| Saturday:
1.00 p.m.- 5.00 p.m.: Passengers check in at Magallanes 990, Punta
Arenas.
6.00 pm -7.00 pm: Boarding "Mare Australis" Expedition
cruise. 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.
Sunday:
With the first light of dawn, the Mare Australis 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.
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".
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 in Puerto Williams, the southernmost town of the world.
Wednesday:
Arrival at Ushuaia, the most important Argentinean city of the
Tierra del Fuego and the southernmost city in the world.
Mare Australis cruise Disembark at 8:00 a.m. |
Wednesday:
Check in at 245 San Martín Street, Ushuaia (from 9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m.). And embark on the "Mare Australis" expedition
cruise from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The
crew headed by the Captain will welcome you aboard the Mare
Australis for cocktails
with your cruise companions. We will set sail to Punta Arenas navigating
through the Beagle Channel and the Patagonian channels. We begin
a great adventure.
Thursday:
The Mare Australis navigates 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 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.
Friday:
Disembark at the the Bay of the Günter Plushow Glacier and
hike near the glacier.
After this unforgettable experience, we will continue navigating
through O'Brien and Ballenero Channels, Bahía Desolada, Paso
Aguirre and Cockburn Channel.
Saturday:
Early in the morning, in the Strait of Magellan, we will disembark
in 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, which was used to guide the exploring
sailors on their way across the Strait of Magellan.
After
our visit we will arrive to Punta Arenas, where passengers may
disembark
from 11.30 am onwards. Our great adventure on the Mare Australis
cruise ends. |
