Dientes de Navarino Trekking Tour Guide

is designed to help you organize and plan your trekking trip. You will find a lot of useful information about trekking in the Dientes de Navarino Mountains on Tierra del Fuego such as climate, how to get there, equipment, trekking guides and porter service. We have compiled the questions from customers and hikers from all over the world, which have been addressed to us as a local trekking tour operator for over two decades, and answered them in detail here.

Tierra del Fuego is the southernmost tip of South America. In addition to the large Tierra del Fuego island, it includes several small islands, including Isla Navarino. The archipelago is separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan. The islands were discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520. At that time they were already inhabited, as indicated by the many fires that gave them their name. Just as in the past, this mysterious and fabulously beautiful region still exerts a magical attraction on all true adventurers.

The island of "Isla Navarino" in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago in southern Chile is home to some of the most spectacular landscapes in South America and offers one of the most challenging and beautiful hikes in Chilean Patagonia:

The Dientes de Navarino Circuit - the southernmost trek in the world - is a wilderness trek for experienced hikers and adventure seekers. The multi-day hike leads through beech forests, snowfields and glacier lagoons around the rugged Dientes de Navarino mountains.

The Dientes de Navarino Circuit or Dientes Trek is approx. 42 km long and is hiked in 4 or 5 days. The Dientes de Navarino Circuit is classified as a wilderness trek and is only suitable for experienced hikers. The starting point is the idyllic fishing village of Puerto Williams.

Yes, you can hike the Dientes de Navarino Circuit in 4 days (suggested itinerary):

Day 1 - Transfer Puerto Williams – Cascada; Trekking to Laguna Salto; Camping Laguna Salto (hiking time: 4-5 hours, hiking distance: 9 km)

Day 2 - Trekking to Laguna Escondida; Camping Laguna Escondida (hiking time: 5 hours, hiking distance: 9,5 km)

Day 3 - Trekking to Laguna Martillo; Camping Laguna Martillo (hiking time: 5 hours, hiking distance: 8 km)

Day 4 - Trekking over the Virginia Pass to Bahia Virginia; Transfer to Puerto Williams (hiking time: 7-8 hours, hiking distance: 15 km)

An experienced and certified MOSER Active trekking guide always provides a high level of additional safety. With the satellite phone, he or she can call for help in the event of an injury, knows the pitfalls of the trails and, last but not least, can point out many things that you might otherwise not have noticed while hiking past. The Dientes de Navarino trekking guide will give you lots of useful insider information about the flora, country and people while you are hiking. If you hike with a hiking guide and porter, you also have the advantage of being able to hand over your tent, cooking utensils and food and thus lighten your rucksack by many kilos. But even if you are accompanied by a professional guide, it is important that hikers are physically fit and able to cope with the demands of a multi-day wilderness trek at the start of the trip.

If you book the "Dientes de Navarino Trek" with a local Isla Navarino tour operator like MOSER Active, an experienced, certified guide and the porters for tents, cooking equipment and food are always included in the tour price.

MOSER Active porters are available to transport tents, cooking utensils and food for breakfast and dinner. However, every hiker must be able to carry their own rucksack with sleeping bag, sleeping mat, personal belongings, change of clothes and washing utensils as well as packed lunches for on the way.

No, you will not have cell phone or internet reception during the 4-day trek on Isla Navarino. It is therefore advisable to hike the Dientes de Navarino Circuit guided by a local trekking company.

By plane to Santiago de Chile. In the high season, continue by domestic flight to Punta Arenas and then with the regional airline DAP to Puerto Williams.

The optimal time to travel to Isla Navarino is during the southern summer, between mid-December and mid-March. Within that season, the very best weeks are from the end of January to the middle of February. As with other places in Chile, the weather is unpredictable and you may experience up to four different seasons in one day. Just remember to be prepared and flexible with your activity plans.

In Tierra del Fuego, the weather can change several times a day or even in an hour. You can experience summer heat and snowstorms or wind gusts in a short time. You will notice that especially on the days you will cross mountain passes Australia, Ventarron and Virginia. Thunderstorms, however, are very rare.

Yes. On each day of the trek, you can find fresh drinking water along the way. You will not need to carry huge amounts of water with you. The water is perfectly clean (almost) everywhere - your MOSER Active guide knows where to find the highest-quality drinking water.

The Dientes de Navarino Trek is the southernmost hiking trail in the world and one of the last true wilderness treks. Partly pathless, it takes you across the almost uninhabited Antarctic island through an untouched primeval landscape. A multi-day trekking tour on Tierra del Fuego that takes you along glistening mountain lakes, beaver dams and the rugged rocky peaks of the Dientes de Navarino mountains.

If the weather does not allow you to cross the mountain passes and to camp out in the wilderness, there are other opportunities for outdoor adventure. Our guides know plenty of short and easier treks on Isla Navarino. Inclement weather is also a great time to visit Puerto Williams, the southernmost village of the world. Its harbor hosts an old steam boat that originally sailed on the Rhine River. The town also boasts a very interesting museum dedicated to the native indigenous population and their culture.

In the 1950s, beavers were released on the big Tierra del Fuego Island and made their way to Isla Navarino. As they don't have any natural enemies, their population could spread very fast, from approximately 10 to 120,000 s. Therefore, you have an excellent chance to see beavers while trekking the Dientes de Navarino Circuit. You will almost certainly see their burrows and dams, which are used by hikers as bridges to cross the rivers. You may also see minks in the wild. They have escaped from a mink farm in Argentina and have risen and increased so much in population that they are endangering the ecosystem of the island.

Outdoor adventures abound for those who travel to the end of the earth – to Ushuaia, across the Beagle channel and, finally, to Isla Navarino. Within this unfettered, most unpopulated wilderness, outdoor enthusiasts can hike, fly fish, camp, go horseback riding, flight-see over Cape Horn and watch for the black-browed albatross.