SATURDAY:
Ushuaia

Check in at San Martín 245, Ushuaia between 09:00 and 16:00 hrs.
17:00-18:00 hours, embark on the Expedition Cruise ship Mare Australis. The crew headed by the Captain will give a welcoming cocktail onboard. Immediately after, the ship will set sail with the destination to the end of the world. Through the mythical Strait of Magellan, we will travel through the Patagonia and Tierra de Fuego. It is the beginning of a Great Adventure.

SUNDAY:
Caper Horn – Wulaia Bay

Navigate through the Beagle and Murray Channels to disembark in the Cape Horn National Park. The Cape Horn, almost vertical of 425 meters high, where the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean merge, was discovered in 1616 by the Dutch commercial expedition organized by Isaac Le Maire. The Cape owes its name to the Port of Hoorn, where the expedition had set sail.
In the afternoon we will disembark at the Wulaia Bay, a historic place that was one of the largest native settlements of the region. Furthermore, this place offers a visual spectacle of great beauty because of its vegetation and geography. We will arrive to an observation point, and walk through the Magellan forest in which Lengas, Coihues, Canelos, and other species grow.

MONDAY:
Pía Glacier

We will navigate the main part of the Beagle Channel to enter the Pia Bay and disembark to observe from the Zodiac the glacier of the same name, that is part of the Darwin Mountain Range.

TUESDAY:
Günter Plushow Glacier- Aguila Glacier

We will disembark in the Bay of the Günter Plushow Glacier to carry out a nearby walk and to appreciate even more closely this marvelous mass of thousand-year-old ice.
Then we will go to the Bay of the Aguila Glacier where we will disembark to carry out a smooth walk by the beach bordering a lake until we arrive to the glacier. A second group is able, from the beach, to go through the Magellan forest to later leave the lake and arrive to the glacier.

 

WEDNESDAY:
Magdalena Island - Punta Arenas

 

First thing in the morning we will disembark in the Magdalena Island, home of an immense colony of more than 120.000 Magellan Penguins, that we will be able to appreciate in our walk toward the Lighthouse that guides different ships on their way through the Strait of Magellan.
Finalizing our visit we will return to Punta Arenas, where we will disembark at 11:30 hours. This is where our Adventure ends.

 

ITINERARY M/V MARE AUSTRALIS
SEPTEMBER 2005 TO APRIL 2006:
USHUAIA – PUNTA ARENAS (4 days/ 3 nights)

WEDNESDAY:
Ushuaia

Check in at San Martiín 245, Ushuaia between 09:00 and 16:00 hrs.
17:00-18:00 hours, embark on the Expedition Cruise ship Mare Australis. The crew headed by the Captain will give a welcoming cocktail onboard. Immediately after, the ship will set sail with the destination to the end of the world. Through the mythical Strait of Magellan, we will travel through the Patagonia and Tierra de Fuego. It is the beginning of a Great Adventure.

 

THURSDAY:
Cape Horn – Wulaia Bay

Navigate through the Beagle and Murray Channels to disembark in the Cape Horn National Park. The Cape Horn, almost vertical of 425 meters high, where the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean merge, was discovered in 1616 by the Dutch commercial expedition organized by Isaac Le Maire. The Cape owes its name to the Port of Hoorn, where the expedition had set sail.

In the afternoon we will disembark at the Wulaia Bay, a historic place that was one of the largest native settlements of the region. Furthermore, this place offers a visual spectacle of great beauty because of its vegetation and geography. We will arrive to an observation point, and walk through the Magellan forest in which Lengas, Coihues, Canelos, and other species grow.

FRIDAY:
Günter Plushow Glaciar

We will disembark in the Bay of the Günter Plushow Glacier to carry out a nearby walk and to appreciate even more closely this marvelous mass of thousand-year-old ice.

SATURDAY:
Magdalena Island-Punta Arenas

First thing in the morning we will disembark in the Magdalena Island, home of an immense colony of more than 120.000 Magellan Penguins, that we will be able to appreciate in our walk toward the Lighthouse that guides different ships on their way through the Strait of Magellan.

Finalizing our visit we will return to Punta Arenas, where we will disembark at 11:30 hours. This is where our Adventure ends.