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Patagonia

This geographic region comprising the southernmost portion of South America shared by Argentina and Chile is one of the most breathtaking places on Earth. Patagonia wildlife includes Magellanic penguins, elephant seals, dolphins, sea lions, puma, lama guanaco, Patagonian fox, flamingo, whales and the Andean condor.

Torres del Paine National Park

A UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve known as one of Earth’s most spectacularly gorgeous places.

What Will I See?

  • Stunning natural scenery
  • The Paine mountain range
  • Towering granite peaks, glaciers, turquoise lakes and waterfalls
  • Unique flora and fauna including Guanacos (related to the domesticated llama and alpaca), Rheas (an ostrich-like bird), black-necked swans and condors

What Can I Do?

  • Hiking/trekking
  • Horseback riding
  • Fly fishing
  • Sailing, kayaking
  • Scenic drives

Ushuaia

The southernmost city in the World is the gateway to Tierra del Fuego National Park and Antarctica, home to approximately 55,000 people.

What Will I See?

  • Straits of Magellan
  • The Beagle Channel – a straight between mountains, forests and islands home to the Yamanes, nomadic hunter-gatherer Indians
  • Cape Horn
  • “Glacier Alley”
  • Mountains, forests, peat bogs and ocean
  • Colorful wooden houses
  • Sea lions, seals, dolphins, whales, penguins
  • The Martial Glacier

What Can I Do?

  • Hiking/horseback riding/mountain biking/fishing/skiing
  • City bus tours
  • Boat trips on the beagle Channel
  • Visit the End of the World Museum
  • Visit the Maritime, Antarctic and Prison Museums
  • Visit the Ushuaia Museum
  • Visit the Tierra del Fuego National Park
  • Visit the Faro del Fin del Mundo (Lighthouse at the End of the World)
  • Bird watching
  • Shopping

The adventure of a lifetime aboard a cruise from the Chilean city of Punta Arenas through the mystical Strait of Magellan and Beagle Channel past “Glacier Alley”, the Magellanic forest, towering mountains, penguins, seals, dolphins and the southernmost rocky promontory of the world where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans meet at Cape Horn, to the Argentine city of Ushuaia on Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego

The “Land of fire” is a remote and mountainous coastal region about the size of Ireland home to hundreds of islands surrounded by the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans

What Will I See?

  • The beautiful Tierra del Fuego National Park
  • Glacier-carved mountain lakes
  • Fitz Roy Mountain
  • Sea birds, seals and walruses
  • Cape Horn
  • Fjords and glaciers
  • Fascinating flora and fauna
  • Towering mountain peaks, forests and sheep farms

What Can I Do?

  • Hiking/trekking
  • Fishing
  • Kayaking
  • Visit Cape Horn
  • Driving tours of the islands
  • Boating
  • Wildlife viewing

Glacier National Park

Home to 47 glaciers

What Will I See?

  • The towering Mount Fitz Roy
  • the remote mountain village of El Chalten known as the trekking capital of Patagonia
  • Brilliant blue glacier lakes
  • Perito Moreno Glacier – one of the world’s most beautiful and last advancing glaciers just outside of the quaint little town of El Calafate
  • Estancias – Ranches

What Can I Do?

  • Hiking/trekking
  • Glacier tours
  • Fishing
  • Horseback riding
  • Witness the awesome sight and sound of gigantic falling ice chunks at one of the world’s most beautiful

When Should I Go?

Often cold and windy and always unpredictable with an average temperature of 52F