Australis Cruise

DAY 1 | PUCON

Arrive to Temuco and road transfer approx. 1.5 hours to Pucon. Check into Hacienda Hotel Vira Vira and enjoy the property known as “The Elegance of Adventure” with a large range of exclusive activities and excursions all as part of your stay.

DAY 2 | PUCON

Choose from activities included at the lodge such as trekking, horse riding, fishing, river rafting, kayaking, helicopter flights, a mapuche cultural experience, mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and dog sledding (note that some of these activities are seasonal and not all are included in the “all-inclusive” rate).

DAY 3 | PUCON

Further enjoy activities at the lodge today already included in your all inclusive stay, or elect to pay a supplement for those which are not.

DAY 4 | PUNTA ARENAS

Road transfer to Temuco and fly to Punta Arenas. Check into your accommodation and the remainder of the afternoon and evening are at leisure.

DAY 5 | TORRES DEL PAINE

After breakfast, road transfer to Awasi Patagonia Lodge in a private reserve neighbouring the Torres del Paine National Park. While the drive is 5-hours approximately, the views along the way are stunning. Check into the lodge and the remainder of the afternoon and evening are at leisure.

DAY 6 | TORRES DEL PAINE

At Awasi, a private guide and vehicle are assigned to each villa and activities are planned according to your pace and preferences, special interests and wishes for your stay. Activities on offer include biking, horse riding, trail walking, hiking, and archaeological visits to a nearby paleontological site. You are also welcome to tour the private reserve from your villa and explore the different paths, observing the native flora and fauna.

DAY 7 | TORRES DEL PAINE

Choose from the range of activities included in your stay.

DAY 8 | TORRES DEL PAINE

A further full day is free for you to choose to participate in the activities included in your stay.

DAY 9 | ANTARCTICA

After breakfast, road transfer back to Punta Arenas, checking in at the port between 1-5pm for your Australis cruise departure. Board the vessel at 6pm and after a welcoming toast and introduction of captain and crew, the ship departs for one of the remotest corners of planet Earth. During the night, cross the Strait of Magellan and enter the labyrinth of channels that define the southern extreme of Patagonia. The twinkling lights of Punta Arenas gradually fade into the distance and you enter the Whiteside Canal between Darwin Island and Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.

DAY 10 | ANTARCTICA

Cape Horn – Wulaia Bay: By dawn the ship is sailing up Admiralty Sound, a spectacular offshoot of the Strait of Magellan that stretches nearly halfway across Tierra del Fuego. Go ashore at Ainsworth Bay which harbours copious bird life and a colony of elephant seals which can sometimes be spotted from the zodiacs. Enjoy one of two excursions in the area before sailing towards the Tucker Islets. After lunch, board the zodiacs once more for a close-up view of the Magellan penguins that inhabit the tiny islands.

DAY 11 | ANTARCTICA

Pia Glacier – Glacier Alley: Overnight you sail around the western end of Tierra del Fuego via the very narrow Gabrial Channel, Magdalena Channel and Cockburn Channel. After rounding the remote Brecknock Peninsula, you enter the Beagle Channel again. By morning you are entering the Pia Fjord and set out for a glacier tour by zodiac and with a short hike. Back onboard the ship, continue through an area called Glacier Alley, featuring a number of impressive tidewater glaciers flowing down from the Darwin Mountains and Darwin Ice Sheet on the north shore.