Its coastline broken into hundreds of islands, fjords and channels, the South of Chile provides a magnificent scenic backdrop for navigation. The most incredible way to discover this glacial wonder. You will be cruising right up to glaciers that front the sea for hundreds of miles. Occasionally, with a deafening crash, a huge chunk collapses and plunges into the churning water, startling the observer.

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Australis Cruises
The Mare Australis has 63 cabins distributed into 3 categories, all of them with standard height beds, panoramic windows, private bathrooms, heating, closet and safety box. It has 45 class AA cabins, 8 of which have a double bed, 12 class A cabins, 2 of which have a double bed and 6 class B cabins, 3 of which are equipped with an additional upper bed, thus increasing their capacity to triple cabins. Activities on board are performed in its two lounges – Yámana and Sky – and in the Patagonia dining-room. All of them have large windows with panoramic outside views. On the uppermost deck of the ship is a great open air terrace to admire the wonderful southern landscape. Mare Australis has an infirmary, a shop, a parlor game room and a small library.  
Mare Australis Routes & Rates - 5 day / 4 night or 4 day / 3 night WEDNESDAY or SATURDAY
Via Australis Routes & Rates - 5 day / 4 night or 4 day / 3 night SATURDAY or WEDNESDAY

Patagonia Connection
Discover the Austral Road area along with the incredible service of Termas de Puyuhuapi and the cruising excursions of this catamaran, complete of all meals and open bar aboard! These are the exciting itineraries available:
South of Silence - 6 day / 5 night THURSDAY or 4 day / 3 night SATURDAY or TUESDAY

Skorpios Cruises
Cruise ships Skorpios I and II present different itineraries to Laguna San Rafael, an impressive testimony to the planet's last glaciation. Skorpios III offers an incredibly new itinerary departing Punta Arenas and visiting the fjords and glaciers to Puerto Eden on the fottsteps of the Kaweskar Explorers. A great option adds a night on board to visit Torres del Paine National Park
Skorpios I  - 5 day / 4 night MONDAY  or 4 day / 3 night FRIDAY  
Skorpios II  - 7 day / 6 night on SATURDAY
 Skorpios III - 6 day / 5 night on SATURDAY  or 7 day / 6 night FRIDAY with TORRES DEL PAINE 

Catamaranes del Sur
Catamaranes del Sur invites you to explore a unique natural world in a rough, hidden land of highly unusual geographic panoramas. Here awaits a richly varied, stunning landscape with exotic wilderness, glaciers, rivers, lakes and age-old ice; an astonishing natural stage on the planet's last frontier. You will join the adventure in the Province of Palena and Aisen. Two routes are currently available, a 1 day program from Puerto Montt to Castro (Chiloe' Island) and a 3 days program from Puerto Chacabuco 
Catamaranes Programs - 4 day / 3 night THURSDAY  or 3 day / 2 night FRIDAY

M/V Magallanes
The M/N Magallanes, passenger and vehicle carriers, sail the route between Puerto Montt and Puerto Natales (and vice versa) in 4 days and 3 nights and enables those on board to discover the Patagonian channels. It sails through fjords, coves and bays in the Aisén and Magallanes Regions and one will be captivated by the unmatched beauty of the Patagonian channels with their countless islands, many of which are practically unexplored: 
M/V Magallanes - 4 day / 3 night MONDAY or FRIDAY

M/V Antarctic Dream
Different expeditions to places of unique beauty, starting off from Punta Arenas and sailing through the Strait
of Magellan, to Ushuaia in Argentina, Puerto Williams on Navarino Island in Chile, the mythical Cape Horn and Antarctica, the Great White Continent. The "Antarctic Dream”, built by Dutch shipyards for the Chilean Navy as an Antarctic passenger ship, has been completely conditioned and remodeled for elegant  exploration of the Southern Oceans. Uniquely among all Antarctic ships, it carries a turbine helicopter, not only for safety but for expeditions to places inaccessible by other means: 
North Patagonia & Southern Ice Fields - 6 day / 5 night SET DATES
Southern Patagonia - 8 day / 7 night (or 5d/4n or 4d/3n) SET DATES
Expedition to Antarctica - 15 day / 14 night SET DATES
 
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