1. Port Overview

Cruise Date Nights
World Explorer, Antarctic Express Fly the Drake ex Punta Arenas Return 2025-12-15 7
World Explorer, Antarctic Express: Fly South Cruise North ex Punta Arenas to Ushuaia 2025-12-20 9
Ocean Explorer, Antarctic Express Fly the Drake ex Punta Arenas Return 2026-01-04 7
Ocean Explorer, Antarctic Express Crossing the Circle ex Punta Arenas Return 2026-01-09 10
Ocean Explorer, Antarctic Express: Fly South Cruise North ex Punta Arenas to Ushuaia 2026-01-17 9
Greg Mortimer, 11 Nights Across the Antarctic Circle: Fly the Drake Cruise ex Punta Arenas Return 2026-01-23 11
Sylvia Earle, 11 Nights Across the Antarctic Circle: Fly the Drake Cruise ex Punta Arenas Return 2026-02-08 11
Sylvia Earle, 12 Nights Wild Antarctica featuring the Weddell Sea Cruise ex Punta Arenas to Ushuaia 2026-02-17 12
Ocean Explorer, Antarctic Express Crossing the Circle ex Punta Arenas Return 2026-02-28 10
Ocean Explorer, Antarctic Express: Fly South Cruise North ex Punta Arenas to Ushuaia 2026-03-13 9
Sylvia Earle, 11 Nights Antarctic Explorer ex Punta Arenas, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina 2026-03-17 11
Ocean Explorer, Antarctic Express Crossing the Circle ex Punta Arenas Return 2027-01-21 10
Ocean Explorer, Antarctic Express: Fly South Cruise North ex Punta Arenas to Ushuaia 2027-02-03 9
Sirena, 16 Night Penguins & Patagonia ex Punta Arenas, Chile to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2028-02-02 16
Seven Seas Voyager, 16 Night Edge Of The Earth ex Punta Arenas, Chile to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2028-02-10 16
Seven Seas Voyager, 37 Night Myths Of The Meridian ex Punta Arenas, Chile to Miami, Florida USA 2028-02-10 37

  1. Punta Arenas, Chile

  3. Punta Arenas is the most prominent settlement on the Strait of Magellan and the capital of the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, Chile. It is lcoated at the southern end of mainland Chile, between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans on the Brunswick Peninsula.

    The city centre features the imposing mansions of the sheep barons of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Palacio Sara Braun and several good museums. Local custom holds that visitors who rub the foot of the Magellan statue in the central Plaza de Armas will have good luck, and return again.

    Situated nearby is Fuerte Bulnes, a replica of a wooden fort from 1843 and the Monumento Natural Los Pinguinos on Isla Magdalena, where you will find a colony of 60,000 Magellanic penguins.

    Things to See & D0

    * Port Area
    * Regional Museum
    * Punta Arenas cemetery
    * Magellan Statue
    * Monumento Natural Los Pinguinos on Isla Magdalena

    Cruise Season – Jan - Dec
    Currency – Peso (CLP)
    Language – Spanish
    Population –135,000 approx
    Land Area – 17,526.3 km²
    Electricity – 2 perpendicular flat pins USA style
    Time – GMT minus four hours
    International Country Telephone Code – + 56

    Port Location – The port is located in the downtown area of Punta Arenas.

    Transport Links – Punta Arenas can be access by sea, by land or air. Presidente Carlos Ibáñez del Campo International Airport, located 20 km north of the city, is the main gateway to the region and serves Punta Arenas. Transport, rental car, duty free shops and custom office services are available in the building. Airlines serving the airport include LAN Chile, Sky Airlines and Aerolineas del Sur as well as charter flights.

    By sea, several cruises and ferries can take you to the city, although the costs are much higher, because they include the navigation of touristic sites within the route.