Andean Lake Crossing

Day 1 : Santiago de Chile (- / - / -)

Upon arrival at Santiago airport, you will be met by our representative and escorted to your hotel. Our representative will assist you with check-in procedures and provide you with a detailed itinerary, covering all the services included in your tour and additional information on the organization of your trip in Chile. You will also receive a contact information sheet with all the hotel details as well as our offices contact information and a 24-hour emergency number.

Overnight in Santiago de Chile.

Day 2 : Santiago de Chile (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

HD City Tour :

Santiago is a mixture between the old and the modern, characteristic that we invite you to know. Our tour through Santiago will show the immensity of the city, its varied geography and civility. We will guide you through Plaza de Armas, Main square of Santiago, where the cathedral, main post office and city hall are located. You will be told about the origins of our city.

Next stop is the civic neighborhood and the surroundings of La Moneda government palace. After that, we´ll drive through some of the old neighborhoods of Santiago, like Republica and Concha y Toro. Later we will visit the eastern part of the city and we'll see the modern buildings and the changes that they have brought to the neighborhood.

Overnight in Santiago de Chile.

Day 3 : Santiago de Chile (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Day at leisure.

Overnight in Santiago de Chile.

Day 4 : Santiago de Chile – Puerto Varas (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the set time you will be transferred to Santiago airport.

Upon arrival at Puerto Montt airport, you will be met by our representative and escorted to your hotel in Puerto Varas.

Overnight in Puerto Varas.

Day 5 : Puerto Varas (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

HD El Frutillar Excursion :

We start our trip by visiting the city of Llanquihue, famous for their traditional and tasty sausages. This area is part of the ancient Route of the Settlers and is the place where the Maullin River is born. During the tour around the city we will visit the German Colonists Memorial and then head towards the Frutillar city. This city is a beautiful village that recalls the old Bavaria, from where the first colonizers arrived. In 1856 Frutillar was just a boarding pier, soon appeared tanneries, mills and breweries that brought the region to life.

We will walk around the beautiful old houses of German style, admiring the gardens and the incomparable views of the Osorno and Puntiagudo volcanoes framing the city.As an option, passengers can go to the German Colonial Museum which portrays the life of the settlers, and at the lake shore (tickets not included) observe the Teatro del Lago (Lake Theatre) that yearly presents the famous Frutillar Musical Week, a Summer Festival of classic music from Chile and abroad.

Overnight in Puerto Varas.

Day 6 : Puerto Varas (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Day at leisure.

Overnight in Puerto Varas

Day 7 : Puerto Varas – Bariloche (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the set time you will be transferred to the port to take the Andean Lake crossing navigation.

Departures from Puerto Varas.

The tour will then follow to Petrohue, bordering Llanquihue Lake. Throughout the journey on route, you will be able to enjoy imposing sights of Osorno and Calbuco Volcanoes. Entrance to Vicente Perez National Park, place where you will visit the Petrohue falls (tickets not included), impressive volcanic rock shapes, in which the emerald green water covers. Set sail to Peulla, navegating Todos los Santos Lake, if the weather permits it you will keep on enjoying the scenery of Osorno and Puntiagudo Volcanoes and Tronador Hill. Arrival to Peulla, ecological Village, paradise for the nature lovers. Here you will have lunch (not included).

After lunch, we will board a bus with destination to Puerto Frias, Customs procedures to exit Chile and enter Argentina. We will cross the Andes Mountains at only 976 metres over sea level. We will start to go down road to Puerto Frías, and navigate through the lake that receives the same name: Lago Frias (Lake Frias) and head journey onto Puerto Alegre, place where we will board a bus to Puerto Blest.

Depart from Puerto Blest, this will be our last navigation through Nahuel Huapi Lake with destination to Puerto Pañuelo, we will take a bus to do the last portion and destination to “The Argentinean city of Tourism”, San Carlos de Bariloche. City which fascinates the tourists throughout the year with its Ski centre, commerce, hotels, restaurants and night life.

Overnight in Bariloche.

Day 8 : Bariloche (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

HD Short Circuit Excursion

Today, you will discover the picturesque town of Bariloche and its surroundings by doing the "Circuito Chico" tour (Short Circuit). It starts by going along Nahuel Huapi Lake all the way up to Bonita Beach, where the Huemul Island can be seen. Later, you will arrive at the foothill of Cerro Campanario (1,050 meters / 3,500 ft. above sea level) where a chair lift can take visitors up to the top and appreciate the beautiful landscape surrounding Bariloche. The highlights are the Nahuel Huapi and Perito Moreno Lakes, the Trebol Lagoon, the San Pedro and Llao Llao peninsulas, Victoria Island, the Otto, Lopez, Catedral and Goye mountains.

Continuing the trip, you will pass by the San Pedro Peninsula and will get to the Llao Llao peninsula where it is possible to see the renowned hotel and the local San Bernardo church. You will pass by the hotel golf courses, the bridge over the Angostura River and that joins the Moreno and Nahuel Huapi lakes. The next stop will be in a natural lookout point. Then, after going around El Trebol lagoon, you will start heading back to the city closing and finishing this circuit.

Overnight in Bariloche.

Day 9 : Bariloche (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

Day at leisure.

Overnight in Bariloche.

Day 10 : Bariloche – Buenos Aires (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the set time you will be transferred to Bariloche airport.

Upon arrival at Buenos Aires airport, you will be met by our representative and escorted to your hotel.

Overnight in Buenos Aires.

Day 11 : Buenos Aires (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

HD City Tour :

The tour includes attractions such as the 9 de Julio Avenue, the Obelisk and Corrientes Street. The first stop will be in the Plaza de Mayo so as to visit the Cathedral and the Cabildo (Old City Hall). After that, the trip will continue towards the most traditional neighborhood of Buenos Aires, San Telmo, which is characterized by its old colonial houses and the cobblestoned streets. Later on, the tour will go to La Boca Neighborhood located in the south of the city. There will be a new scheduled stop so as to look around the colorful zinc houses that make up this area of Buenos Aires and that used to be the refuge and home for the first immigrants and popular artists. Soon after, the vehicle continues to Puerto Madero – the old port of the city that was turned into one of the most exclusive gastronomic and residential areas in Buenos Aires.

The tour will go to Palermo: one of the most extended areas in the city and where it is possible to find the popular woods of Palermo with more or less 300 ha (741 acres) of gardens and artificial ponds surrounded by elegant buildings. Finally, the last point in the tour is Recoleta, which is one of the most selected neighborhoods and where, among other attractions, the Recoleta Cemetery can be found. Also, there are bars, cafes and fancy restaurants that are worth a visit.

Overnight in Buenos Aires.

Day 12 : Buenos Aires (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel. Day at leisure.

Overnight in Buenos Aires.

Day 13 : Buenos Aires (B / - / -)

Breakfast at the hotel.

At the set time you will be transferred to Buenos Aires airport.

End of our services.