8-night Darwin's Route from Ushuaia Cruise

March 28, 2025

Australis Cruises: Ventus Australis

Roundtrip Ushuaia

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Cruise Inclusions

Accommodations
Sea transportation
All meals
Open bar on defined hours (free of charge on wines, drinks and spirits)
Shore excursions
On-board entertainment

Destination Guide
Suggested Shore Excursions

Destination	Arrival	Departure
Ushuaia Optional Private Excursions Avoid the crowds and hustle and bustle associated with a group activity. For a memorable trip ashore, we invite you to consider a private shore excursion. Enjoy the undivided attention of your own driver/guide and the flexibility of experiencing the aspects of the local culture that most interest you. Below are just some samples of the private shore excursions we can arrange for you. Let us personalize your experience! Ushuaia – Tierra del Fuego National Park and End of the World Train - Half Day Meet your local guide at local pier and start with your visit. Begin the tour by driving along National Route N3, crossing the valley of the Pipo River and the foothills of Mount Susana, to the train station located in the area where the inmates of the old prison collected firewood. The little steam train will wind along the trail that the prison train used to follow over bridges, swampy areas, and green valleys, making a short stop at La Macarena waterfall. On completion of the train ride and already in the Tierra del Fuego National Park, drive through the most attractive landscapes of the park, such as Lake Roca and Bahía Lapataia (where the National Route N3, part of the Pan-American Highway ends). In different locations take short walks to appreciate the different species of the native forest and the protected fauna in the southernmost National Park of Argentina. After the tour you will be transferred back to the pier. Tour highlights: Beagle Channel Lapataia Bay End of the World train Inclusions Transfers to/from the pier English speaking guide Private vehicle Exclusions Gratuities for guide and driver Box-Lunch Entrance fee	03/28/2025	03/28/2025
Cape Horn	03/29/2025	03/29/2025
Wulaia Bay	03/29/2025	03/29/2025
Pia Glacier	03/30/2025	03/30/2025
Porter Glacier	03/30/2025	03/30/2025
Seno Agostini	03/31/2025	03/31/2025
Aguila Glacier	03/31/2025	03/31/2025
Condor Glacier	03/31/2025	03/31/2025
Isla Magdalena	04/01/2025	04/01/2025
Punta Arenas Optional Private Excursions Avoid the crowds and hustle and bustle associated with a group activity. For a memorable trip ashore, we invite you to consider a private shore excursion. Enjoy the undivided attention of your own driver/guide and the flexibility of experiencing the aspects of the local culture that most interest you. Below are just some samples of the private shore excursions we can arrange for you. Let us personalize your experience! Punta Arenas: Exploring the End of the World - 3.5 hours HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EXCURSION A visit to the Braun-Menendez Regional Museum. Cocktail and canapés at the De La Cruz hill The municipal cemetery and the tomb dedicated to the Ona Indians. DESCRIPTION This city tour begins with a visit to the southern sector of Punta Arenas where we’ll visit the eerie wreckage of the Lord Longsdale ship and the local market. Afterwards we’ll head back to Old Town Punta Arenas. Here its European architecture, public buildings, main square and gardens with their varied styles denote wealth and luxury that existed in the city during the "golden era" between 1880 and 1914, when Punta Arenas was one of the most active ports of the Southern Cone. The visit will continue to the Braun-Menendez Regional Museum, the former residence of Maurice Braun and Josefina Menendez, a marriage that united the two largest fortunes in the region of Magallanes. With the falling price of wool and the nationalization of the farms during the 1970's, the family lost most of their wealth and their descendants have since moved from Patagonia to the rest of world. Moving from downtown towards the North, we’ll arrive at the Mount La Cruz panoramic point. It offers a beautiful view of the city, with its colorful roofs spreading up to the strait and showing the landscape of Tierra del Fuego, Mount Sarmiento and the southern area of the Brunswick Peninsula. Before continuing will take a few minutes to make a toast enjoying this unique view and brilliant photo stop. To end this excursion we’ll take you to the beautifully landscaped Municipal Cemetery. Here, one can admire the splendid mausoleums of pioneer families as well as a tomb dedicated to the Unknown Ona, the now extinct Fireland Indians. They say you can't really understand a culture until you see where they bury their dead, and in the case of the cemetery of Punta Arenas, this edict certainly rings true. The Municipal Cemetery was opened by the Governor Señoret in 1894 and features a giant stone portico donated by Sara Braun in 1919. Inside this necropolis lies a veritable miniature city, with avenues that connect the magnificent tombs of the region's founding families, settlers, and civic workers and a rather solemn tomb where lie the remains of the last Selk'nam Indians of Tierra del Fuego. Travelers will be transferred from the pier to the excursion sites by car Operational notes :* Duration : 3.5 hours Level of activity : Easy. Meal plan : Snacks and refreshments at Mount La Cruz Travellers will be transferred from the pier to the excursion sites by car Punta Arenas: Flavors of Patagonia - 4 hours HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EXCURSION An orientation tour of Punta Arenas A private culinary experience with a renowned local chef DESCRIPTION The Walking City Tour begins at Main Square Plaza Muñoz Gamero and Old Town with its European arquitecture, public buildings and gardens with their varied styles denote wealth and luxury that existed in the city during the "golden era" between 1880 and 1914, when Punta Arenas became one of the most active ports of the Southern Cone. To continue towards the area near the port and regional market where will meet up with Luis Gonzalez, Chef and owner of the unique Remezon Restaurant which offers wild flavours that come from this part of the world. Thus his proposal has been awarded and praised by many visitors. Luis Gonzalez enjoys sharing his Patagonian recipes and culinary secrets with those who come to the Remezon. Today we’ll be doing some grocery shopping together at the market and his favourite spots and afterwards enter his kitchen where cooking is not only fun but we’ll also learn more about Punta Arenas culture, its people and way of living at the ends of the world. After participating in preparing some delicious dishes it will be time to sit back and enjoy lunch. Before leaving Luis will surprise you with a very special memento of this Patagonian culinary experience. Travelers will be transferred from the pier to the excursion sites by car Operational notes :* Duration : 4 hours Level of activity : Easy. Meal plan : Lunch with wine at the Remezón restaurant Travelers will be transferred from the pier to the excursion sites by car Punta Arenas - A day on a Patagonian Ranch - 5 hours HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS EXCURSION The local fauna Typical Patagonian lunch DESCRIPTION This journey begins as we take off from the city towards the north. Once leaving Punta Arenas enjoy the scenery of the pampas and Patagonian steppe; rheas may be seen alongside hundreds of sheep. In 1852 Bernard E. Philippi brought some sheep from Chiloé (island across Puerto Montt) and in 1877 the governor Double Diego Almeyda traveled to the Falkland Islands and brought 300 sheep that were sold in Punta Arenas. The following year other traders brought more sheep, and thus began the business of farming and today represent one of the main economic activities in the region. The principal landowners were English and Scots, who knew the handling of sheep and the necessary infrastructure. Rio Penitente farm was founded by Alexander Morrison, a Scottish pioneer in 1891. Today his descendants are in charge, and will be here to welcome visitors to their charming ranch to explore their facilities, discover the traditional work around the farm, and watch the sheep working dogs and a sheep shearing exhibition. The comfortable old-world setting provides sharp contrast with the raw beauty of the beech forest and open pampas of the surrounding Patagonian Landscapes. The clear water of Rio Penitente, flowing through the farm, offers excellent trout fishing. For lunch an exquisite Patagonian barbecue will be served at the main dinning room. *Travelers will be transferred from the pier to the excursion sites by car	04/01/2025	04/01/2025
Ainsworth Bay	04/02/2025	04/02/2025
Tucker Islet	04/02/2025	04/02/2025
Pia Glacier	04/03/2025	04/03/2025
Glacier Alley	04/03/2025	04/03/2025
Wulaia Bay	04/04/2025	04/04/2025
Cape Horn	04/04/2025	04/04/2025
Ushuaia Optional Private Excursions Avoid the crowds and hustle and bustle associated with a group activity. For a memorable trip ashore, we invite you to consider a private shore excursion. Enjoy the undivided attention of your own driver/guide and the flexibility of experiencing the aspects of the local culture that most interest you. Below are just some samples of the private shore excursions we can arrange for you. Let us personalize your experience! Ushuaia – Tierra del Fuego National Park and End of the World Train - Half Day Meet your local guide at local pier and start with your visit. Begin the tour by driving along National Route N3, crossing the valley of the Pipo River and the foothills of Mount Susana, to the train station located in the area where the inmates of the old prison collected firewood. The little steam train will wind along the trail that the prison train used to follow over bridges, swampy areas, and green valleys, making a short stop at La Macarena waterfall. On completion of the train ride and already in the Tierra del Fuego National Park, drive through the most attractive landscapes of the park, such as Lake Roca and Bahía Lapataia (where the National Route N3, part of the Pan-American Highway ends). In different locations take short walks to appreciate the different species of the native forest and the protected fauna in the southernmost National Park of Argentina. After the tour you will be transferred back to the pier. Tour highlights: Beagle Channel Lapataia Bay End of the World train Inclusions Transfers to/from the pier English speaking guide Private vehicle Exclusions Gratuities for guide and driver Box-Lunch Entrance fee	04/05/2025	04/05/2025

The name – Latin for "Southern Wind" – reflects Tierra del Fuego's distinctive weather, a factor that has long determined the region's socio-cultural development and that so impressed the early mariners who endeavored to explore Patagonia's southernmost waterways. Tailor-made for exploring the remote southern tip of South America, all aspects of the 210-passenger ship including size, length, draft and engine power -- are designed to give Ventus Australis the extreme maneuverability necessary to navigate narrow fjords and channels where no other cruise ships can venture.