Top 7 Torres del Paine Day Trips from El Calafate

1.Torres del Paine Full Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 434 reviews · 16 hours · from $229Our pick

Travel from El Calafate into Chile for a long but rewarding day at Torres del Paine National Park. You will cross the border, ride with bilingual guides such as Carla, Matías, or Silvestre, stop at major viewpoints, and take an easy 1.5-hour walk beside Lake Nordenskjöld. Lunch is included on regular service, but the park fee is extra.

“Awesome adventure, really worth it. Felt like lord of the rings walking straight to those epic mountains at this perfect day.”

Check availability →Read our full review

2.Full-Day Tour to Torres del Paine

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 77 reviews · 14 to 15 hours (approx.) · from $262

This 14 to 15-hour guided trip takes you from El Calafate across the Chilean border to Torres del Paine. You’ll ride a 4WD overland truck, stop at lakes, waterfalls, and mountain viewpoints, and hike about 4.5 kilometers near Lake Pehoé. Lunch, bilingual guides, hotel transfers, Wi-Fi, and a vehicle toilet are included, but park entry is extra.

“Loved this crazy long day drive with our awesome guide and driver! We were picked up on time, the truck was comfy, bag lunch was provided and as advertised it was a 14 hour journey. If you only have one day to see Torres del Paine, it's a great way to do it. The hikes are short but gorgeous! Go!”

Check availability →Read our full review

3.Full-Day Torres del Paine National Park from El Calafate

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 73 reviews · 1 day · from $304

Ride a heated 4x4 Overland Truck from El Calafate to Torres del Paine with bilingual guides such as Santiago, Gaston, Jaime, or Kati. Expect about 14 to 16 hours door to door, short walks, major viewpoints, a box lunch, Wi-Fi, and a toilet onboard. Park admission costs extra.

“Torres Del Paine is an amazing untamed vast and wild mountain landscape. The tour was excellently organised to enable seeing the national park from El Calafate in one day”

Check availability →Read our full review

4.13-Day Best of Patagonia Tour from El Calafate to Ushuaia: Los Glaciares, Torres del Paine and Tierra del Fuego National Parks

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 39 reviews · 13 days (approx.) · from $2,302

Travel from El Calafate to Ushuaia through Argentina and Chile, with hotels, breakfasts, buses, guides, and major park visits arranged. See Perito Moreno Glacier, hike around El Chaltén, tour Torres del Paine, canoe in Tierra del Fuego, and cruise the Beagle Channel. Expect several separate local operators, shared transfers, and some independent bus-station connections.

“I booked this tour to help avoid the difficulty of arranging buses and accommodation in high season when doing Patagonia. There were some teething troubles in terms of support and communication from Viator and the chain of agents involved in the booking but overall, the tour does help with logistics pretty well and lets you get on with seeing the sights. I would have preferred a bit more activity/trekking in Torres del Paine but in general most aspects were OK. The hotel in Puerto Natales was in the red light district which detracted from taking a wander in the evening. What's really missing from this package though, is interaction with…”

Check availability →Read our full review

5.Full-day excursion to Torres del Paine National Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 28 reviews · 16 hours · from $263

Travel from El Calafate into Chile for a full day in Torres del Paine National Park. An English and Spanish-speaking guide leads easy walks to Nordenskjöld Lake and the Cuernos del Paine, with stops at Lakes Sarmiento and Pehoé. Bring your passport, insurance proof, and Chilean pesos for the park fee.

“Avoid! I booked this more expensive tour because it said small group of 10 people max. we were 40 in a small cramped bus for 17 hours. all the tours 1 day torres del paine are with another company, so this is just an agency booking the bus for you. I don't recommend booking with them they charge more for the same thing and are wrongly describing the tour! the seats in the bus are very small, we were 2 normal sized adults. because it is a large group everything takes longer.”

Check availability →Read our full review

6.Puerto Natales: Full day tour Torres del Paine National Park

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 26 reviews · 10 hours · from $120Best value

Travel from Puerto Natales into Torres del Paine with an English- or Spanish-speaking guide. You’ll visit Milodón Cave, Grey Lake, Pehoe Lake, Salto Grande, Nordenskjöld Lake, and Sarmiento Lake, with an easy lakeside walk and time for photos. Guides such as Gabriella and Melena have received warm praise, while Alex was singled out for careful driving.

“Good to see the main sights, the day was a little longer than advertised. Overall we enjoyed it.”

Check availability →Read our full review

7.Torres del Paine Day Trip from El Calafate

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 15 reviews · 14 hours · from $280

Leave El Calafate at 6:30 AM for a full day in Chile’s Torres del Paine National Park. You’ll cross the Cancha Carrera border, ride a 4x4 inside the park, walk to Salto Grande, see Lake Grey, Nordenskjold, and Laguna Amarga, and return around 9:00 PM. English and Spanish guides lead the day.

“Ônibus não funcionava o ar condicionado . Ficamos mais de 60% do passeio dentro de um ônibus . Paradas para almoço muito rápidas e sem muita opção”

Check availability →Read our full review