Day by day

Day 1 (13 october 2011)

* Meeting point en Buenos Aires.
* 15. Hotel acomodation.
* 18. About the trip and Charles Darwin.
* 21. Special dinner: "The Darwin´s flavors". Seven steps menu to taste species that Beagle crew ate 170 years ago.
*Nihgt at the hotel.

Day 2 (14 october)

* 9. Breakfast.
* 10. Tour in churches that Darwin visited. English influence in Buenos Aires. Darwin’s description of the native people.
* 13. Lunch.
* Night at the hotel.

Day 3 (15 october)

* 7.30. Departure to Bahía Blanca.
* The city that Darwin saw.
* Night at the hotel.

Day 4 (16 october)

* Departure to Punta Alta, land of fosils.
* Darwin Museum. The task of geologists who follows the way of Darwin.
* Expedition to Pehuen Co (“The monster´s catacomb”).
* Return to the hotel in Bahía Blanca.
* Night at the hotel.

Day 5 (17 october)

* Departure to Puerto Madryn.
* Stop in Carmen de Patagones. Tour to the places that D’Orbigny and Conrad Martens painted in their expeditions. ¨
* Arrival to Madryn.

Day 6 (18 october)

* Tour to Puerto Pirámides to see the wales.
* Departure to Puerto Deseado.
* Night at bus.

Day 7 (19 october)

* Arrival to Puerto Deseado.
* Expedition to the river. Desolate and spectacular landscape, like Darwin and Fitz Roy explored in 1833. Wildlife and landscape watching, and hiking (penguins, dolphins, birds).
* Night at the hotel.

Day 8 (20 october)

* Departure to Puerto San Julián.
* Tour to the gullies with fosils that Darwin found.
* Departure to Puerto Santa Cruz.
* Night at P.Santa Cruz.

Day 9 (21 october)

* Visit to Punta Quilla (Where the Beagle was repaired).
* Trekking to the river Santa Cruz, mended by Darwin and Fitz Roy during 21 days.
* Departure to Punta Arenas (Chile).
* Night at Punta Arenas.

Day 10 (22 october)

* Departure with Mare Australis cruise.
* Welcome dinner.

Day 11 (23 october)

* Disembarkation in Ainsworth Bay and Tucker Island.
* Marinelli Glacier.

Day 12 (24 october)

* The great Avenue of Glaciers.
* Darwin, the first glaciologist?
* Pia glacier.
* Mount Darwin.

Day 13 (25 october)

* Nassau Bay
* Wollaston Island.
* Woolaia (Darwin and Fitz Roy's exprience with acolony).
* Cape Horn.

Day 14 (26 october)

* Arrival to Ushuaia.
* Departure to Buenos Aires (by plane).
* Good by everybody.





SERVICES INCLUDED:

-Luxury Bus by land: Buenos Aires / Bahia Blanca / Carmen de Patagones / Puerto Deseado /Puerto San Julián / Puerto Santa Cruz / Punta Arenas (Chile).
- 6 nights in first's category hotels, breakfast included.
- Lunch OR dinner.
- 3 nights in cruise Mare Australis, all foods and drinks included.
- All tours and expeditions includ conferences and orientation with specialist people.
- Watching wales and desembarcation ind Cape Horn are subjet to weather conditions.
- Flight ticket USHUAIA / BUENOS AIRES.

Prices per person (Twin/Double): U$S 4899

More info: copea@copea.com.ar / edlitvin@gmail.com