With this unguided program you hike with just a small day backpack carrying your personal things. The fully equipped tent or bed in the refuge will be set up when arriving at camp and all meals are provided in and by the Refugio. This option  includes all camping gear (tent, sleeping bag and mattress) or bed (slepping bag,pillow).

The transportation to and from the National Park in this unguided program is organized by the regular bus services departing from and returning to Puerto Natales.
Hours are non-flexible leaving early in the morning and returning late at night.

 

Day 1

After breakfast at the hotel in Puerto Natales, you must request your box lunch and go to the bus terminal to take the 07:00 am bus (we recommend being at least 10 minutes before departure) to go to Torres del Paine National Park. The bus stops in Laguna Amarga, the main entrance to the park, and the place where you must register your entrance. After registracion you must take a shuttle bus to the Welcome Center, where the registration of passengers of the Cerro Paine Reserve takes place. Then you begin the hike to the Serón campsite. this trail beggins in front of regugio central.

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The trail to Serón is an easy day about 3 to 4 hours, good way to start this adventure.

The first hour is a constant not so heavy uphill, once you finish the up hill you cross a old nothofagus forest. Then once you pass the tree area and finish the downhill is all flat in a field full of daisys until you reach your camp site. Your tent  and dinner will be ready for you and full board is included.

 

Day 2

From Camping Seron to Dikson:

Easy start following Paine river after a short walk you will face a steep uphill, take your time, once you finish the uphill you will get to "El paso de los Vientos" ("the wind pass"), an incredible view of the area that you have to walk it will take you abot 6 hours to get to the next place, Refugio Dickson were you will spend the nigth in the refugio or in the camping, and full board is included.

 

Day 3

Walk to Los Perros:

From Dikson to Perros is a road that it looks short but is going up must all the way, once that you leave Dickson area you get inside one of the most beatifull parts of the circuit, a forest full of liquens that look like a farytale, small waterfalls all the way by the trail and almost no body arrownd!!. Once that you get to Los Perros Glacier you almost there, keep going for another 30 min. and you will get to the campsite, full tent and full board is included.

 

Day 4

Hike to Grey via the John Garner Pass:

From Camping Perros to Grey is a trail where you will reach the higer altitud (1200 mtrs) this is a rocky trail, it can be hard with bad weather so pay atention to other groups if you are going by your self . The trail is marked with sticks but if there is snow try to join more people in the trail to cross. Once you finish the uphill you will be in front of the Patagonian Southern icefield and Glaciar Grey below. After enjoy the view keep going down all the way with AMAIZING VIEWS!

 

The gold for that day is Refugio Grey where you will have all set up for you (camping or bed).

Full board is included. 

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Day 5

Trek to Paine Grande:

From Grey is a easy begining the first 30 min. after there is a strong upwill that finish with another amazing view of the Glacier Grey and the Andes Mountain range,from that point is a easy trail that finish with a downhill at the base of the massif once that you start to sea the tourquise Pehoe Lake you are almost there!! finish that day in Paine Grande refugio.

 

Full bed or full camping and full board is included.

 

Day 6

Visit to the French Valley – Hike to Los Cuernos:

Today the gold is to visit one of my personal favorites, the French Valley, a easy start, about 3 hours of a beatifull tail with no much diferences in elevation until you get to Italiano Ranger Camp. From there is all the way up in a stonye trail. The gold is to reack the plateu, a look out where if your lucky you can witness one of many avalanches fron the glaciars that are covering that part of the mountain, then start to going down following the same trail until Italiano camp, but this time continue for 2 more hours untill you reach Los Cuernos Refuge where againg your acomodation of choice it will be ready . 

 

Full acomodation and full board is included.

 

Day 7

Hike to Torre Central:

Frome Cuernos to central is a medium level hike, this day is all the way following the Nordensjkold Lake, and the views of the horns are incredible, take your time to cross anny stream you migth find and enjoy the day. After 5 hours you will reach Refugio Central where again, everything will be ready for you.

 

Full acomodation in refuge or campsite. Full board is included.

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Day 8

Hike to the Base of the Torres – Return to Puerto Natales:

Today start early to skip the big amount of people that every day come to hike the mos famous trail of all the park ,4 hours up-4 hours down. Enjoy the most iconic view in the Base of Las Torres lookout .

Once you are back at the welcome center, take the shoutle bus back to Laguna Amarga entrance where you must take the coneccion with the regular buses to return to Puerto Natales.