The Wilderness Beyond: Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego & the Chilean Fjords (2012)

Buenos Aires • Torres del Paine • Beagle Channel • Cape Horn • Glacier Alley • Chilean Fjords & Tierra del Fuego Cruise • Ushuaia
  • 13 days
  • from only:
  • $3695
  • $285 per day
    Small Ship Adventure Only
  • 14 days
  • from only:
  • $4745
  • $339 per dayIncludes international airfare and government taxes

Now save $2000 per couple on all October-December 2012 departures

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  • We’ll tour Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park, one of the most remote, beautiful, and unspoiled places in the world, rich in diverse and dramatic geological formations.
  • Our small group will explore Patagonia on board expedition vessels like the Via Australis. Weather permitting, we’ll board smaller, inflatable boats for enriching excursions during our four-night cruise.
  • As we watch for wildlife, we may glimpse guanacos, a relative of the llama, whose young are called chulengos.
  • During our adventure, we’ll have opportunities for hiking among some of South America’s most ruggedly spectacular landscapes.
  • Our cruise through the fjords and channels of southern Chile will take us into remote inlets and past shorelines with dramatic glacial scenery.
  • Best Value for Solo Travelers
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Learn how to customize your adventure, or view standard air routing and travel times. The choice is yours with our True Choice program.

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Customize your trip

With our True Choice Program, you can choose to stay longer before or after your trip on your own, or combine two adventures to maximize your value. Here are more ways to create the OAT adventure that’s right for you:

  • Choose our standard air routing, or work with us to select the airline and routing you prefer
  • Make your own international flight arrangements directly with the airline, applying frequent flyer miles if available
  • Stay overnight in a connecting city before or after your trip
  • Request to arrive a few days early to get a fresh start on your adventure
  • Choose to “break away” before or after your trip, spending additional days or weeks on your own
  • Extend your adventure with our optional pre- and post-trip extensions
  • Combine your choice of OAT adventures to maximize your value
  • Upgrade to business or premium economy class

The air options listed above will involve an additional fee of $100 per person for confirmed requests (as well as incremental airfare costs based on your specific choice). This service fee will be waived for Inner Circle/Sir Edmund Hillary Club members.

Or, when you make your reservation, you can choose our standard air routing, for which approximate travel times are shown below.

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Atlanta

14hrs

Baltimore, Dallas, Los Angeles, Tampa

15hrs

Boston

16hrs

Chicago, Newark

17hrs

Miami

9hrs

New York (JFK)

11hrs

Orlando

13hrs

Philadelphia

18hrs

Denver, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle

20hrs

Portland, OR

21hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

One highlight was the home visit that we made in Buenos Aires, which was probably the best we have experienced with OAT. The woman we visited taught us a great deal about Argentina, her adopted country for 40 years. She was elegant and gracious in sharing her home with us ...

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Learn about how OAT offers the best value for solo travelers, including reduced Single Supplements on this adventure.

Single Supplement now $495 for all
2012 departures

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Traveling Solo to South America

At OAT, we recognize the challenge solo travelers face from the additional cost of Single Supplements. That’s why we’re proud to offer reduced Single Supplements on this adventure and FREE Single Supplements on all extensions.

Single Supplements:
The Wilderness Beyond: Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego & the Chilean Fjords: $495
Santiago & Easter Island: FREE
Iguassu Falls & Buenos Aires, Argentina: FREE

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Solo Traveler Challenge:

Compare our value for solo travelers with the competition, and you’ll find that you save $500-$5000 per person with OAT. And if you can find a lower solo traveler price on any comparable international trip for Americans, we’ll match that price and deduct $500 from the cost of your adventure.

Solo Friendly Travel:

From more single space and new solo savings on our 2012 adventures, to our FREE Travel Companions online community and Roommate Matching Service, see why OAT is the leader in Solo Friendly Travel.

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Inspiring new travelers to join the OAT family is a rewarding experience—both for you and your new travelers.

Share your love of travel with others and, for each referral who embarks on an OAT trip, you will earn $100 in CASH or credit. With your 4th referral departing on a 2012 departure, your reward increases to $200 in CASH or credit per person. And once you refer 8 travelers departing in either 2012 or 2013, you'll earn a FREE trip valued up to $4,500 per household—which will bring the total value of your earned rewards up to $5,600.

And you are also passing along savings to your new traveler: We'll instantly deduct $100 off the cost of their reservation when they mention your name and Customer Number while reserving.

To learn more about the benefits of our Vacation Ambassador Referral Program, please call us toll-free at 1-800-955-1925 or click here.

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Small Groups: Never more than 24 travelers—guaranteed!

Join us on an epic adventure to some of the most dramatic and unspoiled landscapes on Earth: Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. On OAT’s southernmost adventure in the Americas, you’ll enjoy a firsthand look at the legendary landscapes of Argentina and Chile as only a small group can.

By land, discover the icy splendor of Perito Moreno Glacier and encounter fleet-footed ñandú and majestic condors during an overnight stay in the heart of Torres del Paine. Then cruise for four nights aboard an expedition ship through the Strait of Magellan and Beagle Channel to Tierra del Fuego, the mystical “Land of Fire,” stepping ashore at fabled Cape Horn, where the mighty Pacific and Atlantic oceans meet. Follow in the footsteps of Ferdinand Magellan and Sir Francis Drake on this spellbinding journey through the pristine wilderness that exists at the ends of the Earth.

Now save $2000 per couple on all October-December 2012 departures

Solo Travelers—Save a total of $1500 with Reduced Single Supplement
Applies to all 2012 reservations. Prices on the website reflect savings.

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