South American Adventure - Argentina

FRC Route 40 Road Movie
04 days – 03 nights

Departures: Guaranteed all Wednesdays

Season: October to April

Starts at: Comodoro Rivadavia Airport

Ends at: El Chalten

Group Departures

This program allows us to travel the legendary Route 40, with its long rubble roads crossing the Patagonia steppe.
We will visit the Cueva de las Manos (Cave of the Hands), with 10.000 year old paintings of human hands and animals, in the beatiful canyon of the Pinturas River. We will travel the canyon of the Oro River with their view of the Cerro San Lorenzo, the highest in the Patagonia

01	Comodoro Rivadavia Airport - Los Antiguos

02	Cueva de las Manos

03	Cerro San Lorenzo. Oro Canyon River.

04	Posadas Lake– El Chalten

ITINERARY

Day 1 Comodoro Rivadavia – Los Antiguos
The group meet at 2 pm at the Restaurant of the Comodoro Rivadavia Airport. Our journey begins from the town of Comodoro Rivadavia. Southern 70 Km from there we visit the town of Caleta Olivia skirting the San Matias Gulf on the Atlantic Ocean coast. We will cross the Patagonia to the West to move away from the sea and to get the views of the Cordillera de los Andes range, in the town of Los Antiguos, located on the southern shore of the Buenos Aires Lake, and to 2 Km from the border with Chile. (400 km/250miles).
Lodge at Inn double base with private bathroom
Included meals: dinner.

Day 2 Cueva de las Manos. Los Antiguos–Posadas Lake
We leave from Los Antiguos town toward the south to arrive to the of the Pictures River canyon, to walk on them to visit the Cueva de las manes (Cave of the Hands) an imposing place with 10.000 year old paintings of human hands and animals. Then we continue to lodge in the small and picturesque Lago Posadas town. (260 km/160 miles).
Lodge at Cabins four or six base with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast, lunch box and dinner.

Day 3 Cerro San Lorenzo. Oro Canyon River
We transfer in the morning to Oro River Canyon, where we trek for 5 hours between its high stone walls until get a wonderful view of the Cerro San Lorenzo, the highest Patagonian Hill (3706 mts/12159 ft). We return to Lago Posadas to enjoy the contrast between the blue waters of Posadas Lake and the green waters from Pueyrredon Lake, shared each other by only 100 meters (328 ft) of land.
Lodge at Cabins four or six base with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast, lunch box and dinner.

Day 4 Lago Posadas–El Chalten
After breakfast we depart in our bus to El Chalten. We travel a long track in which we could appreciate the different birds and fauna of Patagonia. We stop to have lunch at a typical Patagonia saloon close to Cardiel Lake. We estimate to arrive at El Chalten around 7 pm. (550 Km/341 miles)
Lodge at Hostel Room with shared bathroom
Alternatives: Inn Room double or single base with private bathroom
Included meals: breakfast and dinner.

SERVICE DETAILS

Included Services

Bilingual Spanish-English guides during all the program’s activities.
Mountain Guides during the trekking activities.
Transfer Comodoro Rivadavia Airport – El Chalten with private transportation.

3 breakfasts, 2 lunch boxes and 3 dinners, as detailed in the chart below.

The FRC- Route 40 tour is offered in three different ways to lodge.

DAYS	01	02	03	04
(FMC 00) Inn double base with private bathroom
Cabins four or six base with private bathroom

DAYS	01	02	03	04
Breakfast
Lunch Box
Dinner

South American Adventure - Argentina

FRC Route 40 Road Movie 04 days – 03 nights

FRC Route 40 Road Movie
04 days – 03 nights