Antarctica & Patagonia Expedition – Southbound

Valparaíso is a port city on Chile’s coast. It’s known for its steep funiculars and colorful, clifftop homes. La Sebastiana, the quirky former residence of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, is now a museum with far-reaching Pacific views. During the 19th century, an influx of European immigrants left their mark on the city’s architecture and cultural institutions, many of which congregate around downtown’s Plaza Sotomayor.

The Castro District, in Eureka Valley, is synonymous with gay culture. Revelers often spill onto the sidewalks at numerous bars, like Twin Peaks Tavern, whose floor-to-ceiling windows were revolutionary when it opened in 1972. The lavish Castro Theatre and the GLBT Historic Museum are also found here, as are homey restaurants and adult shops. On Market Street, 19th-century F-line streetcars head to Fisherman’s Wharf.

Villa Puerto Edén is a Chilean hamlet and minor port located in Wellington Island, in Natales commune, Última Esperanza Province, Magallanes Region. It is considered one of Chile’s most isolated inhabited places together with Easter Island and Villa Las Estrellas.

Puerto Natales is a port city on the Señoret Channel in Chile’s southern Patagonia. It’s the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park to the northwest, and the port for boats touring the Patagonian fjords. The Municipal Historical Museum in the city center exhibits artifacts from the region’s indigenous population. To the north is the vast Mylodon Cave, once inhabited by prehistoric, slothlike mylodons.

Puerto Natales is a port city on the Señoret Channel in Chile’s southern Patagonia. It’s the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park to the northwest, and the port for boats touring the Patagonian fjords. The Municipal Historical Museum in the city center exhibits artifacts from the region’s indigenous population. To the north is the vast Mylodon Cave, once inhabited by prehistoric, slothlike mylodons.

The southern coast of Chile presents a large number of fjords and fjord-like channels from the latitudes of Cape Horn to Reloncaví Estuary. Some fjords and channels are important navigable channels providing access to ports like Punta Arenas, Puerto Chacabuco and Puerto Natales.

On this expedition, you’ll journey from Valparaíso to Chile’s deep fjords and glistening glaciers. Then we’ll sail down to the frozen continent of Antarctica during its late spring season. This is the season for spotting penguins in the midst of their courting and nesting rituals, and seeing icebergs in pristine condition ahead of the austral summer sunshine (weather permitting, of course).

On this expedition, you’ll journey from Valparaíso to Chile’s deep fjords and glistening glaciers. Then we’ll sail down to the frozen continent of Antarctica during its late spring season. This is the season for spotting penguins in the midst of their courting and nesting rituals, and seeing icebergs in pristine condition ahead of the austral summer sunshine (weather permitting, of course).

On this expedition, you’ll journey from Valparaíso to Chile’s deep fjords and glistening glaciers. Then we’ll sail down to the frozen continent of Antarctica during its late spring season. This is the season for spotting penguins in the midst of their courting and nesting rituals, and seeing icebergs in pristine condition ahead of the austral summer sunshine (weather permitting, of course).

On this expedition, you’ll journey from Valparaíso to Chile’s deep fjords and glistening glaciers. Then we’ll sail down to the frozen continent of Antarctica during its late spring season. This is the season for spotting penguins in the midst of their courting and nesting rituals, and seeing icebergs in pristine condition ahead of the austral summer sunshine (weather permitting, of course).

On this expedition, you’ll journey from Valparaíso to Chile’s deep fjords and glistening glaciers. Then we’ll sail down to the frozen continent of Antarctica during its late spring season. This is the season for spotting penguins in the midst of their courting and nesting rituals, and seeing icebergs in pristine condition ahead of the austral summer sunshine (weather permitting, of course).

On this expedition, you’ll journey from Valparaíso to Chile’s deep fjords and glistening glaciers. Then we’ll sail down to the frozen continent of Antarctica during its late spring season. This is the season for spotting penguins in the midst of their courting and nesting rituals, and seeing icebergs in pristine condition ahead of the austral summer sunshine (weather permitting, of course).