Argentina: town-to-town, then trailhead
El Calafate and El Chaltén are separate overnight bases. Match your bus or rental-car journey to the arrival and next hike, rather than adding a full Toro walk before a fixed departure. [5]
Getting around Patagonia
Choose bus and booked transfers or a rental car around your actual bases. A Chile–Argentina crossing needs its own day plan, and a W Trek needs connections that a car cannot cover.
Explore the choices
Make the trip fit you
Make the journey work
Crossing to Chile
Confirm cross-border authorization, insurance and paperwork with the rental company before booking a car. Check the chosen border post’s current hours and entry requirements with the authorities. A domestic rental booking does not establish permission to cross.
The W starts where the road stops
Pudeto is the road-side catamaran departure; Paine Grande and Grey are mountain-trail locations. Arrange the crossing, trail time and first refugio as one plan. [3]
Book the correct mountain sector →Fuel and margins
CONAF notes no fuel stations in or around Torres del Paine. Fill up before the park approach, and leave margins for wind, gravel, stops and your actual lodge access. [1]
Questions before you go
Can I drive to Refugio Grey?
No. Vértice states its refugios are not road-accessible. Refugio Grey and the road-access Hotel Lago Grey are different places. [3]
Are border hours or bus times confirmed here?
No. Check the exact crossing and service for your travel date before booking the next connection.
Sources & planning notes
Fyno curation and editorial planning review, November 5, 2026. Official sources below were read for planning rules; no travel-date trail opening, sailing, room inventory or price is confirmed. Map pins identify places, not connected driving routes.