Travelogues Punta Arenas

Contrary to our original plan, we decided not to travel to Ushuaia. Since we currently want to avoid intercontinental flights, the distances here are really far, plus we have a...

Penguin in nesting hole

My ship journey from Punta Arenas to Puerto Williams, to Navarino Island. 30 hours through the Strait of Magellan, past Isla Dawson, several unnamed smaller islands, through the...

Last breakfast in the southernmost city in the world and then off to the small airport. The old Cessna plane, with space for 20 people, was already ready for takeoff. I had to...

The bus had already made its way up to the border, and without any fuss, we entered a beautiful no man's land. A river curved multiple times, cranes sat by the water, and several...

After having some luck with booking our bus to Chile, where we managed to get 2 of the last 3 available seats on the bus, on January 7th it was time to pack our backpacks and...

9:30 AM, breakfast with the padres of the Salesians, who took great care of us, a room for two nights including breakfast, free! Today we took the whole day to explore Punta...

22.1. Today at 9:00 am we have the appointment for our PCR test. After a short night, we stand tired and with the remaining muscle soreness from the W-Trek in front of the...

After the hot days in BAires, the cool, windy air feels really good when we arrive in Río Gallegos! We already know the city, so we just walk to the beautiful spots by the water...

Now the time has finally come. We start the journey north, which is also our journey back home. We will take the bus for 10 hours, including crossing the border and taking the...

13.1. We can take the day easy and Stefi cooks breakfast for us for the second and last time. We leave behind some food that we cannot take with us and say goodbye to Stefi and...

Wir werden wach und der Blick aus dem Fenster ist unbeschreiblich schön. Wir haben echt Glück gehabt, mit der Kabine. Die Ausstattung ist bei allen Kabinen exakt gleich , einzig...

Strait of Magellan and Walk through Punta Arenas.

After almost 7000 km drive with our brave Dodge RAM, we reach the coast of the Strait of Magellan and can take a first look over to Tierra del Fuego. It is strange to see so...

Today, after a long trip through the Magellan Channel, we arrived in Punta Arenas at 6:00 a.m. We hadn't booked anything here because we weren't that interested in the offers,...

January 19, 2024 Punta Arenas / Chile We had gotten our tender tickets the evening before, but unfortunately our premonition was confirmed: we couldn't get off board again. Due...

From Santiago we flew south to Chile, finally Patagonia. Arriving in Punta Arenas, our first stay there mainly consisted of planning for Puerto Williams (see:...

Glacier passage in Patagonia on the way from Ushuaia to Puerto Montt.

Next stop, Chile. Here is Punta Arenas, the largest city and considered the most beautiful city in Chile. Well, now we don't expect much from the other cities ;-). Located right...

Everything started in Pucon. Here I met Jürgen and Alex at the hostel. The two of them had already met in Santiago for the first time. We got along well and had the same route. So...

Nice little museum, here we were able to see the replicas of Magellan and the ship of Fritz Roy, who sailed with C. Darwin 200 years later. Incredible achievement to sail around...

The day started very early today at 05:00. Quick breakfast and then the procedure started. Bus transfer from the hotel to the airport. Charter flight with the participants from...

Island of Penguins? I want to go there! The small island of Isla Magdalena, not far from Punta Arenas, is known for its penguin colonies, where you can find up to 60,000...

We now had two "travel days" ahead of us, as we wanted to go from southern Argentina to northern Chile and unfortunately there was no affordable direct connection from El...

Welcome to Chile!

My first stop in Patagonia was Punta Arenas, a nice town that serves as a hop off to different nature attractions. It's not too busy and even boasts a replica of Magellan's ship...

Chile is so long that it has to be divided into four parts in order to print the map.

Today we arrived in Punto Arenas, the city on the Magellan Strait discovered 500 years ago. This is where our journey to Antarctica started and later continued to Torres del...

10.12. -13.12.2017 There is not much to say. But I took a few pictures.