Full bar service is available daily from 9:30 am-11:00 pm, or later upon request and delectable hot hors d'oeuvres are served during the evening happy hour. All domestic beer, wine, liquor, and tropical specialty drinks are complimentary (imported brands are available at an additional cost). After dinner, enjoy the cool native breezes and calypso rhythms on the top deck along with often featured special onboard entertainment, such as local dancers, artisans, and musicians. Programs of 3 nights and Programs of 5 nights are offered!
Patagonia Connection 3 nights
- 5 nights program
- RT airfare from Puerto Montt included
- All meals
- Escursions
- Unlimited use of thermal pools and spa
- Sailing on Patagonia Express catamaran/4 meals and open bar
- Local cruise taxes
Day 1: Puerto
Montt / Coyhaique / Balmaceda /Termas De Puyuhuapi
(Saturday
or Tuesday) The journey begins in Puerto Montt with a 45 minute flight to
the airport of Coyhaique / Balmaceda, in the Patagonia region. We are met
on arrivcal and transferred to Puerto Chacabuco to board the Patagonia
Express catamaran to Termas de Puyuhuapi, Hotel and Spa. Overnight.
Day
2: Termas De Puyuhuapi
(Sunday or Wednesday) Visit to Puerto Puyuhuapi with its characteristic
architecture. For those amongst you who would like to see more sights of
this region, an additional excursion can be booked to the Queulat National
Park where you can also admire the impressive "Hanging Glacier".
The afternoon is at leisure when you may hire a motor- or rowing boat,
kayak, canoe, windsurf or water-skis. Overnight.
(Monday or Thursday) At 07.30 am the Patagonia Express catamaran sets sail from the hotel. The catamaran will sail along the Seno Ventisquero, Puyuhuapi, Moraleda and Costa Channels and into the Golfo Tres Cruces and the Estuario Elefantes. At around 2 p.m. we will finally enter San Rafael Lagoon where we will find the San Rafael glacier with its enormous mountains of 20,000 year old ice. We will spend several hours sailing these waters and getting close to the multicolored ice floes. We will also witness the spontaneous and thunderous displacements of ice from the glacier's face littering the lagoon with multicolored ice floes. Weather permitting, on board rubber boats you approach the bizarre ice sculptures. Later we will start the journey back to Chacabuco Port, with an estimated arrival at 10 p.m. Disembark and transfer to the hotel. Overnight.
Day
4: Puerto Chacabuco / Coyhaique / Balmaceda / Puerto Montt
(Tuesday or Friday) In the morning departure for Coyhaique driving along
the banks of the Simpson River, through the capital of Aysen Region and
after approximately 2 ½
hours we will arrive to Balmaceda airport from where you ill fly to Puerto
Montt or Santiago.
Patagonia Connection 5 nts
- 5 nights program
- RT airfare from Puerto Montt included
- All meals
- Escursions
- Unlimited use of thermal pools and spa
- Sailing on Patagonia Express catamaran/4 meals and open bar
- Local cruise taxes
Day 1: Puerto
Montt / Coyhaique / Balmaceda /Termas De Puyuhuapi
(Thursday)
The journey begins in Puerto Montt with a 45 minute flight to the airport
of Coyhaique / Balmaceda, in the Patagonia region. We will start a 5 hour
drive along the spectacular Austral Road, which will lead us to the
Puyuhuapi Hot Springs, the tourist center in the middle of Patagonia. This
country road runs through the unspoiled landscapes of Southern Chile. This
area has been declared a World Biosphere Reserve. In the evening you will
arrive to the Termas de Puyuhuapi, Hotel and Spa. Overnight.
(Friday) After breakfast, free morning to enjoy the facilities available at this Patagonian tourist center. The cozy bar, the restaurant with typical Chilean Gastronomy (i.e. exquisite shellfish), the pool table and the video room. You will also have the chance to relax in the revitalizing open air thermal baths, at sea level and surrounded by giant ferns and unspoiled vegetation. Overnight.
Day
03 Termas De Puyuhuapi
(Saturday) Visit to Puerto Puyuhuapi with its characteristic architecture.
For those amongst you who would like to see more sights of this region, an
additional excursion can be booked to the Queulat National Park where you
can also admire the impressive "Hanging Glacier". The afternoon
is at leisure when you may hire a motor- or rowing boat, kayak, canoe,
windsurf or water-skis. Overnight.
(Sunday) In the morning we will take a walk through the rainforest to a nearby beach where we will enjoy a beautiful view over Dorita Bay and its fish farming. We will also be able to observe the wide variety of flora and bird life of the region. Afternoon Free. Overnight.
Day
05 Termas De Puyuhuapi / San Rafael Lagoon / Puerto Chacabuco
(Monday) At 07.30 am the Patagonia Express catamaran sets sail from the
hotel. The catamaran will sail along the Seno Ventisquero, Puyuhuapi,
Moraleda and Costa Channels and into the Golfo Tres Cruces and the
Estuario Elefantes. At around 2 p.m. we will finally enter San Rafael
Lagoon where we will find the San Rafael glacier with its enormous
mountains of 20,000 year old ice. We will spend several hours sailing
these waters and getting close to the multicolored ice floes. We will also
witness the spontaneous and thunderous displacements of ice from the
glacier's face littering the lagoon with multicolored ice floes. Weather
permitting, on board rubber boats you approach the bizarre ice sculptures.
Later we will start the journey back to Chacabuco Port, with an estimated
arrival at 10 p.m. Disembark and transfer to the hotel. Overnight.
(Tuesday) In the morning departure for Coyhaique driving along the banks of the Simpson River, through the capital of Aysen Region and after approximately 2 ½ hours we will arrive to Balmaceda airport from where you ill fly to Puerto Montt or Santiago.