Strait of Magellan and Punta Arenas
Mountain Bike
Between Canal Beagle and Cape Horn we find a series of islands and archipelagos, fjords and channels, which make up the last corners of the Chilean territory.
The Beagle Channel was named after the ship in which the renowned scientist Charles Darwin, traveled around the world and passed through the Strait of Magellan a hundred and fifty years ago. Meanwhile, Cape Horn appears as the last redoubt of the continent, with protected islands under the Cape Horn National Park.
In this area is Navarino Island, the largest in the sector, where Puerto Williams was installed, the capital and largest city of the Chilean Antarctic Province. There you can practice trekking, visit the Museum in Puerto Williams, and hire tours that travel to Antarctica.
The Beagle Channel was named after the ship in which the renowned scientist Charles Darwin, traveled around the world and passed through the Strait of Magellan a hundred and fifty years ago. Meanwhile, Cape Horn appears as the last redoubt of the continent, with protected islands under the Cape Horn National Park.
In this area is Navarino Island, the largest in the sector, where Puerto Williams was installed, the capital and largest city of the Chilean Antarctic Province. There you can practice trekking, visit the Museum in Puerto Williams, and hire tours that travel to Antarctica.
Finally, we find the Cordillera Darwin, the last sketch of the Cordillera de los Andes, which appears interspersed at this point of the continent. It runs from east to west along the northern bank of the Beagle Channel. Its summits exhibit thousand-year-old forms of ice that fall towards the fjords, forming stations for the boats, which are forced to stop before the ice walls.
Attractions
Pass through the southernmost part of the American continent, a must for those who travel to Antarctica. This area offers many beautiful landscapes as well as modern comforts, especially in Puerto Williams on Navarino Island. Its lakes and bays, as well as the Cabo de Hornos National Park, are of unparalleled beauty, which is worth visiting, despite the cold and wind that prevails throughout the year.
Activities
This area of islands and archipelagos allows, when the weather conditions are green, to practice activities such as photography, observation of flora and fauna, recreational fishing, high mountain, tourist navigation, sea kayaking or trekking.
Informacion de Interes
1When to go
All year
2Location
South of Tierra del Fuego.
3How to get
It can be reached by sea or air. By sea, it is accessed from Punta Arenas, through the Beagle Channel to Puerto Williams and Cape Horn. The trip takes about seven hours and there is no regular transportation to the attraction, so you must hire private transportation.
By air, it leaves from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams towards Cape Horn. This transport is not regular either, but it gives a wonderful view to all the islets that make up the Agostini National Park and the Hoste Island.
4Weather
Tundra. Very cold and wind throughout the year, temperatures that do not exceed 7 C in summer.
5Services
In Puerto Williams: accommodation, restaurant, hostels, hotels, interurban land transport, airport, travel and tour agencies, museum, telephone, radio and Yacht Club.
6Surroundings
Wellington Islands, Hermite Islands, Navarino Island, Puerto Williams, Alberto de Agostini National Park, Beagle Channel.
7Input Value
Free
Destinations
Cape Horn National Park
Port William
Martin Gusinde Museum
