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M/N VIA AUSTRALIS
Punta Arenas - Ushuaia (5 days / 4 nights)
Punta Arenas - Ainsworth Bay - Tucker Islet - Pia Glacier - Glacier Avenue - Cabo de Hornos - Puerto Williams - Ushuaia
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Day 1: Wednesday - Punta Arenas
Board in the afternoon on the Mare Australis. Departure to Ushuaia.
Day 2: Thursday - Ainsworth Bay - Tucker Islet
Disembark at Ainsworth Bay to enjoy the sight of the Marinelli Glacier from a distance, visit a colony of elephant seals and walk through the Magellan forest. Continuing the navigation we will visit the Tucker Islet where we will see from the Zodiac boats, colonies of Magellan Penguins and Cormorans..
Day 3: Friday - Pia Glacier - Glacier Avenue
Disembark at the Bay of the Pia Glacier and excursion to an observation point that offers excellent conditions to view the mountain range where the glacier originates and all its displacements that fall to the sea.
Later on we will sail again by the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel, and appreciate the spectacular "Glacier Avenue".
Day 4: Saturday - Cabo de Hornos - Puerto Williams
Disembark in the Cabo de Hornos National Park. The Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn) is almost entirely vertical of 425 meters high, and is the place where the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans merge. In the afternoon we will disembark in Puerto Williams, the southernmost town of the world, where you could enjoy optional excursions like an over flight of Cabo de Hornos.
Day 4: Saturday - Ushuaia
Arrival at Ushuaia, the most important Argentinean city of Tierra del Fuego and the southernmost city in the world. Disembarkation of the passengers in the morning and the day free to visit the city and its National Park.
