Cruceros Australis - Expedition Cruises in Patagonia and Cape Horn

PUNTA AREANAS (CHILE) - USHUAIA (ARGENTINA) - 4 nights

Day 1: Punta Arenas
Check in Punta Arenas from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., embark the Expedition Cruise Ship. The captain and crew will give a welcome cocktail reception on board and immediately afterward the ship will set sail for the “uttermost part of the earth.” Through the mythical Strait of Magellan, travel to southern Patagonia.

Day 2: Ainsworth Bay – Tucker Islet
At dawn, the ship will continue navigating through Almirantazgo Inlet, until arriving near Marinelli Glacier in Ainsworth Bay. Here enjoy a walk to discover a beaver dam in the midst of a marvellous Magellanic forest. On the beach observe a colony of elephant seals. Continue to Tucker Islet, where you'll spot colonies of Magellanic penguins and cormorants from the zodiacs.

Day 3: Pia Glacier – Glacier Alley
Navigate the main part of the Beagle Channel to enter Pia Fjord and disembark near the glacier of the same name. Visit a look-out point that is ideal for viewing the mountain range where the glacier originates, and its flow all the way to the sea. After this sail along the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel through majestic “Glacier Alley”: Spain, Romanche, Germany, Italy, France and Holland glaciers.

Day 4: Cape Horn and Puerto Williams
Sail through the Beagle and Murray Channels to disembark in Cape Horn National Park. The cape owes its name to the port of Hoorn, the expedition’s departure point. In the afternoon, disembark in Port Williams, the southernmost town in the world, where you can take optional excursions, such as the visit to Martin Gusinde Museum.

Day 5: Ushuaia
Arrival at Ushuaia, the most southernmost city in the world. Disembark at 8:00 a.m., enabling you to visit the city and national parks, and continue your trip through Patagonia.

USHUAIA (ARGENTINA) – PUNTA ARENAS (CHILE) - 3 nights

Day 1: The captain and crew will give a welcome cocktail reception on board. Immediately afterward, the ship will set sail for “the uttermost part of the earth.” Through the mythical Strait of Magellan travel to southern Patagonia, including Tierra del Fuego. This is the beginning of a great adventure!

Day 2: Cape Horn - Wulaia Bay
Sail through the Beagle and Murray channels to disembark in Cape Horn National Park. Cape Horn, a sheer, almost 425-meter-high promontory, where the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean merge, was discovered in 1616 by the Dutch commercial expedition organized by Isaac Le Maire. The cape owes its name to the Port of Hoorn, the expedition’s departure point. In the afternoon disembark in historical Wulaia Bay, once the site of one of the region’s largest native settlements. This area is also renowned for the spectacular beauty of its vegetation and geography. Walk through a Magellanic forest filled with lengas, coigües, canelos, ferns and other species to reach a look-out point.

Day 3: Chico Inlet
Disembark in Chico Inlet for a zodiac boat approach to Piloto and Nena glaciers for a closer look at these awe-inspiring masses of ancient ice.

Day 4: Magdalena Island - Punta ArenasEarly in the morning disembark on Magdalena Island, the home of an immense colony of more than 120,000 Magellan Penguins that you'll be able to observe during your walk to the lighthouse that guides different ships on their way through the Strait of Magellan. After the visit return to Punta Arenas, disembarking at 11:30 a.m.

Season September 2007 - April 2008: From $990 per passenger for 3 nights and $1,150 for 4 nights

Season September 2008 - April 2009: From $990 per passenger for 3 nights and $1,320 for 4 nights