starts in the Puerto Natales Bus Station to take the bus to the Portería Laguna Amarga, where you will enter the Torres del Paine National Park. After that, you will be able to take another ground transport to the Welcome Center, where you will have to register. After leaving your things in Central Campsite, you will start walking up for 4 hours, crossing the Ascencio Valley and the Paso de los Vientos until reaching one of the most known places inside the national park: Base of Torres Lookout Point. After visiting the lookout point, you will go back by the same track to spend the night in Central campsite.
Day 2: Cuernos Trek (11 km, 6.8 miles, 4 to 5 hours).
The hike continues from Central Campsite going around the Paine Massif, through the base of the Cerro Almirante Nieto. During this way you will see the local flora, the Nordenskjöld lake and the hanging glaciers. After 4 or 5 hours walking, you will reach your next destination, the Cuernos del Paine, where you will be able to take some pictures, if the weather is good enough. When night falls, you will sleep in Francés campsite.
Day 3: Francés Valley Hike (25 km, 15.5 miles, 10 to 12 hours).
During this day, you will have to go over 15.5 miles, so the general recommendations is starting the excursion early. The first two hours are smooth, at the same time you can see the Nordenskjöld lake. The first stop will be in the Italiano Campsite, where you can leave your backpack and continue the route only with the essentials (water, warm clothes and food). From there, you will start going up for 1 hour and half through the Francés River Valley until reaching the Francés Glacier Lookout Point. The travel continues until arriving to the Británico Lookout Point, where you can see the unique scenarios delivered by this place inside the national park: Paine Grande, Catedral, Aleta de Tiburón and Cuerno Norte. The return is by the same track until Italiano Campsite, and then you will follow the route to Paine Grande for your third night of accommodation in Paine Grande campsite.
Day 4: Grey Trek + additional activity on the glacier (11 km, 6.8 miles, 4 to 5 hours).
During this day you will be able to visit the Grey Glacier Lookout Points. To reach to the first lookout, you have to walk for 1 and a half hour from Paine Grande, from where you will start to see the final destination. You have to continue walking for almost 2 hours to reach the Grey Campsite, where you can leave your things to keep walking for another 15 minutes until reaching the Main Lookout Point. After this effort, you just have revel with the magnitude of the Grey Glacier, the Cordón Olguín and the small icebergs. After going back to the Grey campsite, where you will stay during the night, you will be able to go to the base to make one of the two optional available activities:
Day 5: Paine Grande Trek and arrival to Puerto Natales (11 km, 6.8 miles, 4 to 5 hours).
In the morning, you will start walking by the same track to the Paine Grande Area, seizing the last views of the Grey Glacier, passing by the Patos Lagoon. While you continue, you will have views of the Pehoé Lake and the Cerro Paine Grande, until reaching the pier where you will have to take the catamaran that crosses the Pehoé Lake to Pudeto. In that last place the bus will be waiting to take you back to the Terminal Rodoviario de Puerto Natales.
40-liter backpack for the entire circuit.
20-liter daypack for daily hikes.
Trekking shoes.
Sandals or comfortable shoes (like Crocs).
Waterproof pants.
Waterproof jacket.
Warm jacket (like a fleece).
1 T-shirt per day (ideally a mix of short- and long-sleeved shirts).
1 pair of socks per day (preferably trekking socks).
Underwear.
Sun hat.
Sunglasses.
Sunscreen.
Small microfiber towel.
Personal hygiene items.
Water bottle.
Ziploc bags or similar (for storing trash).
Flashlight.
Power bank.
Cash.
Food and cooking gear (if not booking the full board meal service).
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 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 to your dietary restrictions. If you have any dietary restrictions, please indicate them in the “Additional comments” box during the online booking process.
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. In common areas of the accommodations there are sockets, which work until 00:00 am (time in which power is cut off). Because there are just a few sockets, there's not always availability, so our recommendation is bringing a power bank with you.
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.
