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Australis Cruise: Patagonia Explorers Route

Australis Cruise: Patagonia Explorers Route

Duration
5 days
Availability
From September to April
Departure day and time
Departures every four days from Ushuaia.
Departs from
Ushuaia
Difficulty
Easy
Language
Spanish and English

Four nights all-inclusive among glaciers, from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas. From the Beagle Channel to the Strait of Magellan.

There is a part of Patagonia no road reaches. The southern channels, the fjords of the Darwin range and the Cape Horn archipelago can only be seen by sea, and this four-night cruise is how you do it.
You sail aboard the Ventus Australis or the Stella Australis, ships built for these waters. Each day you go ashore by Zodiac at places with no jetties and no infrastructure: beaches, glaciers, forests and colonies of southern wildlife. A team of expedition guides leads every landing.
The service is all-inclusive: cabin accommodation, full board, all excursions and an open bar throughout the voyage.
All excursions are subject to weather and sea conditions. Down here the weather decides, and the captain determines on the day which landings are possible.
Passengers are responsible for carrying all documentation required to embark and disembark in both Chile and Argentina.
Also available as an 8-night round trip: please ask.
Price per person in a double cabin, category A, low season, boarding tax included. Please ask about other cabin categories and seasons.

Itinerary

Boarding

Boarding at 6:00 p.m. in Ushuaia and departure along the Beagle Channel.

Cape Horn

We sail to the end of the continent. Landing at Cape Horn depends entirely on sea and wind conditions and is decided on the day: when it happens, it is one of the hardest and most memorable landings in Patagonia. In the afternoon, a landing at Wulaia Bay.

Glaciers

Landing in front of Pía Glacier and sailing to Garibaldi Fjord, in the Darwin range.

Glaciers

A landing and walk to Águila Glacier, and a Zodiac trip to view Cóndor Glacier.

Landings

Landing on Magdalena Island, with its Magellanic penguin colony, and arrival in Punta Arenas at 12:30 p.m. In September and April this excursion is replaced by Marta Island.

Included and not included

What's included

  • Cabin accommodation, full board on board, all excursions with expedition guides, and an open bar throughout the voyage.

Not included

  • Tips, suggested at USD 25 per person per day; purchases at the on-board shop; optional tours or activities beyond those included; and transfers in Punta Arenas and Ushuaia.

Meeting point

Ushuaia

Cancellation policy

Please ask about the operator’s cancellation conditions when booking.

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