Compañia de Guias Trekking Catalog 2019

Trekking Tierra del Fuego Summer 2018 / 2019 The best trekking programs at the end of the world.

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Ushuaia - End of the world

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Tierra del Fuego Generalities •

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Hiking circuits in Tierra del Fuego present a span of possibilities for privileged adventures in the end of the world.

The Andes range presents two well defined areas: To the north of the mountains, the steppe presents a continental landscape, while to the south hillsides fall into the sea in a typical Fuegian frame.

Lenga forests with their ocher tones, peat bogs, enormous lakes and transversal valleys on the edge of the continent are some of the good reasons to dare running the adventure.

Many of these mountains have not yet been travelled by man.

Tierra del Fuego National Park, are one of the principal attractions in the area. The importance of Tierra del Fuego National Park lies in keeping the pristine condition of nature, only altered by beavers, which, introduced from Canada five decades ago.

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Tierra del Fuego Trekking Characteristics Trekking in Tierra del Fuego is a wonderful experience, in a wild land.

Normally include crossing untouched and virgin areas.

Watch and share with wildlife, big forests, high mountain environment, and other unique thinks.

No dangerous animals are present in this area, the biggest predator is a red fox, and no pumas , bears and wolf are present. No dangers insects are present.

Itineraries: • Full day Glacier Trekking National Park Trekking Summits Trekking

• Multi day Montes Martial Circuit (3 days) Sierra Valdivieso Trekking (4 days) Dientes de Navarino (4+2 days) Crossing Tierra del Fuego (7 days) Cordillera Darwin (12days)

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General Map

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General Location

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Exploring the ice age of Tierra del Fuego

GLACIER TREKKING

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Glacier Trekking Description & Itienerary

The objective of this excursion is to know the glacier history in Tierra del Fuego. We will be in the high mountain environment, and walk on the glacier surface.

During the trip, we will visit the Lenga forest, the peat bog, beaver dams, timberline area and Vinciguerra Glacier. We will explore caves, crevasses, and walk with grampons on the surface of the glacier.

Itinerary: We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, have a short transfer to the beginning of the trail. The excursion is about 7 hours walk. And we come back on the same way.

Transfer, Guide, Box Lunch and Equipment are include.

You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, Day backpack, Globes and hat.

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Glacier Trekking

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Map

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SUMMITS OF THE END OF THE WORLD In the high mountain environment

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Summits Trekking Description & Itinerary Itinerary: We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, have a short transfer to the beginning of the trail. The excursion is about 6 hours walk. According to the weather we will go on one way route, or come back on the same way.

Transfer, Guide, Box Lunch and Equipment are include.

You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, Day backpack, Globes and hat.

We are going in search of the most beautiful panoramic views of Tierra del Fuego.

To do this, start walking on the edge of the city, and from there, following a path of the old prison of Ushuaia, climb to Cerro del Medio. A summit is simple to climb, but impressive sight. From its 800 meters high, feel like a Himalayan summit. We shall not cease to amaze us throughout your journey, surrounded by the most pristine nature and unique view, gives us the height.

We will bring amazing pictures and an unforgettable experience.

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Summits of the End of the World

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Map

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NATIONAL PARK TREKKING In contact with the nature and cultural history of Tierra del Fuego

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National Park Trekk Description & Itinerary Itinerary: We pick up you at 9 am in your hotel, have a short transfer to the beginning of the trail. The excursion is about 6 hours walk. Itinerary is a one way route.

Transfer, Guide, and Box Lunch are include.

You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, Day backpack, Globes and hat.

Three options are available: • Full Day Trekking • Trekking with optional navigation • Half day Hiking.

Tierra del Fuego National Park is one of the most frequently visited places in Ushuaia: it is close to the city, it is easily accessible and it does not require to be approached in any particular way.

We propose to discover the true nature of the secret within the Tierra del Fuego National Park. With our specialized guides it is possible to get to know in detail this recovered paradise, where the mountains are accessible from the sea, and the fresh water of rivers and lakes mixes with the sea.

On this tour you get to walk through the forest, and discover the secrets of the beagle channel to get into the famous Lapataia Bay. We will walk thought old Indians camps in the coast, an ancient forest, birds and occasionally some fox.

We propose a trip around the National Park involving ornithology, geology, ecology, trekking, and photography.

We’ll bring along our expertise, service and our attention to detail so that you may be able to concentrate on every attraction the place has to offer. It is not far from Ushuaia city, and getting there is easy, and exiting…

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Tierra del Fuego National Park

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Map

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MONTES MARTIAL CIRCUIT The heart of the Tierra del Fuego National Park

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Montes Martial Trekk Description & Itinerary Day 1: Departure from the hotel at 9 am. – Trekking through Andorra Valley and ascension to Laguna del Caminante – Lunch – Camp – Dinner – Camp night.

Day 2: Breakfast – Departure to Superior Valley – Ascension to Falso Tonelli or Rebert Mount – Lunch – Return to the camp – Dinner and Night camp.

Day 3: Breakfast- Sheep Pass – Lunch – Descent down Sheep Canyon on direction to Ushuaia – Arrival to town around 4 pm.

This is the circuit published in “Lonely Planet” & “Trekking in South America”. In 3 days, we will explore the hear of the Tierra del Fuego National Park.

The idea of this trekking is explore the heart of the Tierra del Fuego National Park, Walk in a variety of landscapes, and environments, climb a nice and easy mountain, in a very remote place.

We will enjoy three days in the wilderness, walking in guanacos trails, enormous Nothofagus forests, and high mountain environment.

Transfer, Guide, Meals and Grupal equipment are include.

You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, backpack, Sleeping Bag, Globes and hat.

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Montes Martial Circuit

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Map

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SIERRA VALDIVIESO TREKKING Classic itinerary to cross the Andes

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Sierra Valdivieso Description & Itinerary Day 1: pick up in the hotel, transfer to the start point, and leave. First night in the area of the Beban pass.

Day 2: We climb the Beban pass, and then climb the Azul Lagoon pass.

Camping Night in Five lagoon valley.

Day 3: We follow the five lagoon valley in direction to the west.

Day 4: The last day, we will go back to Ushuaia, following the route of the Carbajal Valley.

Transfer, Guide, Meals and Groupal equipment are include.

You need to bring all your personal Gear, (Wind Jacket, Water bottle, backpack, Sleeping Bag & matt, Globes and hat‌

We offer to a classic Sierra Valdivieso trekk, the same itinerary published in the lonely planet guide.

General idea is to explore the highlands of the andes, at the end of the world, where the mountains are in West-East direction.

We are starting in Ushuaia, the fist part of the trip is a bus transfer from your hotel to Tierra Mayor Valley.

There we start to walk, crossing the Tierra Mayor valley, and continued climbing the Beban Pass. This is a combination of two high pass on 900msnm high.

From Beban Valley we will cross to Five lagoon valley, crossing wonderful highlands, in a very nice and exiting trekking.

In this area, we will explore the highlands, full of rocks, lagoons and animals. We will see the Fagnano Lake, a wonderful interior sea.

We will pass the 2nd and 3th night, in a peaceful highland.

The last day, we will descent to Carbajal Valley, to come back to Ushuaia following the amazing landscapes of open valleys and snowy mountains.

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Sierra Valdivieso Circuit

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Map

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DIENTES DE NAVARINO CIRCUIT The end of the world trekking, From here only Cape Horn…

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Dientes de Navarino Itinerary & Description Day 1: Ushuaia to Puerto Williams.

This day we cross the Beagle channel, from Ushuaia.

Day 2: Puerto Williams to the Dientes de Navarino peaks.

After four to five hours we reach Laguna del Salto to pitch camp near the lake.

Day 3: Dientes de Navarino peaks to Laguna Martillo.

Our goal for today is Lago Martillo, which we will reach after five or six hours.

Day 4: Laguna Martillo to Paso Virginia.

At Paso Virginia we reach the highest point of the Dientes Circuit at 2,870 feet (859m). The wind has created a moon scenery. We can see Cordillera Darwin and Ushuaia. We spend the night in the forest, out of the wind (5 hours).

Day 5: Paso Virginia to Puerto Williams.

Hike to the Beagle Channel and Puerto Williams (5 to 6 hours).

Day 6: Puerto Williams to Ushuaia.

This trek is an absolutely wonderful place - the views over the Cape Horn archipelago are stunning and the landscape changes rapidly so it feels as if you've covered even more ground than you really do.

Dientes de Navarino is a wonderful, but very demanding 5-6 days trek, only for seasoned trekkers. The challenge: the extremely variable weather (sub Antarctic), you have a sunny day, no wind and in less 10 minutes you can endure a blizzard, or thick fog and so.

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Dientes de Navarino Circuit

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Map

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CROSSING TIERRA DEL FUEGO The best trekking in South Patagonia.

Wild, Remote, Unforgettable…

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Crossing Tierra del Fuego Itinerary & Description Day 1 & 2: Transfer to Yehuin Lake, and trekking along the Lakes Districts, to Fagnano Lake - Camping.

Day 3: Cross Fagnano Lake by boat – Overnight in a comfortable cabins.

Day 4 and 5: Trekking along Valdivieso Circuit to Tierra Mayor Valley, Camping nights.

Day 6 & 7: Trekking along Cinco Hermanos Pass, Arriving to Beagle Channel and Ushuaia – Night in camping and Hotel Day 8: Free day in Ushuaia – break to know the city. Hotel.

Day 9: Transfer to Ushuaia Airport.

Transfer, Guide, Meals and Grupal equipment are include.

You need to bring Wind Jacket, Water bottle, backpack, Sleeping Bag, Globes and hat.

If you like to walk in wild lands, probably this trek is the best you can do in the world. This trip include the “Sierra Valdivieso Circuit”, published in Lonely Planet & Trekking in South America Handbook.

Crossing Tierra del Fuego is an expedition in which we will know all the natural environments of the island of Tierra del Fuego, starting from the grasslands of the steppe, to transition environments, and culminating in the Beagle Channel coast, after crossing the Fagnano lake, the Andes Range, (at the ends) and the enormous sub Antarctic forest.

Over 7 days we walk at south, along ancient paths stays put, crossing the Lake Fagnano, (in a dinghy), and crossing the Andes, range in trails rarely travels, and many time out of the trail, trough virgin forests; in search of the mystic Beagle Channel and the city of the end of the world: Ushuaia.

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Crossing Tierra del Fuego

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Map

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Private Itineraries We will provide Guides and logistic support for your family, individual or grouped trip.

•It´s include: •Complete trip planning under your demand, •Guide´s, Porters •Equipment provision, •And all you need for your dreamed trip.

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Self Guided Trips • You can do it

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You can do your own trip in Patagonia, with our support.

We can provide gear, information, packed meals, and all you need for your camping and mountaineering trip from Ushuaia.

Gear rental are available in our web site: www.companiadeguias.com.ar We can provide: – – –

Tents, stoves, sleeping bags, mat rest, tarps, and all the necessary equipment for your trip Meals with adequate packaging for Tierra del Fuego environment and climate.

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We provide logistic support and information for your autonomous trip in Tierra del Fuego.

Ask Us for prices and details about this service and conditions. info@companiadeguias.com.ar We can provide: – – – – – –

Maps and Geographical information Assorting Communications (VHF / Sat / HF) Search and Rescue Air and Vessel Support Ask for other necessities

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Staff •

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Compañía de Guías de Patagonia, is a professional guides company. Our staff have different qualifications, under Argentina Mountain Guide Association (AAGM) and Wilderness First Responder (WFR) first aid protocol.

Other disciplines have specials certifications, like ACA for Sea Kayaking.

We adopt the Leave no Trace ethics principles in our tours and life.

We operate inside the Tierra del Fuego National Park, with all the licenses and insurances.

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Weather The Climate of Tierra del Fuego belongs to Sub polar Oceanic. Although temperatures are cold during all the year, it is possible to appreciate Magellan forest. Ushuaia has a average temperature of 5,7 °C and a low annual temperature variation, from -0,3 in July to 9,4 °C in January; it is not common temperatures over 15 °C in Summer or less than -8 °C in Winter. Record of absolute temperatures are 29,4 °C (December) and -25,1 °C (July). Cold is so constant, that in Summer it snows eventually, or temperatures like -6 °C. Precipitations, that in Winter usually falls as snow, are constant during the year (524 mm). Even if it doesn’t seem too much, because of the low temperature, they help to consider Ushuaia as a city with wet weather; it also helps that it rains 200 days a year. Strong winds from the western quadrant, originated in the Pacific, feels hard in the city. They give their shape to unprotected trees that grows with their crowns following wind direction. These are called “flag trees”.

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Meals In a full day excursions, the meal is a box lunch, with food for all the day. We provide the box (or bag) with sandwichs (2), cereal bar, fruit, candies, and alfajor (an special type of tipical argentinian small cake).

In the trips with overnight, the days start with the camping breakfast (cafĂŠ, milk, tea, cereals, cereal bars and cookies).

The lunch is normally walking, some times a box lunch, and other times is a picnic (with salame, cheese, and other things). In the afternoon, when we arrive to the camping site, the guide prepare the snack, with tea (hot drinks) and some thing to eat (normally salame, cheese, and some salt cookies, and peanut). After this, when the camp is ready, we have a dinner, this is a soup, with a hot meal, and dessert. After this some hot drink (cofe or tea) and we will be ready to go to the bed!

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Logistic support • Autonomy: – We call autonomy style, when all the equipment for the trip are carring by the clients and guides. No porters are available in this tipe of trips.

• Assisted: – We call assisted style, when the company provide porters to carry the grupal equipment (tent´s, stoves, food, etc)

• Very Important Note: – Compañía de Guias, don´t provide porters for personal equipment. The people who walk with us, should to bring their personal equipment. If you can´t to bring you personal stuff, may be can to choice a diferent itinerary, or one personalized trekking.

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Inclusion & Exclusion All services include:

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Transport Meals Guide Grupal equipment Technical equipment Insurance (PA)

Personal equipment Back pack Sleeping bag Clothing Air fares to and from Argentina, or internal flights, see exceptions.

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General Conditions For Reservations

For Cancelations

For reservations, contact us via our web page, or with your travel agency.

For cancelations, we apply the follow conditions: • If the guide cancel the trip before departure, for safety conditions, we refund 100% of booking.

• In excursions: If the guide cancel the trip in middle of the itinerary, or modify the itinerary, we don’t refund.

• In expeditions: The guide can modify or cancel the itinerary in any moment, in function of safety condition. It is non negotiable.

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To confirm the reservation, is necessary to pay 30% at the moment of book, in concept of deposit. And then: – –

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If is expedition trip: 70% 45 days before departure If is excursion: 70% 15 days before departure

In rentals, is necessary one guaranty deposit, by cash or credit card coupon, for 100% of the rented equipment valor.

For rentals cancelations, apply same conditions than excursions.

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In excursions: 3 days (72hs)before departure, we refund 70%.

In excursions: from 3 days to 1 day (24 hs) we refund 50% In excursions: inside 24 hs, non refund.

In expeditions: before 30 days to depart of the trip, we refund 70% of the payment In expeditions: between 30 days before departure, non refund.

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2018 / 2019 Regular Fares Full Day Trekking

Multi Day Trekking

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Glacier Trekking – – –

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U$110.- per person / regular price.

No extra costs.

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U$115.- Per person / regular price.

Zodiac Navigation is not available any more. + national park entrance.

Lunch, transfer, guide include.

U$1490.- per person / autonomy style price.-

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U$755.- per person / autonomy style price.U$1100.- per person / assisted style price.-

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U$498.- per person / autonomy style price.U$660.- per person / assisted style price.-

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Montes Martial Circuit (3 days) – –

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U$110.- per person / regular price.

No extra costs.

Meals, equipment, transfer & guide.

U$1725.- per person / autonomy style price.U$2370.- per person / assisted style price.-

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2018 / 2019 Private Fares • Full Day Trekks (glacier trekking, Summits Trekking, National Park Trekking) – – – –

Based in 1 pax: U$570.Based in 2 pax: U$345.Based in 3 Pax: U$190.Based in 4 & 5 Pax: U$175.-

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Based in 1 pax: U$1150.-(Autonomy) and U$1595.- (Assisted) Based in 2 pax: U$590.-(Autonomy) and U$835.- (Assisted) Based in 3 Pax: U$520.-(Autonomy) and U$720.- (Assisted) Based in 4 & 5 Pax: U$485.-(Autonomy) and U$ 670.- (Assisted)

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Net prices.From 6 pax the fare is the regular price.

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Contact Us Comercial Office: Gobernador Godoy 19 3º B – (9410) Ushuaia – Argentina Tel: +54 – 2901 – 437753 Móvil: +54 9 2901 401919 Email: info@companiadeguias.com.ar

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