EcoAdventures - Strait of Magellan Cruises

The crew headed by the Captain will welcome you aboard for cocktails with your cruise companions. We will set sail for Punta Arenas navigating through the Beagle Channel and the Patagonian channels. We begin a great adventure. (D)

DAY 2 - Thursday
Navigation through the Beagle Channel and Murray Channel to disembark at the Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn) National Park (left), weather permitting.

We will visit Horn Island to get a panoramic view of the famous and mythical Cape Horn, the place where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans merge and the last promontory of South America.

Disembark at Wulaia Bay, a historical indigenous settlement with places of high archeological value. Additionally, this place offers a very beautiful visual spectacle due to its vegetation and geography. (B, L, D)

DAY 3 - Friday
Disembark at the Bay of the Günter Plushow Glacier and hike near the glacier.

Magellan Penguins and San Isidro Lighthouse, Magdalena Island

After this unforgettable experience, we will continue navigating through O'Brien and Ballenero Channels, Bahía Desolada, Paso Aguirre and Cockburn Channel. (B, L, D)

DAY 4 - Saturday
Early in the morning, in the Strait of Magellan, we will disembark on Magdalena Island, the home of an enormous penguin colony with over 120.000 specimens in different stages of development. We will take a walk to the lighthouse (right), which was used to guide the exploring sailors on their way across the Strait of Magellan.

After our visit we will arrive in Punta Arenas, where passengers may disembark from 11.30 am onwards. Our great adventure ends. (B)

Itinerary II

Punta Arenas to Ushuaia

5 Days/4 Nights

M/V Mare Australis

Departures Every Saturday
September-May

Rates - The Ships - Deck Plans

DAY 1 - Saturday

Itinerary II - Punta Arenas to Ushuaia - 5 Days/4 Nights
(Flash annimation courtesy Cruceros Australis)

1.00 p.m.- 5.00 p.m.: Passengers check in at Magallanes 990, Punta Arenas.

Zodiac ride to get up close to glaciers and wildlife. 6.00 pm -7.00 pm: Boarding M/V Mare Australis expedition cruiseship. The crew, headed by the Captain, will welcome you aboard for cocktails with your cruise companions. Immediately after, the ship will depart towards the city of Ushuaia, through the mythical Strait of Magellan, sailing through the Patagonian Channels and around Tierra del Fuego. The beginning of a great adventure. (D)

DAY 2 - Sunday
With the first light of dawn, navigation will continue through Almirantazgo Fjord. We will disembark in Ainsworth Bay near Marinelli Glacier, where we will take a walk to see an elephant seal colony closely and we will also appreciate the Magellan Forests.

Disembark at the Bay of the Brookes Glacier to hike near the glacier. (B, L, D)

DAY 3 - Monday
Disembark in the Bay of the Pia Glacier and excursion to an observation point.

Navigate through the Beagle Channel and appreciate the spectacular "Glacier Avenue." (B, L, D)

Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. DAY 4 - Tuesday
Navigation through the Beagle Channel and Murray Channel to disembark at the Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn) National Park, weather permitting.

We will visit Horn Island to get a panoramic view of the famous and mythical Cape Horn, the place where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans merge and the last promontory of South America.

Disembark at Puerto Williams, the southernmost port in the world. (B, L, D)

DAY 5 - Wednesday
Arrival at Ushuaia (left), the most important Argentinean city of the Tierra del Fuego and the southernmost city in the world.

Disembarkment of passengers at 8:00 a.m. (B)