Chilean Patagonia
Chilean Patagonia is a place for those who want a complete experience close to nature.
It has fjords, mountains, snowy mountains, valleys, and deserts. You can ski, explore snow-capped mountains, visit pure water lakes.
Enjoy from the sea to high mountains all in one place.
We start in the city of Puerto Natales, which is the starting point for Torres del Paine National Park, which is one of the best trails in the world.
The city is very small and as an attraction, it only has a port for boats that make tourism in the fjords.
We arrived from Al Calafate ( Argentine Patagonia).
And we prepared for the trekking of the circuit O of Torres del Paine, see here.
After the trekking we rested for 1 day in Puerto Natales and our group broke up.
Alessandro, who has been accompanying me on this adventure so far, has returned to Brazil.
I would go alone to Ushuaia, but Gabriel decided to accompany me.
The other members each went their own ways.
We took a bus to Punta Arenas. The bus takes 3 hours and costs around $10.00.
Puerto Natales
Punta Arenas
We visit the city and one of the main tours here is to go to Magdalena Island to see the penguins.
The penguin population is approximately 150,000 per year.
They are used to people visiting and are at ease with the crowd, although the disturbance of the habitat is undeniable.
On the same island, you can visit the Lighthouse that has photographs of the different types of penguins that inhabit Patagonia.
Way to Ushuaia
The trip to Ushuaia is a very long 11 hours, crossing the Magellan Strait and then crossing the Chile/Argentina border.
Strait of Magellan
I have always been curious about these passages between oceans and I have plans to visit them with more time.
For those who don’t know, it’s a navigable passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
It has a length of 600 km and is a natural passage and is located between the mainland (South America) and Tierra del Fuego.
Due to the winds, the crossing can be quite turbulent, but very short.
It took us almost 1 hour to cross the border, a lot of bureaucracy but no major problems.
Now it’s back to Argentine Patagonia and continues to Ushuaia.
It’s still halfway.
