7-Day Santiago to Viña del Mar, Puerto Natales, Valparaiso, Plaza de Armas de Santiago, Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine National Park Tour (Airport Pickup)
Tour Code: GOL-SCL-005A
Duration: 7 Day(s) / 6 Night(s)
Tour Guide: Chinese, English
Quality: Budget
5%
Departure City
Destination
Return City
Overview
Experience: UNESCO, Family
Extra (Excluded): Wifi, Meal etc...
Tour Guide:Chinese, English
Wed, Sat
Follow us to Chile and experience romance and mystery here!
Stroll through the streets of Santiago and wander between the past and the present.
Explore the World Heritage Valparaiso by walking through the colorful town to know why it is the favorite place of poet Pablo Neruda.
Have a quick view of the "last gateway to Antarctica", Punta Arenas.
Hike in Torres del Paine National Park and enjoy the wonderful scenery in the park: spectacular rock snow-capped mountains and glaciers with lakes and streams gridled.
- Admission ticket to Fonck Museum, Milodon's Cave Natural Monument and Torres del Paine National Park.
- A minimum of 2 passengers is required for this tour to operate. Your reservation will be placed on hold until the tour meets the minimum number of required passengers.
- For schedules departing from January to April and October to December, an additional fee of $150 per person will be charged.
Itinerary
With a relaxed and happy mood, you will be taking a flight to Santiago, Chile! Our tour guide will hold a sign to pick you up at the airport. Guests with an approaching flight will be transferred to the hotel at the same time, so you may need to wait at the airport for a while.
Three meals will be at your own expense.
Free pick-up airport on the first day of your tour: Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL)
Free pick-up time on the first day of your tour: 09:00, 18:00. This time is the time for the guests to meet with our staff after picking up their luggage at the baggage claim area of the airline they are taking.
After breakfast at the hotel, follow our professional tour guide to take a half-day tour in San Diego! First we will head to the downtown to visit the Plaza de Armas and its surrounding communities and get a better understanding of the history of the city. Then follow us to picturesque Cerro Santa Lucia, where you can have a panoramic view of the entire city from the mountain top. Along the way, you'll see ancient churches and monasteries and hear some stories about the city's colonial history.
Itinerary:
Plaza de Armas de Santiago → Cerro Santa Lucia
Hotel: Novotel Providencia Hotel Or Similar.
Viña del Mar is known as the "Garden City" because it was originally surrounded by large green areas and now retains vast and beautiful urban gardens. Also known as the "Gem of the Pacific," the city is the headquarters of the country's legislative branch and home to the Chilean Navy. You will see various historic buildings and the famous Flower Clock. The port and bay are also not to be missed! At noon, you can choose to have a lunch at a local restaurant and taste delicious seafood. Before arriving at Valparaíso, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, we will drive along the seaside and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Pacific coast. You'll visit Cerro Alegre, where you can appreciate what this city has to offer - its lovely cable cars, colorful neighborhoods and unforgettable sea views.
Itinerary:
Santiago → Viña del Mar (Funk Museum and lunch fees included) → Valparaíso → Santiago
Hotel: Novotel Providencia Hotel Or Similar.
Today we will transfer you to Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL), where you will take a flight to Pres Ibanez Airport (PUQ). Air ticket will be at your own expense. There will be no tour guide on the plane.
There are no restrictions on flights from Santiago to Punta Arenas on the same day. It is recommended to book flights taking off between 11:00-14:00 for a more comfortable experience. Airport transfers can be arranged during this time period.
Today's tour begins with destination to the Cueva del Milodón located 24 kilometers north of Puerto Natales. Before reaching the cave, the access road passes through the "Silla del Diablo", a name that comes from popular imagination given to a rocky structure with the appearance of an armchair which is said to have been the "seat" of Milodon and that the legend transformed into “devil”. Then we will continue along the new access road to the Torres del Paine National Park, being able to observe lagoons and mountain ranges along the way. Next, it is possible to admire the beautiful landscape that surrounds us from the Gray Lake Viewpoint (view of the Gray Glacier, the Paine Massif and the Toro Lake). A couple of kilometers further on it is possible to see the Cuernos del Paine, reaching the fork that takes us to the Lake Gray area. In this sector we can take a pleasant walk along the shore of Lake Gray and if the conditions help us, it is possible to access the viewpoint of the Gray Peninsula. Back in the parking lot of the Nursery, we resume the route to take a moment of rest with the option of having lunch. At the end of this restful rest, we begin the second stage of our visit to the Torres del Paine National Park, heading to the Salto Grande sector. We will visit the Nordenskjold Lake Viewpoint and continue enjoying various views on our undulating route that gradually brings us closer to the Laguna Amarga sector. After admiring this pleasant spectacle, we will return to the city of Puerto Natales passing through the Sarmiento Lake Viewpoint, arriving in the late afternoon and bringing with it an unforgettable experience.
Itinerary:
Puerto Natales → Cueva del Milodón (ticket included) → In-depth tour of Torres del Paine National Park (ticket and lunch fee included) → Puerto Natales
Hotel: Costaustralis Hotel Or Similar.
After breakfast, we will transfer you to Pres Ibanez Airport (PUQ), where you will take a flight to Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL). Air ticket will be at your own expense. There will be no tour guide on the plane.
There are no restrictions on flights from Punta Arenas to Santiago that day. It is recommended to book flights taking off between 11:00-14:00 for a more comfortable experience. Airport transfers can be arranged during this time period.
Attractions
Today will be the end of our pleasant trip to Chile. You may book a suitable flight to leave Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport (SCL) according to your needs. Our staff only provides drop-off service from the hotel at 8:00 in the morning. If the guest has an early flight and needs to leave the hotel before 8 o'clock to the airport, the guide can help the guest take a taxi.
The order of itinerary may change without any notice depending on weather situations or for some other unforeseen circumstances.
The order of activities held during the tour is planned by the tour guide. So, it may be different from what is mentioned on the tour page. On fewer occasions, Tour Guide has to skip an attraction or few during the tour depending on weather, traffic, group interest or some other reason.
Some attractions are seasonal. So, when they are closed they will be replaced with some other attraction.
You can skip some optional activities during the tour and plan something on your own. Make sure that you coordinate with Tour guide and stay with the group with next activity. Please note you cannot stay on the bus if you skip some optional activity.
Probable hotel names are mentioned in the itinerary. It can be similar or a different hotel of the similar rating. Exact Hotel details can only be provided one day before the departure.
Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel.
These tours are conducted in a group. A group can have people of several cultures. We expect each person to coordinate with Tour guide to make sure things are on track.
Though attractions are optional but you have to at least take 2 attractions.
Pricing
What's Included
Buffet breakfast in the hotel and 1 lunch.
bottle of water per person per day (Except for the free day）.
Admission ticket to Fonck Museum, Vineyard tour & 3 wine tastings.
Passengers will be picked up and dropped off at their chosen locations. (Please take notice of locations and times of pick up)
Depending on group size it can be either a driver and Guide or a driver guide. Most of the tours are carried out in air conditioned bus. A minivan can also be used depending on the number of people booking the tour. Tour package price includes all the taxes. Tour is inclusive of hotel accommodation. 
Airport pick up is available on this tour. The Tour Package price will not include Mandatory Tour Guide tips for Airport Pickup. What's Excluded
Rates could alter without prior notice.
Lunch and dinner.
Air tickets, ferries, and transportation costs for sightseeing in some scenic spots/national parks involved in the itinerary.
Ticket fees for attractions or self-paid items involved in the itinerary (ticket prices fluctuate from time to time without further notice).
All personal expenses other than those included in the fee.
Fee for all Optional Activities and entrance paid in cash to the tour guide. He will arrange tickets for the whole group. Some attractions might be closed on public holidays. Seasonal attractions will be closed after a certain time and itinerary will be changed based on it. Optional activities price may change or can be different as displayed on the website.
Guide will arrange meals and drinks when requested as they are not included in the package.
Airport Pickup Service Charges $15/person.
A minimum of $15 service fee per passenger per day is not included in the price of the tour package. You can pay it in cash to Tour guide and bus driver. This service fees collected from passengers complement the incomes of driver and the tour guide.
Such expenses as telephone services, alcoholic drinks, beverages and laundry services which are private room services.
Services related to travel insurance.
Other personal expenses.
Important: We never encourage customers to purchase admission packages from outside sources and try using them in this tour with discount. If they do, they must arrange transport on the same day. If you skip some attraction, you cannot do it on your own. You can sit near the bus or visit some nearby place, but you will not be allowed to sit in the bus.
All the prices are listed in USD.
Any Amount paid in cash to the Tour Guide is not refundable.
Tour display price is based on double occupancy. It is the price each person will pay if a group of two is traveling.
Prices may change without any notice.
Prices include hotel accommodation, transportation and taxes.
Admission Tickets to different places and meals are NOT included in the tour price.
Mandatory Tip for tour guide and driver are NOT included.
Only the tour guide can purchase entrance tickets for you. Pre-purchased tickets are NOT acceptable.
There must be at least one passenger of 18 years for every booking made with GoldenBusTours. For Children between the age group of 2 to 14 years, a different price will be charged. Please refer to Child price on our pricing calendar. Child Age may vary between different bus operators. Maximum 4 people of any age can stay in 1 Room in the hotel. If the 5th person is infant you will be charged normally then with the second room as an expense.
Activities are optional though, but each customer has to participate in 2 activities at least. No city pass allowed. Some attractions are mandatory. Each customer has to take part in them and have to pay for them in cash.
Departure Location
Departure Location
Return Location
Important Notes
Arrive at departure location 10 to 15 minutes before the mentioned time to make sure you catch the bus on time. If in case you are late, the bus will not wait for you at the location and ultimately you will miss the entire tour (no refund in this case).
Return time on the website is just an estimation. Expect some variation always. Time may change depending on traffic and weather situations
There is a possibility that tour operator may use a shuttle to drop you off at the return location. It usually happens in the case of multiple return locations.
You can leave the tour at any place only after signing a Tour Departure Form for leaving the tour early.
Please note that price will stay the same even if you leave the tour early.
If you have booked a pre-tour hotel stay, then you will have to arrange your own transport from hotel to departure location.
If you have booked extra night hotel after the tour, then you will arrange transport from drop off point to hotel.
On West Coast tours some bus operators have a lot of departure locations. A slow start is expected on these tours.
Policies
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Determination of the time of cancellation will be done when the notice is received and confirmed by our office. You must make any notice of cancellation directly to GoldenBusTours by email or webmail at the Contact Us section.
Cancellation charges
⇒ 49 days or more prior to departure, 10% of the tour fees will be charged as cancellation.
⇒ Between 48-33 days prior to departure, 50% of the tour fees will be charged as cancellation.
⇒ 32 days prior to departure, 100% tour fees will be charged as cancellation.
Any Amount paid in cash to the Tour Guide is not refundable.
There is no refund for unused features. You forfeit the entire payment when you are a no-show on the departure date and unable to join the tour for any reason including COVID.
An add-on fee of 6% for handling fees is charged in addition to the above penalties. No matter what the reason for cancellation is, the processing fee will be deducted on each refund.
In order for there not to be a cancellation, a minimum number of participants are required. We reserve the right to cancel a scheduled trip although every effort is made by us to ensure that normal operations are maintained. We reserve the right to cancel or re-schedule any tour departure with respect to operating requirements or circumstances beyond control. In case a cancellation is made at any given moment in time before departure, our only liability as GoldenBusTours will be to refund you the amount we received for the booking of the tour. We will try our best to re-book the same or similar tour if the future travel plan suits you. We are not responsible for any cancellation penalties that may have been incurred on any other travel arrangements like separate purchase of air tickets, visa cost, taxi fare etc. We are not liable for any other travel arrangements that have been affected as a result of the cancellations.
Note: More than 30 days after the completion of the tour, we cannot grant any refunds. Each Cancellation Request must be received in writing by email.
Cancellation and reschedule charges are applicable even if you are NOT able to take the tour because of visa rejection, COVID or any other serious issue. If you reschedule a tour and later decide to cancel it then cancellation charges will be applicable to the original departure date and not to the rescheduled one.
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You are advised to carefully read through and understand these Terms & Conditions before making your booking.
Tour Confirmation
You will get an email immediately once you place an order. Tour Confirmation usually takes 2, 3 days except for urgent order. Urgent orders can be confirmed in a day or even few hours, but we can’t assure success in these cases. On fewer occasions, some of the others may require a longer period of time for confirmation. You are advised not to book airline tickets unless you have received the confirmation.
E-Ticket (Mandatory to be on bus)
Your e-ticket includes complete operator information such as local telephone numbers at your destination. You are required to print the e-tickets and bring them along with you on the trip. They will be needed as proof of purchase.
Changes in Booking
You may incur a fee for any revisions or alterations made to the reservation when the booking has already been confirmed. Cancellation fees may be applied to things such as name changes or corrections. They may also apply to tour date changes or tour itinerary changes. Please note that no departure changes are permitted 72 hours before departure.
Changes in Tour Itinerary
We are continuously striving to improve tour itineraries and features. In the event of unforeseen circumstances that are beyond the control, we do reserve the right to vary the itineraries and to substitute hotels. Duplicate departures may operate during certain peak periods, sometimes in reverse order. As such, hotels may vary from those included on the itinerary pages.
Reschedule
If you want to reschedule your tour (change the departure date or choose a different tour) then a reschedule fees may be applied. No reschedule request will be entertained within 15 days before the departure date.
Cancellation and reschedule charges are applicable even if you are NOT able to take the tour because of visa rejection.
Pricing
1. One room can accommodate maximum 4 people. Even if you are 5 people including 1 month old baby you still need 2 rooms.
2. If you can carry your child up to 2 years of age then you do not need to book seats for him. It may vary from one tour to another.
3. Service providers hold the right to change the itinerary and hotel arrangements without any notice.
4. Child (0-9 years) and Single traveler going on the tour have special rates. These prices vary from one tour to another.
5. Meals and Attractions are not included. You can ask your tour guide to try to arrange the meal for you as per your requirements. For attractions, admission fees pay it to the tour guide on the tour.
6. Prices may change without any notice because of prices fluctuation in the market.
7. All prices mentioned on the website are in US dollars.
8. In Case of Bank Wire Transfer customer have to bear Wire transfer fee.
9. Tour package price is inclusive of taxes.
10. Tour Prices are every individual and in view of room inhabitance.
11. Final hotels booked may not be same as the one mentioned on the website.
Child rates are applicable for children between (0-12 years) of age. Parents are advised to bring car seats for the safety of their child.
Buy 2 Get 1 Free: Get 3rd Ticket free on the purchase of 2 tickets. Free hotel and bus transportation for the guests. Free traveler still needs to pay fuel surcharge, admission tickets, tips and other cost mentioned in price excludes section.Responsibility
3. Before booking any tour make sure to go through every detail like tour itinerary, tour price, cancellation policy, reschedule and refund policies. Tour Guide will be Chinese and English or it can only be chinese based on the group size.
4. You should either bring a printed copy of your E-Ticket or bring it in your smartphone on the day of tour departure. You should also bring a valid photo ID along with your E-Ticket. In the case of any issues for not carrying E-Ticket or Photo ID GoldenBusTour will not be responsible.
5.Make sure to provide a valid phone number so we can reach you in the case of any emergency.
6. Please read all important notes, inclusion, exclusion section, terms and conditions, policies and below notes.
6a. Tour Operator holds the right to cancel the tour at any time depending on poor weather condition or some other unforeseen circumstances. However, GoldenBusTour will update its customers about the cancellation and shall not be held accountable for charges other than tour fees.
6b. Change in tour price will not affect any confirmed booking.
6c. Tour Operator can change the order of itinerary at any time without any notice.
8.Reach Departure location about 20 to 30 minutes before departure time. Unfortunately, no one will wait for you in case you get in late. The bus mostly has Bus Operator name and logo on it. Even if you are five minutes late and miss the bus then GoldenBusTours or Tour Operator will not be responsible. There will be no refund in this case. You will be charged 100% tour fee.
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