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Wildlife cruise round Cape Horn and southern fjords of Patagonia | 12 days
The Patagonian territory of Chile has 11 million protected hectares, where indigenous wildlife and unique species live and flourish. On this marine expedition you will navigate the Straits of Magellan, and visit the ports of Ushuaia in Argentina and Puerto Williams, on Navarino Island, Chile. The highlight of the trip is undoubtedly rounding Cape Horn. Shore excursions are by Zodiac; depending on weather conditions, the expedition also offers the unique opportunity to overfly various regions by helicopter.
Day 1: Fly to Santiago
Day 2: Arrive in Santiago, Chile’s capital city
Day 3: Fly to Punta Arenas on the Magellan Straits and join the expedition boat
Days 4-9: On expedition boat, sailing through unimaginably stunning scenery of channels, fjords, glaciers, islands and icebergs
Day 10: Disembark and fly to Santiago
Day 11: Santiago
Day 12: Fly to London
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Trip reports for South America
Fiona’s travel tips
FOR THE LESS ACTIVE: If you don’t want to trek the whole Inca Trail, take the train and hop off early to enjoy a wonderful day’s walk instead.
MY FAVOURITE PLACE: (Once I had got over a slight vertigo moment), sitting atop Wayna Picchu watching the cloud drift over the ruins of Machu Picchu spread out below me.
DON’T MISS: Superb camping at the edge of the Salar de Uyuni. The walk-in tents, though not en-suite, each have a built in stove and the view from the loo is to die for.
TOP TIP: See Lake Titicaca and its floating reedbed islands from the Bolivian side — it’s much less visited than from Peru.
BEST TIME TO GO:
Argentina: October to April
Bolivia: April to September
Chile: October to April
Ecuador: October to June
Galapagos: year-round
Peru: April to October
JOURNEY TIME:
Argentina: 16 hours (indirect)
Bolivia: 18 hours (indirect)
Chile: 18 hours (indirect)
Ecuador: 14½ hours indirect
Galapagos: 14½ hours indirect
Peru: 14½ hours (indirect)
Clients’ comments
“We loved exploring a part of the world that neither of us knew previously. Without your guidance we would not have known where to start and we felt we came away with a very good and broad experience”.
Mr and Mrs Charles Pybus, Argentina, Chile and Brazil“From the moment I contacted Fiona again, I knew that I was going to have a fabulous time. She always seems to make my trips holidays of a lifetime. I loved the dramatic way in which we travelled to the Napo Wildlife Centre and the MV Santa Cruz was great despite being quite a large ship. The guides were tremendous. I cannot thank you enough for all the hard work you put in”.
Charlotte Langley, Ecuador and the Galapagos