Northern Patagonia & Chilean Fjords

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Overview
Highlights
- Guaitecas Archipelago, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
- Native southern beech forest birds as Magellanic Woodpecker, Austral Parakeet and Thorn-tailed Rayadito.
- Up to 20 patagonian endemic birds, including: Ashy headed Goose, Chucao Tapaculo and Patagonian Sierra-Finch. Specialties like: Pink-footed Shearwater, Red-legged Cormorant, Chilean Flamingo, Flightless Steamer-Duck, Kelp Goose, Andean Condor, Dolphin Gull, Green-backed Firecrown, Des Murs Wiretail, White-throated Treerunner, Black-throated Huet-Huet, Magellanic Tapaculo and Rufous-tailed Plantcutter, among others can also be seen.
- Mammals like Marine Otter, South American Sea Lion, Leopard Seal, Peale´s and Chilean Dolphin.
- Magellanic Forest, the southernmost forest in the world, including three species of Nothofagus.
- Pristine, untouched and diverse landscape with forests, mountains, fjords and rivers where few people have set foot before.
- Embark yourself on a unique experience discovering the unexplored fjords of Chilean Patagonia.
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Trip includes
- Lodging on board
- All meals
- Ornithologist and Wildlife/Birding guide
- Entrance fees to national parks
Itinerary

Our guide will meet you at Balmaceda airport to take you to Puerto Aisén, our port of departure. This road trip takes two hours through the scenic and mysterious Patagonian landscape where you might be able to spot several bird species, like Upland Goose, Chilean Flam...
This day we’ll visit Quitralco fjord, where we’ll land and devote ourselves to explore the terrestrial environments like old-growth Southern Beech forest and Patagonian bogs and grasslands, framed by spectacular mountains covered in evergreen woods. Here we’ll find sp...
Today we’ll horseback ride through the woods and up into the piedmont to a pond to see birds like Ashy-headed Goose, Yellow-billed Pintail, Crested Duck, Cocoi Heron, Silvery Grebe, Chilean Hawk and Black-chested Buzzard Eagle. We end the day with a briefing about next day´s activities before enjoying our dinner.
This day will be devoted to the riparian ecosystem, the river banks which, with their open shores close to the forest edge, are a very particular environment used by many birds such as Cinclodes, herons, ibises, different species of waterfowl like Ashy-headed Goose an...
This day will be the turn for seabird colonies, including several species of cormorants and gulls, with one of the largest reproductive rookeries of the Imperial Cormorant, the beautiful Dolphin Gull and places where you can find four species of cormorant in a single ...
This, our last expedition day, will find us sailing back into Aisén Fjord, once again we´ll be escorted by seabirds like albatrosses, petrels and cormorants, a chance to watch these and other open-sea species. Finally, we´ll anchor at Puerto Aisén, thus ending these six-day expedition to the wild and virgin nature of the Guaitecas Archipelago.
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Dates & Availability
Availability Dates: All year
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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.
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