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DURATION
4 Days / 3 Nights
DIFFICULTY
High
QUANTITY
Por person
Before your trip, the Vertice Travel operations team will contact you to schedule an in-person briefing in Puerto Natales, led by a specialized coordinator.
During this session, you will review the day-by-day itinerary, the difficulty level of each segment, key schedules, and transport logistics in detail. You will also receive recommendations on clothing and equipment, learn about the rules of Torres del Paine National Park, and be provided with essential information regarding safety and emergency contacts.
This session is designed to help you resolve all your questions before starting your journey, ensuring a well-planned, informed, and safe experience.
At the end of the briefing, you will receive your complete travel documentation, including a printed detailed itinerary and all service vouchers or tickets. You will also be provided with the box lunch for your first day of trekking, along with a welcome kit containing useful items for your experience.
The experience begins early, heading towards Torres del Paine National Park. You will travel through beautiful landscapes until you reach the main entrance, Laguna Amarga, where it is necessary to register with CONAF (park rangers). Then the journey to the Welcome´s Center begins. From there it´s a five minutes walk to Torre Central, where you must check in, either in refuge or camping, before starting your trekking. Today’s hike begins in the Ascencio Valley, enjoying its extensive forests. During the final ascent, you will cross an immense field of giant rocks, until you reach one of the most emblematic viewpoints in the world, the famous Base of the Towers lookout. At an altitude of 900 m.a.s.l.m., you will marvel with the 3 granite towers (north, central and south) and the bright turquoise glacial lake at its feet. Take beautiful photos and enjoy your box lunch before returning along the same path back to Torre Central. After a long day and enjoying the Towers, delight in dinner at the refuge.
After breakfast, ask for your box lunch and take the 8:15 am shuttle bus back to Laguna Amarga. Here, you must board the bus at 9 am that will take you to Hotel Lago Grey. At this place, you must check in to board the Grey III Navigation. After a 30-minute walk through Grey Beach, you must board the Grey III Navigation, which will sail for approximately one hour and 45 minutes across Lake Grey. In this navigation, you will be able to contemplate floating ice and a spectacular view of the Grey Glacier, a unique and unforgettable experience. When you disembark, you will walk for 10 minutes to Grey refuge. Very close to the refuge, approx. 10 minutes walking distance is the lookout point Mirador Grey, which will give you an incredible view of the Glacier. Dinner will be served at the refuge in the evening.
Enjoy breakfast in the Grey refuge dining room and don’t forget to ask for your box lunch. If you didn’t get a chance to visit the suspension bridges the previous afternoon, you can take the morning to go and explore the spectacular panoramic views of the Grey Glacier.
Then, you will return along the same trail and go to Paine Grande, where an uphill hike through a mountain forest awaits you until you reach the sometimes very windy viewpoint of the Grey Glacier. Continue hiking until you reach Los Patos Lagoon, where you begin the descent through a narrow and windy valley that takes you directly to the Paine Grande refuge.
