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Nature Tours, Photo Trips and Birding Journeys

Custom and small-group Nature Tours, Photo Trips and Birding Journeys in Chile & Patagonia led by expert local guides.

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Patagonia Explorer

Wildlife journey: Condors, penguins, glaciers and much more...

15% DISCOUNT if you book before December 31, 2009 | Wildlife journey: Condors, penguins, glaciers and much more...

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Torres del Paine Explorer

Private, all-inclusive Wildlife and Photo Tour from US$898 p.p.

Private Wildlife and Photo Tour. Fully flexible and all-inclusive trip with private transportation, naturalist guide and two great lodges to…

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Birding Chile

Bird with Local Experts Enrique Couve, Claudio Vidal & Roberto Donoso

Birding the length of Chile and Patagonia accompanied by Local Experts Enrique Couve, Claudio F. Vidal and Roberto Donoso.

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Pumas of Torres del Paine

Special promo rates for April - August 2010 departures!

Exclusively designed and dedicated mammal photo trip to see Humpback Whales and pumas (mountain lions, cougars) in the remote wilderness…

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Hiking the W Circuit, Torres del Paine, Patagonia

Fully flexible and all-inclusive nature and photo trip with private transportation and naturalist guide. Two great nature lodges to choose. Daily departures from Punta Arenas or Puerto Natales, Chile. Ideal trip for couples or solo travelers!
Patagonia Photo Safaris in Winter 2010 | Explore Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego with the Local Experts, Fantastico Sur Expeditions, Chile

 

Thank you for visiting the Fantástico Sur Expeditions website! We are Chilean tour company based in the vast and mythic southernmost region of South America known as Patagonia. Since 1997, our company specializes in offering world-class natural history journeys, birdwatching tours, nature photography tours, whale-watching trips, hiking trips and family adventures in Chile and the remote regions of Patagonia.

For 2010 we have prepared an interesting and diverse calendar of expeditions that combine all the best of the best that our country and the adjacent regions can offer the traveler whose interest lies in the natural world. Our itineraries offer the best locations, the most opportune dates, accommodation of high quality, and the guidance and advice of the most experienced and knowledgeable local guides.

Our trips visit such contrasting and beautiful locations as the Atacama Desert, the High Andes and the Altiplano, the fascinating Easter Island and Juan Fernandez Archipelago, and south to the impressive fjörds, mountains and glaciers of Patagonia, the dazzling landscapes of Torres del Paine National Park and the windswept steppes and forests of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn.

We cordially invite you to enjoy the first hand experience of the country we proudly call home. Our natives are friendly, the wine flows freely, and the many sights and sounds will linger long in your memory. This is our promise, the pledge of Fantástico Sur Expeditions to you! Come to explore and discover the "Fantastic South"... Fantástico Sur Expeditions, The Local Experts for your Patagonia & Chile Nature Journeys.

 

Hostería Yendegaia, the ideal base for your explorations in Chilean Tierra del Fuego | Fantastico Sur Expeditions


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Chattahoochee Nature Center - Explorers in Patagonia

Chatahoochee Nature Center group enjoying an early sunrise in the Patagonian Andes

Between Jan 2-9 '10 a great group of nature enthusiasts from this Georgia-based conservation organization visited and explored the remote regions of Patagonia accompanied by IE naturalists Claudio F. Vidal and Rodrigo Bustamante. See more...

 

Photos from another sucessful Ornitholidays 'Birds & Wine' Chile tour

Enrique Couve and Mike Witherick were the Ornitholidays leaders of this exciting journey of last November 2009. Chile is renowned for its New World wines and this program focused on the birds and amazing vistas, but also adding a little bit of oenology to the mix. See the photo gallery...

 

New Testimonial on our Torres del Paine Explorer

On our Torres del Paine Explorer

Guests share their experiences of travelling with Roberto Donoso, naturalist and birding guide of Fantastico Sur Expeditions. Read more...

 

Photos of the rare Andean Cat

Andean Cat (Leopardus jacobita), Salar de Surire, northern Chile - September 19 2008 | Fantastico Sur Expeditions, Chile & PatagoniaRoberto Donoso, naturalist guide from our company, had the rare opportunity to see and photograph the endangered Andean Cat (Leopardus jacobita), the 'sacred' cat of the High Andes.

Roberto Donoso | Fantastico Sur Expeditions, Chile

This exciting record occured during one of our trips to northern Chile, especifically at Salar de Surire. See these pictures at this entry of our wildlife blog.

Roberto was looking for cats and other mammals throughout Chile from October 26th until November 9th, 2009 in company of D Jackson family from the UK. The trip report is here and they did find Geoffrey's Cat and Puma at Torres del Paine!

 

Journey to the Falkland Islands ... the "Galapagos" of the South Atlantic

Rodrigo Bustamante, Sales Manager of Fantastico Sur and nature photography aficionado,

Rodrigo Bustamante | Fantastico Sur Expeditions

recently had the great priviledge of visiting the Falkland Islands, as part of a kind invitation of the Falkland Island Tourist Board, between September 26 and October 5, 2009. Read more...

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Expedition to the remote regions of Chile. Join Feb 6 & Mar 13 International Expeditions trips to Patagonia

Join our Dec 18 trip with International Expeditions, World Leader in Nature TravelIE Naturalist and Expedition Leader Claudio F. Vidal weighs in on his native Chile. Not only is Claudio excited about our Winter 2010 Patagonia tours, but he will also be hosting tasting of famed Chilean wine! Claudio F. Vidal | Fantastico Sur Expeditions, Chile & Patagonia

Read International Expeditions descriptions on the upcoming Winter 2010 Patagonia expeditions. Learn more...

 

Birding trips to Torres del Paine & Juan Fernandez Archipelago together with Shearwater Journeys!

Enrique Couve, Fantastico Sur Expeditions

Enrique Couve and Debra Shearwater will be co-leading this comprehensive birding exploration to Patagonia's Torres del Paine National Park and the remote Robinson Crusoe Island, off central Chile between Jan 24 and Feb 2, 2010. Debi and her keen group have already traveled throughout Mediterranean regions of Chile during late Dec '09 and early Jan '10 in company of local leader Claudio F. Vidal. Debra is now travelling across the southern Ocean and Antarctica on her own charter expedition to the 'White Continent'. See details here...

 

Fall Ornitholidays photo trip to Chilean Patagonia

Join Nigel Jones and Enrique Couve on this amazing quest for Condors, Pumas and other wildlife in the remote regions of Chilean Patagonia. This photographic tour will concentrates on one of the most beautiful regions of the country – the world's famous Torres del Paine. This is a place where mountains, glaciers, wetlands, steppes and forests come together to provide a huge diversity of habitats for a vast selection of wildlife. Read more...

 

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Southern Right-whale Dolphin, off Valparaiso, Chile © Fantastico Sur Expeditions

 
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Intrepid film-maker Nigel Marven's highly recommends Fantastico Sur Expeditions. See what Nigel and some other valued guests say about us!

Birding Chile through Darwin's eyes. From flamingos in the Atacama Desert to penguins in Patagonia, from condors in the Andes to albatrosses in the Humboldt Current. Read this article about birdwatching in Chile, the safest country in South America.

Our Ecounters with the Natural World in Patagonia & Chile! See the Latest Entries of our Wildlife and Photo Blog!

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