Tierra del Fuego Valdivieso Super Loop Trek, Argentina

The day starts with the pick-up at the hotel at 8:30 am which will take us to the start of the Laguna Esmeralda trail. We will start our trekking with light backpacks, crampons, lunch, clothes, insulation, daily and personal items for the trek (as the bags, tents, food for the trek, cooking utensils, and other items will be carried by our team to the first camp). The trail will take us through forests and peat bogs to the Esmeralda Lagoon and then continue ascending to the Ojo del Albino Glacier through rocky outcrops where we will have lunch. We will cross the glacier with our crampons and descend to the Beban valley to find our camp set up.

Distance: 15 km
Positive difference in altitude: 800 m
Duration: 8 hours approximately

After a hearty breakfast and with our backpacks loaded (here we will have to carry our bags, insulators, and part of the tent) we will set off to the high pass called Paso Beban. Then we will descend through the valley to the northwest where we will reach the waters of the Fagnano Lake over Sarita Beach on the Bahía de Los Renos (Reindeer Bay). Here we will be picked up by the boat of the Bahía de Los Renos complex and taken to where we will have our rest day. We will spend two nights and a full day of rest in these cabins.

Distance: 18 km
Elevation gain: 350 m
Duration: 10 hrs

After resting in the cabins and having a good breakfast, we will take a boat ride on the waters of the Fagano Lake to the Bahia Grande which is a great bird reserve. We will see beaver forests, mountains, and virgin valleys and enjoy a great lunch on the shores of the largest lake in Tierra del Fuego. In the afternoon we will rest and recharge our batteries for the next day, ending the day with a pizza dinner by the fire.
Duration: Boat excursion of approximately 4 hours (You can choose not to do the excursion if you need to rest).

At mid-morning we will take our camping gear and backpacks and climb into the boat to begin our crossing to the Reindeer Pass. As we ascend, we will start crossing the incredible lagoons and waterfalls of this pass. From there, we will be able to see Fagnano Lake, the Andes Mountain Range, and the Carbajal Valley which will be our next destination. We will head south through the same valley descending to the bottom of the Carbajal valley to find our camping place. Here we will spend the last night camping in the shelter of the sub-Antarctic forest.

Distance: 13.5 km
Cumulative elevation gain: 600 meters
Duration: 8 hours

Our last day starts early in the morning. We will head east through the long and peaty Carbajal Valley. The terrain will be mostly flat for most of the way. Our journey ends on National Route 3 in the middle of the afternoon.

Distance: 15.5 km
Cumulative elevation gain: 200 meters
Duration: 8 hours