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A small expedition ship crossing a green fjord in Tierra del Fuego, snow peaks closing in on both sides and a glacier reaching the water on the right

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Fjords of Tierra del Fuego

Duration5 daysFrom / person$2,080
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The route

Four nights on a 200-guest expedition ship, sailing the channels and fjords between the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel. The days are spent off the ship rather than on it: a Zodiac to the foot of a glacier, a beach of elephant seals under the Marinelli, a penguin colony watched from the water, and the run out to Cape Horn where two oceans meet. Everything aboard is included, down to the bar, and there is no telephone signal for four days.

2Ainsworth Bay3Pia Glacier4Cape Horn5Ushuaia1Punta Arenas100 milesBy boat

Trip facts

Begins & ends
Punta Arenas | Ushuaia

Day by day

Itinerary

Day 1Punta Arenas and the Strait of Magellan

Boarding is early evening in Punta Arenas, and the ship is clear of the pier before dark. Dinner comes as the last lights on the Strait of Magellan slide astern and the captain lays in the course south. Ahead is Almirantazgo Sound and four days of water that no road reaches, on a ship carrying 200 people and no telephone signal at all.

Overnight: M/V Ventus Australis or M/V Stella Australis · Meals: Dinner

Day 2Ainsworth Bay and Tuckers Islets

Morning opens on Ainsworth Bay under the Marinelli Glacier, where a Zodiac puts you on a beach of subantarctic forest and a colony of elephant seals that pays visitors no attention whatsoever. The afternoon belongs to the islets off Tucker, alive with Magellanic penguins and cormorants and watched from the water so the colony is left as it was found. In September and April, Brookes Glacier takes the islets' place.

Overnight: M/V Ventus Australis or M/V Stella Australis · Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3Pia Glacier and Glacier Alley

The ship turns into Pia Fjord and stops in front of the glacier itself, close enough that the cracking carries across the water and everyone on deck goes quiet. A short walk on the moraine gives the whole face at once. The afternoon runs the northwest arm of the Beagle Channel, where five glaciers hang one after another off the Darwin range, sailed past rather than landed on.

Overnight: M/V Ventus Australis or M/V Stella Australis · Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A small expedition ship crossing a green fjord in Tierra del Fuego, snow peaks closing in on both sides and a glacier reaching the water on the right
Day 4 · The high point

Cape Horn and Wulaia Bay

An early crossing of Nassau Bay puts the ship at Cape Horn, where the Atlantic and the Pacific meet and the next land south is Antarctica. The weather, not the schedule, decides whether the Zodiacs can land. The afternoon is Wulaia Bay, green and sheltered, where Darwin's Beagle once anchored and a climb through the forest opens the whole sound below you.

Overnight: M/V Ventus Australis or M/V Stella Australis · Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5Ushuaia

Breakfast comes in the Beagle Channel with Ushuaia already ahead, and disembarkation is at half past eight in the morning. What follows is yours: a flight north the same day, a few nights at the bottom of Argentina, or the same ship again in the evening if you are carrying on around the loop.

Meals: Breakfast

The package

What $2,080 covers

Included

  • 4 nights accommodation
  • Meals: 4 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 4 dinners
  • All meals on board, and an open bar with no exclusions
  • Every shore excursion by Zodiac, with the expedition team
  • The cabin for the whole voyage, at double occupancy

Not included

  • Transfers to and from the ship in Punta Arenas and Ushuaia
  • Government port fees, taxes and national park fees, US$160 per person
  • Gratuities, which the ship suggests at US$25 per person per night
  • Travel insurance, which the ship checks at boarding on the Argentine legs
  • Anything charged to your cabin, including the onboard store
  • International and domestic flights
  • Any expense not shown as included

Where you stay

  • Patagonia - M/V Ventus Australis or M/V Stella Australis4 nights

Cabin B, lower deck. The price shown is for a Cabin B on the lower deck. Cabins on the upper decks and the two larger Superior cabins are available on request; tell us which you want and we will price it for your sailing.

Pricing

Pricing can vary by season, hotel or cabin standard and other factors. Local holidays and major dates like Christmas and New Year carry supplements.

On board

Choosing a cabin

Scroll the table sideways for the other 2 seasons.

Price per person, double occupancy, by cabin and by sailing date.
Cabinlate September and early AprilOctober and late MarchNovember to mid-March
Cabin BDeck 2 · 177 sq ft$2,080$3,250$4,190
Cabin ADeck 2 · 177 sq ft$2,580$3,650$4,920
Cabin AADeck 3 · 177 sq ft$2,850$3,940$5,210
Cabin AAADeck 4 · 177 sq ft$2,970$4,260$5,620
Cabin AA SuperiorDeck 3 · 220 sq ft$3,670$4,650$6,830
Cabin AAA SuperiorDeck 4 · 220 sq ft$3,880$4,950$7,320

Prices are per person, two people sharing. A cabin to yourself adds 50% to the rate in any category.

late September and early April:
September 18 to 30, 2027, and April 1 to 9, 2028
October and late March:
October 1 to 31, 2027, and March 16 to 31, 2028
November to mid-March:
November 1, 2027 to March 15, 2028
A small expedition ship crossing a green fjord in Tierra del Fuego, snow peaks closing in on both sides and a glacier reaching the water on the right

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