Small Group Punta Arenas Shore Excursion Fort Bulnes and City Tour

Small Group Punta Arenas Shore Excursion Fort Bulnes and City Tour

Relive history with an exploration of the Punta Arenas city on a day tour from the cruise port or your hotel. Select from 3-hour and 6-hour options at booking. (6-hour option includes a trip to the first Chilean settlement, Fort Bulnes). Your guide will bring you between the sites and tell you about the influential people who built the city. Visit the Magallanes Regional Museum, and the Nao Victoria Museum, where you can interact with replicas of historical ships, including the first ship to circumnavigate the world, Victoria. At the Plaza Munoz Gamero, you'll see key landmarks and have a  chance to rub "the Indian's foot" for good luck. Tour includes snack and glass of Chilean wine  as well as round-trip transportation and is led by a multi-lingual guide.

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

Head to Cerro de La Cruz to get a panoramic view of the entire city. The hills are good places to enjoy the landscape anywhere. Punta Arenas looks amazing from The Cross Hill; from here you can also see Tierra del Fuego, the Brunswick Peninsula and the Sarmiento Mountain in the middle of an amazing scenery.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Plaza Munoz Gamero, Punta Arenas Chile

View key landmarks and monuments including the statue of “The Indian” where tourists go and rub its foot for good luck. Just two blocks from the Plaza is where we will find the Magallanes Regional Museum (Braun-Menendez Palace), one of the city’s former mansions, built in 1903.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Palacio Sara Braun, Plaza Munoz Gamero, 716, Punta Arenas Chile

The Museum houses important collections of furniture and objects that represent the golden age of Magallanes, which are exhibited in its Vintage Rooms, as well as a renewed Historical Exhibition that shows the process of human settlement in the austral territory until the consolidation of the city.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Cementerio Municipal, Punta Arenas Chile

This cemetery was ranked as one of the most beautiful in the world by CNN, and you will see for yourself fascinating tombs of the founders of the city.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Nao Victoria Museo, km 7,5 norte sitio 2A,, Punta Arenas Chile

Here you can travel back in time and experience the real-life thrill of a 16th-century sailing experience with a look at replicas of ships that once plied the Strait of Magellan. Here you’ll find weapons, navigation tools and copies of historical documents. Then we head to a beautiful restaurant located in the city and enjoy a southern Chilean lunch with delicious Chilean wine or beer (lunch excluded in price).

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Secreto de la Patagonia, Capitán Ignacio Carrera Pinto 245 Avenida Bulnes - 5 norte, Km 3, Punta Arenas, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile

Enjoy a complimentary homemade "alfajor" on us! You can choose from three different kinds.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Parque del Estrecho de Magallanes, Ruta Y-621, s/n 52 Km South From Punta Arenas, Punta Arenas 6200000 Chile

Head approximately 37 miles (60 km) to the historic site of Fort Bulnes, where you’ll embark on a tour through Chile’s first settlement on a rocky hill at Punta Santa Ana.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes