PATAGONIA – A JOURNEY TO “THE END OF THE WORLD”

Departure from Milan to Santiago de Chile with LAN operated flight

Arrival in Santiago de Chile in the early morning and transfer by car to Valparaiso. Hotel accommodation and rest of the day at leisure. Overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel. Day dedicated to customs clearance and collection of motorcycles at the port authority of Valparaiso and visit to the city. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Day dedicated to customs clearance and collection of motorcycles at the port authority of Valparaiso and visit to the city. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Day dedicated to customs clearance and collection of motorcycles at the port authority of Valparaiso and visit to the city. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Our adventure begins... towards Ushuaia. Today you will transfer to Chillan where you will spend the night before arriving in Osorno. Overnight stay at Hotel.

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Departure from Italy to Santiago de Chile with LAN operated flight

Breakfast at the hotel. You will travel towards Osorno where you will meet the rest of the group arriving from Italy and will start the trip with the rental motorcycles. Overnight stay.

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Arrival in Santiago de Chile in the early morning. Internal flight to Osorno. Arrival in Osorno and meeting with the local assistant for the transfer and accommodation in the hotel. Meeting with the rest of the group from Valparaiso with their motorcycles. Welcome dinner in an excellent restaurant where you can taste meat and fish.

Breakfast at the hotel. Leaving Osorno, crossing the mighty Andes via Puyehue Pass admiring recently active volcanoes, you will travel the edge of the beautiful lake Nahuel Huapi to get to Bariloche where you will spend the first night in this famous resort city on the edge of the Nahuel Huapi. You will drive along 250 km of paved road. Hotel accommodation. Overnight stay.

After breakfast, you will leave Bariloche and you will continue south to Futaleufu along 420 km of paved road. This will lead you to travel the edge of the mountain lakes of Mascardi, Guillermo and Gutierrez surrounded from high peaks and forests. You will stop in El Bolsòn for free lunch. Once you reach Esquel, a small and warm town founded by the Welshman in the 19th century, you will climb the Andes again to return to Chile again. You will arrive in Futaleufu in the evening. Overnight stay.

Breakfast in Futaleufu, and then you will start again the journey through what can be considered one of the most beautiful roads in South America, the mythical "Carretera Austral", the great communication route built by Pinochet for military purposes and to unite the north in the south of the country ... even if increasingly asphalted, it still retains the charm of the ancient adventurers. Arrival in Coyaique. Overnight stay.

After breakfast you will continue to Puerto Guadal, entirely along the Carretera Austral. Overnight stay in Puerto Guadal on the shores of Lake General Carrera. The whole trip will be in the middle of a beautiful rainforest.

Breakfast at the hotel. You drive along the shores of Lake General Carrera to return to Argentina and stop immediately after the border in Los Antiguos. Hotel accommodation. Overnight stay.

Today you will seriously start our road trip because you will have a mixed dirty road on clay. This is the Patagonia you have heard of, the true image of emptiness and desolation. You can travel for several hours without encountering anything except bushes. You can expect to meet wild animals such as guanaco, rhea pennati and even a type of armadillo. You will pass the outpost of Bajo Caracoles and at the end you will reach the ranch at Gobernador Gregores where you will spend the night and where you will eat in front of a fire enjoying a huge sky full of stars. The accommodations here are much easier with shared bathrooms.

After breakfast at the hotel, you go towards the bars of the Rio de la Vueltas river until you arrive in the small town of El Chalten. We are in the heart of the Los Glaciares National Park, at the base of the Cerro Torre and Cerro Chaltén mountains. Hotel accommodation. Overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel. Day to enjoy the scenic wonders that Los Glaciares offers us. Overnight stay.

Drive for another 160 km on gravel road and on 150 km of paved road over many stancia and the mighty Santa Cruz river that flows into Lake Argentina. Then you will drive on the pave again for a short ride in the city of Calafate where you will spend two nights. You will take photos in a heavenly place for hiking: El Chaltèn with the Fitz Foy on Lake Viedma. Overnight stay.

Breakfast. After so many stages and many kilometers this will be a peaceful but unforgettable day.
You will ride our motorcycles and we will visit the famous "Perito Moreno" glacier which will leave you breathless with all its majesty. You will enjoy the first aperitif of the
2021 with this unforgettable view on one of the oldest glaciers in the world and you will return to El Calafate in the late afternoon. Overnight stay.

Breakfast. Driving along the legendary Ruta 40 and then Ruta 9 in Chile you will reach Torres del Paine National Park, one of the most fascinating places on the planet, a destination for tourists and hikers from all over the world which will kidnap us with its unique beauty.

Breakfast at the hotel. Free day at leisure for visiting the National Park. Free dinner. Overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel. Wonderful stop that will bring you closer to the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego. You will hear our goal approaching, the strong wind and the many lamas will accompany you along the visit towards the southern hemisphere. You will finally cross the Strait of Magellan and after crossing the Tierra del Fuego you will return to Chile to arrive at Cerro Sombrero, the last stop before reaching Ushuaia, the Fin del Mundo. Overnight stay.

Breakfast at the hotel. We leave Cerro Sombrero and we head towards Ushuaia on a paved road. You start along the Fagnano lake and up into the spectacular Darwin chain, beyond the Garibaldi pass. At the end of the day, free dinner in Ushuaia and overnight stay in our accommodation.

Day at leisure to visit the end of road 3, the Lapataia National Park or to visit the prison which has been transformed into a museum. The next day you can also decide, if anyone is interested in seeing penguins, to stop in the Estancia Habertone in front of the island of Puerto Williams.

Breakfast at the hotel. You leave Ushuaia early in the morning to start a long and interesting day. You will visit the penguins of Estancia Harberton, (cost of the excursion apart from USD 90). You will refuel in Tolhuin before arriving in Rio Grande where you will spend the night.

After breakfast you will visit a shallow river in San Sebastiánto to leave Argentina and heading towards the Chilean side of the island. Arrival in Punta Arenas. Delivery of motorcycles for shipment and return shipping to Italy. Accommodation and overnight stay at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer with local assistant to the airport for the return flight to Italy operated by Iberia, Air France or KLM.

Arrival in Italy. End of services.