Punta Arenas City Tour (3 hours)

Its privileged geographic situation in front of the Antarctica has made it a cosmopolitan city due to the presence of a high number of tourists that have chosen it as a forced stay to initiate beautiful cruises towards the Cape Horn, or the frozen Continent – Antarctica – or towards the Torres del Paine National Park, Reserve of the Biosphere.

The Tours starts with a panoramic view of Magellan strait and the city, a tour on the well outlined and well-designed avenues and squares that house more than 30 monuments, a visit to the Salesiano Maggiorino Borgatello museum where is possible to appreciate the magnificent collections of flora and fauna, the exclusive relics of the folklore and Yaganes , Onas and Alacalufes indigenous´s handicraft, will permit the visitors to ha a knowledge of the city and its inhabitants.

Available: from Monday to Sunday (Sundays the Museam is close)
Tour duration: 3 hours
Departure time: 10.00am - to be confirmed
Includes:
• Transfers in/out from Hotel in Punta Arenas
• Professional Guide
• Museam Tickets

Fort Bulnes Tour (Punta Arenas)

The Fort Bulnes is a reconstruction of the first southern Chilean military fort, inaugurated by the expedition of “Ancud” schooner during the former chilean president Manuel Bulnes´s term , October 30th, 1843.  But this fort was abandoned in 1848 when the entire population moved into Punta Arenas. The outing will lead us through a wonderful a path surrounded by flowers and countryside.

Once we get to the fort we will have the opportunity to see the chapel, the stable, the canons yards, the jail, the houses and and dining rooms, buildings built “on the stroke of ax”.

On the way back many attractions will get our attention like the ruins and monument that recall the old settlement King Don Felipe and later called The Port of Hunger due to the tragic death of the inhabitants. Another attraction is the Fishermen´s wharf Bahía Mansa. We will finally stop at the landmark that marks the half of Chile measured from Visviri to the Antarctic.

Available: from Monday to Sunday
Tour duration: 4 hours 30 minutes
Departure time: 10.00 am - to be confirmed
Includes:
• Transfers in/out from Hotel in Punta Arenas
• Professional Guide
• Entrances Tickets

Magdalena Island - Pinguin Colony Tour (Punta Arenas)

To arrive at the island is a real spectacle, it takes about two hours of sailing across the Magellan straits. It is possible to see the beautiful view of Punta Arenas, Tierra del Fuego´s steppe , Cabo Negro Oilfields and /or Bahia Laredo Olfields. Once there the landscape is even more beautiful, penguins, cormorants and seals.

During one hour we will observe thousands of penguins and nesting boxes along a trek from the coast to the highest point of the island where a lighthouse is located. There´s an environmental centerthat provides all the information on the fauna and the Magellan Strait.

The group is always accompanied by a Tour Guide. Help to preserve the environment: Do not dump, do not disturb the birds, flash use is not allowed.


Available: Every day from October to March. Subject to weather conditions.
Duration: 4 hours 30 min
Departure time: 15.00hs from Dock Punta Arenas
Includes:
• Navigation
• Visit Pinguins Colony

Important:
Metting Ponit at Dock Punta Arenas (not included land transfers)

Trekking Magallanes Reserve (Punta Arenas)

The tour starts from your hotel, and then a few minutes to take a gravel road that leads to the reserve. Once there we take a road four kilometers surrounded by the Patagonian forest, and that leads us to the trailhead where we start a walk of about half an hour. During the hike we will see different species of local flora such as rosemary, lenga and coigüe among others, and some birds like finches, owls, thrushes, sparrows and tiuques. From the path also we have a panoramic view of the river valley of the mines on their way to the Strait of Magellan. The return along the same path.

Avalilable: from Monday to Sunday
Duration: 4 hours
Departure time: 09.30am - to be confirmed
Includes:
• Transfers in/out from your Hotel in Punta Arenas
• Guide
• Entrances

Puerto Natales

Capital of the Province of Ultima Esperanza, placed on a point of smooth slope at the border of the Señoret channel and in front of the Patagonia Andes. In the horizon the spiky silhouette of the mountain range of the Andes  can be seen and the bulk of the Paine and the snowdrifts of the South Ice Field can be glimpsed. 

Torres del Paine Full Day Tour (Puerto Natales)

The Torres del Paine National Park was declared as Reserve of the Biosphere by UNESCO in 1978 located between the mountain range of the Andes and the Patagonia steppe. In this zone are the colossal granite and rock towers and horns that have given world-wide fame to it, with heights of up to 3,050 meters above the sea level.

The park keeps fragile ecosystems where 25 species of mammals live, among which stand out the puma, foxes, ñandues (South American ostrich), flamenco and guanacos and cóndores concentrated between the Sarmiento, Nordenskjold lakes and in the lagoons Amarga and Azul. Famous is the Pehoe and Grey Lake with its 4 km wide glacier and more than 30 meters high.

The firt stop will be made in the thousand-year-old Milodón cave. A enormous natural accident with an incalculable anthropological value where is believed that the Patagonia primitive man lived close to the Milodón , a extinct herbivorous animal. After a 30 minutes trek another stop in El Castillo hill, cafeteria service available. A whole preamble before arriving at Torres del Paine National Park along the area of Laguna Amarga ( bitter lagoon). An real spectacle in which species of Red foxes and Condors use to join the beautiful panoramic sight of the Paine´s massif.

A short distance ahead the Norsdenskjold and Pehoé lakes can be observed in company with guanacos and rheas. The tour continues with a 10 minutes trek which will make possible for you to discover the marvelous Salto Grande ( grand jump) and you will face the imposing cuernos ( horns) and get the Gray Lake. In the afternoon the outing goes to the area of the glacier, there will a break for 1 hour 30 min after the trek through the lengas ( native three) forest and on the Grey Glacier´s floes.

The return trip ends when we arrive at Puerto Natales and leave the passenger at bus terminal or hotels.

Available: Everyday. Subject to weather conditions
Tour duration: 12 hours
Departure time: 07.30am
Includes:
• Transfers in/out from hotes in Puerto Natales Hotels
• Professional Guide
• Entrances to National Park
• Box Lunch

Navigation Balmaceda & Serrano Glaciers (Puerto Natales)

Visiting this glacier is admiring a majestic place almost untouched by man and it s only possible to get across the Ultima Esperanza Gulf. It is the Balmaceda Mount at an altitude of 2.035 mts, one the areas of the Bernardo O higgins National Park and it s part of the Andes range. Once the coast is passed around , the ship gets closer to the sea wolves reserve in order to finally get the mount.

On it , the Balmaceda Glacier is situated which lets big ice blocks go into the water of the fiord and of Serrano Glacier , glacier positioned at north of Balmaceda s , a small lagoon formed by meltwater is the only accessible overland pass. The return trip starts around 14:30 hrs.

A stop in the Estancia Perales (ranch) gives the chance of having a delicious typical lunch of the region. Around 17:30 hrs the return trip to Puerto Natales is scheduled.

Available: Everyday. Subject to weather conditions
Tour duration: 10 - 12 hours
Departure time: 07.30am (to be confirmed)
Includes:
• Transfers in/out from Hotel in Puerto Natales
• Guide
• Navigation
• Lunch
• Tickets Bernardo O`Higgins Park

Recommendations: Wear gloves, hat, scarf, parka or rain resistant layer, comfortable hiking shoes

Milodon Cave Tour (Puerto Natales)

Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument is a Natural Monument located in the Chilean Patagonia, 24 km northwest of Puerto Natales and 270 km north of Punta Arenas. The monument is situated along the flanks of Cerro Benitez. It comprises several caves and a rock formation called Silla del Diablo (Devil's Chair). The monument includes a cave which is notable for the discovery in 1895 of skin, bones and other parts of a giant ground sloth called Mylodon (Mylodon darwini).

The largest cave in the monument is the 200 m long Milodon Cave. It was discovered in 1895 by Hermann Eberhard, German explorer of Patagonia. He found a large, seemingly fresh piece of skin of an unidentified animal. In 1896 the cave was explored by Otto Nordenskjöld and later it was recognized that the skin belonged to Mylodon - an extinct animal which died 10,200 - 13,560 years ago.

In the cave and other caves of the monument have been found remnants of other extinct animals and human remnants.

At the entrance of the monument is a life size replica of the prehistoric Mylodon, which was a very large herbivore, somewhat resembling a large bear. It became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene Epoch.

Available: from Monday to Sunday
Tour duration: 4 hours 30 minDeparture time: 08.30am
Includes:
• Transfers in/out from Hotels in Puerto Natales
• Guide
• Entrances