Travel Review: Chile & Argentina Family Vacation, Santiago, Puerto Natales, Buenos Aires, Torres del Paine, 10-Day Trip

About 1 week before our trip, our travel specialist called to tell us she suggested moving our hotel to a different area that would be less impacted by the protests in Chile.  I had inquired about safety previously but she assured me things were ok.  I am very glad she suggested this as the area she moved us to had no impact whatsoever while if we had stayed at our previously booked hotel, we would have been impacted by a protest during our stay.  Our tour guide in santiago was from the company and he plus our driver, were top notch.  We were luck to have them for 4 days straight and that made the experience that much more special.
Flying into puerto Natales can be a bit unnerving in the summers, with the high winds.  We did a private tour of Torres del Paine which was noticing short of magnificent, but sooooo much driving and not enough walking.  We did the navigation tour to George OHiggins National Park, just  one this is a very large catamaran, I think there must have been more than 300people on this boat.  If you are looking for a trek, these are not the trips to take but they give you good orientation for a 1st time trip.  There every day we had different driver with the local tour company, all very prompt and nice.
wwe had a very long day to get from Puerto Natales to Buenos Aires, but we knew that going into it. Everything worked perfectly.  the travel company helped us find a restaurant for New Years Eve, which was fine and note expensive at $560 for 4 ppl for this really special but a lot of food.  Our city tour of BA was amazing, our guide was amazing.
All in, an amazing trip I could never have planned on my own.