
GUIDED PAINE CIRCUIT "O"
ULTRALIGHT MODE REFUGIO OR TENT FULL BOARD
This programs are designed to hike just with your personal items and equiptment, at the end of the day your tent or bed and your food will be ready waiting for you.
8 Days-7 Nights
3700 usd pp 1 to 2 pax
3500usd 3 to 6 pax
Summary
Day 1: Torres - Seron
Day 2: Seron - Dickson
Day 3: Dickson - Perros
Day 4: Perros - Grey
Day 5: Grey-Paine Grande
Day 6: Paine Grande - Cuernos
Day 7: Cuernos - Torres
Day 8: Base Torres
Itinerary
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 registration 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.
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 an old nothofagus forest. Then once you pass the tree area and finish the downhill is all flat in a field full of daisies until you reach your camp site.
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.
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!
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.
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 trail 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 reach the plateu, a look out where if your lucky you can witness one of many avalanches from 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 until you reach Los Cuernos Refuge where again your acomodation of choice it will be ready .
Day 7
Hike to Torre Central:
From 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.
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 most 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 conection with the regular buses to return to Puerto Natales.
Include: All transportation, Guide and porters, catamaran tickets, all food, acomodations, park entrance
Not include: Insuranse
Torres del Paine has a high population of Pumas,an encounter is posible, follow the instruccions of park rangers and guides, if you are by your self just keep distance, give him space and enjoy the moment.
PROHIBITED TO USE STOVES, SMOKE OR MAKE CAMP FIRE IN THE TRAILS!!!
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