An architectural lodge beneath the massif, glacier days and the wind at the edge of the world.
An architectural lodge beneath the massif, glacier days and the wind at the edge of the world. Here is Chile & Patagonia, arranged privately — browse it by the occasion you're marking, by what moves you, or by the season that suits you best.
What an advisor can open that an algorithm cannot. Each of these is staged on your terms — the access, the timing, the people.
The massif caught at the hour the granite turns pink — a private guide who has tracked this park for twenty years identifies the puma prints on the trail before breakfast, the towers reflected in the Pehoe lake below, no other party in the frame.
A launch from the lake's southern shore to the calving face — the glacier active, the ice dropping into the water audibly, the guide explaining the rate of retreat and what the moraine left behind tells you about the park's last ten thousand years.
A working estancia in the Torres del Paine buffer zone — the asado prepared over an open fire by the family who has grazed sheep here for four generations, the Patagonian night sky at altitude, the conversation about what the park's expansion has cost them.
Not a package — a starting point. Each is a journey we have designed and refined; your advisor reshapes it for the version only you would recognise.
A lodge above the Torres del Paine lake at dawn — the massif reflected in the water, a private guide for the trek to the viewpoint at the hour the towers turn pink, a dinner in the estancia dining room, and the Patagonian stars at an altitude where the Milky Way is not a concept but a presence.
The Carretera Austral and the Torres del Paine circuit in a single journey — a private vehicle for the first road, a boat for the Grey Glacier, a private guide for the W trek who adjusts the day to what the weather says is possible, and the camp dinner under the wind.
Specialist guides, hides and the light that defines Chile & Patagonia.
The southern hemisphere's high season from November to March — the Torres del Paine massif at its most accessible, the Grey Glacier actively calving, the condors riding the thermals above the valley, and the eighteen-hour summer light that means dinner outside until ten.
Each a starting point — our advisors weave them into a single, seamless journey.
The Patagonian summer, from November through March, is the prime window for trekking, with the longest days and the most settled conditions in December, January, and February. This is the season for the classic routes in Torres del Paine on the Chilean side and around El Chalten and the Fitz Roy massif on the Argentine side. Wind is constant in Patagonia year-round, and shoulder months such as late October and April are quieter but cooler and more changeable.
In Torres del Paine, the established approach is to base in an all-inclusive lodge or premium estancia that includes private or small-group guided excursions, from day hikes to the base of the towers to navigation toward the Grey Glacier. Forest Travel works with the leading lodge-category properties inside and around the park, and can arrange private guides, glacier walks, horseback riding with local gauchos, and boat approaches to the glaciers. On the Argentine side, El Calafate gives access to the Perito Moreno Glacier and El Chalten to the Fitz Roy trails.
In Chilean Patagonia, travelers typically fly into Punta Arenas and stay three to four nights at an all-inclusive lodge in or near Torres del Paine. On the Argentine side, El Calafate serves as the base for the Perito Moreno Glacier, often two to three nights, with an optional extension to El Chalten. A well-rounded Patagonia leg runs about six to eight nights when combining both the Chilean and Argentine sides.
The two sides are commonly linked by an overland crossing between Torres del Paine and El Calafate, a scenic drive of roughly five hours with a border formality in between. Patagonia is almost always paired with at least one major city on each end, most often Buenos Aires and Santiago, and frequently with the Lake District or Mendoza. Your advisor can sequence the legs so the border crossing and the regional flights align without backtracking.
There are no direct international flights into the Patagonian gateways, so access is via Santiago to Punta Arenas on the Chilean side, or via Buenos Aires to El Calafate on the Argentine side, each a flight of around three to three and a half hours. From the airports, lodges are a further two to five hours by road, so private transfers are essential and distances should be built into the daily pace. For travelers short on time, private charter flights can shorten some of the longer transfers.
From 1 May 2026, Torres del Paine entry is no longer a general park pass: CONAF sells section-specific tickets. A day-hiker to the base of the towers buys the Base Torres ticket, a W trekker buys the W section, and there is no blanket multi-day pass. Tickets must be bought in advance through CONAF's own portal, and rangers at Laguna Amarga ask to see the full itinerary and confirmed campsite or refugio bookings.
A W trek in Torres del Paine needs three separate bookings that line up on the same nights and in the right direction. Park entry comes from CONAF, while the refugios and campsites are split between two operators: one holds Paine Grande, Grey, Dickson and Los Perros, the other Central, Chileno, Cuernos, Francés and Serón. Forest Travel holds the sequence and the beds, and places a private guide inside it.
The Perito Moreno glacier, reached from El Calafate, is usually split across two days because the park gives 50% off a second entry used within 72 hours of the first. Rather than attempting the glacier in one long day, the visit is spread out, which suits the overland link from Torres del Paine to El Calafate, about five hours with a border formality in the middle.
The towers of Torres del Paine are cloud-bound more often than not. For that reason, any itinerary that cares about seeing them builds in two attempts at the base, and the days are kept reversible so plans can shift with the weather. The wind is constant all year, so a plan that assumes a still morning is not a plan.
The private boat to the Grey Glacier is a launch from the lake's southern shore to the calving face, where the glacier is active and the ice can be heard dropping into the water. The guide explains the rate of retreat and what the moraine left behind tells you about the park's last ten thousand years.
With an advisor, if you plan to trek Torres del Paine. Since 1 May 2026 entry is sold by section through CONAF, and the refugios and campsites are split between two operators, so a W itinerary needs three bookings to line up on the same nights before rangers at Laguna Amarga let you through. We hold that sequence and the beds, add a private guide and private transfers, and build two attempts at the towers into the days.
A private Patagonia trip is estimated from around US$1,400 per person per night, so the six to eight nights a leg across Chile and Argentina needs run from around US$8,400 to US$11,200 per person, plus our US$250 planning fee per itinerary. Domestic flights, Santiago to Punta Arenas or Buenos Aires to El Calafate at about three to three and a half hours, and road transfers of two to five hours to the lodge are part of the plan.
The Cruce de Lagos, a boat-and-land crossing of the Andes from Bariloche that ends near Puerto Varas and turns a transfer into the best day of the week. It runs on a fixed schedule, depends on the weather and takes a full day, so it is built into the route rather than added. Further south, the standard link is overland from Torres del Paine to El Calafate, about five hours with a border formality in the middle.
Every journey here is a starting point a private advisor reshapes entirely around you — your pace, your people, the Chile & Patagonia only you would recognise.
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