Pali Aike National Park
Of Ancient Volcanoes and Men
Overview
This full-day tour to Pali Aike National Park takes you through the immense Patagonian Pampa to a landscape that is dominated by the Pali-Aike Volcanic Field. The last volcanic eruptions in and around Pali Aike National Park happend about 12,000 years ago. This area has also been home to a Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherer people, the forefathers of the Aonikenk, and is one of the earliest proven human settlements in The Americas. We visit: Pali Aike Cave, El Escorial del Diablo (an extinct volcanic crater) and Laguna Ana, which is known for its abundant wildlife, such as guanacos, ñandus (Lesser Rhea), grey foxes and flamencos that live in its surroundings.
Detailed Itinerary
We start picking up all tour members from their hotels or simply meet at our down town office at 8:00 a.m. Off we go! We leave Punta Arenas and head out of town towards the North. For most of the day, the landscape is dominated by the seemingly endless, windswept Patagonian Pampa. On the way, stop at San Gregorio. Once a flourishing estancia, today it appear to be a ghost town. Right down on the coast of the Strait of Magellan, check out the wrecks of two ships that we put ashore by a storm. Later, we reach Pali Aike National Park. Join your guide on a gentle walk over an old lava field to look into the mouth of an extinct volcanic crater, El Escorial del Diablo. Visit the Pali Aike Cave and later Laguna Ana. Return to Punta Arenas at about 8:00 p.m.
What's included?
Tour Includes
- Transfers from/ to your hotel or our down town office
- English speaking tour guide
- Snack - not really a lunch
Additional Costs
- Entrence fee to Pali Aike National Park (CLP 2,000 per person, about USD 4.- pp*)
- Some "extras" for lunch (please buy some up front)
- Optional tips to your tour guide and/ or your driver
* USD value of the entrance fees is merely a reference that is based on the exchange rate on June 07, 2011, USD 1,00 = CLP 466.90.
Depature Dates & Prices
This full-day tour to Pali Aike National Park departs daily from October 15, 2011 through March 31, 2012, but we need a minimum of 3 tour members to realize this tour.
Price
CLP 35,000 per person (about USD 75.- pp*)
* USD value is merely a reference that is based on the exchange rate on June 07, 2011, USD 1,00 = CLP 466.90.
