See the best of South America’s spectacular Patagonia region on this 9-day tour from El Calafate. With a combination of guided activities and free time, this tour allows you to easily make the most of your time in Patagonia. Discover some of Patagonia’s most beautiful features, including the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Perito Moreno Glacier and Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, on our guided tours. Then use your free time to explore Patagonian towns or go on an adventure such as taking a self-guided hike to Mt Fitz Roy.
Posted By : Suzanne_S
I’m glad we used Viator to plan our trip to Patagonia. It was nice to let someone else make all the hotel and transportation reservations as the thought of doing that ourselves was a bit overwhelming. We chose the superior option for hotels, and the ones that Viator booked were all good. However, I recommend they select a different hotel for El Calafate going forward because we weren’t very impressed with Design Suites. It was too far outside the city (40 min walk into El Calafate) and the complimentary shuttle the hotel provided did not run at convenient times, so we had to take a taxi every time we wanted to go into El Calafate. I also think there were nicer hotels in the center of El Calafate.
The tour company provided a helpful agenda outlining our whole trip including pick up and drop off times for activities and transport. We chose to upgrade to the mini trekking activity on the Perito Moreno glacier and the full day hike in Torres del Paine. We were glad we upgraded those activities because it was well worth it. However, I recommend going forward they provide more info on what is included with the full day hike in Torres del Paine. We had no idea it was going to be a very strenuous 14 mile hike up and down a mountain. Fortunately, we were up for the challenge, but we would have appreciated knowing more ahead of time.
We had to call the emergency phone number one time when we thought we were going to miss our bus transfer. Nobody answered and there was a message in Spanish so we didn’t know what it said. Fortunately, right after I called, someone from the agency texted me so they must have seen that I called the emergency number. They responded quickly via text.
Overall, I would recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-02-18 10:03:01 
Posted By : JenellW
This trip was awesome. What you're getting is someone to book everything for you - no need to find bus schedules, research hotels, book tours. I usually love doing these things, but I've not had a lot of free time and was getting frustrated with researching these things on my own. Having this group take care of it all for me was a HUGE relief and they did an AWESOME job. I wanted an epic trip for a milestone birthday, and this delivered!
I initially wanted to do as much hiking as possible, but I'm glad we had the pace that we did. For our open day in El Calafate, we independently took a bus out to Lago Roca for the day to do some hiking, which gives you a view of the Perito Moreno Glacier. There is opportunity for a lot of hiking in El Chalten (I recommend buying trekking poles in town for hikes). I hoped for more hiking in Torres del Paine, but honestly there is so much to see there, given the time that I had for my overall vacation, I was grateful to get to see so much of the park by taking the bus tour. Overall, we were the right amount of busy to maintain an active yet relaxing vacation. I felt like I got to see a little bit of everything and can't wait to go back when I have more time to spend in the area!
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Posted On : 2023-04-12 08:58:55 
Posted By : Diana_E
Brenda helped organize the trip for us. She was very helpful, responsive and easy to touch base with. Overall, this was a good tour. We really liked our time in El Calafate and El Chalten and wish we had more time in El Chalten to hike. Favorite parts of this tour: Trek on Perito Moreno Glacier, horse back tour through Estancia Nibepo Aike and horse back in El Chalten, Laguna de lose tres trail. I'd say, we felt time was wasted traveling back and forth from Puerto Natales-where we only had 1 full day and did a bus tour through Torres del Paine. I would have done Puerto Natales on a separate trip because seeing from a bus didn't do it justice. Also, it would have been nice to know that the bus tour was "family friendly". We had a family of 4 with children as young as 2 and 3 and it was hard to enjoy the tour listening to crying, screaming, etc. I would like to recognize Gabriela (tour guide for Torres del Paine). She was wonderful, extremely knowledgeable and very patient with the tour group. She's really good a her job! Thank you Gabriela.
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Posted On : 2020-05-15 11:53:21
Posted By : Mary_P
Great tour. Able to travel independent of a tour group. Comfortable tours buses for longer transports. Nice hotels with the upgrade. Helpful guides available for day trips. Many hikes you can plan on your own without a guide or even take a one way taxi. Guided trips made it possible to go to more exclusive, less crowded areas. Tour company did an overall great job of coordinating itinerary.
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Posted On : 2020-02-24 11:19:24
Posted By : jaypie1229
My 2 friends and I have been dreaming of going to Patagonia. We booked this tour for mid January, and it truly made the trip completely stress free. Brenda was incredible at keeping us updated with the planning of the trip. Since there were 3 of us, she was able to find us "triples" at the hotels (we stayed in comfort hotels). We saved money this way, which we were able to use towards booking excursions (Perito Moreno Glacier and Torres Del Paine). The final itinerary was beautifully organized, and made it easy to follow.
This tour is perfect for you if you don't enjoy planning the logistical aspects of a trip (hotels, transportation). Otherwise, it is a very independent trip and you can do as you like on your leisure days! Highly recommend!!
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Posted On : 2019-02-04 12:10:52
Posted By : EBJ1745
I actually did a 12 day tour, because they were so good at making changes so I could do what I wanted to do. All of the arrangements worked out perfectly. If I was supposed to be picked up at 8am, I was.
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Posted On : 2019-02-04 04:28:19
Posted By : Jaqueline_P
We really enjoyed our trip in Patagonia. The tour was well organised and everything worked out well.
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Posted On : 2019-01-23 08:28:48
Posted By : Avis_B
Antonella, the agent that helped us originally, was wonderful. Though once we arrived to El Calafate, Martin our agent, did as little as possible. He booked our excursions, but nothing we could not have done on our own, Compared to our Viator tours at Cusco and the Amazon this did not compare. Very little personal attention.
Posted By : Mark_P
Most importantly, the communication was excellent. Changes and confirmation of pick up times at the hotels was outstanding. Guides were pleasant and helpful.
Posted By : kevin r
Had an amazing time in Patagonia and Say Huaque made it so easy for me.
Its the perfect combination between organised tour and indepandant holiday.
Hotels, transport and few excursions organised but you also have free time to do other things you want like hiking in Chalten. Almost every day they get in contact with your hotel to confirm your next day activity.
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Posted On : 2018-02-24 19:13:50
