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I pinged several people who’d spent time in Patagonia—asking what to see & how to travel. After a few false starts, I booked a U-shaped trip from the U.S. to Buenos Aires to Ushuaia to Punta Arenas to Torres del Paine to Valparaiso. This second batch of photos is from the core of the trip—a five-day cruise on M/V Ventus Australis through the Strait of Magellan and Beagle, Murray & Cockburn Channels. Names echoing the history of European exploration in southernmost South America.
After the afternoon hike on Isla Navarino, the ship sailed through a series of channels overnight to reenter Beagle Channel. By morning we had reached the Pia Fjord within the Darwin Range. We again climbed into a zodiac to zip amongst baby icebergs to our landing spot adjacent to Pia Glacier. Note that two glacial flows on either side of a low mountain come together here at the shore. (The one on the right is somewhat hidden under rock debris.)
On The Road – way2blue – Fjords of Tierra del Fuego March 2023Post + Comments (13)