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Chilean Fjords to Cape Horn Itinerary
Day 1 - UK - Valparaiso (Chile)
Fly from the UK overnight to Valparaiso.
Day 2 - Valparaiso
Arrive in Valparaiso for an overnight stay in a luxurious hotel. The World Heritage-listed city of Valparaiso welcomes us with its long and colourful history dating back to the conquistadors. This vibrant city is rich in theatre, music, performance and street art with brightly-painted streets, staircases, alleyways and buildings.
Day 3 - Valparaiso
Embark Scenic Eclipse in Valparaiso.
Day 4 - At sea
Relaxation beckons with so many choices on board you will wonder how time passes so quickly. Choose one of the daily activities including a class in Scenic Epicure, join an entertaining discussion in the Theatre, or make time for your own fitness regime.
Day 5 - Puerto Montt
At the very end of the Pan American highway is the Puerto Montt, which is the starting point for a fabled land of fjords, canals, islands, snow-capped volcanoes, green-forested hills and the enchantment of Southern Chile. Puerto Montt is the perfect starting point to explore the German cities of Frutillar and Puerto Varas.
Day 6 - Castro
Visit Castro, where colourful wooden stilt houses line the waterfront and the Chilote culture is seen throughout the World Heritage listed churches and architecture.
Day 7 - Laguna San Rafael
San Rafael exhibits marvellous topographic variety. Its sea fauna and channels, islands, snowcaps and fjords offer a great place for tourism. The Northern Ice Field, San Rafael Lagoon and San Rafael Snowcap are the favourite spots for national and foreign visitors because of their amazing landscapes and ecological biodiversity.
Day 8 - Tortel
Caleta Tortel is a coastal village located between the mouth of the Baker River, the largest river in Chile, and a small embayment of the Baker Channel. The surrounding geography is rugged, formed by a number of islands, fjords, channels and estuaries. The village was founded in 1955 to exploit the cypress de las guaytecas wood that was abundant in the area. The timber business accounts for most of the economy in Tortel to this day. The Chilean Patagonia is a region of great natural diversity. This unique place has forests, mountains, islands, canals and glaciers, all of them barely explored by man.
Day 9 - Angustura Inglese
The Angostura Ingles (English Narrows) are located north of Puerto Eden, a small isolated port located on Wellington Island, in the Magallanes Region of Chile. The village is known for being the home of the last Kaweshkar people.
Day 10 - Chilean Fjords
At the foot of the massive Darwin Cordillera mountain range, the majestic scenery and wildlife of the inner passages of the Chilean Channels is an assault on the senses. Watch from the Sky Terrace, the Observation Terrace or your private verandah as the Captain and local Chilean Pilot expertly manoeuvre Scenic Eclipse through the islands and channel markers of the English Narrows.
Day 11 - Punta Arenas
Not far from Patagonia, the city is located in the extreme south of Chile with a port and sheep-breeding history, the gateway into Antarctica will captivate you with its clean air and sophisticated European architecture.
Day 12 - Seno Agostini - Seno Garibaldi
A sensory day of cruising and exploring in kayaks, Zodiacs and helicopter awaits as we traverse Agostini Fjord. Glaciers and fjords abound with the Monte Buckland mountain range as the backdrop.
Day 13 - Seno Agostini - Seno Garibaldi
A day of cruising and exploration.
Day 14 - Cape Horn - Puerto Williams
The point where the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean meet, Cape Horn is steeped in maritime history and is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago and the southernmost tip of Chile. Weather permitting, our landing on Cape Horn will show the true skill of our Captain, Crew and the Discovery Team.
Day 15 - Ushuaia - Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Disembark after breakfast for your flight back to Buenos Aires and have an overnight stay in a luxurious hotel.
Day 16 - Buenos Aires - UK
Transfer to the airport for your flight back to the UK.
Day 17 - Arrive UK
Welcome home.
For navigational reasons the Captain of the ship reserves the right to modify the cruise itinerary.