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Arrival at Santiago de Chile (SCL) Airport - Meet with your guide and private transfer to hotel.

Welcome amenities on board.

According to flight schedule, transfers can be arranged directly to hotel, or straight to the activity for the day.
Santiago de Chile is the capital and largest city of Chile, located in the country´s Maipo Valley. The city counts with a colonial and European architecture that features a distinctive style that invites thousands of visitors to explore its street full of museums, stores and world-class restaurants. Santiago is one the most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in Latin America, a city that offers you an unlimited cultural and leisure activity so you can enjoy the most of it.

Santiago Culinary Contrasts City Tour
Private Service (Personalized) | Vehicle and English speaking guide at disposal | Duration: Half day (4-5 hours approx.) |
Tastings in local markets and 1 bottle of mineral water are included.

This is the way to get to know the city of Santiago and a perfect way to start your journey in Chile. First, we’ll pick you up at your hotel in an air-conditioned van with a professional driver. Next, we’re off to the market district for a walking tour (can be adjusted based on customer needs) of the market, with multiple tastings and some drinks. You’ll experience first-hand Chile’s culinary traditions and market culture.

Then, back in the van, we’ll have a moment to explore the city, visiting a tourist site of your choice. Cerro Santa Lucia, La
Moneda Presidential Palace or take a dive up to the hills for a lookout over the city. Then we’ll experience one of Santiago’s
main traits: its contrasts. We’ll visit a high-end wine store and a gourmet market for dessert so you can feel the differences that exist in this city and in Chilean society as a whole.

2 overnights accommodations at Le Reve Boutique Hotel - Deluxe Room with breakfast included.

Located at the heart of the artistic and urban neighborhood of the city, The Singular Santiago Lastarria Hotel features a
neoclassic architectural style. This five-star hotel was designed as a tribute to the cultural and historic surroundings, holding a perfectly balanced architecture, setting, and gastronomy that integrate to the essence of the place. Its 62 guestrooms are an area of comfort and relaxation, with a mixture of classic and contemporary style. Check in: 03:00 p.m. Check out: 12:00 p.m

Welcome Dinner at Mestizo Restaurant
4 course menu | One glass of wine and one soft drink per person | Coffee or Tea included | Tips are not included | Roundtrip transfers are included.

Restaurant located in Parque Bicenterio Vitacura, inserted in one of the ends of the park and surrounded by a wild environment within the city, makes it really special for dinners. Observations: Open from Monday to Friday.
Meals: Dinner.

Valparaiso Full Day Tour with stop at Emiliana Winery
Private Service (Shared Venues) | Private transfer round trip to the winery | Duration: Full day (8-10 hours approx.) | Guided
tour with a bilingual guide and wine tasting are included.

Departure from your hotel towards Casablanca Valley, located just 80 km from Santiago and 41 km from Valparaiso and known mainly by the great production of white wine Sauvignon Blanc, among others.

We will visit Emiliana Vineyard, characterized by producing only organic and biodynamic wines, which helps to preserve the natural life balance and the environment. This results in healthier, unique, and better quality wines. After the tour and tasting at Emiliana, we will continue to Valparaiso (one of the main ports of Chile), declared a Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO, due to its colorful constructions decorating the hillsides, providing the city a characteristic architecture and unique identity. Here we will visit the main highlights of the city. In the afternoon, return to your hotel in Santiago.
Overnight at Le Reve Boutique Hotel
Meals: Breakfast.

Private transfer to your next hotel at Millahue, English guide assistance and mineral water on board.
Distance from Santiago de Chile to Millahue - 105 miles, 2:30 hours’ drive.
3 overnights accommodations at Vik Chile - Suite Room - Full Experience Program with full-board included.

VIK is a stunning destination nestled in Chile’s Millahue Valley. Upon arrival at VIK, guests are welcomed by an awe-inspiring natural setting, only enhanced by the two visually arresting structures: Vik Chile retreat, and the VIK Winery. Ideally perched on a hilltop in the middle of this most picturesque valley, with the Andes Mountains in the distance, Vik Chile boasts 360-degree views out across the surrounding vineyards and nature. The essence of VIK invites visitors to indulge in a true escape, through artistically immersive guestrooms, each with individual design
and décor, world class wine offerings helping to change the landscape for Chilean wines, a superb dining experience marked by vibrant flavors of Chilean cuisine, among a range of activities from the leisurely to the vigorous, for every type of traveler going far beyond guests high expectations.

Check in: 03:00 p.m. Check out: 12:00 p.m.
Ful Experience Program includes:
- Accommodation.
- Full board: breakfast, casual style lunch with a glass of La Piu Belle wine, afternoon tea and dinner with 2 glasses Vina Vik wine and 1 glass Milla Cala wine.
- Shared Activities such as: winery tour with tasting, horseback riding, trekking, bikes, bird & stars watching, paintball. All activities led by our Experience Concierges. Sauna, relax rooms, swimming pool and playroom are available.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Viña Vik Retreat - Free days to enjoy activities.
The essence of VIK invites visitors to indulge in a true escape. Offering the ideal vantage point for supreme relaxation visitors
are often found poolside enjoying the South American sun.

Enjoy shared activities led by our Experience Concierges:
• Winery tour with tasting: A complete experience; a vibrant journey through VIK’s winery with its unique and
unequalled design that is at once avant-garde, highly sustainable and technologically creative and has a visually striking appearance; a journey that promises to redefine the wine experience. Discover VIK’s most closely guarded secrets with a magical tasting of our 3 blends that will awaken all of your senses.
• Horseback riding: Explore VIK’s magic terroir and its incredible biodiversity through a peaceful ride on horseback along trails with immediate views of the vineyard and mountains.
• Trekking: An experience in the heart of our many hiking trails that will enable you to interact with the concept of
holism, visiting every corner of the vineyard that nourishes this concept, exploring all your senses and gaining a sense
of complete peace.
• Mountain Biking: Venture into the versatility and greatness of the “Place of Gold”. The different trails make it suitable
both for relaxed cycle rides and more challenging rides for those seeking an adrenaline rush.
• Other available activities include Birdwatching, Stargazing and Paintball among endless opportunities to wholly enjoy
the remarkable destination.

Overnight at Vik Chile
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Viña Vik Retreat - Free days to enjoy activities.
The essence of VIK invites visitors to indulge in a true escape. Offering the ideal vantage point for supreme relaxation visitors
are often found poolside enjoying the South American sun.

Enjoy shared activities led by our Experience Concierges:
• Winery tour with tasting: A complete experience; a vibrant journey through VIK’s winery with its unique and
unequalled design that is at once avant-garde, highly sustainable and technologically creative and has a visually striking appearance; a journey that promises to redefine the wine experience. Discover VIK’s most closely guarded secrets with a magical tasting of our 3 blends that will awaken all of your senses.
• Horseback riding: Explore VIK’s magic terroir and its incredible biodiversity through a peaceful ride on horseback along trails with immediate views of the vineyard and mountains.
• Trekking: An experience in the heart of our many hiking trails that will enable you to interact with the concept of
holism, visiting every corner of the vineyard that nourishes this concept, exploring all your senses and gaining a sense
of complete peace.
• Mountain Biking: Venture into the versatility and greatness of the “Place of Gold”. The different trails make it suitable
both for relaxed cycle rides and more challenging rides for those seeking an adrenaline rush.
• Other available activities include Birdwatching, Stargazing and Paintball among endless opportunities to wholly enjoy
the remarkable destination.

Overnight at Vik Chile
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Private transfer from hotel to Santiago de Chile Airport, English guide assistance and mineral water on board.
Distance from Millahue to Santiago de Chile Airport- 108 miles, 2:30 hours’ drive.

Flight from Santiago de Chile to San Pedro de Atacama - Not included.

Arrival at Calama (CJC) Airport - Meet with your guide and shuttle transfer to hotel – Service provided by Explora
Atacama lodge.

San Pedro de Atacama is an oasis located in the challenging and quiet Atacama Desert, considered the driest on the planet. It is at 1,198 kilometers from Santiago de Chile, surrounded by mountain ranges, volcanoes with their eternal snow-covered summits, mysterious geo-glyphs, gigantic geysers, impressive salt lakes with their colonies of flamingos, lagoons of intense blue color, and thermal water swimming pools in the middle of magical indigenous towns. San Pedro de Atacama is considered the archaeological capital of Chile and the center of the Atacama culture.

3 overnights accommodations at Explora Atacama - Tulur Room - 3 Night Program with full-board included.

Located in the oasis of San Pedro de Atacama, explora Atacama was built in a 17-hectare plot as a base from where to explore the desert, the Andes highlands, and its surroundings. All our programs include accommodation, transfers to and from the airport, meals and drinks, and a menu of more than 40 exploration routes. Huge sand dunes, salt pans, impressive volcanoes and cloudless skies inspired the design of each of our explorations. These can be completed hiking, cycling, horseback riding or through a combination of hiking and by van.
Check in: 03:00 p.m. Check out: 12:00 p.m.

Program includes:
- Accommodation.
- Shared transfers from/to Calama Airport on a preset schedule.
- Full board with non alcoholic beverages & Chilean wines.
- Two half-day explorations or one full-day exploration with explora guides every day. Horseback and bike riding gear. Trekking poles. Star-gazing sessions from the hotel’s observatory.
Explorations are always led by competent and bilingual guides and in groups of up to eight travellers.
- Tickets to nature reserves, national parks, archaeological sites and Puritama hot springs.
- Access to pools, hot tubs and leisure areas.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner.

Explora Atacama - Free days to enjoy explorations. Ride horses through the red land plains and huge sand dunes, characteristic of one of the driest desert in the world, visit
turquoise lagoons that are located over 4,000 meters (13,123 f.a.s.l.) in the highlands, walk through geysers, and follow green river beds in an area where water is a limited resource are some of the experiences suggested by Explora Atacama.
Activities are liable to weather conditions and local guide suggestions according to guests profile.

• HIKE
We hike throughout our locations. Walking at your own, committed pace, allows you to immerse in the natural and cultural landscapes we explore, varying in intensity –beginner or advanced– and duration – half day to full day.

• BIKE
Biking allows us to explore and discover greater distances, feeling how the elements change throughout the day, varying in intensity –beginner or advanced– and duration – half day to full day.

• EXPEDITION
Through our expeditions we are able to access remote locations of great beauty and ecological significance, setting up a temporary camp away from our base lodge for one to two nights.

• HIGH MOUNTAIN ASCENT
We strive to introduce our travelers to truly remote locations – and mountains are one of them. Each one has its own different demands and rewards, yet they all guarantee a revitalizing experience for mind and body alike.

• HORSEBACK RIDE
On horseback, exploration takes on a whole new perspective, reframing the landscape around us while enjoying the company of specially trained horses.

• OVERLAND
These are van-led explorations interrupted by short-duration hikes along the way. The combination allows travelers to access areas of particular beauty and ecological significance.

• SKY
Exploring the night skies is peaking through a window into the Universe, drawing constellations and grasping the importance which astronomy had for these remote territories’ first settlers.

Overnight at Explora Atacama
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Explora Atacama - Free days to enjoy explorations. Ride horses through the red land plains and huge sand dunes, characteristic of one of the driest desert in the world, visit
turquoise lagoons that are located over 4,000 meters (13,123 f.a.s.l.) in the highlands, walk through geysers, and follow green river beds in an area where water is a limited resource are some of the experiences suggested by Explora Atacama.
Activities are liable to weather conditions and local guide suggestions according to guests profile.

• HIKE
We hike throughout our locations. Walking at your own, committed pace, allows you to immerse in the natural and cultural landscapes we explore, varying in intensity –beginner or advanced– and duration – half day to full day.

• BIKE
Biking allows us to explore and discover greater distances, feeling how the elements change throughout the day, varying in intensity –beginner or advanced– and duration – half day to full day.

• EXPEDITION
Through our expeditions we are able to access remote locations of great beauty and ecological significance, setting up a temporary camp away from our base lodge for one to two nights.

• HIGH MOUNTAIN ASCENT
We strive to introduce our travelers to truly remote locations – and mountains are one of them. Each one has its own different demands and rewards, yet they all guarantee a revitalizing experience for mind and body alike.

• HORSEBACK RIDE
On horseback, exploration takes on a whole new perspective, reframing the landscape around us while enjoying the company of specially trained horses.

• OVERLAND
These are van-led explorations interrupted by short-duration hikes along the way. The combination allows travelers to access areas of particular beauty and ecological significance.

• SKY
Exploring the night skies is peaking through a window into the Universe, drawing constellations and grasping the importance which astronomy had for these remote territories’ first settlers.

Overnight at Explora Atacama
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Check out and shuttle transfer from your lodge to Calama Airport (CJC) – Mineral water on board – Provided by
Explora Atacama Lodge.

Flight from San Pedro de Atacama to Puerto Varas via Santiago de Chile - Not included.

Arrival at Puerto Montt Airport - Meet with your guide and shuttle transfer to hotel – Service provided by AWA
Puerto Varas lodge. The city of Puerto Varas is at 897 kilometers from Santiago de Chile, founded by German settlers in the middle of the XIX century. The great growth of Puerto Montt has transformed this city into a residential place with an excellent hotel infrastructure, an important gastronomical activity with creative menus based on regional products and from the sea, cultural events, craftsmanship, in addition to being the departure point for fascinating tourist circuits in the surroundings of a dramatic geography that has turned the Region of the Lakes into the capital of tourism.
3 overnights accommodations at AWA Hotel - Superior Room - All Inclusive with full-board included.

Awa Hotel is located on the shores of Lake Llanquihue, close to Puerto Varas and at the gateway to the flawless Chilean
Patagonia. Its contemporary design combines modern and sophisticated elements with the charm of local crafts and traditions.
This five-star property offers 16 elegant and yet simple guest rooms with breathtaking views of the Lake Llanquihue and Volcano Osorno.

All Inclusive Program includes:
- Accommodation.
- Private transfer in/out from Puerto Montt Airport.
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and drink during the stay, excluding premium wines and liquors.
- One private excursion per day: All excursions, both own and third-parties are operated in private service, excluding Rafting.
Every reservation or group has an exclusive guide for all the length of the stay.
- Use of spa facilities, outdoor equipment (bikes, kayaks and stand up paddle), visits to the organic garden and PV plant.
- Wi-Fi and parking free of charge
Check in: 03:00 p.m. Check out: 12:00 p.m.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner.

AWA Hotel - Free days to enjoy activities.
Enjoy your stay with different activities and everything that Northern Patagonia has to offer. Every guest’s stay is made to
measure, even before their arrival. The All-Included program includes a private guide, who helps create the most memorable experiences. We focus on delivering personalized service with great attention to detail.

• KAYAKING EXCURSION
This activity takes place in seawater, although in an area protected from large waves and tidal swells, accompanied by a mountain setting, making this an experience that is both safe and stunning.

• RAFTING
We get into the rafts and begin 50 minutes descent with class 3 rapids (5 is the most difficult).

• FARM TO TABLE
Our guests will enjoy a cooking lesson with fresh products previously picked at the garden at AWA’s private Villa.

• FLY FISHING
An ideal panorama, not only for fishing enthusiasts, but also for anyone who enjoys nature.

• HORSEBACK RIDING
We will ride through a forest with native flora and fauna, smells such as the tepa tree (Laureliopsis philippiana) and sounds such as woodpeckers knocking on trees in search of food.

• ANCIENT ALERCE HIKE
The park has a rather unique ecosystem that serves as a habitat for species such as the world’s smallest deer, the pudu, the guiña (Chilean cat), and the tiny marsupial called the monito del monte.

Overnight at AWA Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

AWA Hotel - Free days to enjoy activities.
Enjoy your stay with different activities and everything that Northern Patagonia has to offer. Every guest’s stay is made to
measure, even before their arrival. The All-Included program includes a private guide, who helps create the most memorable experiences. We focus on delivering personalized service with great attention to detail.

• KAYAKING EXCURSION
This activity takes place in seawater, although in an area protected from large waves and tidal swells, accompanied by a mountain setting, making this an experience that is both safe and stunning.

• RAFTING
We get into the rafts and begin 50 minutes descent with class 3 rapids (5 is the most difficult).

• FARM TO TABLE
Our guests will enjoy a cooking lesson with fresh products previously picked at the garden at AWA’s private Villa.

• FLY FISHING
An ideal panorama, not only for fishing enthusiasts, but also for anyone who enjoys nature.

• HORSEBACK RIDING
We will ride through a forest with native flora and fauna, smells such as the tepa tree (Laureliopsis philippiana) and sounds such as woodpeckers knocking on trees in search of food.

• ANCIENT ALERCE HIKE
The park has a rather unique ecosystem that serves as a habitat for species such as the world’s smallest deer, the pudu, the guiña (Chilean cat), and the tiny marsupial called the monito del monte.

Overnight at AWA Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Transfer from your hotel to Puerto Montt airport (PMT) airport with English guide assistance – Mineral water on
board
Flight from Puerto Varas to Santiago de Chile - Not included
Arrival at Santiago de Chile airport and connect with your international flight.

Meals: Breakfast.

**End of services**

Inclusions

- All mentioned activities with bilingual guide services (English/Spanish or Portuguese) or as above specifications.
- All taxes and reservations expenses.

Exclusions

- International and Domestic airfare.
- National Park tickets, museums or Natural reserves entrances in case not mentioned as included in itinerary.
- Airport arrival/departure taxes (if any).
- Meals and beverages not mentioned in itinerary.
- Gratuities, tips for guides, drivers, porters, waiters, etc.
- Expenses of personal nature (laundry, beverages, telephone calls, etc.).

Notes

Please note that the wineries selection can be updated according trip date, schedule, availability, and in order to guarantee the program best conditions. Wineries visits, tastings and lunch are shared, unless are specifically informed as private.

- Rates liable to changes and availability.

Passport and Visa Requirements
You should clarify visa requirements with the Embassies of the countries that you plan to visit as certain countries may require you to take out a visa. It is the passenger's responsibility to have all the proper and valid documentation to enter the countries involved in the trip. Prior to confirming your travel arrangements, you should check your Passport and establish that it will remain current for the entire period of your travel. Please be aware that the name on your airline ticket must be identical to that on your Passport.

Vaccinations
Certain countries require that travelers be vaccinated against specific diseases. Check with your doctor and the Embassies of countries to which you are traveling to satisfy yourself as to whether your destination has any requirements in this respect.

**Not valid for Holidays or Festive Season**

+ International Bank Wire Fee – AUD 69,00

All prices are indicative and starting from prices. Final price will be available based on availability and dates of travel.

Program Touring / Guide

Private touring

Trip Highlights

Santiago de Chile - Millahue - San Pedro de Atacama - Puerto Varas

Periodic Departure
22 Oct, 2024 to 30 Apr, 2025

Hotel
AUD 17,222 P P twin share
AUD 22,756 P P single
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