4-Day Puerto Natales & Torres del Paine Adventure

I would not call this a 4 day trip. The company will pick you up on day one and drop you at your accomodation, which they also book. Day 2 was a good guided tour on a 15 seater minibus, the guide was great (as was the driver, he had some skills). This tour takes you into Torres del Paines and to a place where you can walk to see a glacier from about a kilometre away, a little disappointing. Day 3 was a mystery to us. We got picked up at the stated time and were taken to a 150 passenger catamaran, we got to see 2 glaciers, a cormorant colony and some fur seals. We also got to walk, almost, up to one of the glaciers. Day 4 was a bus to Punta Arenas. And that was that.

Wonderful experience! Everything worked like clock work.. the hotel was great (only 3 star, but lovely), the drivers were amazing and the tours fantastic! Highly recommend…

This tour as organized by Signature Tours is very well planned and well executed. On the first day, we were met by our English-speaking guide outside Punta Arenas airport who drove us to the bus station. We took the bus to Puerto Natales operated by Bus Fernandez. Again another person met us at the bus station in Puerto Natales and drove us to the hotel. The hotel was located right on the front of the fjord with a view to the mountains. Next morning we visited the Torres del Paine National Park with our English-speaking guide. We were mesmerized by the heavenly beauty of these mountains. Later we visited the Falls inside the park and Cave De Milodon. Next morning we rode a catamaran to visit Serrano glacier. As we rode on the fjord we were surrounded by snow-capped mountains on all sides. We stopped by close to a rocky ledge, where we saw sea lions frolicking . Finally, we walked to the base of this glacier - which was a decent hike of about a mile each way. Back from the trek, we were served scotch on the rock with ice from the glacier! Later, in the afternoon we had a delicious lamb barbecue lunch at a lodge in one of the islands in the fjord. On the next morning, we were driven to the bus stop to catch the first bus to Punta Arenas airport. We reached there in ample time to catch our flight back to Santiago. Overall, we really enjoyed this trip very much and will not hesitate to recommend this trip to any one who wants to visit Torres Del Paine National Park but is not knowledgeable in Spanish language.

Puerto Natles is a nice little town on the Patagonian frontier near border crossings with Argentina. It is nice for an afternoon and dinner but not much to do. This is a good place to stay if going to Torres del Paine Nat'l Park as it is only a 3-hour drive to the park. Torres del Paine is absolutely fantastic. The park is laid out perfectly, do not try to outsmart the set up. It is complicated to plan a trip for Torres but relax and things will work out. Pristine, beautiful and a once in a lifetime opportunity to see Patagonia and the Andes. We hiked the "W" and loved it.

At first there was a fear that a solo tour would be boring, but it was a great experience for this small team to be able to see the vast majority of the sights. Hope to have the chance to go to Chile and then come here again!