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.