Wilderness Travel Cultural Cruise Collection for 2022-23

Darwin’s Route: Cruising through Patagonia ABOARD THE STELLA AUSTRALIS OR VENTUS AUSTRALIS

DAYS 1-4 USHUAIA TO AGOSTINI SOUND From Ushuaia, cruise to legendary Cape Horn, often referred to as the “End of the Earth,” and explore this rocky promontory overlooking the turbulent waters of the Drake Passage. A choice of hikes at historic Wulaia Bay leads you through enchanted forests to panoramic viewpoints. Shore excursions bring you to the Pía and Garibaldi glaciers, and in Agostini Sound, see the glaciers that descend from the Darwin Mountains. DAYS 5-9 MAGDALENA ISLAND TO USHUAIA Explore the Magellanic penguin colonies of Magdalena Island and the Tuckers Islets, and choose from a variety of guided hikes in Ainsworth Bay, with its prolific birdlife and elephant seals. After another excursion to the Pía Glacier, cruise past “Glacier Alley,” where a dramatic parade of tidewater glaciers flows down to the sea. Your journey ends with more explorations in Cape Horn National Park and Wulaia Bay. Dock in Ushuaia on Day 9 and disembark.

Retrace the route of Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle on an expedition cruise through the secluded Fuegian Archipelago at the bottom of South America. The adventurous itinerary includes legendary Cape Horn and historic Wulaia Bay, the spectacular fjords that harbor Pía and Águila glaciers, the boisterous penguin colonies on Tuckers and Magdalena islands, as well as impressive Glacier Alley. You’ll also encounter massive ice fields, lush sub-polar forests, and secluded beaches on islands that remain refreshingly remote and barely touched by civilization, a rare glimpse of what planet Earth must have been like before mankind. This can also be taken as a 5-day extension to our Small Group Adventures in Patagonia, and is available from Punta Arenas or Ushuaia.

DATES Weekly departures Sep-Apr

TRIP COST From $3,996 Price is per person and depends on cabin type

Paine National Park Extension Explore the sublime world of Paine National Park, one of the scenic masterpieces of the planet and declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. Exhilarating day hikes bring you to the base of the famous “towers” of Paine and into the Valle Francés for incredible views of the cuernos (horns) of the park, and you’ll travel by catamaran on Lago Pehoe to the face of the Grey Glacier, with its radiant blue icebergs floating in turquoise waters. 5 days. From $3,595.

CHILE

ARGENTINA

Fitzroy

Lago Viedma

El Calafate

Torres del Paine Nat’l Park

Magdalena Island ARGENTINA CHILE

ATLANTIC OCEAN

Punta Arenas

Tucker Islet

Ainsworth Bay

Garibaldi Glacier

Ushuaia

Wulaia Bay

Glacier Alley

PACIFIC OCEAN

Cape Horn

100 mi

100 km

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