Northern Patagonia & Chilean Fjords

6 days
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Small Ship Cruise
Ever imagined waking up surrounded by untamed nature, then exploring rivers, lakes, fjords and imposing glaciers and finally anchoring every day in a different calm and protected cove with only the sound of birds altering the silence of a placid summer night? Our ship “Noctiluca”, with a capacity for eight passengers and a crew of five will become your mobi...
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Overview

Trip type
Small Ship Cruise
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Flexible schedule

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.

What's this trip about?

    Ever imagined waking up surrounded by untamed nature, then exploring rivers, lakes, fjords and imposing glaciers and finally anchoring every day in a different calm and protected cove with only the sound of birds altering the silence of a placid summer night? Our ship “Noctiluca”, with a capacity for eight passengers and a crew of five will become your mobile home and shelter while discovering the magical Guaitecas Archipelago (declared biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2008), that will blow you away with its magnificent natural beauty. A trip through the inside sea passages of Chilean Patagonia, that will stay with you forever.

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Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeStandard Group - 25 + people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transport
Start CityBalmaceda airport
End CityBalmaceda airport

Travel Themes

  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Birding
  • National Parks
  • Small Ship Cruise

Destinations

Activities

  • Bird Watching
  • Culture
  • Horseback Riding & Equestrian
  • Nature
  • Ruins & Archaeology
  • Wildlife Viewing

Trip includes

    • Lodging on board
    • All meals
    • Ornithologist and Wildlife/Birding guide
    • Entrance fees to national parks

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1

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...

Day 2

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...

Day 3

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.

Day 4

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...

Day 5

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 ...

Day 6

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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Last Updated: 5/15/2023

Availability Dates: All year

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    • International Flights
    • Passport and Visa Charges
    • Personal Expenses

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All Meals as indicted in the Itinerary

Age Requirements
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