Patagonia Cruise Adventure

• Round trip economy class air fare from NEW YORK to Santiago (other US Gatways available)
• Economy class airfare within Chile as per itinerary
• 3 nights hotel in Santiago with breakfast daily
• 8 day/7 night cruise aboard the "Via Australis" or "Mare Australis" with all meals included
• Half day Santiago city tour
• Full day tour Vina del Mar & Valparaiso
• Meals as per itinerary: B=breakfast (10), L=lunch (7), D=dinner (7)
• All transfers as per itinerary
• Sightseeing with air- conditioned vehicles and English speaking professional tour guides
• Entrance fees on included sightseeing
• Hotel taxes and service charges
• FreeGate travel bag and document portfolio

Day 1: USA - SANTIAGO
Depart for the USA on your overnight flight to Santiago.

Day 2: SANTIAGO
Early morning arrival in Santiago. Assistance at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Afternoon tour of Santiago incuding the Club Hipico (a horseracing track), Cousino Palace, "La Moneda" government palace, the Pre-Columbian Art Museum, and the Plaza de Armas. Then on to San Cristobal Hill for a fine all-round view of the capital.

Day 3: SANTIAGO (VINA DEL MAR - VALPARAISO) (B)
Following breakfast, depart on a full day tour to Vina del Mar & Valparaiso. Continue to Vina del Mar, Chile's most popular seaside resort. Skirting along the coast, you proceed to Chile's main international seaport, Valparaiso.

Day 4: SANTIAGO (B)
Full day leisure to enjoy this beautiful city.

Day 5: SANTIAGO-PUNTA ARENAS (B,D)
After breakfast transfer to Santiago Airport for your flight to Punta Arenas. Meeting & transfer to the pier to board the Expedition Cruise Ship Mare Australis. The Captain and crew will give a welcome cocktail reception on board. Immediately afterward, the ship will set sail for the ”uttermost part of the earth.” Through the mythical Strait of Magellan, you will travel to Southern Patagonia, including Tierra de Fuego. This is the beginning of a Great Adventure!

Day 6: CRUISE (Ainsworth Bay – Tucker Islet) (B,L,D)
During the dawn’s early light, your ship will continue navigating through Almirantazgo Inlet, until arriving near Marinelli Glacier in Ainsworth Bay, where you will enjoy a walk to discover a beaver dam in the midst of a marvelous Magellanic forest. On the beach you will observe a colony of Elephant Seals. Continuing the voyage, you will visit Tucker Islet, where you will sight colonies of Magellanic penguins and Cormorants from the zodiac boats.

Day 7: CRUISE (Pia Glacier – Glacier Alley)(B,L,D)
Today you will navigate the main part of the Beagle Channel to enter Pia Fjord and disembark near the glacier of the same name. Embark on an excursion to a lookout point that is ideal for viewing the mountain range where the glacier originates, and its flow all the way to the sea. After this unforgettable experience, you will sail again along the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel through majestic “Glacier Alley”: Spain, Romanche, Germany, Italy, France and Holland glaciers.

Day 8: CRUISE (Cape Horn and Puerto Williams)(B,L,D)
Sail through the Beagle and Murray Channels to disembark in Cape Horn National Park. Cape Horn, a sheer, almost 425-meter-high promontory, where the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean merge. It was discovered in 1616 by the Dutch commercial expedition organized by Isaac Le Maire. The Cape owes its name to the Port of Hoorn, the expedition’s departure point. In the afternoon, you will disembark in Port Williams, the southernmost town in the world, where you can take optional excursions, such as the visit to Martin Gusinde Museum.

Day 9 CRUISE (Ushuaia)(B,L,D)
Ushuaia is the most important Argentine city in Tierra de Fuego, and the southernmost city in the world. Here you will have a full day to join one of the optional sightseeing tours available.

Day 10: CRUISE (Cape Horn – Wulaia Bay)(B,L,D)
This morning proceed through the Beagle Channel & Murray Channel to Cape Horn National Park. In the afternoon you will disembark in historical Wulaia Bay, once the site of one of the region’s largest native settlements. This area is also renowned for the spectacular beauty of its vegetation and geography. Walk through a Magellanic forest filled with Lengas, Coigües, Canelos, ferns and other species to reach a look-out point.

Day 11: CRUISE (Chico Inlet)(B,L,D)
Disembark in Chico Inlet for a zodiac boat approach to Piloto and Nena glaciers, providing you with a closer look at these awe-inspiring masses of ancient icel.

Day 12: CRUISE (Madgalena Island - Punta Arenas) - DEPARTURE (B)
Early in the morning you will disembark on Magdalena Island, the home of an immense colony of more than 120,000 Magellanic Penguins that you will be able to observe during a walk to the Lighthouse that guides different ships on their way through the Strait of Magellan. After your visit, you will return to Punta Arenas and be transfered to the airport for the return flight home via Santiago.

Accommodations		Option A	Option B
Santiago		Galerias	SAS Radisson Plaza
CRUISE		Category "B" (Upgrades available)	Category "B" (Upgrades available)

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Departure Dates & Prices

* Other departures available on request

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