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Glaciers, Peaks and Penguins Add-On to Your Eclipse Flight

 
 
 
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November 17 - 25, 2003


Day 5   Friday, November 21                                                                   B/L    
Torres del Paine (Laguna Azul)
    After breakfast, we will depart to the Cascada Paine. These beautiful waterfalls provide a wonderful photo opportunity. Continuing on through the Vega del Nandu or swamplands, we will see thousands of guanacos, a wooly graceful version of llamas. Upon arrival at the Laguna Azul, we will enjoyan open-pit lamb barbeque, with time to hike and take in the incredible views of the towers of the Paine. After you return to the hotel, the evening is yours to spend as you wish.  
 

Day 6    Saturday, November 22                                                     Breakfast
Seno Otway/Punta Arenas

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fter breakfast and checkout, we’ll visit the Penguin Colony of Seno Otway, located 65 kilometers north of Punta Arenas on Otway Inlet, along the northwest of the Brunswick Peninsula. The Magellanic Penguins return annually to this spot between October and March to lay eggs and raise their young. We’ll walk approximately two kilometers to the middle of a natural reserve filled with penguin burrows to witness up close the comic antics of these delightful creatures. This afternoon, we will return to Punta Arenas and spend the remainder of the day as we wish.

Overnight: Hotel Finis Terrae (2 nights)

 
Day 7    Sunday, November 23                                                        Breakfast           
Eclipse flight through TOTALITY!
 
   
After breakfast and a morning of preparation for our flight, we’ll transfer to Punta Arenas Airport for our 12-hour flight through totality. (See the eclipse-flight itinerary for details.) Upon our return after the eclipse, we will transfer back to the hotel.
 

 

    Those not participating in the eclipse flight can spend the day relaxing. Take a walking tour of the town or arrange a day tour through the hotel.           

 

Day 8   Monday, November 24                                    Breakfast / Meals Aloft  
Punta Arenas

    Spend the morning as you wish before transferring to the airport for an early-afternoon flight to Santiago and connections to your home city or for add-on excursions to Machu Picchu, Easter Island, the Atacama Desert, the Wine Regions of Chile, or to other destinations in South America. Contact TravelQuest for details.

 

Day 9   Tuesday, November 25                                                     Meals Aloft
Overnight Flights 

    Arrive home or other destinations.


         
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