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Glaciers & Fjords: The Southern Ice Fields
The M/N Skorpios III, does this same itinerary which accommodates 110 passengers in its 49 cabines, set sails twice a week and navigates from september to april. It departs from the port station of Skorpios in Puerto Natales, the famous southern chilean city because it is near to Torres del Paine. You can get there to Punta Arenas and then we take a bus to Puerto Natales, even in high season it might be direct flights. You can also get there by bus from El Calafate.
The motorship has advanced technology regarding to telecommunications and it includes satelital navigation. Its cabins are covered in native woods and they are air-conditioned. There are master suites, junior suites, marital doubles, A and B doubles and singles. All of them have private toillet, LCD TV, frigobar, functional music, electronic locks and safe deposit boxes. The ship has decks, rooms and dinnig-rooms for 130 people. During the journey, the lectures will be translated to english at the same time. It has 2 bars for smokers and non smokers.
The motorship M/N Skorpios III, was built in 1995 by the very same shipyards of the Kochifas family, The ship is 70 metres long and 10 metres beam, and almost 3,5 metres of draught, a little bigger than the Skorpios II. Its cabins are decorated with wood which are distribuited in 5 decks, all of them with private bathroom, TV LCD and background music. Accommodations can be marital or twin cabin. The ship offers two stylish bar rooms, one of them is the main dinning-room or Quitralco room allowed for smokers and the other one is the San Rafael Bar allowed for non smokers.
4 days - 3 nights
Puerto Natales, Patagonic Channels.
We will sail from Puerto Natales to start our journey along the patagonic channels od Angostura Kirke, Morla Vicuña, Unión, Collingwood and Sarmiento.
Amalia Glaciers, El Brujo, Fernando, Alipio & Calvo and de Las Montañas Fjords
FjordsDuring the morning, we will arrive at Amalia Glacier, to which we will get as closer as we can. We will leave the Amalia Glacier to look for another glacier: El Brujo. Before midday we will get to El Brujo Glacier, we will try to descend if the ice and weather conditions allows us to. As soon as the sunlights are in a perpendicular position to the earth´s crust, we will sail to go look for the Calvo Fjord. Once we get to the fjord, we will do a visit on board the Constantino Captain´s ship so we can cross the ice and arrive at the Fernando, Capitán Constantino and Alipio Glaciers. At twilight, we will set sail to de Las Montañas Fjord.
Bernal, Herman, Alsina and Paredes Glaciers
In the morning, we will visit de Las Montañas Fjord with our main objective to watch a great quantity of glaciers which hang off the Cordillera de los Andes. We will go to know the Bernal Glacier, where we will do a trekking along the vegetation to end in the base of the glacier. We will also get to Herman Glacier where we will tour the bay and we will appreciate its natural beauty together with the different shades of the ice floes. All this will be made if the tide conditions allows us to.
Continuing with our glaciers discovery, we will see the Alsina and Paredes Glaciers. In the afternoon, we will return to de Las Montañas Fjord to set sail and navigate to the Angostura Kirke crossing. At night we will get ready for the farewell party together with a dinner with the captain and a ball. After this special night, we will draw in the Skorpios Terminal in Puerto Natales.
Skorpios Terminal in Punta Natales
We will disembark in the terminal in Puerto Natales, those who payed for the transfer service by bus to Punta Arenas´ Airport, they will be waiting for. End of our services.
* Important information to consider
- Board Tax
- No port tax must be payed during the navigation, there is only an embarking tax to be payed which cost is aproximately u$s 12.
- Satelital Telephone.
- There is satelital telephone on board the ship, you can talk to any place in the world, according to the corresponding price to each destination.
- Electricity.
- The voltaje on board is 220 volts AC (50 cicles).
- Clothes.
- Clients should bring the necessary clothes for the tours, such as trekking shoes, raincoat jacket, cap, scarf, sun glasses, sun protector. The bathing suit is suggested to take for those who make the cruise in the M/N Skorpios II. You should also take comfortable shoes to use on board the ship and thick shoes for the outside tour and the ship´s deck. You can take formal clothes for the gala night. The ship does not offer haircut service to the passengers, there is lavandery service for flighty clothes.
- Temperature.
- During the spring and autumn on the Chonos´ Route, the temperature is about 5º and 20º C, during the summer the temperature is a little higher, varies between 10º C and 25º C, and some days may exceed the maximum temperature. In the Kaweskar Route, the temperatura during springtime and autumn is even lower, with an average of 8º C, on the other hand, during the summer the weather is very similar in both routes.
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