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Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego
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Icy channels and fjords rend the land, fraying it into thousands of islands. Ragged, glacier-frosted mountains scrape the sky. To the east, the earth relaxes into pampas and steppes. Guanaco and ñanadú wade through stiff, golden grasses, rose flamingos feed in icy lagoons. Wind-sheared trees permanently stoop to one-side. A long gash across the south of this Patagonia connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Here, on islets, nest penguins and other seabirds. Further towards the end of the planet loom Tierra del Fuego, Isla Navarino and the frozen continent of Antarctica. Welcome to Chile's Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.
This region of Chile is a land of fairy tales of castle-like, rock spire mountains, glistening ice fields and virgin forests. It's the end of the world that battered ships rounding Cabo de Hornos (Cape Horn) through Drake's Passage and the Estrecho de Magallanes (Straits of Magellan). The winds across the Patagonia plains, whistling around the farthest reaches of the Andes are notorious for challenging bicyclists and hikers on their quests. It is a land of 150,000 persons, two million sheep – and a half-million penguins.
No road connects Chile's Northern Patagonia with its Southern part. Some day, perhaps, the Carretera Austral will find a way here. But in the mean time, the only way to arrive by land is to enter Argentina and exit again into Chile. Also, the famous Navimag Canales Patagónicos ferry plows through the icy channels along the Pacific coast, from Puerto Montt to Puerto Natales.
So, get ready to join the ranks of the indigenous peoples, explorers and colonizers and strike your claim in this wild land. It will forever touch your life and soul.
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Museo Provincial Fernando Cordero Rusque
Museo Provincial Fernando Cordero Rusque is an impressive village museum. Its half-dozen galleries cover the natural and human history of ...
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After the summer high season ends with the migration of tourists and fauna, Punta Arena’s various museums are still open. ...
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Museo Regional Salesiano Maggiorino Borgatello is considered one of the most complete museums on the natural and human history of ...
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