Duration: 5 hours. Regular Half Day.
Availability: November to April, subject to weather conditions.
Regular tour: operate check in: 8:30 hrs, set sail 9:00 am – pm check in: 14:30 hrs, set sail: 15:00 hrs.
Others: Transfer to hotel / pier/ hotel is included.
AM Description: At 08 hrs. The route begins at Punta Arenas hotels to pick up the tour companions then we take the north route to the city of Punta Arenas, with a distance of 18 kms to the check in at the dock start the boarding. The departure is at 9 am, to sail about 45 minutes until Pinguineras Magdalena Island, a National Park located in the Strait of Magellan, 35 km north of the city of Punta Arenas. To reach the island is necessary to sail the same route that crossed the sailors Francis Drake, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Ferdinand Magellan and Charles Darwin himself. Once on the island, a walk to see one of the largest penguin colonies in Chile, with an estimated 60,000 pairs of Magellan Penguins population is performed. It will be also posle to get to the lighthouse, from where we will get an overlooking to the whole island and the surrounding areas. The time we will spend in this place is approximately one hour. At the end we will return to the city of Punta Arenas.
PM Description: At 14 hrs. The route begins at Punta Arenas hotels to pick up the tour companions. Then we take the north route to the city of Punta Arenas, with a distance of 18 kms to the check in at the dock start the boarding. The departure is at 15 hrs, to sail about 45 minutes until Pinguineras Magdalena Island, a National Park located in the Strait of Magellan, 35 km north of the city of Punta Arenas. To reach the island is necessary to sail the same route that crossed the sailors Francis Drake, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Ferdinand Magellan and Charles Darwin himself. Once on the island, a walk to see one of the largest penguin colonies in Chile, with an estimated 60,000 pairs of Magellan Penguins population is performed. It will be also posle to get to the lighthouse, from where we will get an overlooking to the whole island and the surrounding areas. The time we will spend in this place is approximately one hour. At the end we will return to the city of Punta Arenas.