We’re like the poet Bruce Chatwin met on his meanderings through this sprawling, beguilingly wild and remote region: “Patagonia!” he cried. “She casts her spell. An enchantress! She folds you in her arms and never lets go.”
Our Patagonia travel itineraries are heartfelt, as befits a region that long ago grabbed us and never let go. Our travelers hike in the astounding granite monoliths, forests, and shockingly blue lakes of the Torres del Paine and the Fitz Roys, world-unique mountain marvels. We range farther afoot, to the little-visited Aysen Glacier region, and we kayak in the Pumalin Reserve. We stay in superb hotels and estancias, with serene day hikes and fabulous cuisine; and we rough it with rigorous, beautifully supported treks and ice-cap explorations. Our Patagonia tour leaders here are old and dear friends, cultured, passionate people who are intimate with the best-known places and the hardest-to-reach corners of this fabulous land. Like Melville, they are besotted by “all the attending marvels of a thousand Patagonian sights and sounds.”
Highlights: Salta, Tolar Grande, salt flats, Iguassu Falls, Iberá Marshes
Highlights: Fitz Roy trekking, tour Torres del Paine, boat to Estancia Cristina
Highlights: travel to luxurious lodges, Bariloche to Lago Yungue Lodge, fishing, horsebacking, glacier-walking, Bahia Mala Lodge, horseback up to Melimoyu Glacier
Highlights: Buenos Aires, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Torres del Paine
Highlights: Explora Lodge in Torres del Paine; Estancia stays at Cristina, Rincón Chico, and Harberton; Private backcountry flights; Exploratory Aysen treks; Horse-supported trekking in southern Chile
