FULL DAY RUPESTRE PATAGONIA + 3 CAVES HIKE & EBIKE

In the morning, a private transfer will pick you up at 8:00 AM from your hotel or accommodation and take you 30 minutes just outside of Puerto Natales. 

Upon your arrival, you’ll group up with your guide for a short briefing of today’s activities consisting of a hike to the Caves and a loop in eBikes along a single track.

E-Bike

Today’s ride is along a private reserve not open to the public who frequent the Natural Monument Milodon Cave. Once we meet up with our guides at our starting point, we begin with a smooth, moderate ride bordering Cerro Queso (Cheese Hill) where we continue riding to a beautiful view of the Sofia Lagoon. On clear days we can see Paine Grande and other surrounding peaks set off among the far reaching fjords. Riding onward, we continue along a path closely bordering the Sofia Lagoon which connects us with Cueva de la Ventana (Window Cave). We continue through eaves and cave paintings left by the ancestors of the Ultima Esperanza until arriving at Dos Herraduras (two horseshoes). We’ll take time along our ride to stop and get up close to the history stored deep in these caves and trails. 

Once we finish our 10km ride, we’ll take a rest to enjoy a delicious, traditional Parrillada (BBQ) in a rustic quincho.

Hike

Following lunch, our guide will take us to visit a viewpoint over the Cueva Grande (Large Cave), ascending 600 meters where we’ll be introduced to the local fauna and flora of Patagonia.With sweeping views of the surrounding landscapes, this is a great spot for some first photos and for watching condors soar above us. We’ll pass by natural condor colonies and through native lenga forests, later arriving at the Sofia Lagoon viewpoint. After enjoying the spectacular views of the far reaching fjords below, we’ll continue alongside mountainous walls to see our first cave paintings of the day. Our guide will tell us about their significant value and history. Moving along, we’ll enter another cave equipped with headlamps to discover the millenary stalactite minerals which have taken millions of years to form above.

Later we continue alongside mountainous walls to see cave paintings where we learn their significant value to the region and their history. We continue along the south-east side, where a mysterious cave of approximately 70 square meters is located.

Here we must enter with headlamps to discover the millenary stalactite minerals which have taken millions of years to form! After carefully inspecting these incredible formations, we leave the cave and head towards the eaves of Dos Herraduras “Two Horseshoes” where we live an experience in the forest and later discover more cave paintings on the rocky walls – historical footprints and archaeological remains left by the indigenous natives of the region, who used these caves and walls to protect themselves, live and eat.

After our time exploring this magnificent natural formation and archeological route , we will be transferred back to your hotel or accommodation in Puerto Natales.