Punta Arenas
By the afternoon, we will make the check in at Punta Arenas, so then we can embark in one of the ships of Australis Cruises: Mare, Via or Stella. The city of Punta Arenas is also considered as "the capital of the Chilean Patagonia", it is also famous because of its port in the south limit of Chile and point of South America.

Our journey starts on going to the southern city of the World: Ushuaia, where we will cross the Strait of Magallanes, Cape Hornos and finally the famous Beagle Channel. This famous pasaje which joins the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic, the largest water mass in the Earth, is the very well-known Strait of Magallanes. This way is located in the south point of South America, in the middle of Tierra del Fuego province and varied islands of the Pacific Ocean, and the chilean Patagonia. Cape Hornos, the most southern region of the southamerican continent, delimits the Northern point of the Drake Passage, which is a sea that separates the american continente from the Antarctic Peninsula.

The Beagle Channel is a sea way which was origined by several stages in the quaternary glaciations period, ruled by the sea some years later. The Channel is surrounded to the north by the Big Island of Tierra del Fuego and other islands on other points like the Stewarts, O´Briens, Gordons, Navarinos and Nuevas, among others. Among those many bays, the Ushuaia´s Bay highlights, where our final destination city takes place: Ushuaia.

Ainsworth Bay & Tucker small island
We will start our second day of navigation on board of the Australis Cruise at dawn, now we are close to Seno Almirantazgo, a fjord which is located in the west coast of Tierra del Fuego. Between the important sea biodiversity and underwater we will be able to sight sea elephants and black - eyebrow albatrosses. Then, we will do the first descent in the Marinelli Glacier, Ainsworth Bay, the largest glacier among those which come from the Darwin Mountain Chain´s Ice Field. This giant of ice will surprise us with its ice walls about 40 metres high.

This is the place where we will do some hiking so we can sight varied fauna and nature from the Magallanes woods: dams built by beavers and a great quantity of sea elephants which constrast with the amazing landscapes. Later on, we will go to Tucker small island, a certain point which delimits the northwest of the Whiteside Channel. The region has become now into a very valuable territory thanks to the natural nutrients which gave origin to the wonderful fauna that we will be able to watch.

We will navigate in zodiac boats so we can appreciate the presence of several sea birds such as cormoranes, chimangos, skuas and Magallanes penguins, among others. If we cannot sight penguins, due to the end of the reproduction period in April, we will do an alternative route to Brookes Bay, where we will disembark so we can do a trekking in the area around the glacier.

This big depth bay reaches its highest point in the Darwin Mountain Chain. It is a very famous bay because of its several waterfalls which are formed in their cliffs and impressive mountains´ elevations. During the hiking, we will be able to enjoy its floral and nature beauties which hide in the woods. We will come across ñires, a tundra region, southern dolphins, cormoranes and otters, among other species.

Cape Hornos & Wulaia Bay
During the journey we are still on board the Australis cruise, navigating the Beagle and Murray Chanel, so then we can try to disembark (if weather conditions allows us to) and appreciate the nature beauties in the National Park Cape Hornos. We can notice our arrival to this southern point once we will be able to see a 400 m high hill. This place delimits the most distant group of "fueguinas" islands, the most southern point in South America.

It is also the point which delimits the northern extreme of the Drake Passage, a sea that divides the american continent from the Antarctic Peninsula. The National Park, located in the "End of the World", has been declared in 2005 as a Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO. During sunset, we will disembark in Wulaia Bay, current archeological place that was home for one of the most magnificent tribes in the region a long time ago: the Yámanas.

It was in this very same bay that Fitz Roy, who discovered the Beagle Chanel, found the main Anglican mission with the famous english naturalist Charles Darwin. During our tour on the bay we will have the opportunity to value its exquisite flora and its geography. We will do a trekking in the "magallánico" woods which will be waiting to show us many floral species such as lengas, coihues, fern among others, so then we can arrive to a viewpoint where we will be able to gaze at a wonderful and unforgettable view.