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georgiapeach:
Great link for Punta Arenas excursions!! full listing
Inludes:
Porvenir
VS Porvenir - City tour
--- Quote ---Crossing the Magellan Strait is located Porvenir, the capital of Tierra del Fuego Province. A pioneer city characterized for its livestock development and gold extraction. We will visit its main natural and cultural attractions.
All year round Ask for departures in low season
Departure from your Hotel at 08:15am Return at 16:00p (On Sundays the stay is longer)
Price per person
USD 80 Price per person on Sundays USD 90
Includes:
Transportation Ferry tickets Box lunch Spanish driver-guide Additional: english guide USD 65 per group.
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Also:
Hiking to San Isidro Light-house
Horseback Riding in the Brunswick Peninsula
"Adventure to Cape Froward" :
Departure from Punta Arenas heading south .At 55 kms. (34 miles) is located Mansa Bay. Here we will board a zodiac vessel which will take us to Cape Froward ; the southern most tip of the American Continent. After 3 hours of sailing we will hike to the top of the hill, where the southern most lookout of the World is waiting for us. Afterwards, we will return to Punta Arenas.
Kayaking on the Strait of Magellan
"Río Verde" Excursion
Río Verde is a place of great natural beauty, located at the shore of the Fitz Roy Channel and the Skyring Sound. We will visit an old cattle, houses, yards, etc Also we can see a variety of birds such as the majestic "Condors" and "Ñandues".
"Pali-Aike National Park"
Located at 210 kms. from Punta Arenas. Here we can see a special landscape. The area was a volcanic activity zone and still it’s possible to see large spills of basaltic lava. The Fell Cave with 10.000 years old human remains and large herds of guanacos (patagonian llama) and ñandues (lesser rheas) are very attractive as well
Mountainbike Circuit (3 hours) "Brunswick Peninsula
Fly Fishing - Punta Arenas
Cerro Campana Hiking and 4x4 Adventure
Fort Bulnes
Otway Sound Penguins Colony
Magdalena Island Penguins
Sailing on the Magellan Strait we reach the Magdalena Island , you will see the largest colony of Magellanic Penguins (about 60.000). This excursion is not made daily and is subject to weather conditions.
And lots more!
georgiapeach:
Porvenir photos seem to be sadly lacking:
The ferry
The land and town
apskip:
Here is my attempt to use a method to post a picture. My first attempt using a classic method failed, so I am now trying the simpler method suggested by an esteemed colleague. This is a stunning picture of a part of Tierra del Fuego National Park:
apskip:
For my next trick, I'm going to make 5 pictures of Porvenir appear. A local description of Porvenir comes first:
Porvenir belongs to the XII Region of Magellan and Antarctica in Chile. Situated in the big island of Tierra del Fuego in Bahía Porvenir in the Strait of Magellan. It is capital of the province of Tierra del Fuego opposite the city of Punta Arenas, to which it is joined by a ferry boat.
Porvenir is near the Natural Monument Laguna de los Cisnes, and also near lagoons Verde and Deseada. In the centre of Tierra del Fuego is lake Blanco, an excellent fishing spot.
The city is immersed in a 20,000 hectares rural area where they produce sheep wool, ovine and bovine meat, and breeding animals. There is also a stud farm for race horses. These animals are bred without using any chemicals or hormones, in an extensive ecological way.
The steppe covers almost all the island up to the base of Cordillera de Darwin, where bushes and then the thick Magellanic forest appear.
Porvenir is a city of 5500 inhabitants originated in a police station in 1883 when gold exploitation was intense. In 1894 it was founded as a city to provide services to the new livestock estancias on the island.
At present they keep providing commercial and administrative services to livestock activities, which are still important.
The city presents old houses that prove its prosperous past.
georgiapeach:
:yess: :happy: :yess:
Congrats! Isn't it wonderful when you can finally make the pictures appear?
Porvenir is looking flat as a pancake to me (although slightly more civilized in your pics!) and also pretty treeless....
So where in the world did they find a hill/slope for Amber to climb--especially a wooded one?? ???
I'm now thinking that the pic of Amber looks much more like either Punta Arenas or Ushuaia, where both towns slope uphill to more wooded, mountainous regions. What do y'all think?
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