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| M/N SKORPIOS III The Kaweskar Explorers Route |
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| Glaciers & Fjords: The Southern
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Puerto Arenas & Puerto Natales
If the passengers did not choose for an additional night, after arriving at Puerto Arenas, we will go to Puerto Natales. Once in this beautiful place, we will embark into this unbelievable adventure.
Passangers with additional night:
Puerto Arenas, Nacional Park Torres del Paine, Cueva del Milodón & Puerto Natales(This option is made the day after arriving at Puerto Arenas and the transfer to Puerto Natales)
If the passengers have chosen an itinerary with an additional night, we will first go from Puerto Natales to get then at the Cave of the Milodón. The Natural Monument of the Cueva del Milodón are many caves located in the south of Chile, in which rests of an old herbivorous mammal (the Milodon) that was extinguished at the end of the Pleistoceno were found.
We will continue then making a tour to the National Park Torres del Paine, visiting beautiful and paradisiacal places.
We will go through the Amarga Lagoon and can see the magnificent Torres del Paine. The Nacional Park Torres del Paine is one of the biggest and main parks of Chile. It counts, as its name says, with the famous Torres del Paine consisting of three towers.
The central tower has approximately 2800 meters height, being the tallest. Its immensity and beauty lead us into the divinity of a nature full of magic and infinity.
We will then pass by the viewpoint Lago Pehoé and see the Cuernos del Paine. In this way, after making this great additional night, we will go back to the Terminal Skorpios visiting the Sarmiento lake, located in Puerto Natales, to continue with our cruise.
(From this point, all the passengers, the ones who had chosen an extra night and teh ones who had not, continue with the same trip)
Patagonic channels, Angostura Kirke, Morla Vicuña Channel & Seno Unión Channel
We will navigate through the Patagonic Channels, passing by Angostura Kirke. This narrowness and the big flows that are in it are the main difficulties of the navigation.
We will also discover the Morla Vicuña & Seno Union channels.
The Morla Vicuña is a transversal channel, being one of the marvelous patagonic channels of the Chilean Patagonia. Otherwise, the Seno Unión also is part of one of the main patagonic channels, located on the XII Region of the Chilean Antarctica and of Magellan's. |
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Sarmiento, Pitt & Concepción channels, & Antrim fjord
We will navigate Sarmiento, Pitt and Concepción channels. The Sarmiento channel, southern continuation of the Angostura Guía, used to be traveled by the old Kawesqár about 6.000 years ago. Likewise, Concepción channel is the extensión to the south of the Wide channel, located on the XII Region of the Chilean Antartica and Magellan´s, and is also one of the most beautiful places by which the Kawesqár navigated.
We will arrive at the Amalia glacier and come up to it to have a spectacular panoramic view. We will start the navigation to the north and arrive then to the splendid Antrim fjord. We could make excursions by its inside on motorboats. Dinner on board. |
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Pio XI Glacier, Wyre Sinus, Grappler Channel, Puerto Edén, Kaweskar Indians, Paso Indio & Paso del Abismo
We will pass through the impressive Pio XI glacier, thet belongs to the National Park Bernardo O'Higgins. Pio XI glacier, also known as Brüggen or Ana María glacier, is the biggest of all the glaciers of South America. We will then navigate by the Eyre Sinus and the Grappler channel. Like the majority of the channels that we will know, the Grappler was also navigated by the Kawesqár Indians, being the prolongation by the south of the Paso del Indio.
We will arrive at Puerto Edén, where we will first disembark and then make an excursion by the hamlet located on the Wellington island, which had as first villagers the Kaweskar. The Kaweskar or Alacalufes resided this cold lanas which gave them sustenance and spiritual nurture with the beauties that impregnate them with love by their sea and land. Beauties that today we can observe in its original forms. We will leave Puerto Edén and continue our amazing tour mailing over Paso del Indio and Paso del Abismo, both paradisiacal patagonic channels.
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Calvo Fjord, The Andes, Constantino Glacier, Alipio & Fernando Glacier, Peel Fjord & El Brujo Glacier
We will navigate across the Calvo Fjord, arriving to the great Andes. The famous Andes crosses Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela and Perú, and it is the biggest of America and one of the most important of the entire World. Its average height reaches to the 4.000 meters, up to the 6.000 meters on specific places.
We could make excursiones, depending on the weather, on the Rompehielos Capitán Constantino to the Constantino Glacier. We will visit the Alipio and Fernando glaciers on the Rompehielos. We will visit then the marvelous Peel Fjord and arrive to the great Glacier El Brujo. |
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Fjord of the Mountains, Angostura Kirke & 'Última Esperanza' Sinus.
We will visit the Fjord of the Mountains and we could see then five small glaciers that come away from the hills to the sea. We could make a visit to the Bernal glacier. We will continue navigating by the Angostura Kirke, to arrive at the 'Última Esperanza' Sinus.
With its beautiful nature, the 'Última Esperanza' Sinus communicates to Puerto Natales and the snowdrifts Balmaceda and Serrano. It presents a great variety of fauna and flora, sorprising us with its unique and divines fjords, glaciers and channels that shows.
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'Última Esperanza' Sinus and arrival to Puerto Natales
Ending this beautiful itinerary, we will travel by 'Última Esperanza' Sinus and arrive to our final destination Skorpios Terminal in Puerto Natales. We will disembark and be transferred to Punta Arenas.
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All of the Skorpios services are based on cordial, friendly personal attention. This characteristic of the people of southern Chile has become the trademark of our family service, providing a quality service that meets international standards. Even the smallest service details are given priority and importance, aboard the Skorpios. The satisfaction of our passengers needs is our daily goal.
CRUISE
Amongst the services of the Skorpios that are highlighted are: (the bar is always open, without additional cost), passengers can visit all areas of the ship without restriction (from the machine room, to the control bridge, even the kitchen). Gastronomical needs are provided for without restriction & menu changes are accepted without additional cost, games and reading rooms, smoking and non-smoking bars, bilingual trip information, simultaneous chat translations, satellite telephone, cable & public TV & and all of the commodities of hotelier that correspond to a luxurious service. |
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