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Signature Patagonia: Highlights of Patagonia

15 days from £6,500pp

(based on two people sharing & excluding flights)

Chile / Argentina / Patagonia

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Overview & Highlights

This holiday plunges into the heart of Patagonia, from the secretive isle of Chiloe and a trans-Andean lakes crossing to the southerly Perito Moreno Glacier and Torres del Paine National Park. It’s a region of huge landscapes from the hauntingly desolate to the lushly beautiful, home to varied wildlife.

This is a comprehensive Patagonia highlights holiday exploring the indigo lakes, ancient woodland and snow-capped volcanoes of the lake district. Further south are the ice caps, glaciers, jagged mountains and lakes at the tip of the Andes in Chile and Argentina. This adventure includes a visit to the cathedral-high Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, and Torres del Paine National Park, Chile’s best loved and well-established reserve.

While the lake district in northern Patagonia has lakeside resorts and many visitors in summer, there are little seen fairyland forests and lonely roads carving their way through a virgin landscape. The south is, in parts, a true wilderness, where just a few rough roads cut through a frost-bitten landscape of glaciers, lagoons, icy pinnacles and steppe, Patagonia is nevertheless readily accessible to visitors.

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  • Half day walking city tour of Santiago
  • Full day vineyard excursion to Maipo Valley
  • Half day walking tour of Valparaiso
  • Full day excursion to Chiloé Island, visiting the Puñihuil penguin colony
  • Picturesque full day Andean boat crossing to Bariloche, via Petrohue waterfalls
  • Excursion to Tronador mountain
  • Visit Perito Moreno glacier, boat cruise on the lake
  • Excursions and activities in Torres del Paine National Park

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Sally Dodge Travel Expert A former Journey Latin America tour leader, Sally spent 7 years working, travelling and living throughout Latin America before returning to the UK to help people arrange their own adventures to this wonderful destination.

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