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~ Cruises to the Patagonian Ice Fields ~
M.N. Skorpios III - Itinerary
Kaweskar Explorers Route

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M.N. Skorpios 3 Itinerary - Kaweskar Explorers Route
 



At Left: M.N. Skorpios III. 

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

Itinerary for M.V. skorpios III 
- Kaweskar Explorers Route


Additional Night: 
Passengers taking an additional night, will have included a complimentary tour on Saturday, before the cruise begins, to the Torres del Paine National Park and a visit to the natural monument Milodón Cave.

Friday: Reception at Punta Arenas airport, transfer to Skorpios offices. Check-in. 17:00 hrs. Transfer by bus from Punta Arenas to Puerto Natales. 20:00 hrs. Arrival in Puerto Natales. 20:15 hrs. Passengers embarkation. Welcome Cocktail and Dinner on board.

Saturday: 09:00 hrs. Departure by buses to Skorpios terminal in Puerto Natales. Arrival at Milodón Cave, one hour visit. Tour continues to the Torres del Paine National Park. Arrival at Río Paine waterfalls, view of the Torres del Paine. Picnic lunch at Amarga Lagoon area. 14:00 hrs. Enter National Park. Arrival at the Nordenskjold viewpoint views of the Cuernos del Paine and continue on to Pehoe Lake viewpoint. Return to Puerto Natales visiting Lake Sarmiento, arriving at Skorpios terminal at 17:00 hrs. approximately. 20:00 hrs. Dinner on board Skorpios. Optional transfer to the Casino in Puerto Natales.

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. 
Map - Itinerary for M.V. skorpios III - Kaweskar Explorers Route
Map - Location of Chile
In the afternoon sail through Peel Fjord. Visit Amalia Glacier (only in high season as we still have plenty of light at that time, during low season this glacier will be visit next day). 

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.

Amalia Glacier
M.N. Skorpios III at Amalia Glacier
 
 

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. 

Puero Eden
Puero Eden
 


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.


 
On the route To the Pio XI and Amalia Glaciers

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.  

Sea Lions
Sea Lions
 

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 upwards to 75 meters in height.  Without doubt the Amalia is a colossus of nature.  While in this zone we will also visit the Asia Fjord and Calvo Inlet glaciers, whose diverse sizes and forms add to the awesome spectacles of raw nature that are a part of this voyage.  It is here that we also participate in excursion in motorboats that take us amongst the ice floes as we enjoy a toast with whisky on millennium old ice. 
 

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