ITINERARY
- Day 1: Comodoro Rivadavia
According to the arrival time of your flight, we will pick you up at the General Enrique Mosconi International Airport of the city of Comodoro Rivadavia.
After a quiet welcome where you will enjoy coffee and cakes in a famous and typical bakery in La city, we will go to the Petroleum Museum.
The Petroleum Museum is considered a Site Museum, was built around the historic Well No. 2, which is believed to be the first state oil jet since 1907. The Visit to the museum will allow us to have an overview of the city as a center of national oil production eo , industrial and agricultural products for international export.
After the museum we will move to the Austral Express Hotel where we will rest and spend the first night of our adventure.
* This day Includes:
- Airport Pick Up
- Accommodation with breakfast and dinner included on a double basis at Hotel Austral Express or similar.
- Visit to the Petroleum Museum
- Bilingual guide throughout the day
- Day 2: Comodoro Rivadavia - The Ancients
After breakfast at the hotel, we will depart along National Route 26 heading to Sarmiento . 148 km of route They will prepare us to visit The Petrified Forest of that town, discovered in 1927 and declared a protected natural area by the province ; it is a desert area of more than 1800 hectares where They find scattered fossils of petrified trunks of tree species such as conifers, in the area we will also visit the interpretation center with paleontological and archaeological remains of the region and we will enjoy a rich campaign lunch prepared by our accompanying guides.
After lunch we will return to National Route 26 which will connect us with the < b> National Route N ° 40 to go to our next stop, the locality d Los Antiguos , one of the main connecting places in Patagonia, ideal place to combine rest and adventure.
In the evening we will be arriving at Los Antiguos, we will spend the night in front of Lake Buenos Aires at the Antigua Patagonia Lodge where we will enjoy a wonderful dinner with Patagonian lamb in the moonlight.
* This day Includes:
- 4X4 ATV Tour from Comodoro Rivadavia to Los Antiguos
- Accommodation with breakfast and dinner included on a double basis at Hostería Antigua Patagonia or similar.
- Campaign Lunch in the Petrified Forest
- Bilingual guide throughout the day
- Day 3: Los A ntiguos - Puerto Río Tranquilo
After breakfast at the inn We will advance in the SUVs towards the international crossing Argentina-Chile.
Once in Chilean territory, we will take the Route N ° 265 that will take us to Puerto Río Tranquilo , the first stop will be at Capillas de Mármol, a nature sanctuary considered a Chilean national monument.
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We will board a boat that will bring us closer to the chapels and will offer us a wonderful transition from the Patagonian steppe to the Andean landscape. We will cross the set of caves of varied marbles and vivid colors, unique on the coast of General Carrera Lake. We will enjoy this stop, perfect to activate our cameras and capture the best images of the turquoise water reflected in the rocky walls.
After navigating we will return to the route and in a few minutes we will be in Puerto Río Tranquilo, a small town with little signal, ideal to disconnect from virtual life and enjoy the landscape. We will have lunch in a typical Chilean still life and then we will go to Puerto Río Tranquilo Hosteria, we will have the afternoon free to relax and at night we will return to the still life to enjoy dinner and local stories told by locals and our accompanying guide.
* This day Includes:
- 4X4 ATV Tour from Los Antiguos to Puerto Río Tranquilo
- Accommodation with breakfast included on a double basis in Puerto Río Tranquilo Hosteria or similar.
- Navigation to visit Marble Chapels
- Lunch and dinner in Chilean Still Life
- Bilingual guide throughout the day
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- Day 4: Puerto Río Tranquilo - Los Antiguos
After breakfast at the Inn, we will make a full day excursion to Lake San Rafael, the Ice Fields of the region Aysén and we will explore Route 7, better known as the Carretera Austral.
From From morning to night we will enjoy unparalleled views, such as the wild nature of the Patagonian coast, the steep and snow-covered peaks of Mount San Valentín and the entire mountain system Laguna San Rafael National Park and its ice fields; if we are lucky and depending on the time of year we will be able to see huemules, black caranchos, Patagonian ferrets, southern oystercatchers and cucas herons. Lunch will be on the campaign trail at some parador on the way.
According to our physical resistance and time at which we finish the excursion We will decide if we spend the night in Puerto Río Tranquilo or return to Argentina to the town of Los Antiguos to spend the night.
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* This day Includes:
- 4X4 ATV tour from Puerto Río Tranquilo to Laguna San Rafael
- Accommodation with breakfast and dinner included on a double basis at Puerto Río Tranquilo Hostería or at Hostería Antigua Patagonia or similar.
- Campaign lunch at Carretera Austral.
- Bilingual guide throughout the day
- Day 5: The Ancient Ones - Rada Tilly
Very early in the morning and after an energetic breakfast, we set out for Argentina in case we have spent the night in Chile to head to the Perito Moreno National Park. If we spend the night in Los Antiguos, we will start a little later towards the national park.
In the National Park we will visit the Cueva de las Manos, Cultural heritage of Humanity. A quiet trekking through the valleys, canyons and lakes of the park will take us to explore the Pinturas River and the Caves, impressive archaeological and paleontological site with hands, guanacos and geometric figures stamped on the stone that constitute the oldest expression of the South American peoples.
We will enjoy a campaign lunch on the route and we will head towards Rada Tilly passing before the small towns of Las Heras, Pico Truncado and Caleta Olivia, where we will know a little of local Patagonian life.
After our extensive tour of the day along the Routes National N ° 40, 43 and 3 we will arrive at the Rada Tilly town, also known as “Rada”. We will spend the night at Rada Tilly Hotel.
* This day Includes:
- 4X4 ATV tour from Puerto Río Tranquilo or Los Ancientes to Rada Tilly
- Accommodation with breakfast and dinner included on a double basis at Rada Tilly Hotel or similar.
- Campaign lunch on National Route N ° 43
- Bilingual guide throughout the day
- Day 6: Rada Tilly - Comodoro Rivadavia
Our last day of Adventure starts with an exciting City Tour through “Rada” , after breakfast.
In Rada Tilly we will know the Regional Museum and the amazing history of the South African gauchos from Patagonia who arrived in Argentina at the beginning of the century XX and that today retain their original language: El Afr ikaans.
If time allows us and according to the schedule of your flight, before leaving Rada for Comodoro Rivadavia, we will enjoy a delicious South African lunch and visit the Salesian circuit and Caleta Córdova.
Our intense 6-day adventure ends with the transfer to Comodoro Rivadavia Airport.
* This day Includes:
- 4X4 Off-Road Tour from Rada Tilly to Comodoro Rivadavia
- Drop Off at Airport
- Visit Regional Museum
- Typical lunch in Rada Tilly
- Salesiano Circuit and Caleta Córdova (optional)
- Bilingual guide throughout the day