Punta Arenas - Crucero Australis
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 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.

Tierra del Fuego National Park & Train of the End of the World
We have disembarked in the course of the morning in Ushuaia.During the afternoon we will go to Tierra del Fuego National Park which highlights for being the only park with sea coast because it is located at the shore of the Beagle Chanel. Outside Ushuaia, we will go through the Valley of Pipo River to get to the entrance.

We will get on board the Train of the End of the World which is outside the Tierra del Fuego National Park where we start in the Central Station until getting to the Tierra del Fuego National Park Station. We will have the excellent opportunity to meet the Southern Fueguino Railway which travels along one of the routes that were used in the past by thousands prisoners who obey everyday their routine in those legendary woods. The journey starts over the embankment that the prisoners made a long time ago, going through the Cañadón del Toro so then we can ascend a steep surrounding the Pipo River until getting to the "Cascada de la Macarena" Station where we will hace the possibility to descend to the restoration of a native camp or we can have the option to appreciate the amazing panoramic view of the fall´s source. The train´s horn give us the signal that we have to continue with the journey to get into the sub-antarctic woods.

Surrounding the Pipo river and the "turbales" area where the moss Sphagnum grows, the train ends the journey when it arrives at the Park´s Station where we will descend to continue with the tour. Once we get into into the Tierra del Fuego National Park which was founded in 1960 and it is located in the region of the patagonic woods and the Andean mountain chain. Our tour goes to Ensenada Bay where we will be able to see the Redonda and Estorbo islands and the Montes Nevados in front of them which belong to the Sampaio mountain chain in Chile. Then we get to Roca Lake.

We continue the way while we are surrounded by lengas, ñires and guindos woods until getting to the bridge of the Lapataia river, an ideal area to do trekking as there are many paths such as the Paseo de la Isla, Roca Lake, Black Lagoon, etc. We will go through a winding way where we will find the Green and Black Lagoons, this last one is an impressive "turbal", until flowing in the Beavers´ dike which will guide us to Lapataia Bay. We will watch ducks, cauquenes, chorlos and many other aquatic birds over the coasts. In the Park we can see native remains left by the Yámanas, such as "concheros", accumulation of mollusk valves and other animals that were part of their every day meals.