MARE AUSTRALIS CRUISE
EXPEDITION TO TIERRA DEL FUEGO & PATAGONIA

HISTORICAL FACTS

STRAIT OF MAGELLAN
It owes its name to the Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan (1470-1521) who, being at the service of the Spanish crown, found a new route to the East Indies. After a very hard year at sea, on October 21st, 1520, the vessel "Trinidad" reached the strait, which Magellan called "Todos los Santos" (All Saints), as it was on that day of the Christian calendar that he discovered the sea passage which many years later would bear his name.

TIERRA DEL FUEGO
Called "the Land of Fire" by the sailors of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, who saw from their boats the bonfires made by the Ona Indians. It is the main island in the southern region.

CAPE HORN (CABO DE HORNOS)
It is one of the most famous sea folds and at the same time the most dreaded by the sailors for its waves and the weather prevailing in the area. The origin of its name is due to the Dutch navigator Willem Schouten who doubled the Cape for the first time in 1616 and called it "Hoorn", after his native Dutch town. Then, it came to be called "Hornos".

BEAGLE CHANNEL
It owes its name to the expedition lasting 8 years, under the command of captain Philip Parker King, an expert hydrographer, whose fleet was made up of the corvette "Adventure" and the brig "Beagle", and set sail on May 1826 from the English port of Plymouth. It entered the strait on December 19 of the same year with the purpose of exploring overseas lands and drawing up new maps of the World. The naturalist Charles Darwin was traveling on board the Beagle.

DARWIN RANGE OF MOUNTAINS
It was named after the English scientist Charles Darwin. Such mountain range is the end of the Andes Mountain Range(,) which in this region melts with the sea, thus finishing its long distance travel through the American continent from the border between Venezuela and Panama.

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THIS IS A BASIC TOUR TO VISIT USHUAIA AFTER OR BEFORE YOUR CRUISE...

DAY 1 - Arrival to Ushuaia Airport and transfer to hotel. 03 nts of accommodation with breakfast

DAY 2 - Excursion to Tierra del Fuego National Park. Return to the city and take a Beagle Channel Navigation to see Isla de los Pàjaros, Isla de los Lobos and Faro Les Eclareirs.

DAY 3 - Excursion to Fagnano and Escondido Lakes

DAY 4 - Transfer to airport

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