10 hours
2 languages
Instant confirmation
Mobile ticket

Highlights

This is a boat trip through Last Hope Sound towards Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, to visit the Balmaceda and Serrano glaciers. We will see not just these icy giants but also local flora and fauna along the way.

Inclusions

What's included

Professional guide
Entrance fee to O'Higgins Park
Hotel pickup and drop-off (if option selected)

What's not

Gratuities

Itinerary

This boat excursion leaves in the morning from the pier at Puerto Natales and takes us to two glaciers, called Balmaceda and Serrano. These are part of the Bernardo O'Higgins National Park and they are accesible only by boat. This park han an area of 4,300,00 hectares (16,600 square miles), which makes it the largest in Chile and one of the four largest parks in the world. It includes the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the largest mass of ice on the American Continent. Our trip to and from the end of Last Hope Sounds lasts for eight hours and includes an excellent view of the old freezer plant at Puerto Bories, several small ranches, ice-fields and waterfalls, a colony of cormorants whose common name is Imperial Shag as well as a sea lion rockery. From the boat we will also be able to see the local flora, which includes forests of trees with local names such as coigue, canelo, ñirre, and lenga. After three hours of travel we expect to reach the Balmaceda glacier, which is located on the east side of the mountain bearing the same name. At the end of the fjord the boat will dock to allow passengers to take a half-hour walk along a lake to the viewing point fot the Serrano glacier. Later in the afternoon we will return to Puerto Natales by the same route.
8 h

Cancellation

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Reviews

4.0

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Know before you go

Pickup: Pickup is included for everyone.
Ticket type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group size: Up to 50 travellers
Operated by: RipioTurismo

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide

How it compares in Puerto Natales

Its from-price is 101% above the median of the 51 day trips we list in Puerto Natales.
Its length is typical for the group.
By number of reviews it ranks 13 of 51.

About Puerto Natales

Puerto Natales, on the Last Hope Sound in Chilean Patagonia, is a small waterfront town and the base for Torres del Paine National Park.

Puerto Natales lies on the shore of Última Esperanza Sound, Last Hope in English, a long inlet of grey-green water with snowy peaks across it. The town is a grid of low, brightly roofed buildings with a waterfront promenade where black-necked swans often feed. Sheep farming, the sea and the mountains still shape its character.

Top-ranked sights in Puerto Natales: Nordenskjold Lake, Milodon Cave (Cueva del Milodon), Grey Glacier.

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