Punta Arenas Highlights Shared Tour

Punta Arenas Highlights Shared Tour

Punta Arenas capital of the Magellan´s region is considered to be the largest one in territory in Chile but only 1% of chileans live here. Harsh weather conditions in winter and mild summers are a challenge for everyone. Just like in the old days in the city, before the Panama Canal different languajes were being spoken in the streets of Punta Arenas, Ernest Shackleton, Gabriela Mistral (the chilean Nobel Prize winning poet), Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy, were just some of the foreigners attracted by the local beauty of the landscapes of Patagonia.
Come and visit Punta Arenas, a must see place in Patagonia, a great introduction to the local history in the southermost tip of the American continent!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Plaza Armas Punta Arenas, Plaza Benjamín Muñoz Gamero, Punta Arenas, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena, Chile

The beautiful statue in honour to Hernando de Magallanes is part of the Main Square in Punta Arenas, the French arquitecture, handicraft, and much more to see will make of this visit a clear introduction to who we are.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Mirador Cerro De La Cruz, Punta Arenas Chile

The spectacular view of part of the city of Punta Arenas, the Strait of Magellan and the Island of Tierra del Fuego. An interesting geological and historial introduction of the southernmost city in our country.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Museo Del Recuerdo, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Punta Arenas Chile

This is really one of the must see places in Punta Arenas for the ones interested in the maritime history of the Strait of Magellan.
Charles Darwin, Captain Fitz Roy, Magellan, Sebastian Elcano, Ernest Shackletons history and presence in this area of the globe will be part of what your guide will refresh your memory of.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Costanera de Punta Arenas, Av. Costanera del Estrecho de Magallanes, Punta Arenas Chile

Goleta Ancud, this beautiful monument resembling the day Chile took possesion of the area in 1843, the Strait of Magellan behind, cormorants, the old pier used for the hundred of ships from all over the world stopping in Punta Arenas for supplies and coal avoiding the terrible Cape Horn.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Cementerio Municipal, Punta Arenas Chile

The National Monument Cemetery of Punta Arenas is quite an issue. Compared to the Recoleta one in Buenos Aires beautiful for the arquitecture, gardens, avenues of cipress trees.

Duration: 30 minutes