KAYAKING CABO FROWARD (6 DAYS)

Welcome to Patagonia! Once you’ve landed, your private transfer will be waiting for you at the airport to take you to your hotel accommodation for the evening in downtown Punta Arenas.

Later in the evening, you’ll meet up with your guide and any other group members traveling along in this adventure to enjoy a welcome dinner in downtown Punta Arenas. After sharing a wonderful meal and great company, your guide will brief you on your journey and each day’s  itinerary for the following days ahead.

Any questions you might have – our experienced professional guide will be there to assist! After dinner and the briefing, head back to your hotel to relax and enjoy a quiet night’s rest.

Following breakfast in our hotel, a private transfer will pick us up taking us 1 hour to the start of our trek. Today’s hike takes us to a historical place which has a landscape of evergreen forest, great mountains, and lots of flora and fauna. On a journey of exploration, Charles Darwin was the first person to climb this mountain now known as Monte Tarn. At our camp, we complete a short briefing before preparing for our ascent.

Hiking about 6 miles (9.5 km) to reach the top, we’ll stay about 45 minutes, contemplating and enjoying our lunch accompanied by incredible views. We’ll start our descent and enjoy the view of the Strait of Magellan and large islands below us. This trek will have a variety of flora, evergreen forest, wildlife and weather conditions which is part of the region’s typical climate (wind, rain or snow).

After about 7 hours we arrive at the beach again, where we take a 45 minute transfer to Estancia Agua Fresca, where we will have a lamb barbecue, Patagonian style as a celebration of this amazing hike. Afterwards, we’ll drive to our location where we’ll begin our kayaking excursion the following day. Here, we’ll camp at a remote coastline campsite.

In the morning following breakfast in our camp, we’ll begin our kayaking excursion. We’ll prepare all our gear and complete a thorough safety briefing before heading out. During our excursion we will use a support zodiac boat for safety and to transport our food and equipment to our stopping point of rest.

After about 2 hours we reach San Isidro lighthouse where we pass by and continue to El Aguila Bay, where we prepare lunch and visit the ruins in this place which used to function as a whale station in the Magellan Strait, more than 100 years ago. After lunch we continue following the shore heading southwest until we reach San Nicolas bay where we will make our campsite, and take time to relax, explore a bit on land and have a try at catching our dinner from the sea! If we are lucky we can share this along with a great bottle of Chilean wine for dinner.

Our third day continues as we advance our kayaking skills and start exploring more unprotected shores. We begin to see changes while we get closer to the end of the continent – a place where many sailors have had to give up and surrender to the roughness of these waters. We will make our campsite at Rosas Bay just a few kilometers from Cape Froward and if we have good luck with the weather, we will continue to Cape Froward this same day.

As we reach Cape Froward, we will hike up the hill where the Cruz de las Mares (Oceans Cross) which marks the meeting of Atlantic and Pacific oceans. We’ll walk 340 meters high (1,115 ft.) to the cross before starting our return to board the zodiac boat which will take us back to where we camped the first night.

On our way back we will stop at the San Isidro lighthouse to visit the restored building and some small displays of ancient pieces before heading back to our hotel for the evening to enjoy our final dinner together as a group and a well-deserved night’s rest.

In the morning following breakfast in the hotel, your private transfer will pick you up and take you to the Punta Arenas Airport (PUQ) for your flight.