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M.N. Skorpios III - Itinerary
Kaweskar Explorers Route

 
At Left: M.N. Skorpios III. 

Itinerary for M.N. Skorpios III
- Kaweskar Explorers Route -

Passengers without Additional Night:

Day 1: Saturday. Reception at Punta Arenas airport. Transfer to Skorpios office in Punta Arenas Check-in. In the afternoon, passengers are transferred by bus from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales arriving at the Skorpios Terminal in Puerto Natales at approximately 19:00 hrs. Embarking at 20:00 hrs. Welcome Cocktail, Dinner on board.

Day 2: Sunday. 00:00. Set sail from Puerto Natales, navigation through the Patagonian canals to the Kirke Narrows. In the early morning navigation through the Morla Vicuña, Unión Inlet and Collingwood Canals. In the mid-morning continue on through the Sarmiento canal. 

Day 3: Monday. At dawn we enter Peel Fjord, visit to Calvo Fjord, where we will visit 4 glaciers of different shapes and colors. Boat excursions in our Hercules (ice-breaker motorboats). The ship get closer to the Calvo Glacier, if ice conditions permits. In the afternoon M.V. Skorpios III will navigate direction north, through Peel, Pitt, Andrés, Concepción and Wide canals. 

Day 4: Tuesday. 08:30 hrs. Navigation of the Eyre Inlet, to Pío XI Glacier, sailing in front of the Glacier. This is the largest Glacier in South America, with a surface area of 1,263-square Km, belonging to the Bernardo O’Higgins National Park, which is considered to be the biggest National Park in Chile. At mid-day we set sail, navigating towards the Eyre Inlet, the Grappler Canal and Paso del Indio. Arrive at Puerto Edén approximately at 17:00 hrs. Debarking in motorboats. Free time (two hours approximately) to visit this village which is located in Wellington Isle, whose first inhabitants were the Kaweskar and Alacalufes natives. This village does not have any streets, only walkways along which visitors can walk to visit its houses, or climb up to the lookout. The M.V. Skorpios III is anchored. Set sail direction south. 

Day 5: Wednesday. 07:00 hrs. Navigation Sarmiento and Morla Vicuña canals. 14:00 hrs. Enter Mountain Fjord, where you will see 5 small glaciers getting down from the hills to the sea. 16:30 hrs. Set sail again in route to Puerto Natales, cross the Kirke Narrows to drop anchor in the Ultima Esperanza Inlet. 20:00 hrs. Farewell party, gala Dinner.

Day 6: Thursday. Navigation Ultima Esperanza Inlet. 09:00 hrs. Arrival to Skorpios terminal in Puerto Natales. Passengers disembark at 10:00 hrs. Transfer to Punta Arenas Airport. End of our Services.  
 

NOTE: ITINERARY SUBJECT TO CHANGES ACCORDING TO NAVIGATION AND CLIMATE CONDITIONS.

Navigating towards the Glaciers of the Southern Ice Field is an unparallel experience.  As we navigate we explore the channels, bordering the Southern Ice Field, visiting its Glaciers, considered to be the third largest deposit of fresh water in the world, here you will be enthralled with the purity of this unique scenery.  The Southern Ice Field has a surface area of 13,000 km2 and a length of 350 km.  The immense ice mass is found in the highest peaks of the Andes Mountain, its size is equivalent to 6 times greater than that of the Belgium.  It possesses 48 glaciers, one of which we will visit, Pío XI, the largest glacier in the hemisphere at 1,263 square km, which is almost equal to the total land area of the capital city of Santiago Chile.  It has a length of 64 kilometers, and a face surface that measures 6 kilometers; its ice towers reach 

Revised Kaweskar Explorers Route
4-Days / 3-Nights
(Beginning September, 2010)

Tuesday-to-Friday or Friday-to-Monday

M.N. Skorpios III at Amalia Glacier
 

Day 1 - Friday: From 16:00 hrs. on, passenger's check in. Between 17:00 hrs. and 18:00 hrs. weigh anchor from Skorpios Terminal in Puerto Natales, sailing through the patagonian channels, Kirke Narrowness, Morla Vicuña, Union, Collinwood, Sarmiento.

Day 2 - Saturday: 08:00 hrs Arrival at the Amalia Glacier, the ship gets closer to the Glacier. Panoramic view from the ship. 09.15 hrs Sailing towards El Brujo Glacier. 11:00 hrs Arrival to El Brujo Glacier, if the weather conditions allows to, disembarkation on a rock to observe the Glacier. 12:30 hrs. set sail to the Calvo Fjord. 14:30 hrs. Reach port at the Calvo Fjord, were excursion will be done in a special motor boat, named Capitan Constantino, visiting Fernando, Capitan Constantino and Alipio Glaciers, among others. 18:30 hrs. set sail to the Montañas Fjord.  

Day 3 - Sunday: 09:00 hrs. visit to the Montañas Fjord, were five glaciers, that slide down from the Sarmiento Mountains to the sea, will be seen. 10:00 hrs. visit to the Bernal Glacier, were a soft hiking can be done to the base of the Glacier and visit to the Herman Glacier to sail in its bay and admire the beauty of the area and multicolored icebergs (this will depend on the tide). After this, we will visit the Alsina and Paredes Glacier. 17:00 hrs. set sail from the Montañas Fjord, Kirke Narrowness crossing. 21:00 hrs. Farewell Party, Captain's Dinner, dance. 22:30 hrs. reach port at the Skorpios Terminal in Puerto Natales.  

Day 4 - Monday: Between 08:00 hrs. and 09:30 hrs. passenger's disembarkation. Transfer to the Punta Arenas airport, for those passengers who have hired this service (ask for rates). 
 

NOTE: ITINERARY SUBJECT TO CHANGES ACCORDING TO NAVIGATION AND CLIMATE CONDITIONS.