VISIT TO MARITIME FIORDOS AND GLACIERS IN THE SOUTH CHILE







Tour of three days and four nights for the Patagonian channels, scene of extraordinary beauty and novels of Lord Byron and Jules Verne. This area was traditionally wild world of navigation on native peoples, (Alcalufes or Kaweskar). The trip is characterized by travelled countless channels, some very close, the narrowest of them is the Angostura White. The second day arrived at Puerto Eden where Kaweskar indigenous people live currently comprised by dozens of people only. Puerto Eden was created in the 1930's by the Air Force as a base for seaplanes flying from Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas. A few years later, here was confined population Kaweskar, formed by marine nomads who travelled the islands between the Gulf of Penas and the Magellan Strait. That same day experiencing the dreaded Gulf of Penas, which is the most exposed and moved the trip, approximately five hours of navigation. The Gulf of Penas was always sailed by the indigenous peoples Kaweskar in their traditional boats, but it was until 1884 that the schooner Ancud particular feat of crossing the Gulf of Penas after 4 months of sailing. The third day we visited the glacier Margarita, but for the weather we could not see in all its splendour.

TORRES DEL PAINE-CHILE. 7500 KILÓMETROS







Puerto Natales, the city where dogs and the rainbow comes out daily, was our starting point for visiting Punta Arenas, Torres del Paine National Park and embark to Puerto Montt, visiting the Patagonian channels. Cueva del Milodon Road to Torres del Paine National Park, we made a stop at the Cave where he was found in 1895 the "Milodón Darwin," large mammal that disappeared about 10000 years ago!!. At the site, now declared Natural Monument there is a rough copy of the extinct animal.Torres del Paine It is a set of mountains called "Horns" and the spindly "towers" of granite. The mountains are crowned by glaciers and surrounded by lakes. It was appointed by the UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. On the way to the park we saw condors and guanacos. Finally we visited the Grey glacier,