Fly from your home to Punta Arenas, usually via Santiago, Chile. Flights from the USA leave in the afternoon and take two days. (Friday)

Arrive into Punta Arenas, where we meet you at the airport. Punta Arenas is one of the southernmost ports in the world, and a jumping-off point for Antarctic expeditions. We spend the afternoon exploring this historic town, and spend the evening in one of Punta Arenas’ nicer hotels. (Saturday)

We leave Punta Arenas, driving by private van to the Seno Otway Penguin Colony Reserve. After lunch and time exploring the penguin colony, we continue our drive through semi-arid plains to Calafate, just outside Torres del Paine National Park.

Today we enter the park, and trek seven hours round-trip to the base of the Torres del Paine. These are some of the largest granite spires in the world, and we enjoy stunning views from our trek. Tonight is spent at the Chileno Lodge, inside the park.

Our 5 hour trek takes us around the towers to the banks of Lake Nordenskjold and the Los Cuernos Lodge. From here, we have views of the towers behind the lake.

Today we trek through the France Valley, deep into the National Park. This area sees far fewer visitors than the more easily accessible trails, and is considered by many to be the most beautiful valley in Patagonia. Six hours of walking takes us to our lodge on the shores of Lake Pehoe.

In the morning, we take a short trek to our lodge on Grey Lake. After an early lunch we take a Zodiac boat to the tongue of the Grey Glacier. We don crampons and spend the afternoon exploring the ice, crossing a small section of the glacier, and, for the adventurous, trying some steeper ice climbing on the glacier’s seracs. This is a unique opportunity that few visitors to Patagonia will experience!

This morning we take a larger boat to the southern end of Grey Lake, spending time wandering amongst the floating icebergs that have separated from the hanging glaciers. On the south side of the lake, our van meets us and transfers us to Puerto Natales on the shores of Last Hope Sound. Here we have a celebration dinner and spend our last night in a hotel on the sound.

After breakfast we transfer to Punta Arenas to catch our flights home. Flights to the USA generally leave in the afternoon and fly via Santiago. (Saturday)

Arrive home in the morning. (Sunday)