Duration of journey: 14 days, 13 nights

Best months to travel: Dicember to March

Visiting: San Carlos de Bariloche, Manso valley from Argentina to the Pacific in Chile crossing the Andes, Puerto Varas, Puerto Montt, Angelmó docks.

Price: €

Includes: all entrance fees in national parks and reserves, complete gear, specialized guide for rafting, horseback riding and trekking, full board on tent nights, transfers in Chile and Argentina, all overnights in hotels and inns with breakfast and dinner (except in Buenos Aires - breakfast only), in Buenos Aires, Bariloche and Puerto Varas in 3*** hotels at double rooms with private bathroom

Day 1:
Arrival at Buenos Aires airport and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay with breakfast included.


Day 2:
Transfer to the domestic airport, flight to Bariloche (not included) in Northwestern Patagonia. Overnight at a cozy hostel in Llao Llao. Three hour excursion around "Short Circuit" in the beautiful lake district of Nahuel Huapí..


Day 3:
Meeting with the guide, short itinerary briefing, setting all the equipment for the rafting. Personal afternoon (free time).
Same overnight stay as previous day.


Day 4:
Crossing to Steffen Lake, where we begin our 7-day tour over the Andes to Chile. Rafting along the emerald green Manso River (Grade II-III). Lunch and dinner in the midst of an almost virgin landscape. The next six nights are spent at the camping site.


Day 5:
After breakfast we mount our horses (or mountain bikes) and ride along a shoreside track in the direction of Chile. Wonderful views of mountains and waterfalls await us on the way.
(2 hours trekking).


Day 6:
The excursion continues on rafting kayaks (duckys), where we'll see carp swim around us in the crystal clear waters (about 3 hours paddling leg). After lunch we continue rafting over rapids class III - IV for about 2 hours Shortly after the border crossing to Chile at Leon pass, we set up camp on the river and enjoy a Lamb Asado.


Day 7:
Inhabitants of this remote area will lend us their horses. Descent on horseback in the midst of the luxurious and damp wilderness called Valdivian rainforest, which shall leave a deep impression on us. We follow the Manso river bank first to the South then turning to the Northeast to Los Morros river. we stay for the night at a Chilean old settler family house or we camp.


Day 8 and 9:
We continue on foot or on horse, descending toward the Cochamo river valley which flows to the Reloncaví on the Pacific ocean. We set up camp for the night.


Day 10:
After a hearty breakfast, we do some hiking, the last leg until we reach the fiord on the Pacific. Transfer with bus to Puerto Varas, dinner and overnight stay at hotel in Puerto Varas by Llanquihue lake shore, with great view to Osorno volcano at front.


Day 11:
Trasfer to Puerto Montt with regular bus (20 minutes). A visit to the very picturesque Angelmó Fish Market in Puerto Montt, where we will also find a great variety of handmade rugs and other such wares.
Dinner and overnight stay at hotel in Puerto Varas


Day 12:
Regular service bus to Bariloche, overnight stay at Llao-Llao in an inn.



Day 13:
Private transfer to Bariloche airport, flight back to Buenos Aires, transfer to the hotel and overnight.


Day 14:
City-tour through the center of Buenos Aires, an overwhelming metropolis, visiting several public buildings, harbor, the Tango quarter San Telmo, and very typical cafés. In the afternoon transfer to the international airport and departure flight.


Price: €

Includes: all entrance fees in national parks and reserves, complete gear, specialized guide, full board on tent nights, transfers in Chile and Argentina, all overnights in hotels and inns with breakfast

Not Included: flights, airport taxes, optional excursion and activities, insurance, medical insurance, extras, not specified meals, extras tips and gratitude to the guides.

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