12 hours
Daily Tour
70 people
English, Espanol
The whales, glaciers and penguins tour that goes through the Strait of Magellan contemplates visiting fjords and channels of great natural wealth. Visits to Santa Inés Island Glaciers, Barbara Channel, Carlos III Island and Whale gulf. Sightings of whales and other marine mammals and birds.
Humpback whales are a cosmopolitan and highly migratory species. According to the International Whaling Commission, a population of 10,000 specimens is estimated for part of the southern hemisphere. A part of the whale population travels annually to the Francisco Coloane Park to feed during the austral summer and autumn. The first marine park created in Chile, located between Santa Inés and Riesco Islands and the Brunswick Peninsula, it is an area of high biological productivity, where within its limits there are resting colonies of southern fur seals, killer whales, breeding sites for common sea lions and Magellanic penguins, as well as skuas, carancas and other aquatic birds.
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Dolphin watching
You need to go to José Nogueira #1255 street, in "Solo Expediciones" office
Transportation to Carrera Bay, 50 km south from Punta Arenas.
We navigate through the marine park Francisco Coloane to contemplate Whales, Sea lions, cormorant, magellanic penguins, petreles, etc. Also you can see the Santa Inés Island Glaciers.
Navigation back to Carrera Bay.
Estimated arrival time in Punta Arenas.
This tour is available only between december and march each year.
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