DAP Airlines starts new route to join 2 main attactions.
El Calafate government has just signed an agreement with DAP Airlines, a Chilean airline company, to start the route Punta Arenas / Puerto Natales / El Calafate as of next November with 2 weekly flights.
This will allow tourists and locals to join in only 45 minutes 2 main attractions in the region: The Chilean National Park of Torres del Paine and the Argentinean National Park, Todos Glaciares, where the renowned Perito Moreno Glacier is located.
There are also news for the Heli tours as new air circuits have been designed from Puerto Natales to specific hotels within the Torres del Paine National Park, Cape Horn and other tours flying inside the park. Also, heli-fishing and heli-skiing tours have been developed by the airline – that mean fly-fishing tours to location that are only accessible with a helicopter.
In the case of El Calfatae, DAP has also signed an agreement with that Argentinean town to brng 2 helipcopters with a capacity of 4 people each, so as to not only allow visitors to book some heli-tours in that region, flying above the amazing glaciers, but also, will assist in rescue actions.