DAY 1 SANTIAGO Arrival at Santiago Airport and transfer to the Hotel.

1. NATURAL CHILE - 13 Days / 12 Nights This journey in small groups with fixed departures guides us to the greatest natural beauties of Chile, including two overnights in the Torres del Paine National Park, with stays in the extraordinary Nature Park Huilo Huilo and with excursions „a la carte“ in the region of San Pedro de Atacama. The design of this Chile-Roundtrip is sustainably oriented by composing it with service providers who give preference to the protection of the environment and the local population. This is reflected by the way tours and transfers are designed and by which accommodations have been selected - usually those who are accredited and certified for their efforts in sustainable tourism by the ANDES NATIVA quality seal. CHILE NATURAL – is a round trip, tailored for Nature- and Culture enthusiast, who want to enjoy their vacation in a conscious way, travelling in a respectful and responsible ambience. DAY 1 SANTIAGO Arrival at Santiago Airport and transfer to the Hotel. After leaving luggage at the Hotel we will do a city tour by feet – a walkabout through the city center of Santiago to the most important attractions of the urban nucleus, while the tour guide focuses especially on recent history and the special characteristics of the Chilean people. This way we do visit the Cerro Santa Lucia, the National Museum BellasArtes, the huzzle and buzzle on the central market, the Plaza de Armas, the presidential palace „La Moneda“, the San Francisco Church and the borough Lastarria. Those who prefer can experience this city tour also by bicycle accompanied by a tour guide. During this option would be visited the municipal park, Bustamante and Balmaceda, too. 1 Night Hotel Marina Las Condes **** DAY 2 SANTIAGO – TEMUCO - PUCON (Breakfast) After breakfast we will take a transfer to the airport for our first inbound flight to Temuco. This town is the capital of the Mapuche-people and of the Araucaria Region. After a short city tour including a visit to the fruit and vegetable market, we will continue to Pucón, a small city which was founded by German Immigrants at the border of the Villarica Lake. Our Hotel is a couple of kilometers outside of Pucón into direction of Caburga Lake. 2 Nights in Hotel Landhaus San Sebastian ***

2. DAY 3 NATIONALPARKHUERQUEHUE (Breakfast) After a delicious breakfast we do have the whole day to explore one of the oldest and most impressing National parks in Chile; the Huerquehue Park. It is only a short drive from the Hotel to the Park´s Entrance. On our 6 hour hike through the park, we do cross abundant Coigue- and Nothofagus- forests and for the first time we will meet the monumental Monkey-Puzzle Trees. During our trek we do have marvelous views on the smoking Villarica Volcano and the extinct Choshuenco Volcano. After 2 hours we reach the area with three mountain lakes, the so called Magic Lagoons, hidden within the Araucarian woods on an altitude of 1.100 meters. DAY 4 PUCON – HUILO HUILO (Breakfast) The journey continues deeper into the Andes Cordillera to „Huilo Huilo“, a private reserve in which 100.000 hectares of endemic forest and a magnificent biodiversity are protected and cared for. Here was developed successfully a sustainable tourism project, which is now the major source of income for the population of a region where the precious virgin forest was cut down before. The numerous hiking paths do pass by hidden lagoons, crystal clear rivers and woods, which are now a paradise for countless native types of birds. Even the Huemul, a type of Andean deer, which is at the border of extinction, finds a refugee within these woods. 2 Nights Hotel Baobab **** DAY 5 HUILO HUILO (Breakfast) The Huilo Huilo Park does have numerous natural springs, rivers and creeks, which take their course through the densely wooded Andean Mountains. The name of the park has its origin in the waterfall which is close to the Hotel. We will enjoy this gift of nature with an extensive hike to the nearby village Puerto Fuy, at the Coast of Pirihueico Lake. From here do start ferries to Argentina every day. DAY 6 HUILO HUILO – PETROHUE – PUERTO VARAS (Breakfast) We stay in Chile, continuing into southern direction and after three hours we do arrive in the „city of roses“ Puerto Varas. Within this pleasing provincial town, which has experienced a tourism-boom within the last years we will stay for one night. In the afternoon we depart to visit the oldest national park of Chile, the Vicente Perez Rosales. During our ride we will learn a lot about flora and fauna in the region and enjoy the painteresque village Petrohué with fantastic views on the All-Saints Lake, the Osorno Volcano, the Calbuco and the Puntiagudo. Returnto Puerto Varas.

3. 1 Night Hotel Cabaña del Lago **** DAY 7 PUERTO VARAS – PUNTA ARENAS – NATIONALPARK TORRES DEL PAINE (Breakfast) Transfer to the Airport in Puerto Montt. After a 2 ½ hour flight we touch down in Punta Arenas, the southernmost metropolis of the world. From here continues our travel into the heart of the Patagonia. Our route leads through the typical Pampa Landscape of the Magellanic Region, passing by the tremendous Estancias (Sheep-Farms) of the Patagonia. We will visit the impressing Milodón Cave, where were found remains of a Giant Sloth which lived here 12.000 years ago. In the afternoon we arrive in the marvelous Torres del Paine National Park, where we will stay two nights in a privileged location in the recently renovated HosteríaLago Grey. 2 Nights HosteriaLago Grey **** DAY 8 TORRES DEL PAINE (Breakfast)The Torres del Paine National Park is without any doubt one of the most impressing landscapes on the American continent. We do have the whole day in order to explore the park. From the coast of the Grey Lake, where the Hotel is located we can walk and observe the sheets of ice from the nearby Grey Glacier. Afterwards we visit the brawly waterfalls of Salto Grande and Salto Chico, as well as the lovely Laguna Amarga. On short hikes we will meet the abundant fauna in the park, as for example the guanaco herds, flamingos, rabbits, Ñandus (Rhea birds) and with a bit of luck Condors. After this excursion full of fantastic impressions we will drive back to the Hotel. DAY 9 TORRES DEL PAINE –PUERTO NATALES (Breakfast) We take advantage of this day until the late afternoon for an additional excursion into the park. Alternatively there is the possibility to participate in a boat ride to the Grey Glacier, depending on the weather. Subsequently we depart from the Hotel to Puerto Natales, the small city at the Fiord of Last Hope (FiordoÚltima Esperanza). 1 Night Hotel IF Patagonia ****

4. DAY 10 PUERTO NATALES – PUNTA ARENAS - CALAMA (Breakfast) After breakfast we finish our stay in the Patagonia with a ride to the Punta Arenas Airport. From here we take a flight to Calama in the Atacama Desert via Santiago. After arriving this miner’s city we accommodate in our Hotel. 1 NightParkhotel Calama **** DAY 11 CALAMA – SAN PEDRO – SALAR DE ATACAMA (Breakfast) After a strengthening breakfast, we continue our way to San Pedro de Atacama. Remembering the winds of the Patagonia we will enjoy the warming sunbeams in the desert. Within 2 hours we arrive in the friendly oasis San Pedro de Atacama on an altitude of 2.400 meters. For the following two days we can select from a number of excursions we find most attractive; always with a minimum of two people per tour. One option for this afternoon is to visit the Atacama Saltlake and the Chaxa Lagoon. We depart into direction of the Atacameño Village Toconao, where we will make a short stop to visit the Plaza and the Church. Afterwards we will arrive at the Salt Flat Salar de Atacama. It is the biggest Saltflat on the world, which was created through the upheaval of the Andes Cordillera and the Cordillera of Domeyko. Its is impressive to see the octagonal shapes of the Saltcrusts which extend to the horizon in the driest desert of the world. Here we can observe 3 types of Flamingos which are alimented by the brine of salt. In the afternoon we will be able to enjoy a special pleasure in the Céjar Lagoon: because of the high concentration of minerals we are able to swim within the water without any movements. 2 overnights in Hotel Casa Atacama *** DAY 12 SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (Breakfast) Excursion according to your choice - For example: Geysers El Tatio & Moon Valley In the early morning begins the trip to the El Tatio Geysers. Dawn is the best time to visit the steam fountains, when the hot water damp condenses in the icy morning air. Out of dozens of fumaroles it is bubbling, brewing and spitting and without any break there are shooting hot water bams into the air. We will take our time to observe this natural spectacle. Afterwards we continue to a typical small Andean Village on an altitude of 3.400 m. In Ancient times Machuca served as a resting place for Lama-Caravans along the Inca-road. Today there do live very few people in this village. It is a colorful village in the middle of the Altiplanic Highlands with breathtaking views on the Andes and the Atacama Saltlake.

5. Back in the Hotel we are able to relax a bit at our room and in the evening we can depart again to visit the Moon Valley during a Half day Excursion. It is part of the Natural Reserve Los Flamencos and about 18 km west of San Pedro, which is administrated by the Atacameño Community. This surreal site is one of the most spectacular in the Atacama Desert and is called this way because of its unique geological formation which reminds strongly of the moon landscape. Here we will explore this marvelous scenery and visit the strange shapes, nature has formed out of salt and clay. DAY 13 SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA – CALAMA - SANTIAGO (Breakfast) In the morning will be the transfer to Calama Airport for our flight to Santiago. From here we take our flight back home or begin one of the optional subsequent programs. End of services.