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Santiago City Tour (½D) Shopping Tour (½D) Sea Kayaking Extension (½D)

Our Chile extensions offer some of the most extreme encounters with nature on the planet. Home to the world-renowned Torres del Paine National Park, Chile arguably offers the most dramatic mountain ranges on earth, creating striking natural amphitheatres and granite-enclosed valleys across the captivating landscape. The park's namesake, the Towers of Paine, pierce the sky at almost ten thousand feet, and the haunting plains of the Southern Patagonia Ice Cap stretch out before you as one of the most isolated places known to mankind.
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Chile Extensions

Santiago City Tour (½D)

1 traveler $165 / 2 Travelers $105 / 3 or more $95
Santiago, Chile, is a charming, sophisticated city of contrasts set in the foothills of the Andes. To learn about its rich history, on this tour you'll visit the capital's most important sites including the historic downtown area surrounding the Plaza de Armas and the Presidential Palace. For a scenic view of Santiago, you'll visit the top of Cerro San Cristobal, a 600-ft hillside park above the city. During the tour you may visit one of Santiago's many excellent museums such as: the Cousino Mansion, lifestyles of the rich and famous perfectly preserved in the former home of one of Chile's illustrious 19th century families; the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, showcasing one of the world's most extensive collections of Latin American arts and crafts or La Chascona Museum, the former home of Nobel Prize winning Chilean, Pablo Neruda, which the poet designed and filled with an odd assortment of possessions. Neruda named his creation, "woman with tousled hair" after his third wife.
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Shopping Tour (½D)

1 traveler $165 / 2 Travelers $105 / 3 or more $95
Take a whirlwind shopping tour through some of Santiago's most interesting retail enclaves. The first stop on this Chile tour will be the boutiques and galleries along fashionable Alonso de Cordova Avenue. Then, at one of the country's best gem shops, you'll learn about the semiprecious stone that Chile is famous for, lapis lazuli. Your tour ends at the picturesque outdoor Los Dominicos craft market, a quaint artisan village on the outskirts of Santiago where you may enjoy a stroll and purchase jewelry, black pottery, copperware and other arts and crafts typical of Chile from over 150 artists.
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Sea Kayaking Extension - (½D) - Starting at $95/Person

Half Day Paddle on Grey Lake - $115 Per Person - Min. 2 passengers After a safety briefing, you will put in your kayak on Grey Lake and head out across this iceberg-choked body of water. Paddle amongst the massive chunks that ground themselves at this sandy spit of land, having floated from their namesake glacier six miles away. A memorable Chile tour experience suitable for novice and experienced paddlers alike, the peaceful float alongside towering toothpaste-blue pieces of ice is a must for adventure lovers. The trip is weather-reliant and includes approximately two hours of paddling.
Half day Kayak Salto Chico to Puente Weber - $115 Per Person - Min. 2 passengers For this lovely river journey, you will put in on the Paine River before paddling up to Salto Chico for an up-close look at this pretty and very popular waterfall. From there, you will head downriver through Torres del Paine National Park to reach Puente Weber, finishing at the Park Administration Center. This is a very peaceful and beautiful half-day kayak tour and a great extension with which to customize an itinerary.
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CHILE EXTENSIONS

Have more time to spend? Why not customize your trip with some of these trip extensions? Add extensions to the beginning or the end of your trip, or add to both ends.