Punta Arenas Penguins

Santa Magdalena

Navigation to See Magellan Penguins (from Punta Arenas)

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Activity Penguins Santa Magdalena Punta Arenas

Operated between 01 of October to 15 of April.

Subject to local weather conditions

FULL REFUND IF TRIP CANNOT BE OPERATED

Note: We offer this activity to be built into your main itinerary and not as a standalone.

What We Offer

WE OFFER: a half-day excursion to see the Magellan penguins on Santa Magdalena Island, which is in the middle of the Magellan Stretch. Check-in is required in the centre of Punta Arenas at 06:30hrs. This excursion should be planned into the rest of your itinerary either as a morning activity with previous night in Punta Arenas before going on to Torres del Paine or Ushuaia, or after visiting Torres del Paine or Ushuaia.

Information

Trip Duration: 4.30 hrs.
Check in at 06:30hr San José Nogueira 1255, Punta Arenas

Description

After check-in you will board a bus for the 30min road transfer to the embarkation jetty at Laredo Bay. Here you will board a covered zodiac boat for a 45min sea trip to Magdalena Island, whereupon you will disembark and be able to walk a path around the island for about 1hr, either side of which are nesting penguins. This colony, consisting of around 150,000 Magellan penguins, is the largest in South America.

After visiting Santa Magdalena you will embark onto the boat once again and be taken a short distance to another island called Isla Marta, which is the natural habitat for sea lions, sea elephants, imperial cormorants and southern seagulls. This is a sight viewed from the boat.

During the navigation there is also, sometimes, Austral Dolphins that can be seen jumping out of the water.

What's Included

Included
Transportation from Punta Arenas to Laredo Bay.
Return boat trip from Ladero Bay to Magdalena and Marta Islands.

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Please supply us with as much information as you can about where you want to go, what you want to do, what you want to experience and how much money you want to spend (or do not want to spend!). How many people, what type of beds (matrimonial, twin, single etc.)

VIP – if you are a VIP in any of the fields such as celebrity and/or political and/or business, and you need “special attention” such as privacy and/or security for your trip please use an alias in the enquiry, but mention that you are VIP and one of the directors will handle your request and keep your real name and details confidential.

Remember, our speciality is to create a travel itinerary custom-built to your needs.