This excursions will allow you to live the unforgettable experience to get to the end of the world, enjoy closely its landscapes and the species that inhabitate it
Tierra del Fuego
The trip starts early crossing the Strait by plane (20 min) or by ferry (2,5 hrs). Visiting Porvenir including the Province Museum that shows the interesting historical Past. The tour goes to Cerro Mirador and Bahia Inutil, Paso Boqueron, Laguna Barrosa(Regional Bird fauna). Tour to a Typical cattle Estancia or to the mining places where you can see gold digging, all of the above plus a taste of the typical food of the city.
Location: Southeast from Punta Arenas.
How to get there: Ferry daily departures at 09:00 (except Monday) from Av. Bulnes 05075 Phone number 218100
Duration: Full day
Torres del Paine National Park
Full day trip from Punta Arenas , you can visit the park which was also declared Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO in 1978, with its different slopes , deep forests, lakes and lagoons with icebergs and impressive glaciers, all this surrounded by great rock walls that characterized the silhouette of Cuernos del Paine . Possesses a surface of 242.242 hectares, with an altitude from the 200 mts. up to the 3050mts.(Macizo del Paine)
Location:410 kms north on the route 9.
How to get there : regular tour.
Duration: One day ( if you want to walk some paths you have to consider more days)
Full day Antarctic
Starting in Punta in a flight over the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego Island, Cabo de Hornos and
Drake Sea , landing on Rey Jorge Island where you can see in the horizon the curve of the earth and where there are several Bases of the Nations that signed the Antarctic.
One day Program
The Places you can visit:
• Las Estrellas Village wheater center and buildings
• Elephant seals colony in Drake Sea in a walk through the route that goes down from the Air terminal to the beach. Lunch or snacks depending on place and time of arrival
• Walk to the Chinese Base to observe on the way Marine birds, penguins and Weddel seals.
• Visit to Papua Penguin Colony. Then preparation of the coming back.
Duration : full day
Flight over Cabo de Hornos
The trip starts crossing the Strait of Magellan directing to Porvenir , then Dawson Island, Sarmiento Mount, Darwin Mountain Range, Beagle Channel, possible stop in Puerto Williams; from here the flight goes straight to Cabo de Hornos National Park, which is located at the beginning or ending of America.
It possesses a low and thick vegetation. You can find Coigue and Canelo with some spots of Leñadura and Ñirre.
Location : 703,8kms.from Punta Arenas Duration 3hrs.