Chile active adventure vacation
Get active in Chile, with five days walking on Torres del Paine's famous W Trek and four days enjoying the scenery in the Chilean Lake District. Travel under your own steam, and enjoy paddling and hiking, before returning to independently-run hotels each night.
Santiago Puerto Natales Torres del Paine Five days on the W Trek Puerto Varas, Chilean Lake District Alerce Andino National Park
Price
£4950 excluding flights
More info
Prices are per person, based on two adults sharing.
As this is a tailor-made itinerary, we can change it to suit your own needs, wants, time and budget. Inquire now to start planning your own adventure with one of our Chile experts.
As this is a tailor-made itinerary, we can change it to suit your own needs, wants, time and budget. Inquire now to start planning your own adventure with one of our Chile experts.
Description of Chile active adventure vacation
Price information
£4950 excluding flights
Prices are per person, based on two adults sharing.
As this is a tailor-made itinerary, we can change it to suit your own needs, wants, time and budget. Inquire now to start planning your own adventure with one of our Chile experts.
As this is a tailor-made itinerary, we can change it to suit your own needs, wants, time and budget. Inquire now to start planning your own adventure with one of our Chile experts.
Departure information
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year to suit your requirements
Travel guides
Our travel guide takes you from Neruda to the Mapuches, via the mighty vistas of the Andes, Atacama and Patagonia.
Patagonia: a triangle of land at the end of the world, with calving glaciers, shattered fjords and jagged mountains.
Reviews
1 Reviews of Chile active adventure vacation
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 06 Mar 2026 by Shah Pan
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your vacation?
patagonia trekking
2. What tips would you give other travelers booking this vacation?
3. Did you feel that your vacation benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
4. Finally, how would you rate your vacation overall?
Fantastic
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) vacation so that you can travel knowing we've worked to maximise the benefits of your vacation to local people and places, and minimise any negative impacts.
Planet
This trip is built around exploring Chile's wild places under your own steam, with five days walking the W Trek in Torres del Paine and a day paddling the Reloncaví estuary, and handpicked, independently run hotels in between.Chile is more than 4,000km long, and there's no road within the country linking Santiago to the far south around Torres del Paine, so this itinerary uses three domestic flights: Santiago to Puerto Natales, Puerto Natales to Puerto Montt, and Puerto Montt back to Santiago. Each replaces several days of travel overland, and in between we stay put, spending at least four nights in each region rather than flying from sight to sight.
Torres del Paine and Alerce Andino are both national parks, and the alerce, one of the longest-lived trees on Earth, is protected by law in Chile. Our guides help you explore them with care: carrying out all rubbish, keeping to marked trails, following the park's strict rules on fires and stoves, and keeping a respectful distance from wildlife. National park entrance fees are included in the price.
People
This is an active trip at an unhurried pace: a full week in Patagonia and four nights in the Lake District, with a free day built in, so more of your time, and more of your money, is spent in each place rather than in transit.Along the way, you meet the people who live here. A local guide shows you Santiago's markets and neighbourhoods, lunch on the glacier boat trip is at a working estancia, and on the Reloncaví a farming family welcomes you for a home-cooked lunch. On the W Trek, you travel with experienced local guides and a camp team who know the park well.
We don't use international chain hotels or large cruise ships, and choose independent, locally owned properties wherever possible, including in Santiago, Puerto Natales and Puerto Varas. This keeps more money in the immediate area, creates business and employment for local people, and makes for a more personal stay. We chose our local partner, a boutique ground agent in Chile, for their care for guests, guides and the places they work.
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