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Glaciers, Peaks and Penguins
Add-On to Your Eclipse Flight |
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November 17 - 25, 2003 |
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Punta Arenas is not only the departure point for your
Eclipse Flight, it is also the gateway to Torres del Paine National
Park, which offers some of the most stunning natural beauty in
the world. The area is home to
diverse flora and fauna, including foxes, flamingos, guanacos,
and a wide variety of wildflowers. Don’t miss |
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this opportunity to make your eclipse
experience even more memorable! |
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Day 1
Monday, November 17, 2003
Meals Aloft
Home to Santiago, Chile
Leave your home city for Santiago, Chile. We highly
recommend travelers arrive in South America early to recover from
the long flight, and to explore Santiago’s many wonders.
Contact TravelQuest for details |
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Day 2
Tuesday, November 18
Meals
aloft & Dinner
Santiago to Punta Arenas, Chile
Arrive in Santiago for
your flight onward to Punta Arenas, Chile, where you will be met and
transferred to our hotel to join fellow eclipse-flight travelers
from around the world. Join us this evening for a welcome dinner.
Overnight: Hotel Finis Terrae,
Punta Arenas
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Day 3
Wednesday, November 19
Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner
Puerto Natales
After breakfast and checkout, we’ll transfer to Puerto
Natales, midway point between Punta Arenas and the Torres del Paine
National Park. We will check into our hotel and enjoy a light lunch
before our afternoon excursion.
Traveling along Seno de
Ultima Esperanza (Last Hope Inlet), with its many blackneck swans,
we will pass the old buildings of Frigorificos Bories (Bories Cold
Storage House). This route goes through a large valley and past a
large rock formation that is known as the Silla del Diablo (Devil’s
Seat) just before arriving at the Cueva del Milodon. At the end of
the past century, the remains of a prehistoric Milodon were found in
the 200-meter-deep Milodon Cave. The huge size of the cave is due to
a geological fault of carbonate, which was slowly dissolved by
seeping water. You can walk into the cave and look back to see the
silhouette of a life-size Milodon recreation guarding the entrance
to the cave that was its refuge thousands of years ago. Early
evening return to Puerto Natales, where we will enjoy a group dinner
at the hotel.
Overnight: Costa
Australis Hotel |
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Day 4
Thursday, November 20
Breakfast/Lunch
Boat excursion to Serrano & Balmaceda Glaciers |
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After breakfast and checkout, we’ll transfer from the hotel to the
Puerto Natales pier. Our full-day boat excursion passes through the
beautiful Ultima Esperanza Fjord, allowing us to appreciate the
breathtaking scenery. After three hours of cruising the fjords, we
will come to the thousand-year-old glacier of Mount Balmaceda, which
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side of Bernardo O’Higgins Mountain, passing
by some of the many cormorant and sea lion colonies in the area. At
the end of the fjord, we will disembark for a walk through the
middle of a native forest to the tongue of Serrano Glacier. Lunch
will be served, with time left to explore and admire the massive
glacier. We will return to Puerto Natales in the afternoon with
immediate transfer to the Paine National Park, arriving in the
evening. Dinner will be on your own.
Overnight: Hosteria las
Torres (2 nights) |
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Revised: October 25, 2005.
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